Antenna module and mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10931008-B2
Application number	US-201916524074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2019
Priority date	Aug 20, 2018
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

An antenna module including a first antenna and a second antenna close to the first antenna. The second antenna includes an isolation circuit and a second tuning switch controlling an access state of the isolation circuit. The second tuning switch includes two modes. When the second tuning switch is in a first mode, the isolation circuit accesses to a feeding network of the second antenna. When the second tuning switch is in a second mode, the isolation circuit does not access to the feeding network of the second antenna. Isolation of the first antenna and the second antenna in a preset band in the first mode is superior to that in the second mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna module, comprising:
a first antenna, and
a second antenna close to the first antenna, the second antenna comprising an isolation circuit and a second tuning switch configured to control a connected-state of the isolation circuit,
wherein the second tuning switch includes two modes, when the second tuning switch is in a first mode, the isolation circuit is connected in a feeding network of the second antenna, and when the second tuning switch is in a second mode, the isolation circuit is not connected in the feeding network of the second antenna; and
wherein isolation of the first antenna to the second antenna in a preset band in the first mode is superior to isolation of the first antenna to the second antenna in the second mode.

2. The antenna module as described in claim 1 , wherein in the first mode and the second mode, the first antenna and the second antenna form a 2×2 MIMO of 5G bands of 3300-3800 MHz and 4800-5000 MHz.

3. The antenna module as described in claim 2 , wherein in the second mode, the first antenna supports an LTE low frequency of 698-960 MHz and an LTE medium-high frequency of 1710-2690 MHz, and supports multi-carrier aggregation.

4. The antenna module as described in claim 2 , wherein in the first mode and the second mode, the second antenna further supports a new TDD-LTE band of 5150-5925 MHz.

5. The antenna module as described in claim 1 , wherein the preset band is 2500-2690 MHz.

6. The antenna module as described in claim 1 , wherein the feeding network of the second antenna further comprises a second variable capacitor, and in the first mode and the second mode, the second variable capacitor is connected in the feeding network of the second antenna with different capacitance values.

7. The antenna module as described in claim 6 , wherein the antenna module is applied to a mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal comprises a metal frame, a main board received in the metal frame, and a plastic bracket provided on and covering the main board;
the metal frame comprises two middle frames arranged opposite to each other and a bottom frame connecting the two middle frames, the bottom frame is provided with a first slit and a second slit, the first slit and the second slit separate the bottom frame into a main frame located in a middle position and a left-side connecting frame and a right-side connecting frame that are provided on two sides of the main frame;
the antenna module comprises a first feeding point, a second feeding point, a first ground point, a second ground point, a first variable capacitor, a first tuning switch, and the feeding network that are provided on the main board, and a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit that are provided on a surface of the plastic bracket facing away from the main board, the first feeding point is connected at a first position of the main frame, the second feeding point is connected at a second position of the right-side connecting frame, and the first position and the second position are both provided close to the second slit;
the main frame, the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit form a first radiation portion, one end of the first antenna unit is connected to the first feeding point and the other end thereof is connected to the main frame, the main frame is connected to the first ground point through the first tuning switch, one end of the second antenna unit is connected to the main frame and the other end thereof is connected to the second ground point through the first variable capacitor, so as to form a first antenna;
the right-side connecting frame is a second radiation portion, the second radiation portion is grounded through one of the two middle frames connected thereto, and the second feeding point is connected to the second radiation portion through the feeding network, so as to form a second antenna;
the feeding network comprises the second variable capacitor and a matching network, the matching network comprises a first branch and a second branch connected in series, a first end of the second variable capacitor is connected to the second feeding point, a second end of the second variable capacitor is respectively connected to a first end of the first branch and the second radiation portion, a second end of the first branch is grounded through the second branch, the first branch comprises the second tuning switch having an open-circuit state and a short-circuit state and the isolation circuit connected in parallel to the second tuning switch.

8. The antenna module as described in claim 7 , wherein the isolation circuit comprises a first capacitor and a first inductor connected in parallel.

9. The antenna module as described in claim 7 , wherein the first ground point is connected at a third position of the main frame, the second ground point is connected at a fourth position of the main frame, and the mobile terminal further comprises a USB module, the third position and the fourth position are respectively provided on two sides of the USB module, and the third position is located between the USB module and the first position.

10. A mobile terminal, comprising the antenna module as described in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Aac Technologies Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Qiu Xiaojun

Classifications

• H01Q5/335

  at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching · CPC title

• H01Q1/242

  specially adapted for hand-held use · CPC title

• H01Q5/30

  Arrangements for providing operation on different wavebands · CPC title

• H01Q5/20

  characterised by the operating wavebands · CPC title

• H01Q1/22

  by structural association with other equipment or articles · CPC title