Antenna unit and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12021316-B2
Application number	US-202117531742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2021
Priority date	May 22, 2019
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

An antenna unit and a terminal device are provided. The antenna unit includes a target metal groove, M feed portions arranged at the bottom of the target metal groove, M coupling bodies and a first insulator which are arranged in the target metal groove, and at least two radiating bodies borne by the first insulator, wherein the M feed portions are insulated from the target metal groove, the M coupling bodies are located between the bottom of the target metal groove and the first insulator, each of the M feed portions is electrically connected to one coupling body respectively, each of the M coupling bodies is coupled with the at least two radiating bodies and the target metal groove, different radiating bodies have different resonance frequencies, and M is a positive integer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna unit, comprising a target metal groove, M feed portions arranged at the bottom of the target metal groove, M coupling bodies and a first insulator which are arranged in the target metal groove, and at least two radiating bodies borne by the first insulator,
wherein the M feed portions are insulated from the target metal groove, the M coupling bodies are located between the bottom of the target metal groove and the first insulator, each of the M feed portions is electrically connected to one coupling body respectively, each of the M coupling bodies is coupled with the at least two radiating bodies and the target metal groove, different radiating bodies have different resonance frequencies, and M is a positive integer;
wherein the target metal groove comprises a first metal groove, and a second metal groove arranged at the bottom of the first metal groove; and
the M feed portions are arranged at the bottom of the first metal groove, the M coupling bodies and the first insulator are arranged in the first metal groove, and each coupling body is coupled with the at least two radiating bodies and the second metal groove.

2. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein an opening of the first metal groove is larger than an opening of the second metal groove.

3. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the M feed portions are arranged at the bottom of the first metal groove and penetrates through the bottom of the first metal groove.

4. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the M coupling bodies are four coupling bodies, the four coupling bodies form two coupling body groups, each coupling body group comprises two coupling bodies arranged symmetrically, and a symmetry axis of one coupling body group is orthogonal to a symmetry axis of the other coupling body group; and
a signal source connected to a first feed portion and a signal source connected to a second feed portion have the same amplitude and a phase difference of 180 degrees, and the first feed portion and the second feed portion are feed portions which are electrically connected to two coupling bodies in the same coupling body group respectively.

5. The antenna unit according to claim 4 , wherein the two coupling body groups are located on the same plane, and the coupling bodies in the any coupling body group are distributed on the symmetry axis of the other coupling body group.

6. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two radiating bodies comprise a first radiating body and a second radiating body.

7. The antenna unit according to claim 6 , wherein the first radiating body is a polygonal radiating body, and the second radiating body is an annular radiating body.

8. The antenna unit according to claim 6 , wherein a resonance frequency of the first radiating body is a first frequency, a resonance frequency of the second radiating body is a second frequency, and a resonance frequency of the target metal groove is a third frequency; and
the first frequency is greater than the second frequency, and the second frequency is greater than the third frequency.

9. The antenna unit according to claim 8 , wherein the first frequency belongs to a first frequency range, the second frequency belongs to a second frequency range, and the third frequency belongs to a third frequency range; and
the first frequency range is 37 GHz-43 GHz, the second frequency range is 27 GHz-30 GHz, and the third frequency range is 24 GHz-27 GHz.

10. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a second insulator arranged between the bottom of the first metal groove and the first insulator, wherein the M coupling bodies are borne on the second insulator.

11. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one radiating body of the at least two radiating bodies is flush with a surface where an opening of the target metal groove is located.

12. The antenna unit according to claim 1 further comprising a metal protrusion arranged at the bottom of the second metal groove.

13. The antenna unit according to claim 12 , further comprising a third insulator arranged in the second metal groove, wherein the third insulator surrounds the metal protrusion, and
a difference value between a relative dielectric constant of the third insulator and a relative dielectric constant of the air is in a preset range.

14. A terminal device, comprising at least one of the antenna unit as defined in claim 1 .

15. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein at least one first groove is formed in a shell of the terminal device, and each antenna unit is arranged in one first groove.

16. The terminal device according to claim 14 , wherein the target metal groove in the antenna unit is a part of the shell of the terminal device.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jian Xianjing
• Huang Huan-Chu
• Wang Yijin

Classifications

• H01Q9/0407

  Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40) · CPC title

• H01Q5/50

  Feeding or matching arrangements for broad-band or multi-band operation · CPC title

• H01Q5/307

  Individual or coupled radiating elements, each element being fed in an unspecified way · CPC title

• H01Q5/20

  characterised by the operating wavebands · CPC title

• H01Q5/10

  Resonant antennas · CPC title