Antenna unit and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12142853-B2
Application number	US-202117530847-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 19, 2021
Priority date	May 22, 2019
Publication date	Nov 12, 2024
Grant date	Nov 12, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antenna unit and a terminal device. The antenna unit includes an insulating groove, M feeding parts disposed in the insulating groove, M couplers, a first insulator, at least two radiators carried on the first insulator, a first radiator disposed at a bottom of the insulating groove, and an isolator disposed around the M couplers, where the M feeding parts are insulated from the first radiator and the isolator, the M couplers are located between the first radiator and the first insulator, each of the M feeding parts is electrically connected to one coupler, each of the M couplers is coupled to the at least two radiators and the first radiator, resonance frequencies of different radiators are different, and M is a positive integer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna unit, wherein the antenna unit comprises an insulating groove, M feeding parts disposed in the insulating groove, M couplers, a first insulator, at least two radiators carried on the first insulator, a first radiator disposed at a bottom of the insulating groove, and an isolator disposed around the M couplers, wherein the M feeding parts are insulated from the first radiator and the isolator, the M couplers are located between the first radiator and the first insulator, each of the M feeding parts is electrically connected to one coupler, each of the M couplers is coupled to the at least two radiators and the first radiator, resonance frequencies of different radiators are different, and M is a positive integer;
wherein the antenna unit further comprises K third metal posts, the K third metal posts protrude from an inner surface of the bottom of the insulating groove, a length of each third metal post is less than or equal to a depth of the insulating groove, and K is a positive integer;
wherein orthographic projections of the K third metal posts onto a plane where the bottom of the insulation groove is located at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first radiator on the plane where the bottom of the insulation groove is located.

2. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the isolator comprises N first metal posts, and N is a positive integer.

3. The antenna unit according to claim 2 , wherein the isolator further comprises P second metal posts, and the P second metal posts are disposed inside the N first metal posts, wherein a length of the second metal post is less than a length of the first metal post, and P is a positive integer.

4. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the M couplers are four couplers, the four couplers form two coupler groups, each coupler group comprises two symmetrically disposed couplers, and a symmetry axis of one coupler group is orthogonal to a symmetry axis of the other coupler group, wherein an amplitude of a signal source connected to a first feeding part is equal to an amplitude of a signal source connected to a second feeding part, a phase difference is 180 degrees, and the first feeding part and the second feeding part are feeding parts electrically connected to two couplers in a same coupler group.

5. The antenna unit according to claim 4 , wherein the two couplers are located on a same plane, and a coupler in any one coupler group is distributed on a symmetry axis of the other coupler group.

6. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two radiators comprise a second radiator and a third radiator.

7. The antenna unit according to claim 6 , wherein the second radiator is a ring radiator, and the third radiator is a polygon radiator.

8. The antenna unit according to claim 6 , wherein a resonance frequency of the first radiator is a first frequency, a resonance frequency of the second radiator is a second frequency, and a resonance frequency of the third radiator is a third frequency, wherein the first frequency is less than the second frequency, and the second frequency is less than the third frequency.

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

10. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna unit further comprises a second insulator disposed between the first radiator and the first insulator, and the M couplers are carried on the second insulator.

11. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the at least two radiators is located on a surface of the first insulator.

12. The antenna unit according to claim 11 , wherein the antenna unit further comprises a third insulator disposed in the insulating groove, and the third insulator surrounds the K third metal posts, wherein a difference between a relative dielectric constant of the third insulator and a relative dielectric constant of air is in a preset range.

13. A terminal device, wherein the terminal device comprises an antenna unit, the antenna unit comprises an insulating groove, M feeding parts disposed in the insulating groove, M couplers, a first insulator, at least two radiators carried on the first insulator, a first radiator disposed at a bottom of the insulating groove, and an isolator disposed around the M couplers, wherein the M feeding parts are insulated from the first radiator and the isolator, the M couplers are located between the first radiator and the first insulator, each of the M feeding parts is electrically connected to one coupler, each of the M couplers is coupled to the at least two radiators and the first radiator, resonance frequencies of different radiators are different, and M is a positive integer;
wherein the antenna unit further comprises K third metal posts, the K third metal posts protrude from an inner surface of the bottom of the insulating groove, a length of each third metal post is less than or equal to a depth of the insulating groove, and K is a positive integer;
wherein orthographic projections of the K third metal posts onto a plane where the bottom of the insulation groove is located at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the first radiator on the plane where the bottom of the insulation groove is located.

14. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein at least one first groove is disposed in a housing of the terminal device, and each antenna unit is disposed in one first groove.

15. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the isolator comprises N first metal posts, and N is a positive integer.

16. The terminal device according to claim 15 , wherein the isolator further comprises P second metal posts, and the P second metal posts are disposed inside the N first metal posts, wherein a length of the second metal post is less than a length of the first metal post, and P is a positive integer.

17. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the M couplers are four couplers, the four couplers form two coupler groups, each coupler group comprises two symmetrically disposed couplers, and a symmetry axis of one coupler group is orthogonal to a symmetry axis of the other coupler group, wherein an amplitude of a signal source connected to a first feeding part is equal to an amplitude of a signal source connected to a second feeding part, a phase difference is 180 degrees, and the first feeding part and the second feeding part are feeding parts electrically connected to two couplers in a same coupler group.

18. The terminal device according to claim 17 , wherein the two couplers are located on a same plane, and a coupler in any one coupler group is distributed on a symmetry axis of the other coupler group.

19. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the at least two radiators comprise a second radiator and a third radiator.

20. The terminal device according to claim 13 , wherein the antenna unit further comprises a third insulator disposed in the insulating groove, and the third insulator surrounds the K third metal posts, wherein a difference between a relative dielectric constant of the third insulator and a relative dielectric constant of air is in a preset range.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jian Xianjing
• Huang Huan-Chu
• Wang Yijin
• Ma Rongjie

Classifications

• H01Q9/04

  Resonant antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/50

  Structural association of antennas with earthing switches, lead-in devices or lightning protectors · 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

• H01Q1/521

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title