Antenna unit and communication device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12341273-B2
Application number	US-202118246801-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2021
Priority date	Sep 28, 2020
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

An antenna includes a first radiator having a first end and a second end, where the second end or a middle position of the first radiator is grounded; a second radiator having a third end and a fourth end, the fourth end is disposed away from the first end relative to the third end, and the second end or a middle position of the second radiator is grounded; a feeding circuit configured to feed the first radiator and the second radiator, at the first end of the first radiator and the third end of the second radiator; and a tuning circuit configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to the first end of the first radiator or the third end of the second radiator to feed the first radiator or the second radiator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna, comprising:
a first radiator, wherein the first radiator comprises a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, and the second end of the first radiator or a middle position of the first radiator is grounded;
a second radiator, wherein the second radiator comprises a third end and a fourth end that are opposite to each other, the fourth end of the second radiator is disposed away from the first end of the first radiator relative to the third end, and the fourth end of the second radiator or a middle position of the second radiator is grounded;
a feeding circuit, wherein the feeding circuit is configured to feed the first radiator and the second radiator, at the first end of the first radiator and the third end of the second radiator; and
a tuning circuit, wherein the tuning circuit is configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to the first end of the first radiator to feed the first radiator, and selectively connect the feeding circuit to the third end of the second radiator to feed the second radiator, wherein
the antenna has different main radiation directions when the tuning circuit connects the feeding circuit to only the first radiator and when the tuning circuit connects the feeding circuit to only the second radiator, and the main radiation direction of the antenna is a direction with a greatest directivity in a radiation pattern of the antenna.

2. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an included angle between an extension direction of the first radiator at the first end and an extension direction of the second radiator at the third end is a first angle, and the first angle ranges from 60° to 120°.

3. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein the first angle is 90°.

4. The antenna according to claim 2 , wherein when the tuning circuit connects the feeding circuit to the first end of the first radiator, the main radiation direction of the antenna is a first direction; when the tuning circuit connects the feeding circuit to the third end of the second radiator, the main radiation direction of the antenna is a second direction; and an included angle between the first direction and the second direction is a second angle.

5. The antenna according to claim 4 , wherein the antenna further comprises:
a feeding coupling structure, wherein the feeding coupling structure is disposed among the feeding circuit, the first end of the first radiator, and the third end of the second radiator, the feeding coupling structure is coupled to the first radiator and the second radiator, and the feeding circuit is electrically connected to the feeding coupling structure; and
a grounding coupling structure, wherein the grounding coupling structure is disposed between the second end of the first radiator and a ground plane or between the middle position of the first radiator and a ground plane, and is disposed between the fourth end of the second radiator and the ground plane or between the middle position of the second radiator and the ground plane, the grounding coupling structure is coupled to the first radiator and the second radiator, and the grounding coupling structure is electrically connected to the ground plane; and
when the feeding circuit feeds the first radiator through the feeding coupling structure, the main radiation direction of the antenna is a third direction; when the feeding circuit feeds the second radiator through the feeding coupling structure, the main radiation direction of the antenna is a fourth direction; an included angle between the third direction and the fourth direction is a third angle; and the third angle is greater than the second angle.

6. The antenna according to claim 5 , wherein there are a plurality of feeding coupling structures, each of the plurality of feeding coupling structures is coupled to one of the first radiator or the second radiator, the tuning circuit is disposed between the feeding circuit and the plurality of feeding coupling structures, and the feeding circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of feeding coupling structures through the tuning circuit.

7. The antenna according to claim 5 , wherein there is one feeding coupling structure, each of the first radiator and the second radiator is coupled to one edge of the feeding coupling structure, the tuning circuit is disposed between the grounding coupling structure and the ground plane, and the grounding coupling structure is electrically connected to the ground plane through the tuning circuit.

8. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna further comprises:
a third radiator, wherein the third radiator comprises a fifth end and a sixth end that are opposite to each other, the sixth end of the third radiator is disposed away from the first end of the first radiator relative to the fifth end, and the sixth end of the third radiator or a middle position of the third radiator is grounded;
the feeding circuit is configured to feed the third radiator at the fifth end of the third radiator; and
the tuning circuit is configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to the third radiator to feed the third radiator.

9. The antenna according to claim 8 , wherein an included angle between the first radiator and the third radiator or between the second radiator and the third radiator is a fourth angle, and the fourth angle ranges from 60° to 120°.

10. The antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the tuning circuit connects the third radiator to the feeding circuit; or the tuning circuit connects at least one of the first radiator or the second radiator to the feeding circuit; or the tuning circuit connects the third radiator and at least one of the first radiator or the second radiator to the feeding circuit.

11. The antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the tuning circuit comprises at least one switch, wherein the at least one switch is disposed among the feeding circuit, the first radiator, the second radiator, and the third radiator, and the at least one switch is configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to at least one radiator of the first radiator, the second radiator, or the third radiator; or
the at least one switch is disposed among the first radiator, the second radiator, the third radiator, and the ground plane, and the at least one switch is configured to selectively connect the ground plane to at least one radiator of the first radiator, the second radiator, or the third radiator.

12. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the tuning circuit comprises at least one tunable capacitor, and the at least one tunable capacitor is connected in series between the feeding circuit and the feeding coupling structure, or is connected in series between the grounding coupling structure and the ground plane; and
when a capacitance value of the at least one tunable capacitor is a preset threshold, a resonance frequency of the at least one tunable capacitor is in a first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band is an operating frequency band of the antenna, or
when a capacitance value of the at least one tunable capacitor is less than a preset threshold, a resonance frequency of the at least one tunable capacitor is outside a first frequency band.

13. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the third end of the second radiator is connected to a connection point on the first radiator, and the connection point on the first radiator is located between the first end and the second end.

14. The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna is a patch antenna, the antenna comprises a first edge portion and a second edge portion that intersect,

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Pengfei
• Hou Meng
• Wang Hanyang
• Lee Chien-Ming

Classifications

• H01Q21/20

  the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path {(slotted waveguide arrays H01Q21/005; circularly or helically slotted waveguides H01Q21/0062)} · CPC title

• H01Q9/045

  with particular feeding means (for circular polarisation H01Q9/0428) · CPC title

• H01Q9/0442

  with particular tuning means · CPC title

• H01Q3/24

  varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching · CPC title

• H01Q9/42 Primary

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title