Antenna unit and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12362483-B2
Application number	US-202117920570-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2021
Priority date	Apr 22, 2020
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

This application provides an antenna unit and an electronic device. A signal at a C-mode port and a signal at a D-mode port of a same loop antenna in any antenna unit are respectively excited by using two feeds, and the antenna unit is electrically symmetrically disposed, so that the signal at the C-mode port is self-cancelled at the D-mode port, and the signal at the D-mode port is self-cancelled at the C-mode port, to implement signal isolation between the two ports and interference self-cancel, and the signal at the C-mode port and the signal at the D-mode port can be complementary to each other in different radiation directions, to implement two antennas with high isolation and a low envelope correlation coefficient ECC based on the same loop antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna unit, comprising:
a first loop branch, a first feed, and a second feed,
wherein the first loop branch comprises a first radiation section, a second radiation section, and a third radiation section,
wherein the first radiation section is in a ring shape, and the first radiation section is not closed, a first end of the first radiation section is connected to the second radiation section, and a second end of the first radiation section is connected to the third radiation section,
wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are symmetrically disposed in a first direction, there is an opening between the second radiation section and the third radiation section, and both the second radiation section and the third radiation section are grounded,
wherein the first feed is symmetrically connected to the first radiation section in the first direction, and
wherein a second contact point and a third contact point are symmetrical in the first direction, a distance between the second contact point and the third contact point falls within a first preset range, the second contact point is between the second feed and the second radiation section, and the third contact point is between the second feed and the third radiation section.

2. The antenna unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are disposed inside the first radiation section in the first direction,
wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are disposed outside the first radiation section in the first direction,
wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are disposed to extend from an inside of the first radiation section to an outside of the first radiation section in the first direction, or
wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are disposed to extend from the inside of the first radiation section to the outside of the first radiation section in a direction opposite to the first direction.

3. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second radiation section is connected to N first ground points of an electronic device, wherein the third radiation section is connected to N second ground points of the electronic device, and wherein N is a positive integer.

4. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second radiation section and the third radiation section are disposed on a bracket, and a first ground point and a second ground point are disposed on the bracket or a printed circuit board in an electronic device.

5. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein both the second radiation section and the third radiation section are connected to a ground region of an electronic device, and wherein the ground region is symmetrically disposed in the first direction.

6. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein there is a first contact point between the first feed and the first radiation section, and wherein the first contact point is a symmetry point of the first radiation section and located on the first radiation section.

7. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein there are P first contact points between the first feed and the first radiation section, wherein the P first contact points are symmetrically disposed in the first direction, wherein the P first contact points are located on a radiation segment, in the first radiation section, on which a symmetry point of the first radiation section is located, and wherein P is an even number.

8. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein there are Q first contact points between the first feed and the first radiation section, wherein Q is greater than or equal to 3, wherein the Q first contact points comprise a first contact point and P first contact points, wherein the first contact point is a symmetry point of the first radiation section and located on the first radiation section, wherein the P first contact points are symmetrically disposed in the first direction, and the P first contact points are located on a radiation segment, in the first radiation section, on which the symmetry point of the first radiation section is located, wherein Q is an odd number, and wherein P is an even number.

9. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein a first matching component is disposed between the first feed and a first contact point.

10. The antenna unit according to claim 1 , wherein a second matching component is disposed between the second feed and the second contact point, or wherein the second matching component is disposed between the second feed and the third contact point.

11. The antenna unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the antenna unit further comprises a first non-conductive support member, a first conductive member, and a second conductive member, and
wherein the first conductive member and the second conductive member are suspended by using the first non-conductive support member, the first conductive member and the second conductive member are symmetrically disposed in the first direction, a first length of the first conductive member is ½ of a wavelength, a second length of the second conductive member is ½ of the wavelength, and the wavelength corresponds to a frequency in an operating frequency band of the antenna unit.

12. The antenna unit according to claim 11 , wherein the first conductive member and the second conductive member are disposed outside or inside the first radiation section.

13. An antenna unit, comprising:
a second loop branch, a feeding branch, a third feed, and a fourth feed,
wherein the second loop branch comprises a fourth radiation section, a fifth radiation section, and a sixth radiation section,
wherein the fourth radiation section is in a ring shape, and the fourth radiation section is not closed, wherein a first end of the fourth radiation section is connected to the fifth radiation section, and a second end of the fourth radiation section is connected to the sixth radiation section,
wherein the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section are symmetrically disposed in a second direction, there is an opening between the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section, and both the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section are grounded,
wherein the feeding branch is symmetrically disposed in the second direction, and a first area of a first part of the feeding branch that faces the fifth radiation section is equal to a second area of a second part of the feeding branch that faces the sixth radiation section,
wherein the third feed is symmetrically connected to the feeding branch in the second direction, and
wherein a fifth contact point and a sixth contact point are symmetrical in the second direction, a distance between the fifth contact point and the sixth contact point falls within a second preset range, the fifth contact point is between the fourth feed and the fifth radiation section, and the sixth contact point is between the fourth feed and the sixth radiation section.

14. The antenna unit according to claim 13 ,
wherein the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section are disposed inside the fourth radiation section in the second direction,
wherein the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section are disposed outside the fourth radiation section in the second direction,
wherein the fifth radiation section and the sixth radiation section are disposed to extend from an inside of the fourth radiation section to an outside of the fourth radiation section in the second direction, or
wherein the fifth radi

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Dong
• Liu Kexin
• Zhou Yuan
• Wang Hanyang
• Ying Lijun
• Wu Pengfei
• Lee Chien-Ming
• Hou Meng

Classifications

• H01Q5/35

  using two or more simultaneously fed points · CPC title

• H01Q1/521

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

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

• H01Q5/371

  Branching current paths · CPC title

• H01Q1/52

  Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure (absorbing means H01Q17/00) · CPC title