Antenna structure, electronic device, and wireless network system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12374809-B2
Application number	US-202218274465-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2022
Priority date	Jan 18, 2022
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

An antenna structure, an electronic device, and a wireless network system are provided, and relate to the field of antenna technologies. A patch antenna array includes four patch antennas. The four patch antennas are arranged in two rows and two columns. One of the feeding structures is included between two of the patch antennas in each row. One of the feeding structures is included between two of the patch antennas in each column. The feeding structure located between the two patch antennas in each column is connected to the first feeding port, so that the four patch antennas all generate polarization in a first direction. The feeding structure located between the two patch antennas in each row is connected to the second feeding port, so that the four patch antennas all generate polarization in a second direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna structure, comprising:
a dielectric plate;
a patch antenna array;
a first feeding port;
a second feeding port; and
four feeding structures;
wherein:
the dielectric plate and a metal bottom plate are spaced apart at a first preset distance;
the first feeding port and the patch antenna array are located on a first surface of the dielectric plate, the second feeding port is located on a second surface of the dielectric plate, the second surface being opposite the first surface;
the patch antenna array comprises four patch antennas, the four patch antennas being arranged in two rows and two columns, one of the feeding structures being comprised between two of the patch antennas in each row, and one of the feeding structures being comprised between two of the patch antennas in each column;
the feeding structure located between the two patch antennas in each column is connected to the first feeding port, so that the four patch antennas all generate polarization in a first direction; and
the feeding structure located between the two patch antennas in each row is connected to the second feeding port, so that the four patch antennas all generate polarization in a second direction.

2. The antenna structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is orthogonal to the second direction.

3. The antenna structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:
the metal bottom plate;
wherein the dielectric plate and the metal bottom plate are spaced apart at the first preset distance.

4. The antenna structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the four feeding structures comprises a dipole and a set of parallel feed lines that are connected;
wherein the parallel feed lines include a first feed line located on the first surface and a second feed line located on the second surface;
wherein the second feed line comprised in the feeding structure between the two patch antennas in each column is connected to the first surface through a corresponding through structure; and
wherein the first feed line comprised in the feeding structure between the two patch antennas in each row is connected to the second surface through a corresponding through structure.

5. The antenna structure according to claim 4 , wherein the through structure comprises one or more vias, each of the one or more vias being filled or plated with a conductive medium.

6. The antenna structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein the four feeding structures comprise a first feeding structure, a second feeding structure, a third feeding structure, and a fourth feeding structure;
wherein the first feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the first column, the second feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the first row, the third feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the second column, the fourth feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the second row;
wherein the first feed line of the first feeding structure is connected to the first feed line of the third feeding structure;
wherein the second feed line of the first feeding structure is connected to the first surface through a first through structure;
wherein the second feed line of the third feeding structure is connected to the first surface through a third through structure, the first through structure and the third through structure being connected on the first surface;
wherein the second feed line of the second feeding structure is connected to the second feed line of the fourth feeding structure;
wherein the first feed line of the second feeding structure is connected to the second surface through a second through structure; and
wherein the first feed line of the fourth feeding structure is connected to the second surface through a fourth through structure, the second through structure and the fourth through structure being connected on the second surface.

7. The antenna structure according to claim 4 ,
wherein the dipole of each of the feeding structures comprises a first portion and a second portion;
wherein the first portion is located on the first surface, a first end of the first portion is connected to the first feed line, the first end of the first portion is a first input terminal of the dipole, and a second end of the first portion includes a first branch, the first branch and the patch antenna closest thereto being spaced apart at a second preset distance; and
wherein the second portion is located on the second surface, a first end of the second portion is connected to the second feed line, the first end of the second portion is a second input terminal of the dipole, and a second end of the second portion includes a second branch, the second branch and the patch antenna closest thereto being spaced apart at the second preset distance.

8. The antenna structure according to claim 7 ,
wherein input impedance of the dipole is a first impedance value, the input impedance of the dipole being impedance between the first input terminal and the second input terminal; and
wherein an impedance value between the first feed line and the second feed line in each set of the parallel feed lines is the first impedance value.

9. The antenna structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the four feeding structures comprises a dipole and a set of parallel slot lines that are connected;
wherein the parallel slot lines comprised in the feeding structure between the two patch antennas in each column are both located on the first surface; and
wherein the parallel slot lines comprised in the feeding structure between the two patch antennas in each row are both located on the second surface.

10. The antenna structure according to claim 9 ,
wherein the four feeding structures comprise a first feeding structure, a second feeding structure, a third feeding structure, and a fourth feeding structure;
wherein the first feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the first column, the second feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the first row, the third feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the second column, and the fourth feeding structure is located between the two patch antennas in the second row;
wherein a first slot line of the first feeding structure is connected to a first slot line of the third feeding structure;
wherein a second slot line of the first feeding structure is connected to a second slot line of the third feeding structure;
wherein a first slot line of the second feeding structure is connected to a first slot line of the fourth feeding structure; and
wherein a second slot line of the second feeding structure is connected to a second slot line of the fourth feeding structure.

11. The antenna structure according to claim 9 ,
wherein the dipole of each of the feeding structures comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion and the second portion being located on a same surface;
wherein a first end of the first portion is connected to the first slot line, the first end of the first portion is a first input terminal of the dipole, a second end of the first portion includes a first branch, and the first branch and the patch antenna closest thereto are spaced apart at a second preset distance; and
wherein a first end of the second portion is connected to the second slot line, the first end of the second portion is a second input terminal of the dipole, a second end of the second portion includes a second branch, and the second branch and the patch antenna closest thereto are spaced apart at the second preset distance.

Assignees

• Honor Device Co Ltd
• Univ Tsinghua

Inventors

• Zhang Xiaopeng
• Zhang Zhijun
• Zhou Dawei

Classifications

• H01Q21/0075

  Stripline fed arrays (H01Q21/065 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q9/0457 Primary

  electromagnetically coupled to the feed line · CPC title

• H01Q1/2291

  used in Bluetooth® or Wi-Fi® devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN] (H01Q1/241 takes precedence; WLAN in general H04W) · CPC title

• H01Q5/30

  Arrangements for providing operation on different wavebands · CPC title

• H01Q21/24

  Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction {(circularly polarised patch antennas H01Q9/0428; circularly polarised horns H01Q13/0241; cross-polarised horns H01Q13/0258; polarisation converters H01Q15/242; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; crossed polarisation dual antenna H01Q25/001)} · CPC title