Antenna system and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12407102-B2
Application number	US-202118043278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 28, 2020
Publication date	Sep 2, 2025
Grant date	Sep 2, 2025

Abstract

An example antenna system includes a first antenna including a strip-shaped antenna radiator. The antenna radiator has a first end and a second end. At least one of a first radiator section in which the first end is located or a second radiator section in which the second end is located is used as a radiator of a second antenna. One of two first filters is connected between the first antenna radio frequency source and an antenna feed point, and the other first filter is connected between a ground and an antenna ground point. One of two second filters is connected between the second antenna radio frequency source and at least one of the first radiator section or the second radiator section, and the other second filter is connected between the ground and at least one of the first radiator section or the second radiator section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna system, comprising: a first antenna, wherein the first antenna comprises an antenna radiator, the antenna radiator is strip-shaped, the antenna radiator has a first antenna feed point and an antenna ground point that are spaced in a length direction of the antenna radiator, the first antenna feed point is connected to a first antenna radio frequency source to receive a first radio frequency signal output by the first antenna radio frequency source, and the antenna ground point is connected to a ground, wherein:
the antenna radiator has a first end and a second end, a first radiator section in which the first end is located and a second radiator section in which the second end is located being used as a radiator of a second antenna, the first radiator section has a second antenna feed point connected to a second antenna radio frequency source, a second radio frequency signal output by second antenna radio frequency source is received by using both the first radiator section and the second radiator section, and at least one of the first radiator section or the second radiator section being connected to the ground, wherein a first free end of the first radiator section and a second free end of the second radiator section are respectively the first end and the second end;
one of two first filters is connected between the first antenna radio frequency source and the first antenna feed point, the other one of the two first filters is connected between the ground and the antenna ground point, and the two first filters allow a signal of the first antenna to pass through, and prevent a signal of the second antenna from passing through; and
one of two second filters is connected between the second antenna radio frequency source and the second antenna feed point, the other one of the two second filters is connected between the ground and at least one of the first radiator section or the second radiator section, and the two second filters allow the signal of the second antenna to pass through, and prevent the signal of the first antenna from passing through.

2. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following occurs:
the first antenna is a low-frequency antenna, the first antenna radio frequency source is a low-frequency antenna radio frequency source, and the two first filters are low-pass filters; or
the second antenna is a high-frequency antenna, the second antenna radio frequency source is a high-frequency antenna radio frequency source, and the two second filters are high-pass filters.

3. The antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the high-frequency antenna is a Wi-Fi antenna;
and
the second radiator section has a high-frequency antenna ground point, and the high-frequency antenna ground point is connected to the ground by using one of the two second filters.

4. The antenna system according to claim 3 , wherein the second antenna feed point is located at an end that is of the first radiator section and that is far away from the first end, and the high-frequency antenna ground point is located at an end that is of the second radiator section and that is far away from the second end.

5. The antenna system according to claim 3 , wherein the high-frequency antenna ground point selects, by using a switch component, a branch of one of the high-pass filters that is connected to the ground and a branch of a high-pass filter connected to an output of another high-frequency antenna radio frequency source.

6. The antenna system according to claim 5 , wherein the switch component is a single-pole double-throw switch.

7. The antenna system according to claim 2 , wherein:
the high-frequency antenna is a Wi-Fi antenna;
the first radiator section has a first high-frequency antenna feed point and a first high-frequency antenna ground point, the first high-frequency antenna feed point is located between the first high-frequency antenna ground point and the first end, the first high-frequency antenna feed point is connected to an output of the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source by using one of the high-pass filters, and the first high-frequency antenna ground point is connected to the ground by using one of the high-pass filters; and
the second radiator section has a second high-frequency antenna feed point and a second high-frequency antenna ground point, the second high-frequency antenna feed point is located between the second high-frequency antenna ground point and the second end, the second high-frequency antenna feed point is connected to a phase shifter by using one of the high-pass filters and connected to the output of the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source, and the second high-frequency antenna ground point is connected to the ground by using one of the high-pass filters.

8. The antenna system according to claim 7 , wherein the first high-frequency antenna ground point is located at an end that is of the first radiator section and that is away from the first end, and the second high-frequency antenna ground point is located at an end that is of the second radiator section and that is away from the second end.

9. The antenna system according to claim 7 , wherein the antenna system further comprises a differential circuit and another high-frequency antenna radio frequency source, two input ends of the differential circuit are respectively connected to the output of the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source and an output of another high-frequency antenna radio frequency source, an output end of the differential circuit is connected to a high-pass filter connected to the first high-frequency antenna feed point, and the output of the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source and the output of the another high-frequency antenna radio frequency source are both connected to the phase shifter.

10. The antenna system according to claim 7 , wherein the first high-frequency antenna feed point and the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source are connected by using a first transmission line, and the second high-frequency antenna feed point and the high-frequency antenna radio frequency source are connected by using a second transmission line.

11. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the antenna radiator is straight strip-shaped.

12. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein lengths of the first radiator section and the second radiator section are both a quarter of an operating wavelength of the second antenna.

13. The antenna system according to claim 1 wherein an operating frequency range of the first antenna does not overlap an operating frequency range of the second antenna.

14. The antenna system according to claim 13 , wherein:
when the first antenna is a low-frequency antenna, an operating frequency band of the low-frequency antenna is 0.7 GHz to 0.96 GHz; and
when the second antenna is a high-frequency antenna, an operating frequency band of the high-frequency antenna is 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz.

15. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein in the length direction of the antenna radiator, the first antenna feed point is located between the antenna ground point and an end that is of the first radiator section and that is away from the first end.

16. The antenna system according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna feed point and the antenna ground point are located in a middle part of the antenna radiator, and both the first radiator section and the second radiator section are located outside the middle part.

17. The antenna system according to claim 16 , wherei

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ma Ning
• Lai Ben
• Yu Dong
• Wu Pengfei
• Zhou Yuan

Classifications

• H01Q1/245

  with means for shaping the antenna pattern, e.g. in order to protect user against rf exposure · CPC title

• H01Q1/2291 Primary

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

• H01Q5/328

  between a radiating element and ground · CPC title

• H01Q5/335

  at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching · CPC title

• H01Q5/35 Primary

  using two or more simultaneously fed points · CPC title