Antenna and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12531349-B2
Application number	US-202318701241-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2023
Priority date	Apr 7, 2023
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

An antenna includes: a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes: a first dielectric substrate, a first reference electrode layer, a first radiation part, and a feeder group. The first dielectric substrate includes a main substrate and a side substrate, the feeder group includes at least one feeder, in each of which, each feeder is electrically connected to one first radiation part, and different feeders are electrically connected to different first radiation parts. The second substrate includes: a second dielectric substrate, a second reference electrode layer, and a feed structure. The feed structure corresponds to the feeder group, and for corresponding feed structure and feeder group, each first feed port in the feed structure is electrically connected to one feeder in the feeder group through a first connection via which runs through at least the side substrate, the second reference electrode layer, and the second dielectric substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An antenna, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate; wherein
the first substrate comprises: a first dielectric substrate comprising a main substrate and a side substrate, wherein the main substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the main substrate, and the side substrate comprises a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the side substrate; and the second surface of the main substrate is connected to the third surface of the side substrate, and the side substrate protrudes out of the second surface of the main substrate; a first reference electrode layer on the first surface and the fourth surface; at least one first radiation part on the second surface; and at least one feeder group comprising at least one feeder, wherein the feeder is provided on the second surface and extends toward the third surface, each feeder in each feeder group is electrically connected to one first radiation part, and different feeders in the feeder group are electrically connected to different first radiation parts; and the second substrate comprises: a second dielectric substrate having a fifth surface and a sixth surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the second dielectric substrate; wherein the fifth surface is opposite to the fourth surface; a second reference electrode layer on the fifth surface; and at least one feed structure on the sixth surface, wherein the feed structure corresponds to the feeder group, and for the corresponding feed structure and feeder group, each first feed port in the feed structure is electrically connected to one feeder in the feeder group through a first connection via; and the first connection via runs through at least the side substrate, the second reference electrode layer, and the second dielectric substrate.

2 . The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the first reference electrode layer comprises a first reference sub-electrode and a second reference sub-electrode connected to each other, the first reference sub-electrode is on the first surface, and the second reference sub-electrode is on the fourth surface;
the second reference sub-electrode is electrically connected to the second reference electrode layer; and the antenna further comprises: at least one first opening running through the second reference sub-electrode and the second reference electrode layer; at least one first connection electrode on the fifth surface, wherein each first connection electrode is in one first opening, and a second feed port of one feed structure is electrically connected to the first connection electrode through a second connection via; and the second connection via runs through at least the second dielectric substrate; and at least one radio frequency line, a core of each of which is electrically connected to the first connection electrode through a third connection via; wherein the third connection via runs through at least the second dielectric substrate.

3 . The antenna according to claim 2 , further comprising:
at least one second connection electrode on the sixth surface and electrically connected to the second reference electrode layer through a fourth connection via running through the second dielectric substrate; wherein the third connection via further runs through the second connection electrode, and a reference electrode layer of the radio frequency line is electrically connected to the second connection electrode.

4 . The antenna according to claim 3 , wherein the second connection via and the third connection via each further run through the first connection electrode, the first connection electrode is welded to the second feed port of the feed structure through the second connection via, and a core of the radio frequency line is welded to the first connection electrode through the third connection via.

5 . The antenna according to claim 2 , further comprising a second opening running through the side substrate, wherein an orthographic projection of the second opening on a plane where the second dielectric substrate is located covers an orthographic projection of the first opening on the plane where the second dielectric substrate is located.

6 . The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the first feed port is riveted or welded with the feeder by a connector through the first connection via.

7 . The antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one feeder group comprises a first feeder group and a second feeder group; a plurality of first feeders are provided in the first feeder group, and a plurality of second feeders are provided in the second feeder group; the at least one feed structure comprises a first feed structure and a second feed structure; the first feed structure and the second feed structure each comprise a plurality of first feed ports and one second feed port, each of the first feed ports in the first feed structure is electrically connected to one of the first feeders, and each of the first feed ports in the second feed structure is electrically connected to one of the second feeders.

8 . The antenna according to claim 1 , further comprising: at least one director on the second surface and in one-to-one correspondence with the first radiation part, wherein the director is on a side of the corresponding first radiation part away from the side substrate.

9 . The antenna according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third dielectric substrate having a seventh surface and an eighth surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction of the third dielectric substrate, wherein the seventh surface is opposite to, and spaced by a spacing from, the second surface; and at least one second radiation part on the seventh surface or the eighth surface, wherein orthographic projections of each second radiation part and one corresponding first radiation part on the first surface are at least partially overlapped.

10 . The antenna according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a plurality of support components between the second surface and the seventh surface to provide a spacing between the first radiation part and the second radiation part.

11 . The antenna according to claim 10 , wherein each support component is a height-adjustable support component to adjust the spacing between the first radiation part and the second radiation part.

12 . The antenna according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a radome, wherein two opposite side walls of the radome are provided with a plurality of sets of slide rails; and the main substrate and the third dielectric substrate are insertable into different sets of slide rails.

13 . The antenna according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a radome comprising a first base material and a second base material opposite to each other; wherein the first dielectric substrate with the first reference electrode layer is on a side of the first base material close to the second base material; and the third dielectric substrate with the second radiation part is on a side of the second base material close to the first base material.

14 . The antenna according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first radiation part, the second radiation part, the first reference electrode layer, or the feeder comprises a metal mesh.

15 . The antenna according to claim 14 , wherein the metal mesh has a line width in a range of 2 μm to 30 μm, a line spacing in a range of 50 μm to 250 μm, and a line thickness in a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

16 . The antenna acc

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Sensor Technology Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Shuo

Classifications

• H01Q1/38 Primary

  formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface  H01Q15/142)} · CPC title

• H01Q21/061 Primary

  Two dimensional planar arrays · CPC title

• H01Q21/08

  the units being spaced along or adjacent to a rectilinear path {(waveguide fed H01Q21/0037)} · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title