Ultra-wideband antenna array and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025023241-A1
Application number	US-202418901916-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 30, 2024
Priority date	Apr 1, 2022
Publication date	Jan 16, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application discloses an ultra-wideband antenna array and an electronic device. The antenna array includes a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a third antenna unit, where a first distance and a second distance are less than a third distance. The first distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the third antenna unit, the second distance is a distance between the second antenna unit and the third antenna unit, and the third distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit. Phase centers of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are deviated from geometric centers.

First claim

1 . An ultra-wideband antenna array, comprising a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a third antenna unit, wherein a first distance and a second distance are less than a third distance, wherein the first distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the third antenna unit, the second distance is a distance between the second antenna unit and the third antenna unit, and the third distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit; and
phase centers of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are deviated from geometric centers.

2 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 1 , wherein a phase center distance between at least two of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit is greater than a geometric center distance.

3 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna unit has a first open slot, the second antenna unit has a second open slot, and the third antenna unit has a third open slot; and a first phase center of the first antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the first open slot is located, a second phase center of the second antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the second open slot is located, and a third phase center of the third antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the third open slot is located.

4 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 3 , wherein an opening orientation of the second open slot is opposite to an opening orientation of the third open slot.

5 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 3 , wherein an opening orientation of the first open slot is opposite to an opening orientation of the third open slot.

6 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit each are a planar inverted F antenna radiated in a quarter-wave mode.

7 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 6 , wherein the first open slot of the first antenna unit, the second open slot of the second antenna unit, and the third open slot of the third antenna unit have the same opening orientation.

8 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 1 , wherein the ultra-wideband antenna array comprises a first structure layer, a second structure layer, and a third structure layer that are stacked in order, wherein
the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are disposed at the first structure layer; feed signal cables of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are disposed at the second structure layer, and orthographic projection positions of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit at the second structure layer are set to clearance; and a reference metallic ground is disposed at the third structure layer.

9 . The ultra-wideband antenna array according to claim 1 , wherein a metallic ground is disposed between two adjacent antenna units of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit.

10 . An electronic device, comprising an ultra-wideband antenna array, wherein the ultra-wideband antenna array comprises a first antenna unit, a second antenna unit, and a third antenna unit, wherein a first distance and a second distance are less than a third distance, wherein the first distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the third antenna unit, the second distance is a distance between the second antenna unit and the third antenna unit, and the third distance is a distance between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit; and
phase centers of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are deviated from geometric centers.

11 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein a phase center distance between at least two of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit is greater than a geometric center distance.

12 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first antenna unit has a first open slot, the second antenna unit has a second open slot, and the third antenna unit has a third open slot; and a first phase center of the first antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the first open slot is located, a second phase center of the second antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the second open slot is located, and a third phase center of the third antenna unit is located at an end at which the bottom of the third open slot is located.

13 . The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein an opening orientation of the second open slot is opposite to an opening orientation of the third open slot.

14 . The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein an opening orientation of the first open slot is opposite to an opening orientation of the third open slot.

15 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit each are a planar inverted F antenna radiated in a quarter-wave mode.

16 . The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein the first open slot of the first antenna unit, the second open slot of the second antenna unit, and the third open slot of the third antenna unit have the same opening orientation.

17 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein the ultra-wideband antenna array comprises a first structure layer, a second structure layer, and a third structure layer that are stacked in order, wherein
the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are disposed at the first structure layer; feed signal cables of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit are disposed at the second structure layer, and orthographic projection positions of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit at the second structure layer are set to clearance; and a reference metallic ground is disposed at the third structure layer.

18 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein a metallic ground is disposed between two adjacent antenna units of the first antenna unit, the second antenna unit, and the third antenna unit.

19 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising a camera module, wherein
in a case that the first open slot of the first antenna unit, the second open slot of the second antenna unit, and the third open slot of the third antenna unit in the ultra-wideband antenna array have the same opening orientation, openings face away from a side on which the camera module is located.

20 . The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising a housing and a mainboard disposed in the housing, wherein
an antenna chip is disposed on the mainboard, and the ultra-wideband antenna array is electrically connected to the antenna chip.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Wannian
• Xie Shengxu
• Wang Yijin

Classifications

• H01Q1/36

  Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; {Particular materials used therewith}(H01Q1/08, H01Q1/14 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q21/06

  Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart · CPC title

• H01Q13/16

  Folded slot antennas · CPC title

• H01Q9/0421

  with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element (H01Q9/0414 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01Q9/0414

  in a stacked or folded configuration · CPC title