Antenna apparatus and communication apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9252488-B2
Application number	US-201214008216-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 30, 2011
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides an antenna apparatus which can realize favorable communication properties while achieving downsizing of a casing of an electronic device when incorporated in an electronic device. An antenna module ( 1 a ) which is incorporated in a mobile phone ( 130 ) and which is enabled to perform communication by receiving a magnetic field transmitted from a reader/writer ( 120 ) comprises an antenna coil ( 11 a ) which is wound in a clearance ( 132 ) between an end portion ( 133 b ) of a metallic plate ( 133 a ) opposing the reader/writer ( 120 ) within a casing ( 131 ) of the mobile phone ( 130 ) and an inner peripheral wall ( 131 a ) of the casing ( 131 ) so as not to surround an outer peripheral portion of the metallic plate ( 133 a ) and which is inductively coupled with the reader/writer ( 120 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna apparatus which is incorporated in an electronic device and which is enabled to perform communication by receiving a magnetic field transmitted from a transmitter comprising:
an antenna coil which is wound in a clearance between an end portion of a conductive body opposing the transmitter within a casing of the electronic device and an inner peripheral wall of the casing so as not to surround an outer peripheral portion of the conductive body and which is inductively coupled with the transmitter;
wherein the antenna coil is disposed upon being inclined with respect to a surface opposing the transmitter with an end portion on the conductive body side being a central axis.

2. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic sheet for drawing a magnetic field transmitted from the transmitter into the antenna coil,
wherein the antenna coil is formed by using a signal wire on a printed circuit board,
wherein the antenna coil and the magnetic sheet are superposed with respect to each other so as to satisfy both conditions of arrangement, namely a condition of disposing the magnetic sheet to be located further to the transmitter side than the antenna coil on a central side of a casing surface opposing the transmitter and a condition of disposing the antenna coil to be located further on the transmitter side than the magnetic sheet on the outer peripheral side of the casing surface with the magnetic sheet being inserted into a central portion of the antenna coil formed on the printed circuit board.

3. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitter transmits a magnetic field having a transmission frequency of 13.56 MHz, and
wherein the antenna coil is disposed such that the end portion of the antenna coil on the conductive body side is at a position which is not more than approximately 14.00 mm in a perpendicular direction with respect to an inner peripheral portion when the inner peripheral portion of the casing is used as a reference.

4. The antenna apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the antenna coil is disposed such that the end portion of the antenna coil on the conductive body side is at a position which is not more than approximately 10.00 mm in a perpendicular direction with respect to an inner peripheral portion when the inner peripheral portion of the casing is used as a reference.

5. A communication apparatus which is enabled to perform communication by receiving a magnetic field transmitted from a transmitter, comprising:
an antenna coil which is wound in a clearance between an end portion of a conductive body opposing the transmitter within a casing of the electronic device and an inner peripheral wall of the casing so as not to surround an outer peripheral portion of the conductive body and which is inductively coupled with the transmitters;
a communication processing portion which is driven through current flowing through the antenna coil for performing communication with the transmitter; and
a second magnetic sheet that covers a surface of the conductive body opposing the transmitter,
wherein the second magnetic sheet extends towards the antenna coil side such that an end portion on the antenna coil side does not superpose a surface of the antenna coil opposing the transmitter.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a first magnetic sheet for drawing a magnetic field transmitted from the transmitter into the antenna coil.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the second magnetic sheet extends towards the antenna coil side such that a position of the end portion on the antenna coil side substantially coincides a position of an end portion of the first magnetic sheet on the conductive body side.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the transmitter transmits a magnetic field having a transmission frequency of 13.56MHz, and
wherein the antenna coil is disposed such that the end portion of the antenna coil on the conductive body side is at a position which is not more than approximately 14.00 mm in a perpendicular direction with respect to an inner peripheral portion when the inner peripheral portion of the casing is used as a reference.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the antenna coil is disposed such that the end portion of the antenna coil on the conductive body side is at a position which is not more than approximately 10.00 mm in a perpendicular direction with respect to an inner peripheral portion when the inner peripheral portion of the casing is used as a reference.

10. A communication apparatus which is enabled to perform communication by receiving a magnetic field transmitted from a transmitter, comprising:
a power supply portion;
an antenna coil which is wound in a clearance between an end portion of a conductive body opposing the transmitter within a casing of an electronic device and an inner peripheral wall of the casing so as not to surround an outer peripheral portion of the conductive body and which is inductively coupled with the transmitter;
a communication processing portion which is driven through power which is supplied from a battery for performing communication with the transmitter; and
a second magnetic sheet that covers a surface of the conductive body opposing the transmitter,
wherein the second magnetic sheet extends towards the antenna coil side such that an end portion on the antenna coil side does not superpose a surface of the antenna coil opposing the transmitter.

Assignees

• Orihara Katsuhisa
• Ikeda Yoshito
• Saito Norio
• Sugita Satoru
• Dexerials Corp

Inventors

• Orihara Katsuhisa
• Ikeda Yoshito
• Saito Norio
• Sugita Satoru

Classifications

• H01Q7/06 Primary

  with core of ferromagnetic material (H01Q7/02 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06K7/10237 Primary

  the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag · CPC title

• H01Q1/2208

  associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00) · CPC title

• H01Q1/243

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• G06K17/00

  Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations · CPC title