Antenna arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9306282-B2
Application number	US-201514714528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 18, 2015
Priority date	Sep 28, 2012
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus for antenna arrangement isolation is described. The apparatus includes a first antenna element (for example, a CMMB TV antenna) having a first radiator component and a second antenna element (for example, a cellular antenna) having a second radiator component. A first portion of the first radiator component is adjacent to a second portion of the second radiator component. The second radiator component is configured with at least one operational frequency range. The first portion of the first radiator corresponds to at least one minimum electric field region of at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator. The at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator overlaps with the at least one operational frequency range. Methods, Apparatus and Computer readable media for providing the antenna arrangement are also described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first antenna element comprising a first radiator component; and
a second antenna element comprising a second radiator component,
wherein a first portion of the first radiator component is adjacent to a second portion of the second radiator component,
wherein the second radiator component is configured with at least one operational frequency range,
wherein the first portion of the first radiator component corresponds to at least one minimum electric field region of at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component, and
wherein the at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component does not exceed the upper bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the operational frequency range and does not fall short of the lower bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the operational frequency range.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component overlaps with the operational frequency range.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna element is separate from the second antenna element.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein each of the first and second antennas is a multi-band antenna, and wherein each of the first antenna and the second antenna resonates in more than one frequency band.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna element is longer than the second antenna element.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna element includes one or more meandered portions.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the one or more meandered portions comprises a non-right angle turn.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first antenna comprises a first feed and the second antenna comprises a second feed, and the first feed is located next to the second feed.

9. A module comprising the apparatus of claim 1 .

10. An integrated circuit comprising the apparatus of claim 1 .

11. A portable electronic device comprising the apparatus of claim 1 .

12. The portable electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the portable electronic device is a mobile wireless communications device.

13. A method comprising:
selecting a first antenna element comprising a first radiator component, where the first radiator component is configured with at least one operational frequency range;
selecting a second antenna element comprising a second radiator component based at least in part on the operational frequency range of the first antenna element; and
positioning the first antenna element and the second antenna element such that a first portion of the first radiator component is adjacent to a second portion of the second radiator component,
wherein the second portion of the second radiator corresponds to at least one minimum electric field region of at least one resonant frequency of the second radiator, and
wherein the at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component does not exceed the upper bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the operational frequency range and does not falls short of the lower bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the operational frequency range.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the resonant frequency at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component overlaps with the operational frequency range.

15. A mobile wireless communications device, comprising:
a first antenna element comprising a first radiator component; and
a second antenna element comprising a second radiator component,
where a first portion of the first radiator component is adjacent to a second portion of the second radiator component,
wherein the second radiator component is configured with at least one operational frequency range,
wherein the first portion of the first radiator component corresponds to at least one minimum electric field region of at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component, and
wherein the at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component does not exceed the upper bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the operational frequency range and does not fall short of the lower bound of the at least one operational frequency range by more than 5% of the total operational frequency range.

16. The mobile wireless communications device of claim 15 , wherein at least one resonant frequency of the first radiator component overlaps with the operational frequency range.

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Komulainen Mikko S
• Hienonen Sami
• Lepisto Tommi

Classifications

• H01Q9/04

  Resonant antennas · CPC title

• H01Q5/20 Primary

  characterised by the operating wavebands · CPC title

• H01Q1/521 Primary

  reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas · CPC title

• H01Q5/371

  Branching current paths · CPC title

• H01Q21/28

  Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} · CPC title