Mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9331391-B2
Application number	US-201213396122-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2012
Priority date	Feb 14, 2012
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A mobile device includes a substrate, a ground element, and a radiation branch. The ground element includes a ground branch, wherein an edge of the ground element has a notch extending into an interior of the ground element so as to form a slot region, and the ground branch partially surrounds the slot region. The radiation branch is substantially inside the slot region, and is coupled to the ground branch of the ground element. The ground branch and the radiation branch form an antenna structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile device, comprising:
a substrate;
a ground element, comprising a ground branch, wherein an edge of the ground element has a notch extending into an interior of the ground element to form a slot region, and the ground branch partially surrounds the slot region;
a radiating branch, disposed inside the slot region, and coupled to the ground branch of the ground element,
wherein the ground branch and the radiating branch form an antenna structure,
wherein the mobile device further comprises:
a parallel feeding element, wherein a signal source is coupled through the parallel feeding element to a feeding point on the ground branch and to a first terminal of the radiating branch, respectively,

wherein the ground branch of the antenna structure is excited to form a first frequency band, and the radiating branch of the antenna structure is excited to form a second frequency band,
wherein a first current path from a grounded end of the ground branch through the feeding point to an open end of the ground branch is excited to generate a part of the first frequency band, and a second current path from the feeding point to the open end of the ground branch is excited to generate another part of the first frequency band, and
wherein the ground element is a conductive housing of the mobile device, and the substrate and the radiating branch are disposed in the conductive housing, and
wherein the mobile device further comprises:
a transparent nonconductive structure, partially embedded into the notch of the ground element so as to separate the ground element from an open end of the ground branch; and
an LED (Light Emitting Diode), disposed on the substrate, and generating light through the transparent nonconductive structure.

2. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a length of the slot region is greater than a length of the notch.

3. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a length of the notch is smaller than 2 mm.

4. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the slot region substantially has a rectangular shape.

5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a length of the radiating branch is greater than a length of the ground branch.

6. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radiating branch substantially has a C-shape.

7. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ground branch of the ground element substantially has an L-shape.

8. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a power button, close to the ground branch;
an FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board); and
a signal line, disposed on the FPCB, and coupled between the power button and the substrate, wherein the signal line and the FPCB substantially extend along the ground branch.

9. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plastic carrier, supported by the substrate; and
an antenna FPCB (Flexible Printed Circuit Board), disposed on the plastic carrier, wherein the radiating branch is disposed on the antenna FPCB.

10. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a plastic carrier, supported by the substrate, wherein the radiating branch is coated on the plastic carrier.

11. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radiating branch is disposed on the substrate.

12. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low frequency band is approximately from 880 MHz to 960 MHz.

13. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high frequency band is approximately from 1428 MHz to 2710 MHz.

14. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a thickness of about 0.8 mm.

15. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radiating branch extends along a periphery of the slot region.

16. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second terminal of the ground branch functions as a ground point of the antenna structure.

17. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first connection element and the second connection element are two metal springs.

Assignees

• Chien Chih-Ling
• Huang Chien-Hsin
• Wu Hsiao-Wei
• Shih Wen-Hsiung
• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Chien Chih-Ling
• Huang Chien-Hsin
• Wu Hsiao-Wei
• Shih Wen-Hsiung

Classifications

• H01Q9/42 Primary

  with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength · CPC title

• H01Q13/10

  Resonant slot antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/30

  Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system · CPC title

• H01Q1/243

  with built-in antennas · CPC title