Antenna assembly and electronic device using the antenna assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9647320-B2
Application number	US-201314023692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Priority date	Apr 2, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

An antenna assembly includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a metal member. The second antenna is separate and spaced from the first antenna. A gap is defined on the metal member to divide the metal member into a first frame assembly and a second frame assembly. The first antenna is connected to the first frame assembly, the second antenna is connected to the second frame assembly, and the first antenna is electronically coupled to the second antenna.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna assembly, comprising:
a first antenna;
a second antenna separate and spaced from the first antenna; and
a metal member comprising a first frame and a second frame connected to the first frame, wherein a gap is defined on the first frame to divide the first frame into a first portion and a second portion;
wherein the first antenna is positioned at a first plane, and the second antenna is positioned at a second plane, the second plane is different from and parallel to the first plane;
wherein the first antenna comprises a coupling section, an extending section, and a connecting section, the coupling section receives current, and the current is coupled from the coupling section to the second antenna, and wherein the extending section is connected between the coupling section and the connecting section, and the coupling section and the connecting section extend along two opposite directions;
wherein the second antenna comprises a first radiating section, a second radiating section, and a third radiating section, the second radiating section is connected between the first radiating section and the third radiating section, the first radiating section and the third radiating section extend along two opposite directions, and a junction of the second radiating section and the third radiating section is located below the coupling section of the first antenna; and
wherein the coupling section of the first antenna is configured to be connected to a feed pin of a printed circuit board (PCB) for receiving the current, and the connecting section of the first antenna is connected to the first portion; and wherein the first radiating section of the second antenna is configured to be connected to a ground pin of the PCB for being grounded, and the third radiating section of the second antenna is connected to the second portion;
wherein the connecting section is connected to the first portion, the first antenna, a portion of the first portion, the second portion, a portion of the second frame, and a portion of the PCB cooperatively define a first slot with the gap together.

2. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coupling section and the connecting section are positioned parallel to each other, and a width of the coupling section is greater than a width of the extending section and a width of the connecting section.

3. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second antenna is located below the coupling section of the first antenna.

4. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first radiating section and the third radiating section are positioned parallel to each other.

5. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal member further comprises a third frame, the second frame and the third frame are respectively positioned at two opposite ends of the first frame.

6. The antenna assembly as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first portion is connected to the second frame, and the second portion is connected to the third frame.

7. An electronic device, comprising:
a metal housing having a metal member, wherein the metal member comprises a first frame and a second frame connected to the first frame, and a gap is defined on the first frame to divide the first frame into a first portion and a second portion;
a printed circuit board (PCB) having a feed pin and a ground pin; and
an antenna assembly, comprising:
a first antenna electronically connected to the feed pin; and
a second antenna separate and spaced from the first antenna, and electronically connected to the ground pin;
wherein the first antenna is positioned at a first plane, and the second antenna is positioned at a second plane, the second plane is different from and parallel to the first plane;
wherein the first antenna comprises a coupling section, an extending section, and a connecting section, the coupling section receives current, and the current is coupled from the coupling section to the second antenna, and wherein the extending section is connected between the coupling section and the connecting section, and the coupling section and the connecting section extend along two opposite directions;
wherein the second antenna comprises a first radiating section, a second radiating section, and a third radiating section, the second radiating section is connected between the first radiating section and the third radiating section, the first radiating section and the third radiating section extend along two opposite directions, and a junction of the second radiating section and the third radiating section is located below the coupling section of the first antenna; and
wherein the coupling section of the first antenna is configured to be connected to the feed pin for receiving the current, and the connecting section is connected to the first portion; and wherein the first radiating section is configured to be connected to the ground pin for being grounded, and the third radiating section is connected to the second portion;
wherein the connecting section is connected to the first portion, the first antenna, a portion of the first portion, the second portion, a portion of the second frame, and a portion of the PCB cooperatively define a first slot with the gap together.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the coupling section and the connecting section are positioned parallel to each other, and a width of the coupling section is greater than a width of the extending section and a width of the connecting section.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second antenna is located below the coupling section of the first antenna.

10. The electronic device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first radiating section and the third radiating section are positioned parallel to each other.

11. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the metal member further comprises a third frame, the second frame and the third frame are respectively positioned at two opposite ends of the first frame.

12. The electronic device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first portion is connected to the second frame, and the second portion is connected to the third frame.

13. An antenna assembly, comprising:
a first antenna;
a second antenna separate and spaced from the first antenna; and
a metal member comprising a first frame and a second frame connected to the first frame, the first frame having a first portion and a second portion;
wherein the first antenna is connected to the first portion to cooperatively receive/transmit wireless signals having a first central frequency, the second antenna is electronically coupled to the first antenna and is connected to the second portion to cooperatively receive/transmit wireless signals having a second central frequency;
wherein the first antenna comprises a coupling section, an extending section, and a connecting section, the coupling section receives current, and the current is coupled from the coupling section to the second antenna; and
wherein the second antenna comprises a first radiating section, a second radiating section, and a third radiating section, the second radiating section is connected between the first radiating section and the third radiating section, and a junction of the second radiating section and the third radiating section is located below the coupling section of the first antenna; and
wherein the coupling section of the first antenna is configured to be connected to a feed pin of a printed circuit board (PCB) for receiving the current, and the connecting section is connected to the first portion; and wherein the first r

Assignees

• Chiun Mai Communication Systems Inc

Inventors

• Lin Yen-Hui

Classifications

• H01Q1/243 Primary

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/00

  Antenna arrays or systems (arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system H01Q3/00) · CPC title

• H01Q9/30

  with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole (H01Q9/44 takes precedence) · CPC title