Antenna device and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9705206-B2
Application number	US-201514591038-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2015
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A square bracket-shaped radiation element is in a non-ground region of a board. A first reactance element that equivalently enters a short-circuited state in a second frequency band is connected between a second end of the radiation element and a ground conductor. A second reactance element that equivalently enters a short-circuited state in a first frequency band s connected between a first end of the radiation element and the ground conductor. In the UHF band, the radiation element and the ground conductor function as an inverted F antenna that contributes to field emission. In the HF band, a loop including the radiation element and the ground conductor functions as a loop antenna that contributes to magnetic field emission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna device comprising:
a radiation element of an electric field type antenna;
a ground conductor opposing the radiation element; and
a feeder coil to which a feeder circuit of a communication signal of a second frequency band is connected and that is configured to achieve magnetic field coupling with a loop circuit of a magnetic field type antenna; wherein
at least one first reactance element is connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor;
the radiation element, the at least one first reactance element, and the ground conductor define the loop circuit; and
the radiation element is an antenna element configured for a first frequency band, and the loop circuit is an antenna element configured for the second frequency band that is lower than the first frequency band.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reactance element is an element with an impedance closer to a short-circuited state in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band and closer to an open state in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band, and the first reactance element is provided at a position at which the first reactance element, the radiation element, and the ground conductor define the loop circuit when the first reactance element is closer to the short-circuited state.

3. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reactance element is an inductor that is capacitive in the first frequency band and is inductive in the second frequency band.

4. The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second reactance element that is connected in series respectively with the first reactance element, the radiation element, and the ground conductor; wherein
the second reactance element is an element with an impedance closer to an open state in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band and closer to a short-circuited state in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band.

5. The antenna device according to claim 4 , wherein the second reactance element is a capacitor that is inductive in the first frequency band and is capacitive in the second frequency band.

6. The antenna device according to claim 4 , wherein the first reactance element, the second reactance element, and a feeder circuit that feeds communication signals of the second frequency band to respective ends of the second reactance element define a single RF module.

7. The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third reactance element that is connected to a feeding point of a communication signal of the first frequency band to the radiation element and that has a higher impedance in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band.

8. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation element is an antenna configured for cellular communication, and the loop circuit is an antenna configured for an HF band RFID system.

9. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the first reactance element includes a plurality of reactance elements connected in series.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:
an antenna device;
a first feeder circuit configured to feed a communication signal of a first frequency band to the antenna device; and
a second feeder circuit configured to feed a communication signal of a second frequency band or electric power to the antenna device; wherein
the antenna device includes:
a radiation element of an electric field type antenna;
a ground conductor opposing the radiation element;
a feeder coil to which a feeder circuit of a communication signal of the second frequency band is connected and that is configured to achieve magnetic field coupling with a loop circuit of a magnetic field type antenna; and

at least one first reactance element; wherein
the at least one first reactance element is connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor;
the radiation element, the at least one first reactance element, and the ground conductor define a loop circuit of a magnetic field type antenna; and
the radiation element is an antenna element configured for the first frequency band, and the loop circuit is an antenna element configured for the second frequency band that is lower than the first frequency band.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first reactance element is an element with an impedance closer to a short-circuited state in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band and closer to an open state in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band, and the first reactance element is provided at a position at which the first reactance element, the radiation element, and the ground conductor define the loop circuit when the first reactance element is closer to the short-circuited state.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first reactance element is an inductor that is capacitive in the first frequency band and is inductive in the second frequency band.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a second reactance element that is connected in series respectively with the first reactance element, the radiation element, and the ground conductor; wherein
the second reactance element is an element with an impedance closer to an open state in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band and closer to a short-circuited state in the first frequency band than in the second frequency band.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the second reactance element is a capacitor that is inductive in the first frequency band and is capacitive in the second frequency band.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first reactance element, the second reactance element, and a feeder circuit that feeds communication signals of the second frequency band to respective ends of the second reactance element define a single RF module.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a third reactance element that is connected to a feeding point of a communication signal of the first frequency band to the radiation element and that has a higher impedance in the second frequency band than in the first frequency band.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the radiation element is an antenna configured for cellular communication, and the loop circuit is an antenna configured for an HF band RFID system.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first reactance element includes a plurality of reactance elements connected in series.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Yosui Kuniaki

Classifications

• H01Q5/335

  at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching · CPC title

• H01Q5/328

  between a radiating element and ground · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

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

• H01Q1/2216 Primary

  used in interrogator/reader equipment · CPC title

• H01Q7/00 Primary

  Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop · CPC title