Antenna apparatus and the MIMO communication device using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9735476-B2
Application number	US-201514819139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2015
Priority date	Aug 18, 2014
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The present invention discloses an antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus includes a first antenna array and a second antenna array. The first antenna array includes multiple first radiating elements for transmitting radio signals of a first frequency. The second antenna array includes multiple second radiating elements for transmitting radio signals of a second frequency, wherein the first and second radiating elements are arranged in a staggered manner; wherein each of the first radiating elements is disposed between two of the second radiating elements; and wherein each of the second radiating elements is disposed between two of the first radiating elements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An antenna apparatus, comprising:
a first antenna array, comprising multiple first radiating elements, disposed on a substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a first frequency; and
a second antenna array, comprising multiple second radiating elements, disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a second frequency, wherein the first radiating elements and the second radiating elements are arranged in a staggered manner; and
a dual-band antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving the radio signals of the first frequency and the second frequency, wherein the dual-band antenna is enclosed by the first and second radiating elements,
wherein each of the first radiating elements is disposed between two of the second radiating elements, and
wherein each of the second radiating elements is disposed between two of the first radiating elements.

2. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a Bluetooth antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving the radio signals of the first frequency, wherein the Bluetooth antenna is enclosed by the first and second radiating elements.

3. The antenna apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the number of the first radiant elements is four, and the number of the second radiant elements is four; and
wherein the first and second radiating elements are arranged in a rectangular shape, and each two of the first and second radiating elements are disposed on each side of the rectangular shape.

4. The antenna apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the orientation of the first radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent first radiating elements;
wherein the orientation of the second radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent second radiating elements; and
wherein the orientation of the dual-band antenna is substantially perpendicular to the orientation of Bluetooth antenna.

5. The antenna apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first radiating elements are disposed at each corner of the rectangular shape.

6. An antenna apparatus, comprising:
a first antenna array, comprising multiple first radiating elements, disposed on a substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a first frequency;
a second antenna array, comprising multiple second radiating elements, disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a second frequency;
a Bluetooth antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting the radio signals of the first frequency; and
a dual-band antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting the radio signals of the first frequency and the second frequency, wherein the first radiating elements and the second radiating elements are disposed around the Bluetooth antenna and the dual-band antenna.

7. The antenna apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the number of the first radiant elements is four, and the number of the second radiant elements is four; and
wherein the first and second radiating elements are arranged in a rectangular shape, and each two of the first and second radiating elements are disposed on each side of the rectangular shape.

8. The antenna apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the distance between the first radiating element and the corresponding nearest second radiating element is less than the smallest distance of any two of the first radiating elements.

9. The antenna apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the orientation of the first radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent first radiating elements;
wherein the orientation of the second radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent second radiating elements; and
wherein the orientation of the dual-band antenna is substantially perpendicular to the orientation of Bluetooth antenna.

10. The antenna apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first radiating elements are disposed at each corner of the rectangular shape.

11. A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) communication device, comprising:
a signal processing unit for processing baseband signals; and
a transceiver coupled to the signal processing unit, for processing the baseband signals and generating radio signals,
wherein the transceiver comprises an antenna apparatus for transmitting/receiving the radio signals, and
wherein the antenna apparatus comprising:
a grounding plate;
a substrate disposed on the grounding plate;
a first antenna array, comprising multiple first radiating elements, disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a first frequency;
a second antenna array, comprising multiple second radiating elements, disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving radio signals of a second frequency, wherein the first radiating elements and the second radiating elements are arranged in a staggered manner; and
a dual-band antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting the radio signals of the first frequency and the second frequency, wherein the dual-band antenna is enclosed by the first and second radiating elements,

wherein each of the first radiating elements is disposed between two of the second radiating elements, and
wherein each of the second radiating elements is disposed between two of the first radiating elements.

12. The MIMO communication device of claim 11 , wherein the antenna apparatus further comprising:
a Bluetooth antenna disposed on the substrate for transmitting/receiving the radio signals of the first frequency, wherein the Bluetooth antenna is enclosed by the first and second radiating elements.

13. The MIMO communication device of claim 12 , wherein the number of the first radiant elements is four, and the number of the second radiant elements is four; and
wherein the first and second radiating elements are arranged in a rectangular shape, and each two of the first and second radiating elements are disposed on each side of the rectangular shape.

14. The MIMO communication device of claim 13 , wherein the orientation of the first radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent first radiating elements;
wherein the orientation of the second radiating element is substantially perpendicular to the orientations of two adjacent second radiating elements; and
wherein the orientation of the dual-band antenna is substantially perpendicular to the orientation of Bluetooth antenna.

15. The MIMO communication device of claim 13 , wherein the first radiating elements are disposed at each corner of the rectangular shape.

Assignees

• Accton Tech Corp

Inventors

• Liu I-Ru
• Hsieh Chih-Chang
• Chen Yi-Chang
• Fu Yang-Te
• Liu Chang-Cheng
• Hsu Chun-Teng

Classifications

• H01Q9/42

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

• H01Q1/243

  with built-in antennas · CPC title

• H01Q21/28 Primary

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