Portable terminal and slot antenna thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9819091-B2
Application number	US-201314134894-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Jun 21, 2012
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a portable terminal and a slot antenna thereof, and relate to the field of mobile communications technologies, which can effectively reduce a space occupied by the antenna and at the same time meet various bandwidth requirements. The slot antenna of the portable terminal includes: a large-area conductor plane laid on a printed circuit board, a battery with a bulk conductor, and a first feeding part, where a slot is formed between the conductor plane and the battery, the conductor plane is radio-frequency coupled to the bulk conductor in the battery through the slot, and the first feeding part is located in the slot. The present invention is applied in designing the antenna of the portable terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A slot antenna of a portable terminal, comprising: a conductor plane on a printed circuit board, a battery with a conductor in the battery, and a first feeding part, wherein a slot exists between the conductor plane and the battery, the conductor plane is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery through the slot, and the first feeding part is located in the slot; wherein the conductor plane is connected to a metal part, a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the metal part is located on the battery, the bent portion of the metal part is on a plane above the conductor plane and the battery, and the metal part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

2. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the first feeding part is of a strip shape.

3. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , further comprising: a second feeding part connected to the first feeding part, wherein a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the second feeding part is projected onto the battery, and the second feeding part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

4. The slot antenna according to claim 2 , further comprising: a second feeding part connected to the first feeding part, wherein a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the second feeding part is projected onto the battery, and the second feeding part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

5. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary radiation part is suspended above the battery, and the auxiliary radiation part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

6. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor plane is a ground plane or a power plane on the printed circuit board.

7. A portable terminal, comprising: a radio frequency circuit, a printed circuit board with a conductor plane, and a battery compartment for accommodating a battery, wherein a slot is formed between the conductor plane and the conductor of the battery compartment, a first feeding part is disposed in the slot, the first feeding part is connected through a radio frequency transmission line to the radio frequency circuit, and the slot enables the conductor plane to be radio-frequency coupled to a conductor in the battery when the battery with the conductor is present in the battery compartment; wherein, the conductor plane is connected to a metal part, a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the metal part is located on the battery compartment, the bent portion of the metal part is on a plane above the conductor plane and the battery, and when the battery with the conductor is placed in the battery compartment, the metal part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

8. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the first feeding part is of a strip shape.

9. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , further comprising: a second feeding part connected to the first feeding part, wherein a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the second feeding part is projected onto the battery compartment, and when the battery with the conductor is placed in the battery compartment, the second feeding part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

10. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , further comprising: a second feeding part connected to the first feeding part, wherein vertical projection area of a bent portion of the second feeding part is projected onto the battery compartment, and when the battery with the conductor is present in the battery compartment, the second feeding part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

11. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , further comprising: a second feeding part connected to the first feeding part, wherein a vertical projection area of a bent portion of the second feeding part is projected onto the battery compartment, and when the battery with the conductor is present in the battery compartment, the second feeding part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

12. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , characterized by further including an auxiliary radiation part suspended above the battery compartment, wherein when the battery with the conductor is present in the battery compartment, the auxiliary radiation part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

13. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , wherein an auxiliary radiation part is suspended above the battery compartment, and when the battery with the conductor is present in the battery compartment, the auxiliary radiation part is radio-frequency coupled to the conductor in the battery.

14. The portable terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the conductor plane is a ground plane or a power plane on the printed circuit board.

15. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor plane is a large-area conductor plane and wherein the conductor in the battery is a bulk conductor.

16. The slot antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the conductor in the battery comprises a metal inner core or a metal inner shell of the battery.

Assignees

• Huawei Device Co Ltd
• Huawei Device (Dongguan) Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fan Yi
• Lan Yao

Classifications

• H01Q13/10 Primary

  Resonant slot antennas · CPC title

• H01Q1/48

  Earthing means; Earth screens; Counterpoises · CPC title

• H01Q5/385

  Two or more parasitic elements · CPC title

• H01Q1/243

  with built-in antennas · CPC title