Antenna device and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9847585-B2
Application number	US-201514592984-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2015
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Dec 19, 2017
Grant date	Dec 19, 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 electronic apparatus comprising:
an antenna device including a first feeding point and a second feeding point that is different from the first feeding point; a first feeder circuit that feeds a communication signal of a first frequency band to the antenna device with the first feeding point; and a second feeder circuit that feeds a communication signal of a second frequency band that is lower than the first frequency band to the antenna device with the second feeding point; wherein the antenna device includes a radiation element of an electric field type antenna, and a ground conductor arranged so as to oppose the radiation element; at least one first reactance element is connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor, such that the radiation element, the first reactance element, and the ground conductor define a loop unit of a magnetic field type antenna; the radiation element is an antenna element for the first frequency band, and the loop unit is an antenna element for the second frequency band; an entirety of the radiation element that functions as an antenna element for the second frequency band is used as an antenna element for the first frequency band; the loop unit of the magnetic field type antenna is an antenna for an HF band RFID system;
the first feeding point and the second feeding point are located on different locations of the radiation element.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first feeder circuit is connected to the first feeding point between a first end and a second end of the radiation element, and the second feeder circuit is connected to the radiation element closer to the first end than the first feeder circuit.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation element has a U shape.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation element does not overlap the ground conductor in a planar view of the ground conductor.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a housing, wherein the radiation element is disposed on an end portion of the housing.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first reactance element and the second feeder circuit are connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor, and the first reactance element and the second feeder circuit are included in a single high frequency module.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radiation element is an antenna for cellular communication.

8. An electronic apparatus, comprising: an antenna device including a first feeding point and a second feeding point that is different from the first feeding point; a first feeder circuit that feeds a communication signal of a first frequency band to the antenna device with the first feeding point; and a second feeder circuit that feeds a communication signal of a second frequency band that is lower than the first frequency band to the antenna device with the second feeding point; wherein the antenna device includes a radiation element of an electric field type antenna, and a ground conductor disposed so as to oppose the radiation element; at least one first reactance element is connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor, the radiation element, the first reactance element, and the ground conductor forming a loop unit of a magnetic field type antenna; the radiation element is an antenna element for the first frequency band, and the loop unit is an antenna element for the second frequency band; the radiation element includes one end and another end, the first reactance element being connected to the one end of the radiation element; the loop unit of the magnetic field type antenna is an antenna for an HF band RFID system; and the first feeding point and the second feeding point are located on different locations of the radiation element.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first feeder circuit is connected to the first feeding point between a first end and a second end of the radiation element, and the second feeder circuit is connected to the radiation element closer to the first end than the first feed circuit.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the radiation element has a U shape.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the radiation element does not overlap the ground conductor in a planar view of the ground conductor.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising a housing, wherein the radiation element is disposed on an end portion of the housing.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first reactance element and the second feeder circuit are connected between the radiation element and the ground conductor, and the first reactance element and the second feeder circuit are included in a single high frequency module.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the radiation element is an antenna for cellular communication.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Yosui Kuniaki

Classifications

• H01Q1/2208

  associated with components used in interrogation type services, i.e. in systems for information exchange between an interrogator/reader and a tag/transponder, e.g. in Radio Frequency Identification [RFID] systems (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns G06K7/00; record carrier for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00) · CPC title

• H01Q5/335

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

• H01Q1/2216 Primary

  used in interrogator/reader equipment · CPC title

• H01Q5/371

  Branching current paths · CPC title

• H01Q9/42

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