Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – With radio cabinet
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-15
2001-10-23
Phan, T (Department: 2821)
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
With radio cabinet
C343S7000MS, C343S846000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06307512
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a dual band antenna for a handset. Such a antenna includes a metallic plate or layer acting as ground plane for the antenna, a resonator plate or layer acting as radiating element(s), and a feeding point supplying the signal to the antenna. When the ground plane and the resonator plane are electrically coupled the feeding point will be placed in a position where the antenna is matched to the RF output of the handset. Such antennas are known as Planar Inverted F-Antennas (PIFA).
Until a few year ago all phones for cellular communication were equipped with an extendable antenna element, as known from e.g. the phone sold under the tradename Nokia 2110™. Later on this extendable antenna element were substituted by an external helix antenna, as known from e.g. the phone sold under the tradename Nokia 6110™. Recently the applicant has launched a phone sold under the tradename Nokia 8810™ and this phone includes an internal antenna based on the PIFA concept. The antenna is a so-called single band antenna and the present version it is adapted for GSM in the 900 MHz band (uplink 890-915 MHz and downlink 935-960 MHz). The antenna element will have an electric length corresponding to a quarter wavelength and placing a dielectric between the ground a resonator plane the over physical dimensions is reduced. The overall dimensions of the PIFA are reduced to 32×20×4 mm.
WO 95/24746 describes an internal antenna having a dielectric body coated with a metallic layer on two substantially parallel surfaces. This antenna is a single band antenna for the GSM 900 MHz band only. Basically a plastic body is molded and with metal. Afterwards a pattern is created in the metallic layer by removing parts of the coated surfaces by milling. This concept has been used in the phone marketed by Hagenuk under the tradename Global Handy™.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,764,190 describes a capacity loaded PIFA according to which an extra plate is interposed in between the ground plane and the radiating element. This requires that a two-shot molding process be used in addition to several coating processes.
A letter by C. R. Rowell and R. D. Murch, “A Compact PIFA suitable for dual frequency 900/1800 MHz operation”, is published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, April 1998, Volume 46, Number 4. This letter is written by the inventors mentioned in U.S. Pat. No. 5,764,190, and describes further improvement of the three layered antenna concept. The improvement includes providing of a longitudinal slit in the resonator layer in order to obtain two radiating elements. The RF signal is fed to the radiating elements via the intermediate plate.
A letter by Z. D. Lui and P. S. Hall, “Dual-Frequency Planar Inverted-F Antenna”, is published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, October 1997, Volume 45, Number 10. This letter describes a number of solutions—one of these having a rectangular patch for the 900 MHz band. This patch is provided with a L-shaped slot separating one quarter of the 900 MHz band for acting as resonating element in 1800 MHz band. The two resonating elements are interconnected in the bottom of the slot the common feeding point is provided in this interconnection. Furthermore the two resonating elements are shortened in this interconnection by means of a number of shorting pins. Hereby the coupling between the two radiating elements is reduced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide a dual band antenna for a handset having a form that can be integrated into the per se known type of handset cabinets.
This purpose is obtained by an antenna device having a first conducting layer acting as resonator plane, a second conducting layer arranged substantially in parallel with the first conducting layer and acting as ground plane for the antenna device, and feeding means connected to said first and the second conducting layer for feeding an RF signal to the antenna device. The first conducting layer is provided as a radiating pattern having a common frequency part coherent with two further parts where said common frequency part in combination with said two further parts defines a first radiating element and a second radiating element, respectively. Capacitive couplings between the first and the second conducting areas adjacent to the crossing areas between said common frequency part and the respective one of said two further parts. Hereby the common frequency part carries currents from both frequency bands and thereby constitutes a part of the two radiating elements of the antenna.
Preferably the antenna device according to the invention has a dielectric body on which the first conducting layer is coated onto. By manufacturing the dielectric body in an injection molding process including two shots the manual handling of the antenna device is minimized during manufacture. The material used in one of the two injection molding shots is a resin repelling metal in a subsequent coating process, while the material used in the other shot is a resin to which metal in the subsequent coating process adhere.
The dielectric body may advantageously be provided with coupling means for establishing a releasable interconnection with a separate metal body acting as the second conducting layer of the device.
The feeding means may advantageously include a bore through the dielectric body as a connection via connecting the first conducting layer to a connection pad on the rear side of the dielectric body.
Preferably the capacitive coupling between said first and said second conducting layers is partly obtained by reducing the distance between said first conducting layer and said second conducting layer.
The dielectric body is provided with releasable interconnection with a separate metal body acting as the second conducting layer of the device. The metal body is provided with a stepwise raised part to establish the capacitive coupling.
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C. R. Rowell, et al, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagatio pp. 596-6034/98.
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
Perman & Green LLP
Phan T
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