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EP1689021A1
EP1689021A1 EP05002488A EP05002488A EP1689021A1 EP 1689021 A1 EP1689021 A1 EP 1689021A1 EP 05002488 A EP05002488 A EP 05002488A EP 05002488 A EP05002488 A EP 05002488A EP 1689021 A1 EP1689021 A1 EP 1689021A1
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antenna element
loop antenna
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Kristina Gold
Michael Moser
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Sony Mobile Communications AB
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • H01Q1/24—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H01Q1/242—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for hand-held use
    • H01Q1/243—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for hand-held use with built-in antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q7/00—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
    • H01Q7/005—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 with variable reactance for tuning the antenna

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  • the present invention relates to the field of antennas and more particularly to a portable communication device with an antenna provided inside the device.
  • Cellular phones are today provided with more and more functions. Examples of such functions are MP3 players and cameras.
  • the phone then includes a radio receiver, which can be combined with the normal wireless network communication circuits of the phone.
  • the problem that remains to be solved is then that of the antenna.
  • Standard in-built phone antennas used in other areas are normally quarter or half-wavelength antennas. However, such antennas have too big dimensions for being used as internal FM radio antennas.
  • One such known antenna is described in WO-02/27862. Here a loop antenna element adapted for GPS signal reception is described for use In a phone.
  • the electrical dipole antenna is sensitive to changes in the environment. If for Instance a user is holding the phone close to his body, the performance of such an antenna is affected in a negative way.
  • An electrical dipole antenna is furthermore sensitive to changes in the size of the ground plane, which can occur because of for instance the connection of accessories to the phone. Also this change in size of the ground plane degrades the performance of the electrical dipole antenna.
  • the present invention is directed towards solving the problem of providing a portable communication device having a main unit with an improved inbuilt antenna, and especially one that is less sensitive to changes in the surrounding area.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide a portable communication device having a main unit with an in-built antenna and especially one that is less sensitive to changes in the surrounding area.
  • this object Is achieved by a portable communication device comprising:
  • a second aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, wherein the tuning network is arranged to tune the antenna to a radio station broadcast frequency range.
  • a third aspect of the present Invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the second aspect, wherein the frequency range is the range of 88 to 108 MHz.
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, further comprising an electrical interface to auxiliary units, wherein the electrical interface has a connection to the ground plane.
  • a fifth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the fourth aspect, further comprising at least one auxiliary unit connectable to at least the connection to the ground plane of the electrical interface.
  • a sixth aspect of the present invention Is directed towards a portable communication device Including the features of the first aspect, wherein at least one element of the device is provided inside the loop of the loop antenna element.
  • a seventh aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, wherein the loop antenna element has an essentially rectangular shape.
  • An eighth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, wherein the distance between the loop antenna element and the ground plane is at least about 5 mm.
  • a ninth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, wherein the cross section of the loop antenna element has an area in the range of 0.1 - 10 mm 2 .
  • a tenth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device incnding the features of the ninth aspect, wherein the cross section of the loop antenna element has a diameter of approximately 1 mm.
  • An eleventh aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, further comprising a notch filter connected between the loop antenna element and the tuning network.
  • a twelfth aspect of the present invention is directed towards a portable communication device including the features of the first aspect, in which it is a cellular phone.
  • the invention has the following advantages. It is not very sensitive to changes of the surrounding area, like changes of the ground plane or objects being close to the main unit. In fact an enlarged ground plane even enhances the antenna efficiency. There is furthermore no need to match any auxiliary units that are connected to the main unit, which is otherwise needed when for instance an ear phone cord is used as antenna.
  • the loop antenna element is furthermore cheap to produce, occupies little space, can be very thin and does not increase the thickness of the main unit.
  • a portable communication device will now be described in relation to a cellular phone, which is a preferred variation of the invention.
  • the portable communication device can be based on another type of device though, like a cordless phone, a PDA or any other type of portable device communicating with radio waves.
  • Fig. 1 schematically shows a front view of a cellular phone 10, which is a main unit of the portable communication device according to the invention.
  • the phone 10 includes a keypad 12 and a display 14.
  • the phone is furthermore provided with an electrical interface to auxiliary units in the form of a system connector 16 to which a first auxiliary unit In the form of an ear phone 18 is connected.
  • the ear phone 18 can be provided in a portable hands free device and then be combined with a microphone.
  • the ear phone 18 is connected to the system connector 16 via a cord.
  • the charger 20 is here depicted as being connected to the phone via a cord. It can however also be connected to it in some other way via for instance a desk stand, which desk stand would then be directly connected to the system connector 16.
  • a battery 24 powers the different electrical circuits and components in the phone 10.
  • a loop antenna element 26 Above the battery on a distance d there Is provided a loop antenna element 26, which is connected to the circuit board via interconnecting connectors 28.
  • the loop antenna element 26 Is provided a distance d above the circuit board, which is at least 5 mm. Generally speaking, the higher above the board the loop antenna element 26 can be placed, the better it is. However, often the size limitations of the phone puts a limit to the distance.
  • a radio circuit 30 for reception of radio signals.
  • the radio circuit 30 can be provided in an ASIC circuit which combines a number of functions, like for instance mobile cellular radio communication functions as well as FM radio reception functions.
  • the board 22 also functions as a ground plane for the antenna.
  • One end of the loop antenna element 26 is connected to the radio circuit 30 via a tuning network and another is connected to ground 23.
  • Fig. 3 schematically discloses the loop antenna element 26 and the battery 24 provided on the circuit board 22. Also the system connector 16 is displayed.
  • the loop antenna element 26 is in the shape of a rectangle that encircles the battery 24.
  • the loop antenna element 26 preferably has a circular cross section with an area in the range of 0.1 - 10 mm 2 .
  • the cross-section has furthermore preferably a diameter of about 1 mm. It should however be reallsed that it can have other shapes, like having a rectangular cross section, and other diameters.
  • the loop antenna element 26 is also preferably distanced from the battery 24 with about 1 mm.
  • the positioning of the feeding point of the loop antenna element is not limited to any of the two positions indicated In fig. 3, but can be placed anywhere along the loop.
  • Fig. 4 shows a block schematic of a number of circuits connected to the loop antenna element 26.
  • the feeding end of the loop antenna element 26 is connected to a notch filter 31.
  • the notch filter 31 comprises an inductor 33 in parallel with a first capacitor 35, the function of the notch filter 31 will be described later.
  • the notch filter 31 is connected to a tuning network 32 that is based on a CC circuit having a second capacitor 34 connected to a third capacitor 36.
  • One end of the second capacitor 36 is here connected to ground 22, while the other end is connected to the second capacitor 34 and to an amplifier 38.
  • the amplifier 38 is in turn connected to an impedance matching circuit 40 comprising a capacitor 42.
  • the impedance matching circuit 40 Is furthermore connected to the radio circuit 30.
  • the radio circuit 30 is connected to an ASIC circuit (not shown) providing demodulation and sound and is also connected to the system connector 16 via ground 22.
  • the system connector 16 has three terminals 46, 48, 50, where a first 46 is connected to ground and a second and a third 48 and 50 are intended to be connected to conductors provided In the cord of the ear phone for providing sound from the ASIC circuit.
  • the system connector 16 further comprises a fourth and a fifth terminal 52 and 54 that lead to the battery 24 via two conductors. These terminals 52 and 54 are intended to get connected to a charger for allowing charging of the battery 24.
  • the loop antenna element Is set to a radio station broadcast frequency range or frequency band by the tuning network.
  • This tuning network can also be set to be tuned to different transmission frequencies within the band.
  • This network can be fixed to the FM band, which is 88 - 108 MHz, but it is also possible to let it be variable for instance by using a variable capacitance in the CC circuit for allowing other radio transmission frequencies.
  • the received signals are then amplified by the amplifier before being provided to the radio circuit, which can then emit the sound either in a speaker in the device or in the ear phone.
  • the notch filter has the function of degrading the matching of the tuning network at a certain frequency, which frequency is preferably the frequency of another antenna in the phone provided for transmitting radio signals, like voice communication signals according to a cellular phone communication standard, for instance GSM. In this way it Is ensured that such radio communication does not Influence the FM radio reception too much.
  • the loop antenna element functions as a magnetic dipole antenna.
  • This type of antenna is not as sensitive to changes In the surrounding area, like changes in the size of the ground plane or changes because of objects being close to the antenna element, like the body of the user of the phone.
  • An electric dipole Is on the other hand much sensitive to these changes of the surrounding area.
  • the present invention can be varied in many ways. It is possible to have the loop antenna element have several other types of shapes including being of meandering shape.
  • the loop antenna element can furthermore be provided as a thread, a trace etched onto a flex film be moulded or be of pressed metal. It can also be provided on the inside of the battery cover that is normally used for the battery. It can also be provided as a pattern in the chassis of the phone.
  • the invention was furthermore described in relation to the FM band, It is possible also to apply the present invention to other radio frequency bands, like VHF.
  • the radio circuit need not be provided on the opposite side of the circuit board compared with the loop antenna element. It can just as well be provided on the same side.
  • the tuning network is not limited to the tuning network described, It can have more or fewer components and also for instance include a capacitor the capacitance of which can be varied.
  • the tuning network can apart from being a CC network also be an LC network or any suitable tuning network.
  • the Impedance matching network can furthermore be omitted. It is furthermore possible to have other elements than the battery inside the loop.
  • the portable communication device can be provided as only the main unit, which is here a phone, or both the main unit and at least one additional unit, like the ear phone and/or the charger.
  • An auxiliary unit can furthermore be connected to one or more of the terminals of the system connector, but preferably always to the ground potential.
  • the electrical interface described above does not have to be provided In the form of a system connector. Electrical interfaces can just as well be provided as a separate charger connection and ear phone jack, These electrical interfaces do furthermore not have to be provided at the bottom of the phone, but can be provided elsewhere on the phone.

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DE602005005781T DE602005005781D1 (de) 2005-02-07 2005-02-07 Eingebaute FM-Antenne
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EP2056395A1 (fr) 2007-11-05 2009-05-06 Laird Technologies AB Dispositif d'antenne et dispositif de communication radio portable comportant un tel dispositif d'antenne
US7856259B2 (en) 2007-08-29 2010-12-21 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab In-built FM antenna
CN107275779A (zh) * 2017-06-19 2017-10-20 惠州Tcl移动通信有限公司 移动终端延长地的设置方法及具有延长地的移动终端

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WO1994019873A1 (fr) * 1993-02-25 1994-09-01 Motorola Inc. Recepteur comportant une antenne externe encastree
FR2724274A1 (fr) * 1994-09-07 1996-03-08 Telediffusion Fse Antenne cadre, insensible a l'effet capacitif, et dispositif emetteur recepteur comportant une telle antenne
EP0933832A2 (fr) * 1998-01-30 1999-08-04 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Antenne incorporée pour terminaux de radiocommunications
GB2358991A (en) * 1999-09-14 2001-08-08 Motorola Inc Wireless RF peripheral interface for a cellular communication device
WO2002027862A1 (fr) * 2000-09-27 2002-04-04 Rangestar Wireless, Inc. Antenne equidirective a polarisation multiple
EP1294046A2 (fr) * 2001-09-17 2003-03-19 Nokia Corporation Système de réception de radiodiffusion pour téléphones portables

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US7856259B2 (en) 2007-08-29 2010-12-21 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Ab In-built FM antenna
EP2056395A1 (fr) 2007-11-05 2009-05-06 Laird Technologies AB Dispositif d'antenne et dispositif de communication radio portable comportant un tel dispositif d'antenne
CN107275779A (zh) * 2017-06-19 2017-10-20 惠州Tcl移动通信有限公司 移动终端延长地的设置方法及具有延长地的移动终端

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