Communications device

Abstract

A communications device is provided, including a metal carrier having a mounting plane with at least one mounting area, and further includes an antenna element disposed in each mounting area. The mounting area is where the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at a feedpoint of the antenna element in the area and whose radius does not exceed a specified radius. When a boundary line of the mounting area includes a boundary line, a distance from the feedpoint to the boundary line is less than or equal to a specified distance; and/or when a boundary line of the mounting area includes a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance. A feed position on the antenna element is designed to obtain relatively good antenna roundness performance and enhance an antenna signal coverage effect.

Claims

1. A device for radio access, the device comprising: a metal carrier comprising a mounting plane, which comprises a mounting area; an antenna element disposed in the mounting area and comprising: a radiation structure connected to a feed structure, wherein the feed structure is fastened to the mounting plane, the radiation structure is a fan shape, and a point at which the feed structure is connected to the mounting plane is a feedpoint; wherein the mounting area is an area in which the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area and having a radius that does not exceed a specified radius; wherein the mounting plane is circular or polygonal excluding rectangular; and wherein when a boundary line of the mounting area comprises a boundary line of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the boundary line of the mounting area is less than or equal to a specified distance, or when a boundary line of the mounting area comprises a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the specified distance is 0.12 λ.sub.l, the specified radius is 0.25 λ.sub.l, and λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency of the antenna element.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein a height of the antenna element is not greater than 0.25 λ.sub.l.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the vertex has a structure of a chamfer, and the distance from the feedpoint to the vertex is a distance from the feedpoint to a point at which a connection line between an intersection of extension lines of two boundary lines of the chamfer and the feedpoint intersects the chamfer.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the metal carrier is a ground of the antenna element, a metal housing of a wireless device, or a circuit board or heat sink of a wireless device.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the feed structure comprises a feed probe.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the feed probe comprises: a column structure; or a conductor sheet whose width gradually increases in a direction from the feedpoint to the radiation structure.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is a remote radio unit (RRU), base station, radio unit, or an antenna.

9. A device for radio access, the device comprising: a metal carrier comprising a mounting plane, which comprises a mounting area; an antenna element disposed in the mounting area and comprising: a radiation structure connected to a feed structure, wherein the feed structure is fastened to the mounting plane, the feed structure comprises a feed probe, a point at which the feed structure is connected to the mounting plane is a feedpoint, and the feed structure comprises a feed probe having a conductor sheet whose width gradually increases in a direction from the feedpoint to the radiation structure; wherein the mounting area is an area in which the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area and having a radius that does not exceed a specified radius; and wherein when a boundary line of the mounting area comprises a boundary line of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the boundary line of the mounting area is less than or equal to a specified distance, or when a boundary line of the mounting area comprises a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance, wherein the radiation structure comprises at least one radiation patch, wherein the at least one radiation patch comprises a passive radiation patch and an active radiation patch, wherein the active radiation patch is connected to the feed probe, and the passive radiation patch is connected to a ground cable and wherein the radiation structure further comprises a dielectric plate or plastic support, wherein the passive radiation patch and the active radiation patch are disposed on the dielectric plate or plastic support, or the dielectric plate or plastic support, the active radiation patch, and the passive radiation patch are an integrated printed circuit substrate structure, and wherein the dielectric plate or plastic support is a flat plate or a stepped plate, and when the dielectric plate or plastic support is a stepped plate, the passive radiation patch and the active radiation patch are respectively disposed on different step surfaces.

10. The device according to claim 9, wherein the at least one radiation patch comprises one active radiation patch.

11. The device according to claim 9, wherein the active radiation patch and the passive radiation patch are connected by using at least one capacitance or inductance signal.

12. The device according to claim 9, wherein the dielectric plate or plastic support is a flat plate or a stepped plate, and when the dielectric plate or plastic support is a stepped plate, the passive radiation patch and the active radiation patch are respectively disposed on different step surfaces.

13. A device for radio access, the device comprising: a metal carrier comprising a mounting plane, which comprises a mounting area; an antenna element disposed in the mounting area and comprising: a radiation structure connected to a feed structure, wherein the feed structure is fastened to the mounting plane, the radiation structure is a fan shape, and a point at which the feed structure is connected to the mounting plane is a feedpoint; wherein the mounting area is an area in which the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area and having a radius that does not exceed a specified radius; wherein the antenna element is placed on an edge of the metal carrier; and wherein when the antenna element is placed on the edge of the metal carrier, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the edge is less than or equal to a specified distance.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein when a boundary line of the mounting area comprises a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance.

15. The device according to claim 13, wherein the radiation structure comprises an active radiation patch.

16. The device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting plane is polygonal and when the mounting plane is polygonal, the distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the vertex of the polygonal mounting plane is less than or equal to a specified distance, a shortest distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the boundary line of the mounting plane is less than or equal to the specified distance, when a vertex of the polygon has a structure of a chamfer, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the chamfer is less than or equal to the specified distance, or when a vertex of the polygon has an oblique chamfer, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the oblique chamfer is less than or equal to the specified distance.

17. The device according to claim 1, wherein the mounting plane is circular and when the mounting plane is circular, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to an arc of a boundary line of the circular mounting plane is less than or equal to a specified distance.

18. The device according to claim 13, wherein the specified distance is 0.12 λ.sub.l, the specified radius is 0.25 λ.sub.l, and λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency of the antenna element, and wherein a height of the antenna element is not greater than 0.25 λ.sub.l.

19. The device according to claim 13, wherein the radiation structure is a fan shape.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a typical horizontal plane pattern of a broadband antenna that has a PSP structure and that is mounted on a surface of a square prism carrier in the prior art;

(2) FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a communications device according to an embodiment of the present application;

(3) FIG. 3 is a contour map of antenna roundnesses in different feed positions on an edge and a corner of one plane of a cuboid carrier;

(4) FIG. 4a to FIG. 4f are schematic diagrams of a bottom surface of an area occupied by a radiation structure according to embodiments of the present application;

(5) FIG. 5 is a diagram of roundness comparison between an antenna according to an embodiment of the present application and an antenna in the prior art;

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic three-dimensional diagram of an antenna according to Embodiment 1 of the present application;

(7) FIG. 7 is a top view of the antenna according to Embodiment 1 of the present application;

(8) FIG. 8 is a side view of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present application;

(9) FIG. 9 is a roundness diagram of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present application;

(10) FIG. 10 is a top view of an antenna according to Embodiment 2 of the present application;

(11) FIG. 11 is a side view of the antenna according to Embodiment 2 of the present application;

(12) FIG. 12 is a roundness diagram of the antenna according to Embodiment 2 of the present application;

(13) FIG. 13 is a three-dimensional diagram of an antenna according to Embodiment 3 of the present application;

(14) FIG. 14 is a top view of the antenna according to Embodiment 3 of the present application;

(15) FIG. 14B illustrates a specific design when the dielectric plate or plastic support 213 is a stepped plate;

(16) FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of structural parameters of the antenna according to Embodiment 3 of the present application;

(17) FIG. 16 is a side view of the antenna according to Embodiment 3 of the present application; and

(18) FIG. 17 is a roundness diagram of the antenna according to Embodiment 3 of the present application.

(19) Reference numerals: 1: Metal carrier; 11: Mounting plane; 2: Antenna element; 21: Radiation structure; 211: Active radiation patch; 212: Passive radiation patch; 213: Dielectric plate or plastic support; 22: Feed structure; and 23: Ground cable

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

(20) The following describes the specific embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the specific implementations described herein are merely used to explain the present application but are not intended to limit the present application.

(21) FIG. 2 and FIG. 6 show structures of communications devices with different structures provided in the embodiments of the present application.

(22) An embodiment of the present application provides a communications device. The communications device includes a metal carrier 1, where the metal carrier 1 has a mounting plane 11, and at least one mounting area is defined on the mounting plane; and an antenna element 2 disposed in each mounting area, where each antenna element 2 includes: a radiation structure 21 and a feed structure 22 connected to the radiation structure 21, the feed structure 22 is fastened to the mounting plane 11, and a point at which the feed structure 22 is connected to the mounting plane 11 is a feedpoint; where the mounting area is an area in which the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area and whose radius does not exceed a specified radius; when a boundary line of any of the mounting area includes a boundary line of the mounting plane 11, a distance from a feedpoint of an antenna element 2 in the mounting area to the boundary line of the mounting area is less than or equal to a specified distance, and/or when the boundary line of the mounting area includes a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint of the antenna element in the mounting area to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance.

(23) In the foregoing embodiment, the metal carrier 1 is considered as a part of an antenna body for joint design. The antenna element 2 is arranged in a specific corner position on the metal carrier 1. A feed position on the antenna element 2 is designed to obtain relatively good antenna roundness performance and enhance an antenna signal coverage effect.

(24) Optionally, the antenna element is fastened to the metal carrier by using a screw or glue. For a specific mounting or fastening manner, refer to the prior art. No limitation is imposed herein.

(25) Specifically, most energy of an electronically small antenna (the electronically small antenna is usually an antenna whose maximum size is less than 0.25 times a wavelength) integrated on a metal carrier is radiated out by the carrier. The antenna can be considered as a coupler, and its function is coupling electromagnetic energy onto the carrier, so that the electromagnetic energy is radiated out by the carrier. In a conventional idea, to ensure symmetry of a pattern of the antenna, a ground structure (or carrier structure) of the antenna is designed as a symmetrical structure, and the antenna is placed in a symmetric center.

(26) It can be found from research that the carrier of the antenna usually has some fixed characteristic modes, these characteristic modes are theoretically orthogonal, and an overall pattern of the antenna may be decomposed into a linear combination of these characteristic modes. When the antenna is placed in different positions, combinations of different characteristic modes are excited, and different patterns are further obtained. In the present application, based on this principle, the antenna is excited in an edge and/or a corner position of the carrier, and a pattern roundness is calculated, so as to obtain a relatively good roundness. For an electrically small antenna mounted on a metal carrier, energy is radiated out by an antenna body and the carrier. In some cases, carrier radiation accounts for 80% of total radiated energy. Therefore, not merely the antenna is excited. In some cases, the antenna is understood as a coupler that couples energy onto the carrier, so that the energy is radiated out by the carrier.

(27) For example, FIG. 3 is a gradient map (similar to a geographical contour map) of pattern roundness in different antenna excitation positions around different vertexes A0 on one plane of a cuboid carrier. It can be clearly seen from FIG. 3 that an area (marked as 4, 5, and 6 in the figure) with an optimal roundness exists within a specific distance from a vertex A0. The communications device provided in the present application is designed based on the foregoing principle. Disposing position of an antenna element on a corner of the carrier is obtained, and the antenna is disposed in a vertex position of the carrier in the foregoing disposing manner, so that the antenna element in the vertex position of the carrier has relatively good roundness performance. In addition, when multiple antenna elements are disposed on the carrier, a distance between the antenna elements increases, and this leads to high isolation between the antenna elements.

(28) In addition, when a feedpoint of the antenna is placed on a corner, a real part of radiation impedance of the antenna increases, and this is extremely beneficial to antenna miniaturization. A size of the antenna designed by using this method is usually smaller than a size of an antenna with same bandwidth in the prior art. Therefore, when more antennas are placed in a same area, a distance between the antennas can be longer, and isolation between the antennas can be effectively improved.

(29) To facilitate understanding of the antenna provided in this embodiment of the present application, the following describes a structure of the antenna in detail with reference to a specific embodiment.

(30) Specifically, the communications device provided in this embodiment may be a radio frequency module, such as an indoor remote radio unit RRU (remote radio unit), a base station, or another communications device equipped with an antenna. Optionally, in the communications device, an antenna and another module are integrated. The integration includes sharing a cover.

(31) In this embodiment, a monopole antenna is used as an example for description. First, for several distances in the antenna provided in this embodiment, the distance from the feedpoint to the vertex or an edge (the boundary line of the mounting plane) of the mounting plane 11 is denoted as R.sub.C, the radius of the circle drawn with the feedpoint as the center is denoted as R.sub.ANT, and the height of the antenna element is denoted as H.

(32) In this embodiment, as a specific embodiment, the metal carrier may be a right prism carrier, and the right prism carrier is a column structure with a top surface perpendicular to a side surface.

(33) In addition, when each antenna element is specifically disposed, the antenna element may have a ground cable or may not have a ground cable. In this embodiment, the antenna element having a ground cable is used as an example for description.

(34) When the antenna element 2 is specifically disposed, the following conditions may be met: When a boundary line of a bottom surface of an area occupied by any radiation structure 21 includes a boundary line of the mounting plane 11, a distance from the feedpoint to the boundary line of the mounting area is less than or equal to the specified distance, and/or when a boundary line of the bottom surface includes a vertex of the mounting plane 11, a distance from the feedpoint to the vertex is less than or equal to the specified distance. In addition, in specific disposing, a height of an antenna is a vertical distance from the radiation structure 21 to the mounting plane 11. Optionally, when the radiation structure 21 is specifically disposed, the height of the antenna is not greater than the set height in a specific application scenario. In an example, the specified distance is 0.12 λ.sub.l, the specified radius is 0.25 λ.sub.l, and the set height is 0.25 λ.sub.l, where λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency of the antenna. In this way, an optimal roundness value is obtained for the antenna.

(35) In this embodiment, different structures may be selected for the metal carrier 1 and the antenna. The metal carrier 1 may be a ground of the antenna, a metal housing of a wireless device, a circuit board, shield cover, or heat sink of a wireless device, or another structure. The metal carrier 1 may be in different shapes such as a polygonal column and a cylinder. One plane of the metal carrier 1 is the mounting plane 11 of the antenna. The mounting plane 11 may be in different shapes such as a polygon and a circle. When the metal carrier 1 is a polygonal column or a cylinder, the mounting plane 11 is correspondingly an end face of the metal carrier 1. In addition, when the metal carrier 1 is a polygonal column, the vertex of the mounting plane 11 has a structure of a chamfer, and the chamfer is a round angle structure or an oblique angle structure. In this case, the distance R.sub.C from the feedpoint to the vertex is a distance from the feedpoint to a position of a point at which a connection line between an intersection of extension lines of two boundary lines of the chamfer and the feedpoint intersects the chamfer.

(36) To facilitate understanding of R.sub.C, refer to FIG. 4a to FIG. 4f. FIG. 4a to FIG. 4f show shapes of the bottom surface (mounting area) of the area occupied by the radiation structure 21 and specific distances R.sub.C when the mounting plane 11 are in different shapes. Referring first to FIG. 4a, the mounting plane 11 is polygonal, the vertex is A.sub.i, two sides are respectively A.sub.i−1A.sub.i and A.sub.iA.sub.i+1, and the feedpoint is F. In this case, the distance R.sub.C is a length of FA.sub.i, and the mounting area is BA.sub.i-A.sub.iC-. As shown in FIG. 4b, the mounting plane 11 is circular, F is the feedpoint, R.sub.C is a minimum distance from the feedpoint to an are of the boundary line of the mounting plane 11, and the mounting area is -BC. As shown in FIG. 4c, the mounting plane 11 is polygonal, F is the feedpoint, R.sub.C is a vertical distance from the feedpoint to the boundary line BC of the mounting plane 11, a perpendicular foot is A.sub.i, and the mounting area is BC-. When the antenna is placed on a straight edge, φ(φ is a degree of an interior angle of a corner of the mounting plane 11) is equal to 180°, and this is a special case. As shown in FIG. 4d, the special case in which φ is equal to 180° is equivalent to a case in which the antenna element 2 is placed on an edge. As shown in FIG. 4e, a vertex shown in FIG. 4e has a round chamfer. Specifically, the mounting plane 11 is polygonal, the vertex is A.sub.i, two sides are respectively A.sub.i−1A.sub.i and A.sub.iA.sub.i+1, the vertex A.sub.i is an intersection of extension lines of the two sides, and the feedpoint is F. In this case, the distance R.sub.C is a length of FA.sub.i, and the mounting area is BA.sub.i-A.sub.iC-. As shown in FIG. 4f, a vertex shown in FIG. 4f has an oblique chamfer. Specifically, the mounting plane 11 is polygonal, the vertex is A.sub.i, two sides are respectively A.sub.i−1A.sub.i and A.sub.iA.sub.i+1, the vertex A.sub.i is an intersection of extension lines of the two sides, and the feedpoint is F. In this case, the distance R.sub.C is a length of FA.sub.i, and the mounting area is BA.sub.i-A.sub.iC-.

(37) An antenna element 2 provided in this embodiment includes a radiation structure 21, a feed structure 22, and a ground cable 23. The feed structure 22 may be a feed probe. In specific disposing, the feed probe may be designed in different shapes. Optionally, the feed probe is a column structure, or the feed probe is a conductor sheet whose width gradually increases in a direction from a feedpoint to the radiation structure 21. In actual production, the feed probe may be designed in the foregoing shapes according to different requirements. It should be understood that the foregoing two structures are examples of specific structures and do not limit a structure of the feed probe. The feed probe may be designed, according to a requirement, in any other structural shape meeting the requirement.

(38) Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 13, the radiation structure 21 may include at least one radiation patch. When the radiation structure 21 includes one radiation patch, the radiation patch is an active radiation patch 211. When multiple radiation patches are used, the radiation patches may be an active radiation patch 211 and a passive radiation patch 212 (the active radiation patch 211 and the passive radiation patch 212 are structures that are structurally distinguished from each other, the active radiation patch is a portion structurally connected directly to a radio frequency transmission line, and the passive radiation patch 212 is a portion that is structurally spaced a distance apart from the active radiation patch 211 and is not directly connected to the radio frequency transmission line). For example, the radiation structure 21 includes two radiation patches, the two radiation patches are respectively the passive radiation patch 212 and the active radiation patch 211, the active radiation patch 211 is connected to the feed probe, and the passive radiation patch 212 is connected to the ground cable 23. Optionally, the active radiation patch 211 and the passive radiation patch 212 are connected by using at least one capacitance or inductance signal. When multiple radiation patches are used, the radiation structure 21 may further include a dielectric plate or plastic support 213, and the passive radiation patch 212 and the active radiation patch 211 are disposed on the dielectric plate or plastic support 213. Therefore, an integrated structure is formed for the radiation structure 21. In a specific design, the dielectric plate or plastic support 213 may be a flat plate or a stepped plate. When the dielectric plate or plastic support 213 is a stepped plate, the passive radiation patch 212 and the active radiation patch 211 are respectively disposed on different step surfaces 213s as illustrated in FIG. 14B. In addition, the radiation patches and the dielectric plate or plastic support 213 may be designed to be a split type or an integrated type. When the split type is used, the dielectric plate or plastic support 213 may be a plastic plate. When the integrated type is used, the dielectric plate or plastic support 213, the active radiation patch 211, and the passive radiation patch 212 are an integrated printed circuit substrate structure. This facilitates design and production of the radiation structure 21. It can be understood that the foregoing active radiation patch may also be designed in a stepped shape, and details are not described herein.

(39) In addition, in specific design, a radiation patch may be in different shapes, for example, a polygonal shape or a fan shape. When the radiation patch is in a polygonal shape, the radiation patch may be in a rectangular shape, a pentagonal shape, or a different shape.

(40) In this embodiment, optionally, the radiation structure 21 used in the antenna is an asymmetric structure relative to the feedpoint. When the antenna is arranged on a corner of the mounting plane 11, R.sub.C can meet a requirement. Specifically, the requirement is that R.sub.C is less than a specified distance, the specified distance is 0.12 λ.sub.l, and λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency of the antenna. When the feedpoint of the antenna is placed in a position close to the corner, the antenna can maintain good roundness performance. When the distance R.sub.C from the feedpoint to the vertex is less than 0.12 λ.sub.l, a roundness of the antenna is optimal. As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 5 shows comparison between a roundness value of the antenna provided in this embodiment and that of an antenna in the prior art. A horizontal coordinate indicates a frequency in a unit of GHz, and a vertical coordinate indicates a roundness in a unit of dB. It can be seen from FIG. 5 that the roundness value of the antenna provided in this embodiment is much better than that of the antenna in the prior art. Optionally, the radiation structure 21 used in the antenna may be a symmetrical structure relative to the feedpoint, and details are not described herein.

(41) The following describes structures of the antenna provided in the embodiments of the present application in detail with reference to specific accompanying drawings. In the following specific embodiments, different values of the distance Re from the feedpoint to the vertex or boundary line of the mounting surface are given for emulation, and specific structural parameters used during mounting of the antenna element are given. The structural parameters may be designed according to an actual situation. The following embodiments are merely emulation descriptions by using a specific structure of a specific antenna as an example.

Embodiment 1

(42) Referring to FIG. 6 to FIG. 9, FIG. 6 is a schematic three-dimensional diagram of a communications device in this embodiment, FIG. 7 is a top view of the antenna provided in this embodiment, FIG. 8 is a side view of the antenna provided in this embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a roundness diagram of the antenna provided in this embodiment.

(43) As shown in FIG. 6, the antenna in this embodiment of the present application includes one cuboid metal carrier 1 and one antenna element 2 that is designed according to the foregoing principle. The antenna element 2 is mounted on a metal plane of the metal carrier 1, and the metal plane is a mounting surface 11. The metal carrier 1 may be a structure in different shapes, for example, a polygonal column or a cylinder. In this embodiment, the metal carrier 1 is a cuboid, the antenna element 2 includes a feed probe, an active radiation patch 211, and one or more ground cables 23, and the active radiation patch 211 is in any shape. The active radiation patch 211 and the metal plane (the mounting surface 11) are connected by using the ground cable 23.

(44) When the radiation patch is in a square shape, a good match and a good pattern may be obtained in an operating frequency band by adjusting a size of the antenna.

(45) As shown in Table 1, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8, Table 1 below lists key structural parameters in Embodiment 1 (λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency):

(46) TABLE-US-00001 Structural Structural Parameter Electrical length Parameter Description (λ.sub.1) a Distances from a side P0-P1 of a 0.046 square patch P0-P1-P2-P3 to a side A0-A1 of a mounting plane and from a side P0-P3 of the square patch to a side A0-A3 of the mounting plane in an X-Y plane b Distances from a feedpoint F to the 0.051 side A0-A1 and to the side A0-A3 of the mounting plane in the X-Y plane c Distances from a shorting pin to the 0.090 side A0-A1 and to the side A0-A3 of the mounting plane in the X-Y plane Ws Width of the shorting pin 0.015 W Side length of the square patch P0- 0.138 P1-P2-P3 H Distance from the square patch P0- 0.057 P1-P2-P3 to the mounting plane A0-A1-A2-A3 in a Z direction Rc Distance from the feedpoint F to a 0.073 vertex A0 of the carrier plane in the X-Y plane

(47) Referring to FIG. 9, FIG. 9 shows a pattern roundness of the antenna element that is disposed according to the structural parameters in Table 1 and operates at frequencies in Table 2.

(48) Table 2 is as follows:

(49) TABLE-US-00002 Roundness (Theta = 80 deg, where theta indicates a theta axis of a spherical coordinate system, and deg is a unit, that is, Frequency degree) GHz dB 1.71 1.8 1.76 1.8 1.81 2.1 1.86 2.5 1.88 2.8

Embodiment 2

(50) Referring to FIG. 10 to FIG. 12, FIG. 10 is a top view of a communications device in this embodiment, FIG. 11 is a side view of the antenna provided in this embodiment, and FIG. 12 is a roundness diagram of the antenna provided in this embodiment.

(51) Referring first to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the antenna in this embodiment includes one cuboid metal carrier 1 and one antenna element 2 that is designed according to the foregoing principle. The antenna element 2 is mounted on a metal plane of the metal carrier 1. Further, the metal carrier 1 is a cuboid, and the antenna element 2 includes a feed probe, an active radiation patch 211, and one or more ground cables 23. The active radiation patch is in any shape, for example, the patch is designed in a fan shape in this embodiment.

(52) When the patch is in a circular shape, a good match and a good pattern may be obtained in an operating frequency band by adjusting a size of the antenna.

(53) Referring to Table 3, Table 3 below lists key structural parameters in Embodiment 2 (λ.sub.l is a wavelength corresponding to a minimum operating frequency):

(54) TABLE-US-00003 Structural Structural Parameter Parameter Description Electrical Length (λ.sub.1) a Distances from a feedpoint center 0.0456 F to a side A0-A1 and to a side A0-A3 of the mounting plane in an X-Y plane R1 Radius of the feed probe 0.0057 R2 Distance from the feedpoint 0.0684 center F to a shorting pin center S R3 Radius of the radiation patch 0.16188 Ws Width of the shorting pin 0.01539 Rc Distance from the feedpoint 0.064488138 center F to a vertex A0 of the mounting plane in the X-Y plane H Distance from the radiation patch 0.057 to a carrier plane

(55) Referring to FIG. 12, FIG. 12 shows a pattern roundness of the antenna element 2 that is disposed according to the structural parameters in Table 3 and operates at powers in Table 4.

(56) Table 4 is as follows:

(57) TABLE-US-00004 Frequency Roundness (Theta = 80 deg) GHz dB 1.71 1.6 1.76 1.6 1.81 1.8 1.86 2.3 1.88 2.5

Embodiment 3

(58) Referring to FIG. 13 to FIG. 17, FIG. 13 is a three-dimensional diagram of a communications device in this embodiment, FIG. 14 is a top view of the antenna provided in this embodiment, FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of structural parameters of the antenna provided in this embodiment, FIG. 16 is a side view of the antenna provided in this embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a roundness diagram of the antenna provided in this embodiment.

(59) As shown in FIG. 13, the antenna in this embodiment includes one cuboid metal carrier 1 and one antenna element 2 that is designed according to the foregoing principle. The antenna element 2 is mounted on a metal plane of the metal carrier 1. Further, the metal carrier 1 is a cuboid, and the antenna element 2 includes a feed probe, one active radiation patch 211, and one passive radiation patch 212. Further, the passive radiation patch 212 and a ground plane are connected by using one or more ground cables 23. The radiation patches are in any shape, for example, a square shape or a fan shape. The fan shape is used as an example in this embodiment.

(60) Further, the active radiation patch 211 and the passive radiation patch 212 are supported by using a plastic plate, or the active radiation patch 211, the passive radiation patch 212, and a dielectric plate or plastic support 213 are manufactured by using one microstrip board.

(61) Standing wave bandwidth (VSWR<2.5, where VSWR<2.5 is a method for calculating the standing wave bandwidth, and indicates bandwidth meeting a condition that VSWR<2.5) exceeding 45% may be achieved by adjusting the structural parameters of the antenna. In addition, a pattern roundness of the antenna maintains good performance in the bandwidth.

(62) Specifically, referring to FIG. 15, FIG. 16, and Table 5, Table 5 lists specific values of the structural parameters shown in FIG. 15. Table 5 is as follows:

(63) TABLE-US-00005 Structural Parameter Structural Parameter Description Value H Distance from a fan radiation patch to 0.057 λ.sub.1 a mounting plane of the carrier d Distances from a feedpoint F to a side 0.046 λ.sub.1 A0-A1 and to a side A0-A3 of the mounting plane of the carrier in an X- Y plane R1 Radius of the feed probe 0.011 λ.sub.1 R2 Radius of the active radiation patch 0.05 λ.sub.1 that is a fan centered at F R3 Inner radius of the passive radiation 0.074 λ.sub.1 patch that is a quarter of a circle centered at F R4 Radius of a ground lug that is an arc 0.11 λ.sub.1 centered at F R5 Outer radius of the passive radiation 0.1539 λ.sub.1 patch that is a quarter of a circle centered at F Rc Distance from the feedpoint F to a 0.071 λ.sub.1 vertex A0 of a carrier plane in the X-Y plane ρ□ Degree of an open angle of the ground 15.5 deg lug that is an arc centered at F

(64) In addition, F and S in the figure respectively indicate the feedpoint F (Feeding) and a ground point S (Shorting).

(65) Referring to FIG. 17 and Table 6, FIG. 17 is a roundness diagram of the antenna provided in this embodiment, where the antenna is disposed according to the structural parameters in Table 5 and operates at frequencies in Table 6. Table 6 is as follows:

(66) TABLE-US-00006 Frequency Roundness (Theta = 80 deg) GHz dB 1.7 5 1.9 3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2 2.5 2.4 2.7 3

(67) In addition, F and S in the figure respectively indicate the feedpoint F (Feeding) and a ground point S (Shorting).

(68) It can be learned from the detailed descriptions in Embodiment 1, Embodiment 2, and Embodiment 3 that, in the antennas provided in the embodiments, a feedpoint position of the antenna element that is disposed on a corner of the carrier is arranged, so that the antenna element located in a vertex position of the carrier has relatively good roundness performance. In addition, when multiple antenna elements are disposed on the carrier, a distance between the antenna elements increases, so as to achieve high isolation between the antenna elements.