Electronic device
10833396 ยท 2020-11-10
Assignee
Inventors
- Jianming LI (Shanghai, CN)
- Kun FENG (Shanghai, CN)
- Xuefei Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
- Hanyang Wang (Reading, GB)
Cpc classification
H01Q9/42
ELECTRICITY
H01Q1/50
ELECTRICITY
International classification
H01Q1/50
ELECTRICITY
H01Q9/42
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
An electronic device includes a metal frame, an antenna feeding point, an antenna ground, a feeding branch, a grounding branch, an antenna resonance arm, a variable capacitor, and a control circuit. The antenna resonance arm is a part of the metal frame after segmentation, the antenna feeding point is disposed on the feeding branch, a first connection portion and a second connection portion are disposed on the antenna resonance arm, the feeding branch is disposed between the second connection portion and the antenna ground, the grounding branch is disposed between the first connection portion and the antenna ground, the variable capacitor is disposed on the feeding branch, the variable capacitor is disposed between the antenna feeding point and the second connection portion, and the control circuit is configured to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitor.
Claims
1. An electronic device comprising: a metal frame; an antenna ground; an antenna resonance arm, wherein the antenna resonance arm is a part of the metal frame after segmentation, wherein the antenna resonance arm comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein a first connection portion, a second connection portion, and a third connection portion are disposed on the antenna resonance arm, wherein the first connection portion is disposed on the first end portion of the antenna resonance arm, and wherein the third connection portion is between the first connection portion and the second connection portion; a feeding branch disposed between the second connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein a feeding point and a variable capacitor are disposed on the feeding branch, and wherein the variable capacitor is disposed between the second connection portion and the feeding point; a grounding branch disposed between the first connection portion and the antenna ground; a short grounding branch disposed between the third connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein the short grounding branch is provided with a controlled switch; and a control circuit configured to: control the controlled switch to be switched off or switched on; and when the control switch is switched off, generate a first resonance frequency by a part of the antenna resonance arm between the first connection portion and the second connection portion; and generate a second resonance frequency by a part of the antenna resonance arm between the second connection portion and the second end portion of the antenna resonance arm, wherein the first resonance frequency is lower than the second resonance frequency.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein when the control switch is switched on, a third resonance frequency is generated by a part of the antenna resonance arm between the third connection portion and the second end portion of the antenna resonance arm.
3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor arranged in parallel to the controlled switch.
4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein an inductance of the first inductor comprises 5 nanoHenry (nH), 12 nH, or 11 nH.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the control circuit is further configured to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitor, wherein the capacitance of the variable capacitor comprises 0.7 picoFarad (pF), 1.2 pF, 1.7 pF, 2.2 pF, or 2.7 pF.
6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is cuboid, and wherein the metal frame is ring-shaped and is disposed on four side walls of the electronic device.
7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a distance between the first connection portion and the second connection portion is less than one eighth of a wavelength of the first resonance frequency.
8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first capacitor connected in parallel to the feeding point.
9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor connected in series with the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the first inductor is disposed between the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the antenna resonance arm further has a fourth connection portion disposed between the first connection portion and the third connection portion, wherein the electronic device further comprises a second capacitor disposed between the fourth connection portion and the antenna ground, and wherein the fourth connection portion is connected to the antenna ground using the second capacitor.
12. An electronic device comprising: a metal frame; an antenna ground; an antenna resonance arm, wherein the antenna resonance arm is a part of the metal frame after segmentation, wherein the antenna resonance arm comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein a first connection portion, a second connection portion, and a third connection portion are disposed on the antenna resonance arm, wherein the first connection portion is disposed on the first end portion of the antenna resonance arm, and wherein the third connection portion is between the first connection portion and the second connection portion; a feeding branch disposed between the second connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein a feeding point and a variable capacitor are disposed on the feeding branch, and wherein the variable capacitor is disposed between the second connection portion and the feeding point; a grounding branch disposed between the first connection portion and the antenna ground; a short grounding branch disposed between the third connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein the short grounding branch is provided with a controlled switch; and a control circuit configured to: control the controlled switch to be switched off or switched on; generate a first resonance frequency and a second resonance frequency by the antenna resonance arm when the controlled switch is switched off, wherein the first resonance frequency is lower than the second resonance frequency; and generate a third resonance frequency by the antenna resonance arm when the controlled switch is switched on.
13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor arranged in parallel to the controlled switch.
14. The electronic device of claim 13, wherein a first inductance of the first inductor comprises 5 nanoHenry (nH), 12 nH, or 11 nH.
15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the control circuit is further configured to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitor, and wherein the capacitance of the variable capacitor comprises 0.7 picoFarad (pF), 1.2 pF, 1.7 pF, 2.2 pF, or 2.7 pF.
16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device is cuboid, and wherein the metal frame is ring-shaped and is disposed on four side walls of the electronic device.
17. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein a distance between the first connection portion and the second connection portion is less than one eighth of a wavelength of the first resonance frequency.
18. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first capacitor connected in parallel to the feeding point.
19. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor connected in series with the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first inductor is disposed between the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
21. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the antenna resonance arm further has a fourth connection portion disposed between the first connection portion and the third connection portion, wherein the electronic device further comprises a second capacitor disposed between the fourth connection portion and the antenna ground, and wherein the fourth connection portion is connected to the antenna ground using the second capacitor.
22. An electronic device comprising: a metal frame; an antenna ground; an antenna resonance arm, wherein the antenna resonance arm is a part of the metal frame after segmentation, wherein the antenna resonance arm comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the second end portion of the antenna resonance arm is an open end, wherein a first connection portion, a second connection portion, and a third connection portion are disposed on the antenna resonance arm, wherein the first connection portion is disposed on the first end portion of the antenna resonance arm, and wherein the third connection portion is between the first connection portion and the second connection portion; a feeding branch disposed between the second connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein a feeding point and a variable capacitor are disposed on the feeding branch, and wherein the variable capacitor is disposed between the second connection portion and the feeding point; a grounding branch disposed between the first connection portion and the antenna ground; a short grounding branch disposed between the third connection portion and the antenna ground, wherein the short grounding branch is provided with a controlled switch; and a control circuit configured to control the controlled switch to be switched off or switched on.
23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor arranged in parallel to the controlled switch.
24. The electronic device of claim 23, wherein a first inductance of the first inductor comprises 5 nanoHenry (nH), 12 nH, or 11 nH.
25. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the control circuit is further configured to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitor, wherein the capacitance of the variable capacitor comprises 0.7 picoFarad (pF), 1.2 pF, 1.7 pF, 2.2 pF, and 2.7 pF.
26. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the electronic device is cuboid, and wherein the metal frame is ring-shaped and is disposed on four side walls of the electronic device.
27. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein a distance between the first connection portion and the second connection portion is less than one eighth of a wavelength of a first resonance frequency.
28. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first capacitor connected in parallel to the feeding point.
29. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the electronic device further comprises a first inductor connected in series with the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
30. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the first inductor is disposed between the feeding point and the variable capacitor.
31. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein the antenna resonance arm further has a fourth connection portion disposed between the first connection portion and the third connection portion, wherein the electronic device further comprises a second capacitor disposed between the fourth connection portion and the antenna ground, and wherein the fourth connection portion is connected to the antenna ground using the second capacitor.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(38) The following describes the present disclosure in detail with reference to accompanying drawings and implementation manners.
Embodiment 1
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(40) In this embodiment, a distributed inductor is formed between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A. A part between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A on the antenna resonance arm 109 may be used as an antenna radiator to send or receive a first frequency signal. The antenna feeding point +, the variable capacitor 106, the distributed inductor formed between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A, and the antenna ground 102 are in line with a left hand transmission line principle. Impedance matching of the antenna resonance arm 109 may be adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106, so as to adjust a resonance frequency of the first frequency signal, where the first frequency signal may be a low-frequency signal.
(41) In this embodiment, a part between the second connection portion A and the second end T of the antenna resonance arm 109 may be used as an antenna radiator to send or receive a second frequency signal. Impedance matching may be adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106, so as to adjust a resonance frequency of the second frequency signal, where the second frequency signal may be a high-frequency signal.
(42) Optionally, a distance between the second connection portion A and the first connection portion B is less than one eighth of a wavelength of a low-frequency resonance frequency.
(43) Therefore, in this embodiment of the present invention, a high-frequency and low-frequency resonance environment may be formed using the distributed inductor formed between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A on the metal frame, and by adjusting a capacitance of a variable capacitor connected in series with the distributed inductor, so as to simultaneously generate or receive a high-frequency signal and a low-frequency signal. The resonance frequency of the high-frequency signal and/or the resonance frequency of the low-frequency signal may be adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106.
(44) For details, reference may be made to
Embodiment 2
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(46) The controlled switch 107 may be, for example, a single pole double throw (SPDT) switch or a single pole single throw (SPST) switch.
(47) In this embodiment, when the controlled switch 107 is switched off, this embodiment is the same as the first embodiment. A low-frequency signal may be sent or received between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A on the antenna resonance arm 109, and impedance matching may be adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106, so as to adjust a low-frequency resonance frequency. In addition, a high-frequency signal may be sent or received between the second connection portion A and the second end T of the antenna resonance arm 109. Impedance matching of the antenna may be adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106, so as to adjust a high-frequency resonance frequency.
(48) When the controlled switch 107 is switched on, the short grounding branch 108 is conductive. Therefore, a down ground current arrives at the antenna ground 102 directly through the third connection portion C and the short grounding branch 108 on which the controlled switch 107 is located. In this case, a part between the third connection portion C and the second end T of the antenna resonance arm 109 may send or receive the high-frequency signal. In addition, a resonance frequency of the high-frequency signal may be adjusted by adjusting the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106. In this embodiment, the part between the third connection portion C and the second end T of the antenna resonance arm 109 is used as an antenna radiator to send or receive the high-frequency signal, which is different from that, in the first embodiment, a part between the second connection portion A and the second end T sends or receives a high-frequency signal. Therefore, the high-frequency signal in this embodiment has a different frequency from that of the high-frequency signal generated in the first embodiment, and may be, for example, a high-frequency signal applied to LTE B3.
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(53) Therefore, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, a high-frequency and low-frequency resonance environment may be generated using a distributed inductor formed between the first connection portion B and the second connection portion A on the metal frame, and by disposing a variable capacitor connected in series with the distributed inductor, so as to simultaneously send or receive a high-frequency signal and a low-frequency signal. Resonance frequencies of the high-frequency signal and the low-frequency signal are adjusted by changing the capacitance of the variable capacitor 106.
(54) In addition, in this embodiment of the present disclosure the short grounding branch 108 is further disposed. When the controlled switch 107 is controlled to be switched on to make the down ground current pass through the short grounding branch 108, a length of the antenna radiator may be changed. That is, the part between the third connection portion C and the second end T of the antenna resonance arm 109 is used as the antenna radiator, so as to send or receive a high-frequency signal that is different from that in the first embodiment.
(55) Optionally, the controlled switch 107 may be replaced with a filter. The filter used in this embodiment of the present disclosure may be a filter having a low-frequency-band high-impedance characteristic and a high-frequency-band low-impedance characteristic.
(56) The filter may be a high-pass filter, or a band-stop filter for a low frequency band. A characteristic requirement for the filter is presenting a high impedance at a low frequency band and presenting a low impedance at a high frequency band. Therefore, when the antenna resonance arm 109 works at a low frequency band, a radio frequency current on the third connection portion C is barred by a high impedance of the filter, and can pass to the ground only through an inductor branch on which the inductor is located or the grounding branch 104. When the antenna resonance arm 109 works at a high frequency band, the filter presents a low impedance, and is even equivalent to being directly connected to the ground, and therefore, the down ground current is shunt mainly from the filter and then is connected to the ground, so as to ensure a same effect as that obtained by disposing the controlled switch 107.
(57) An implementation manner of the filter may be an integrated component shown in
Embodiment 3
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(60) Further, after multiple times of experiments and simulations, the inventor concludes design of inverted F antennas of several architectures, so that the low-frequency resonance frequency may fall in a high-impedance region. By combining the design of the inverted F antennas of the several architectures with the electronic device disclosed in this embodiment of the present disclosure, and in cooperation with the variable capacitor 106 connected in series, impedance matching of the low-frequency resonance frequency can be implemented. Detailed descriptions of the several inverted F antennas and a corresponding electronic device are separately given below.
(61) First, for details, reference may be made to
(62) Several architectures of the inverted F antennas are concluded below when the low-frequency resonance frequency falls in the high-impedance region, and the architectures are applied to this embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, referring to
(63) In Embodiments 4 to 6 below, several methods for enabling the low-frequency resonance frequency to fall in the high-impedance region are separately listed. An effect of impedance matching can be achieved in combination with the foregoing technical means of adjusting the variable capacitor 106.
Embodiment 4
(64) In this embodiment, based on Embodiment 2, an electronic device further includes a capacitor C1 connected in parallel to an antenna feeding point +.
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Embodiment 5
(67) In this embodiment, based on Embodiment 2, an electronic device further includes an inductor L2 connected in series with an antenna feeding point +.
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Embodiment 6
(70) In this embodiment, based on Embodiment 2, an antenna resonance arm 109 further has a fourth connection portion D disposed between a first connection portion B and a second connection portion A. An electronic device further includes a capacitor C2 disposed between the fourth connection portion D and an antenna ground 102. The fourth connection portion D is connected to the antenna ground 102 using the capacitor C2.
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(73) In addition, an implementation manner in which no electronic element needs to be added to make the low-frequency resonance frequency fall in the high-impedance region is further disclosed herein. For details, reference is made to
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(76) For a specific structure of the electronic device described in all embodiments of the present disclosure, reference may be made to
(77) Preferably, the electronic device may be of a size of 138 mm69 mm6.2 mm (lengthwidthheight).
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(82) The foregoing examples describe some selection manners of the antenna resonance arm in this embodiment of the present invention. A person skilled in the art may correspondingly select the metal frame according to actual situations without departing from the idea of the present disclosure, which is not limited in this embodiment of the present disclosure.
(83) In addition, the metal frame of the electronic device of this embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to being segmented into four parts. In an optional embodiment of the present disclosure, it only needs to ensure that the metal frame is segmented into at least two parts by an insulation medium. For example, the metal frame is segmented only using the insulation medium 201 and the insulation medium 202.
(84) Optionally, the foregoing variable capacitor 106 may be also disposed as shown in
(85) The grounding point H and the point E form a parallel-connected distributed inductor. The series-connected distributed capacitor, the variable capacitor, and the parallel-connected distributed inductor are in line with a right/left-handed transmission line principle. Therefore, a resonance frequency may be generated. The resonance frequency may be adjusted by changing a length of the distributed inductor. The length of the distributed inductor is generally less than one eighth of a wavelength of the resonance frequency. A value of the variable capacitor 106 is changed, so that impedance matching of the antenna is adjusted and the resonance frequency is adjusted.
(86) The electronic device of the present invention may be specifically an entity, such as a mobile phone, a PDA, a tablet computer, or a notebook computer.
(87) In this embodiment of the present invention, a low-frequency signal may cover a frequency band of LTE B20, and the high-frequency signal may cover a frequency band of LTE B1 B7 B3. It should be noted that this embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the foregoing frequency band ranges, and may include various other high and low frequency bands without departing from the idea of the present disclosure.
(88) Therefore, according to the foregoing disclosed content, an electronic device disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention can implement a solution of an adjustable antenna of the electronic device that is provided with a metal frame. In the solution, not only appearance design of the metal frame of the electronic device can be better preserved, but also modifications on the metal frame can be avoided. Only a capacitance of a variable capacitor needs to be adjusted during debugging, greatly simplifying a debugging difficulty. In addition, sharing of high-frequency and low-frequency resonance frequencies of the present disclosure merely needs to use a part of the metal frame of the antenna resonance arm, and does not need to additionally use another metal frame to generate another frequency resonance, which can greatly reduce space needed by the antenna.
(89) The foregoing descriptions are merely embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. An equivalent structural or equivalent process alternation made using the content of the specification and drawings of the present disclosure, or an application of the content of the specification and drawings directly or indirectly to another related technical field, shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.