CN102820913A - Wireless device with tensile antenna - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a wireless device with tensile antenna. The wireless device includes a receiver circuit (23) and/or a transmitter circuit which support(s) at least two independent and simultaneous emission paths in a same band, and a multiport antenna (20) with N ports (22) which can be used for the receiver circuit or the transmitter circuit. The multiport antenna has a compressed mechanical state and a tensile mechanical state, and is connected with N ports of the receiver circuit and/or the transmitter circuit (23) through a 2 N port matching and decoupling network (21). The 2 N port matching and decoupling network has a plurality of optional electrical states. Each electrical state corresponds to at least one in the mechanical states. A combination of the mechanical states and the electrical states is permitted to operate in a wireless channel with a rank of N. A second combination of the mechanical states and the electrical states is permitted to operate in a wireless channel with a rank less than N. When a user can not use the tensile antenna, better MIMO performance with tensile antenna configuration is acquired under the condition of keeping the convenience of limited performance.

Description

But wireless device with pullout antenna

Technical field

The present invention relates to have the wireless device of receiver and/transmitter circuitry and mechanical reconfigurable antenna, and relate to the correlation method that uses these equipment.

Background technology

Many inputs-many output (MIMO) emission modes are common characteristics of the wireless communication system of prior art.Particularly; They are basic to universal terrestrial radio electricity access (E-UTRA) (Long Term Evolution (LTE)), micro-wave access to global intercommunication (WiMAX) and the high-speed packet access (HSPA) of mobile communication standard evolution, and communicate by letter relevant with other application with wireless lan (wlan).The explanation of MIMO emission mode can be found in the people's such as Paulraj among the ISBN 0 521 82,615 2 " introduction of space-time radio communication (Introduction to space-time wireless communications) ".

In order to support the MIMO emission mode such as receive diversity (RD) and spatial reuse (SM); Portable terminal or radio modem must be equipped with at least two antennas that the dual-port antenna system is provided; And provide in the ordinary course of things and be designed to receive independently of one another (or emission, respectively) in the same frequency band from the multiport antenna of the signal of different port.For receiving mode, " independently " refers to that the different port of multiport antenna can receive the difference stack of importing multi-path component into, and this needs its polarization recombination radiation figure completely different.The measures of quantization of this ability is to propagate the relation between the signal that the different antennae port receives in the situation at given benchmark.

Usually the tolerance of using is to propagate the complex envelope coefficient correlation (CECC) between two aerial signals in the situation at isotropic Rayleigh.Owing to be applied to the reversibility pricinple of antenna, these statements are applicable to the emission mode operation similarly.

The key performance metrics that is used for the antenna of portable terminal or radio modem is its bandwidth under given desired operation frequency.From the reason of physics, other important tolerance (such as, radiation frequency) relevant consumingly with bandwidth (supposing to use good engineering practice).The bandwidth of antenna receives its size restrictions physically.If it is much littler than electromagnetic free space wavelength under the frequency of operation that the physical size of antenna becomes, then the bandwidth of antenna cube maximum sized with it roughly reduces pro rata.For the multiport antenna that is used for the MIMO emission, the minimum bandwidth of seeing in its arbitrary port will limit the MIMO operation.In the context of portable terminal and radio modem; Full-size be understood that the nominal antenna with it attached equipment (for example; Mobile phone or laptop devices) the full-size of assembled arrangement of conductive structure, current density can encourage (emission mode) or it to be coupled to its excitation (receiving mode) through importing electromagnetic wave into through antenna on this conductive structure.This coupling between antenna and the conductive soleplate all is absolutely necessary to the little mobile device of nearly all practicality.Its antenna otherwise required bandwidth will be provided.

The conductive soleplate of exploitation mobile device can be described to the excitation of the trait model of this base plate as the antenna extension.The radiation diagram of antenna-base plate combination is provided by the various characteristics pattern.For above-mentioned " independence " between a plurality of antenna ports in the MIMO antenna system that realizes portable terminal or null modem device coupling, the difference stack of trait model must encourage (emission mode) through the different antennas port.If this structure " greatly " (with the order of magnitude of half-wavelength) at least two sizes and if antenna element spaced apart along the periphery of conductive soleplate with the distance of enough " greatly ", then this relatively easy realization.

Unfortunately, this is not suitable for such as for example with the situation of the small size radio modem that blocks at a high speed form or realize with the form of USB (USB) adapter (dongle) that is attached to laptop devices (especially to be lower than the frequency of 1GHz).Then, the antenna in the modulator-demodulator is positioned at laptop devices single small size on one side.The result is, an antenna port illustrates wide bandwidth, and second or other ports less relatively bandwidth is shown.Particularly, it to become required instant bandwidth that the MIMO that is used for low frequency E-UTRA frequency band kind covers matchless in the physical size of card or USB rod at a high speed.

In order in these equipment, to realize effective multiport antenna system, the restriction that therefore surpasses card at a high speed or USB rod enlarge second or the volume of other antenna ports be enforceable.Unfortunately, this method causes huge equipment, and conflicts with the typical operating position (such as in train, using laptop devices) of consumer's expection and mobile device.

When the multiport antenna system in the mobile device mainly was designed for the frequency of operation of nearly 2GHz, this problem was not too serious in the past.Along with the frequency band in the scope from 698MHz to 960MHz is used to the MIMO emission, it becomes more serious problem now.In existing equipment (mainly be designed for RD and be not used in the SM pattern, and great majority are with higher frequency), follow the notion of elementary (good) and secondary (poor) antenna usually.But for the SM operation, all antennas should have suitable performance aspect bandwidth and the efficient.

, only individual antenna is integrated in the radio modem in other " MIMO " equipment at some, and the prediction aerial lug is used to attached secondary antenna.Supply to move the additional equipment of using because the user has to carry and assemble, so this solution must be considered to extremely inconvenient from user's viewpoint.This makes coupling difficult more.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to, provide through improved device or method.According to first aspect; The present invention provides Wireless Telecom Equipment; This Wireless Telecom Equipment is included in the receiver circuit of supporting at least two while RX paths in the same frequency band and/or in same frequency band, supports the transmitter circuitry of at least two while transmission paths and comprise the multiport antenna that has at least two ports but generally have N port; This N equals available receiver or the quantity N of transmitter circuitry in the equipment; Said multiport antenna has a plurality of machine performances of comprising at least one a compressor mechanical state and a stretched mechanical state and is connected to N port of receiver and/or transmitter circuitry via 2N port match and decoupling zero network; This 2N port match and decoupling zero network have a plurality of optional electricity conditions; Each electricity condition is corresponding in the machine performance of multiport antenna system at least one; Thereby exist to allow in order is at least a combination of the electricity condition of reception and/or machine performance firing operation, the multiport antenna system and coupling and decoupling zero network in the wireless channel of N; Wherein N equals bigger in the quantity of quantity and antenna port of available receiver or transmitter circuitry, and allows to make up less than at least the second of the electricity condition of machine performance reception in the wireless channel of N and/or firing operation, the multiport antenna and coupling and decoupling zero network in order.

Through this self adaptation between the various combination of state, can more effectively develop the different possible configurations of antenna.Convenience through when the user can't easily use some machine performances such as pullout antenna (for example, at whilst on tour) maintains sex-limited ability obtains better multiport performance.Quoting of order to channel is intended to express with relational language; For such as specified criterias such as modulation, coding, SNR; How many streams in the spatial reuse can be used for making throughput-maximized; If thereby but the throughput that N the stream of usage space in multiplexing is realized is higher than the throughput through any scheme that flows less than N, and then order is N.

Can add or abandon any supplementary features from these aspects.Some embodiment comprise coupling or controlling organization; Selection to one of different machine performances of multiport antenna automatically triggers the respective electrical State Selection to coupling and decoupling zero network; Or vice versa, so that this equipment self adaptation between first and second combinations of these states.This can help to simplify the operation of subscriber equipment.

In certain embodiments; Coupling mechanism can be by the direct mechanical motion action; Thereby the machine performance of multiport antenna changes and to cause the respective electrical State Selection of coupling and decoupling zero network activating one or more switches, and/or mechanically brings out the perhaps change of the electrical quantity of both interior reactance or distributed circuit element of coupling and decoupling zero network or antenna.This can help avoid the demand to controller, and makes structure simpler and reduce cost thus.

In certain embodiments; Exist to have the transducer of the machine performance that is used for sensing multiport antenna and to have output according to transducer and trigger the electric coupling mechanism to the circuit of the respective electrical State Selection of coupling and decoupling zero network, this circuit has electric-controlled switch element and/or coupling and decoupling zero network or antenna or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit elements in both.This electric control is maybe be more complicated and maybe be more expensive, but can avoid some shortcomings of mechanical couplings.

In certain embodiments, the manual controllable mechanism that has the machine performance be used to select multiport antenna and/or coupling and decoupling zero network.This can be user-friendly, and simpler than automation example.

In certain embodiments, can exist and can be used for: reception and/or the measurement that transmits based on following one or more arbitrarily adaptive controllers of controlling the selection of the electricity condition of the selection of the machine performance of multiport antenna and/or coupling and decoupling zero network; Measurement to the electrical characteristics such as impedance or scattering parameter of multiport antenna and/or coupling and decoupling zero network; The reception of supplying about digital baseband and/or the information of launching condition; About transducer maybe detected near field another station or the base station of information, the network that can communicate by letter from this equipment of environmental condition receive information or its any combination, wherein this equipment comprise electromechanical actuator, can be by being used for carrying out to the selection of the machine performance of multiport antenna and/or one or more arbitrarily to the electric-controlled switch element of the adaptive controller control of the selection of the electricity condition of coupling and decoupling zero network and/or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit element.This maybe be more convenient than manual operation, and can realize more complicated self adaptation.Adaptive controller can be realized through the adaptive program controlled processors that for example is arranged to control Adaptive matching circuit.This can realize more complicated control.

In certain embodiments, this equipment can be integrated in the removable module that mobile computing device uses.This is wherein when having limited space and being inconvenient to use pullout antenna, to have an application that better MIMO is received and is convenient to keep the demand of operation.

Another aspect of the present invention provides Wireless Telecom Equipment; This Wireless Telecom Equipment be included in the same frequency band support at least two simultaneously RX paths receiver circuit and/or in same frequency band, support at least two simultaneously transmission paths transmitter circuitry and comprise the multiport antenna with at least two ports and sufficient amount (N) port of available receiver or transmitter path; Said multiport antenna has a plurality of machine performances of comprising at least one a compressor mechanical state and a stretched mechanical state and is connected to N port of receiver and/or transmitter circuitry via 2N port match and decoupling zero network; This 2N port match and decoupling zero network have a plurality of optional electricity conditions; Each electricity condition is corresponding in the machine performance of multiport antenna system at least one; Thereby exist to allow in order is at least the first the making up of electricity condition of reception and/or machine performance firing operation, the multiport antenna system and coupling and decoupling zero network in the wireless channel of N; Wherein N equals bigger and allow to make up less than at least the second of the electricity condition of machine performance reception in the wireless channel of N and/or firing operation, the multiport antenna and coupling and decoupling zero network in order in the quantity of quantity and antenna port of available receiver or transmitter circuitry, and this method may further comprise the steps:

The equipment that use is in first combination of state is launched and/or is received,

Make second combination of this apparatus self-adaptation to state, and

The equipment that use is in second combination of state is launched and/or is received.

Arbitrary supplementary features can be combined in together, and can make up with arbitrary aspect.Other advantages (advantage that especially is superior to prior art) will be conspicuous to those skilled in the art.Can make variations and modifications and not deviate from claim of the present invention.Therefore, it should be clearly understood that form of the present invention is illustrative, and be not intended to limit scope of the present invention.

Description of drawings

As an example, describe the present invention referring now to accompanying drawing and can how to implement, wherein:

Fig. 1 a illustrates the sketch map that antenna wherein is in the characteristic of first embodiment in the extended state,

Fig. 1 b illustrates wherein that antenna is in the sketch map that does not use first embodiment of N some ports in the port in the compressive state,

Fig. 2 illustrates the sketch map of similar embodiment,

Fig. 3 illustrates has the characteristic that is used to reshuffle the antenna and the another embodiment of the mechanism of the change that triggers match circuit,

Fig. 4 illustrates the another embodiment with adaptive controller,

Fig. 5 a illustrates has the another embodiment that is used for through which match circuit of selection use adapting to the switch of match circuit,

Fig. 5 b illustrates the another embodiment that has the distribution switch in the match circuit,

Fig. 6 illustrates the another embodiment with electric coupling,

Fig. 7 to 9 illustrates the view of the another embodiment that can insert the card form, and

Figure 10 to 12 illustrates the view of other embodiment of reconfigurable antenna.

Embodiment

To describe the present invention to specific embodiment and with reference to certain figures, but the invention is not restricted to this, and only be defined by the claims.Described accompanying drawing is just schematic, and nonrestrictive.In the accompanying drawings, for purposes of illustration, some size of component can be exaggerated, and not to scale (NTS) is drawn.When quoting singular noun (for example, " " or " ", " being somebody's turn to do "), use the place of indefinite article or definite article, this article comprises the plural number of this noun, only if offer some clarification in addition.

Employed term " comprises " should not being interpreted as and is limited to the device of listing thereafter in the claim, and it does not get rid of other elements or step.Thus, the expression scope of " a kind of equipment, comprise device A and B " should not be limited to the equipment of only being made up of assembly A and B.It is meant that with respect to the present invention the only associated component of this equipment is A and B.

In addition, the term first, second, third in specification and the claim etc. is used between similar elements, distinguishing, and not necessarily is used to describe precedence or chronological order.Should be appreciated that under suitable circumstances the term that so uses is interchangeable, and the embodiments of the invention described in this paper can be different from described in this paper or shown in other operate in proper order.

In addition, the terms top in specification and the claim, bottom, upper and lower etc. be used for descriptive purpose, and not necessarily be used to describe relative position.Should be appreciated that under suitable circumstances the term that so uses is interchangeable, and the embodiments of the invention described in this paper can be different from described in this paper or shown in other be orientated and operate.

Can contain with any appropriate language and be stored in the memory (local or long-range, volatibility or non-volatile) of any kind of and can be quoting of program by the program of any kind of of processor access.

To the processing hardware that can contain any kind of of quoting of processor, comprise application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC) module, general processor, personal computer, digital signal processor etc.

Quoting of multiport antenna is intended to contain any arrangement of one or more radiator structure with two or more radiation diagrams inequality; Thereby contain one pole or dipole structure, contain a irradiation structure and contain some irradiation structures with N port with a plurality of ports that are used for unlike signal; In the case; A plurality of irradiation structures fully near and can't become independently antenna; Full decoupled, and need the multiport match circuit thus but not can independently mate.

Quoting of operation in the multiport pattern is intended to contain the operation of using an above signal; And can contain the wherein space diversity operation of emission same signal on a plurality of air path, and can contain the wherein spatial reuse of the different information of emission on a plurality of air path.

Can contain the equipment that has like any kind of of the antenna, match circuit and the transmitter that require to protect or receiver circuit to quoting of wireless device; Therefore and contain equipment such as mobile phone, mobile computing device, the module of using with laptop devices or other computing equipments such as plug or USB rod or card or circuit board; And contain the product that for example embeds such as the tracking equipment of vehicle, container or parcel, and can contain vehicle or container itself with wireless capability.

Quoting of MIMO is intended to contain emission mode; For example, as for the E-UTRA standard Rel-8 among 3GPP TS for example 36.201 and the 3GPP TS 36.211 to 36.214 and the normative document here quoted specified transmit and receive branch collection, spatial reuse and beam shaping.

The introduction of each embodiment

As introduction, some problems under the situation of existing system will be discussed at first.Mimo system is being launched data on the matrix channel rather than only on the single radio channel.In order to be increased in the capacity of the wireless communication system of operating in the abundant multi-path environment, mimo system is very attractive.Subject matter adding under the situation of multiport more is that the bandwidth that can obtain useful MIMO operation above that reduces.

Yet in the mimo system of reality, because the correlation between signals in the receiver, capacity reduces.Therefore, owing to the trend that reduces to increase capacity along with correlation, the correlation between signals that receives from the different antennae port is the important parameter the mimo system.

Correlation between the port of multiport antenna can be measured in every way.

The MIMO performance can also other modes be measured, and comprises isolation between return loss, port, in the parameter from the efficient aspect the low reflection of each port.

Fig. 1 a, 1b, 2 characterize each embodiment:

Fig. 1 a illustrates the sketch map of characteristic of first embodiment of example of first combination of expression state.This equipment can be transmitter and/or receiver.The reconfigurable multiport antenna 20 of machinery is in the extended state, and is coupled to adaptive matching networks 21.This make antenna N port 22 respectively with the coupling of N port and the coupling of transmitter and/or receiver circuit 23.The reconfigurable multiport antenna of machinery can compress between antenna configurations and a pullout antenna configuration at least one reshuffles.But self adaptation multiport match circuit self adaptation is for making port and compression antenna configurations or pullout antenna configuration electricity coupling.In when operation, can there be following steps: use the equipment that is in the compression antenna configurations to launch and/or receive, use match circuit so that at least one port electricity coupling of multiport antenna and receiver and/or transmitter circuitry, antenna machinery reprovision to be set to the pullout antenna configuration and to make the match circuit self adaptation afterwards be that two or more ports of receiver and/or transmitter circuitry are mated with antenna is electric.Then, can use the equipment in the pullout antenna configuration that is in the multiport pattern to realize emission and/or reception respectively.

Fig. 1 b illustrates the same embodiment after the self adaptation, and the example of second combination of expression state.Antenna is in the compressive state, and match circuit makes the port match less than N.

Fig. 2 illustrates the sketch map of the same embodiment that explains the coupling term.This illustrates antenna, matching network and a plurality of port and any terminal in compressed configuration or the stretching configuration that be at transmitter and/or receiver circuit place.See that through a plurality of ports match circuit has the admittance matrix Y of N port ^ASee that through matching network the terminal has load admittance matrix Y arbitrarily ^L

For the multiport antenna, correlation depends on coupling, and this correlation is the characteristic at antenna and terminal.For the situation of multiport, under the condition of the close conjugation of strategic point (Hermitian) coupling, has zero correlation property between the harmless all of the port of multiport antenna in anisotropy Rayleigh environment.The multiport antenna is through making the admittance matrix Y of its N port ^AEqual load admittance matrix Y ^LIn distress close conjugate transpose mate (to maximum power conversion).

Fig. 3-6 further characterizes each embodiment.

Fig. 3 is illustrated under the situation of adding the manual or automatic controls 30 be used to make user or controller can change mechanical reconfigurable arrangement of antennas, is similar to the sketch map of the embodiment of Fig. 1 a.The Adaptive matching circuit can use triggering signal or mechanical activator to come the various combination of adaptive state.For manually operated situation, mechanism can have actuator, such as for example changing the antenna condition and the bar of switch or tuning match circuit randomly.Alternatively, one or two in these functions can be realized through the electromechanical actuator that can therefore be controlled by the controller.This can relate to relative orientation and the relative position that changes the each several part of antenna through motor or electromagnet or other devices.Fig. 4 is illustrated in the sketch map of the embodiment who is similar to Fig. 1 a under the situation of adding big measure feature.Provide adaptive controller 41 to be used to control self adaptation.For example, this can realize through the processor 42 that receives program 43 controls.It can receive from antenna with from the input of match circuit, such as impedance measurements.The exportable control signal such as selecting signal of this controller is with the state of adaptive antenna and match circuit.

Other inputs of this controller for example can comprise information from the remainder wireless network, come the signal strength information of self-detector 44, or from the condition of acceptance of the external sensor 45 that is used for the local environment of sensing antenna, such as the incident on humidity, the ground level degree of approach, the different port and the power level of reflected wave etc.

Fig. 5 a and 5b illustrate the example of self adaptation multiport match circuit 21.Fig. 5 a illustrates first and second match circuits 52,53.One group of (a bank of) switch 51 that antenna is coupled in any be coupled into confession in these match circuits uses, and the one group of switch 54 that supplies to be coupled to a plurality of ports uses.Can imagine many other modes of Adaptive matching circuit.Fig. 5 b illustrates and wherein has controlled similar example with the distribution switch 55 that changes the match circuit state.The switch that for example, can have the internal node place of the adjustable component returned through the mechanical movement of antenna or match circuit.Switch may not be always essential.

Fig. 6 illustrates another example of the combination that wherein provides electric coupling 57 to be used for the self adaptation state.For example, this electric coupling can comprise the transducer 56 of the state that is used for the sensing antenna and export the circuit 58 of triggering signal with the state of Adaptive matching circuit based on the output of this transducer.

In some examples of antenna, provide the N terminal port antennae to be used for the configuration that stretches, the some of them port is the part that when antenna is in the compressed configuration, does not re-use in mechanical stretchable K the port.Thus, in the difference configuration, there is the port of varying number, N port or N-K port.In some cases, antenna port is corresponding to antenna element, yet in other cases, the different port of multiport antenna maybe be unconnected with apart or the antenna element that can identify separately, and only be associated with the different radiation diagrams of entire antenna structure.Equally, the quantity of the antenna port quantity that can transmit greater than the difference in the mimo system of spatial reuse type.

Fig. 7,8 and 9 has the card embodiment of one pole and dipole

Some embodiments of the present invention relate to the radio modem that is equipped with multiaerial system, and this multiaerial system has at least two machine performances, and combination the automatic switchover suitable coupling and decoupling zero network between consistent with selected machine performance.The example of in the present embodiment, blocking at a high speed the removable module of form is provided with dual-antenna system.Antenna system can mechanically be switched between the compressive state of extended state that uses MIMO pattern (Fig. 8) and the non-MIMO pattern of use (Fig. 9).End view is shown in Fig. 7.This method basic principle behind is that non-MIMO pattern will be complete enough in quite a few of the mobile operating position with middle condition of acceptance.In fact, only there are two kinds of relevant situation of MIMO pattern wherein: wherein possible good condition of acceptance of SM and the poor reception condition that wherein RD is useful.

In end view, circuit board 120 is shown in the cross section, and is included in the shell 100.The moveable part of the antenna of fin 110 forms is at an end shown in the end view, and its length is shown in the plane graph.In end view, the circuit unit that constitutes match circuit is illustrated by parts MDN1 and MDN2 on the top of circuit board and bottom.

The situation of MIMO pattern is as shown in Figure 8 in the plane graph in this figure left side and shown in the end-view on this figure right side.Between two stretching fins 110, antenna system is with monopolar operation (with respect to the base plate of laptop devices) and dipole operative combination.In this stretched mechanical state, two fins of antenna are connected to first coupling and the decoupling zero network MDN1 (port one and 2) through the spring contact of printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) top side.(one pole: common mode and dipole: differential mode) converting to can be in two actual separate signal of port 3 and 4 visits with two power modes for coupling and decoupling zero network.

Compact model is shown in Fig. 9.Two identical views are shown in Fig. 8.Two fins are pushed into shell to overlap each other, and wherein they keep connecting Face to face.The too little useful dipole modes that can not in this state, support low frequency of the size of this structure.Yet, still can use monopolar mode.The spring contact of PCB bottom side jointly is connected to two fins the port 5 of the second matching network MDN2.In this state, port 6 is individual antenna ports of coupling.

This structure can be equipped with spring between fin, thereby can carry out the switching from non-MIMO pattern to the MIMO pattern through the button of pushing retracting spring.To transmission or non-MIMO operation, can reuse thumb and forefinger and inwardly promote fin.

For the sake of clarity unshowned is port 3 and 4 to be broken off be connected, make on the contrary port 6 to be connected to the another switch of transceiver.This switch can activate through the same mechanical action that uses the sliding spring contact.Provide the example that Fig. 7 to 9 conduct illustrates notion.There is a large amount of optional realizations.Equally, can consider some realization characteristics, for example avoid interference near other connectors (according to the suitable orientation of fin slip).

This method has the direct summary to the N antenna system, and in the case, two power modes (common mode and differential mode) among Fig. 7 to 9 substitute with N eigen mode of antenna system.Basic point is that machine performance changes the electricity condition that is accompanied by coupling and decoupling zero network and changes.The aspect is more specifically, and the size of antenna system reduces automatically to cause the fact that the Maximum Rank of the wireless channel that can realize through antenna system reduces.

In plane graph, the size of the card in some examples is about 95mm and multiply by 35mm.In the configuration that stretches, width can extend to 70mm from 35mm.In principle, size is little on electricity with respect to the wavelength that uses.Stretch in the configuration the size such as width can up to quarter-wave, or can be up to a half-wavelength.The typical frequencies of operation can be 700MHz to 2.6GHz.In other cases, employed frequency can be low to moderate 400MHz or up to 3.5GHz.

Figure 10-12, other examples of reconfigurable antenna

Figure 10 to 12 illustrates other embodiment that antenna wherein has two dipoles that available different modes reconfigures.In Figure 10, compressed configuration is shown through the electrode couple on the substrate 70 (72,74) and (78,79).The match circuit 21 that is coupled to receiver and/or transmitter circuitry (not shown) is provided with at one end.One of dipole is hinged so that its orientation can change as illustrated in fig. 11.This illustrates hinge 80, and illustrate current in the configuration that stretches two orthogonally oriented dipoles.Figure 12 illustrates another optional stretching configuration.In the case, slide block 90 is provided.This slide block can increase the interval between the dipole under the situation that does not change orientation.Itself and Figure 11 combination are to change at interval and the change orientation.In some instances, can have plural dipole, each dipole has different orientations or interval.

In principle, compressed configuration only can be used for down link, and when the needs up link, uses the configuration that stretches, or vice versa.

Generally speaking; Below described wireless device, this wireless device is included in the same frequency band supports at least two the independently receiver circuit (23) of transmission path and/or the multiport antennas (20) with N port (22) of transmitter circuitry and available receiver or transmitter circuitry simultaneously.The multiport antenna has compressor mechanical state and stretched mechanical state, and is connected to N port of receiver and/or transmitter circuitry (23) via 2N port match and decoupling zero network (21).This 2N port match and decoupling zero network have a plurality of optional electricity conditions, and each electricity condition is corresponding in the machine performance at least one.It is the operation in the wireless channel of N in order that machine performance and electricity condition a kind of makes up permission.Second combination of machine performance and electricity condition allows in order less than the operation in the wireless channel of N.When the user can't use pullout antenna, can under the situation of the convenience that maintains sex-limited ability, obtain better MIMO performance with pullout antenna configuration.

Can imagine other variants within the scope of the claims.

Claims (13)

1. Wireless Telecom Equipment; Said Wireless Telecom Equipment is included in the same frequency band supports at least two independently receiver circuits (23) of RX path and/or in same frequency band, support at least two independently transmitter circuitrys of transmission path and comprise the multiport antenna (20) of the port of the N with at least two ports and sufficient amount (22) of available receiver or transmitter circuitry simultaneously simultaneously; Said multiport antenna has a plurality of machine performances of comprising at least one a compressor mechanical state and a stretched mechanical state and is connected to N port of said receiver and/or transmitter circuitry (23) via 2N port match and decoupling zero network (21); Said 2N port match and decoupling zero network have a plurality of optional electricity conditions; Each electricity condition is corresponding in the machine performance of said multiport antenna system at least one; Thereby exist to allow in order is at least a combination of the electricity condition of reception and/or machine performance firing operation, said multiport antenna system and said coupling and decoupling zero network in the wireless channel of N; Said N equals bigger in the quantity of quantity and antenna port of available receiver or transmitter circuitry, and allows to make up less than at least the second of the electricity condition of the machine performance of multiport antenna reception in the wireless channel of N and/or firing operation, said and said coupling and decoupling zero network in order.

2. equipment as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Comprise coupling or controlling organization (30); By said coupling or controlling organization (30) selection of one of different machine performances of said multiport antenna is automatically triggered the respective electrical State Selection to said coupling and decoupling zero network, or vice versa, so that said equipment self adaptation between first and second combinations of said state.

3. equipment as claimed in claim 2; It is characterized in that; Said coupling mechanism (30) can be by the direct mechanical motion action; Thereby the machine performance of said multiport antenna changes and to cause the respective electrical State Selection of said coupling and decoupling zero network (52,53) activating one or more switches (54), and/or mechanically brings out the perhaps change of the electrical quantity of both interior reactance or distributed circuit element of said coupling and decoupling zero network or said antenna.

4. like claim 2 or 3 described equipment; It is characterized in that; Comprise the transducer (56) with the machine performance that is used for the said multiport antenna of sensing and have output according to said transducer and trigger the electric coupling (57) to the circuit (58) of the respective electrical State Selection of said coupling and decoupling zero network, said circuit has electric-controlled switch element and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network or said antenna or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit elements in both.

5. as the described equipment of arbitrary previous claim, it is characterized in that, comprise the manual controllable mechanism (80,90) of the machine performance that is used to select said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network.

6. like the described equipment of arbitrary previous claim; It is characterized in that, comprise can be used for: to reception and/or the measurement that transmits based on following one or more arbitrarily adaptive controllers of controlling the selection of the electricity condition of the selection of the machine performance of said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network (41); Measurement to the electrical characteristics such as impedance or scattering parameter of said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network; The reception of supplying about digital baseband and/or the information of launching condition; About transducer (45) maybe detected near field information, another station of the network that can communicate by letter from said equipment or information or its any combination that the base station receives of environmental condition,

Wherein said equipment comprise electromechanical actuator, can be by being used for carrying out the one or more arbitrarily of the electric-controlled switch element controlled to the selection of the machine performance of said multiport antenna and/or to the adaptive controller of the selection of the electricity condition of said coupling and decoupling zero network and/or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit element.

7. like the described equipment of arbitrary previous claim, it is characterized in that, be integrated in the removable module for using with mobile computing device.

8. method of using Wireless Telecom Equipment; Said Wireless Telecom Equipment is included in the same frequency band supports at least two independently receiver circuits (23) of RX path and/or in same frequency band, support at least two independently transmitter circuitrys of transmission path and comprise the multiport antenna (20) of the port of the N with at least two ports and sufficient amount (22) of available receiver or transmitter circuitry simultaneously simultaneously; Said multiport antenna has a plurality of machine performances of comprising at least one a compressor mechanical state and a stretched mechanical state and is connected to N port of said receiver and/or transmitter circuitry (23) via 2N port match and decoupling zero network (21); Said 2N port match and decoupling zero network have a plurality of optional electricity conditions; Each electricity condition is corresponding in the machine performance of said multiport antenna system at least one; Thereby exist to allow in order is at least the first the making up of electricity condition of reception and/or machine performance firing operation, said multiport antenna system and said coupling and decoupling zero network in the wireless channel of N; Wherein said N equals bigger in the quantity of quantity and antenna port of available receiver or transmitter circuitry; And allow to said method comprising the steps of at least the second combination of order less than the electricity condition of machine performance correct reception in the wireless channel of N and/or firing operation, said multiport antenna and said coupling and decoupling zero network:

The equipment that use is in said first combination of state is launched and/or is received,

Make said second combination of said apparatus self-adaptation to state, and

The equipment that use is in said second combination of state is launched and/or is received.

9. method as claimed in claim 8; It is characterized in that; Comprise that the change according to the machine performance of said multiport antenna automatically triggers the respective electrical State Selection to said coupling and decoupling zero network; Or vice versa, so that said equipment adaptive step between said first and second combinations of said state.

10. equipment as claimed in claim 9; It is characterized in that said automatic triggering comprises actuating one or more switches (54) and/or mechanically brings out said coupling and the direct mechanical action of the electrical quantity change of decoupling zero network or said antenna or reactance in both or distributed circuit element.

11. like claim 9 or 10 described methods; It is characterized in that; Comprise and use electric-controlled switch element and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network or said antenna or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit elements in both, come the machine performance of the said multiport antenna of sensing and according to the output of said transducer and electricity triggers the step to the respective electrical State Selection of said coupling and decoupling zero network.

12. like each described method in the claim 8 to 11, it is characterized in that, comprise the step of the machine performance of manually changing said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network.

13. like each described method in the claim 8 to 12; It is characterized in that, comprise: to reception and/or the measurement that transmits based on following one or more arbitrarily steps of coming electric control to the selection of the electricity condition of the selection of the machine performance of said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network; Measurement to the electrical characteristics such as impedance or scattering parameter of said multiport antenna and/or said coupling and decoupling zero network; The reception of supplying about digital baseband and/or the information of launching condition; About transducer (45) maybe detected near field information, another station of the network that can communicate by letter from said equipment or information or its any combination that the base station receives of environmental condition,

Wherein said controlled step comprise the controller electric actuator, can be by being used for carrying out to the selection of the machine performance of said multiport antenna and/or one or more arbitrarily to the electric-controlled switch element of the adaptive controller control of the selection of the electricity condition of said coupling and decoupling zero network and/or electric regulative reactance and/or distributed circuit element.

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