CN112201929A - Terminal equipment and antenna control method - Google Patents

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CN112201929A
CN112201929A CN202010927946.8A CN202010927946A CN112201929A CN 112201929 A CN112201929 A CN 112201929A CN 202010927946 A CN202010927946 A CN 202010927946A CN 112201929 A CN112201929 A CN 112201929A
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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of terminal equipment and discloses terminal equipment and an antenna control method, wherein an antenna module comprises a low-frequency antenna, and the low-frequency antenna comprises a low-frequency antenna signal input end; the motor comprises a shell, a metal base and a coil, wherein the metal base and the coil are arranged in the shell and are insulated from each other; the circuit switching module is used for switching between a low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna and a signal input end of the motor; and the control chip is in signal connection with the antenna module, the motor and the circuit switching module respectively. The motor is multiplexed into the low-frequency antenna in the terminal equipment, so that the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal equipment is improved, the signal quality of the terminal equipment is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.

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Terminal equipment and antenna control method
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of terminal equipment technologies, and in particular, to a terminal equipment and an antenna control method.
Background
With the rise of the 5G technology, the requirements of the terminal equipment on the antennas are further improved, the number of the antennas in the 5G terminal equipment is higher, and the frame or the middle frame is used as the antennas in the existing terminal equipment, so that at most 4 antennas can be provided (the frame is divided into 4 sections by two upper and lower slots), and the length of the antennas is greatly limited by using the divided metal frame or the middle frame as the antennas, so that the low-frequency performance of the antennas is not ideal, and therefore the antenna design in the terminal equipment in the prior art cannot meet the requirements of the 5G technology on the antennas.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a terminal device and an antenna control method, wherein the terminal device improves the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal device by multiplexing a motor into a low-frequency antenna, so that the signal quality of the terminal device is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
a terminal device, comprising:
the antenna module comprises a low-frequency antenna, and the low-frequency antenna comprises a low-frequency antenna signal input end;
the motor comprises a shell, a metal base and a coil, wherein the metal base and the coil are arranged in the shell and are insulated from each other;
the circuit switching module is used for switching between a low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna and a signal input end of the motor;
and the control chip is in signal connection with the antenna module, the motor and the circuit switching module respectively.
The terminal device comprises an antenna module, a motor, a circuit switching module and a control chip, the shell of the motor is made of insulating materials, the metal base and the coil in the shell are mutually insulated, when the motor is in idle state, the circuit switching module is switched to be communicated with the signal input end of the motor, the motor is multiplexed into a low-frequency antenna, the metal base and the coil in the motor form two branch structures of the low-frequency antenna, the number of turns of the coil in the motor can be set according to the length actually required by the terminal device for the low frequency antenna, the length of the coil in the motor which is multiplexed into the low-frequency antenna is matched with the frequency wavelength of the radio-frequency signal, and the motor which is idle is multiplexed into the low-frequency antenna in the terminal equipment, so that the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal equipment is improved, the signal quality of the terminal equipment is enhanced, and the user experience is greatly improved.
Preferably, the low-frequency antenna is a frame antenna.
Preferably, the material of the shell in the motor is engineering plastics.
Preferably, the material of the coil in the motor is copper.
Preferably, the terminal device further includes a radio frequency unit, and the radio frequency unit is in signal connection with the line switching module to provide a radio frequency signal to the antenna module or the motor.
Preferably, the circuit switching module includes a radio frequency signal input terminal for electrically connecting with the radio frequency unit, a second output terminal for electrically connecting with a low frequency antenna signal input terminal of the low frequency antenna, and a third output terminal for electrically connecting with a signal input terminal of the motor.
Preferably, the line switching module is a switch.
The present invention further provides an antenna control method, which is applied to any one of the terminal devices provided in the above technical solutions, and includes:
when the terminal equipment works, a control chip in the terminal equipment acquires the state of the motor in real time, and when the motor is in an idle state, the control chip controls a circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with a signal input end of the motor; when the motor is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna.
Preferably, the terminal device further includes a radio frequency unit, and the circuit switching module includes a radio frequency signal input end for receiving a radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit, a second output end for electrically connecting with a low frequency antenna signal input end of the low frequency antenna, and a third output end for electrically connecting with a signal input end of the motor.
Preferably, when the motor is in an idle state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate, so that the radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit is output to the signal input end of the motor through the third output end of the circuit switching module, and when the motor is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate, so that the radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit is output to the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna through the second output end of the circuit switching module.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic front view structure diagram of a motor in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional structural diagram of a motor in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic top view of a motor in a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a flowchart of a method for controlling an antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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1-a motor; 11-a housing; 12-a metal base; 13-a coil; 14-a signal input; 2-a switch; 3-a low frequency antenna; 4, a main board; 5-platelets; 6-a battery; 7-radio frequency lines; 8-mobile phone.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, the present invention provides a terminal device, including:
the antenna module comprises a low-frequency antenna 3, and the low-frequency antenna 3 comprises a low-frequency antenna signal input end;
the motor 1 comprises a shell 11, a metal base 12 and a coil 13 which are arranged in the shell 11 and are mutually insulated, the motor 1 further comprises a signal input end 14 electrically connected with the coil 13, and the shell 11 is an insulating shell 11;
the circuit switching module is used for switching between a low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna 3 and a signal input end 14 of the motor 1;
and the control chip is in signal connection with the antenna module, the motor 1 and the circuit switching module respectively.
The terminal device comprises an antenna module, a motor 1, a circuit switching module and a control chip, wherein as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3, a shell 11 of the motor 1 is made of an insulating material, a metal base 12 and a coil 13 in the shell 11 are mutually insulated, when the motor 1 is in an idle state, the circuit switching module is switched to be communicated with a signal input end 14 of the motor 1, at the moment, the motor 1 is multiplexed as a low-frequency antenna, the metal base 12 and the coil 13 in the motor 1 form two branch structures of the low-frequency antenna, the number of turns of the coil 13 in the motor 1 can be set according to the actually required length of the low-frequency antenna by the terminal device, so that the length of the coil 13 in the motor 1 multiplexed as the low-frequency antenna is matched with the frequency wavelength of a radio frequency signal, the idle motor 1 in the terminal device provided by the invention is multiplexed as the low-, the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal equipment is improved, the signal quality of the terminal equipment is enhanced, and the user experience is greatly improved.
Specifically, in the terminal device provided by the present invention, the low-frequency antenna 3 in the antenna module is a frame antenna.
Low frequency antenna 3 among the terminal equipment is the frame antenna, and this frame antenna position in terminal equipment is close to motor 1, and the circuit switches the module and can conveniently switches between low frequency antenna signal input part of low frequency antenna 3 and motor 1's signal input part to replace low frequency antenna 3 among the antenna module with motor 1 when motor 1 is idle, in order to reach better low frequency performance.
Specifically, the material of the housing 11 of the motor 1 is engineering plastic.
The shell 11 in the motor 1 is made of engineering plastics, the cost is low, the shell 11 is made of insulating materials to expand the functions of the motor 1, the motor 1 can be used as a low-frequency antenna when the motor is idle, the length of the coil 13 in the motor 1 is set according to actual requirements, the motor is matched with the frequency and the wavelength of radio frequency signals in terminal equipment, and therefore the low-frequency performance of the terminal equipment is enhanced.
Specifically, the material of the coil 13 in the motor 1 is copper.
The coil 13 is made of a conductive material, specifically, copper, silver, etc., and the present invention is not particularly limited thereto, and the coil 13 made of a copper material can save cost and achieve a good effect.
Specifically, the terminal device further includes a radio frequency unit in signal connection with the line switching module to provide a radio frequency signal to the antenna module or the motor 1.
The radio frequency unit is in signal connection with the circuit switching module, and specifically, the radio frequency unit is connected with the circuit switching module through a wire.
Specifically, the circuit switching module includes a radio frequency signal input terminal for electrically connecting with the radio frequency unit, a second output terminal for electrically connecting with the low frequency antenna signal input terminal of the low frequency antenna 3, and a third output terminal for electrically connecting with the signal input terminal 14 of the motor 1.
The circuit switching module comprises a radio frequency signal input end, a second output end and a third output end, the radio frequency signal input end of the circuit switching module is electrically connected with the radio frequency unit, and the second output end of the circuit switching module is used for being electrically connected with a low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna 3 so as to transmit a radio frequency signal to the low-frequency antenna 3 when the low-frequency antenna 3 is used; the third output end of the circuit switching module is electrically connected to the signal input end of the motor 1, so as to transmit the radio frequency signal to the motor 1 when the motor 1 is multiplexed into a low frequency antenna.
Specifically, the line switching module is a switch 2.
The line switching module is a switch 2, and specifically may be a single-pole double-throw switch 2, and when the line switching module is the single-pole double-throw switch 2, the moving end of the single-pole double-throw switch 2 is a radio frequency signal input end, one of the stationary ends is a second output end, and the other stationary end is a third output end.
The terminal device may be a mobile phone 8 or other electronic device, in an embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the terminal device is a mobile phone 8, the mobile phone 8 includes a main board 4, a small board 5, and a battery 6 located between the main board 4 and the small board 5, and further includes an antenna module, a motor 1, and a circuit switching module (switch 2), the main board 4 includes a radio frequency unit, the small board 5 includes a control chip, the radio frequency unit leads out a radio frequency wire 7 connected to the small board 5 from the main board 4, one end of the radio frequency wire 7 is electrically connected to the radio frequency unit, the other end is electrically connected to a radio frequency signal input end of the circuit switching module, a low frequency antenna 3 in the antenna module is a frame antenna located on a side of the small board 5 far from the battery 6, the motor 1 is located on a side of the small board 5 and close to the low frequency antenna 3 in the antenna module, the radio frequency signal in the radio frequency unit is input to the low frequency antenna 3 in the antenna module through the circuit switching module, when the motor 1 is multiplexed as a low frequency antenna, the radio frequency signal in the radio frequency unit is input to the motor 1 through the circuit switching module, and the circuit switching module is used for switching between the signal input end of the low frequency antenna and the signal input end of the motor 1 so as to multiplex the motor 1 as the low frequency antenna when the motor 1 is in an idle state.
The present invention also provides a method for controlling an antenna, as shown in fig. 5, which is applied to the terminal device provided in the above technical solution of the present invention, and includes:
s101: when the terminal equipment works, a control chip in the terminal equipment acquires the state of the motor 1 in real time;
s102: when the motor 1 is in an idle state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with the signal input end of the motor 1; when the motor 1 is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna 3.
In the control method of the antenna, the control chip firstly detects the state of the motor 1, and takes a state signal of the motor 1 as a control signal of the control chip to the circuit switching module, when the motor 1 is detected to be in an idle state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with a signal input end of the motor 1, so that the motor 1 is multiplexed into a low-frequency antenna, as the idle time of the motor 1 in the terminal equipment is more, the idle time of the motor 1 as the low-frequency antenna is more, and as the length of the coil 13 in the motor 1 can be adjusted according to actual requirements, the length of the coil can be matched with the frequency wavelength of a radio-frequency signal, the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal equipment is better, and the signal quality is stronger; when detecting that the motor 1 is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna 3 so as to use the low-frequency antenna 3 in the antenna module.
Specifically, the terminal device further includes a radio frequency unit, and the circuit switching module includes a radio frequency signal input terminal for receiving a radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit, a second output terminal for electrically connecting with the low frequency antenna signal input terminal of the low frequency antenna 3, and a third output terminal for electrically connecting with the signal input terminal of the motor 1.
Specifically, when the motor 1 is in an idle state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate, so that the radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit is output to the signal input end of the motor 1 through the third output end of the circuit switching module, and when the motor 1 is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate, so that the radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit is output to the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna 3 through the second output end of the circuit switching module.
The control chip acquires the state of the motor 1 in real time to multiplex the motor 1 into a low-frequency antenna when the motor 1 is idle, the coil 13 in the motor 1 is used as a low-frequency antenna branch to transmit and receive signals, and the length of the coil 13 can be set according to actual requirements, so that the length can be set to be matched with the frequency and wavelength of a radio-frequency signal, the low-frequency characteristic of the terminal equipment is improved, the signal quality of the terminal equipment is enhanced, and the user experience is improved.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the embodiments of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.

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1. A terminal device, comprising:
the antenna module comprises a low-frequency antenna, and the low-frequency antenna comprises a low-frequency antenna signal input end;
the motor comprises a shell, a metal base and a coil, wherein the metal base and the coil are arranged in the shell and are insulated from each other;
the circuit switching module is used for switching between a low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna and a signal input end of the motor;
and the control chip is in signal connection with the antenna module, the motor and the circuit switching module respectively.
2. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the low frequency antenna is a bezel antenna.
3. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the motor housing is made of engineering plastic.
4. The terminal device of claim 1, wherein the coil of the motor is made of copper.
5. The terminal device of claim 1, further comprising a radio frequency unit in signal connection with the line switching module to provide radio frequency signals to the antenna module or motor.
6. The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the circuit switching module comprises a radio frequency signal input for electrically connecting with the radio frequency unit, a second output for electrically connecting with a low frequency antenna signal input of the low frequency antenna, and a third output for electrically connecting with a signal input of the motor.
7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the line switching module is a switch.
8. A method for controlling an antenna, applied to a terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:
when the terminal equipment works, a control chip in the terminal equipment acquires the state of the motor in real time, and when the motor is in an idle state, the control chip controls a circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with a signal input end of the motor; when the motor is in a working state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to be switched to be communicated with the low-frequency antenna signal input end of the low-frequency antenna.
9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the terminal device further comprises a radio frequency unit, and the circuit switching module comprises a radio frequency signal input terminal for receiving the radio frequency signal output by the radio frequency unit, a second output terminal for electrically connecting to a low frequency antenna signal input terminal of the low frequency antenna, and a third output terminal for electrically connecting to a signal input terminal of the motor.
10. The control method according to claim 9, wherein when the motor is in an idle state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate so that the rf signal output by the rf unit is output to the signal input terminal of the motor through the third output terminal of the circuit switching module, and when the motor is in an operating state, the control chip controls the circuit switching module to operate so that the rf signal output by the rf unit is output to the low-frequency antenna signal input terminal of the low-frequency antenna through the second output terminal of the circuit switching module.
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