Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides an antenna board and a wireless charging and communication module using the same, and aims to solve the problem that in the prior art, a communication circuit and a charging coil are positioned in different main boards and are heavy.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts a technical scheme that: the utility model provides an antenna panel, the antenna panel include the mainboard with set up in coil antenna and gain patch antenna on the mainboard, coil antenna is used for receiving charging current and generates first charging magnetic field or is used for receiving second charging magnetic field and generates induced current, be provided with on the coil antenna gain patch antenna still is used for receiving communication signal, and the cooperation gain patch antenna is right communication signal carries out the gain.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a distance between the gain patch antenna and an adjacent gain patch antenna is greater than or equal to 0.4 λ and less than or equal to 0.8 λ, where λ is a wavelength of the communication signal.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the distance between the gain patch antenna and the adjacent gain patch antenna is 0.5 λ.
According to an embodiment provided by the present invention, the coil antenna is alternately provided with a gain region and a non-gain region along a circumferential direction, and the gain patch antenna is located in the gain region; and the distance between the gain patch antenna positioned in the same gain region and the adjacent gain patch antenna is greater than or equal to 0.4 lambda and less than or equal to 0.8 lambda.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the coil antenna includes a plurality of sequentially connected non-closed loops.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the non-closed loop is in a non-closed circular shape, the non-closed loop includes an inner end and an outer end, and a radial distance of the non-closed loop increases gradually in a circumferential direction from the inner end to the outer end.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the non-closed loop is in a track shape, the non-closed loop includes a straight line section and a curved line section, and the gain patch antenna is disposed on the straight line section.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the straight sections of the non-closed loops are arranged in parallel with the straight sections of the adjacent non-closed loops.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication signal is a millimeter wave signal or a centimeter wave signal.
In order to solve the technical problem, the invention adopts another technical scheme that: a wireless charging and communication module is provided, which comprises the antenna board of any one of the above.
Has the advantages that: be different from prior art, through providing an antenna panel and use its wireless charging and communication module, this antenna panel includes the mainboard and sets up coil antenna and gain patch antenna on the mainboard, wherein coil antenna can be used for receiving charging current and generate first charging magnetic field or be used for receiving the second charging magnetic field and generate induced-current, and coil antenna can also regard as communication transmission antenna to receive communication signal, and cooperate gain patch antenna to carry out the gain to communication signal, can realize the function of wireless charging and communication on same mainboard promptly, and further, and set up gain patch antenna on coil antenna, can effectual improvement integrate, the very big surface area who saves the antenna panel, and do benefit to and save the cost. Optionally, because the area of the antenna board can determine the wireless charging and communication module applying the main board, the wireless charging and communication module provided by the application can effectively reduce the whole volume and weight when applying the antenna board.
Detailed Description
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.
In addition, if there is a description of "first", "second", etc. in an embodiment of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-7, the present invention provides an antenna board 10, wherein the antenna board 10 includes a main board 100, a coil antenna 200, and a gain patch antenna 300. The coil antenna 200 and the gain patch antenna 300 are disposed on the motherboard 100, and may be disposed on the surface of the motherboard 100.
The coil antenna 200 may be specifically configured to receive the charging current and generate a first charging magnetic field or to receive a second charging magnetic field and generate an induced current.
As shown in fig. 1, the coil antenna 200 includes a first port 210 and a second port 220.
In an optional scenario, the antenna board 10, specifically, the power circuit, may provide a charging current to the coil antenna 200 through the first port 210 and the second port 220, and form a first charging magnetic field through the coil antenna 200, and optionally, the first charging magnetic field is an electromagnetic field, and the other coil antennas 200 may generate a pressure-sensitive current when receiving the first charging magnetic field.
In another alternative scenario, the coil antenna 200 may receive a second charging magnetic field provided by another coil antenna 200, generate an induced current through the second charging magnetic field, and charge the power circuit of the antenna board 10 through the first port 210 and the second port 220.
Optionally, the first charging magnetic field and the second charging magnetic field may be electromagnetic fields, and the frequency band of the electromagnetic fields is between 10MHz and 16MHz, specifically 10MHz, 13.56MHz, or 16MHz, and the like, which is not limited herein.
As shown in fig. 1, a gain patch antenna 300 is further disposed on the coil antenna 200, and the coil antenna 200 may be further configured to receive a communication signal and perform gain on the communication signal in cooperation with the gain patch antenna 300.
That is, optionally, the coil antenna 200 may also serve as a communication transmission antenna and receive a communication signal through the first port 210 or the second port 220, and then gain the communication signal by matching with the gain patch antenna 300, specifically, the gain patch antennas 300 may be matched to perform superposition gain on the communication signal, so as to directionally transmit the communication signal, and thus, the transmission effect of the communication signal may be effectively enhanced.
Optionally, the communication signal may be a 5G signal, for example, a millimeter wave signal or a centimeter wave signal. Such as millimeter wave signals, having a frequency band between 26.5GHz and 300 GHz.
Optionally, since the frequencies of the first charging magnetic field and the second charging magnetic field of the coil antenna 200 are generally in the middle-low frequency band (10MHz and 16MHz), and the communication signals are generally in the high frequency band (26.5GHz and 300GHz), which have a difference in magnitude, the mutual interference is small.
In the above embodiment, by providing an antenna board 10, the antenna board 10 includes a motherboard 100, and a coil antenna 200 and a gain patch antenna 300 that are disposed on the motherboard 100, wherein the coil antenna 200 can be used to receive a charging current and generate a first charging magnetic field or be used to receive a second charging magnetic field and generate an induced current, and the coil antenna 200 can also be used as a communication transmission antenna to receive a communication signal, and cooperate with the gain patch antenna 300 to gain the communication signal, that is, the functions of wireless charging and communication can be realized on the same motherboard 100, and further, and the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed on the coil antenna 200, which can effectively improve integration, greatly save the surface area of the antenna board 10, and is favorable for saving cost. Optionally, since the area of the antenna board 10 can determine the wireless charging and communication module using the motherboard, when the wireless charging and communication module provided by the application uses the antenna board 10, the whole volume and weight can be effectively reduced, so that the application scenario of the whole wireless charging and communication module can be enlarged, and the wireless charging and communication module can be better arranged on various obstacles.
As shown in fig. 1, the plurality of gain patch antennas 300 cooperate to gain the communication signal of the coil antenna 200 and transmit the communication signal along a direction perpendicular to the plane of the coil antenna 200, where the specific transmission direction is determined by the orientation of the gain patch antenna 300.
In alternative embodiments, the plurality of gain patch antennas 300 may be gain patch antennas 300 with the same size or gain patch antennas 300 with different sizes, which is not limited herein.
In alternative embodiments, the distance between the gain patch antenna 300 and the adjacent gain patch antenna 300 is greater than or equal to 0.4 λ, and less than or equal to 0.8 λ, and may be, specifically, 0.4 λ, 0.7 λ, or 0.8 λ, and the like, which is not limited herein. Where λ refers to the wavelength of the communication signal, e.g., the wavelength of the millimeter wave signal is typically in the millimeter range, i.e., 1-10 mm. In an alternative embodiment, if the wavelength of the communication signal is 5mm, the distance between the gain patch antenna 300 and the adjacent gain patch antenna 300 is greater than or equal to 2mm, less than or equal to 4mm, and may be specifically 2mm, 3.5mm, or 4mm, and so on.
In an alternative embodiment, the gain patch antenna 300 is spaced 0.5 λ from an adjacent gain patch antenna 300.
As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the coil antenna 200 is provided with the gain regions 230 and the non-gain regions 240 alternately in the circumferential direction, and the gain patch antenna 300 is provided in the gain regions 230. Optionally, the distance between the gain patch antenna 300 located in the same gain region 230 and the adjacent gain patch antenna 300 is greater than or equal to 0.4 λ and less than or equal to 0.8 λ. I.e., only adjacent gain patch antennas 300 located within the same gain region 230 have a distance greater than or equal to 0.4 λ and less than or equal to 0.8 λ.
Optionally, the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed in one gain region 230, which is beneficial to enhance the density of the gain patch antenna 300, so as to enhance the superposition effect.
As shown in fig. 1, the coil antenna 200 has a spiral shape and includes a plurality of sequentially connected non-closed loops 250, and optionally, a specific number is greater than or equal to 3, and specifically, may be 3, 4 or another number. The non-closed loop 250 is annular and has a non-closed figure, and the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed on the non-closed loop 250.
As shown in fig. 3, the non-closed loop 250 has a non-closed circular shape, the non-closed loop 250 includes an inner end 251 and an outer end 252, and the non-closed loop 250 has a radial distance gradually increasing from the inner end 251 to the outer end 252 in a circumferential direction. And the entire non-closed loop 250 extends spirally outward from a point as a center.
As shown in fig. 2, each of the gain region 230 and the non-gain region 240 may be a sector region, and optionally, the gain region 230 may be a sector region with the same or different angle, and the non-gain region 240 may also be a sector region with the same or different angle.
As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the non-closed loop 250 may also be in a track shape, the non-closed loop 250 includes a straight line segment 253 and a curved line segment 254 alternately, and the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed on the straight line segment 253. Optionally, the linear segment 253 of a non-closed loop 250 and the linear segment 253 of an adjacent non-closed loop 250 are disposed in parallel.
As shown in fig. 4, a plurality of straight line segments 253 on one side of the non-closed loop 250 form a matrix region, which is used as the gain region 230, and the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed in the gain region 230. By disposing the gain patch antenna 300 on the straight line segment 253, the distance between the gain patch antenna 300 and the adjacent gain patch antenna 300 can be better ensured. While the curved segments 254 may be used to adjust the radial distance of the non-closed loop 250, a plurality of the curved segments 254 combine to form the non-gain region 240.
As shown in fig. 7, the distance between the gain patch antenna 300 and the adjacent gain patch antenna 300 includes a distance L1 between the gain patch antenna 300 and the gain patch antenna 300 on the same non-closed loop 250 and a distance L2 between the gain patch antenna 300 and the nearest adjacent gain patch antenna 300 on the adjacent non-closed loop 250.
As shown in fig. 7, in one gain region 230, the number of the gain patch antennas 300 along the extending direction of the non-closed loop 250 is at least three, and as shown in fig. 7, the number of the gain patch antennas 300 along the extending direction of the connection line of the gain patch antennas 300 to the center of the non-closed loop 250 is at least three. This can effectively ensure the superposition effect of the gain patch antenna 300.
The present invention also provides a wireless charging and communication module, which includes the antenna board 10 in any of the above embodiments.
Optionally, the wireless charging and communication module may be an indoor module or an outdoor module.
In an alternative embodiment, the indoor module may receive the charging current and generate a first charging magnetic field for charging the outdoor module, and receive the communication signal after the gain transmitted by the outdoor module.
In another optional embodiment, the outdoor module may receive the second charging magnetic field sent by the indoor module, generate an induced current to charge the outdoor module, and may also receive the communication signal, and send the communication signal to the indoor module after gaining.
In summary, the antenna board 10 and the wireless charging and communication module using the same according to the present invention includes a main board 100, and a coil antenna 200 and a gain patch antenna 300 disposed on the main board 100, wherein the coil antenna 200 can be used for receiving a charging current and generating a first charging magnetic field or receiving a second charging magnetic field and generating an induced current, and the coil antenna 200 can also be used as a communication transmission antenna to receive a communication signal and gain the communication signal in cooperation with the gain patch antenna 300, so that wireless charging and communication functions can be implemented on the same main board 100, and further, the gain patch antenna 300 is disposed on the coil antenna 200, so as to effectively improve integration, greatly save a surface area of the antenna board 10, and facilitate cost saving. Optionally, since the area of the antenna board 10 may determine the wireless charging and communication module using the motherboard, the wireless charging and communication module provided by the present application may also effectively reduce the whole volume and weight when the antenna board 10 is used.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent results or equivalent flow transformations performed by the present specification and drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.