CN116780167A - Antenna and handheld communication equipment - Google Patents

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CN116780167A
CN116780167A CN202310739924.2A CN202310739924A CN116780167A CN 116780167 A CN116780167 A CN 116780167A CN 202310739924 A CN202310739924 A CN 202310739924A CN 116780167 A CN116780167 A CN 116780167A
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李立忠
丁娟娟
刘欢喜
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    • H04M1/02Constructional features of telephone sets
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Abstract

The application discloses an antenna for a handheld communication device, comprising: the antenna main body comprises a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized antenna unit, the antenna unit comprises a radiation unit, an adjustable supporting mechanism and a ground component, the adjustable supporting mechanism is respectively connected with the radiation unit and the ground component and is used for providing adjustable supporting force for the radiation unit and the ground component and adjusting the relative distance between the radiation unit and the ground component to reach the target section height so as to realize the automatic adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit under satellite communication and non-satellite communication; a position adjusting mechanism connected to the antenna main body; the antenna unit is electrically connected with the mobile terminal main body, the thickness of the whole equipment is not influenced under the condition of meeting the higher antenna section height, the satellite communication efficiency of the mobile phone under various use scenes is met through the antenna attitude adjustment, and the antenna with higher gain and wider bandwidth is provided.

Description

Antenna and handheld communication equipment
Technical Field
The present application relates to the field of handheld communication devices, and in particular, to an antenna and a handheld communication device.
Background
Satellite communication is an effective means of communication in the event of insufficient coverage or poor signals from the cellular base station. There are several technical challenges to integrating satellite communication technology into handsets. Electromagnetic waves of current wireless communication of handheld communication devices with cellular base stations or other devices typically propagate in linear polarization. But the ground device is communicated with satellites which are far from hundreds of kilometers to thousands of kilometers, and the middle part of the ground device needs to pass through an atmosphere layer due to long propagation distance, and the linear polarization antenna can generate polarization distortion due to the Faraday rotation effect of an ionosphere; the circularly polarized wave is less affected by multipath effect and polarization distortion, has no strict placing posture requirement on the receiving antenna, and resists cloud and rain interference, so that the circularly polarized antenna is a better choice for satellite communication in order to improve the reliability and stability of satellite communication and effectively reduce the distortion and attenuation of communication signals.
The mobile phone has smaller volume, more internal metal parts and great difficulty in realizing the integration of the circularly polarized or axially lower elliptical polarized antenna. This makes it an urgent problem to be solved to realize a circularly polarized antenna for stable and reliable satellite communication without affecting portability of conventional handheld communication devices.
The signal strength decays during spatial transmission due to the spread of energy. This loss is proportional to the square of the distance, so the farther the signal is transmitted, the greater the free space loss. Satellite communications have very large free space losses because of the very large transmission distances. Therefore, the satellite antenna of the mobile terminal can provide an antenna with higher gain, so that the stability of the satellite-to-ground communication link can be better ensured.
In satellite communications, the wider the bandwidth, the faster the transmission rate. This is because the bandwidth determines the amount of data that can be transmitted by the signal, and if the bandwidth is narrow, the amount of data transmitted by the signal is limited, and the transmission rate is correspondingly slowed down. Conversely, if the bandwidth is wider, the larger the amount of data that the signal can transmit, the faster the transmission rate. The mobile terminal body needs to support a wider bandwidth for higher rate communications using satellites. Whether higher gain antennas or wider bandwidth antennas, it is desirable that the antennas have a higher profile height. How to meet the requirement of higher antenna profile height without affecting the thickness of the whole terminal equipment is a problem to be solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide an antenna, which aims at the problems of a circular polarized antenna or an elliptical polarized antenna with a lower axis ratio, does not influence the thickness of the whole mobile terminal main body under the condition of meeting the higher antenna section height, realizes the purpose of meeting the satellite communication efficiency of a mobile phone under various use scenes by adjusting the antenna gesture, and provides an antenna with higher gain and wider bandwidth.
The application discloses an antenna for a handheld communication device, comprising:
the antenna main body comprises a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized antenna unit, and is arranged on the mobile terminal main body, wherein the antenna unit is electrically connected with the mobile terminal main body, and radio frequency signals of the antenna unit are connected into the mobile terminal main body and used for receiving and transmitting signals when communicating with a target object;
the antenna unit comprises a radiation unit, an adjustable supporting mechanism and a ground component, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanism is respectively connected with the radiation unit and the ground component and is used for providing adjustable supporting force for the radiation unit and the ground component and adjusting the relative distance between the radiation unit and the ground component to reach the target profile height so as to realize the change adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit under a satellite communication mode and non-satellite communication;
a position adjusting mechanism connected with the antenna main body for adjusting the use posture of the antenna main body and ensuring that the antenna main body and the mobile terminal main body are kept at preset positions, so that the radiation direction of the antenna main body faces the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam;
the antenna main body is switched between an unfolding state and a folding state through the position adjusting mechanism, so that the antenna main body is switched between a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode, and corresponding deformation force is generated in the unfolding state and the folding state, so that the target section height of the antenna is achieved.
Preferably, the mobile terminal body is provided with an installation part formed by recessing inwards, the installation part accommodates the antenna body and the position adjusting mechanism to form a structure to be installed, and in a non-satellite communication mode, the antenna body and the position adjusting mechanism are accommodated in the installation part, so that the radiating unit and the ground component are in a pressing state to reach a first target section height; in the satellite communication mode, the antenna main body is unfolded through the position adjusting mechanism, so that the radiating unit and the ground component are in a spring-open state so as to reach a second target section height.
Preferably, at least one side of the ground assembly is a partially or fully metallized surface.
Preferably, the upper surface of the ground component is provided with a plurality of through holes, and the adjustable supporting mechanism is installed in the through holes and used for adjusting the use state of the antenna main body so as to control the relative distance between the ground component and the radiating unit.
Preferably, the adjustable support mechanism comprises pogo pins, compression springs, sliding rails, lever mechanisms or other distance adjusting members.
Preferably, the ground assembly extends outwardly along the upper surface to form a support portion integrally formed with the ground assembly.
Preferably, the ground component is provided with a supporting part extending outwards along the periphery of the outer surface, the supporting part is hollowed out, and the supporting part is fixedly connected with the ground component.
Preferably, the antenna unit further comprises a baffle ring matched with the supporting part, the baffle ring is in a hollowed-out arrangement, and the ground component is arranged on the baffle ring to form a mounting part entering the hollowed-out part of the baffle ring and an isolation part isolating the hollowed-out part of the baffle ring.
Preferably, the radiation unit is disposed on the baffle ring, so that the radiation unit is stacked on the baffle ring, and meanwhile, the baffle ring is sleeved on the ground assembly, so that a cavity formed by the radiation unit and the ground assembly is used for opening and closing movement of the ground assembly relative to the radiation unit, and the current moving distance is equal to the thickness of the added antenna unit.
Preferably, the adjustable supporting mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism body, the lifting mechanism body comprises an upper platform, a lower base and a lifting body arranged between the upper platform and the lower base, the upper platform, the lifting body and the lower base are fixedly connected, the radiating unit is fixedly connected with the upper platform, the ground component is fixedly connected with the lower base, and the ground component is used for driving the upper platform and the lower base to move in the vertical direction through the lifting body, so that the relative distance between the radiating unit and the ground component is driven to reach the target section height.
The application further provides a handheld communication device comprising the antenna.
Aiming at the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects:
1. under the condition that the antenna of the handheld communication equipment provided by the application meets the higher antenna section height, the thickness of the whole mobile terminal main body is not influenced, the satellite communication efficiency of the mobile phone under various use scenes is met through the antenna posture adjustment, and the antenna with higher gain and wider bandwidth is provided.
2. The application ensures portability and appearance of the mobile phone while providing a space meeting the performance of the antenna, and can realize the attitude adjustment of the antenna so as to radiate the antenna towards the sky in various use scenes of the mobile phone, thereby ensuring the alignment of the radiation direction of the satellite antenna of the terminal and the loading satellite and reducing the loss of the pointing error of the antenna.
3. The antenna main body adopted by the application is independent of the mobile terminal main body, and can reduce the influence of the complex structure in the terminal on the antenna.
4. The application adopts the inward concave mounting part, completely houses the antenna main body and the folding storage structure formed by the position adjusting mechanism in a non-satellite communication state, does not increase the thickness of the mobile terminal main body, and improves the light and thin property of the mobile terminal main body.
5. The circularly polarized or axially low elliptical polarized antenna adopted by the application is a preset distance away from the mobile terminal main body and faces the sky, and the conditions of horizontally holding and vertically holding the mobile phone and the like are adjusted by the position adjusting mechanism to achieve the optimal communication position.
6. The mobile terminal main body adopted by the application has aesthetic feeling and comfortable use requirements, the thickness of the whole mobile phone is adaptive to the aesthetic feeling and the comfortable feeling, and the appearance and the portability of the mobile terminal main body are affected to the minimum extent.
7. The satellite antenna adopted by the application is fixed on the mobile terminal body to prevent forgetting or losing.
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Fig. 1 is an exemplary diagram of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present application in an open state;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an antenna body in an open position according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an antenna body in a folded state according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 4 is an exemplary view of a mounting part on a mobile terminal body in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5-6 are exemplary diagrams of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present application in a folded and unfolded state;
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an exemplary structure of an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present application;
figures 8-9 are top and bottom views of a radiating element in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 10 to 11 are exemplary diagrams of an antenna body of a radiating element in different states according to an embodiment of the present application;
wherein, 1-an antenna main body; 11-an antenna unit; 12-a radiating element; 13-an adjustable support mechanism; 14-ground assembly; 2-a position adjustment mechanism; 3-a mobile terminal body; 4-an installation part; 5-a through hole; 6-a support; 7-a radio frequency transmission line; 8-frame; 9-baffle rings; 10-a steering component; 15-a first steering member; 16-a second steering member.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the application without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the application.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1-6, the present application discloses an antenna for a handheld communication device, comprising:
an antenna main body 1, including a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized antenna unit 11, disposed on a mobile terminal main body 3, wherein the antenna unit 11 is electrically connected with the mobile terminal main body 3, and is used for connecting a radio frequency signal of the antenna unit 11 into the mobile terminal main body 3, and receiving and transmitting the signal when communicating with a target object; the target object used in this embodiment is a satellite, and in the case of realizing non-satellite communication, the target object may be the ground.
The antenna unit 11 comprises a radiating unit 12, an adjustable supporting mechanism 13 and a ground component 14, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanism 13 is respectively connected with the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 and is used for providing adjustable supporting force for the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 and adjusting the relative distance between the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 to reach the target section height so as to realize the variable adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit 11 in a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode of the antenna unit 11. The antenna body 1 employed in the present embodiment can realize a satellite communication mode in an expanded state, and the antenna body 1 can realize a ground communication mode in any state, i.e., in an expanded state or in a collapsed/housed state.
A position adjusting mechanism 3 connected to the antenna body 1 for adjusting the use posture of the antenna body 1 and ensuring that the antenna body 1 is kept at a preset position with respect to the mobile terminal body 3 such that the direction of radiation of the antenna body 1 is directed toward the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam;
the antenna main body 1 is switched between an unfolding state and a folding state through the position adjusting mechanism 3, so that the antenna main body 1 is switched between a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode, corresponding deformation force is generated in the unfolding state and the folding state, and the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is optimized on the basis of not changing the thickness of the mobile terminal main body 3 so as to achieve the target section height of the antenna. The target profile height described in the present embodiment refers to a higher profile height of the antenna that can be achieved without changing the thickness of the mobile terminal body 3.
In the non-satellite communication mode, the position adjusting mechanism 2 is controlled to drive the antenna unit 11 to generate a first deformation force in the non-satellite communication mode and a second deformation force in the satellite communication mode when moving so as to adjust the section height of the antenna to realize the change adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit 11; the position adjusting mechanism 2 controls the position relation of the antenna main body 1 relative to the mobile terminal main body 3 so as to realize the position switching of the antenna main body 1 in the satellite communication mode and the non-satellite communication mode and enter the corresponding mode. In the present embodiment, the antenna body 1 can realize a terrestrial communication function also in the non-satellite communication.
In one embodiment, the antenna body 1 is electrically connected to the mobile terminal body 3 through the position adjustment mechanism 2, and the position adjustment mechanism 2 is adjusted to spread the antenna body 1 to trigger a satellite communication mode. As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the antenna provided by the embodiment of the present application is composed of an antenna main body 1, a position adjusting mechanism 2 and a mobile terminal main body 3, and the antenna main body 1 is connected to the terminal apparatus main body through the position adjusting mechanism 2. Wherein the antenna main body 1 is independent of the main body of the mobile terminal main body 3, the influence of the complex structure inside the terminal on the antenna can be reduced. The mobile terminal body 3 adopted in the embodiment of the application can be a mobile phone or a tablet personal computer and the like.
See fig. 7-11; in one embodiment, the position adjusting mechanism 2 is disposed on the antenna body 1, and the radiating unit 12, the adjustable supporting mechanism 13, and the ground component 14 are connected in order. For adjusting the relative distance between the radiating element 12 and the ground element 14 to a target profile height, the thickness of the antenna element 11 is optimized to the target profile height of the antenna without changing the thickness of the mobile terminal body 3.
In another embodiment, the position adjusting mechanism 2 is disposed at two sides of the antenna main body 1, that is, at two sides of the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14, and the position adjusting mechanism 13 used at this time may be a sliding rail for adjusting the relative distance between the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 to reach the target profile height, so that the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is optimized to reach the target profile height of the antenna without changing the thickness of the mobile terminal main body 3.
In another embodiment, the adjustable supporting mechanism 13 includes a lifting mechanism body, where the lifting mechanism body includes an upper platform, a lower base, and a lifting body located between the upper platform and the lower base, where the upper platform, the lifting body, and the lower base are fixedly connected, and the radiating unit 12 is fixedly connected to the upper platform, and the ground component 14 is fixedly connected to the lower base, and is configured to drive, through the lifting body, the upper platform and the lower base to move in a vertical direction, so as to drive a relative distance between the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 to reach a target profile height.
In one embodiment, the radiation direction of the antenna body 1 is opposite to the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam, and the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam includes a satellite direct propagation beam, a ground station beam or an effective beam reflected or transmitted by the intelligent super-surface. Wherein, intelligent super surface (RIS) is an artificial electromagnetic surface structure with programmable electromagnetic property, which is developed by metamaterial technology. RIS is usually composed of a large number of carefully designed electromagnetic units, and by applying control signals to adjustable elements on the electromagnetic units, the electromagnetic properties of the electromagnetic units can be dynamically controlled, so that active intelligent regulation and control of space electromagnetic waves in a programmable manner are realized, and electromagnetic fields with controllable parameters such as amplitude, phase, polarization and frequency are formed. The RIS is deployed on the surface of various objects in a wireless transmission environment, so that the physical properties of a wireless channel can be changed. When the channel state is poor, the RIS can improve the transmission of information between the transmitter and the receiver by reflecting electromagnetic waves around obstacles, etc. RIS can improve the overall capacity and performance of the system by improving the channel environment. In order to solve the problem of larger path loss between the satellite and the ground when communicating with the satellite, an active RIS is introduced to enhance ground signals, so that effective communication between the mobile terminal and the satellite is better ensured. The direction of the antenna body radiation is close to the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam, and the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam can be a satellite direct propagation beam, a ground station beam or an effective beam reflected or transmitted by the intelligent super surface.
Considering the transmission loss of the satellite-to-ground communication link, the frequency band adopted in the mobile terminal is mainly concentrated in the low frequency band such as L or S at present, and the lower the frequency is, the smaller the free space propagation loss is, so that the requirements on the antenna gain and the power consumption of the mobile communication terminal are relatively low, and the satellite mobile phone can be directly connected. As more constellation layouts evolve towards low-rail and even ultra-low-rail, the propagation loss of free space is greatly reduced due to the reduction of transmission distance, and in the future higher Ku/Ka and even Q/V frequency bands may also directly enter the mobile communication terminal.
In satellite communications, optimal reception may be achieved when the antenna transmission and reception match homopolarity. However, the satellite-ground communication distance is long, the environment where the transmission path passes is complex, and particularly, the anisotropic property of atmospheric molecules and rain and fog water drops in the troposphere can cause the polarization property of electromagnetic waves to be changed, which is commonly called depolarization effect. If a linear polarization antenna in a traditional handheld communication device is adopted, polarization mismatch loss can be caused after polarization distortion, and serious incapacity of communication can be caused directly. The circularly polarized antenna is less affected by multipath effect and polarization distortion, so that the distortion and attenuation of communication signals can be effectively reduced, the reliability and stability of satellite communication are greatly improved, and the circularly polarized antenna is a better choice for satellite communication.
The signal strength decays during spatial transmission due to the spread of energy. This loss is proportional to the square of the distance, so the farther the signal is transmitted, the greater the free space loss. Satellite communications have very large free space losses because of the very large transmission distances. Therefore, the satellite antenna of the mobile terminal can provide an antenna with higher gain, so that the stability of the satellite-to-ground communication link can be better ensured.
In satellite communications, the wider the bandwidth, the faster the transmission rate. This is because the bandwidth determines the amount of data that can be transmitted by the signal, and if the bandwidth is narrow, the amount of data transmitted by the signal is limited, and the transmission rate is correspondingly slowed down. Conversely, if the bandwidth is wider, the larger the amount of data that the signal can transmit, the faster the transmission rate. The mobile terminal body 3 needs to support a wider bandwidth for higher rate communication using satellites.
Whether higher gain antennas or wider bandwidth antennas, it is desirable that the antennas have a higher profile height. In order to obtain a higher profile height, in this embodiment, the mobile terminal body 3 is provided with an installation portion 4 formed by recessing inwards, a structure to be installed formed by connecting the antenna body 1 and the position adjustment mechanism 2 is accommodated in the installation portion 4, and in a non-satellite communication mode, the antenna body 1 and the position adjustment mechanism 2 are accommodated in the installation portion 4, so that the radiating unit 12 and the ground component 14 are in a pressed state to reach a first target profile height; in the satellite communication mode, the antenna body 1 is unfolded by the position adjusting mechanism 2 so that the radiating unit 12 and the ground assembly 14 are in a sprung-open state to reach a second target profile height.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the antenna unit 11 employed in this embodiment is comprised of a radiating portion and a ground assembly 14. The distance between the radiating portion and the ground assembly 14 is the cross-sectional height of the antenna, which is adjustable in height under different operating conditions. In the non-satellite communication state, the antenna unit 11 and the flip assembly are housed in the recessed structure of the chassis, where the antenna unit 11 and the flip assembly housed in the chassis, i.e., the above-described structure to be mounted, the radiation portion of the antenna unit 11 and the ground assembly 14 are pressed together to assume a first target profile height, which is a low profile state. In the satellite communication state, the antenna unit 11 is flipped out by the flip assembly, and the radiating portion of the antenna unit 11 and the ground assembly 14 are flipped open to assume a second target profile height, which is a high profile state, to achieve a higher gain and a wider bandwidth.
As shown in fig. 9, the bottom surface of the ground component 14 is made of metal, which is favorable for realizing the function of antenna ground, increasing the signal strength and enhancing the anti-interference capability of the antenna.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 7 and 10, the upper surface of the ground component 14 is provided with a plurality of through holes 5, and the adjustable supporting mechanism 13 is installed in the through holes 5, and is used for adjusting the use state of the antenna main body 1 so as to control the relative distance between the ground component 14 and the radiating unit 12, so as to realize the adjustment of the profile height.
Specifically, the adjustable supporting mechanism 13 includes pogo pins, compression springs, sliding rails, a lever mechanism or other elastic connectors, and other distance adjusting members, and the elastic connectors in this embodiment are electrically connected to the metal ground and the radiating unit 12 on the one hand, and push the ground component 14 away from the radiating unit 12 on the other hand, so as to realize adjustment of the profile height.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, the ground assembly 14 extends outwardly along the upper surface to form a support portion 6, and the support portion 6 is integrally formed with the ground assembly 14. It should be understood that the ground component 14 used in this embodiment is a T-shaped member, such as a T-shaped plastic bracket, and is composed of a metal ground, i.e. the bottom surface of the ground component 14, a T-shaped plastic bracket and an elastic connector, wherein the metal ground is disposed on the bottom surface of the small end of the T-shaped plastic bracket, and the T-shaped plastic bracket and the ground component 14 are integrally formed.
In another embodiment, the ground assembly 14 is provided with a supporting portion 6 extending outwards along the periphery of the outer surface, and the supporting portion 6 is fixedly connected with the ground assembly 14. It should be understood that the ground component 14 used in this embodiment is a T-shaped member, such as a T-shaped plastic bracket, and is composed of a metal ground, i.e. the bottom surface of the ground component 14, a T-shaped plastic bracket and an elastic connector, wherein the metal ground is disposed on the bottom surface of the small end of the T-shaped plastic bracket, and in this embodiment, the T-shaped plastic bracket is fixedly connected to the ground component 14 by two components, such as a plastic bracket sleeved on the body of the ground component 14.
In various embodiments of the present application, the antenna unit 11 further includes a baffle ring 9 adapted to the support portion 6, the baffle ring 9 is hollowed, and the ground component 14 is disposed on the baffle ring 9 to form a mounting portion entering the hollowed portion of the baffle ring 9 and an isolation portion isolated from the hollowed portion of the baffle ring 9. It will be understood that the baffle ring 9 used in this embodiment may be a U-shaped plastic baffle ring 9, the T-shaped ground component 14 may be completely accommodated in the U-shaped plastic baffle ring 9, the bottom of the U-shaped plastic baffle ring 9 is hollow, the small end of the T-shaped ground component 14 may be penetrated out of the hollow area, the large end is blocked by the bottom of the baffle ring 9, the radiating unit 12 is stacked on the U-shaped baffle ring 9, the enclosed cavity may be opened and closed by the T-shaped ground component 14 relative to the radiating unit 12, and the moved distance is equal to the thickness of the added antenna unit 11, as shown in fig. 9.
In order to reduce the thickness of the antenna unit 11 and not reduce the radio frequency performance, the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is thinner when not in communication, and the thickness is thicker when in communication, in a specific embodiment, the radiation unit 12 is arranged on the baffle ring 9, so that the radiation unit 12 is stacked on the baffle ring 9, and meanwhile, the baffle ring 9 is sleeved on the ground component 14, so that a cavity formed by the radiation unit 12 and the ground component 14 is used for opening and closing movement of the ground component 14 relative to the radiation unit 12, and the current moving distance is equal to the thickness of the added antenna unit 11. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the radiating arms, feed network and rf transmission line 7 of the antenna unit 11 are disposed on one member, referred to as radiating unit 12, and that the ground of the antenna unit 11 is disposed on another member, referred to as ground assembly 14, which is movable to open and close in the thickness direction of the antenna unit 11. As shown in fig. 7-11, the ground assembly 14 thickness may automatically change, automatically thicken as the antenna unit 11 is flipped up from the handset mounting portion 4, and automatically thicken as the antenna assembly is received in the handset mounting portion 4.
At present, more low frequency bands are used, and the problem is that the antenna is large in size. The mobile communication device is generally approximately rectangular and thin in thickness. It is difficult to realize resonance with equal amplitude in both the thickness direction and the length (width) direction. In addition, the internal structure of the mobile phone is complex, and the implementation of the completely built-in broadband circularly polarized antenna is difficult. Therefore, the antennas of the handheld satellite devices in the market are usually large and striking, which can cause the terminal devices to be very thick and heavy, and do not accord with the characteristics and development trend of the thin and light intelligent mobile terminals used to by people.
In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, the mobile terminal body 3 is provided with a mounting portion 4 for accommodating the antenna body 1 and the position adjusting mechanism 2, and is configured to completely accommodate the accommodating structure formed by folding the antenna body 1 and the position adjusting mechanism 2 in a non-satellite communication state, without increasing the thickness of the mobile terminal body 3. As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the housing portion of the mobile terminal body 3 employed in the present embodiment has a concave or convex structure adapted to the antenna unit 11 and the position adjustment mechanism 2, and can fully house the antenna unit 11 and the position adjustment mechanism 2 in a non-satellite communication state.
In various embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 to 6, the mounting portion 4 is recessed inward to form a mounting area of the antenna body 1, and the antenna body 1 is completely accommodated in the mounting area in a non-satellite communication state, and the antenna unit 11 and the position adjusting mechanism 2 can be completely accommodated in the non-satellite communication state without increasing the thickness of the mobile terminal body 3. The mounting part 4 is a concave structure directly arranged on the outer surface of the mobile terminal body 3, namely the back of the mobile phone, and the mounting part 4 is a concave structure formed by concave of the outer surface of the mobile terminal, thereby being beneficial to reducing the thickness of the mobile phone and the weight of the mobile phone. The housing of the handheld communication device is specially provided with a concave structure, as shown in fig. 4. The antenna assembly is folded and stored in the concave structure of the mounting part 4 in a non-satellite communication state, at this time, the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is compressed and thinned, the antenna unit 11 is turned out from the concave structure of the shell of the mobile terminal main body 3 along with the turning mechanism during satellite communication, the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is rebounded and thickened, and the antenna unit is turned to a proper communication position outside the mobile phone to stop, as shown in fig. 5.
In one embodiment, the position adjusting mechanism 2 adopts a turnover mechanism, and two ends of the turnover mechanism are provided with steering components 10. Alternatively, one side of the tilting mechanism is provided with one or more steering members 10.
In one embodiment, the steering unit 10 includes a first rotating unit 14 and a second rotating unit 15, and the mobile terminal body 3 is connected to one end of the tilting mechanism through the first rotating unit 14, so that the antenna body 1 rotates relative to the mobile terminal body 3 with a rotation axis of the first rotating unit 14 as an axis, so as to implement a flip function of the antenna body 1; the rotation axis center line of the first rotation member 14 is a rotation axis arranged in the width direction of the tilting mechanism, that is, an X-axis direction reference line, as shown in fig. 1.
The antenna main body 1 is connected with the other end of the turnover mechanism through the second rotating part 15, so that the antenna main body 1 takes the central line of the rotating shaft of the second rotating part 15 as an axis and rotates steplessly relative to the turnover mechanism, and circumferential rotation of the antenna main body 1 after turnover is realized. The center line of the rotation shaft of the second rotation member 15 is a rotation shaft arranged along the length direction of the turnover mechanism, that is, a reference line in the reference Y-axis direction.
In the satellite communication mode, the turnover mechanism is unfolded to enable the antenna body 1 to radiate toward the sky in various use postures of the mobile terminal body 3, and in the non-satellite communication mode, the antenna body 1 is folded and stored on the mobile terminal body 3, so that the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is compressed and thinned.
As will be understood by those skilled in the art, as shown in fig. 1-2, the turning mechanism adopted in this embodiment has a first turning member 61 and a second turning member 62 at two ends for connecting the antenna body 1 and the mobile terminal body 3, where the second turning member 62 is connected to the antenna body 1, the first turning member 61 is connected to the mobile terminal body 3, the turning mechanism rotates the antenna body 1 along X and Y axes, the X axis is a rotation axis center line of the first turning member 61, the Y axis is a rotation axis center line of the second turning member 62, and the antenna body 1 is unfolded along with the turning mechanism, that is, the antenna body 1 and the turning mechanism move around the X axis or the Y axis, so that a user of the mobile terminal body 3 can communicate in a preferred manner by adjusting the relative postures of the antenna body 1 and the mobile terminal body 3, so that the antenna body 1 radiates in a direction close to the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam and keeps a suitable distance from the terminal device 3, regardless of any posture of holding the mobile terminal body. In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1-2, the turning mechanism is a rocker arm structure, one end of the rocker arm structure is provided with a steering component 10, which may be the second steering component 15, and the second steering component 10 is connected with one end of the antenna main body 1, so as to ensure that the antenna main body 1 keeps a preset distance from the mobile terminal in a use state; the other end of the rocker arm structure is provided with another steering component 10, which can be the first steering component 14, and the other end of the rocker arm structure is connected with the end of the mobile terminal main body 3 through the steering component 10, so that before satellite communication, when the mobile terminal main body 3 is in a vertical posture and is in satellite communication, the rocker arm structure is controlled to turn up and down, the antenna main body 1 is unfolded from the mounting part 4 of the mobile terminal main body 3 along with the rocker arm structure, and the rocker arm structure is controlled to perform stepless rotation so as to adjust the angle of the antenna main body 1 to obtain a target satellite communication position; when the mobile terminal body 3 is in a horizontal posture and is in communication with a satellite, the antenna body 1 rotates out of the mobile terminal body 3 along with the rocker arm structure around the turnover mechanism in an axial direction, and controls the rocker arm structure to turn over along an up-down direction thereof so as to adjust an angle of the antenna body 1, so that a radiation direction of the antenna body 1 is close to a propagation direction of a satellite antenna beam, and the antenna body is in communication with the terminal device 3 in a preferable mode of keeping a proper distance.
The position adjusting mechanism 2 adopted in the embodiment is a turnover mechanism, two ends of the turnover mechanism are respectively connected with the antenna main body 1 and the equipment casing by the steering component 10, and the steering component 10 performs stepless rotation. The turning mechanism adopted in the embodiment can be a rocker arm structure or a turning component 10 directly arranged on any side of the mounting part 4, the antenna main body 1 is folded and stored in a concave structure of a casing of the equipment for storage during non-satellite communication, the rocker arm structure is lifted before satellite communication, the antenna main body 1 is turned out of the concave structure of the casing along with the non-satellite communication, the rocker arm structure is steplessly rotated, a proper satellite communication position of the antenna under a vertical handshake attitude is searched within the range of 0-270 degrees, for the communication with the satellite under a transverse handshake attitude, the antenna main body 1 is rotated out of the mobile phone along with the rocker arm structure of the turning mechanism around the X axis, and the antenna main body 1 is steplessly rotated around the Y axis for 0-90 degrees to search a better communication position.
The antenna main body 1 adopted in the embodiment of the application is independent of the main body of the mobile terminal main body 3, so that the influence of the complex structure inside the terminal on the antenna is reduced in the future, and the mobile terminal main body 3 is electrically connected with the antenna main body 1 through the position adjusting mechanism 2 in the following manner: the antenna body 1 in the embodiment of the present application further includes a radio frequency transmission line 7, one end of the radio frequency transmission line 7 is connected to the feed network of the antenna unit 11, and the other end of the radio frequency transmission line 7 is connected to the mobile terminal body 3 through the position adjustment mechanism 2, so as to connect the radio frequency signal of the antenna unit 11 to the mobile terminal body 3, thereby ensuring communication connection between the antenna body 1 and the mobile terminal body 3. One end of the radio frequency transmission line 7 is soldered to the feed network of the antenna unit 11 as shown in fig. 7. The outer parts such as the welding heads of the antenna unit 11 and the radio frequency transmission line 7 are coated with plastic materials to form the frame 8 of the antenna main body 1, and in order to obtain a thinner antenna thickness, the top surface and the bottom surface of the antenna unit 11 may be component parts of the top surface and the bottom surface of the antenna main body 1, as shown in fig. 8-9.
In various embodiments of the present application, the rf transmission line 7 refers to a circuit board of an rf coaxial line, a microstrip line or a coplanar waveguide, an rf connector, or the like, which are formed by a combination or a single component. In this embodiment, the radio frequency transmission line 7 is disposed inside the position adjusting mechanism 2, and passes through the position adjusting mechanism 2 to connect the mobile terminal body 3 and the antenna unit 11 respectively connected to two ends, so as to connect the radio frequency signal of the antenna unit 11 to the mobile terminal body 3. The position adjusting mechanism 2 is internally provided with a continuous cavity, the radio frequency transmission line 7 passes through the cavity to enter the mobile phone, the radio frequency transmission line 7 passes through the position adjusting mechanism 2 to enter the mobile terminal body 3, and the antenna unit 11 and the main board of the mobile terminal body 3 are communicated, as shown in fig. 3 and 7.
Example two
Based on the same conception, the application also provides a handheld communication device, which comprises the antenna according to the first embodiment of the application, and the antenna specifically comprises:
an antenna main body 1, including a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized antenna unit 11, disposed on a mobile terminal main body 3, wherein the antenna unit 11 is electrically connected with the mobile terminal main body 3, and is used for connecting a radio frequency signal of the antenna unit 11 into the mobile terminal main body 3, and receiving and transmitting signals when communicating with a target object;
the antenna unit 11 comprises a radiation unit 12, an adjustable supporting mechanism 13 and a ground component 14, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanism 13 is respectively connected with the radiation unit 12 and the ground component 14 and is used for providing adjustable supporting force for the radiation unit 12 and the ground component 14 and adjusting the relative distance between the radiation unit 12 and the ground component 14 to reach a target section height so as to realize the variable adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit 11 in a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode of the antenna unit 11;
a position adjusting mechanism 3 connected to the antenna body 1 for adjusting the use posture of the antenna body 1 and ensuring that the antenna body 1 is kept at a preset position with respect to the mobile terminal body 3 such that the direction of radiation of the antenna body 1 is directed toward the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam;
the antenna main body 1 is switched between an unfolding state and a folding state through the position adjusting mechanism 3, so that the antenna main body 1 is switched between a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode, corresponding deformation force is generated in the unfolding state and the folding state, and the thickness of the antenna unit 11 is optimized on the basis of not changing the thickness of the mobile terminal main body 3 so as to achieve the target section height of the antenna.
In the non-satellite communication mode, the position adjusting mechanism 2 is controlled to drive the antenna unit 11 to generate a first deformation force in the non-satellite communication mode and a second deformation force in the satellite communication mode when moving so as to adjust the section height of the antenna to realize the change adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit 11; mobile terminal body the mobile terminal body controls the positional relationship of the antenna body 1 with respect to the mobile terminal body 3 by the position adjustment mechanism 2 to realize the position switching of the antenna body 1 in the satellite communication mode and the non-satellite communication mode and enter the corresponding mode.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present application, and are not limiting; although the application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.

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1. An antenna for a handheld communication device, comprising:
the antenna main body comprises a circularly polarized or elliptically polarized antenna unit, and is arranged on the mobile terminal main body, wherein the antenna unit is electrically connected with the mobile terminal main body, and radio frequency signals of the antenna unit are connected into the mobile terminal main body and used for receiving and transmitting signals when communicating with a target object;
the antenna unit comprises a radiation unit, an adjustable supporting mechanism and a ground component, wherein the adjustable supporting mechanism is respectively connected with the radiation unit and the ground component and is used for providing adjustable supporting connection for the radiation unit and the ground component, and the relative distance between the radiation unit and the ground component is adjusted to reach the target profile height so as to realize the change adjustment of the thickness of the antenna unit in a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode;
the position adjusting mechanism is connected with the antenna main body and used for adjusting the relative position relation between the antenna main body and the mobile terminal main body so that the radiation direction of the antenna main body faces the propagation direction of the satellite antenna beam;
the antenna main body is switched between an unfolding state and a folding state through the position adjusting mechanism, so that the antenna main body is switched between a satellite communication mode and a non-satellite communication mode, and corresponding deformation force is generated in the unfolding state and the folding state, so that the target section height of the antenna is achieved.
2. The antenna according to claim 1, wherein an installation portion formed by recessing inwards is provided on the mobile terminal body, the installation portion accommodates therein the antenna body and the position adjustment mechanism to be connected to form a structure to be installed, and in a non-satellite communication mode, the antenna body and the position adjustment mechanism are accommodated in the installation portion, so that the radiating unit and the ground component are in a press-fit state to reach a first target section height; in the satellite communication mode, the antenna main body is unfolded through the position adjusting mechanism, so that the radiating unit and the ground component are in a spring-open state so as to reach a second target section height.
3. The antenna of claim 1, wherein at least one side of the ground element is a partially or fully metallized surface.
4. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the ground assembly has a plurality of through holes formed in an upper surface thereof, and the adjustable support mechanism is installed in the through holes for adjusting a use state of the antenna body to control a relative distance between the ground assembly and the radiating element.
5. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the adjustable support mechanism comprises pogo pins, compression springs, sliding rails, leverage or other distance adjustment.
6. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the ground assembly extends outwardly along the upper surface to form a support portion, the support portion being integrally formed with the ground assembly.
7. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the ground assembly is provided with an outwardly extending support portion along the periphery of the outer surface, the support portion is hollowed out, and the support portion is fixedly connected with the ground assembly.
8. The antenna of claim 6 or 7, wherein the antenna unit further comprises a baffle ring adapted to the support portion, the baffle ring is hollowed, and the ground component is arranged on the baffle ring to form a mounting portion entering the hollowed portion of the baffle ring and an isolation portion isolated from the hollowed portion of the baffle ring.
9. The antenna of claim 8, wherein the radiating element is disposed on the baffle ring to stack the radiating element on the baffle ring, and the baffle ring is sleeved on the ground assembly, such that a cavity formed by the radiating element and the ground assembly is used for opening and closing movement of the ground assembly relative to the radiating element, and a current movement distance is equal to a thickness of the added antenna element.
10. The antenna of claim 1, wherein the adjustable support mechanism comprises a lifting mechanism body, the lifting mechanism body comprises an upper platform, a lower base and a lifting body positioned between the platform and the base, the upper platform, the lifting body and the lower base are fixedly connected, the radiating unit is fixedly connected with the upper platform, the ground component is fixedly connected with the lower base, and the lifting body is used for driving the upper platform and the lower base to move vertically so as to drive the relative distance between the radiating unit and the ground component to reach the target profile height.
11. A handheld communication device comprising an antenna according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
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