EP1764862A1 - Antenne à double bande pour un réseau local sans fil de type LAN - Google Patents

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EP1764862A1
EP1764862A1 EP06076899A EP06076899A EP1764862A1 EP 1764862 A1 EP1764862 A1 EP 1764862A1 EP 06076899 A EP06076899 A EP 06076899A EP 06076899 A EP06076899 A EP 06076899A EP 1764862 A1 EP1764862 A1 EP 1764862A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • H01Q1/24—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set
    • H01Q1/241—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM
    • H01Q1/242—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for hand-held use
    • H01Q1/243—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles with receiving set used in mobile communications, e.g. GSM specially adapted for hand-held use with built-in antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/30—Combinations of separate antenna units operating in different wavebands and connected to a common feeder system
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/0407—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna
    • H01Q9/0421—Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/30—Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole
    • H01Q9/42—Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength

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  • the present invention is directed, in general, to multi-band antennas and, more specifically, to a dual-band antenna for a wireless local area network (WLAN) device.
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • Wi-Fi Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
  • the IEEE 802.11a standard extends the 802.11b standard to frequencies between 5.2 GHz and 5.8 GHz (the "5 GHz band”) and allows data to be exchanged at even faster rates (up to 54 Mbit/sec), but at a shorter operating range than does 802.11b.
  • IEEE 802.11g which is on the horizon, is an extension to 802.11b.
  • 802.11g still uses the 2 GHz band, but broadens 802.11b's data rates to 54 Mbps by using OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) technology.
  • WLAN devices capable of operating in both frequency bands should have more commercial appeal.
  • WLAN devices should be as flexible as possible regarding the communications standards and frequency bands in which they can operate.
  • Dual-band transceivers and antennas lend WLAN devices the desired frequency band agility. Much attention has been paid to dual-band transceivers; however, dual-band transceivers are not the topic of the present discussion. Developing a suitable dual-band antenna has often attracted less attention. A dual-band antenna suitable for WLAN devices should surmount four significant design challenges.
  • dual-band antennas should be compact. While WLANs are appropriate for many applications, portable stations, such as laptop and notebook computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and WLAN-enabled cellphones, can best take advantage of the flexibility of wireless communication. Such stations are, however, size and weight sensitive. Second, dual-band antennas should be capable of bearing the bandwidth that its corresponding 802.11 standard requires. Third, dual-band antennas should attain its desired range as efficiently as possible. As previously described, WLAN devices are most often portable, meaning that they are often battery powered. Conserving battery power is a pervasive goal of portable devices. Finally, dual-band antennas should attain the first three design challenges as inexpensively as possible.
  • the present invention provides a dual-band antenna, a method of manufacturing the same and a wireless networking card incorporating the antenna.
  • the antenna includes: (1) a substrate, (2) an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band and (3) a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate, connected to the inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band.
  • a wireless networking card including: (1) wireless networking circuitry, (2) a dual-band transceiver coupled to the wireless networking circuitry and (3) a dual-band antenna coupled to the dual-band transceiver and including: (3a) a substrate, (3b) an inverted F antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate and tuned to resonate in a first frequency band and (3c) a monopole antenna printed circuit supported by the substrate, connected to the inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band.
  • Yet another aspect of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a dual-band antenna, including: (1) forming an inverted F antenna printed circuit on a substrate, the inverted F antenna printed circuit tuned to resonate in a first frequency band and (2) forming a monopole antenna printed circuit on the substrate, the monopole antenna connected to the inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band.
  • FIGURE 1 illustrated is a plan view of a first embodiment of a dual-band antenna constructed according to the principles of the present invention.
  • the dual-band antenna, generally designated 100, is supported by a substrate 110.
  • the substrate 110 can be any suitable material. If cost is less of an object, the substrate 110 can be composed of a low-loss material (i.e., a material that does not significantly attenuate proximate electromagnetic fields, including those produced by the dual-band antenna 100). If cost is more of an object, the substrate 110 can be formed from a more conventional higher loss, or "lossy,” material such as FR-4 PCB, which is composed of fiberglass and epoxy. However, as Wielsma, supra, describes, such "lossy" materials can compromise antenna range by absorbing energy that would otherwise contribute to the electromagnetic field produced by the dual-band antenna 100.
  • Wielsma teaches that antenna range can be substantially preserved even with such "lossy” materials by providing lower-loss regions in the "lossy” substrate. These lower-loss regions may simply be holes in the substrate or may be composed of ceramic or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), commonly known as Teflon ® .
  • PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene
  • the present invention encompasses the use of either low-loss or "lossy" materials either with or without such lower-loss regions.
  • the embodiment of the dual-band antenna 100 illustrated in FIGURE 1 spans both upper and lower (i.e. , "opposing") surfaces (different planes) of the substrate 110. It is often the case that the lower surface of a substrate employed as a wireless networking card is largely occupied with a ground plane 120. The upper surface of the substrate 110 (and interior layers, also different planes, if such are used) are occupied with various printed circuit traces (not shown) that route power and signals among the various components that constitute wireless networking circuitry (also not shown). Because the dual-band antenna 100 of the present invention is a printed circuit antenna, the traces further define the printed circuits that constitute the dual-band antenna 100.
  • the dual-band antenna 100 includes an inverted F antenna printed circuit 130.
  • Inverted F antennas in general have three parts: a radiator, a feed line and a ground line or ground plane.
  • the ground plane 120 serves as the ground plane for the inverted F antenna printed circuit 130.
  • the inverted F antenna printed circuit 130 is illustrated as including a radiator 135 located on the lower surface of the substrate 110 apart from the ground plane 120.
  • the radiator 135 is tuned to resonate in a first frequency band.
  • the radiator 135 is located on both the upper and lower surface of the substrate 110.
  • this first frequency band is between about 2.4 GHz and about 2.5 GHz (the 2 GHz band).
  • inverted F antennas may be formed of printed circuit traces, are configured to resonate in a desired frequency band and further that the inverted F antenna printed circuit 130 of the present invention may be modified to resonate in any reasonable desired frequency band.
  • a feed line 140 is located on the upper surface of the substrate 110 and couples the radiator 135 to wireless networking circuitry (not shown in FIGURE 1) by way of a conductive interconnection 150 (e.g ., a via containing a conductor).
  • a ground line 160 extends from the radiator 135 to the ground plane 120.
  • the feed line 140 and the ground line 160 take the forms of traces.
  • a trace proximate a ground line or plane does not effectively radiate as an antenna. Only when the trace is separated from the ground line or plane does the trace radiate as an antenna.
  • the dual-band antenna 100 further includes a monopole antenna printed circuit 170.
  • the monopole antenna printed circuit 170 is located on the upper surface of the substrate 110 outside of ("without") a footprint of the ground plane 120, is connected to the feed line 140 and is tuned to resonate in a second frequency band. In the illustrated embodiment, this second frequency band is between about 5.2 GHz and about 5.8 GHz (the 5 GHz band).
  • this second frequency band is between about 5.2 GHz and about 5.8 GHz (the 5 GHz band).
  • monopole antennas may be formed of printed circuit traces, are configured to resonate in a desired frequency band and further that the monopole antenna printed circuit 170 of the present invention may be modified to resonate in any reasonable desired frequency band, including a frequency band that is higher than the first frequency band.
  • the inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits 130, 170 should be combined such that they each present a desired impedance when operating in their respective bands. In the illustrated embodiment, that impedance is about 50 ohms. The impedance can be varied, however, without departing from the broad scope of the present invention. Further, an impedance matching circuit (not shown) may be employed with the inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits 130, 170 to compensate for any mismatch therein.
  • the above-described and illustrated dual-band antenna 100 is compact. It is located on the same substrate as its associated wireless networking circuitry (not shown).
  • the antenna 100 is a power-efficient design, it is neither compromised in terms of its range nor wasteful of battery resources. Because it uses printed circuits to advantage, the antenna 100 is relatively inexpensive.
  • the first embodiment of the dual-band antenna 100 meets at least three of the four design challenges set forth in the Background of the Invention section above. If the bandwidth capability of the antenna 100 is inadequate in the 5 GHz band, however, further embodiments to be described with reference to FIGUREs 2 and 3 are in order.
  • FIGURE 2 illustrated is a plan view of a second embodiment of a dual-band antenna constructed according to the principles of the present invention.
  • This second embodiment is in many ways like the first embodiment of FIGURE 1, except that the monopole antenna printed circuit 170 has been divided into first and second traces 171, 172 tuned to differing resonance in the second frequency band. The first and second traces 171, 172 cooperate to enable the monopole antenna printed circuit 170 to attain a higher bandwidth.
  • a footprint of the radiator 135 of the inverted F antenna printed circuit 130 lies between footprints of the first and second traces 171, 172 of the monopole antenna printed circuit 170.
  • the footprint of the radiator 135 can lie outside of the footprints of the first and second traces 171, 172 of the monopole antenna printed circuit 170.
  • an example of this embodiment is illustrated in FIGURE 3.
  • FIGURE 3 illustrated is a plan view of a third embodiment of a dual-band antenna constructed according to the principles of the present invention.
  • this third embodiment of the dual-band antenna 100 calls for the footprint of the radiator 135 of the inverted F antenna printed circuit 130 to lie outside of the footprints of the first and second traces 171, 172 of the monopole antenna printed circuit 170.
  • the monopole antenna printed circuit 170 has been further modified to introduce a root trace 173 from which the first and second traces 171, 172 extend.
  • the root trace 173 serves to reduce the amount of conductive material required to form the monopole antenna printed circuit 170.
  • FIGUREs 1, 2 and 3 are but a few of the many variants that fall within the broad scope of the present invention. Dimensions, materials, shapes, frequencies, numbers of antennas and traces and numbers of substrate layers, for example, can be changed without departing from the present invention.
  • FIGURE 4 illustrated is a block diagram of one embodiment of a wireless networking card constructed according to the principles of the present invention.
  • the wireless networking card generally designated 400, includes wireless networking circuitry 410.
  • the wireless networking circuitry 410 may be of any conventional or later-developed type.
  • the wireless networking card 400 further includes a dual-band transceiver 420.
  • the dual-band transceiver 420 is coupled to the wireless networking circuitry 410 and may operate at any combination of bands.
  • the particular dual-band transceiver 420 of the embodiment illustrated in FIGURE 4 operates in accordance with the IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g standards (so-called "802.11a/b/g").
  • the wireless networking card 400 further includes a first dual-band antenna 100a and an optional second dual-band antenna 100b.
  • an optional switch 430 connects one of the dual-band antennas (e.g ., the first dual-band antenna 100a) to the dual-band transceiver 420.
  • the switch 430 also connects the non-selected dual-band antenna (e.g ., the second dual-band antenna 100b) to ground (e.g., the ground plane 120 of FIGUREs 1, 2 or 3) to reduce RF coupling between the selected and the non-selected dual-band antenna.
  • ground e.g., the ground plane 120 of FIGUREs 1, 2 or 3
  • the first dual-band antenna 100a and the optional second dual-band antenna 100b may be configured according to the first, second or third embodiments of FIGUREs 1, 2 or 3, respectively, or of any other configuration that falls within the broad scope of the present invention.
  • FIGURE 5 illustrated is a plan view of one embodiment of a circuit board for a wireless networking card that includes multiple dual-band antennas constructed according to the principles of the present invention.
  • the circuit board generally designated 500, includes a substrate 110 composed of a "lossy" material and having a ground plane 120.
  • Various printed circuit traces 510 route power and signals among the various components that constitute wireless networking circuitry (not shown, but that would be mounted on the circuit board 500).
  • Lower loss regions are located in the circuit board 500 proximate the dual-band antenna 100.
  • One lower loss region is designated 520 as an example. The function of the lower loss regions is explained above.
  • the circuit board 500 includes two dual-band antennas 100a, 100b positioned mutually with respect to one another to optimize antenna diversity.
  • the circuit board 500 also supports a switch (not shown, but that would be mounted on the circuit board 500) that connects the selected one of the dual-band antennas ( e.g ., 100a) to the wireless networking circuitry.
  • the switch can also connect the non-selected dual-band antenna (e.g ., 100b) to the ground plane 120 to reduce RF coupling between the selected and the non-selected dual-band antenna.
  • the first dual-band antenna 100a includes a first inverted F antenna printed circuit 130a tuned to resonate in a first frequency band, a monopole antenna printed circuit 170a and a first feed line 140a coupling the first inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits 130a, 170a to the wireless networking circuitry (not shown).
  • the second dual-band antenna 100b includes a second inverted F antenna printed circuit 130b tuned, for diversity purposes, to resonate in the first frequency band, a monopole antenna printed circuit 170b and a second feed line 140b coupling the second inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits 130b, 170b to the wireless networking circuitry (not shown).
  • Conductive interconnections and ground lines for the first and second dual-band antennas 100a, 100b are shown but not referenced for simplicity's sake.
  • FIGURE 6 illustrated is a flow diagram of one embodiment of a method of manufacturing a dual-band antenna carried out according to the principles of the present invention.
  • the method begins in a start step 610, wherein it is desired to manufacturing a dual-band antenna.
  • the method 600 proceeds to a step 620 in which an inverted F antenna printed circuit is formed on a suitable substrate.
  • the inverted F antenna printed circuit is tuned to resonate in a first frequency band (e.g ., the 2 GHz band).
  • a monopole antenna printed circuit is formed on the substrate.
  • the monopole antenna is connected to the inverted F antenna printed circuit and tuned to resonate in a second frequency band (e.g ., the 5 GHz band).
  • the monopole antenna printed circuit may include first and second traces tuned to differing resonance and may further include a root trace from which the first and second traces extend.
  • the footprint of the inverted F antenna printed circuit may or may not lie between footprints of the first and second traces, if the monopole antenna printed circuit includes them.
  • a feed line is formed on the substrate and connected to the inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits.
  • One or more conductive interconnections may be required to connect the feed line to the inverted F and monopole antenna printed circuits.
  • a ground plane is formed on the substrate. The ground plane is coupled to and spaced apart from both the inverted F antenna printed circuit and the monopole antenna printed circuit. The method 600 ends in an end step 660.
  • ground plane and the printed circuits, traces and root are all printed circuit conductors, they can be formed concurrently. It is typical to form a layer of conductive material at a time. Thus, in forming a circuit board having upper and lower layers, all printed circuit conductors on a particular layer would probably be formed concurrently, such that the method 600 is carried out in two formation steps.

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