EP1986268A1 - Antenna module and apparatus utilizing the same - Google Patents
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
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- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/52—Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure
- H01Q1/521—Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
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- H01Q21/24—Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction
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- the present invention relates to an antenna module according to the pre-characterizing clause of claim 1.
- WiMAX and WiFi bands are so close (WiMAX is 2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.7GHz or 3.5-3.7GHz, while WiFi is 2.4GHz) that the conventional method of selecting a receiving bandwidth by properly designing the length of the antenna cannot help the modem to distinguish WiMAX signals from WiFi signals.
- the strength of a WiFi signal is usually much larger than a WiMAX signal received from the base station since the WiFi signal is transmitted over a shorter distance. Therefore, when the modem processes a WiMAX signal and a WiFi signal at the same time, the WiFi signal may interfere with the WiMAX signal, thereby influence the communication quality.
- the antenna module 100 and the signal-processing module 200 can successfully solve the interference problem between a short-distance transmission signal (e.g. WiFi signal) and a long-distance transmission signal (e.g. WiMAX signal).
- a short-distance transmission signal e.g. WiFi signal
- a long-distance transmission signal e.g. WiMAX signal
- the signal-processing module 200 can be applied to integrate long-distance transmission signals (e.g. WiMAX signals, 3G signals or GSM signals) with short-distance transmission signals (e.g. WiFi signals or Bluetooth signals).
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- The present invention relates to an antenna module according to the pre-characterizing clause of claim 1.
- Manufacturers are enthusiastic about integrating Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wireless Fidelity (WiFi). For example, utilizing WiMAX to connect the broadband networks in buildings located within the coverage of WiMAX base stations, and providing wireless surfing functions inside the buildings utilizing WiFi can reduce district limitation and increase wireless transmission efficiency. In this application, the communication devices (e.g. modems) utilized by the users must be able to communicate signals with the WiMAX base station and transmit/receive WiFi signals in the buildings at the same time. However, WiMAX and WiFi bands are so close (WiMAX is 2.3-2.4GHz, 2.5-2.7GHz or 3.5-3.7GHz, while WiFi is 2.4GHz) that the conventional method of selecting a receiving bandwidth by properly designing the length of the antenna cannot help the modem to distinguish WiMAX signals from WiFi signals. Additionally, the strength of a WiFi signal is usually much larger than a WiMAX signal received from the base station since the WiFi signal is transmitted over a shorter distance. Therefore, when the modem processes a WiMAX signal and a WiFi signal at the same time, the WiFi signal may interfere with the WiMAX signal, thereby influence the communication quality.
- Furthermore, there are other wireless signals, such as Bluetooth signals that use a 2.4GHz-2.483GHz band, and 3G signals that use 1885-1980MHz, 2010-2025MHz or 2110-2170MHz bands. Meanwhile, GSM signals use 900MHz, 1800MHz and 1900MHz bands. As can be seen from the above data, the bands of these wireless communication signals are very close. That is, if multiple systems are integrated in a same module or a same chip, there will be interference among the signals.
- This in mind, the present invention aims at providing an antenna module that solves the aforementioned interference problems.
- This is achieved by an antenna module according to claim 1. The dependent claims pertain to corresponding further developments and improvements.
- As will be seen more clearly from the detailed description following below, the claimed antenna module includes a shielding portion, disposed between at least a first antenna and at least a second antenna.
- In the following, the invention is further illustrated by way of example, taking reference to the accompanying drawings. Thereof
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Fig. 1 is a diagram of an antenna module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and -
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a signal-processing module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. - Please refer to
Fig. 1 , which is a diagram of anantenna module 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, theantenna module 100 comprises at least afirst antenna 110, at least asecond antenna 130, and ashielding portion 120. Thefirst antenna 110 is utilized to transmit or receive signals corresponding to a first wireless communication standard, such as WiMAX signals. Thesecond antenna 130 is utilized to transmit or receive signals corresponding to a second wireless communication standard, such as WiFi signals. Theshielding portion 120 is located between thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130 for isolating thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130 in order to reduce or eliminate interference between them. As shown inFig. 1 , theshielding portion 120 is a flat board having two sides, wherein thefirst antenna 110 is disposed on a first side and thesecond antenna 130 is disposed on a second side. In order to reduce the signal interference between thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130, at least part of theshielding portion 120 is made of metal, electromagnetic wave reflection material, electromagnetic wave absorption material, or materials able to achieve the shielding result. The shape of theshielding portion 120 is not necessarily limited to the flat board or the round shape shown inFig. 1 . Theshielding portion 120 can have other shapes such as a square, a rectangular or a polygonal form. Please note that the number and the shape of thefirst antenna 110, thesecond antenna 130 and theshielding portion 120 inFig. 1 are only an embodiment of the present invention, that is, the number offirst antennas 110 andsecond antennas 130, and the connection and disposition between theshielding portion 120, thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130 are not limited to that shown inFig. 1 . Therefore, other designs obeying the aforementioned spirit all fall within the scope of the present invention. For example, thefirst antenna 110 could comprise a plurality of first antennas etc. - Moreover, in order to further reduce the signal interference between the
first antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130, the field directivity of thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130 can be designed to become different by performing antenna polarization. For example, referring to the directions of the arrowheads inFig. 1 , the field of thefirst antenna 110 distributes in the first side of theshielding portion 120 and points upward (assuming that the first side of theshielding portion 120 faces upward), and the field of thesecond antenna 130 distributes in the second side and points horizontally (assuming that thesecond antenna 130 is disposed vertically) in this embodiment. Furthermore, if there are a plurality ofsecond antennas 130 in theantenna module 100, the plurality ofsecond antennas 130 can be equally disposed on the second side of theshielding portion 120. Eachsecond antenna 130 can be designed to have a best receiving direction to receive signals from each direction respectively. Therefore, when one of thesecond antennas 130 is detected to have the best receiving performance (for example, the antenna is closest to the base station), the signal of that antenna can be selected for further processing. Due to the different transmitting/receiving angles of thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130 and the shielding effect of theshielding portion 120, the signal interference situation can be reduced to almost negligible. Hence, theantenna module 100 is able to transmit or receive signals of different wireless communication standards. - Please refer to
Fig. 2 in conjunction withFig. 1 .Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a signal-processing module 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the signal-processing module 200 comprises theantenna module 100 shown inFig. 1 , afirst processing circuit 202 and asecond processing circuit 204. When theantenna module 100 is implemented in the signal-processing module 200 (for example, a laptop or a communication chip), thefirst processing circuit 202 is coupled to thefirst antenna 110 to process signals of the first antenna 110 (e.g. process data to be output or received via the first antenna 110), and thesecond processing circuit 204 is coupled to thesecond antenna 130 to process signals of the second antenna 130 (e.g. process data to be output or received via the second antenna 130). Taking the signal-processing module 200 integrating WiMAX and WiFi as an example, thefirst antenna 110 can be designed to have an upward transmitting field to transmit WiFi signals in a small area, and thesecond antenna 130 can be designed to have a horizontal field direction to receive WiMAX signals from the WiMAX base station at a long distance. Since the field of thefirst antenna 110 distributes in one side of theshielding portion 120, and theshielding portion 120 provides an effective isolation between the first and the second antennas, the interference caused by the WiFi signal to the WiMAX signal at a WiMAX receiving end in the signal-processing module 200 can be decreased to a minimum, therefore enabling thesecond processing circuit 204 to demodulate the received WiMAX signals correctly. After performing some simulations, it is found that theantenna module 100 can considerably decay WiFi signals received by the WiMAX receiving end. For example, the intensity of WiFi signals received by the WiMAX receiving end is at least less than -25dB. Similarly, when thefirst antenna 110 receives WiFi signals, the interference caused by the WiMAX signal to the WiFi signal can be decreased to a minimum as well, enabling thefirst processing circuit 202 to demodulate the received WiFi signals correctly. Therefore, theantenna module 100 provides a considerable shielding effect between thefirst antenna 110 and thesecond antenna 130, making the signal-processing module 200 able to process WiMAX and WiFi signals at the same time while maintaining an excellent communication quality. - As can be seen from the above embodiments, the
antenna module 100 and the signal-processing module 200 can successfully solve the interference problem between a short-distance transmission signal (e.g. WiFi signal) and a long-distance transmission signal (e.g. WiMAX signal). Hence, as well as processing different kinds of wireless communication signals simultaneously, the signal-processing module 200 can be applied to integrate long-distance transmission signals (e.g. WiMAX signals, 3G signals or GSM signals) with short-distance transmission signals (e.g. WiFi signals or Bluetooth signals). As the signal-processing module 200 is utilized to transmit/receive a long-distance transmission signal and a short-distance transmission signal, the receiving end of the long-distance transmission signal will not be interfered with by the short-distance transmission signal of stronger intensity, nor will the receiving end of the short-distance transmission signal be interfered with by the long-distance transmission signal, and therefore the communication quality can be maintained. - In addition, the antenna module can be implemented in a laptop, router, wireless base station, wireless network interface card etc. to provide a communication system with the ability to process a plurality of wireless communication signals at the same time while maintaining a good communication quality.
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- An antenna module(100), comprising:at least a first antenna(110), for transmitting or receiving signals corresponding to a first wireless communication standard;at least a second antenna(130), for transmitting or receiving signals corresponding to a second wireless communication standard; andcharacterized by:a shielding portion(120), disposed between the first antenna(110) and the second antenna(130).
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that at least part of the shielding portion(120) is made of metal, electromagnetic wave reflection material or electromagnetic wave absorption material.
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that field directions of the first antenna(110) and the second antenna(130) are different.
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that the first antenna(110) is disposed on a first side of the shielding portion(120), the second antenna(130) is disposed on a second side of the shielding portion(120), a field of the first antenna(110) distributes in the first side, and a field of the second antenna(130) distributes in the second side.
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that one of the first and the second antennas is utilized to transmit or receive a short-distance transmission signal.
- The antenna module of claim 5, characterized in that the short-distance transmission signal is a wireless fidelity (WiFi) signal or a Bluetooth signal.
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that one of the first and the second antennas is utilized to transmit or receive a long-distance transmission signal.
- The antenna module of claim 7, characterized in that the long-distance transmission signal is a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) signal, a 3G signal or a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) signal.
- The antenna module of claim 1, characterized in that one of the first and the second antennas is utilized to transmit or receive a short-distance transmission signal, and the other of the first and second antennas is utilized to transmit or receive a long-distance transmission signal.
- The antenna module of claim 9, characterized in that the short-distance transmission signal is a WiFi signal or a Bluetooth signal, and the long-distance transmission signal is a WiMAX signal, a 3G signal or a GSM signal.
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