EP2230723A1 - Antennes multibandes couplées - Google Patents

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EP2230723A1
EP2230723A1 EP10167660A EP10167660A EP2230723A1 EP 2230723 A1 EP2230723 A1 EP 2230723A1 EP 10167660 A EP10167660 A EP 10167660A EP 10167660 A EP10167660 A EP 10167660A EP 2230723 A1 EP2230723 A1 EP 2230723A1
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Carles Puente Baliarda
Jaume Anguera Pros
Jordi Soler Castany
Antonio Condes Martinez
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    • 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
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
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    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/38—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic
    • H01Q19/005—Patch antenna using one or more coplanar parasitic elements
    • 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
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    • 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 inventions relates generally to a new family of characteristic antenna structures of reduced size featuring a broadband behavior, a multiband behavior of a combination of both effects.
  • the antennas according to the present invention include at least two radiating structures or arms, said two arms being coupled through a specific region of one or both of the arms called the proximity region or close proximity region.
  • antennas formed with more than one radiating structure said structures being electromagnetically coupled to form a single radiating device.
  • One of the first examples would be the Yagi-Uda antenna (see Figure 1 , Drawing 3 ).
  • Said antenna consists of an active dipole structure, said active dipole structure being fed through a conventional feeding network typically connected at its mid-point, said dipole being coupled to a series of parasitic dipoles of different lengths, said parasitic dipoles being parallel to the active dipole.
  • the present invention is essentially different from the Yagi-Uda antenna for several reasons: first of all, because in the Yagi-Uda antenna the distance between any pair of dipoles is generally constant, that is all dipoles are parallel and no proximity region is included to strength the coupling between dipoles.
  • the object of such a coupled parallel dipole arrangement in the Yagi-Uda antenna is to provide an end-fire, directive radiation pattern, while in the present invention the radiating arms are arranged together with the close proximity region to reduce the antenna size yet providing a broadband or multiband behavior.
  • microstrip patch antennas including two radiating structures coupled together are stacked microstrip patch antennas (" Miniature Wideband Stacked Microstrip Patch Antenna Based on the Sierpinski Fractal Geometry", by Anguera, Puente, Borja, and Romeu. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Salt Lake City, USA, July 2000 ).
  • an active microstrip patch of arbitrary shape placed over a ground-plane is coupled to a passive parasitic patch placed on top of said active patch. It will be noticed that said active and parasitic patches keep a constant distance between them and are not specifically coupled through a specific proximity region on any of the two patches which were closer the adjacent patch.
  • Such a stacked microstrip patch antenna configuration provides a broadband behavior, but it is does not feature a close proximity region as described in the present invention and it does not feature a highly reduced size, since the patches are typically sized to match a half-wavelength inside the dielectric substrate of the patch, while in the present invention the antennas feature a characteristic small size below a quarter wave-length.
  • V-dipole see for instance " Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design", by Constantine Balanis, second editi on) wherein there is a minimum distance between the two arms at the vertex of the V-shape, but it should be noticed that such a vertex is the feeding point of the structure and does not form a coupling proximity region between said arms as disclosed in the present invention.
  • the feeding point is specifically excluded from the close proximity region since it does not contribute to a size reduction and/or multiband or broadband behavior as it is intended here.
  • at least one arm of the dipole needs to be folded such that said folded arm approaches the other arm to form the close proximity region.
  • any of the radiating arms can take many forms provided that at least two arms are included, and said arms include said close proximity region between them.
  • one or several of the arms according to the present invention take the form of a Multilevel Antenna as described in the Patent Publication No. WO01/22528 , a Space-Filling Antenna as described in the Patent Publication No. WO01/54225 or any other complex shape such as meander and zigzag curves.
  • at least one of the arms approaches an ideal fractal curve by truncating the fractal to a finite number of iterations.
  • the present invention consists of an antenna comprising at least two radiating structures, said radiating structures taking the form of two arms, said arms being made of or limited by a conductor, superconductor or semiconductor material, said two arms being coupled to each other through a region on first and second arms such that the combined structure of the coupled two-arms forms a small antenna with a broadband behavior, a multiband behavior or a combination of both effects.
  • the coupling between the two radiating arms is obtained by means of the shape and spatial arrangement of said two arms, in which at least one portion on each arm is placed in close proximity to each other (for instance, at a distance smaller than a tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength) to allow electromagnetic fields in one arm being transferred to the other through said specific close proximity regions.
  • Said proximity regions are located at a distance from the feeding port of the antenna (for instance a distance larger than 1/40 of the free-space longest operating wavelength) and specifically exclude said feeding port of the antenna.
  • FIG. 1 For purposes of this specification, drawings 4 and 5 from Figure 2 describe examples of antenna devices as described in the present invention.
  • arms (110) and (111) are L-shaped and coupled trough a close proximity region (200).
  • the antenna is mounted on a ground-plane (112) and it is fed at one of the tips (102) of arm (110), while arm (111) is directly connected to ground (103).
  • this example contains the essence of the invention (the two arms or radiating structures coupled through a close proximity region (200), defined by folded parts (108) and (109) from arms (110) and (111)).
  • the position of the proximity region (201) can be placed in other locations.
  • Arm (100) is straight, whereas arm (113) has been folded.
  • the antenna system is mounted on a ground-plane (112) and it is fed at one of the tips (102) or arm (100), whereas arm (113) is connected to ground (103).
  • distance Ws is smaller than distance Wd.
  • Other many embodiments and configurations are allowed within the scope and spirit of the present invention, as it is described in the preferred embodiments.
  • the distance between the two radiating arms cannot be constant since at least a proximity region needs to be formed in a portion of the two arms to enhance the coupling from one arm to the other, according to the present invention.
  • the distance between said two arms in the direction that is orthogonal to any of the arms is not constant throughout all the arms. This specifically excludes any antenna made of two radiating arms that run completely in parallel at a constant distance between them (such as the examples shown in Figure 1 ).
  • the feeding mechanism of the present invention can take the form of a balanced or unbalanced feed.
  • the feeding port (102) is defined between at least one point in a first of two said arms ((110) or (100)) and at least one point on a ground plane (112) or ground counterpoise (see for instance (102) in Figure 1 ).
  • arm (111) or (113) is shorted to said ground plane or ground counterpoise (112).
  • the proximity region ((200) and (201)) is clearly distinguished within the structure because the minimum distance between arms Ws in said proximity region is always smaller than the distance Wd between the feeding point (102) in said first arm ((110) or (100)) and the grounding point (103) at said second arm ((111) or (113)).
  • the proximity region excludes such a differential feed region and it is located at a distance larger than 1/40 of the free-space operating wavelength from said feed region.
  • the distance between said arms (182, 184) cannot be constant and will typically include two close regions: the feeding region (183) defining said differential input, and the proximity region which is characteristic of the present invention.
  • One important aspect of the present invention is that no contact point exists between the two radiating arms defining the antenna. Said two arms form two separated radiating elements, which are coupled by the characteristic close proximity region, but no ohmic contact between said two arms is formed. This specifically excludes from the present invention any antenna formed by a single radiating multibranch structure where two or several of the radiating arms on said multibranch structure can be coupled through a proximity region.
  • the difference between the present invention and said multibranch structures is obvious, since in a multibranch structure all radiating arms or branches are connected in direct ohmic contact to a single conducting structure, while the present invention is specifically made of at least two separated radiating structures with no direct contact among them.
  • the radiating arms of the antenna can take any form as long as they include the characteristic proximity region between them.
  • L or U sh aped arms are preferred.
  • the arms take the form of complex multilevel and space-filling structures, and even in some embodiments one or two of the arms approach the shape of a fractal form.
  • the shape of the arms is not a differential aspect of the invention; the differential aspect of the invention is the proximity region that provides a strong coupling between the otherwise independent radiating arms.
  • the scope of the present invention is not limited to structure formed by two radiating arms.
  • Three or more radiating arms can be included within the invention as long as at least two of them define a close proximity region as described above.
  • multiple arms are coupled together through a single close proximity region.
  • the some of the several arms are coupled together through several proximity regions.
  • the arms of the present invention can take the form of any of the prior art antennas, including monopoles, dipoles, planar inverted-F (PIFA) and inverted-F (IFA) structures, microstrip structures, and so on. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the aforementioned antennas.
  • the antenna could be of any other type as long as the antenna includes at least two radiating arms or structures, and that those arms define a close proximity region where the distance between arms reaches a minimum value.
  • the resulting antenna would be suitable for several environments.
  • the antennas can be integrated in handheld terminals (cellular or cordless telephones, PDAs, electronic pagers, electronic games, or remote controls), in cellular or wireless access points (for instance for coverage in micro-cells or pico-cells for systems such as AMPS, GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, UMTS, PCS1900, DCS, DECT, WLAN, ...), in car antennas, in integrated circuit packages or semiconductor devices, in multichip modules, and so on.
  • a suitable antenna design is required. Any number of possible configurations exists, and the actual choice of antenna is dependent, for instance, on the operating frequency and bandwidth, among other antenna parameters. Several possible examples of embodiments are listed hereinafter. However, in view of the foregoing description, it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that various modifications may be made within the scope of the invention. In particular, different materials and fabrication processes for producing the coupled antenna system may be selected, which still achieve the desired effects.
  • Drawing 1 from Figure 1 shows in a manner already known in prior-art an antenna system formed by two monopoles, one acting as the active monopole (100) and the other acting as the parasitic monopole (101).
  • the feed point (102) represented with a circle in all the drawings in the present invention, can be implemented in several ways, such a coaxial cable, the sheath of which is coupled to the groundplane, and the inner conductor of which is coupled to the radiating conductive element (100).
  • Parasitic element (101) is connected to groundplane through (103). In this configuration, there is no close proximity region, since both (100) and (101) are in parallel.
  • the radiating conductive element (100) is usually shaped in prior art like a straight wire, but several other shapes can be found in other patents or scientific articles. Shape and dimensions of radiating element (100) and parasitic element (101) will contribute in determining the operating frequency of the overall antenna system.
  • Drawing 2 from Figure 1 shows also in a manner known in prior-art an antenna system formed by a radiating element (100) and several parasitic monopoles (104). In this configuration, there is no close proximity region, since both the radiating element (100) and the parasitic elements (104) are in parallel.
  • Drawing 3 from Figure 1 shows a prior-art configuration known as Yagi-Uda.
  • the distance between any pair of dipoles is generally constant, that is, all the dipoles (105, 106, 107) are parallel and no proximity region is included to strength the coupling between dipoles.
  • the object of such a parallel dipole arrangement in the Yagi-Uda antenna is to provide an end-fire, directive radiation pattern, whereas in the present invention the radiating arms are arranged together with the close proximity region to reduce the antenna size yet providing a broadband or multiband behavior.
  • the newly disclosed coupled antenna system shown in Figure 2 , Drawing 4 is composed by a radiating element (110) connected to a feeding point (represented by (102)) and a parasitic element (111) connected to the groundplane (112) through (103). It is clear in this configuration the close proximity region (200) between folded subpart arms (108) and (109). That is, Ws ⁇ Wd.
  • Feeding point (102) can be implemented in several ways, such a coaxial cable, the sheath of which is coupled to the groundplane (112), and the inner conductor of which is coupled to the radiating conductive element (110). Shape and dimensions of radiating element (110) and parasitic element (111) will contribute in determining the operating frequency of the overall antenna system.
  • Drawing 5 For the sake of clarity but without loss of generality, a particular case is showed in Drawing 5 . It is composed by a radiating element (100) connected to a feeding point (102), and a parasitic element (113) connected to the groundplane (112) through (103). It is clear in this configuration also that the close proximity region (201) between (100) and (113) contributes to the enhanced performance of the antenna system, and that Ws ⁇ Wd. It is clear to those skilled in the art that these configurations in Figure 2 could have been any other type with any size, and being coupled in any other manner as long as the close proximity region is formed, as it will be seen in the following preferred embodiments.
  • groundplane (112) being showed in the drawing is just an example, but several other groundplane embodiments known in the art or from previous patents could have been used, such as multilevel or space-filling groundplanes, or Electromagnetic Band-Gap (EBG) groundplanes, or Photonic Band-Gap (PBG) groundplanes, or high-impedance (Hi-Z) groundplanes.
  • the groundplane can be disposed on a dielectric substrate. This may be achieved, for instance, by etching techniques as used to produce PCBs, or by using a conductive ink.
  • Some embodiments like the ones being showed in Figure 4 , where space-filling curves are coupled, are preferred when a multiband or broadband behavior is to be enhanced.
  • Said space-filling arrangement allows multiple resonant frequencies which can be used as separate bands or as a broadband if they are properly coupled together.
  • said multiband or broadband behaviour can be obtained by shaping said elements with different lengths within the structure.
  • Space-filling curves is also a way to miniaturize further the size of the antenna.
  • the active elements that is, the radiating arms
  • the space-filling properties have been utilized in the parasitic elements.
  • the same space-filling principle could have been used to the radiating elements, as it will be shown in other preferred embodiments described later in this document.
  • both the parasitic elements (121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129) and the radiating/active elements (120, 124, 126, 128) are folded so as to form a close proximity region between said radiating elements (120, 124, 126, 128) and said parasitic elements (121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129).
  • Basic configurations (Drawings 18 to 23) are being illustrated in this figure, where folding of the parasitic elements (121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 129) and radiating elements (120, 124, 126, 128) is formed by 90-degree angles.
  • the arms are being formed by means of using inductive stubs (130, 131, 132, 133, 134). The purpose of those is further reduce the size of the antenna system.
  • the position of said stubs can be placed and distributed along the radiating or the parasitic arms.
  • loop configurations for the coupled antennas further help matching the operating frequencies of the antenna system, such as the ones showed in Drawings 27, 28, and 29 in Figure 6 . From these drawings it can be seen that the overall shape of the antenna system forms an open loop, yet still being within the scope of the present invention without departing from the close proximity region principle.
  • Drawing 30 shows a structure where two parasitic elements (135, 136) are included, and a close proximity region is being formed between the active element and the parasitic subsystem.
  • Drawings 31 to 35 show other preferred configurations where several parasitic elements with different shapes have been placed in different locations and distribution.
  • Some embodiments like the ones being showed in Figure 8 , where space-filling curves are coupled, are preferred when a multiband or broadband behavior is to be enhanced.
  • Said space-filling arrangement allows multiple resonant frequencies which can be used as separate bands or as a broadband if they are properly coupled together.
  • said multiband or broadband behaviour can be obtained by shaping said elements with different lengths within the structure.
  • Space-filling curves is also a way to miniaturize further the size of the antenna. For the sake of clarity but without loss of generality, particular configurations are being showed in this figure, where the both the active elements (that is, the radiating arms) and the parasitic elements are being formed by means of space-filling curves.
  • Drawing 42 in Figure 9 shows a configuration where a branch (137) has been added to the active element, and another branch (138) has been added to the parasitic element.
  • the shape and size of the branch could be of any type, such as linear, planar or volumetric, without loss of generality.
  • Drawings 43 to 47 in Figure 9 show other examples of coupled antennas with a branch-like configuration.
  • Figure 12 shows that not only linear structures can be adapted to meet the close proximity region principle defined in the scope of this invention.
  • Drawing 60 shows an example of two planar elements (143, 144).
  • Drawing 62 shows an example of a multilevel structure acting as the radiating element.
  • Drawing 63 shows a spiral active arm surrounding the parasitic arm.
  • Drawing 64 shows another example of planar arms folded. Not only linear or planar structures are covered within the scope of the present invention, as seen in Drawing 65, where two 3D arms are positioned so as to form a close proximity region.
  • Figure 13 shows that not only monopoles or dipoles can feature a close proximity region, but also slot antennas, such as the ones showed in Drawings 66 and 67.
  • Both drawings are being composed by a conventional solid surface ground-plane (151) that has been cut-out so as to have some slots on it (152, 156, 158).
  • the feedpoint (155) can be implemented in saveral ways, such as a coaxial cable, the sheath (153) of which is connected to the external part of (151), and the inner conductor (154) of the coaxial cable is coupled to the inner radiating conductive element, as shown in Drawing 66. In the case of Drawing 67, the inner conductor of the coaxial cable would be connected to (157).
  • Another preferred embodiment of coupled antennas is the one being showed in Figure 14 .
  • the Drawing represents a coupled antenna being placed in an IC (or chip) module, and is composed by a top cover (159), by an transmit/receive IC module (163), by bond wires (162), by the lead frame of the chip (164), and by a coupled antenna, being formed by an active element and a parasitic element (160, 161). Any other type of chip technology could been used without loss of generality.
  • FIG 15 shows different configurations of handheld applications where coupled antennas, as described in the present invention, can be used.
  • Drawing 70 shows a PCB (167) of a handheld device (for instance, a cellphone) that acts as groundplane.
  • the antenna system in this example is formed by two arms, one acting as active (165), that is, connected to the feeding point, and the other one acting as parasitic (166).
  • Drawing 71 shows a clamshell configuration (also known as flip-type) for a cellphone device, and where the antenna system presented in this invention could be located at.
  • Drawing 72 shows a PCB (172) of a handheld device (for instance, a cellphone) that acts as groundplane.
  • the antenna system in this example is formed by two arms that are, in this specific case, 3D structures , once acting as the active arm (171) and the other one acting as the parasitic arm (170).
  • the arms (170, 171) of the antenna system are presented as a parallelepipeds, but any other structure can be obviously taken instead.
  • Another preferred embodiment is the one shown in Figure 16 , where the coupled antenna system (173, 174) is mounted on or in a car.
  • Drawing 74 shows a PIFA structure that is being composed by an active element formed by groundplane (176), a feeding point (177) coupled somewhere on the patch (178) depending upon the desired input impedance, a grounding or shorting point connection (175), and a radiator element (178). Also, the system is being formed by a parasitic element (179) that is connected to groundplane as well (181). In Drawing 74 it can be clearly seen that the close proximity region is formed by elements (178) and (179).
  • PIFA antennas have become a hot topic lately due to having a form that can be integrated into the per se known type of handset cabinets.
  • the antenna, the ground-plane or both are disposed on a dielectric substrate.
  • a low-loss dielectric substrate such as glass-fibre, a teflon substrate such as Cuclad ® or other commercial materials such as Rogers ® 4003 well-known in the art
  • dielectric materials with similar properties may be substituted above without departing from the intent of the present invention.
  • the antenna feeding scheme can be taken to be any of the well-known schemes used in prior art patch or PIFA antennas as well, for instance: a coaxial cable with the outer conductor connected to the ground-plane and the inner conductor connected to the patch at the desired input resistance point; a microstrip transmission line sharing the same groundplane as the antenna with the strip capacitively coupled to the patch and located at a distance below the patch, or in another embodiment with the strip placed below the ground-plane and coupled to the patch through a slot, and even a microstrip transmission line with the strip co-planar to the patch. All these mechanisms are well known from prior art and do not constitute an essential part of the present invention.
  • the essential part of the present invention is the shape of the proximity close region, which contributes to reducing the size with respect to prior art configurations, as well as enhancing antenna bandwidth, VSWR, and radiation efficiency.
  • Drawings 75 to 77 in Figure 17 show configurations of coupled antennas as described in the object of the present invention, but with balanced feeding points (183).

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