WO2011024506A1 - アンテナ装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an antenna device provided in, for example, a mobile phone terminal.
- Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3 disclose sensing of an ambient condition in order to correct an antenna characteristic that changes depending on the ambient condition such as the proximity of a human body by feedback.
- Patent Document 1 directly measures the input impedance (return loss, VSWR) of an antenna that has fluctuated due to a change in ambient conditions.
- a directional coupler is installed on the line between the RF circuit and the antenna, and the power in the direction from the RF circuit to the antenna (input direction) and in the direction from the antenna to the RF circuit (reflection direction) is monitored, and the current input impedance To figure out.
- Patent Document 2 directly measures changes in the amount of electromagnetic waves radiated from an antenna. Changes in the electric field radiated from the antenna due to the influence of the surroundings are detected using a sensor such as a Hall element. Whether this change is a change in input impedance or an increase in loss due to absorption of radiated electromagnetic waves by the proximity medium, the cause of which cannot be determined, but a change in the radiated electric field as a total result is detected.
- Patent Document 3 measures the distance to the approaching human body. Using a light emitting / receiving element, distance measurement is performed by light reflected by a proximity body.
- the antenna device includes an antenna 18, a high-frequency circuit 26 that inputs a radio frequency signal to the antenna 18, and several network elements.
- a first signal path is provided between the antenna 18 and the high-frequency circuit 26. It includes a matching circuit 24, a controller 28, and a detector 10 that detects the electromagnetic field radiated by the antenna 18.
- the control device 28 performs matching control of the antenna 18 based on the detected electric field.
- a device that uses reflection of light, infrared rays, sound waves, etc. has no diffractive properties [strongly going straight], and the detection direction and angle are limited. Therefore, it is not sufficient to detect the proximity of a human body or the like from any direction of the terminal. Alternatively, a plurality of distance measuring sensors are required.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an antenna apparatus that detects the ambient environment that changes the antenna characteristics, corrects the antenna characteristics as appropriate, and maintains stable antenna characteristics at all times.
- An antenna device comprising: an antenna element; and an antenna matching circuit connected between the antenna element and a power feeding unit, A capacitance detection circuit connected to the antenna element and detecting stray capacitance of the antenna element; A feedback control circuit for controlling the antenna matching circuit according to an output signal of the capacitance detection circuit; Is provided.
- the detection direction and angle are not limited, and changes in antenna characteristics can be accurately detected.
- a reactance element that prevents an inflow of a sensing signal detected by the capacitance detection circuit is provided in a wireless communication signal path that is a transmission path between the antenna element and the power feeding unit.
- a reactance element that prevents a wireless communication signal that is fed to or transmitted from the antenna element in a sensing signal path that is a transmission path between the antenna element and the capacitance detection circuit Provide. With this configuration, since the capacitance detection circuit does not affect the antenna element in the communication signal frequency band, the antenna characteristics are hardly deteriorated.
- the capacitance detection circuit is a capacitance-voltage conversion amplifier circuit that includes a feedback capacitor in the feedback circuit of the inverting amplifier circuit and outputs a voltage that is substantially proportional to the ratio of the change rate of the detection target capacitance to the feedback capacitance. .
- the antenna element is almost the same, and it is only necessary to add a capacitance-voltage conversion amplifier circuit as an accessory, so that there is little influence on the design of an electronic device incorporating the antenna device, and it can be easily applied to a plurality of models.
- the capacitance-voltage conversion amplifier circuit includes an AC signal source that generates an AC signal having a frequency sufficiently lower than a resonance frequency of the antenna element at an input portion of the inverting amplifier circuit.
- a detection circuit for detecting the output signal of the inverting amplifier circuit is provided at the output section of the inverting amplifier circuit.
- An integrating circuit for integrating the output voltage of the inverting amplifier circuit is provided at the output of the inverting amplifier circuit.
- the antenna element is a single antenna element that has a good radiation Q among a plurality of types of antenna elements that can be connected to the antenna connection portion of the antenna matching circuit.
- the selection conditions for the plurality of types of antenna elements include a position of a feeding point with respect to the antenna element and a connection position of the capacitance detection circuit with respect to the antenna element.
- the present invention it is possible to detect the ambient environment of the antenna without being limited to transmission and correct the antenna characteristics by feedback. Moreover, since members other than those required for radiation are not required, the antenna characteristics are not deteriorated. Furthermore, since reflection of light, infrared rays, sound waves, etc. is not used, the detection direction and angle are not limited, and changes in antenna characteristics can be accurately detected.
- FIG. 2A is a diagram schematically showing the electric field formed between the antenna element electrode 21 and the ground electrode 51 of the substrate by lines of electric force.
- FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a state in which a part of the human body is close to the antenna device. It is a figure which shows two structures of the antenna device which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows about the effect
- FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are exploded perspective views showing specific structures of the two antenna devices according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 10A is a circuit diagram of a capacitance detection circuit provided in the antenna device according to the third embodiment
- FIG. 10B is a waveform diagram showing its operation.
- FIG. 12A is a circuit diagram of a capacitance detection circuit configured based on the circuit shown in FIG. 11, and FIG. 12B is a voltage output waveform diagram obtained by capacitance-voltage conversion. It is a figure which shows two structures of the antenna device which concerns on 5th Embodiment.
- the antenna element electrode 21 and the ground electrode 51 of the substrate can be regarded as opposing conductors in the capacitor connected by the lines of electric force, and the capacitance is also a so-called stray capacitance that determines the resonance frequency.
- FIG. 2B shows a state in which a part of the human body is close to the antenna device.
- the human body palm or finger
- the electric field lines enter (terminate) so as to be attracted to the human body, and the antenna element electrode 21
- the capacitance floating capacitance
- a dielectric is inserted between the capacitor electrodes.
- the present invention is characterized in that this relationship is used for sensing the proximity of a human body, and that the antenna element is used for two functions (transmitting / receiving electromagnetic waves of a wireless communication signal and detecting the proximity of a human body). .
- FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating two configurations of an antenna device including a capacitance detection circuit 60 that detects the stray capacitance or a change thereof.
- a variable matching circuit 30 is provided in a wireless communication signal path that is a transmission path between the antenna element electrode 21 and the power feeding circuit 40.
- the wireless communication signal path is provided with a reactance element X1 that blocks inflow of a sensing signal detected by the capacitance detection circuit 60.
- a sensing signal path which is a transmission path between the antenna element electrode 21 and the capacitance detection circuit 60, prevents a wireless communication signal fed to the antenna element electrode 21 or transmitted from the antenna element electrode 21.
- a reactance element X2 is provided.
- the capacitance detection circuit 60 constitutes a capacitance-voltage conversion circuit (CV conversion circuit), which converts a change in stray capacitance caused by the proximity of the human body into a change in voltage value and outputs it.
- the feedback control circuit 70 gives a control signal to the variable matching circuit 30 based on the voltage output from the capacitance detection circuit 60.
- the variable matching circuit 30 is a reconfigurable matching circuit that matches two frequency bands, a low band and a high band.
- the insertion position of the reactance element X2 is different between the antenna device shown in FIG. 3 (A) and the antenna device shown in FIG. 3 (B).
- the insertion position of the reactance element X ⁇ b> 2 may be a position that prevents the wraparound of the wireless communication signal that is fed to the antenna element electrode 21 or transmitted from the antenna element electrode 21. Therefore, the insertion position of the reactance element X2 is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 3A, and may be, for example, the position shown in FIG.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the capacitance detection circuit 60, the feedback control circuit 70, and the variable matching circuit 30.
- the horizontal axis represents frequency and the vertical axis represents return loss.
- the antenna device performs communication in one of two frequency bands, a low band and a high band, and a low frequency signal near frequency 0 (electrostatic field) or frequency 0 is used to detect stray capacitance.
- the capacitance detection circuit 60 outputs a voltage corresponding to the increase in the stray capacitance, and the feedback control circuit 70 applies a control voltage corresponding to the increase in the stray capacitance to the variable matching circuit 30.
- the variable matching circuit 30 changes its circuit constant and returns to an appropriate matching state (an appropriate matching state is maintained).
- a low-band return loss waveform RLL0 is adjusted as a return loss waveform RLL1 by appropriate matching.
- a high-band return loss waveform RLH0 is adjusted as a return loss waveform RLH1 by appropriate matching. .
- FIGS. 5A and 5B are exploded perspective views showing specific structures of the two antenna devices.
- the three-dimensionality of the arrangement of the component parts of the antenna device may cause the need to connect with an interface such as a spring terminal or a contact pin.
- FIGS. 5A and 5B show examples thereof. .
- an antenna element 20A obtained by bending a metal plate is used, and this is soldered to the antenna connection portion 32 formed on the substrate 31A or brought into spring contact, and the upper portion thereof is the casing 50. It is covered with.
- the end portions of the antenna element 20 ⁇ / b> A and the substrate 31 ⁇ / b> A are shaped so as not to create a useless space in accordance with the shape of the housing 50.
- an antenna matching module 80 obtained by modularizing the capacitance detection circuit 60, the feedback control circuit 70, the reactance element X1, and the variable matching circuit 30 is mounted on the substrate 31A.
- a pin-shaped antenna connection portion 32B is attached to the substrate 31B, the antenna element electrode 21B is provided on the inner surface of the housing 50, and the housing 50 is covered with the substrate 31B.
- the antenna connection portion 32B is spring-connected to the antenna element electrode 21B. In this way, the present invention can also be applied to an antenna element provided in a part of a housing.
- the antenna element electrode may be directly formed in the non-ground region of the substrate to configure the antenna element on the substrate side.
- the present invention can be applied regardless of whether the antenna element is disposed within the ground electrode formation region or outside the ground electrode formation region (ground electrode non-formation region) of the substrate.
- the antenna element is expressed as a plain plate, but it does not matter whether patterning is performed. Since the frequency band used for sensing is far from the frequency band for wireless communication, even if a tuning pattern is applied to the antenna element electrode, the antenna element only acts as a counter conductor of stray capacitance in the frequency band used for sensing. is there.
- a slit is formed or a branched shape is used to resonate with both the fundamental wave and the harmonic, and a plurality of reactance elements are inserted into the antenna element.
- the band may have a resonance point, or may be divided into a feeding element and a parasitic element.
- connection target of the capacitance detection circuit can be widely applied to a parasitic element, a diversity antenna, an antenna corresponding to a different frequency band of the system (for example, Bluetooth or WLAN antenna).
- variable matching circuit adjusts the matching in accordance with the surrounding environment while having a broadband two-resonance characteristic in two frequency bands, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- One resonance (2) A circuit configuration such as ⁇ -type / T-type that includes a variable reactance element (without a Reconfigure viewpoint), (3) A plurality of matching circuits are prepared in advance, and the matching circuits are switched by route selection according to the degree of proximity to the human body. You may apply to.
- the target of reconfiguration is not limited to a low band [eg GSM800 / 900] and a high band [eg DCS / PCS / UMTS]. It may cover another system (WLAN / Bluetooth / Wimax, etc.), and may cover five bands (Pentaband) with finer division (capacity value to be prepared at this time is set finely) Will be done).
- a low band eg GSM800 / 900
- a high band eg DCS / PCS / UMTS.
- It may cover another system (WLAN / Bluetooth / Wimax, etc.), and may cover five bands (Pentaband) with finer division (capacity value to be prepared at this time is set finely) Will be done).
- FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of another antenna device according to the first embodiment.
- a housing dipole is formed of a folding type (clamshell type) mobile phone terminal.
- the right side of FIG. 6 shows that a pseudo dipole is configured by the ground electrode 51 on the first substrate side and the ground electrode 52 on the second substrate side.
- the first substrate is built in a first housing in which operation keys and the like are provided
- the second substrate is built in a second housing in which a liquid crystal display panel and a speaker are provided.
- a pseudo dipole may be configured by the ground electrodes of the two substrates.
- the present invention can be similarly applied to a mobile phone terminal such as a slide type or a swivel type. All or part of the capacitance detection circuit, the feedback control circuit, and the variable matching circuit may be provided on the substrate on the liquid crystal display panel side.
- FIG. 7 shows an example different from the example already shown with respect to the position of the substrate in the mobile phone terminal and the positional relationship between the substrate and the antenna element.
- 7A and 7B, a substrate ground electrode 51, a capacitance detection circuit 60, and an antenna element electrode 21 are provided in a single casing.
- a substrate ground electrode 51, a capacitance detection circuit 60, and an antenna element electrode 21 are provided in one of the clamshell type housings.
- the antenna element electrode 21 is provided above the ground electrode 51 of the substrate.
- the antenna element electrode 21 is provided below the ground electrode 51 of the substrate.
- the antenna structure is almost unchanged, and it is only necessary to add a capacitance-voltage conversion circuit as an accessory. There is little influence on the structural design of the mobile phone terminal, and it can be easily deployed to multiple models.
- the wireless communication signal path and the sensing signal path can coexist as being connected to the same antenna element. That is, it is possible to reduce the influence of the loading of the capacitance-voltage conversion circuit on the wireless communication signal side characteristics (matching characteristics, etc.), and vice versa.
- variable matching circuit can be optimally designed in the matching state that is variable according to the surrounding conditions, and the antenna efficiency can be maximized.
- Second Embodiment a reactance element provided in a wireless communication signal path that is a transmission path between the antenna element and the power supply unit, and a reactance provided in a sensing signal path that is a transmission path between the antenna element and the capacitance detection circuit. Specific examples of the element are shown.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating two configurations of the antenna device according to the second embodiment.
- a capacitor C is provided in a wireless communication signal path PW1 that is a transmission path between the antenna element electrode 21 and the power feeding circuit 40.
- an inductor L is provided in a sensing signal path PW2 that is a transmission path between the antenna element electrode 21 and the capacitance detection circuit 60.
- the capacitor C provided in the wireless communication signal path PW1 passes the wireless communication signal, but cuts off a low-frequency signal that is direct current or close to direct current. Therefore, the sensing signal detected by the capacitance detection circuit 60 To prevent the inflow.
- the inductor L provided in the sensing signal path PW2 passes a direct current or a low frequency signal close to direct current, but has a high impedance in the frequency band of the wireless communication signal. It does not affect the matching of the variable matching circuit 30).
- the insertion position of the inductor L may be a position that prevents the wireless communication signal that is fed to the antenna element electrode 21 or transmitted from the antenna element electrode 21 from wrapping around. Therefore, the insertion position of the inductor L is not limited to the position shown in FIG. 8A, and may be the position shown in FIG. 8B, for example.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another configuration example of the antenna device according to the second embodiment.
- the wireless communication signal path PW1 is connected to the port P3 of the antenna element electrode 21, and the sensing signal path PW2 is connected to the port P4 of the antenna element electrode 21.
- the branch pattern of the wireless communication signal path PW1 and the sensing signal path PW2 is configured by an electrode pattern on the substrate.
- the branching of the wireless communication signal path and the sensing signal path is not limited to between the antenna element electrode and the substrate, but may be on the antenna element side or the substrate side.
- FIG. 10A is a circuit diagram of a capacitance detection circuit provided in the antenna device according to the third embodiment
- FIG. 10B is a waveform diagram showing its operation.
- the capacitance-voltage conversion circuit includes an inverting amplification circuit using an operational amplifier OP1, a detection target capacitance Cs, and a feedback capacitance Cf.
- a reference potential Vref1 is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier OP1.
- a resistor Rf is connected in parallel to the feedback capacitor Cf.
- the resistor Rf is also a factor that determines the cut-off frequency.
- the value of the resistance Rf requires a very large value in consideration of the time response of “capacitance change due to proximity of human body” which is an event to be handled and how much holdability of the state is required.
- the capacity detection circuit according to the third embodiment is premised on that there is no AC signal source such as a local oscillator. Therefore, an integrating circuit using an operational amplifier is provided after the Cs-Cf feedback circuit. That is, an inverting amplifier circuit using the operational amplifier OP2, a feedback circuit using the capacitor Ci, and the resistor R constitute an integrating circuit. The integration time constant is determined by connecting a resistor Ri in parallel with the capacitor Ci. The reference potential Vref2 is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier OP2.
- the output voltage Va of the capacitance-voltage conversion circuit becomes a voltage that is substantially proportional to the rate of change of the capacitance C to be detected. Further, since the output voltage Vout of the integration circuit is a voltage obtained by integrating the voltage Va, the voltage corresponds to the approach distance of the hand.
- the capacitance detection circuit shown in the third embodiment since a signal source such as a local oscillator is not required, the capacitance detection circuit can be simplified. Moreover, there is an advantage that the signal source does not become a noise source.
- the fourth embodiment shows a specific example of a capacitance-voltage conversion circuit using an AC signal source.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a basic form of the capacitance-voltage conversion circuit.
- a local oscillator OSC is connected in series with the detection target capacitor Cs.
- a reference potential Vref1 is applied to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier OP. Therefore, the potential at the connection point P5 between the detection target capacitor Cs and the feedback capacitor Cf (the input voltage of the operational amplifier OP) is a stable potential corresponding to the detection target capacitor.
- the oscillation frequency of the local oscillator OSC is a low frequency almost close to direct current as compared with the frequency band of the wireless communication signal.
- FIG. 12A is a circuit diagram of a capacitance detection circuit configured based on the circuit shown in FIG. FIG. 12B is a voltage output waveform diagram obtained by the capacitance-voltage conversion.
- the local oscillator OSC is connected to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier.
- a resistor Rf is connected in parallel with the feedback capacitor Cf.
- a detection circuit including a diode Di, a capacitor Cd, and a resistor Rd is provided at the output of the operational amplifier OP so that an envelope is taken out as an output.
- the amplitude of the voltage Va increases as the capacitance value of the detection target capacitance Cs increases. Therefore, the output voltage Vout of the detection circuit increases.
- the amplitude of the voltage Va decreases as the capacitance value of the detection target capacitor Cs decreases, and the output voltage Vout decreases.
- capacitance detection circuit is not restricted to FIG. Further, since the output signal is not limited to the one that is taken out as an AC voltage signal, the detection circuit also has various circuits corresponding to the output signal.
- a low-pass filter that blocks AC components may be provided.
- the position of the AC signal source is not limited to that shown in FIGS.
- a part of the high-frequency circuit unit may be used as an AC signal source. That is, some AC signal may be extracted from the high frequency circuit.
- the efficiency of the antenna device of the present invention depends on the radiation Q of the antenna element alone (an antenna as a pseudo dipole including the antenna element and a ground electrode that contributes to radiation).
- the single antenna element includes a loading reactance that sets a resonance frequency in a desired frequency band.
- the capacity detection circuit is loaded.
- the antenna element should have a radiation Q as good as possible (small value). As a result, the antenna efficiency and the frequency bandwidth can be maximized under the condition where the structure space is limited.
- Selection here refers to not only examining the characteristics of the radiation Q of the antenna, but also including noting that the installation of the sensing signal path does not adversely affect the radiation Q of the antenna.
- FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of the two types of antenna devices.
- FIG. 13A shows the antenna device already shown in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 13B shows an example in which the sensing signal path PW2 is arranged at a position far away from the wireless communication signal path PW1.
- the capacitance detection circuit 60 becomes an obstacle placed at the radiation destination to the outside world.
- the sensing signal path PW2 is integral with the wireless communication signal path (therefore, the wireless communication signal path PW1 and the sensing signal path PW2 are branched in the middle. Or a structure in which the wireless communication signal path PW1 and the sensing signal path PW2 are close to each other so that they appear to be almost integrated with respect to the wavelength.
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特許文献1は、周囲状況の変化によって変動したアンテナの入力インピーダンス(リターンロス,VSWR)を直接的に計測するものである。RF回路とアンテナ間の線路に方向性結合器を設置し、RF回路からアンテナへの方向(入力方向)、アンテナからRF回路への方向(反射方向)の電力をモニタリングし、現状態の入力インピーダンスを把握する。
アンテナ装置は、アンテナ18、無線周波数信号をアンテナ18に入力する高周波回路26、及びいくつかのネットワーク素子から成っていて、アンテナ18と高周波回路26との間で信号路に設けられた第1の整合回路24、制御装置28、アンテナ18によって放射される電磁界を検出する検出器10を含む。制御装置28は、検出された電界に基づいて、アンテナ18の整合制御を行う。
(1)アンテナ素子と、前記アンテナ素子と給電部との間に接続されるアンテナ整合回路と、を備えたアンテナ装置であって、
前記アンテナ素子に接続され、前記アンテナ素子の浮遊容量を検出する容量検出回路と、
前記容量検出回路の出力信号に応じて前記アンテナ整合回路を制御するフィードバック制御回路と、
を備える。
この構成により、無線通信信号にセンシング信号が回り込まず、アンテナ特性を殆ど劣化させることがない。
この構成により、通信信号周波数帯で容量検出回路がアンテナ素子に影響を及ぼさないので、アンテナ特性を殆ど劣化させることがない。
この構成により、同一アンテナ素子に接続される無線通信信号経路とセンシング信号経路とを併存させることができる。
この構成により、検出対象である、微小な容量変化に対して安定した検出値が見込める。
この構成により、局部発振器などのセンシング用の信号源を省略することができ、容量検出回路が簡易化できる。
この構成により、放射Qの良好なアンテナを前記アンテナ整合回路に接続することによって、効率の高いアンテナ装置が構成できる。
これにより、放射Qの良好なアンテナ素子を容易且つ確実に選定でき、高効率なアンテナ装置が構成できる。
第1の実施形態に係るアンテナ装置について、図2~図7を参照して説明する。
アンテナ素子電極21と基板のグランド電極51との間には、図2(A)中に電気力線で模式的に表わされるように電界が形成される。無線通信信号のような高周波では前記電界が交番することで電磁波が外界に放射される。直流ではいわゆる静電界を形づくる。
図3(A)において、アンテナ素子電極21と給電回路40との間の伝送経路である無線通信信号経路に可変マッチング回路30が設けられている。また、前記無線通信信号経路には、容量検出回路60が検出するセンシング信号の流入を阻止するリアクタンス素子X1が設けられている。また、アンテナ素子電極21と容量検出回路60との間の伝送経路であるセンシング信号経路には、アンテナ素子電極21に給電される又は前記アンテナ素子電極21から伝送される無線通信信号の回り込みを阻止するリアクタンス素子X2が設けられている。
(1)1共振であるもの、
(2)π型/T型のような回路構成で可変リアクタンス素子を包含するもの(Reconfigureの観点がないもの)、
(3)複数のマッチング回路を予め準備しておき、人体近接の程度に対応して、経路選択でマッチング回路を切り替える、
などに適用してもよい。
また、容量検出回路、フィードバック制御回路、可変マッチング回路のすべてまたは一部が液晶表示パネル側の基板に設けられていてもよい。
図7(A),図7(B)の例では、何れも単一の筐体内に基板のグランド電極51、容量検出回路60、及びアンテナ素子電極21が設けられている。
第2の実施形態では、アンテナ素子と給電部との間の伝送経路である無線通信信号経路に設けるリアクタンス素子、及びアンテナ素子と容量検出回路との間の伝送経路であるセンシング信号経路に設けるリアクタンス素子の具体例を示す。
図8(A)において、アンテナ素子電極21と給電回路40との間の伝送経路である無線通信信号経路PW1にキャパシタCが設けられている。また、アンテナ素子電極21と容量検出回路60との間の伝送経路であるセンシング信号経路PW2にインダクタLが設けられている。
図9(A)の例では、アンテナ素子電極21のポートP3に無線通信信号経路PW1が接続され、アンテナ素子電極21のポートP4にセンシング信号経路PW2が接続されている。
図9(B)の例では、無線通信信号経路PW1とセンシング信号経路PW2との分岐パターンを基板上の電極パターンで構成されている。
第3の実施形態では、容量検出回路の具体的な構成例の一つについて示す。
図10(A)は第3の実施形態に係るアンテナ装置に備える容量検出回路の回路図、図10(B)は、その動作を示す波形図である。
第4の実施形態では、交流信号源を用いた容量-電圧変換回路の具体例を示す。
図11は容量-電圧変換回路の基本形を示す図である。検出対象容量Csに対して局部発振器OSCが直列接続されている。オペアンプOPの非反転入力端子には基準電位Vref1が印加される。そのため、検出対象容量Csと帰還容量Cfとの接続点P5の電位(オペアンプOPの入力電圧)は、検出対象容量に応じた安定した電位となる。局部発振器OSCの発振周波数は、無線通信信号の周波数帯に比較すれば殆ど直流に近い低周波である。
図12(A)の例では、オペアンプの非反転入力端子に局部発振器OSCを接続している。また帰還容量Cfに対して並列に抵抗Rfを接続している。オペアンプOPの出力にはダイオードDi、キャパシタCd及び抵抗Rdによる検波回路を設けて、包絡線を出力として取りだすように構成している。
さらに、交流信号源の位置は図11・図12に限るものではない。また別体の局部発振器OSCを設けなくとも、高周波回路部の一部を交流信号源としてもよい。すなわち高周波回路から何らかの交流信号を取り出すようにしてもよい。
第5の実施形態では、放射Qの良いアンテナの選択について示す。
結論としては、この発明のアンテナ装置の効率は、アンテナ素子の単体(アンテナ素子と輻射に寄与するグランド電極とを含んだ、擬似ダイポールとしてのアンテナ)での放射Qに依存する。但し、前記アンテナ素子単体には、共振周波数を所望の周波数帯に定める装荷リアクタンスは含む。また、容量検出回路が装荷された状態である。
図13はその2種類のアンテナ装置の構成図である。図13(A)は第1の実施形態で既に示したアンテナ装置である。図13(B)は、センシング信号経路PW2を無線通信信号経路PW1から大きく離れた位置に配置した例である。
Cf…帰還容量
OSC…局部発振器
PW1…無線通信信号経路
PW2…センシング信号経路
X1…リアクタンス素子
X2…リアクタンス素子
20A…アンテナ素子
21…アンテナ素子電極
21B…アンテナ素子電極
30…可変マッチング回路
31A,31B…基板
32…アンテナ接続部
32B…アンテナ接続部
40…給電回路
50…筐体
51,52…グランド電極
60…容量検出回路
70…フィードバック制御回路
80…アンテナマッチングモジュール
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- アンテナ素子と、前記アンテナ素子と給電部との間に接続されるアンテナ整合回路と、を備えたアンテナ装置であって、
前記アンテナ素子に接続され、前記アンテナ素子の浮遊容量を検出する容量検出回路と、
前記容量検出回路の出力信号に応じて前記アンテナ整合回路を制御するフィードバック制御回路と、
を備えたアンテナ装置。 - 前記アンテナ素子と前記給電部との間の伝送経路である無線通信信号経路に、前記容量検出回路が検出するセンシング信号の流入を阻止するリアクタンス素子が設けられた、請求項1に記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記アンテナ素子と前記容量検出回路との間の伝送経路であるセンシング信号経路に、前記アンテナ素子に給電される又は前記アンテナ素子から伝送される無線通信信号の回り込みを阻止するリアクタンス素子が設けられた、請求項1又は2に記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記容量検出回路は、反転増幅回路の帰還回路に帰還容量を含み、前記帰還容量に対する検出対象容量の変化率の比にほぼ比例する電圧を出力する、容量-電圧変換増幅回路である請求項1~3のいずれかに記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記容量-電圧変換増幅回路は、前記反転増幅回路の入力部に、前記アンテナ素子の共振周波数より充分に低い周波数の交流信号を発生する交流信号源を備えた、請求項4に記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記反転増幅回路の出力部に前記反転増幅回路の出力信号を検波する検波回路を備えた、請求項5に記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記反転増幅回路の出力に、前記反転増幅回路の出力電圧を積分する積分回路を備えた、請求項4に記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記アンテナ素子は、前記アンテナ整合回路のアンテナ接続部に接続可能な複数種のアンテナ素子のうち、前記アンテナ素子の単体で放射Qの良好なアンテナ素子である、請求項1~7のいずれかに記載のアンテナ装置。
- 前記複数種のアンテナ素子の選択条件は、前記アンテナ素子に対する給電点の位置、及び前記アンテナ素子に対する前記容量検出回路の接続位置を含む、請求項8に記載のアンテナ装置。
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