WO2013141846A1 - Dielectric slot antenna using capacitive coupling - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
- H01Q13/10—Resonant slot antennas
- H01Q13/18—Resonant slot antennas the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity ; Open cavity antennas
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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
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
- H04N21/40—Client devices specifically adapted for the reception of or interaction with content, e.g. set-top-box [STB]; Operations thereof
- H04N21/41—Structure of client; Structure of client peripherals
- H04N21/426—Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof
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- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N5/00—Details of television systems
- H04N5/44—Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards
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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
- H01Q1/2291—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles used in bluetooth or WI-FI devices of Wireless Local Area Networks [WLAN]
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- the present invention generally relates to a slot antenna for an electronic device.
- a printed circuit board comprising a dielectric material and electrodes extends into a rectangular slot in the metal enclosure of the device such that the electrodes are coupled with locations on opposite edges of the long dimension of the rectangular slot. The presence of the dielectric in the slot allows the use of a shorter slot for a given wavelength.
- the television or set top box In many households, the television or set top box is not in the same location as the cable modem, DSL modem, or other device providing local-area network connectivity and Internet access to the home. Most households also lack appropriate wiring for a wired network connection between a television or set top box and a network router. Thus, it is advantageous for the television or set top box to have wireless networking functionality. Wireless networking, however, adds cost and complexity to a television or set top box. In addition to the additional networking electronics, one or more antennas are also required.
- a slot antenna for an electronic device comprising a dielectric material and electrodes extends into a rectangular slot in the metal enclosure of the device such that the electrodes are coupled with locations on opposite edges of the long dimension of the rectangular slot.
- the presence of the dielectric in the slot allows the use of a shorter slot for a given wavelength.
- FIG. 1 is an external view of a set top box system comprising a slot antenna
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a dielectric slot antenna
- FIG. 3 is a side view of a dielectric slot antenna in a television set top box.
- the present invention provides a slot antenna for an electronic device.
- a printed circuit board comprising a dielectric material and electrodes extends into a rectangular slot in the metal enclosure of the device such that the electrodes are coupled with locations on opposite edges of the long dimension of the rectangular slot. The presence of the dielectric in the slot allows the use of a shorter slot for a given wavelength.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a set top box system 100.
- Set top box 100 comprises a metal housing 1 10 with a slot 120.
- the front panel of set top box 100 may include, for example, a display or other status indicators, as well as user controls.
- the rear panel not shown, may include, for example, connectors for video, audio, and networking connections.
- the metal housing 1 10 may enclose various components including, for example, tuning circuitry, microprocessors, memory, a power supply, and a hard drive.
- the appropriate length of slot 120 is determined by the transmission wavelength of interest. For wireless home networking, 2.4GHz and 5GHz are common frequencies.
- a personal area network (PAN) using the Bluetooth ® standard may also operate at 2.4GHz. With an open slot, electromagnetic radiation will have
- the wavelength of a 2.4 GHz signal is computed as
- a conventional slot antenna intended for a transmission or reception at a particular wavelength has a length of one-half of that wavelength.
- a slot antenna intended for 2.4GHz would have a length equal to half of the 0.125 m wavelength, or 62.5 mm.
- the slot While a length of 62.5mm is feasible in larger device, it can be desirable for the slot to be smaller for design, cost, and structural reasons.
- the presence of a dielectric in the slot will shorten the wavelength of the wave, and thereby reduce the required length of the slot antenna.
- the velocity of electromagnetic radiation will be reduced to: where s r s the relative permittivity of the dielectric.
- the resulting wavelength of the 2.4GHz signal is determined as:
- FIG. 2 is an illustration of a top view of an embodiment of the present invention.
- a balun 220 on PCB 210 is connected to top electrode 240 via feed line 230, and to a second electrode, not shown, on the opposite surface of PCB 210 via a second feed line, also not shown.
- Balun 220 is connected via unbalanced line 260 to connector 250, which is used to connect the antenna to other circuitry in the set top box.
- connector 250 is a coaxial connector.
- the connector may be a SubMiniature version A (SMA) connector.
- SMA SubMiniature version A
- Other elements and connections may be present on the illustrated portion or other portions of PCB 210.
- the PCB 210 is inserted into the slot 120 in the metal housing 1 10 of the STB 100.
- PCB 210 is limited primarily to support of the antenna function. In other embodiments, PCB 210 may be a larger PCB containing a variety of functions, and connector 250 may not be required.
- balun transformers for impedances such as 50, 100, or 200 ⁇ may be used.
- a possible balun for use in an embodiment using a 50 ⁇ balun would be the Anaren ® Model BD2425J5050A00.
- the location of electrode 240 relative to the slot would vary with the selected impedance.
- the electrodes would be placed approximately 3.125 mm from the edge of the printed circuit board and the edge of the slot.
- An impedance matching network known in the art, could be used if the impedance at the balun was not sufficiently close to 50 ⁇ .
- FIG. 3 is an illustration of a side view of the arrangement of FIG. 2.
- the PCB 210 in the illustrated embodiment, comprises dielectric substrate layers 310, 320, 330, 340, and 350.
- the PCB 210 is inserted into the slot 120 in the metal housing 1 10 of the STB 100.
- first and second electrodes 240 and 360 are located on the top and bottom surfaces, respectively, of the PCB 210. Electrodes 240 and 360 may be printed with copper and act as the coupling mechanism to the slot. In some embodiments, a solder mask layer may act as a dielectric between the electrodes 240 and 360 and the slot edge. As in FIG.
- balun 220 on PCB 210 is connected to top electrode 240 via feed line 230, and to the bottom electrode 360 on the opposite surface of PCB 210 via a second feed line, not shown.
- Balun 220 is connected to connector 250, which is used to connect the antenna to other circuitry in the set top box. Instead of the balanced line being directly connected to the driving point of the slot antenna, the balanced line is capacitively coupled.
- the coupling will, in preferred embodiments, have negligible impedance at the frequency used by the antenna.
- the design of the antenna may be adapted to maximize coupling efficiency between the board and the antenna. For instance, with a multi-layer PCB, the first and second electrodes 240 and 360 may be located on thin inner layers of PCB 210, further increasing the coupling.
- the PCB layers above the metal electrode 240 act as a dielectric, changing the capacitance between the electrode and the point in the slot that is excited.
- the shape of the electrodes 240 and 360 can be modified to affect the level of coupling. Design choices may also be made to optimize driving point return loss for the electronics driving the antenna and the radiation efficiency of the antenna.
- PCB 210 would comprise five dielectric layers 310, 320, 330, 340, and 350 with thicknesses of approximately 0.1 18 mm, 0.13 mm, 0.41 mm, 0.13 mm, and 0.1 18 mm, and dielectric constants of approximately 3.99, 3.91 , 4.07, 3.91 , and 3.99, respectively.
- the average relative permittivity would be:
- a relative permittivity of 4 for the dielectric in the slot has the effect of reducing the wavelength of the signal by half, and thereby reducing the required slot length by half.
- the PCB 210 may be enclosed by a metal enclosure, with only the slotl 20 and the connector providing signal propagation paths. This would provide a structure where any number of radiators could be printed on the surface of the PCB 210, such as a monopole, dipole or spiral antenna. A cavity that covered completely the back of the antenna while allowing propagation through the slot would have the desirable advantage of limiting back radiation and provide greater directivity in the direction of the slot. In some cases for more omnidirectional coverage, no cavity would be used resulting in increased radiation from the no slot direction of the PCB. Vias at the back of the coupling on the side are not very effective to block that radiation. IN this last case, a cavity can also be calculated to be very reflective for the harmonics of the signal and thus act as a bandpass filter. Most implementations of transmitters have some low pass filter to eliminate the harmonics. This last case removes those components
- set top box functionality may be housed in a separate enclosure or within the enclosure of the television display device itself.
- a slot in the enclosure of a television device may also be used as an antenna. Different reductions in slot length may be achieved through the use of different dielectric materials in the PCB. Different slot shapes may be employed to allow reception at multiple frequencies, such as 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz.
- different numbers of antennas may be combined when appropriate for the communication technique.
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