# US 11,909,131 B2 · Structure, antenna, communication module, and wireless communication device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,131 B2 - Document ID: US11909131B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/270,415 - Filed: 2019-08-27 - Published: 2021-07-15 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-27 - Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation - Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation - Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa; Nobuki Hiramatsu; Hiroshi Uchimura - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909131B2 ## CPC - H01Q 9/0407: {Substantially flat resonant element parallel to ground plane, e.g. patch antenna (dipole H01Q9/285; monopole H01Q9/40)} - H01Q 9/045: {with particular feeding means (for circular polarisation H01Q9/0428)} - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - H01Q 5/314: using frequency dependent circuits or components, e.g. trap circuits or capacitors - H01Q 5/378: Combination of fed elements with parasitic elements - H01Q 9/40: Element having extended radiating surface - H01Q 13/18: the slot being backed by, or formed in boundary wall of, a resonant cavity (longitudinally slotted cylinder H01Q13/12 ){; Open cavity antennas} - H01Q 15/0013: {said selective devices working as frequency-selective reflecting surfaces, e.g. FSS, dichroic plates, surfaces being partly transmissive and reflective} - H01Q 15/006: {Selective devices having photonic band gap materials or materials of which the material properties are frequency dependent, e.g. perforated substrates, high-impedance surfaces} - H01Q 19/005: {Patch antenna using one or more coplanar parasitic elements} - H01Q 21/064: {using horn or slot aerials (slotted waveguides arrays H01Q21/005)} - H01Q 21/065: {Patch antenna array} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A resonance structure includes a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors. The one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A resonance structure, comprising: a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane, wherein the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane, the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors, the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane, the third conductor includes a first conductor group, and a second conductor group that is positioned away from the first conductor group in the third direction, and the first conductor group and the second conductor group are not parallel to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The resonance structure according to claim 1, wherein first capacitance of the first conductor group is different from second capacitance of the second conductor group. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The resonance structure according to claim 1, wherein resistance value of the first conductor group is different from resistance value of the second conductor group. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The resonance structure according to claim 1, wherein length of the first conductor group along the third direction is different from length of the second conductor group along the third direction. ### Claim 5 A resonance structure, comprising: a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane, wherein the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane, the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors, the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane, the third conductor includes a first conductor group, and a second conductor group that is positioned away from the first conductor group in the third direction, the first conductor group is configured such that first electric current flows therein along the first direction, the second conductor group is configured such that second electric current flows therein along the first direction, and the resonance structure is configured to oscillate at a first frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in same phase, and oscillate at a second frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in opposite phases. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The resonance structure according to claim 5, wherein magnitude of the first electric current when oscillating at the second frequency is different from magnitude of the second electric current when oscillating at the second frequency. ### Claim 7 An antenna, comprising: a resonance structure; and a feeding line, wherein the resonance structure includes a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane, the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane, the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors, the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane, and the feeding line is configured to electromagnetically feed electric power to any one of the one or more third conductors. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The antenna according to claim 7, wherein the fourth conductor is signal ground of the feeding line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) A wireless communication module comprising: the antenna according to claim 7; and an RF module that is electrically connected to the feeding line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) A wireless communication device, comprising: the wireless communication module according to claim 9; and a battery that is configured to supply electric power to the wireless communication module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The resonance structure according to claim 1, wherein the first conductor group is configured such that first electric current flows therein along the first direction, the second conductor group is configured such that second electric current flows therein along the first direction, and the resonance structure is configured to oscillate at a first frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in same phase, and oscillate at a second frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in opposite phases. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) An antenna, comprising: the resonance structure according to claim 1; and a feeding line that is configured to electromagnetically feed electric power to any one of the one or more third conductors.