# US 12,603,435 B2 · Antenna structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,435 B2 - Document ID: US12603435B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/061,010 - Filed: 2022-12-02 - Published: 2024-01-11 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-07-06 - Assignees: Wistron Neweb Corp. - Applicants: Wistron NeWeb Corporation - Inventors: Kuo Jen Lai; Chin-Lien Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603435B2 ## CPC - H01Q 9/0421: {with a shorting wall or a shorting pin at one end of the element (H01Q9/0414 takes precedence)} - H01Q 9/42: with folded element, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of the operating wavelength - H01Q 5/335: at the feed, e.g. for impedance matching - H01Q 5/364: Creating multiple current paths - H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract The antenna structure includes a substrate, a ground layer, a feeding unit, an antenna unit, and an inductive element. The ground layer is disposed on the substrate. The feeding unit is disposed on the substrate. The antenna unit is disposed on the substrate and connected to the ground layer. The feeding unit and the antenna unit are indirectly connected. One end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the feeding unit, and another end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the antenna unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An antenna structure comprising: a substrate; a ground layer disposed on the substrate; a feeding unit disposed on the substrate; an antenna unit disposed on the substrate and connected to the ground layer, wherein the feeding unit and the antenna unit are indirectly connected; and an inductive element, wherein one end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the feeding unit, and another end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the antenna unit; wherein the antenna unit comprises: a first band antenna electrically connected to the another end of the inductive element; and a second band antenna, wherein the second band antenna and the first band antenna are respectively disposed at two sides of the feeding unit; wherein the first band antenna comprises: a first segment disposed along a first direction, wherein one end of the first segment is electrically connected to the inductive element; a second segment connected to another end of the first segment and disposed along a second direction perpendicular to the first segment; a third segment connected to the second segment and parallel to the first segment; and a fourth segment connected to the third segment and parallel to the second segment; wherein there is a gap between the second segment and the fourth segment along the first direction, and the gap is greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and less than or equal to 4.5 mm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein the inductive element is a coil. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein an equivalent inductance of the inductive element is greater than or equal to 4.2 nH and less than or equal to 8 nH. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein a resonance frequency of the first band antenna is 1.7 GHz, and a resonance frequency of the second band antenna is 2.4 GHz. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The antenna structure according to claim 4, wherein a length of the first band antenna along the second direction is greater than or equal to a length of the second band antenna along the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The antenna structure according to claim 4, wherein the first band antenna further comprises a fifth segment, the fourth segment is connected to the ground layer through the fifth segment, there is a gap between the fourth segment and the ground layer along the first direction, and the gap is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and less than or equal to 2 mm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The antenna structure according to claim 5, wherein a total length of the first band antenna is greater than or equal to three quarters of a wavelength of the resonance frequency of the first band antenna and less than or equal to the wavelength of the resonance frequency of the first band antenna. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The antenna structure according to claim 5, wherein the fourth segment and the inductive element do not overlap along a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein a resonance frequency of the first band antenna is 1.7 GHZ, and a resonance frequency of the second band antenna is 2.4 GHz; wherein the second band antenna comprises: a first segment disposed along the first direction; a second segment connected to the first segment and disposed along the second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a coupling segment connected to the first segment and the ground layer and parallel to the second segment. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The antenna structure according to claim 9, wherein a length of the second segment of the second band antenna is greater than a length of the first segment of the second band antenna, and a sum of the length of the first segment of the second band antenna and the length of the second segment of the second band antenna is equal to one quarter of a wavelength of the resonance frequency of the second band antenna. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The antenna structure according to claim 9, wherein there is a gap between the coupling segment and the feeding unit along the first direction, and the gap is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and less than or equal to 2 mm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The antenna structure according to claim 9, wherein there is a gap between the second segment and the inductive element along the first direction, and the gap is greater than or equal to 1.5 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises: a first surface, wherein the feeding unit, the antenna unit, the inductive element, and the ground layer are disposed on the first surface; wherein the inductive element and the antenna unit do not overlap along a direction perpendicular to the first surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The antenna structure according to claim 1, wherein the feeding unit comprises: a plumb segment; and a horizontal segment connected to the plumb segment; wherein a resonance frequency of the feeding unit is 5 GHz. ### Claim 15 An antenna structure comprising: a substrate; a ground layer disposed on the substrate; a feeding unit disposed on the substrate; an antenna unit disposed on the substrate and connected to the ground layer, wherein the feeding unit and the antenna unit are indirectly connected; and an inductive element, wherein one end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the feeding unit, and another end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the antenna unit, the inductive element is a coil; wherein a coil width of the coil is greater than or equal to 0.2 mm and less than or equal to 0.5 mm, and a coil gap within the coil is greater than or equal to 0.2 mm and less than or equal to 0.5 mm. ### Claim 16 An antenna structure comprising: a substrate; a ground layer disposed on the substrate; a feeding unit disposed on the substrate; an antenna unit disposed on the substrate and connected to the ground layer, wherein the feeding unit and the antenna unit are indirectly connected; and an inductive element, wherein one end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the feeding unit, and another end of the inductive element is electrically connected to the antenna unit; wherein the substrate comprises: a first surface, wherein the feeding unit, the antenna unit, and the ground layer are disposed on the first surface; a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the inductive element is disposed on the second surface; and two via holes penetrating through the substrate along a direction perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface, wherein one of the two via holes electrically connects the end of the inductive element and the feeding unit, and another one of the two via holes electrically connects the another end of the inductive element and the antenna unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The antenna structure according to claim 16, wherein the antenna unit comprises: a patch structure electrically connected to the inductive element and overlapping the inductive element along the direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The antenna structure according to claim 17, wherein the antenna unit is overlapped at an end away from the ground layer by the inductive element.