US 2018/0026330 A1 · ANTENNA UNIT, ANTENNA SYSTEM AND ANTENNA CONTROL METHOD

Abstract

An antenna unit, an antenna system and an antenna control method are disclosed. The antenna unit includes a first radiation metal element, a second radiation metal element, and a third radiation metal element. The first radiation metal element includes a signal feed point, a first ground point, and a second ground point. The signal feed point, the first ground point, and the second ground point are disposed approximately in a straight line. The second radiation metal element is disposed away from the first radiation metal element with a gap and includes a third ground point. The third radiation metal element surrounds the first radiation metal element and the second radiation metal element and includes a fourth ground point.

Claims19

Dependent claims

An antenna unit comprising:

a first radiation metal element comprising:
a signal feed point;
a first ground point;
and
a second ground point, positions of the signal feed point, the first ground point, and the second ground point being arranged approximately in a straight line;
a second radiation metal element disposed away from the first radiation metal element with a gap, the second radiation metal element comprising a third ground point;
and
a third radiation metal element surrounding the first radiation metal element and the second radiation metal element, the third radiation metal element comprising a fourth ground point.

5 more elements

An antenna system comprising:

a plurality of antenna units, each of the antenna units having a directional radiation pattern, the antenna units being disposed to surround a center point and each of the directional radiation patterns extending from the center point towards an outside, wherein each of the antenna units comprises:
a first radiation metal element comprising:
a signal feed point;
a first ground point;
and
a second ground point, positions of the signal feed point, the first ground point, and the second ground point being arranged approximately in a straight line;
a second radiation metal element disposed away from the first radiation metal element with a gap, the second radiation metal element comprising a third ground point;
and
a third radiation metal element surrounding the first radiation metal element and the second radiation metal element, the third radiation metal element comprising a fourth ground point.

6 more elements

An antenna control method for an antenna system, the antenna control method comprising:

controlling an on/off state of each of the antenna units to switch among a plurality of antenna unit configurations;
detecting a signal intensity of each of the antenna unit configurations;
determining one of the antenna unit configurations having an optimized signal intensity;
and
using the one of the antenna unit configurations to receive or transmit signals.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/600,786Filed 21 May 2017

Priority

TW 10512308721 Jul 2016

Published

25 Jan 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01Q 3/242
Varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching: circumferential scanning
H01Q 5/371
Creating multiple current paths: branching current paths
H01Q 5/378
Arrangements for providing operation on different wavebands: combination of fed elements with parasitic elements
H01Q 9/0421
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

Antenna unit, antenna system and antenna control method

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Antenna unit, antenna system and antenna control method

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Abstract

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