Low profile, folded antenna assembly for handheld communication devices
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsShirook M. Ali, Houssam Kanj
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Abstract
An antenna assembly is formed on a rectangular polyhedron support that has two sections projecting away from opposite sides of an electrically non-conductive substrate. An electrically conductive stripe wraps around the support and comprises a plurality of segments on different surfaces of the support. A conductive patch is located on two surfaces of the support to provide impedance matching between the antenna and a radio frequency circuit. By placing sections of the antenna assembly on both sides of the substrate and wrapping the conductive stripe around those sections, the space required to accommodate the antenna assembly within a housing of a communication device is reduced, as compared to some prior antenna designs.
Claims18
An antenna assembly for a mobile wireless communication device comprising:
- a substrate of electrically non-conductive material having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- a support abutting the substrate and having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side all extending between a fifth side and a sixth side, wherein the support has a first portion abutting and projecting away from the first major surface and has a second portion abutting and projecting away from the second major surface;
- and an electrically conductive element having conductive segments on a plurality of sides of the support frame;
- wherein the electrically conductive element comprises a first segment on the fifth side and extending parallel to the fourth side, a second segment on the third side and connected to the first segment, a third segment on the sixth side and connected to the second segment, a fourth segment on the second side and connected to the third segment, and a fifth segment on the sixth side and connected to the fourth segment;
- wherein the second segment has a U-shape extending around an edge of the substrate between the first and second major surfaces, and having one end connected to the first segment and another end connected to the third segment.
An antenna assembly for a mobile wireless communication device comprising:
- a substrate of electrically non-conductive material having a first major surface and a second major surface, and having a layer of conductive material on a first portion of the second major surface;
- a support having a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side all of which extend between a fifth side and a sixth side, wherein the substrate abuts the support thereby dividing the third side into a first section on one side of the substrate adjacent the first major surface and a second section on an opposite side of the substrate adjacent the second major surface, and dividing the fourth side into a third section adjacent the one side of the substrate and a fourth section adjacent the opposite side of the substrate;
- and an electrically conductive stripe on sides of the support and comprising a first segment on the fifth side and extending from and orthogonal to an edge of the third side, a second segment on both the first and second sections of the third side and connected to the first segment, a third segment on the sixth side and connected to the second segment, a fourth segment on the second side and connected to the third segment, and a fifth segment on the sixth side and connected to the fourth segment;
- and a conductive patch comprising a first conductive region on the first side and a second conductive region on the fifth side and connected to the first conductive region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.