# US 9,521,222 B1 · Mobile communication device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,222 B1 - Document ID: US9521222B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 15/057,125 - Filed: 2016-03-01 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-25 - Assignees: Acer Incorporated - Applicants: Acer Incorporated - Inventors: Hsin-Wu Chiang; Wan-Chu Wei; Pei-Chi Ma; Pei-Yuan Chiu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521222B1 ## CPC - H04M 1/026: {Details of the structure or mounting of specific components} - H01Q 1/243: {with built-in antennas} - H01Q 9/28: Conical, cylindrical, cage, strip, gauze, or like elements having an extended radiating surface; Elements comprising two conical surfaces having collinear axes and adjacent apices and fed by two-conductor transmission lines (waveguide horns or mouths H01Q13/00; slot antennas H01Q13/00) - H01Q 19/108: {Combination of a dipole with a plane reflecting surface (H01Q19/106 takes precedence; strip line H01Q9/065)} - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A mobile communication device includes a substrate, a frame, a ground plane, and an antenna element. The substrate includes a first surface and a side wall. The frame includes a frame portion adjacent to the side wall. The ground plane is arranged on the first surface and includes a notch. An opening of the notch faces the frame portion. The antenna element includes a first radiation portion having a feeding point, a second radiation portion electrically connected to the ground plane, a third radiation portion electrically connected to the first radiation portion, and a fourth radiation portion electrically connected to the second radiation portion. Orthogonal projections of the first and second radiation portions on the first surface are located in the notch of the ground plane, and the third and fourth radiation portions are located on the frame portion or the side wall of the substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mobile communication device comprising: a substrate comprising a first surface and a side wall adjacent to the first surface; a frame comprising a frame portion adjacent to the side wall; a ground plane arranged on the first surface and comprising a notch, an opening of the notch facing the frame portion; and an antenna element comprising a first radiation portion having a feeding point, a second radiation portion electrically connected to the ground plane, a third radiation portion electrically connected to the first radiation portion, and a fourth radiation portion electrically connected to the second radiation portion, wherein orthogonal projections of the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion on the first surface are located in the notch of the ground plane, and the third radiation portion and the fourth radiation portion are located on the frame portion or the side wall of the substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mobile communication device as recited in claim 1, wherein the antenna element is a dipole antenna, and the ground plane reflects an electromagnetic wave radiated from the dipole antenna. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion are arranged on the first surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the substrate further comprises a second surface opposite to the first surface, the first radiation portion is arranged on the second surface, and the second radiation portion is arranged on the first surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the antenna element operates in a predetermined frequency band, the third radiation portion comprises a first line, a first adjustment element, and a second line connected in series with one another, the fourth radiation portion comprises a third line, a second adjustment element, and a fourth line connected in series with one another, and the first adjustment element and the second adjustment element are configured to adjust a center frequency of the predetermined frequency band. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 5, wherein the first line is electrically connected to the first radiation portion, the first adjustment element is located between the first line and the second line, the third line is electrically connected to the second radiation portion, and the second adjustment element is located between the third line and the fourth line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 6, wherein the antenna element further comprises: a fifth radiation portion arranged on the frame portion and electrically connected between the first line and the third line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 1, wherein the antenna element further comprises: a fifth radiation portion arranged on the frame portion, wherein a first end of the third radiation portion is electrically connected to a first end of the fifth radiation portion and the first radiation portion, a first end of the fourth radiation portion is electrically connected to a second end of the fifth radiation portion and the second radiation portion, and a second end of the third radiation portion and a second end of the fourth radiation portion are respectively an open end. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 8, wherein the antenna element operates in a predetermined frequency band, and a total length of the third radiation portion, the fourth radiation portion, and the fifth radiation portion is ½ a wavelength of a lowest frequency of the predetermined frequency band. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The mobile electronic device as recited in claim 8, wherein the first radiation portion, the second radiation portion, and the fifth radiation portion are configured to adjust impedance of the antenna element.