阅读说明：本技术 天线装置 (Antenna device ) 是由 曾义伟 于 2019-07-01 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明为一种天线装置,其包括天线元件、馈入部、滤波电路及感应电路。天线元件接收或发送一辐射信号,其中辐射信号包括一第一成分及一第二成分的至少其中之一,且第一成分的频段低于第二成分的频段。馈入部耦接天线元件。滤波电路耦接馈入部,透过馈入部接收辐射信号,并滤除辐射信号中的第二成分以产生一感应信号。感应电路耦接滤波电路,接收感应信号并基于感应信号判断是否有一人体接近天线装置。(The invention relates to an antenna device, which comprises an antenna element, a feed-in part, a filter circuit and an induction circuit. The antenna element receives or transmits a radiation signal, wherein the radiation signal comprises at least one of a first component and a second component, and the frequency band of the first component is lower than that of the second component. The feeding part is coupled with the antenna element. The filter circuit is coupled to the feed-in part, receives the radiation signal through the feed-in part, and filters a second component in the radiation signal to generate an induction signal. The sensing circuit is coupled with the filter circuit, receives the sensing signal and judges whether a human body approaches the antenna device or not based on the sensing signal.)

1. An antenna device, characterized in that:

an antenna element for receiving or transmitting a radiation signal, wherein the radiation signal comprises at least one of a first component and a second component, and the frequency band of the first component is lower than that of the second component;

a feeding part coupled to the antenna element;

a filter circuit, coupled to the feeding part, for receiving the radiation signal through the feeding part and filtering the second component in the radiation signal to generate an induced signal; and

and the sensing circuit is coupled with the filter circuit, receives the sensing signal and judges whether a human body approaches the antenna device or not based on the sensing signal.

2. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein: the filter circuit includes:

a high-pass filter circuit having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the high-pass filter circuit is coupled to the feeding portion, and the second end of the high-pass filter circuit is coupled to a ground end; and

the low-pass filter circuit is provided with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the low-pass filter circuit is coupled with the first end of the high-pass filter circuit, and the second end of the low-pass filter circuit is coupled with the induction circuit.

3. The antenna device of claim 2, wherein: the high-pass filter circuit may remove the second component from the radiation signal by introducing the second component from the radiation signal to the ground.

4. The antenna device of claim 2, wherein: the low pass filter circuit passes only the first component of the radiation signal to form the induced signal.

5. The antenna device of claim 2, wherein: the high-pass filter circuit comprises a capacitor.

6. The antenna device of claim 2, wherein: the low-pass filter circuit comprises an inductor.

7. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein: the first component includes a baseband component and the second component includes a radio frequency component.

8. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein: when the induction circuit judges that the induction signal only comprises the first component, the induction circuit judges that the human body approaches the antenna device and outputs a control signal to reduce the output power of the antenna element.

9. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein: the feed-in part comprises a feed-in point, and the feed-in point provides the radiation signal only comprising the second component for the antenna element to transmit.

10. The antenna device of claim 1, wherein: the antenna element is a planar inverted-F antenna.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an antenna device, and more particularly, to an antenna device having a single antenna element with both signal radiation and sensing functions.

Background

With the rapid development of wireless communication technology, wireless terminals such as smart phones are widely used, and the size thereof is gradually reduced. However, while the size of the wireless terminal is miniaturized, in addition to the related difficulty of structural design, the electromagnetic radiation of the wireless terminal to the human body will be enhanced accordingly.

Currently, the index for measuring the electromagnetic radiation of the antenna to the human body is Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), which is an electromagnetic wave energy absorption ratio of the wireless terminal. The specific meaning of SAR is: under the action of the external electromagnetic field, an induced electromagnetic field is generated in the human body, and various organs of the human body are all lossy media, so that the electromagnetic field in the human body can generate induced current, and the human body can absorb and dissipate electromagnetic energy. This process can be characterized by SAR, which means the electromagnetic power absorbed or consumed by a unit mass of human tissue in W/kg, or mW/g. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the united states specifies the maximum SAR that various wireless terminals allow when interacting with the human body. Also, the FCC has also regulated that the SAR of a wireless terminal should be measured when the mobile terminal is near the human brain. Therefore, how to satisfy the electromagnetic radiation standard for the human body while miniaturizing the wireless terminal has become an important issue to be solved urgently in the industry.

In the prior art, an inductive element is generally disposed near an antenna element of a wireless terminal, and the inductive element can be capacitively coupled to the antenna element and used for detecting whether a human body is close to the antenna element. When the sensing element detects that a human body is close to the antenna element, the output power of the antenna element can be correspondingly reduced based on the detection result, so that the electromagnetic wave is prevented from influencing the human body.

However, since the sensing element is separated from the antenna element by a distance and is capacitively coupled to the antenna element, the capacitance and the distance are difficult to control, which may cause high interference between the sensing element and the antenna element and difficult adjustment of the antenna performance. Further, the overall antenna length is still long, making it difficult to install in a miniaturized wireless terminal.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides an antenna device that enables a single antenna element to function as an inductive element for sensing whether a human body approaches the antenna device, in addition to transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals. In this case, the size of the antenna device can be effectively reduced, and the problem of interference between the planar induction circuit and the antenna element control circuit can be effectively solved.

The invention provides an antenna device including an antenna element, a feed portion, a filter circuit, and an induction circuit. The antenna element receives or transmits a radiation signal, wherein the radiation signal comprises at least one of a first component and a second component, and the frequency band of the first component is lower than that of the second component. The feeding part is coupled with the antenna element. The filter circuit is coupled to the feed-in part, receives the radiation signal through the feed-in part, and filters a second component in the radiation signal to generate an induction signal. The sensing circuit is coupled with the filter circuit, receives the sensing signal and judges whether a human body approaches the antenna device or not based on the sensing signal.

In an embodiment of the invention, the filter circuit includes a high-pass filter circuit and a low-pass filter circuit. The high-pass filter circuit has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the high-pass filter circuit is coupled to the feeding portion, and the second end of the high-pass filter circuit is coupled to a ground terminal. The low-pass filter circuit has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the low-pass filter circuit is coupled to the first end of the high-pass filter circuit, and the second end of the low-pass filter circuit is coupled to the sensing circuit.

In one embodiment of the invention, a high pass filter circuit directs the second component of the radiated signal to ground to remove the second component from the radiated signal.

In an embodiment of the invention, the low pass filter circuit passes only the first component of the radiation signal to form the sense signal.

In an embodiment of the invention, the high pass filter circuit includes a capacitor.

In an embodiment of the invention, the low-pass filter circuit includes an inductor.

In one embodiment of the invention, the first component comprises a fundamental frequency component and the second component comprises a radio frequency component.

In an embodiment of the invention, when the sensing circuit judges that the sensing signal includes only the first component, it is judged that a human body has approached the antenna device, and a control signal is output to reduce an output power of the antenna element.

In an embodiment of the invention, the feed portion includes a feed-in point, and the feed-in point provides a radiated signal including only the second component for transmission by the antenna element.

In an embodiment of the invention, the antenna element is a planar inverted-F antenna.

Based on the above, the antenna device according to the embodiment of the invention can filter out the second component in the radiation signal through the filter circuit provided, and only the first component is transmitted to the sensing circuit. Therefore, the antenna element can be used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals and can also be used as an induction element for inducing whether a human body approaches the antenna device or not. In this case, the size of the antenna device can be effectively reduced, and the problem of interference between the planar induction circuit and the antenna element control circuit can be effectively solved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an antenna apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the antenna device according to the embodiment shown in fig. 1.

Description of the symbols

100. 200: antenna device

110: antenna element

120: feed-in part

120 a: feed-in point

130: filter circuit

130 a: high-pass filter circuit

130 b: low-pass filter circuit

140: induction circuit

C1: capacitor with a capacitor element

L1: inductance

And RS: radiation signal

And SS: sensing signal

GND: and a ground terminal.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an antenna device according to an embodiment of the invention. In the present embodiment, the antenna device 100 includes an antenna element 119, a feeding portion 120, a filter circuit 130, and an induction circuit 140. The antenna element 110 receives or transmits a radiation signal RS, wherein the radiation signal RS includes at least one of a first component and a second component, and a frequency band of the first component is lower than a frequency band of the second component. In various embodiments, the antenna element 110 may be a Planar Inverted F Antenna (PIFA) or a suitable antenna selected by the designer as desired, but the Rich invention is not limited thereto. Further, the first component may be a fundamental frequency component in the radiation signal RS, and the second component may be a radio frequency component in the radiation signal RS. The feeding element 120 is coupled to the antenna element 110, and excites the antenna element 110 to operate the antenna element 110 in one or more frequency bands.

The filter circuit 130 is coupled to the feeding portion 120, and the filter circuit 130 can receive the radiation signal RS through the feeding portion 120 and filter a second component in the radiation signal RS to generate the sensing signal SS.

In fig. 1, the filter circuit 130 may include a high-pass filter circuit 130a and a low-pass filter circuit 130 b. The high-pass filter circuit 130a has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the high-pass filter circuit 130a is coupled to the feeding portion 120, and the second end of the high-pass filter circuit 130a is coupled to the ground GND. The low pass filter circuit 130b has a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the low pass filter circuit 130b is coupled to the first terminal of the high pass filter circuit 130a, and the second terminal of the low pass filter circuit 130b is coupled to the sensing circuit 140.

In the present embodiment, the high-pass filter circuit 130a may introduce the second component (e.g., radio frequency component) in the radiation signal RS into the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS. Also, the low pass filter circuit 130b may pass only a first component (e.g., a fundamental frequency component) of the radiation signal RS to form the sensing signal SS.

The sensing circuit 140 is coupled to the filter circuit 130, receives the sensing signal SS and determines whether a human body approaches the antenna apparatus 100 based on the sensing signal SS.

In the present embodiment, the antenna element 110 can have both functions of transmitting and receiving a radiation signal and sensing whether a human body approaches the antenna device 100. Thus, in the first embodiment, when the antenna element 110 is excited by the feeding part 120 for transmission, the radiation signal RS provided by the feeding part 120 may only include a second component (e.g., a radio frequency component), and the antenna element 110 may transmit the second component accordingly. In one embodiment, when the antenna element 110 is implemented as a PIFA, the second component may include first and second subcomponents belonging to different frequency bands, which may be radiated via different paths provided by the antenna element 110 (i.e., the PIFA), respectively, but the invention may not be limited thereto.

In this case, the filter circuit 130 can receive the radiation signal RS provided by the feeding portion 120, and can filter the second component in the radiation signal RS through the high-pass filter circuit 130 a. As mentioned above, since the radiation signal RS provided by the feeding element 120 may only include the second component (e.g., the rf component) and not include the first component (e.g., the baseband component), when the sensing circuit 140 receives the sensing signal SS (i.e., the radiation signal RS filtered by the high-pass filter circuit 130a and the low-pass filter circuit 130 b), the sensing circuit 140 may determine that no human body is close to the antenna device 100 according to the sensing signal SS. Accordingly, the power of the radiation signal RS transmitted by the antenna element 110 may not need to be adjusted (because it does not affect the human body).

On the other hand, in the second embodiment, when a human body approaches the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 does not receive any other signal, the antenna element 110 can sense and accordingly provide the radiation signal RS only including the first component (e.g., the fundamental frequency component), and the radiation signal RS can be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding portion 120. At this time, the low pass filter circuit 130b may pass only the first component (e.g., the fundamental frequency component) of the radiation signal RS to form the sensing signal SS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that a human body approaches the antenna device 100 based on the sensing signal SS (which includes only the first component). Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send a control signal to the associated control circuit of the antenna element 110 to reduce the output power of the antenna element 110. Therefore, the influence of the excessive output power of the antenna element 110 on the human body close to the antenna device 100 when transmitting other signals in the future can be avoided.

In the third embodiment, when a human body approaches the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 is simultaneously used for receiving other signals, the radiation signal RS provided by the antenna element 110 may simultaneously include the first component (e.g., a baseband component formed by sensing the human body) and the second component (i.e., a radio frequency component), and the radiation signal RS may be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding portion 120. At this time, the high pass filter circuit 130a may guide the second component of the radiation signal RS to the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS, and the low pass filter circuit 130b may pass only the first component of the radiation signal RS to form the sensing signal SS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that a human body approaches the antenna device 100 based on the sensing signal SS (which includes only the first component). Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send a control signal to the associated control circuit of the antenna element 110 to reduce the output power of the antenna element 110. Therefore, the influence of the antenna element 110 on the human body close to the antenna device 100 due to the excessive power when transmitting other signals in the future can be avoided.

As described in the third embodiment, when the human body is further away from the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 is simultaneously used for receiving other signals, the radiation signal RS provided by the antenna element 110 may only include the second component (i.e., radio frequency component), and the radiation signal RS may be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding portion 120. At this time, the high pass filter circuit 130a may introduce the second component of the radiation signal RS into the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that no human body is close to the antenna apparatus 100 based on the sensing signal SS. Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send another control signal to the related control circuit of the antenna element 110 to recover/boost the output power of the antenna element 110.

In view of the above, in the antenna apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, the second component in the radiation signal can be filtered by the filter circuit provided, and only the first component can be transmitted to the sensing circuit. Therefore, the antenna element can be used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals and can also be used as an induction element for inducing whether a human body approaches the antenna device or not. In this case, the size of the antenna device can be effectively reduced, and the problem of interference between the planar induction circuit and the antenna element control circuit can be effectively solved.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the antenna device according to the embodiment shown in fig. 1. In this embodiment, the antenna device 200 can be regarded as one embodiment of the antenna device 100 in fig. 1, wherein the antenna device 110 can be implemented as a PIFA, the high-pass filter circuit 130a can be implemented as a capacitor C1, the low-pass filter circuit 130b can be implemented as an inductor L1, and the feeding element 120 can include the feeding point 120 a.

As shown in fig. 2, the capacitor C1 has a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is coupled to the feeding portion 120, and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 is coupled to the ground GND. The inductor L1 has a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the inductor L1 is coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor C1, and the second terminal of the inductor L1 is coupled to the sensing circuit 140. In one embodiment, the inductance L1 can be adjusted to adjust the impedance matching and bandwidth of the antenna device 100 as a whole, so as to achieve the desired optimal broadband antenna characteristics.

In the present embodiment, the capacitor C1 can guide the second component (e.g., radio frequency component) in the radiation signal RS to the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS. Also, the inductor L1 may pass only a first component (e.g., a fundamental frequency component) of the radiation signal RS to form the sensing signal SS.

Similar to fig. 1, the antenna element 110 of fig. 2 can also have the functions of receiving and transmitting radiation signals and sensing whether a human body is close to the antenna device 100. Thus, in the first embodiment, when the feed point 120a provides a radiated signal RS including only a second component (e.g., a radio frequency component) for transmission by the antenna element, the antenna element 110 may transmit the second component accordingly.

In this case, capacitor C1 may filter out the second component of radiation signal RS. As mentioned above, since the radiation signal RS provided by the feeding point 120a may only include the second component (e.g., the rf component) and not include the first component (e.g., the baseband component), when the sensing circuit 140 receives the sensing signal SS (i.e., the radiation signal RS filtered by the capacitor C1 and the inductor L1), the sensing circuit 140 may determine that no human body is close to the antenna device 100 in response to the sensing signal SS. Accordingly, the power of the radiation signal RS transmitted by the antenna element 110 may not need to be adjusted (because it does not affect the human body).

On the other hand, when a human body approaches the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 does not receive any other signal, the antenna element 110 can sense and accordingly provide a radiation signal RS including only the first component (e.g., the fundamental frequency component), and the radiation signal RS can be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding portion 120. At this time, the inductor L1 may pass only the first component (e.g., the fundamental frequency component) of the radiation signal RS to form the sensing signal SS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that a human body approaches the antenna device 100 based on the sensing signal SS (which includes only the first component). Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send a control signal to the associated control circuit of the antenna element 110 to reduce the output power of the antenna element 110. Therefore, the influence of the excessive output power of the antenna element 110 on the human body close to the antenna device 100 when transmitting other signals in the future can be avoided.

In addition, when a human body approaches the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 is simultaneously used for receiving other signals, the radiation signal RS provided by the antenna element 110 may include both the first component (which is, for example, a baseband component formed by sensing the human body) and the second component (i.e., a radio frequency component), and the radiation signal RS may be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding portion 120. At this time, the capacitor C1 may guide the second component of the radiation signal RS to the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS, and the inductor L1 may only let the first component of the radiation signal RS pass through to form the sensing signal SS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that a human body approaches the antenna device 100 based on the sensing signal SS (which includes only the first component). Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send a control signal to the associated control circuit of the antenna element 110 to reduce the output power of the antenna element 110. Therefore, the influence of the antenna element 110 on the human body close to the antenna device 100 due to the excessive power when transmitting other signals in the future can be avoided.

Then, when the human body is further away from the antenna device 100 and the antenna element 110 is simultaneously used for receiving other signals, the radiation signal RS provided by the antenna element 110 may only include the second component (i.e., radio frequency component), and the radiation signal RS may be transmitted to the filter circuit 130 through the feeding element 120. At this time, the capacitor C1 may guide the second component of the radiation signal RS to the ground GND to remove the second component from the radiation signal RS. In this case, the sensing circuit 140 may determine that no human body is close to the antenna apparatus 100 based on the sensing signal SS. Accordingly, the sensing circuit 140 can send another control signal to the related control circuit of the antenna element 110 to recover/boost the output power of the antenna element 110.

It should be understood that although the high pass filter circuit 130a and the low pass filter circuit 130b are implemented using the capacitor C1 and the inductor L1, respectively, in FIG. 2, they are not intended to limit the possible embodiments of the present Rich. In other embodiments, the designer may also use the required circuits to implement the high-pass filter circuit 130a and the low-pass filter circuit 130b as required.

In summary, the present invention provides an antenna apparatus, which can filter out the second component (e.g., radio frequency component) of the radiation signal through the high pass filter circuit of the filter circuit, and transmit only the first component (e.g., fundamental frequency component generated by the antenna element sensing the human body) of the radiation signal to the sensing circuit through the low pass filter circuit. Therefore, the single antenna element can be used for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals and also can be used as an induction element for inducing whether a human body approaches the antenna device. In this case, the size of the antenna device can be effectively reduced, and the problem of interference between the planar induction circuit and the antenna element control circuit can be effectively solved. Therefore, the antenna device of the present invention is more suitable for being installed in a miniaturized wireless terminal.