阅读说明：本技术 共构式天线模块 (Co-constructed antenna module ) 是由 樊宸纲 郑大福 于 2019-04-26 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开一种共构式天线模块,其包括载体、第一贴片天线组、第二贴片天线组、第一偶极天线组及第二偶极天线组。载体包括第一承载面、第二承载面及环绕侧边。第一贴片天线组至少设置在第一承载面及第二承载面中的其中之一。第二贴片天线组至少设置在第一承载面及第二承载面中的其中之一。第一偶极天线组及第二偶极天线组设置在载体中。第一偶极天线组较第一贴片天线组或者第二贴片天线组更靠近于环绕侧边,且第二偶极天线组较第一贴片天线组或者第二贴片天线组更靠近于环绕侧边。贴片天线组的频率可以相异,偶极天线组的频率可相异,且贴片天线组及偶极天线组都能应用于毫米波频段。借此,本发明达到了提高天线的辐射效率的效果。(The invention discloses a co-constructed antenna module which comprises a carrier, a first patch antenna group, a second patch antenna group, a first dipole antenna group and a second dipole antenna group. The carrier comprises a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface and a surrounding side edge. The first patch antenna group is at least arranged on one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The second patch antenna group is at least arranged on one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The first dipole antenna group and the second dipole antenna group are arranged in the carrier. The first dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group, and the second dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group. The frequencies of the patch antenna groups can be different, the frequencies of the dipole antenna groups can be different, and both the patch antenna groups and the dipole antenna groups can be applied to millimeter wave frequency bands. Therefore, the invention achieves the effect of improving the radiation efficiency of the antenna.)

1. A co-configured antenna module, the co-configured antenna module comprising:

the carrier comprises a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface opposite to the first bearing surface and a surrounding side edge connected between the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface;

a first patch antenna group, wherein the first patch antenna group comprises a plurality of first patch antennas arranged on the carrier, and the plurality of first patch antennas are arranged on at least one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface;

a second patch antenna group, the second patch antenna group including a plurality of second patch antennas disposed on the carrier, the plurality of second patch antennas being disposed on at least one of the first carrying surface and the second carrying surface;

a first set of dipole antennas disposed in the carrier; and

A second set of dipole antennas disposed in the carrier;

wherein the first dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group, and the second dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group.

2. The co-constructed antenna module of claim 1, wherein the first patch antenna set has a first operating frequency band, the second patch antenna set has a second operating frequency band, the first dipole antenna set has a third operating frequency band, and the second dipole antenna set has a fourth operating frequency band; wherein the frequencies of the first operating frequency band are less than the frequencies of the second operating frequency band, and the frequencies of the third operating frequency band are less than the frequencies of the fourth operating frequency band.

3. The co-constructed antenna module of claim 1, wherein the first set of dipole antennas comprises a first plurality of dipole antennas and a second plurality of dipole antennas, the second set of dipole antennas comprises a third plurality of dipole antennas and a fourth plurality of dipole antennas; wherein, it is the rectangle form to encircle the side, just it includes a first side, a connection in to encircle the side the second side of first side, a connection in the third side of second side and a connection in the third side with fourth side between the first side.

4. The antenna module of claim 3, wherein a plurality of the first dipoles are arranged along the first side, a plurality of the second dipoles are arranged along the second side, a plurality of the third dipoles are arranged along the third side, and a plurality of the fourth dipoles are arranged along the fourth side.

5. The co-configured antenna module as recited in claim 3, wherein a plurality of the first dipoles are arranged along the first side, a plurality of the second dipoles are arranged along the third side, a plurality of the third dipoles are arranged along the second side, and a plurality of the fourth dipoles are arranged along the fourth side.

6. The co-configured antenna module of claim 3, wherein the first dipole antenna group further comprises a plurality of fifth dipole antennas, wherein the second dipole antenna group further comprises a plurality of sixth dipole antennas, wherein the plurality of first dipole antennas are arranged along the first side edge, the plurality of second dipole antennas are arranged along the second side edge, the plurality of fifth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side edge, the plurality of third dipole antennas are arranged along the third side edge, the plurality of fourth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side edge, and the plurality of sixth dipole antennas are arranged along the second side edge.

7. The antenna module of claim 1, wherein each of the first patch antennas comprises a first radiator and a first feeding pin connected to the first radiator, and each of the second patch antennas comprises a second radiator and a second feeding pin connected to the second radiator.

8. The co-constructed antenna module of claim 1, wherein the carrier is a low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate.

9. The co-configured antenna module of claim 1, wherein the first set of dipole antennas is located on the same layer as the second set of dipole antennas.

10. The co-constructed antenna module of claim 1, wherein the first and second dipole antenna groups are located on different layers.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to an antenna module, and more particularly, to a co-constructed antenna module.

Background

First, with the development of communication technology, various electronic products applying wireless communication technology, such as mobile phones, wireless internet access devices, personal digital assistants, etc., have been produced. Consumer demands for performance, design, and size of these wireless communication devices are increasing.

Next, although the prior art discloses the structures of Patch Antenna (Patch Antenna) and dipole Antenna (dipole Antenna), most of the prior art Antenna structures can only provide a single frequency, and the radiation efficiency is not obvious.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to a co-configured antenna module, which is provided to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art.

In order to solve the above technical problem, one of the technical solutions of the present invention is to provide a co-configured antenna module, which includes: a carrier, a first patch antenna group, a second patch antenna group, a first dipole antenna group and a second dipole antenna group. The carrier comprises a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface opposite to the first bearing surface and a surrounding side edge connected between the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The first patch antenna group comprises a plurality of first patch antennas arranged on the carrier, and the plurality of first patch antennas are arranged on at least one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The second patch antenna group comprises a plurality of second patch antennas arranged on the carrier, and the plurality of second patch antennas are arranged on at least one of the first bearing surface and the second bearing surface. The first set of dipole antennas is disposed in the carrier. The second set of dipole antennas is disposed in the carrier. Wherein the first dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group, and the second dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group.

Further, the first patch antenna group has a first operating frequency band, the second patch antenna group has a second operating frequency band, the first dipole antenna group has a third operating frequency band, and the second dipole antenna group has a fourth operating frequency band; wherein the frequencies of the first operating frequency band are less than the frequencies of the second operating frequency band, and the frequencies of the third operating frequency band are less than the frequencies of the fourth operating frequency band.

Further, the first set of dipole antennas comprises a plurality of first dipole antennas and a plurality of second dipole antennas, the second set of dipole antennas comprises a plurality of third dipole antennas and a plurality of fourth dipole antennas; wherein, it is the rectangle form to encircle the side, just it includes a first side, a connection in to encircle the side the second side of first side, a connection in the third side of second side and a connection in the third side with fourth side between the first side.

Further, the plurality of first dipole antennas are arranged along the first side, the plurality of second dipole antennas are arranged along the second side, the plurality of third dipole antennas are arranged along the third side, and the plurality of fourth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side.

Further, the plurality of first dipole antennas are arranged along the first side, the plurality of second dipole antennas are arranged along the third side, the plurality of third dipole antennas are arranged along the second side, and the plurality of fourth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side.

Further, the first dipole antenna group further includes a plurality of fifth dipole antennas, the second dipole antenna group further includes a plurality of sixth dipole antennas, wherein the plurality of first dipole antennas are arranged along the first side, the plurality of second dipole antennas are arranged along the second side, the plurality of fifth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side, the plurality of third dipole antennas are arranged along the third side, the plurality of fourth dipole antennas are arranged along the fourth side, and the plurality of sixth dipole antennas are arranged along the second side.

Furthermore, each of the first patch antennas includes a first radiator and a first feeding pin connected to the first radiator, and each of the second patch antennas includes a second radiator and a second feeding pin connected to the second radiator.

Further, the carrier is a low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate.

Further, the first set of dipole antennas is located on the same layer as the second set of dipole antennas.

Further, the first and second dipole antenna sets are located on different layers.

One of the benefits of the present invention is that the antenna module with a co-structure provided in the present invention can improve the radiation efficiency of the antenna by using the technical solutions that "the plurality of first patch antennas are at least disposed on one of the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface", "the plurality of second patch antennas are at least disposed on one of the first supporting surface and the second supporting surface", and "the first dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group, and the second dipole antenna group is closer to the surrounding side than the first patch antenna group or the second patch antenna group".

For a better understanding of the nature and technical content of the present invention, reference should be made to the following detailed description of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are provided for purposes of illustration and description, and not for purposes of limitation.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a co-configured antenna module according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is another perspective view of the co-configured antenna module according to the first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a top view schematically illustrating a first embodiment of a co-configured antenna module according to the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a side view of a first embodiment of the co-configured antenna module of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first patch antenna of a co-configured antenna module according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a second patch antenna of the co-configured antenna module according to the first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a co-configured antenna module according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 8 is another perspective view of a co-configured antenna module according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a top view schematically illustrating a second embodiment of a co-configured antenna module according to the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a side view of a second embodiment of the co-configured antenna module of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a co-configured antenna module according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 12 is a top view schematically illustrating a third embodiment of a co-configured antenna module according to the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a side view of a third embodiment of the co-configured antenna module of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following is a description of the embodiments of the "co-configured antenna module" disclosed in the present invention by specific embodiments, and those skilled in the art can understand the advantages and effects of the present invention from the disclosure of the present specification. The invention is capable of other and different embodiments and its several details are capable of modification and various other changes, which can be made in various details within the specification and without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The drawings of the present invention are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to be drawn to scale. The following embodiments will further explain the related art of the present invention in detail, but the disclosure is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used primarily to distinguish one element from another. In addition, the term "or" as used herein should be taken to include any one or combination of more of the associated listed items as the case may be.

First embodiment

First, referring to fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 and 2 are respectively schematic perspective views of a co-configured antenna module according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic top view of the co-configured antenna module according to the first embodiment of the present invention. A first embodiment of the present invention provides a co-configured antenna module U, which includes: a carrier 1, a first patch antenna group 2, a second patch antenna group 3, a first dipole antenna group 4 and a second dipole antenna group 5. Preferably, the carrier 1 may be a multi-layer Low Temperature Co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate, and in other embodiments, the carrier 1 may be a PCB board with Low dielectric constant and Low loss, such as but not limited to a multi-layer epoxy resin glass fiber substrate (FR-4). Therefore, the co-constructed antenna module U provided by the present invention can co-construct the first patch antenna group 2, the second patch antenna group 3, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 in the carrier 1 formed by the multi-layer low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate by using the low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology. In other words, the first patch antenna group 2, the second patch antenna group 3, the first dipole antenna group 4, and the second dipole antenna group 5 can form an integrated co-fired ceramic antenna.

Next, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2, the carrier 1 may include a first supporting surface 11, a second supporting surface 12 opposite to the first supporting surface 11, and a surrounding side 13 connected between the first supporting surface 11 and the second supporting surface 12. The first Patch Antenna group 2 may include a plurality of first Patch antennas 20(Patch antennas) disposed on the carrier 1, wherein the plurality of first Patch antennas 20 are disposed on at least one of the first supporting surface 11 and the second supporting surface 12. The second Patch Antenna group 3 may include a plurality of second Patch antennas 30(Patch antennas) disposed on the carrier 1, wherein the plurality of second Patch antennas 30 are disposed on at least one of the first supporting surface 11 and the second supporting surface 12. Further, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first patch antennas 20 may be disposed on the first supporting surface 11, and the plurality of second patch antennas 30 may be disposed on the first supporting surface 11, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, since the first patch antenna 20 and the second patch antenna 30 in the first embodiment are both disposed on the first supporting surface 11, the radiation patterns generated by the first patch antenna 20 and the second patch antenna 30 can be in the Z direction.

Next, referring to fig. 4 and fig. 3 again, fig. 4 is a side view of a co-configured antenna module according to a first embodiment of the invention. The first dipole antenna group 4 can be disposed in the carrier 1 and the second dipole antenna group 5 can be disposed in the carrier 1. For example, when the carrier 1 is a multi-layer low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 may be disposed at one layer of the multi-layer low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate. Further, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 may be located on the same layer of the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, or the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 may be located on different layers of the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, which is not limited by the present invention. It is noted that, in the embodiment of fig. 4, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 can be located on the same layer of the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate.

As mentioned above, for example, the first Dipole Antenna group 4 may include a plurality of first Dipole antennas 41(Dipole Antenna) and a plurality of second Dipole antennas 42(Dipole Antenna), and the second Dipole Antenna group 5 may include a plurality of third Dipole antennas 51(Dipole Antenna) and a plurality of fourth Dipole antennas 52(Dipole Antenna). The first dipole antennas 41, the second dipole antennas 42, the third dipole antennas 51 and the fourth dipole antennas 52 may be disposed adjacent to the surrounding side 13 of the carrier 1. Further, the first patch antenna group 2 has a first operating frequency band, the second patch antenna group 3 has a second operating frequency band, the first dipole antenna group 4 has a third operating frequency band, and the second dipole antenna group 5 has a fourth operating frequency band. Further, the frequencies of the first operating frequency band may be less than the frequencies of the second operating frequency band, and the frequencies of the third operating frequency band may be less than the frequencies of the fourth operating frequency band. Further, for example, the first operating frequency band may be a millimeter wave low frequency, the second operating frequency band may be a millimeter wave high frequency, the third operating frequency band may be a millimeter wave low frequency, and the fourth operating frequency band may be a millimeter wave high frequency. For example, for the present invention, the first patch antenna group 2 may have a first operating frequency band with a frequency of 28GHz, the second patch antenna group 3 may have a second operating frequency band with a frequency of 39GHz, the first dipole antenna group 4 may have a third operating frequency band with a frequency of 28GHz, and the second dipole antenna group 5 may have a fourth operating frequency band with a frequency of 39GHz, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the patch antenna and the dipole antenna provided by the invention can be respectively suitable for two different operation frequency bands.

Next, referring to fig. 3 again, according to the present invention, the first dipole antenna group 4 is closer to the surrounding side 13 than the first patch antenna group 2 or the second patch antenna group 3, and the second dipole antenna group 5 is closer to the surrounding side 13 than the first patch antenna group 2 or the second patch antenna group 3. In addition, a first projection area can be formed by the vertical projection of the first patch antenna group 2 on the second carrying surface 12 of the carrier 1, a second projection area can be formed by the vertical projection of the second patch antenna group 3 on the second carrying surface 12 of the carrier 1, a third projection area can be formed by the vertical projection of the first dipole antenna group 4 on the second carrying surface 12 of the carrier 1, and a fourth projection area can be formed by the vertical projection of the second dipole antenna group 5 on the second carrying surface 12 of the carrier 1. For example, the first projection area and the third projection area and/or the fourth projection area do not overlap, and the second projection area and the third projection area and/or the fourth projection area do not overlap, but the invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in fig. 3, for example, the surrounding side 13 of the carrier 1 may be rectangular, and the surrounding side 13 may include a first side 131, a second side 132 connected to the first side 131, a third side 133 connected to the second side 132, and a fourth side 134 connected between the third side 133 and the first side 131. In the first embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first dipoles 41 may be arranged along the first side 131, the plurality of second dipoles 42 may be arranged along the second side 132, the plurality of third dipoles 51 may be arranged along the third side 133, and the plurality of fourth dipoles 52 may be arranged along the fourth side 134.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the first patch antenna group 2 and the second patch antenna group 3 can generate a radiation field pattern in the Z direction, the first dipole antenna 41 and the second dipole antenna 42 can generate a radiation field pattern in the X direction and the Y direction, and the third dipole antenna 51 and the fourth dipole antenna 52 can generate a radiation field pattern in the negative X direction and the negative Y direction, respectively.

Next, please refer to fig. 5, wherein fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a first patch antenna of a co-configured antenna module according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The first patch antenna 20 may include a first radiator 201 and a first feeding pin 202 connected to the first radiator 201, so as to feed a signal to the first radiator 201 through the first feeding pin 202. It should be noted, however, that in the embodiment of fig. 5, the first patch antenna 20 may include a first radiator 201 and two first feeding pins 202 connected to the first radiator 201, and the invention is not limited to the signal feeding manner of the first radiator 201.

Next, please refer to fig. 6, in which fig. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a second patch antenna of the antenna module according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The second patch antenna 30 may include a second radiator and a second feeding pin 302 connected to the second radiator 301, so as to feed a signal to the second radiator 301 through the second feeding pin 302. It should be noted, however, that in the embodiment of fig. 6, the second patch antenna 30 may include a second radiator 301 and two second feeding pins 302 connected to the second radiator 301, and the invention is not limited by the signal feeding manner of the second radiator 301.

Second embodiment

First, referring to fig. 7 to 9, fig. 7 and 8 are respectively perspective views of a co-configured antenna module according to a second embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 9 is a top view of the co-configured antenna module according to the second embodiment of the present invention. A second embodiment of the present invention provides a co-configured antenna module U, as can be seen from a comparison between fig. 7 to 9 and fig. 1 to 3, the greatest difference between the second embodiment of the present invention and the first embodiment is: the co-constructed antenna module U provided in the second embodiment has different configuration positions of the first patch antenna group 2, the second patch antenna group 3, the first dipole antenna group 4 and/or the second dipole antenna group 5. It should be noted that other structures of the co-configured antenna module U provided in the second embodiment are similar to those of the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In view of the above, please refer to fig. 9, for the second embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first patch antennas 20 may be disposed on the first supporting surface 11, and the plurality of second patch antennas 30 may be disposed on the second supporting surface 12, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, since the first patch antenna 20 in the second embodiment is disposed on the first supporting surface 11 and the second patch antenna 30 is disposed on the second supporting surface 12, the radiation patterns generated by the first patch antenna 20 and the second patch antenna 30 can be in the Z direction. In addition, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of first dipole antennas 41 may be arranged along the first side 131, the plurality of second dipole antennas 42 may be arranged along the third side 133, the plurality of third dipole antennas 51 may be arranged along the second side 132, and the plurality of fourth dipole antennas 52 may be arranged along the fourth side 134.

Therefore, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the radiation field pattern in the Z direction can be generated by the first patch antenna group 2 and the second patch antenna group 3, the radiation field pattern in the X direction and the negative X direction can be generated by the first dipole antenna 41 and the second dipole antenna 42, and the radiation field pattern in the Y direction and the negative Y direction can be generated by the third dipole antenna 51 and the fourth dipole antenna 52.

Next, please refer to fig. 10, in which fig. 10 is a side view of a co-configured antenna module according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Further, for the embodiment of fig. 10, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 can be located on the same layer of the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, but the invention is not limited thereto.

Third embodiment

First, please refer to fig. 11 and 12, in which fig. 11 is a perspective view of a co-configured antenna module according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 12 is a top view of the co-configured antenna module according to the third embodiment of the present invention. A third embodiment of the present invention provides a co-configured antenna module U, as can be seen from a comparison between fig. 11 and 12 and fig. 1 to 3, the biggest difference between the third embodiment of the present invention and the first embodiment is: the co-constructed antenna module U provided in the third embodiment has different configuration positions of the first patch antenna group 2, the second patch antenna group 3, the first dipole antenna group 4 and/or the second dipole antenna group 5. It should be noted that other structures of the co-configured antenna module U provided in the third embodiment are similar to those of the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again. In addition, in the third embodiment of the present invention, the first dipole antenna group 4 may further include a plurality of fifth dipole antennas 43, and the second dipole antenna group 5 may further include a plurality of sixth dipole antennas 53.

As shown in fig. 12, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the first dipole antennas 41 may be arranged along the first side 131, the second dipole antennas 42 may be arranged along the second side 132, the fifth dipole antennas 43 may be arranged along the fourth side 134, the third dipole antennas 51 may be arranged along the third side 133, the fourth dipole antennas 52 may be arranged along the fourth side 134, and the sixth dipole antennas 53 may be arranged along the second side 132. In other words, the radiation pattern directions of the first and second dipole antenna groups 4 and 5 can be increased by the arrangement of the fifth and sixth dipole antennas 43 and 53.

Thus, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the radiation field pattern in the Z direction can be generated by the first patch antenna group 2 and the second patch antenna group 3, the radiation field patterns in the X direction, the Y direction and the negative Y direction can be generated by the first dipole antenna 41, the second dipole antenna 42 and the fifth dipole antenna 43, and the radiation field patterns in the negative X direction, the Y direction and the negative Y direction can be generated by the third dipole antenna 51, the fourth dipole antenna 52 and the sixth dipole antenna 53.

Next, please refer to fig. 13, in which fig. 13 is a side view of a co-configured antenna module according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Further, for the embodiment of fig. 13, the first dipole antenna group 4 and the second dipole antenna group 5 can be located on different layers of the low temperature co-fired ceramic substrate, but the invention is not limited thereto.