Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a slot antenna assembly and electronic equipment, which can reduce the volume of an antenna, enable the antenna structure to be easier to design and manufacture and be better applied to the electronic equipment with an all-metal shell.
To solve the above technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention provides a slot antenna assembly, including:
The antenna comprises a dielectric substrate, a radiation layer, a feed layer and a dielectric substrate, wherein the radiation layer is a metal plate and is arranged on one surface of the dielectric substrate, the radiation layer is provided with two opposite surfaces, the radiation layer is provided with a gap penetrating through the two surfaces, the feed layer is attached to the surface, facing away from the radiation layer, of the dielectric substrate, the feed layer is used for feeding electricity to the radiation layer so as to excite the radiation layer to emit signals, and the dielectric substrate is used for supporting the radiation layer and the feed layer.
Compared with the prior art, the slot antenna is provided with the plate-shaped radiation layer structure with the slots, the radiation layer is arranged on one surface of the medium substrate and supported by the medium substrate, and the feeding layer is arranged on one side of the medium substrate, which is away from the radiation layer, so that the whole slot antenna assembly is arranged in a stacked manner, the antenna volume can be reduced, and the antenna structure is easier to design and manufacture and better applied to electronic equipment with an all-metal shell.
Optionally, the feed layer includes input, first output and second output, first output with the second output is connected the input, first output is less than the area of the orthographic projection of second output on the medium base plate.
Optionally, the lengths of the first output end and the second output end are different.
Optionally, the input end, the first output end and the second output end are integrally formed.
Optionally, the feed layer is a two-power divider.
Optionally, the radiation layer is a rectangular plate, the slit extends along the extending direction of the long side of the radiation layer, and the length of the slit is 50 mm to 90 mm.
A second aspect of the present invention provides an electronic device comprising:
The antenna assembly comprises a shell and the slot antenna assembly according to the first aspect, wherein an installation space is formed in the shell, and the slot antenna assembly is arranged in the installation space.
Optionally, the portable electronic device further comprises a display panel, wherein the display panel part extends into the shell and is fixedly connected with the shell, a groove is formed in the part, extending into the shell, of the display panel, and the display panel and the shell jointly enclose the groove into the installation space.
Optionally, the groove extends from an edge of the display panel to a middle portion of the display panel by 5mm to 10 mm, and a depth of the groove in a thickness direction of the display panel is 2 mm to 3 mm.
Optionally, the shell comprises a back shell and a front shell, the display panel is clamped between the back shell and the front shell, the front shell is an annular frame, the front shell is fixedly connected with the back shell to fix the display panel, and the front shell is made of a nonmetallic material.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present application will be given with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that in various embodiments of the present application, numerous technical details have been set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. The claimed application may be practiced without these specific details and with various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments.
In the embodiments of the present invention, terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "middle", "vertical", "horizontal", "lateral", "longitudinal" and the like indicate azimuth or positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings. These terms are only used to better describe the present invention and its embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the indicated devices, elements or components to the particular orientations or to configure and operate in the particular orientations.
Also, some of the terms described above may be used to indicate other meanings in addition to orientation or positional relationships, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to indicate some sort of attachment or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in the present invention will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
Furthermore, the terms "mounted," "configured," "provided," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly. For example, they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or of unitary construction, they may be mechanically or electrically connected, they may be directly connected, or they may be indirectly connected through intermediaries, or they may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used primarily to distinguish between different devices, elements, or components (the particular species and configurations may be the same or different), and are not used to indicate or imply the relative importance and number of devices, elements, or components indicated. Unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.
Currently, the overall design of portable electronic devices (such as notebook computers, tablet computers, smart phones, etc.) is increasingly thinner and lighter, and in order to improve the visual experience and holding experience of users, the casing of the portable electronic device is also gradually designed with an all-metal casing. The design of frivolity makes the space that is used for installing the antenna on the portable electronic equipment become smaller and smaller, and all-metal shell causes the shielding to the antenna easily to shelter from, leads to antenna work efficiency low. Therefore, there is an urgent need in the art for a device that is simple in structure, small in size, and adaptable to small space installations.
In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a slot antenna assembly 100, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, including a dielectric substrate 110, a radiation layer 120, the radiation layer 120 is a metal plate, the radiation layer 120 is disposed on one surface of the dielectric substrate 110, the radiation layer 120 has two opposite surfaces, the radiation layer 120 has a slot 121 penetrating through the two surfaces, and a feeding layer 130 is attached to a surface of the dielectric substrate 110 facing away from the radiation layer 120, the feeding layer 130 is used for feeding the radiation layer 120 to excite the radiation layer 120 to emit signals, and the dielectric substrate 110 is used for supporting the radiation layer 120 and the feeding layer 130. Compared with the prior art, the slot antenna is provided with the plate-shaped radiation layer structure with the slots, the radiation layer 120 is arranged on one surface of the dielectric substrate 110 and supported by the dielectric substrate 110, and the feed layer 130 is arranged on one side of the dielectric substrate 110, which is away from the radiation layer 120, so that the whole slot antenna assembly 100 is arranged in a laminated manner, the antenna volume can be reduced, and the antenna structure is easier to design and manufacture and better applied to electronic equipment with an all-metal shell.
The following details of implementation of the slot antenna assembly 100 of the present embodiment are specifically described, and the following details are provided only for facilitating understanding, and are not necessary for implementing the present embodiment.
In this embodiment, the radiation layer 120 is a rectangular plate, the slit 121 extends along the extending direction of the long side of the radiation layer 120, and the length of the slit 121 is 50mm to 90 mm. Specifically, the volume of the slot antenna is much smaller than that of a common antenna, and the slot antenna can better adapt to the requirement of small space. The length of the slot 121 is 50mm to 90 mm (e.g., 50mm, 60mm, 70 mm, 80 mm or 90 mm), that is, the length of the slot antenna provided by the invention can be further adjusted according to practical situations, for example, when the remaining space of the portable electronic device is larger, the slot antenna with larger length can be used, the antenna performance is better, and when the remaining space of the portable electronic device is smaller, the slot antenna with smaller length can be used under the condition of maintaining enough performance.
Further, since the dielectric substrate 110 is mainly used for supporting the radiation layer 120 and is used for connecting with the portable electronic device to fix the radiation layer 120 and the feeding layer 130 relative to the portable electronic device, the dielectric substrate 110 is preferably configured in a rectangular plate shape with the same length as the radiation layer 120, and the length direction of the dielectric substrate 110 is the same as the length direction of the radiation layer 120, so that the radiation layer 120 can be well supported. It will be appreciated that the length of the dielectric substrate 110 may be made smaller or larger than the radiation layer 120 when necessary, for example, when the structure for connecting the dielectric substrate 110 on the portable electronic device is small, the length of the dielectric substrate 110 may be appropriately reduced, and conversely, when the structure for connecting the dielectric substrate 110 on the portable electronic device is large and the remaining space is large, the dielectric substrate 110 having a large length may be used, and thus, other components may be mounted using the remaining space on the dielectric substrate 110.
Alternatively, the dielectric substrate 110 may be a circuit board, or may be a substrate made of an insulating material, preferably plastic, because the plastic has high strength, good elasticity, low density, and light weight.
It can be understood that the radiation layer 120 and the feed layer 130 are disposed on two opposite sides of the dielectric substrate 110, the radiation layer 120 and the feed layer 130 are not directly connected, and the feed layer 130 excites the radiation layer 120 by coupling feeding, so that the radiation layer 120 emits electromagnetic waves.
In this embodiment, the feeding layer 130 includes an input end 131, a first output end 132, and a second output end 133, where the first output end 132 and the second output end 133 are connected to the input end 131, and an area of a front projection of the first output end 132 on the dielectric substrate 110 is smaller than an area of a front projection of the second output end 133 on the dielectric substrate 110.
Further, the lengths of the first output end 132 and the second output end 133 are different.
By setting the first output end 132 and the second output end 133 in the feeding layer 130 to have different areas and different lengths, the outputs of the first output end 132 and the second output end 133 can be different, and the return loss of the radiation layer 120 can be adjusted, so that the radiation layer 120 resonates at different positions in response to different excitation, that is, the radiation layer 120 has two resonant frequencies, and the radiation layer 120 realizes broadband radiation.
In this embodiment, the input end 131, the first output end 132, and the second output end 133 are integrally formed. That is, the feeding layer 130 is integrally designed, so that the fittings of the slot antenna assembly are fewer, and the assembly difficulty of the slot antenna assembly 100 can be reduced.
More specifically, the feeding layer 130 is a two-power divider. The two power splitters are integrally Y-shaped, wherein one end of the input end 131 is connected with an internal circuit or a power supply of the portable electronic device to receive excitation energy, and the other end of the input end 131 is bifurcated into a first output end 132 and a second output end 133. By adopting the two power splitters, the overall structure is simple, and the manufacturing difficulty and the manufacturing cost of the slot antenna assembly 100 can be reduced.
A second embodiment of the present invention relates to an electronic device, as shown in fig. 3, comprising a housing 200 and a slot antenna assembly 100 according to the first embodiment, wherein an installation space is provided in the housing 200, and the slot antenna assembly 100 is disposed in the installation space.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the electronic device further includes a display panel 300, wherein a portion of the display panel 300 extends into the housing 200 and is fixedly connected to the housing 200, a groove 310 is disposed at a portion of the display panel 300 extending into the housing 200, and the display panel 300 and the housing 200 together enclose the groove 310 into the installation space. Specifically, the display panel 300 is provided with a groove 310 at the edge thereof, the inner wall of the groove 310 and the inner wall of the housing 200 together enclose an installation space, while the slot antenna assembly 100 in the first embodiment is disposed in the installation space, i.e. the slot antenna assembly 100 is located inside the housing 200, so that a slot is not required to be formed on the surface of the housing 200 for disposing the slot antenna assembly 100, the integrity of the appearance of the housing 200 is maintained, and the whole portable electronic device is more attractive, and secondly, the slot antenna assembly 100 is disposed inside the housing 200, so that the housing 200 can be utilized to realize waterproof and dustproof of the slot antenna assembly 100 and other components or circuits inside the portable electronic device.
In the present embodiment, the groove 310 extends from the edge of the display panel 300 to the middle of the display panel 300 by 5mm to 10 mm, and the depth of the groove 310 in the thickness direction of the display panel 300 is 2mm to 3 mm. Specifically, the dimensions of the recess 310 match those of the slot antenna assembly 100.
Further, the housing 200 includes a back housing 210 and a front housing 220, the display panel 300 is sandwiched between the back housing 210 and the front housing 220, the front housing 220 is an annular frame, the front housing 220 is fixedly connected to the back housing 210 to fix the display panel 300, and the front housing 220 is made of a non-metal material. Taking a notebook computer as an example, the back case 210 is a case of the a-side of the notebook computer, and the front case 220 is a case of the B-side of the notebook computer. Since the slot antenna assembly 100 is disposed at the edge of the display panel 300, that is, the slot antenna assembly 100 is disposed at the edge of the screen of the notebook computer, the housing on the B-side is made of a non-metal material, and the slot antenna assembly 100 can receive external electromagnetic wave signals through the housing on the B-side.
Still further, the electronic device may further include a side case (not shown) made of non-metal, the side case connecting the rear case 210 and the front case 220, that is, the rear case 210 and the front case 220 are fixedly connected via the side case.
Alternatively, the slot antenna assembly 100 may be disposed on the top of the screen of the notebook computer or in a side position according to practical situations. When the electronic device is a tablet computer, a smart phone or other portable devices, the specific setting location may be additionally adjusted, and the present invention is not described herein too much.
The slot antenna assembly and the electronic device provided in the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, and specific examples are used herein to illustrate the principles and embodiments of the present invention, and the description of the embodiments is only for aiding in understanding the concept of the present invention, and the description should not be construed as limiting the invention in terms of specific embodiments and application ranges.