IP Library Granted Patent US 6,944,433
Granted Patent B2
US 6,944,433 · App. 09/828,411 · Granted Sep 13, 2005

Portable telephone apparatus that can attain directivity of antenna which optimizes reception state from base station

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Patent No.
US 6,944,433
App. No.
09/828,411
Granted
Sep 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portable telephone apparatus, includes a body and an antenna section. The antenna section includes an antenna element, and a plurality of reflectors provided near the antenna element. The antenna section is provided at a end side where a microphone is provided of the body.

Claims (28)

1. A portable telephone apparatus, comprising:

a body;

an antenna section; and

a switching unit to switch between one and another of said plurality of reflectors,

wherein said antenna section includes an antenna element and a plurality of reflectors provided near said antenna element,

wherein said antenna section is provided at an end side where a microphone is provided in said body,

wherein one of said plurality of reflectors is connected to a ground, selectively to change the direction of said antenna element, and

wherein each of said plurality of reflectors is connected to said ground through a capacitor.

2. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said antenna section is provided in said body.

3. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the number of said plurality of reflectors is two.

4. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of reflectors is a conductive plate.

5. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an end portion of each of said plurality of reflectors is in parallel with a direction of a length of said antenna element.

6. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein planes of said plurality of reflectors are oriented to directions different from each other.

7. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of reflectors is connected to a ground, selectively to change the direction of said antenna element.

8. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein said direction of said antenna element is changed without using a mechanic structure to reflect radio waves emitted from said antenna element of said plurality of reflectors.

9. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein one of said plurality of reflectors is connected to said ground, selectively to change a direction of said antenna element at established periods.

10. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a judging unit judging a state of a signal received at said antenna section to produce a control signal,

wherein one of said plurality of reflectors is connected to a ground, selectively to change the direction of said antenna element, based on said control signal.

11. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein after said one of said plurality of reflectors is connected to said ground, selectively to change said directivity of said antenna element, based on said control signal, said another of said plurality of reflectors is connected to said ground, selectively to change the direction of said antenna element, based on said control signal.

12. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein said judging unit detects an RSSI, an Eb/Io, and a BER of said received signal to produce said control signal.

13. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said antenna section is covered by a mold such that said antenna section cannot be viewed.

14. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a coil is provided between said each reflector and said capacitor to be connected with said ground.

15. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said portable telephone apparatus is a type of W-CDMA system.

16. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein said portable telephone apparatus performs a continuous transmission and a continuous reception.

17. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said plurality of reflectors is provided under a board on which a radio unit is mounted.

18. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of reflectors has a triangular shape.

19. The portable telephone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of reflectors has a curved surface corresponding to a curved surface of an end portion of said body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
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