Portable wireless unit
View Patent ↗A portable wireless unit having high antenna performance, which comprises: a first case having a first antenna element, a second antenna element and a second feeding section; a second case having a third antenna element, a third feeding section and a circuit board provided with a ground pattern; and a coupling section consisting of first and second electrically connected conductive coupling elements and coupling the first case and the second case to be extended and housed freely. The second coupling element is provided in the first case while being connected electrically with the first antenna element, the first coupling element is provided in the second case while being connected electrically with the first feeding section, and the first antenna element, the coupling section, and the ground pattern are operated as a dipole antenna.
1. A portable wireless unit having a first case and a second case, comprising:
a coupling section coupling the first case and the second case to be extended and housed freely;
a first antenna element and a second antenna element, provided at the first case;
a third antenna element provided at the second case;
a circuit board provided inside the second case and having a ground pattern;
a first feeding section for feeding to the first antenna element connected to a wireless circuit section on the circuit board;
a second feeding section for feeding to the second antenna element; and
a third feeding section for feeding to the third antenna element, wherein
the coupling section is formed of a first conductive coupling element and a second conductive coupling element, which are electrically connected with each other,
the second coupling element is provided at the first case and connected electrically with an end of the first antenna element,
the first coupling element is provided at the second case and connected electrically with the first feeding section, and
the first antenna element, the coupling section and a ground pattern on the circuit board are operated as a dipole antenna.
2. The portable wireless unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a state detecting section for detecting positions of the first case and the second case; and
an antenna changeover section for switching an antenna element to be operated according to the state detecting section,
wherein the antenna changeover section is controlled according to the positions of the first case and the second case which are detected in the state detecting section.
3. The portable wireless unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a state detecting section for detecting positions of the first case and the second case;
an antenna changeover section for switching an antenna element to be operated according to the state detecting section;
a reception signal level detecting circuit provided at the wireless circuit section; and
a control section for controlling the antenna changeover section according to a level of a reception signal detected in the reception signal level detecting circuit.
4. The portable wireless unit according to claim 3 , wherein the first antenna element and the second antenna element which are arranged at the first case are switched to an operating state in the antenna changeover section when the first case and the second case are detected to be in an extended state,
the second antenna element arranged at the first case and the third antenna element arranged at the second case are switched to an operating state in the antenna changeover section when the first case and the second case are detected to be in a housed state, and
in each switching, either of the antenna elements is selected according to a result detected in the reception signal level detecting circuit.
5. The portable wireless unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first antenna element is a conductive frame constituting a part of the first case.
6. The portable wireless unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second antenna element is arranged at an opposite side end to the coupling section along a short-side direction of the first case, and the third antenna element is arranged at the opposite side end to the coupling section along a short-side direction of the second case.
7. The portable wireless unit according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second antenna element and the third antenna element is configured so as to be formed in a protrusion with respect to a surface of the other case.