Electronic device
View Patent ↗An electronic component (encoder) including an operation body is mounted on a circuit board. The electronic component causes a controller to perform processing in accordance with an operation input by the operation body. The mounting board includes a power-feeding leg piece connected to a wireless communication processor so that high frequency communication is allowed, a first short-circuiting leg piece that is adjacent to the power-feeding leg piece via a cut-out portion, and a second short-circuiting leg piece separated from the power-feeding leg piece. The short-circuiting leg pieces are connected to grounded portions. The impedance is adjusted by appropriately selecting the width or the depth of the cut-out portion. The resonance frequency is adjusted by appropriately selecting the size or the position of the short-circuiting leg piece. Thus, the mounting board operates as an inverted-F antenna in which the power-feeding leg piece functions as a power feeding portion.
1. An electronic device having a wireless communication function, the device comprising:
an electronic component including at least an operation portion, an external connection terminal, and an electrically conductive mounting board;
a circuit board on which the electronic component is mounted;
a controller configured to perform processing in accordance with an operation input from the operation portion; and
a wireless communication processor configured to process a radio signal,
wherein the mounting board includes:
a power-feeding leg piece,
a first short-circuiting leg piece for impedance adjustment, provided adjacent to the power-feeding leg piece with a cut-out portion interposed therebetween, the first short-circuiting leg piece being separated from the power-feeding leg piece by a first distance; and
a second short-circuiting leg piece for resonance frequency adjustment, the second short-circuiting leg piece being separated from the power-feeding leg piece by a second distance greater than the first distance, and
wherein the power-feeding leg piece is connected to the wireless communication processor so as to allow high frequency communication, and the first short-circuiting leg piece and the second short-circuiting leg piece are connected to grounded portions, such that the mounting board operates as an antenna, the power-feeding leg piece being a power feeding portion for the antenna.
2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first short-circuiting leg piece is one of a pair of first short-circuiting leg pieces positioned substantially symmetric with respect to a line passing through the power-feeding leg piece.
3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second short-circuiting leg piece is one of a pair of second short-circuiting leg pieces positioned substantially symmetric with respect to a line passing through the power-feeding leg piece.
4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting board has a substantially square shape in a plan view and has first and second substantially parallel sides each having a bent portion bent toward the circuit board, the power-feeding leg piece and the first short-circuiting leg piece are formed in the bent portion on the first side, and the second short-circuiting leg piece is formed in the bent portion on the second side.