IP Library Granted Patent US 9,444,137
Granted Patent B2
US 9,444,137 · App. 14/334,682 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Handheld device

Inventors: Chih-Hua Chang (New Taipei, TW); Wan-Chu Wei (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Acer Incorporated
H01Q1/48H01Q1/243H01Q9/42H01Q21/28
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Patent No.
US 9,444,137
App. No.
14/334,682
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld device including a ground plane, a first antenna element and a second antenna element is provided. The ground plane includes a short edge and a first long edge adjacent to each other to form a first corner. The first antenna element is opposite to the short edge of the ground plane. The second antenna element is opposite to the first long edge of the ground plane and includes a first radiation portion. An end of the first radiation portion is electrically connected to the first long edge and adjacent to the first corner. The handheld device uses the second antenna element to adjust an equivalent ground plane length of the first antenna element.

Claims (12)

1. A handheld device, comprising:

a ground plane, comprising a short edge, a first long edge that are connected to form a first corner, and a second long edge connected to the short edge to form a second corner;

a first antenna element, opposite to the short edge and connected to the second corner;

a second antenna element, opposite to the first long edge and comprising a first radiation portion, wherein one end of the first radiation portion is electrically connected to the first long edge and connected to the first corner; and

a third antenna element, opposite to the second long edge and comprising a second radiation portion, wherein one end of the second radiation portion is electrically connected to the second long edge and connected to the second corner,

wherein the handheld device uses the second antenna element and the third antenna element to adjust an equivalent ground plane length of the first antenna element to be a sum of lengths of the first radiation portion, the second radiation portion and the short edge to adjust an operation bandwidth of the first antenna element.

2. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the operation of the handheld device uses the second antenna element to adjust the equivalent ground plane length of the first antenna element, the handheld device turns off the second antenna element when the first antenna element operates.

3. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the equivalent ground plane length of the first antenna element is 0.44 to 0.46 times a wavelength of a center frequency of the first antenna element.

4. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second antenna element is a planar inverted-F antenna or a loop antenna.

5. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the first antenna element operates, the second antenna element and the third antenna element cease operations.

6. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a sum of lengths of the first radiation portion, the second radiation portion and the short edge defines the equivalent ground plane length of the first antenna element.

7. The handheld device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the ground plane, the first antenna element, and the second antenna element are located on the same horizontal plane.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2025
From: ACER INC.
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070798/0474 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2014
From: CHANG, CHIH-HUA; WEI, WAN-CHU
To: ACER INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 033357/0966 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 103110323 A · Mar 19, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150270606A1 · Sep 24, 2015