IP Library Granted Patent US 10,396,453
Granted Patent B2
US 10,396,453 · App. 14/954,971 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Antenna, rotating unit, wireless communication device and rotating controlling method

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Patent No.
US 10,396,453
App. No.
14/954,971
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A rotating unit for controlling an antenna to rotate includes an electromagnetic element and a rotating circuit. The rotating circuit is electrically coupled with the electromagnetic element. The rotating circuit controls the electromagnetic element to generate a magnetic force for controlling a rotation of the antenna.

Claims (19)

1. A rotating unit for controlling an antenna to rotate, the rotating unit comprising:

an electromagnetic element; and

a rotating circuit electrically coupled with the electromagnetic element;

wherein the rotating circuit controls the electromagnetic element to generate a magnetic force for controlling a rotation of the antenna;

wherein the antenna comprises a housing, an antenna end, a rotating end, and a rotating shaft, the antenna end is positioned at a first end of the housing, the rotating end is positioned at a second end of the housing opposite to the first end, the rotating shaft is positioned between the antenna end and the rotating end, the electromagnetic element generates a magnetic force for controlling the rotating end to rotate around the rotating shaft.

2. The rotating unit of claim 1 , wherein the rotating circuit comprises a central processing unit (CPU), a D/A converter, and a voltage/current converter, the CPU is configured to detect a signal receiving/sending strength of the antenna and provide different voltages to the D/A converter according to the detected signal receiving/sending strength; the D/A converter is configured to convert the voltage provided by the CPU from an analog signal to a digital signal, and the voltage/current converter is configured to convert the voltage from the D/A converter to a current and outputs the current to the electromagnetic element, so as to control the magnetic force and a polarity direction of the electromagnetic element.

3. The rotating unit of claim 2 , wherein the rotating circuit further comprises an inverter and a switch, one end of the D/A converter is directly and electrically connected to the switch, the other end of the D/A converter is electrically connected to the switch through the inverter; the inverter is configured to inverter the voltage from the D/A converter, the CPU controls the switch to select one of the D/A converter and the inverter to be electrically connected to the voltage/current converter.

4. The rotating unit of claim 2 , wherein the rotating circuit further comprises a inverter and a switch, the inverter is positioned between the D/A converter and the voltage/current converter, the inverter is configured to inverter the voltage from the D/A converter, the CPU controls the switch to select one of the D/A converter and the inverter to be electrically connected to the voltage/current converter, the voltage/current converter is configured to convert the voltage from the D/A converter or the inverter to a current with two different directions, the switch is positioned between the voltage/current converter and the electromagnetic element, and the CPU controls the switch to select one of the currents to output to the electromagnetic element.

5. A wireless communication device comprising:

an antenna; and

a rotating unit comprising:

an electromagnetic element; and

a rotating circuit electrically connected to the electromagnetic element;

wherein the rotating circuit controls the electromagnetic element to generate a magnetic force for controlling a rotation of an antenna;

wherein the antenna comprising a housing, an antenna end, a rotating end, and a rotating shaft, the antenna end is positioned at a first end of an interior of the housing, the rotating end is positioned at a second end of the interior of the housing opposite to the first en& the rotating shaft is positioned between the antenna end and the rotating end, the electromagnetic element generates a magnetic force for controlling the rotating end to rotate around the rotating shaft.

6. The wireless communication device of claim 5 , wherein the rotating shaft is positioned close to the rotating end.

7. The wireless communication device of claim 5 , wherein the rotating circuit comprises a central processing unit (CPU), a D/A converter, and a voltage/current converter, the CPU is configured to detect a signal receiving/sending strength of the antenna and provide different voltages to the D/A converter according to the detected signal receiving/sending strength; the D/A converter is configured to convert the voltage provided by the CPU from an analog signal to a digital signal, and the voltage/current converter is configured to convert the voltage from the D/A converter to a current and outputs the current to the electromagnetic element, so as to control the magnetic force and a polarity direction of the electromagnetic element.

8. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the rotating circuit further comprises a inverter and a switch, one end of the D/A converter is directly and electrically connected to the switch, the other end of the D/A converter is electrically connected to the switch through the inverter; the inverter is configured to inverter the voltage from the D/A converter, the CPU controls the switch to select one of the D/A converter and the inverter to be electrically connected to the voltage/current converter.

9. The wireless communication device of claim 7 , wherein the rotating circuit further comprises a inverter and a switch, the inverter is positioned between the D/A converter and the voltage/current converter, the inverter is configured to inverter the voltage from the D/A converter, the CPU controls the switch to select one of the D/A converter and the inverter to be electrically connected to the voltage/current converter, the voltage/current converter is configured to convert the voltage from the D/A converter or the inverter to a current with two different directions, the switch is positioned between the voltage/current converter and the electromagnetic element, and the CPU controls the switch to select one of the currents to output to the electromagnetic element.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.
Reel/Frame 045171/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2015
From: YEH, SHUN-HSING
To: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037172/0733 →