Chip antenna module
A chip antenna module includes: a chip antenna including a body portion, a radiating portion, and a grounding portion, wherein the body portion is formed of a dielectric substance, and wherein the radiating portion and the grounding portion are disposed on different surfaces of the body portion from each other; and a substrate having a plurality of layers and including feeding pads bonded to the radiating portion, grounding pads bonded to the grounding portion, and dummy wiring layers disposed on at least one layer among the plurality of layers, below the feeding pads, wherein a resonance frequency of the chip antenna is determined by a number of the dummy wiring layers.
1. A chip antenna module, comprising:
a chip antenna comprising a body portion, a radiating portion, and a grounding portion, wherein the body portion is formed of a dielectric substance, and wherein the radiating portion and the grounding portion are disposed on different surfaces of the body portion from each other; and
a substrate having a plurality of layers and comprising feeding pads bonded to the radiating portion, grounding pads bonded to the grounding portion, and dummy wiring layers disposed on at least one layer among the plurality of layers, below the feeding pads, wherein a resonance frequency of the chip antenna is determined by a number of the dummy wiring layers.
2. The chip antenna module of claim 1 , wherein the resonance frequency decreases as the number of the dummy wiring layers increases.
3. The chip antenna module of claim 1 , wherein a feed wiring layer configured to provide a feed signal to the feeding pads is disposed on one or more layers among the plurality of layers.
4. The chip antenna module of claim 3 , wherein the feed wiring layer and the dummy wiring layers are disposed on different layers, among the plurality of layers, from each other.
5. The chip antenna module of claim 3 , wherein the feeding pads and the feed wiring layer are connected to each other through a feeding via extending in a thickness direction of the substrate.
6. The chip antenna module of claim 5 , wherein the feeding pads and at least one of the dummy wiring layers are connected to each other through the feeding via.
7. The chip antenna module of claim 5 , wherein the feeding via comprises a plurality of feeding vias, and the resonance frequency is further determined by a number of feeding vias, among the plurality of feeding vias, connecting the feeding pads and at least one of the dummy wiring layers to each other.
8. The chip antenna module of claim 5 , wherein the feeding via comprises a plurality of feeding vias, and the resonance frequency increases as a number of feeding vias, among the plurality of feeding vias, increases.
9. A chip antenna module, comprising:
a substrate comprising a plurality of layers; and
a chip antenna comprising a body portion, a radiating portion, and a grounding portion,
wherein the body portion is formed of a dielectric substance, and the radiating portion and the grounding portion are disposed on different surfaces of the body portion from each other and extend in one direction,
wherein the body portion, the radiating portion, and the grounding portion are mounted to face the substrate,
wherein the substrate further comprises a feeding pad bonded to the radiating portion, and a dummy wiring layer disposed on at least one layer among the plurality of layers, below the feeding pad, and having a shape corresponding to the feeding pad, and
wherein a resonance frequency of the chip antenna is determined by a length of the dummy wiring layer.
10. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the length of the dummy wiring layer is equal to a length of the feeding pad.
11. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the length of the dummy wiring layer is less than a length of the feeding pad.
12. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the length of the dummy wiring layer is greater than a length of the feeding pad.
13. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the resonance frequency decreases as the length of the dummy wiring layer increases.
14. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the feeding pad and the dummy wiring layer are connected to each other by a feeding via extending in a thickness direction of the substrate.
15. The chip antenna module of claim 14 , wherein the feeding via comprises a plurality of feeding vias and the resonance frequency is determined by a number of feeding vias, among the plurality of feeding vias, connecting the feeding pad and the dummy wiring layer to each other.
16. The chip antenna module of claim 15 , wherein the resonance frequency increases as the number of the feeding vias increases.
17. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the substrate further comprises a feed wiring layer disposed on a layer, among the plurality of layers, between the dummy wiring layer and the feeding pad, and configured to provide a feed signal to the feeding pad.
18. The chip antenna module of claim 9 , wherein the substrate further comprises a feed wiring layer disposed on a layer, among the plurality of layers, below the dummy wiring layer, and configured to provide a feed signal to the feeding pad.