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Granted Patent B2
US 10,903,557 · App. 16/551,773 · Granted Jan 26, 2021

Antenna device and electronic device

Inventor: Masayoshi Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01Q1/36H01Q1/2283H01Q7/06
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Patent No.
US 10,903,557
App. No.
16/551,773
Granted
Jan 26, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an antenna device, a first coil conductor portion of a coil conductor faces a planar conductor to at least partially overlap with the planar conductor when viewed in a plan view. A second coil conductor portion of the coil conductor does not overlap with the planar conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view. On a straight line passing a center of gravity of a coil opening of the coil conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view, a first distance between the first coil conductor portion and a first edge is shorter than a second distance between the first coil conductor portion and a second edge. The second distance is shorter than a third distance between the center of gravity of the coil opening and a second edge on the straight line passing the center of gravity of the coil opening.

Claims (36)

1. An antenna device, comprising:

a spiral-shaped coil conductor including a coil opening; and

a planar conductor including a first edge and a second edge, the first edge being located on an outer side of an outermost turn of the coil conductor and the second edge being located in the coil opening when the planar conductor is viewed in a plan view, wherein

the coil conductor includes:

a first coil conductor portion that faces the planar conductor to at least partially overlap with the planar conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view; and

a second coil conductor portion that does not overlap with the planar conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view; and

in another plan view along a straight line passing through a center of gravity of the coil opening, the planar conductor includes a first distance between the first coil conductor portion and the first edge that is shorter than a second distance between the first coil conductor portion and the second edge; and

on the straight line passing through the center of gravity of the coil opening, the second distance is shorter than a third distance between the center of gravity of the coil opening and the second edge.

2. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein

the planar conductor includes:

a conductor opening that is located on an inner side of the second edge and at least partially overlaps with the coil opening when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view; and

a slit that connects an area on an outer side of the first edge to the conductor opening.

3. The antenna device according to claim 2 , further comprising a capacitor that extends across the slit in the planar conductor.

4. The antenna device according to claim 2 , wherein the second coil conductor portion extends over the slit when viewed in the plan view.

5. The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic body that at least partially overlaps with the planar conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view.

6. The antenna device according to claim 5 , wherein

the magnetic body at least partially overlaps with the planar conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view, and

the planar conductor is disposed between the coil conductor and the magnetic body in a direction normal to the planar conductor.

7. The antenna device according to claim 6 , further comprising a base positioned between the coil conductor and the planar conductor.

8. The antenna device according to claim 5 , wherein

the magnetic body at least partially overlaps with the coil conductor when the planar conductor is viewed in the plan view; and

the coil conductor is disposed between the planar conductor and the magnetic body in a direction normal to the planar conductor.

9. The antenna device according to claim 8 , further comprising a base positioned between the coil conductor and the planar conductor.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

the antenna device according to claim 1 ; and

a controller that controls the antenna device.

11. The antenna device according to claim 1 , further comprising a base positioned between the coil conductor and the planar conductor.

12. The antenna device according to claim 11 , wherein the base is made of an electrically insulating material.

13. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the coil conductor incudes four or more turns which pass about the coil opening.

14. The antenna device according to claim 13 , wherein a conductor line width of an inner turn of the coil conductor is smaller than a conductor line width of an outer turn of the coil conductor.

15. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the coil conductor and the planar conductor both have square frame shapes when viewed in the plan view.

16. The antenna device according to claim 15 , further comprising a flexible printed circuit board positioned between the coil conductor and the planar conductor.

17. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the planar conductor is defined by a solid rectangular plate.

18. The antenna device according to claim 17 , wherein a total area of the second coil conductor portion is greater than a total area of the first coil conductor portion.

19. The antenna device according to claim 1 , wherein the planar conductor is defined by a plurality of discontinuous planar conductors spaced apart about a circumference of the coil conductor.

20. The antenna device according to claim 19 , wherein each of the plurality of discontinuous planar conductors has a fan or trapezoidal shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2019
From: YAMAMOTO, MASAYOSHI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050175/0327 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-023545 · Feb 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2019004895 · Feb 12, 2019
Related Publication 20190386388A1 · Dec 19, 2019