IP Library Granted Patent US 11,387,544
Granted Patent B2
US 11,387,544 · App. 16/760,467 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Signal transmission device and smart tv

Inventors: Liuzhong Yin (Guangdong, CN); Kangqing Guo (Guangdong, CN); Renli Xie (Guangdong, CN); Zitong Wang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.
H01Q1/24H01Q1/22H01Q1/2283H01Q9/04H01Q9/0407H01Q21/29H04N5/38H04N5/64H04W24/02
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Patent No.
US 11,387,544
App. No.
16/760,467
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a signal transmission device and a smart TV including a wireless signal module. The signal transmission device includes: a main antenna having a first signal input port, the first signal input port being connected with the wireless signal module; a transmission antenna adjacent to and spaced from the main antenna, the transmission antenna having a signal output port; and a dead-zone compensating antenna having a second signal input port. The second signal input port is connected with the signal output port through a signal transmission line, and the main antenna receives signals input by the wireless signal module and transmits the signals, the transmission antenna receives a part of the signals and transmits the part of the signals to a dead-zone compensating antenna through the signal transmission line; the dead-zone compensating antenna transmits the received signals and compensates a signal dead zone of the main antenna.

Claims (44)

1. A signal transmission device applied to a smart TV, the smart TV comprising a wireless signal module, wherein the signal transmission device comprises:

a main antenna having a first signal input port, wherein the first signal input port is connected with the wireless signal module;

a transmission antenna adjacent to and spaced from the main antenna, wherein the transmission antenna has a signal output port; and

a dead-zone compensating antenna having a second signal input port, wherein the second signal input port is connected with the signal output port through a signal transmission line, and wherein

the main antenna is configured to receive signals input by the wireless signal module and transmit the signals;

the transmission antenna is configured to receive a part of the signals from the main antenna and transmit the part of the signals to the dead-zone compensating antenna through the signal transmission line;

the dead-zone compensating antenna is configured to transmit signals received from the transmission antenna and compensate a signal dead zone of the main antenna.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein

the main antenna is disposed on a first dielectric substrate and the transmission antenna is disposed on a second dielectric substrate, and wherein

the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are adjacent and faced;

the main antenna is disposed on a first surface of the first dielectric substrate facing the second dielectric substrate;

the transmission antenna is disposed on a second surface of the second dielectric substrate facing the first dielectric substrate.

3. The signal transmission device of claim 2 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are PCBs.

4. The signal transmission device of claim 3 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are rectangular.

5. The signal transmission device according to claim 2 , wherein the main antenna is faced to the transmission antenna, and a distance between the main antenna and the transmission antenna is no less than 1 mm and no more than 10 mm.

6. The signal transmission device of claim 5 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are PCBs.

7. The signal transmission device of claim 6 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are rectangular.

8. The signal transmission device of claim 2 , wherein

the first dielectric substrate defines a first feeding point;

the second dielectric substrate defines a second feeding point, and wherein the second feeding point is connected with the transmission line.

9. The signal transmission device of claim 1 , wherein the main antenna and the transmission antenna are microstrip antennas.

10. The signal transmission device of claim 9 , wherein

the main antenna is a circularly polarized antenna, and the transmission antenna is a circularly polarized antenna or a linearly polarized antenna;

or, the main antenna is a linearly polarized antenna, and the transmission antenna is a circularly polarized antenna or a linearly polarized antenna.

11. A smart TV, comprising a signal transmission device having a wireless signal module, wherein the signal transmission device comprises:

a main antenna having a first signal input port, wherein the first signal input port is connected with the wireless signal module;

a transmission antenna adjacent to and spaced from the main antenna, wherein the transmission antenna has a signal output port; and

a dead-zone compensating antenna having a second signal input port, wherein the second signal input port is connected with the signal output port through a signal transmission line;

the main antenna is configured to receive signals input by the wireless signal module and transmit the signals, the transmission antenna is configured to receive a part of the signals from the main antenna and transmit the part of the signals to the dead-zone compensating antenna through the signal transmission line; the dead-zone compensating antenna is configured to transmit signals received from the transmission antenna and compensate a signal dead zone of the main antenna.

12. The smart TV of claim 11 , wherein

the main antenna is disposed on a first dielectric substrate and the transmission antenna is disposed on a second dielectric substrate, and wherein

the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are adjacent and faced;

the main antenna is disposed on a first surface of the first dielectric substrate facing the second dielectric substrate;

the transmission antenna is disposed on a second surface of the second dielectric substrate facing the first dielectric substrate.

13. The signal transmission device of claim 12 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are PCBs.

14. The smart TV of claim 12 , wherein the main antenna is faced to the transmission antenna, and a distance between the main antenna and the transmission antenna is no less than 1 mm and no more than 10 mm.

15. The smart TV of claim 14 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are PCBs.

16. The smart TV of claim 15 , wherein the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate are rectangular.

17. The smart TV of claim 12 , wherein

the first dielectric substrate defines a first feeding point;

the second dielectric substrate defines a second feeding point, and wherein the second feeding point is connected with the transmission line.

18. The smart TV of claim 11 , wherein the main antenna and the transmission antenna are microstrip antennas.

19. The smart TV of claim 18 , wherein the main antenna is a circularly polarized antenna, and the transmission antenna is a circularly polarized antenna or a linearly polarized antenna;

or, the main antenna is a linearly polarized antenna, and the transmission antenna is a circularly polarized antenna or a linearly polarized antenna.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2020
From: YIN, LIUZHONG; GUO, KANGQING; XIE, RENLI; WANG, ZITONG
To: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052556/0926 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810815054.1 · Jul 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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