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Granted Patent B2
US 11,909,131 · App. 17/270,415 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Structure, antenna, communication module, and wireless communication device

Inventors: Hiromichi Yoshikawa (Yokohama, JP); Nobuki Hiramatsu (Yokohama, JP); Hiroshi Uchimura (Kagoshima, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
H01Q9/045H01Q1/38H01Q5/314H01Q9/40
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Patent No.
US 11,909,131
App. No.
17/270,415
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A resonance structure includes a first conductor; a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction; one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane including the first direction; and a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane. The first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors. The one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane.

Claims (61)

1. A resonance structure, comprising:

a first conductor;

a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction;

one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and

a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane, wherein

the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane,

the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors,

the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane,

the third conductor includes

a first conductor group, and

a second conductor group that is positioned away from the first conductor group in the third direction, and

the first conductor group and the second conductor group are not parallel to each other.

2. The resonance structure according to claim 1 , wherein first capacitance of the first conductor group is different from second capacitance of the second conductor group.

3. The resonance structure according to claim 1 , wherein resistance value of the first conductor group is different from resistance value of the second conductor group.

4. The resonance structure according to claim 1 , wherein length of the first conductor group along the third direction is different from length of the second conductor group along the third direction.

5. A resonance structure, comprising:

a first conductor;

a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction;

one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and

a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane, wherein

the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane,

the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors,

the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane,

the third conductor includes

a first conductor group, and

a second conductor group that is positioned away from the first conductor group in the third direction,

the first conductor group is configured such that first electric current flows therein along the first direction,

the second conductor group is configured such that second electric current flows therein along the first direction, and

the resonance structure is configured to

oscillate at a first frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in same phase, and

oscillate at a second frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in opposite phases.

6. The resonance structure according to claim 5 , wherein magnitude of the first electric current when oscillating at the second frequency is different from magnitude of the second electric current when oscillating at the second frequency.

7. An antenna, comprising:

a resonance structure; and

a feeding line,

wherein

the resonance structure includes

a first conductor;

a second conductor that faces the first conductor in a first direction;

one or more third conductors that are positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extend along a first plane, the first plane including the first direction; and

a fourth conductor that is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, and that extends along the first plane,

the first conductor and the second conductor extend along a second direction that intersects with the first plane,

the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to be capacitively coupled via the one or more third conductors,

the one or more third conductors have asymmetry with respect to a third direction that intersects with the first direction in the first plane, and

the feeding line is configured to electromagnetically feed electric power to any one of the one or more third conductors.

8. The antenna according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth conductor is signal ground of the feeding line.

9. A wireless communication module comprising:

the antenna according to claim 7 ; and

an RF module that is electrically connected to the feeding line.

10. A wireless communication device, comprising:

the wireless communication module according to claim 9 ; and

a battery that is configured to supply electric power to the wireless communication module.

11. The resonance structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductor group is configured such that first electric current flows therein along the first direction,

the second conductor group is configured such that second electric current flows therein along the first direction, and

the resonance structure is configured to

oscillate at a first frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in same phase, and

oscillate at a second frequency when the first electric current and the second electric current flow in opposite phases.

12. An antenna, comprising:

the resonance structure according to claim 1 ; and

a feeding line that is configured to electromagnetically feed electric power to any one of the one or more third conductors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: YOSHIKAWA, HIROMICHI; HIRAMATSU, NOBUKI; UCHIMURA, HIROSHI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055439/0302 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-158791 · Aug 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210218142A1 · Jul 15, 2021