Wearable device
A wearable device includes a metal frame, a printed circuit board PCB, and a first feeding element, where a slot is formed between the metal frame and the PCB. The metal frame includes a first feed point, a first ground point, and a second ground point, and the metal frame is grounded at the first ground point and the second ground point. The metal frame is divided into a first area and a second area by the first ground point and the second ground point, and a circumferential length corresponding to the first area is greater than a circumferential length corresponding to the second area. The first feed point is disposed in the first area, and a distance between the first feed point and the first ground point along the metal frame is less than one third of the circumferential length corresponding to the first area.
1 . A wearable device comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB);
an antenna structure comprising:
a metal frame comprising:
a first feed point;
a first ground point; and
a second ground point, wherein the metal frame is divided into a first area and a second area by the first ground point and the second ground point, wherein a first circumferential length of the first area is greater than a second circumferential length of the second area, wherein the first feed point is disposed in the first area, and wherein a first distance between the first feed point and the first ground point along the metal frame is less than one third of the first circumferential length; and
a first feeding element configured to feed the antenna structure at the first feed point; and
a slot formed between the metal frame and the PCB,
wherein the antenna structure is configured to generate a first resonance, a second resonance, and a third resonance when the first feeding element feeds the antenna structure,
wherein the first resonance comprises first strong current points corresponding to the first ground point and the second ground point,
wherein the second resonance comprises second strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, and a first point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and
wherein the third resonance comprises third strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, a second point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and a third point between the first ground point and the second ground point.
2 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein a first frequency of a first resonance point of the first resonance is less than a second frequency of a second resonance point of the second resonance, wherein the second frequency is less than a third frequency of a third resonance point of the third resonance, and wherein the antenna structure is configured to operate in frequency bands corresponding to the first resonance, the second resonance, and the third resonance.
3 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein an operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the second resonance includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) frequency band.
4 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein a first operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the first resonance includes a first frequency band of 698 megahertz (MHz) to 960 MHz, wherein a second operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the second resonance includes a second frequency band of 1710 MHz to 2170 MHz, and wherein a third operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the third resonance includes a third frequency band of 2300 MHz to 2690 MHz.
5 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the wearable device further comprises a band-pass filter comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the metal frame further comprises a third ground point disposed in the first area and located between the first feed point and the second ground point, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the metal frame at the third ground point, and wherein the second end is grounded.
6 . The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein a first operating frequency band of the band-pass filter includes a second operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the third resonance.
7 . The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein the band-pass filter is capacitive in a first operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the first resonance or in a second operating frequency band of the antenna structure corresponding to the second resonance.
8 . The wearable device of claim 5 , wherein a second distance between the third ground point and the first ground point along the metal frame is one third of the first circumferential length.
9 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the first circumferential length is half of an operating wavelength corresponding to the first resonance point of the first resonance.
10 . The wearable device of claim 2 , wherein the first resonance corresponds to a half-wavelength mode of the first area, wherein the second resonance corresponds to a one-wavelength mode of the first area, and wherein the third resonance corresponds to a three-half-wavelength mode of the first area.
11 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first circumferential length is within a range from 120 millimeters (mm) to 90 mm, or wherein the first circumferential length is approximately equal to 112 millimeters (mm), 102 mm, or 97 mm.
12 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein a proportion of the first circumferential length to a length of the metal frame is within a range from 0.7 to 0.8.
13 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the wearable device further comprises at least one tuning component disposed at the first ground point or the second ground point.
14 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the first area is composed of a metal material, and wherein the second area is composed of a non-metal material.
15 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna structure further comprises a second feeding element, wherein the wearable device further comprises a second feed point disposed in the first area and located between the first feed point and the second ground point, and wherein the second feed point is configured to feed the antenna structure at the second feed point.
16 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna structure is a slot antenna.
17 . The wearable device of claim 1 , wherein the metal frame comprises a circular metal frame with a continuous outer perimeter, wherein the first area comprises a first portion of the circular metal frame and has a first arc shape, and wherein the second area comprises a second portion of the circular metal frame and has a second arc shape.
18 . A wearable device comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB);
an antenna structure comprising:
a metal frame comprising:
a first feed point;
a first ground point; and
a second ground point; and
a first feeding element configured to feed the antenna structure at the first feed point, and the first feed point is disposed between the first ground point and the second ground point; and
a slot formed between the metal frame and the PCB,
wherein the antenna structure is configured to generate a first resonance, a second resonance, and a third resonance when the first feeding element feeds the antenna structure,
wherein a first frequency of a first resonance point of the first resonance is less than a second frequency of a second resonance point of the second resonance,
wherein the second frequency is less than a third frequency of a third resonance point of the third resonance,
wherein the first resonance comprises first strong current points corresponding to the first ground point and the second ground point,
wherein the second resonance comprises second strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, and a first point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and
wherein the third resonance comprises third strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, a second point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and a third point between the first ground point and the second ground point.
19 . The wearable device of claim 18 , wherein the first resonance corresponds to a half-wavelength mode of a first area comprising a first circumferential length between the first ground point and the second ground point, wherein the second resonance corresponds to a one-wavelength mode of the first area, and wherein the third resonance corresponds to a three-half-wavelength mode of the first area.
20 . A device comprising:
a printed circuit board (PCB);
an antenna structure comprising:
a frame comprising:
a first feed point;
a first ground point; and
a second ground point, wherein the frame is divided into a first area and a second area by the first ground point and the second ground point, and wherein a first circumferential length of the first area is greater than a second circumferential length of the second area; and
a first feeding element configured to feed the antenna structure at the first feed point; and
a slot formed between the frame and the PCB,
wherein the antenna structure is configured to generate a first resonance, a second resonance, and a third resonance when the first feeding element feeds the antenna structure,
wherein the first resonance comprises first strong current points corresponding to the first ground point and the second ground point,
wherein the second resonance comprises second strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, and a first point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and
wherein the third resonance comprises third strong current points corresponding to the first ground point, the second ground point, a second point between the first ground point and the second ground point, and a third point between the first ground point and the second ground point.
21 . The device of claim 20 , wherein the first feed point is disposed in the first area, wherein a first distance between the first feed point and the first ground point along the frame is less than one third of the first circumferential length, wherein a first frequency of a first resonance point of the first resonance is less than a second frequency of a second resonance point of the second resonance, wherein the second frequency is less than a third frequency of a third resonance point of the third resonance, and wherein the antenna structure is configured to operate in frequency bands corresponding to the first resonance, the second resonance, and the third resonance.