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Granted Patent B2
US 11,876,305 · App. 17/683,404 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

Electronic apparatus

Inventors: Hiromitsu Ito (Nagaokakyo, JP); Masamichi Tamura (Nagaokakyo, JP); Tsuyoshi Mukai (Nagaokakyo, JP); Masayoshi Yamamoto (Nagaokakyo, JP)
Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
H01Q7/00H01Q1/24H04B5/0037
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Patent No.
US 11,876,305
App. No.
17/683,404
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes a rectangular or substantially rectangular plate-shaped housing including a first side and a second side which are long sides and a third side and a fourth side which are short sides, and an antenna device. The antenna device includes a first coil including a first coil conductor and a second coil including a second coil conductor. A portion of the first coil overlaps with the second coil opening, a portion of the second coil overlaps with the first coil opening, a straight line connecting a center of gravity of the first coil opening and a center of gravity of the second coil opening intersects with the third side and the fourth side, and the center of gravity of the second coil opening is closer to the third side than the center of gravity of the first coil opening.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a rectangular or substantially rectangular plate-shaped housing including a first side and a second side which are long sides and a third side and a fourth side which are short sides; and

an antenna device in the housing; wherein

the antenna device includes a first coil including a first coil conductor defining a first coil opening and a second coil including a second coil conductor defining a second coil opening;

a portion of the first coil conductor overlaps with the second coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening;

a portion of the second coil conductor overlaps with the first coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening;

a center of gravity of the housing is located within a formation region of the first coil in plan view of the first coil opening; and

a first center of gravity of the second coil is closer to the third side than a center of gravity of the first coil in plan view of the first coil opening.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a straight line connecting a center of gravity of the first coil opening and a center of gravity of the second coil opening intersects with the third side and the fourth side in plan view of the first coil opening.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a magnetic body overlapping with the first coil or the second coil in plan view of the first coil opening.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second coil includes a portion is a vicinity of or adjacent to the third side and parallel or substantially parallel to the third side, and the magnetic body is on a communication surface side of the portion.

5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the magnetic body overlaps with the first coil and does not overlap with a portion or an entirety of the second coil in plan view of the first coil opening.

6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , comprising a heat dissipation member overlapping with the magnetic body.

7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coil conductor includes a plurality of conductor wires connected in parallel with each other and side by side in a spiral shape.

8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:

a single base member; wherein

the first coil includes the first coil conductor on the base member; and

an insulator layer insulating the first coil conductor and the second coil conductor from each other is provided in a portion and in a vicinity of the portion of the second coil overlapping with the first coil in plan view of the first coil opening.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the second coil conductor includes a third coil opening; and

the third coil opening does not overlap with the second coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening, and magnetic flux generated in the second coil opening and magnetic flux generated in the third coil opening by a current flowing through the second coil have polarities opposite to each other.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a portion of the first coil conductor overlaps with the third coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first coil conductor does not overlap with the third coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein coupling between the second coil and the first coil is reduced or prevented by coupling between the third coil opening of the second coil and the first coil.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an extending direction of a portion of the second coil defining a boundary between the second coil opening and the third coil opening intersects with the first side and the second side in plan view of the first coil opening.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a portion of the second coil defining the boundary between the second coil opening and the third coil opening is located at a position closer to the third side than a center of gravity of the first coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an area of a portion of the first coil, which overlaps with the second coil opening, and an area of a portion of the first coil, which overlaps with the third coil opening, are different from each other in plan view of the first coil opening.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first coil opening includes a portion that does not overlap with any of the second coil conductor, the second coil opening, and the third coil opening in plan view of the first coil opening.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

the first coil includes a spiral shape including an outer periphery and an inner periphery; and

a crossover conductor connecting an end portion of the outer periphery and an end portion of the inner periphery is provided between the second coil opening and the third coil opening of the second coil.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein

a boundary between the second coil opening and the third coil opening is located closer to the fourth side than a center of gravity of the first coil opening; and

the third coil opening is smaller than the second coil opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: ITO, HIROMITSU; TAMURA, MASAMICHI; MUKAI, TSUYOSHI; YAMAMOTO, MASAYOSHI
To: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059128/0596 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-164548 · Sep 10, 2019 · national
JP 2020-014412 · Jan 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020034074 · Sep 9, 2020
Related Publication 20220393354A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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