IP Library Granted Patent US 11,955,708
Granted Patent B2
US 11,955,708 · App. 17/597,751 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Electronic device equipped with transparent antenna

Inventors: Byeongyong Park (Seoul, KR); Seungmin Woo (Seoul, KR); Ilnam Cho (Seoul, KR); Kukheon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H01Q1/52H01Q1/243
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Patent No.
US 11,955,708
App. No.
17/597,751
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided, according to the present invention, is an electronic device equipped with a transparent antenna for 5G communication. The electronic device comprises: an antenna embedded and operating in a display, and composed of first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction; a substrate on which the antenna is disposed and which is configured to operate dielectrically with respect to the antenna; and a ground layer disposed on the bottom portion of the substrate and configured to operate on the ground with respect to the antenna. Here, an inner area of the ground layer corresponding to an area in which the antenna is disposed is composed of second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a moiré effect is mitigated in the transparent antenna structure by means of the metal mesh lines overlapping in the antenna area and the ground area, thereby improving visibility.

Claims (55)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna including therein first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction;

a substrate having the antenna disposed thereon and configured to serve as a dielectric for the antenna;

a ground layer disposed beneath the substrate and configured to serve as a ground for the antenna;

second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction are disposed at an inner region of the ground layer corresponding to a region where the antenna is disposed;

a transmission line configured to feed power to the antenna on a same layer as the antenna,

wherein an end portion of the transmission line is connected to the antenna, the end portion including metal mesh lines having the same shape as a shape in which the first metal mesh lines and the second metal mesh lines are combined,

wherein a portion of the transmission line is disposed on a non-transparent region of the device,

wherein the portion of the transmission line disposed on the non-transparent region is configured as a Co-Planar Wavelength (CPW) line, and

a transceiver circuit connected to the portion of the transmission line configured as the CPW line and configured to transmit a 5G transmission signal to the antenna and receive a 5G reception signal from the antenna.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the Co-Planar Waveguide (CPW) line comprises:

an inner conductor region configured to serve as a signal line;

an outer conductor region disposed adjacent to the inner conductor region and configured to serve as a ground; and

a dielectric region disposed between the inner conductor region and the outer conductor region.

3. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna including therein first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction;

a substrate having the antenna disposed thereon and configured to serve as a dielectric for the antenna;

a ground layer disposed beneath the substrate and configured to serve as a ground for the antenna; and

second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction are disposed at an inner region of the ground layer corresponding to a region where the antenna is disposed,

wherein the first metal mesh lines and the second metal mesh lines are not disposed at an outer region of the region where the antenna is disposed.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 ,

wherein the first metal mesh lines formed in the first direction and the second metal mesh lines formed in the second direction are connected and disposed at an outer region of the ground layer.

5. An electronic device, comprising:

an antenna including therein first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction;

a substrate having the antenna disposed thereon and configured to serve as a dielectric for the antenna;

a ground layer disposed beneath the substrate and configured to serve as a ground for the antenna; and

second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction are disposed at an inner region of the ground layer corresponding to a region where the antenna is disposed,

wherein the first metal mesh lines are disposed on an antenna layer where the antenna is disposed,

wherein the second metal mesh lines are complementarily disposed at the inner region of the ground layer corresponding to the region where the antenna is disposed, and

wherein the first metal mesh lines and the second metal mesh lines complementary to each other are disposed at an outer region of the ground layer, so that a moiré phenomenon of a transparent antenna is reduced.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna further comprises a matching unit disposed between the antenna and the transmission line to feed the power to the antenna, and

wherein metal mesh lines having a same shape as a shape in which the first metal mesh lines and the second metal mesh lines are combined are disposed at the matching unit and the inner region of the ground layer corresponding to the matching unit.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein an inset region is further defined at a region adjacent to a boundary of the matching unit by partially removing the first metal mesh lines of the antenna, so as to allow impedance matching.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of array antennas including metal mesh lines;

a transceiver circuit connected to the array antennas through a transmission line, and configured to transmit a 5G transmission signal to the array antennas and receive a 5G-reception signal from the array antennas; and

a ground layer disposed beneath the array antennas and configured to serve as a ground for the array antennas,

wherein at least one of the plurality of array antennas includes therein first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction,

wherein a remaining array antenna of the plurality of array antennas includes therein second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction,

wherein the second metal mesh lines are disposed at an inner region of the ground layer corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of array antennas,

wherein the first metal mesh lines are disposed at the inner region of the ground layer corresponding to the remaining array antenna, and

wherein the transceiver circuit receives a signal through the remaining array antenna including the second metal lines when a signal received through the at least one of the plurality of array antennas including the first metal mesh lines has low quality.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a plurality of array antennas including metal mesh lines;

a transceiver circuit connected to the array antennas through a transmission line, and configured to transmit a 5G transmission signal to the array antennas and receive a 5G reception signal from the array antennas;

a baseband processor coupled to the transceiver circuit and configured to control the transceiver circuit; and

a ground layer disposed beneath the array antennas and configured to serve as a ground for the array antennas,

wherein at least one of the plurality of array antennas includes therein first metal mesh lines formed in a first direction,

wherein a remaining array antenna of the plurality of array antennas includes therein second metal mesh lines formed in a second direction different from the first direction,

wherein the baseband processor controls the transceiver circuit to perform a diversity operation or a Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) operation through the at least one of the plurality of array antennas and the remaining array antenna when quality of a signal received through the at least one of the plurality of array antennas including the first metal mesh lines and quality of a signal received through the remaining array antenna including the second metal mesh lines are equal to or higher than a threshold value.

10. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the first metal mesh lines and the second metal mesh lines are not disposed at an outer region of a region where the plurality of array antennas are disposed.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the first metal mesh lines or the second metal mesh lines are disposed at the inner region of the ground layer corresponding to the region where the plurality of array antennas are disposed, and

wherein the first metal mesh lines formed in the first direction and the second metal mesh lines formed in the second direction are combined and disposed at an outer region of the ground layer.

12. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein a moiré phenomenon of a transparent antenna is reduced by the first metal mesh lines of an antenna layer on which the at least one of the plurality of array antennas is disposed and the second metal mesh lines disposed on the ground layer to be complementary to the first metal mesh lines, and

wherein the moiré phenomenon of the transparent antenna is reduced by the second metal mesh lines of the antenna layer on which the remaining array antenna is disposed and the first metal mesh lines disposed on the ground layer to be complementary to the second metal mesh lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2022
From: PARK, BYEONGYONG; WOO, SEUNGMIN; CHO, ILNAM; CHOI, KUKHEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058725/0896 →
Continuity (1)
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