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US 12,489,204 · App. 18/395,750 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Integrated multi-feed antenna

Inventors: Wei-Yu Li (Hsinchu, TW); Wei Chung (Hsinchu County, TW); Kin-Lu Wong (Kaohsiung, TW)
Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
H01Q1/50H01Q1/36
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Patent No.
US 12,489,204
App. No.
18/395,750
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides an integrated multi-feed antenna, including a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer, and multiple feeding conductor lines. The second conductor layer has a first center position. The second conductor layer has a closed slit structure. The closed slit structure surrounds the first center position to encircle forming a center region. The second conductor layer is spaced apart from the first conductor layer at a first interval. Each of the feeding conductor lines has one end electrically connected or electrically coupled to the second conductor layer, and each has another end electrically connected to a signal source. Each of the feeding conductor lines excites the second conductor layer to generate at least one resonant mode. The resonant modes cover at least one identical wireless communication band.

Claims (22)

1 . An integrated multi-feed antenna, comprising:

a first conductor layer;

a second conductor layer, having a first center position, wherein the second conductor layer has a closed slit structure, the closed slit structure surrounds the first center position to encircle forming a center region, and the second conductor layer is spaced apart from the first conductor layer at a first interval;

a plurality of feeding conductor lines, wherein each of the feeding conductor lines has one end electrically connected or electrically coupled to the second conductor layer, and each has another end electrically connected to a signal source, each of the feeding conductor lines excites the second conductor layer to generate at least one resonant mode, and the resonant modes cover at least one identical wireless communication band.

2 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the closed slit structure has a slit interval, and the slit interval is between 0.001 wavelength and 0.08 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

3 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the center region is less than an area of the second conductor layer, and is between 0.01 times and 0.43 times of the area of the second conductor layer.

4 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the second conductor layer is less than an area of the first conductor layer, and the area of the second conductor layer is between 0.13 wavelength squared and 0.79 wavelength squared of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

5 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the center region is between 0.018 wavelength squared and 0.35 wavelength squared of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

6 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the feeding conductor lines is greater than 1 and less than or equal to 5.

7 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the feeding conductor lines are located between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer or parallel to the second conductor layer.

8 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein each of the feeding conductor lines has one end electrically coupled to the second conductor layer, and there is a coupling interval between each of the feeding conductor lines and the second conductor layer.

9 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 8 , wherein the coupling interval is between 0.005 wavelength and 0.19 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

10 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the first interval is between 0.0023 wavelength and 0.29 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

11 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein there is a third conductor layer, the second conductor layer is located between the first conductor layer and the third conductor layer, and the third conductor layer is spaced apart from the second conductor layer at a second interval.

12 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 11 , wherein the second interval is between 0.011 wavelength and 0.23 wavelength of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication band.

13 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 11 , wherein an area of the third conductor layer is less than an area of the first conductor layer, and the area of the third conductor layer is between 0.13 wavelength squared and 0.83 wavelength squared of a lowest operating frequency of the wireless communication frequency band.

14 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 11 , wherein the third conductor layer has a second center position, and the second center position is aligned with the first center position of the second conductor layer.

15 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the center region is electrically connected to the first conductor layer through a grounding conductor line.

16 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the center region has a center slot structure.

17 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the closed slit structure has at least one electrically short-circuiting structure.

18 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the signal source is a transmission line, an impedance matching circuit, an amplifier circuit, a feeding network, a switch circuit, a connector component, a filter circuit, an integrated circuit chip, or a radio frequency front-end module.

19 . The integrated multi-feed antenna according to claim 1 , wherein the integrated multi-feed antenna is provided with a plurality of sets to form an integrated multi-feed antenna array that is applied to a multi-input multi-output antenna system, a pattern switching antenna system, or a beam forming antenna system, or increases radiating gain through electrical connection of transmission lines or radio frequency feeding networks.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2024
From: LI, WEI-YU; CHUNG, WEI; WONG, KIN-LU
To: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 066674/0526 →
Continuity (1)
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