Portable wireless apparatus and antenna structure
A portable wireless apparatus includes a casing, an antenna and another electronic component. The antenna is contained in an end portion of the casing. The antenna includes a first and second antenna element, an antenna board and a antenna connector. The antenna board has a mounting face on which the first and second antenna elements are mounted. The antenna connector is formed on the antenna board and connects the first antenna element to the second antenna element. A predetermined space is provided between the first and second antenna elements. The other electronic component is disposed so as not to overlap the antenna connector in a direction orthogonal to the mounting face of the antenna board, and at least part of the other electronic component is disposed in the predetermined space.
1. A portable wireless apparatus comprising:
a casing comprising a circuit board;
an antenna contained in an end portion of the casing, the antenna comprising:
a flexible printed antenna board having a first extended portion formed by extending part of a periphery of the antenna board;
a first antenna element on the antenna board;
a second antenna element on the antenna board;
an antenna connector on the antenna board connecting the first antenna element to the second antenna element, and
a space between the first antenna element and the second antenna element; and
an electronic component not overlapping with the antenna connector in a direction orthogonal to the mounting face of the antenna board and occupying the space at least partially,
wherein the electronic component is mounted, in the first extended portion, on the same face as the mounting face of the antenna board on which the first antenna element and the second antenna element are mounted, and
wherein the first extended portion is bent so that the electronic component is positioned between the first antenna element and the second antenna element;
wherein the flexible printed board is continuous with a base end of the first extended portion and includes a second extended portion having a connector for electrical connection to the circuit board, and
wherein the second extended portion is wired to an antenna line extending from the other circuit board to the first antenna element, a first ground line, a signal line that electrically connects the other electronic component to the other circuit board, and a second ground line in this order.