Antenna apparatus having device carrier with magnetodielectric material

1. An antenna apparatus comprising:

a device carrier having a magnetic carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material; and

an antenna device connectable to a power source through a feeding point of one end portion and extended from the feeding point to pass through a surface of the magnetic carrier and operable in a resonant frequency band when power is supplied through the feeding point,

wherein the device carrier further comprises a dielectric carrier made of a dielectric substance and physically coupled to the magnetic carrier.

2. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the antenna device is branched from the feeding point to be extended along a plurality of paths and comprises at least two branch lines operating in different frequency bands within the resonant frequency band when power is supplied through the feeding point.

3. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the resonant frequency band of the magnetic carrier, a loss factor by a permittivity is 0.01 or less, a loss factor by a permeability is 0.1 or less, the permittivity is 8 or less, and the permeability 1.5 or more.

4. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic carrier comprises:

a base ferrite comprising iron oxide, barium carbonate, and cobalt oxide; and

a silicate glass added to the base ferrite.

5. The antenna apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the base ferrite comprises a Y-type hexagonal ferrite.

6. The antenna apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the magnetic carrier comprises the base ferrite at 100 WT %, and the silicate glass at 0.5 WT % to 5 WT % and further wherein the ferrite has a density of 4.6×10 3 kg/m 3 or more.

7. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in the device carrier, the magnetic carrier is inserted into the dielectric carrier, and the dielectric carrier is disposed at a circumferential area of the magnetic carrier.

8. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric carrier comprises a ceramic material.

9. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the antenna device is opened through another end portion opposite to the one end portion.

10. The antenna apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the antenna device is extended at a surface of the device carrier.

11. The antenna apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a board body that mounts the device carrier, the board body having a ground plate separated from the device carrier for grounding the antenna device.

12. The antenna apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the antenna device is extended from a surface of the board body.

13. The antenna apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the antenna device electrically contacts the ground plate through another end portion opposite to the one end portion.

14. A method of making an antenna apparatus, the method comprising:

forming a device carrier having a magnetic carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material; and

forming an antenna device connectable to a power source through a feeding point of one end portion and extended from the feeding point to pass through a surface of the magnetic carrier and operable in a resonant frequency band when power is supplied through the feeding point,

wherein the device carrier further comprises a dielectric carrier made of a dielectric substance and physically coupled to the magnetic carrier.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the forming of the magnetic carrier comprises:

forming a base ferrite by mixing iron oxide, barium carbonate, and cobalt oxide; and

adding a silicate glass to the base ferrite.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the forming of the base ferrite comprises forming a Y-type hexagonal ferrite.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the forming of the magnetic carrier comprises forming the base ferrite at 100 WT %, and forming the silicate glass at 0.5 WT % to 5 WT % such that the ferrite has a density of 4.6×10 3 kg/m 3 or more.