IP Library Granted Patent US 8,525,743
Granted Patent B2
US 8,525,743 · App. 13/686,518 · Granted Sep 3, 2013

Antenna with near-field radiation control

Inventors: Yihong Qi (Waterloo, CA); Perry Jarmuszewski (Waterloo, CA); Adam D. Stevenson (Waterloo, CA)
Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,525,743
App. No.
13/686,518
Granted
Sep 3, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antenna and a wireless mobile communication device incorporating the antenna are provided. The antenna includes a first conductor section electrically coupled to a first feeding point, a second conductor section electrically coupled to a second feeding point, and a near-field radiation control structure adapted to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the antenna. Near-field radiation control structures include a parasitic element positioned adjacent the first conductor section and configured to control characteristics of near-field radiation generated by the first conductor section, and a diffuser in the second conductor section configured to diffuse near-field radiation generated by the second conductor section into a plurality of directions.

Claims (39)

1. An antenna having a first feeding point and a second feeding point for use in a wireless mobile communication device, the antenna comprising:

a first conductor section connected to the first feeding point;

a second conductor section connected to the second feeding point;

a parasitic element positioned adjacent to the first conductor section; and

a diffuser coupled between sections of the second conductor section.

2. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the parasitic element includes a sawtooth-shaped conductor section.

3. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the parasitic element is positioned substantially parallel to a linear section of the first conductor section.

4. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the first conductor section has a first arm and a second arm, and wherein the parasitic element is positioned substantially parallel to linear sections of both of the first arm and the second arm.

5. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element connection section that electrically couples the parasitic element to the first conductor section.

6. The antenna of claim 5 wherein the parasitic element connection section is substantially perpendicular to a portion of the first conductor section at which the parasitic element connection section attaches.

7. The antenna of claim 6 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element conductor section that is substantially parallel to the portion of the first conductor section at which the parasitic element connection section attaches.

8. The antenna of claim 7 wherein the parasitic element connection section attaches at one end of the parasitic element connection section.

9. The antenna of claim 7 wherein the parasitic element connection section attaches substantially intermediate between the two ends of the parasitic element connection section.

10. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the first conductor section includes a first arm electrically coupled to the first feeding point and a second arm electrically coupled to the first arm.

11. The antenna of claim 10 wherein at least a portion of the first arm is substantially parallel to at least a portion of the second arm.

12. The antenna of claim 11 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element conductor section that is substantially parallel to the portion of the first arm that is substantially parallel to a portion of the second arm.

13. The antenna of claim 10 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element conductor section that is positioned between the first arm and the second arm.

14. The antenna of claim 10 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element conductor section that is positioned adjacent to the first arm.

15. The antenna of claim 10 wherein the parasitic element includes a parasitic element conductor section that is positioned adjacent to the second arm.

16. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the diffuser comprises a first diffuser section and a second diffuser section.

17. The antenna of claim 16 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a triangular shape.

18. The antenna of claim 16 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a curved shape.

19. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the second conductor section includes a first arm electrically coupled to the second feeding point and a second arm electrically coupled to the first arm.

20. The antenna of claim 19 wherein the first arm is electrically coupled to a first diffuser section and the second arm is electrically coupled to a second diffuser section.

21. The antenna of claim 20 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a triangular shape.

22. The antenna of claim 20 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a curved shape.

23. The antenna of claim 1 wherein the first conductor section and the second conductor section are positioned to define a gap there between and form an open folded dipole antenna.

24. An antenna having a first feeding point and a second feeding point for use in a wireless mobile communication device, the antenna comprising:

a first conductor section connected to the first feeding point;

a second conductor section connected to the second feeding point; and

a diffuser coupled between sections of the second conductor section.

25. The antenna of claim 24 wherein the diffuser comprises a first diffuser section and a second diffuser section.

26. The antenna of claim 25 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a triangular shape.

27. The antenna of claim 25 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a curved shape.

28. The antenna of claim 24 wherein the second conductor section includes a first arm electrically coupled to the second feeding point and a second arm electrically coupled to the first arm.

29. The antenna of claim 28 wherein the first arm is electrically coupled to a first diffuser section and the second arm is electrically coupled to a second diffuser section.

30. The antenna of claim 29 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a triangular shape.

31. The antenna of claim 29 wherein the first and second diffuser sections have a curved shape.

32. The antenna of claim 24 wherein the first conductor section and the second conductor section are positioned to define a gap there between and form an open folded dipole antenna.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064104/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 25, 2013
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030889/0726 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2012
From: QI, YIHONG; JARMUSZEWSKI, PERRY; STEVENSON, ADAM D.
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029358/0296 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 13529531 · Jun 21, 2012
Continuation 13358126 · Jan 25, 2012
Continuation 13156728 · Jun 9, 2011
Continuation 12474075 · May 28, 2009
Continuation 11774383 · Jul 6, 2007
Continuation 10940869 · Sep 14, 2004
Continuation 10317659 · Dec 12, 2002
Related Publication 20130082892A1 · Apr 4, 2013