Patent Publication Number: US-6337669-B1

Title: Structure of multi-frequency antenna for a mobile phone

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention is related to an improved structure of a multi-frequency antenna for a mobile phone, and especially to an antenna of which the novel designs of a coil and its related electric connecting elements make the antenna suit mobile phones of various frequencies under the situation of convenient manufacturing and assembling. 
     2. Description of the Prior Art 
     Antennae for mobile phones using only a single frequency (e.g. 900 MHZ) can suit two different frequencies (900 MHZ and 1800 MHZ) when it uses a frequency matching structure. While the antennas for mobile phones available presently sometimes use even higher frequencies, such as 1850 MHZ-1990 MHZ. 
     In such two-frequency antennas, generally coils of different diameters are used for matching, or metallic conductive pieces of in the shape of waveforms are used in lieu of coils, such as those shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The metallic conductive piece  10  therein is pressing formed from thin metallic sheet, and includes generally a lateral vertical waveform section  11  and a horizontal waveform section  12 . The metallic conductive piece  10  is a plane conductor with a specific width when it is pressing formed (as shown in FIG.  2 ), it can then be wrapped around the outer peripheral surface  14  of a post  13  of an antenna. 
     By virtue that the mutual contiguous lateral vertical waveform section  11  and horizontal waveform section  12  have to be used, the conventional two-frequency antenna structure is made from thin metallic sheet, thereby, precision die is required to pressing forming the whole metallic conductive piece, and this results higher cost. And the plane metallic thin sheet has to be wrapped around the post in processing; it is bothersome for manufacturing. And more, using of such a two-frequency antenna with large changing, the original production procedure must be changed, a new die has to be opened, working hour for manufacturing and assembling is increased, thereby, cost of production must be largely increased. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The object of the present invention is to provide a multi-frequency antenna for a mobile phone, and especially to a multi-frequency antenna rendering manufacturing and assembling thereof faster and more convenient for largely reducing cost of production must. 
     To get the above stated object, the present invention is provided with a coil which is dense and also sparse, the coil is positioned between the inner top surface of an outer sleeve and a receiving seat to form an electric conducting system for signal receiving and emitting of the antenna in cooperation with a contact piece. In the longitudinal length of the whole coil, spacing between every two rings of the coil is smaller, this is the dense section of the coil, while the remaining part is the sparse section; in this mode, the coil can be a multi-frequency sensing member after it is assembled. 
     The abovementioned dense section and sparse section have a ratio of length 1:2, the ratio of the spacing of their rings is 1:3. 
     The dense and sparse coil can be placed in the hollow interior of an inner insulation sleeve of the antenna, the bottom most ring of the coil is mounted in a metallic receiving seat in a bottom hole of the inner insulation sleeve, the topmost ring thereof is abutted against the inner top surface of the outer sleeve slipping over the inner insulation sleeve. In cooperation with an elastic contact piece mounted on the bottom of the inner insulation sleeve, the coil can be assembled in a mobile phone and used as the signal receiving and emitting antenna device. 
     The present invention will be apparent in its novelty and other characteristics after reading the detailed description of the preferred embodiment thereof in reference to the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional two-frequency antenna; 
     FIG. 2 is a plane view showing spreading out of a conductive piece in FIG. 1; 
     FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention; 
     FIG. 4 is an analytic perspective view of the elements shown in FIG. 3; 
     FIG. 5 is sectional view taken from FIG.  4 . 
     FIG. 6 is another sectional view taken from FIG.  4 . 
     FIG. 7 is an enlarged plane view of a coil of the present invention; 
     FIG. 8 is a test chart for the coil of FIG. 7; and 
     FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing assembling of the present invention on a mobile phone. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Referring to FIGS. 3-6 in the first place which shows a miniature fixed type antenna for a mobile phone as an example, the antenna is comprised mainly of an inner insulation sleeve  20 , an outer sleeve  30  able to slip over the inner insulation sleeve  20 , a receiving seat  40  and a coil  50  between the two sleeves and an exposed contact piece  60 . In this preferred embodiment which is convenient for explanation, the coil  50  is matched with the related electric connecting elements such as the receiving seat  40  and the exposed contact piece  60  and is used as an electric conducting system for signal receiving and emitting of the antenna. In other embodiments however, it can also be connected singly with a receiving seat provided with a threaded connecting end to form the electric conducting system for signal receiving and emitting of the antenna. 
     The inner insulation sleeve  20  is provided near the bottom end thereof with a threaded connecting section  21  and a slot  22  on one side of and below the threaded connecting section  21  for mounting a conductive member or contact piece  60 , the contact piece  60  is elastic and is partially exposed after mounting. The inner insulation sleeve  20  is provided with a hole  23  having a larger diameter opened to the top thereof and with a hole  24  having a smaller diameter opened to the bottom thereof, and a shoulder  25  is formed between the two holes. 
     The receiving seat  40  can be placed in the hole  23  (having the larger diameter) of the inner insulation sleeve  20  to be abutted against the shoulder  25 , and is provided on the upper surface thereof with a receiving disk  41  with a suitable diameter, and further is provided on the lower surface thereof with a guiding post  42 . The receiving disk  41  can be abutted against one end of the coil  50 , and the lower guiding post  42  can be extended into the hole  24  having the smaller diameter to cooperatively press and position the upper end of the contact piece  60 . 
     The assembled structure of the inner insulation sleeve  20  and the internal members has the same operation procedure as that for assembling such miniature fixed antennae. The inner insulation sleeve  20  of the assembled internal members then can be slipped in the outer sleeve  30  having an inner top surface  34  and a down facing inner hole  32 , the outer sleeve  30  can be slipped over the most part of the external peripheral surface of the inner insulation sleeve  20 , and keeps the threaded connecting section  21  of the inner insulation sleeve  20  and the contact piece  60  exposed ready for connecting. After the inner insulation sleeve  20  and the outer sleeve  30  are slipped one over the other, a joint area  33  between them can be fixedly sealed with adhesive or by some melting connection method which is discovered recently. Under the state of combination of the two sleeves, the upper end of the coil  50  is abutted against the inner top surface  34  of the outer sleeve  30 , and the bottom end of the coil  50  is abutted against the receiving disk  41 . 
     The contact piece  60  is extended for a preset vertical length in the embodiment shown in order to match and press for contacting with the coil  50 . As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the bottom end of the vertical section tilts slightly (about 20 degrees relative to the vertical section) to form a first bending section  61 ; then the bottom end of the first bending section  61  is bent backwardly to form a second bending section  62  which is in the direction about 50 degrees relative to the first bending section  61 ; thereafter, the second bending section  62  is bent to form a third bending section  63  which is in the direction about 100 degrees relative to the second bending section  62 ; lastly, the third bending section  63  is bent backwardly to form a fourth bending section  64  which is abutted on the first bending section  61 . 
     Referring to FIG. 7, the coil  50  includes in its length a sparse coil section A and a dense coil section B, the length of the sparse coil section A is about twice the length of the dense coil section B in this preferred embodiment. The spacing C between every two rings of the sparse coil section A is about thrice the length of the spacing D of the dense coil section B. In other words, if the length of a coil (i.e., A+B) of such kind used generally is 16.2 mm, when the diameter E of the rings is 5.3 mm, the diameter of the wire of the coil is 0.6 mm, then the length of A is 10.8 mm, and the length of B is 5.4 mm. In the embodiment shown, the spacing C between every two rings of the sparse coil section A is about 4.3 mm, while the spacing D between every two rings of the dense coil section B is about 1.25 mm. The sizes and ratios stated above are only for illustration of the preferred embodiment. When the coil is used in a miniature fixed antenna of a different brand and style, the sparse coil section can obtain its ideal size and ratio in the test in the primary assembling. 
     FIG. 8 shows a test chart for the abovementioned coil  50 . In the chart, the ordinate shows standing wave ratio (SWR), while the abscissa shows frequency (MHZ). The above stated antenna structure is used for testing, in the test chart, four test points S 1 , S 2 , S 3 , S 4  are respectively located as below: S 1  is located between 890-915 MHZ, S 2  is located between 935-960 MHZ, S 3  is located between 1710-1785 MHZ, while S 4  is located between 1805-1880 MHZ; their standing wave ratios are all below 2, in this case, they are functionally quite ideal. Thereby, the present invention can have an extreme ideal multi-frequency antenna for the mobile phone  90  as shown in FIG. 9 not only suiting 900-1800 MHZ, but also suiting 1850-1990 MHZ. 
     In conclusion, the present invention can render manufacturing of multi-frequency antennas fast and convenient under the condition of using the improvement in the known antenna structure and known processing procedure of assembling. It makes cost of production lowered, and suits mass production in a factory; thereby it is industrial valuable.