Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130127573 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device which includes a coil conductor and a booster conductor. The coil conductor is defined by wound loop-shaped conductors and includes a first opening at a winding center and two ends connected to a feeding circuit. The booster conductor includes a coupling conductor portion and a frame-shaped radiation conductor portion. The coupling conductor portion includes a second opening overlapped at least partially by the first opening, is split in a portion thereof by a slit, and is electromagnetically coupled to the coil conductor. The frame-shaped radiation conductor portion includes a third opening and is connected to the coupling conductor portion. | 05-23-2013 |
20130147670 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An RFID antenna is arranged in the vicinity of a metal portion of and on an outer surface side of a casing of a communication terminal device. The RFID antenna includes a magnetic core, and a coil conductor that is wound around the magnetic core. The coil conductor includes a first conductor portion positioned on a first main surface side of the magnetic core and a second conductor portion positioned on the second main surface side of the magnetic core and arranged at a different position than the first conductor portion when viewed in plan from the direction of the first and second main surfaces, and the coil conductor is arranged such that the first main surface side of the magnetic core is on the metal portion side and such that the first conductor portion of the coil conductor faces a leading end portion of the casing. | 06-13-2013 |
20130207852 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In an antenna apparatus, on an undersurface of a metal cover, a feeding coil module is disposed. In a casing, a printed circuit board is included. A ground conductor, a feeding pin, and a ground connection conductor are disposed on the printed circuit board. When the metal cover is mounted on the casing, the feeding pin is in contact with a connection portion of the feeding coil module and is electrically connected thereto. The ground connection conductor is in contact with the metal cover and connects the metal cover to the ground conductor. The ground connection conductor is disposed at either side of a slit outside an area in which the current density of an induced current flowing through the metal cover is in a range from a maximum value to approximately 80% of the maximum value or one side of the slit in the area. | 08-15-2013 |
20130307746 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit. | 11-21-2013 |
20140176382 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device includes a feed coil connected to a feed circuit, and a coil antenna disposed near the feed coil. A ferrite sheet, in which a magnetic loss term in a usable frequency band is relatively large, is provided between the feed coil and the coil antenna. The feed coil and the coil antenna are magnetically coupled to each other via the ferrite sheet. With this configuration, signal transmission efficiency between the feed coil and the coil antenna is enhanced. | 06-26-2014 |
20140198006 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A booster antenna having an aperture and a slit extending from the aperture to a distal end portion H, and a feeding coil having a coil conductor wound around a magnetic core. At least a part of an opening of the coil conductor is disposed at a position overlapping with the aperture of the booster antenna in plan view. The coil conductor is wound around the magnetic core such that a first conductor part disposed on a first surface of the magnetic core and a second conductor part disposed on a second surface of the magnetic core are located at different positions in plan view. The feeding coil is disposed such that the first surface faces the booster antenna and the first conductor part is disposed close to the distal end portion H of the booster antenna. | 07-17-2014 |
20140203981 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203992 | ANTENNA DEVICE, FEED ELEMENT, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An antenna device includes a conductor surface in which an opening having an open edge portion in communication with the outside is provided, a feed element including a first coil connected to the feed element and a second coil magnetically coupled to the first coil, a first mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion and connected to a first end of the second coil, and a second mounting portion disposed in the open edge portion in a state isolated from the first mounting portion and connected to a second end of the second coil. The first mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other, and the second mounting portion and the conductor surface are directly or indirectly conducted to each other. A loop is defined around the opening through the first mounting portion, the second mounting portion, and the second coil. | 07-24-2014 |
20140247188 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a casing including a metal casing portion and a feed coil. The metal casing portion includes a main surface, a side surface connected to the main surfaces, and a notch portion located in the side surface. The feed coil is disposed inside the casing to be coupled with the metal casing portion by a magnetic field, and includes a winding central portion forming a coil opening portion. The feed coil is disposed near the notch portion, with the coil opening portion directed to a region including the notch portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140334087 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An information terminal apparatus includes a flat plate-shaped conductive housing including a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a side surface that connects the principal surfaces, and a display provided on the first principal surface. The conductive housing includes a slit extending from the first principal surface to the second principal surface. Near the slit, a power feeding coil coupled to an IC element for an HF-band RFID system is disposed. The power feeding coil is magnetically coupled to the conductive housing via the slit. Thus, the conductive housing is utilized as a radiation element of the HF-band RFID system. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335785 | INTERFACE UNIT AND COMPUTER - In an interface unit, a shield layer includes an aperture through which magnetic flux generated by a power feeding coil of an antenna passes. Since the antenna is smaller than the shield layer, the aperture is much smaller than the shield layer. Thus, noise constituted by electromagnetic waves that travel from inside to outside of a computer via an aperture provided in an upper surface cover is blocked. During communication, the antenna and the shield layer are electromagnetically coupled to each other, and the shield layer defines and functions as an antenna. This allows proper communication with a communication target. | 11-13-2014 |
20150070224 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - In an antenna apparatus, on an undersurface of a metal cover, a feeding coil module is disposed. In a casing, a printed circuit board is included. A ground conductor, a feeding pin, and a ground connection conductor are disposed on the printed circuit board. When the metal cover is mounted on the casing, the feeding pin is in contact with a connection portion of the feeding coil module and is electrically connected thereto. The ground connection conductor is in contact with the metal cover and connects the metal cover to the ground conductor. The ground connection conductor is disposed at either side of a slit outside an area in which the current density of an induced current flowing through the metal cover is in a range from a maximum value to approximately 80% of the maximum value or one side of the slit in the area. | 03-12-2015 |
20150180126 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device which includes a coil conductor and a booster conductor. The coil conductor is defined by wound loop-shaped conductors and includes a first opening at a winding center and two ends connected to a feeding circuit. The booster conductor includes a coupling conductor portion and a frame-shaped radiation conductor portion. The coupling conductor portion includes a second opening overlapped at least partially by the first opening, is split in a portion thereof by a slit, and is electromagnetically coupled to the coil conductor. The frame-shaped radiation conductor portion includes a third opening and is connected to the coupling conductor portion. | 06-25-2015 |
20150207223 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE - An antenna device includes a feeder coil connected to a feeder circuit, a first conductor surface including a first slit that extends in a direction toward an outer edge and a second conductor surface including a second slit that extends in a direction toward an outer edge. The feeder coil is arranged at a position that is superposed with the first slit when viewed in plan, the feeder coil and the first conductor surface are magnetically coupled with each other, the first conductor surface and the second conductor surface are magnetically coupled with each other and the first slit and the second slit are arranged at positions so as to be partially superposed with each other when viewed in plan. At least a portion of the first slit is superposed with a portion of the second conductor surface other than the second slit when viewed in plan, and at least portion of the second slit is superposed with a portion of the first conductor surface other than the first slit when viewed in plan. | 07-23-2015 |
20150207913 | INTERFACE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A power supply coil is disposed on a rear surface of a display via a shield plate. When a current flows in the power supply coil, a magnetic flux emitted from the power supply coil traverses an opening of the shield plate. As a result, the power supply coil and the shield plate are electromagnetically coupled and the shield plate defines and functions as an antenna. Accordingly, a communication terminal communicates favorably with a smartcard, which is a device positioned on a front surface side of the display. | 07-23-2015 |
20150244064 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication terminal device includes a power feeding coil connected to a power feeding circuit, a planar radiation conductor arranged in the vicinity of the power feeding coil and including a cutout portion overlapping with a coil opening of the power feeding coil when viewed in a plan view, and a rear metal body arranged at a side opposite to the planar radiation conductor with respect to the power feeding coil and in the vicinity of the planar radiation conductor, wherein a punched portion which does not overlap with at least a portion of the power feeding coil when viewed in a plan view and has a shape different from a shape of the cutout portion on the planar radiation conductor is provided on the rear metal body. | 08-27-2015 |
20150318602 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An antenna device includes a first conductor plane and a second conductor plane that face each other. The first conductor plane and the second conductor plane are electrically continuous through a first connection conductor, a second connection conductor, and a chip capacitor. A power feed coil is disposed between the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane. The power feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil conductor. The coil conductor defines a pattern such that the coil conductor winds around the magnetic core. The power feed coil is disposed at a position closer to the first connection conductor and magnetically couples with the first connection conductor. | 11-05-2015 |
20160043461 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device includes a body structural material such as a metal casing, a planar coil antenna which is disposed inside the body structural material so as to face the body structural material and includes a coil pattern and a coil opening, and a first slit pattern which is provided in the body structural material, intersects the coil pattern at at least two locations on the coil pattern in a plan view, and is not connected to an edge portion of the body structural material. Thus, mechanical strength is ensured, and predetermined communication performance is ensured. | 02-11-2016 |
20160064821 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device which includes a coil conductor and a booster conductor. The coil conductor is defined by wound loop-shaped conductors and includes a first opening at a winding center and two ends connected to a feeding circuit. The booster conductor includes a coupling conductor portion and a frame-shaped radiation conductor portion. The coupling conductor portion includes a second opening overlapped at least partially by the first opening, is split in a portion thereof by a slit, and is electromagnetically coupled to the coil conductor. The frame-shaped radiation conductor portion includes a third opening and is connected to the coupling conductor portion. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064826 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit. | 03-03-2016 |
20160086074 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An RFID antenna is arranged in the vicinity of a metal portion of and on an outer surface side of a casing of a communication terminal device. The RFID antenna includes a magnetic core, and a coil conductor that is wound around the magnetic core. The coil conductor includes a first conductor portion positioned on a first main surface side of the magnetic core and a second conductor portion positioned on the second main surface side of the magnetic core and arranged at a different position than the first conductor portion when viewed in plan from the direction of the first and second main surfaces, and the coil conductor is arranged such that the first main surface side of the magnetic core is on the metal portion side and such that the first conductor portion of the coil conductor faces a leading end portion of the casing. | 03-24-2016 |