US 11,949,158 B2
Antenna and mobile terminal
Lupeng Zhang, Beijing (CN); and Xiaochao Duan, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on May 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 15/931,023.
Claims priority of application No. 202010033914.3 (CN), filed on Jan. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0218145 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H01Q 13/18 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 13/18 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/52 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 13/106 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0043 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 21/08 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna, comprising:
an antenna body;
a plurality of slot antenna units provided on the antenna body and arranged to be a slot antenna array,
wherein each of the plurality of slot antenna units comprises a cavity formed within the antenna body and a first slot penetrating through a surface of the antenna body,
the first slot and the cavity have sizes to enable transmission of millimeter waves in 5th generation (5G) mobile communication, and
the antenna body is part of a metal frame of a mobile terminal, and the first slot is provided on the antenna body; and
a second antenna, a second slot being provided at a junction of the second antenna and the antenna body, and the second antenna being configured to transmit a signal in a form of at least one of 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), or 4th generation (4G) waves through the second slot;
wherein the second antenna comprises a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch; the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch are integrally formed into an L shape; the second antenna branch is connected to the antenna body; and the second slot penetrating through the antenna body is provided at a junction of the second antenna branch and the antenna body, and the first slot is different from the second slot.