US 11,682,847 B2
Antenna array device and antenna unit thereof
Shih-Hong Chen, Hsinchu (TW); Chien-Ming Peng, Hsinchu (TW); Chao-Chun Lin, Hsinchu (TW); and Yu-Fu Kuo, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/500,985.
Claims priority of application No. 110117986 (TW), filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0376405 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/065 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna array device, comprising:
a first housing and a second housing that are connected to each other so as to jointly define a distribution space; and
an antenna module located in the distribution space and including:
a first antenna unit including:
a first antenna structure including a first substrate and a plurality of first patches that are formed on the first substrate, wherein the first substrate has a plurality of channel holes penetrating there-through; and
a molding support integrally formed on the first substrate as a single one-piece structure, wherein the molding support has a first stand, a second stand, and a plurality of connection portions that are formed in the channel holes to connect the first stand and the second stand, and wherein the first stand and the second stand are formed on two sides of the first substrate, respectively, and the first stand faces toward the first housing;
a second antenna unit including a second antenna structure and a spacer, wherein the second antenna structure is located between the second stand and the spacer; and
a feeding antenna unit being located between the second housing and the spacer and being configured to couple to the second antenna structure.