Split Communication Device Antenna Extension
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Solution Overview
Problem
The installation of detachable modules on smartphones often interferes with the phone's communication function, leading to decreased communication quality due to blockage of top antennas, resulting in poor or non-functional communication.
Innovation Solution
A separated communications device with a body and a movable connector, where an antenna is electrically connected to a conductive strip, and a second conductive strip on the connector extends the antenna's signal strength when connected, enhancing communication quality by forming an extended antenna system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a detachable module is installed on the phone, then more functions are brought, but communication quality deteriorates due to antenna blockage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the antenna function from the phone body and relocates it to the detachable module. The antenna is integrated into the detachable module's housing, allowing the communication function to be separated from the main phone body. This extraction eliminates the blockage problem because the antenna is no longer positioned near the connection position where the detachable module would interfere with it.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a nested structure where the antenna is embedded within the detachable module's housing. The antenna is positioned inside or integrated with the module structure, creating a nested arrangement where the communication function is contained within the detachable component. This nesting ensures the antenna remains functional regardless of the module's attachment or detachment state.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a detachable module is installed on the phone, then auxiliary functions are added, but the top antenna sensitivity decreases by 6 to 7 decibels
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna function is extracted from the phone body and relocated to the detachable module. By moving the antenna away from the connection position, the patent eliminates the signal blockage that caused the 6-7 dB sensitivity loss. The antenna now operates in an unobstructed position within or on the detachable module, maintaining full sensitivity regardless of module attachment.
3Strength
If a metallic detachable module is used, then structural strength is improved, but communication function is blocked
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the antenna from the phone body and places it within the detachable module structure. This repositioning resolves the contradiction by ensuring the metallic module no longer blocks the antenna, as the antenna is now positioned inside or integrated with the module itself rather than being blocked by it during attachment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by integrating the antenna specifically within the detachable module's housing structure. The metallic module maintains its structural strength properties while the antenna is positioned in a localized region where it cannot be blocked by the module's attachment to the phone body.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively improves communication quality by enhancing signal strength, allowing phones with detachable modules to maintain functional communication with the outside environment.
Implementation Method 1
a spring is disposed on the first electrical connection component; a contact terminal matching the spring is disposed on the second electrical connection component; and the antenna is movably connected to the first conductive strip by using the spring and the contact terminal
Implementation Method 2
the first conductive strip is electrically conductive; the movable connector includes a second conductive strip, wherein the movable connector is an auxiliary detachable function module and the second conductive strip is electrically conductive; the second conductive strip is connected to the first conductive strip when the body is connected to the movable connector
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AI summary
A separated communications device includes a body and a movable connector; the body includes an antenna and a first conductive strip, and the antenna is electrically connected to the first conductive strip; the movable connector includes a second conductive strip; when the movable connector is connected to the body, a part, covered by the movable connector due to the connection, on a surface of the body is a connection position of the body; and the antenna is disposed on the body near the connection position. When the body is connected to the movable connector, the second conductive strip is connected to the first conductive strip, so that the first conductive strip serves as a part of the antenna, and the second conductive strip serves as an extended part of the antenna. Therefore, signal strength of the antenna is enhanced, communication quality in communication between a communications terminal and the outside is effectively improved, and a problem in the prior art that, when a detachable module is installed on a phone, a communication function of the phone deteriorates and the phone cannot communication with the outside is resolved.