Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device printed circuit board patch antenna
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Application No.: US14339366Application Date: 2014-07-23
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Publication No.: US10141626B2Publication Date: 2018-11-27
- Inventor: Liquan Tan , Paul X. Wang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Ryan P. Brooks , Umar Azad , Wing Kong Low
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons; Tianyi He
- Main IPC: H01Q1/24
- IPC: H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/22 ; H01Q1/48 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q1/44

Abstract:
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a radio-frequency transceiver circuit and an antenna. The antenna may be a patch antenna formed from a patch antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The patch antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal patch on a printed circuit board. The antenna ground may be formed from a metal housing having a planar rear wall that lies in a plane parallel to the metal patch. The radio-frequency transceiver circuit may be coupled to the metal patch through traces on the printed circuit and may be coupled to rear wall of the housing through a screw and a screw boss in the housing. Buttons and other electrical components may be mounted on the printed circuit board and may be coupled to control circuitry on the printed circuit board through the metal patch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160028148A1 Electronic Device Printed Circuit Board Patch Antenna Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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