Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device antennas having shared structures for near-field communications and non-near field communications
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Application No.: US15700565Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10263335B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Jennifer M. Edwards , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini
- 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 Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H01Q9/04
- IPC: H01Q9/04 ; H01Q5/328 ; H01Q1/24

Abstract:
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antenna structures such as an antenna resonating element arm and an antenna ground. A split return path may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. The antenna structures may form one or more inverted-F antennas when operated at non-near-field communications frequencies. The antenna structures may be coupled to near-field communications transceiver circuitry using a conductive path. When operated at near-field communications frequencies, near-field communications signals may be conveyed using the conductive path, the antenna resonating element arm, the return path, and the antenna ground. A capacitor may be coupled between the conductive path and an antenna ground. The capacitor may short non-near-field communications signals to the antenna ground and block near-field communications signals from passing from the conductive path to the antenna ground.
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