Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device antennas having split return paths
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Application No.: US15701239Application Date: 2017-09-11
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Publication No.: US10854968B2Publication Date: 2020-12-01
- 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: H01Q3/34
- IPC: H01Q3/34 ; H01Q23/00 ; H05K5/02 ; H05K5/00 ; H01Q1/42 ; H01Q3/44 ; H04M1/02 ; H01Q9/42 ; H01Q21/30 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q5/328 ; H01Q13/10

Abstract:
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna in the electronic device may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A split return path may bridge the gap. The split return path may be coupled between a first point on the inverted-F antenna resonating element arm and second and third points on the antenna ground. The split return path may include a first inductor coupled between the first and second points and a second inductor coupled between the first and third points. The first and second inductors may be adjustable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190081396A1 Electronic Device Antennas Having Split Return Paths Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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