Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic devices having bi-directional dielectric resonator antennas
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Application No.: US17235240Application Date: 2021-04-20
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Publication No.: US12206176B2Publication Date: 2025-01-21
- Inventor: Lucas R. Compton
- 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; Jinie M. Guihan
- Main IPC: H01Q21/22
- IPC: H01Q21/22 ; H01Q1/24 ; H01Q1/42 ; H01Q3/34 ; H01Q5/50

Abstract:
An electronic device may have a first phased antenna array that radiates through a display and a second phased antenna array that radiates through a rear wall. The first array may include a front-facing dielectric resonator antenna and the second array may include a rear-facing dielectric resonator antenna. The front and rear-facing antennas may share a dielectric resonating element. Feed probe(s) may excite a first volume of the dielectric resonating element to radiate through the display and may excite a second volume of the dielectric resonating element to radiate through the rear wall. The dielectric resonating element may have a geometry that helps to isolate the front-facing dielectric resonator antenna from the rear-facing dielectric resonator antenna. The first and second arrays may collectively cover an entire sphere around the device while occupying a minimal amount of volume within the device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220336965A1 Electronic Devices Having Bi-Directional Dielectric Resonator Antennas Public/Granted day:2022-10-20
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