Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device with over-the-air wireless self-testing capabilities
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Application No.: US15097873Application Date: 2016-04-13
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Publication No.: US09673916B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Matthew A. Mow , Basim Noori , Yuehui Ouyang , Yi Jiang , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero
- 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 G. Victor Treyz; Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H04B17/00
- IPC: H04B17/00 ; H04B17/19 ; H04B17/14

Abstract:
An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays for handling millimeter wave signals. Antennas may be located in antenna signal paths. The antenna signal paths may include adjustable components such as adjustable filters, adjustable gain amplifiers, and adjustable phase shifters. Circuitry may be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate wireless self-testing operations. Wireless self-testing may involve use of one antenna to transmit an over-the-air antenna test signal that is received by another antenna. The circuitry that facilitates the wireless self-testing operations may include couplers, adjustable switches for temporarily shorting antenna signal paths together, mixers for mixing down radio-frequency signals to allow digitization with analog-to-digital converters, and other circuitry for supporting self-testing operations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160308626A1 Electronic Device With Over-The-Air Wireless Self-Testing Capabilities Public/Granted day:2016-10-20
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