Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shared antenna structures for near-field communications and non-near-field communications circuitry
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Application No.: US13681138Application Date: 2012-11-19
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Publication No.: US09793616B2Publication Date: 2017-10-17
- Inventor: Yuehui Ouyang , Robert W. Schlub , Nanbo Jin , 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 G. Victor Treyz; Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H01Q1/24
- IPC: H01Q1/24 ; H01Q21/30 ; H01Q7/00 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q21/28 ; H01Q5/20 ; H01Q5/314

Abstract:
Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include conductive housing structures such as a peripheral conductive housing member. The antenna structures may be based on an inverted-F antenna resonating element or other types of antenna resonating element. An electronic device may have near field communications circuitry and non-near-field communications circuitry such as cellular telephone, satellite navigation system, or wireless local area network transceiver circuitry. Antenna structures may be configured to handle signals associated with the non-near-field communications circuitry. The antenna structures may also have portions that form a near field communications loop antenna for handling signals associated with the near field communications circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140139380A1 Shared Antenna Structures for Near-Field Communications and Non-Near-Field Communications Circuitry Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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