Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device antenna with isolation mode
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Application No.: US14819280Application Date: 2015-08-05
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Publication No.: US09972891B2Publication Date: 2018-05-15
- Inventor: Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Matthew A. Mow , Liang Han , 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 ; H01Q9/42 ; H01Q13/10 ; H01Q5/328 ; H01Q5/335 ; H01Q5/378

Abstract:
An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for a given antenna may be formed from metal structures supported by a plastic carrier. The antenna resonating element arm may be coupled to switching circuitry to isolate the antenna resonating element arm when the antenna resonating element arm is not being used to handle communications in a communications band. The electronic device may have a metal housing. A slot may separate a peripheral portion of the housing such as a sidewall portion from a planar rear portion. The sidewall portion and the planar rear portion may form an additional antenna that operates at communications frequencies outside of the communications band handled by the given antenna. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm may be formed in the slot to enhance the frequency response of the additional antenna.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170040668A1 Electronic Device Antenna With Isolation Mode Public/Granted day:2017-02-09
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