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公开(公告)号：US12206189B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-21
申请号：US17951938
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Subramanian Ramalingam , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array having a dielectric resonator antenna. The antenna may include a first dielectric block on a printed circuit, a second dielectric block on the first dielectric block, and a third dielectric block on the second dielectric block. At least the second and third dielectric blocks may have different dielectric constants. A parasitic element may be disposed between the second and third dielectric resonating elements and/or a parasitic element may be disposed on a radiative face of the third dielectric resonating element. The parasitic elements may act as electromagnetic mirrors that form images of electric fields in the dielectric resonating elements. The images may make the dielectric resonating elements exhibit a greater electromagnetic height than physical height. This may allow for a reduction in the overall physical height of the dielectric resonator antenna without sacrificing wireless performance.
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公开(公告)号：US20210399429A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-23
申请号：US16905498
申请日：2020-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David Garrido Lopez , Aobo Li , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
IPC: H01Q13/18 , H01Q21/00 , H01Q5/50 , H04B7/0413
Abstract: An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.
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公开(公告)号：US12113285B2
公开(公告)日：2024-10-08
申请号：US17951877
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Subramanian Ramalingam , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
CPC classification number: H01Q21/065 , H01Q9/0414
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array having a dielectric resonator antenna. The antenna may include a first dielectric block on a printed circuit, a second dielectric block on the first dielectric block, and a third dielectric block on the second dielectric block. At least the second and third dielectric blocks may have different dielectric constants. The antenna may be fed by one or more feed probes. Each feed probe may include respective conductive via and a conductive patch coupled to the conductive via. The conductive via may extend through the first dielectric block. The conductive patch may be sandwiched between the first and second dielectric blocks. The conductive patch may have a width that configures the conductive patch to form a smooth impedance transition between the conductive via and each of the dielectric blocks despite the different materials used to form the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20240106134A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US17951877
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Subramanian Ramalingam , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
CPC classification number: H01Q21/065 , H01Q9/0414
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array having a dielectric resonator antenna. The antenna may include a first dielectric block on a printed circuit, a second dielectric block on the first dielectric block, and a third dielectric block on the second dielectric block. At least the second and third dielectric blocks may have different dielectric constants. The antenna may be fed by one or more feed probes. Each feed probe may include respective conductive via and a conductive patch coupled to the conductive via. The conductive via may extend through the first dielectric block. The conductive patch may be sandwiched between the first and second dielectric blocks. The conductive patch may have a width that configures the conductive patch to form a smooth impedance transition between the conductive via and each of the dielectric blocks despite the different materials used to form the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20240106128A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-28
申请号：US17951938
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Subramanian Ramalingam , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Panagiotis Theofanopoulos
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0485 , H01Q5/385 , H01Q9/0414 , H01Q15/0026
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array having a dielectric resonator antenna. The antenna may include a first dielectric block on a printed circuit, a second dielectric block on the first dielectric block, and a third dielectric block on the second dielectric block. At least the second and third dielectric blocks may have different dielectric constants. A parasitic element may be disposed between the second and third dielectric resonating elements and/or a parasitic element may be disposed on a radiative face of the third dielectric resonating element. The parasitic elements may act as electromagnetic mirrors that form images of electric fields in the dielectric resonating elements. The images may make the dielectric resonating elements exhibit a greater electromagnetic height than physical height. This may allow for a reduction in the overall physical height of the dielectric resonator antenna without sacrificing wireless performance.
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公开(公告)号：US11700035B2
公开(公告)日：2023-07-11
申请号：US16920297
申请日：2020-07-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Bilgehan Avser , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Mattia Pascolini , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Thomas W. Yang , Jiechen Wu , Eric N. Nyland , Simone Paulotto , Jennifer M. Edwards , Matthew D. Hill , Ihtesham H. Chowdhury , David A. Hurrell , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Daniel C. Wagman , Soroush Akbarzadeh , Robert Scritzky , Subramanian Ramalingam
CPC classification number: H04B3/52 , G01R31/2822 , H01Q1/2283 , H01Q13/24 , H04B3/54
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna module having a substrate. A phased antenna array of dielectric resonator antennas and a radio-frequency integrated circuit for the array may be mounted to one or more surfaces of the substrate. The dielectric resonator antennas may include dielectric columns excited by feed probes. The feed probes may be printed onto sidewalls of the dielectric columns or may be pressed against the sidewalls by biasing structures. A plastic substrate may be molded over each dielectric column and each of the feed probes in the array. The feed probes may cover multiple polarizations. The array may include elements for covering multiple frequency bands. The dielectric columns may be aligned a longitudinal axis and may be rotated at a non-zero and non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
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公开(公告)号：US20240113436A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-04
申请号：US18167567
申请日：2023-02-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David Garrido Lopez , Panagiotis Theofanopoulos , Harish Rajagopalan , Subramanian Ramalingam , Forhad Hasnat , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Robert Scritzky
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0485 , H01Q1/241
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array that radiates at a frequency greater than 10 GHz. The array may include a first set of dielectric resonator antennas arranged in a first row and a second set of dielectric resonator antennas in a second row offset from the first row. Each dielectric resonator antenna may have dielectric resonating element with a base portion and a stepped portion. The stepped portions of the antennas in the first set may be arranged to be distant from the stepped portions of the antennas in the second set. The antennas in the first set may be arranged to be more distant from an electronic device sidewall than the antennas in the second set. Configured in this manner, the array may exhibit reduced inter-coupling between dielectric resonator antennas in the first set and dielectric resonator antennas in the second set.
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公开(公告)号：US11831090B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US16903198
申请日：2020-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Forhad Hasnat , David Garrido Lopez , Harish Rajagopalan , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Lu Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device may include a conductive housing with a rear wall and a sidewall. A display may be mounted to the sidewall and may include a conductive display structure separated from the sidewall by a slot. An antenna arm may be interposed between the conductive display structure and the rear wall. A first inductor may couple the conductive display structure to the housing and may compensate for a distributed capacitance between the antenna arm and the conductive display structure. A second inductor may couple the antenna arm to the rear wall and may compensate for a distributed capacitance between the antenna arm and the rear wall. A speaker may be co-located with the antenna. A third inductor may couple the antenna arm to the rear wall to allow antenna currents to bypass the speaker.
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公开(公告)号：US20230090668A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-23
申请号：US17733764
申请日：2022-04-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Panagiotis Theofanopoulos , Subramanian Ramalingam , Harish Rajagopalan , Bilgehan Avser , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A Gomez Angulo
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array that radiates at a frequency greater than 10 GHz. The array may include a dielectric resonator antenna having a dielectric column with non-planar sidewalls that include planar portions and corrugated portions with grooves and ridges, that include sidewall steps, and/or that include angled sidewall portions. The dielectric resonator antenna may include a first dielectric column and a second dielectric column stacked on the first dielectric column. The second column may be narrower and may have a higher dielectric constant than the first column or may have the same width but a lower dielectric constant than the first column. This may serve to broaden the bandwidth of the dielectric resonator antenna relative to scenarios where the dielectric resonator antenna includes only a single dielectric resonating element having only planar sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号：US11575209B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-07
申请号：US16905498
申请日：2020-06-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David Garrido Lopez , Aobo Li , Forhad Hasnat , Harish Rajagopalan , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
IPC: H01Q13/18 , H04B7/0413 , H01Q5/50 , H01Q21/00
Abstract: An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.
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