Electronic Device Antenna With Switchable Return Paths
    11.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Antenna With Switchable Return Paths 审中-公开
    具有可切换返回路径的电子天线

    公开(公告)号:US20170033460A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US14811714

    申请日:2015-07-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 H01Q1/245

    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from conductive housing structures running along the edges of a device. The antenna may have a pair of switchable return paths that bridge a slot between the antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable component and a feed may be coupled in parallel across the slot. The adjustable component may switch a capacitor into use or out of use and the return paths may be selectively opened and closed to compensate for antenna loading due to the presence of external objects near the electronic device.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带天线的无线电路。 用于天线的天线谐振元件臂可以由沿设备边缘延伸的导电外壳结构形成。 天线可以具有桥接天线谐振元件和天线接地之间的槽的一对可切换的返回路径。 可调组件和进料可以跨过槽并联。 可调组件可以将电容器切换到使用或不使用,并且返回路径可以被选择性地打开和关闭,以补偿由于电子设备附近的外部物体的存在而导致的天线负载。

    Electronic device with antennas isolated using phase shifter
    12.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with antennas isolated using phase shifter 有权
    使用移相器隔离天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09461674B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-04

    申请号:US14050023

    申请日:2013-10-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a primary antenna that is used for transmitting and receiving signals and a secondary antenna that is used for receiving signals. The primary and secondary antennas may be used together in a diversity arrangement when receiving signals. The electronic device may have a transceiver. A phase shifter may be interposed between the transceiver and the secondary antenna. Control circuitry may select a communications band of interest for transmitting signals with the primary antenna. The control circuitry can adjust the phase shifter in real time based on which communications band of interest has been selected for transmission with the primary antenna. The phase shifter may impose a phase shift on signals carried between the secondary antenna and the transceiver that ensures that primary antenna efficiency degradation associated with the presence of the secondary antenna in the vicinity of the primary antenna is avoided.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有用于发送和接收信号的主天线和用于接收信号的辅助天线。 当接收信号时,主和次天线可以以分集布置一起使用。 电子设备可以具有收发器。 可以在收发器和辅助天线之间插入移相器。 控制电路可以选择用于与主天线发射信号的感兴趣的通信频带。 控制电路可以基于已经选择感兴趣的通信频带来实时地调整移相器以与主天线进行传输。 移相器可以在辅助天线和收发器之间携带的信号上施加相移,从而确保与主天线附近的辅助天线的存在相关联的主要天线效率降低被避免。

    Electronic Device With Passive Antenna Retuning Circuitry
    13.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device With Passive Antenna Retuning Circuitry 有权
    电子设备与被动天线重调电路

    公开(公告)号:US20160093955A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14500819

    申请日:2014-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q9/0442 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/328 H01Q5/335 H01Q9/42

    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element, an antenna ground, and other resonating element structures. A tip of the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground may be separated by a peripheral housing gap filled with plastic. The antenna may be sensitive to capacitance changes induced by the presence of a user's hand overlapping the gap or other portions of the antenna. A hand capacitance sensing electrode may be mounted in the plastic of the gap or elsewhere in the vicinity of the antenna. A transmission line may couple the hand capacitance sensing electrode to the antenna to retune the antenna in the event that the user's hand overlaps the antenna.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带天线的无线电路。 天线可以具有倒F天线谐振元件,天线接地和其它谐振元件结构。 天线谐振元件的尖端和天线接地可以由填充有塑料的外围壳体间隙分开。 天线可能对由与天线的间隙或其他部分重叠的用户手的存在引起的电容变化敏感。 手电容感测电极可以安装在间隙的塑料或天线附近的别处。 在用户的手与天线重叠的情况下,传输线可以将手电容感测电极耦合到天线以重新调谐天线。

    Electronic device with capacitively loaded antenna
    14.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with capacitively loaded antenna 有权
    具有电容加载天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09093752B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-28

    申请号:US13790549

    申请日:2013-03-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/36 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/328 H01Q5/335 H01Q5/371

    Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna for providing coverage in wireless communications bands of interest such as a low frequency communications band, a middle frequency communications band, and a high frequency communications band. Slot structures in the antenna that might reduce efficiency in the high frequency communications band may be avoided by capacitively loading the antenna and omitting meandering paths in the antenna. A capacitor may be coupled between an antenna ground formed from a metal housing structure and an antenna resonating element having a curved shape that conforms to the shape of the edge of the electronic device. The capacitor may have interdigitated fingers and may be adjustable to tune the antenna. The antenna may transmit and receive radio-frequency signals through a display cover layer in a display and a dielectric antenna window portion of the housing.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有用于在诸如低频通信频带,中频通信频带和高频通信频带的无线通信频带中提供覆盖的天线。 可以通过电容加载天线并省略天线中的曲折路径来避免天线中可能降低高频通信频带效率的天线结构。 电容器可以耦合在由金属外壳结构形成的天线接地和具有符合电子设备的边缘形状的弯曲形状的天线谐振元件之间。 电容器可以具有叉指,并且可调节天线。 天线可以通过显示器中的显示器覆盖层和壳体的电介质天线窗口部分来发射和接收射频信号。

    Electronic devices having enclosure-coupled multi-band antenna structures

    公开(公告)号:US11303022B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16553045

    申请日:2019-08-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing and an antenna having a resonating element. The resonating element may have first and second arms extending from opposing sides of a feed. The first arm and a portion of the housing may radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The first arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a first ultra-wideband (UWB) communications band at 6.5 GHz. The second arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a 5.0 GHz wireless local area network band. The first and second arms may have a harmonic mode that radiates in a second UWB communications band at 8.0 GHz. The antenna may convey radio-frequency signals in each of these communications bands without the need for adjusting components in the antenna to switch between the UWB communications bands.

    Flexible Printed Circuit Structures for Electronic Device Antennas

    公开(公告)号:US20210075090A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US16563760

    申请日:2019-09-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive housing structures divided into first and second segments. First and second antennas may be formed from the segments and may be fed using a flexible printed circuit structure. The structure may include a first substrate attached to the first segment, a second substrate soldered to the first substrate and attached to the second segment, and a third substrate soldered to the second substrate. Third and fourth antennas may be formed on the first substrate whereas fifth and sixth antennas are be formed on the second substrate. The second substrate may be folded and may have a lateral area oriented perpendicular to the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas. Modularly forming the structure in this way may maximize the flexibility with which the structure can accommodate other components, thereby minimizing the space consumption associated with mounting and feeding the antennas without sacrificing wireless performance.

    Electronic Devices Having Enclosure-Coupled Multi-Band Antenna Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20210066799A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US16553045

    申请日:2019-08-27

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing and an antenna having a resonating element. The resonating element may have first and second arms extending from opposing sides of a feed. The first arm and a portion of the housing may radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The first arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a first ultra-wideband (UWB) communications band at 6.5 GHz. The second arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a 5.0 GHz wireless local area network band. The first and second arms may have a harmonic mode that radiates in a second UWB communications band at 8.0 GHz. The antenna may convey radio-frequency signals in each of these communications bands without the need for adjusting components in the antenna to switch between the UWB communications bands.

    Electronic device having shared antenna structures

    公开(公告)号:US10530042B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-07

    申请号:US15699879

    申请日:2017-09-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. The antennas may include antenna structures at opposing first and second ends of the electronic device. The antenna structures at a given end of the device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The electronic device may include a first antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A return path may bridge the gap. The electronic device may also include a second antenna that includes the antenna ground and an additional antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element of the second antenna may be parasitically coupled to the return path of the inverted-F antenna at given frequencies.

    Electronic device with passive antenna retuning circuitry
    20.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with passive antenna retuning circuitry 有权
    具有无源天线重调电路的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09537219B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14500819

    申请日:2014-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q9/0442 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/328 H01Q5/335 H01Q9/42

    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element, an antenna ground, and other resonating element structures. A tip of the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground may be separated by a peripheral housing gap filled with plastic. The antenna may be sensitive to capacitance changes induced by the presence of a user's hand overlapping the gap or other portions of the antenna. A hand capacitance sensing electrode may be mounted in the plastic of the gap or elsewhere in the vicinity of the antenna. A transmission line may couple the hand capacitance sensing electrode to the antenna to retune the antenna in the event that the user's hand overlaps the antenna.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带天线的无线电路。 天线可以具有倒F天线谐振元件,天线接地和其它谐振元件结构。 天线谐振元件的尖端和天线接地可以由填充有塑料的外围壳体间隙分开。 天线可能对由与天线的间隙或其他部分重叠的用户手的存在引起的电容变化敏感。 手电容感测电极可以安装在间隙的塑料或天线附近的别处。 在用户的手与天线重叠的情况下,传输线可以将手电容感测电极耦合到天线以重新调谐天线。

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