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11.发明申请Electronic Device With Multiple Antenna Feeds and Adjustable Filter and Matching Circuitry 有权具有多个天线馈电和可调滤波器和匹配电路的电子设备公开(公告)号：US20140329558A1
公开(公告)日：2014-11-06
申请号：US13888110
申请日：2013-05-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dean F. Darnell , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Yuehui Ouyang , Mattia Pascolini , Robert W. Schlub , Peter Bevelacqua , Hao Xu , Jayesh Nath , Yijun Zhou , Nanbo Jin , David Pratt , Matthew A. Mow , Ming-Ju Tsai , Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka
IPC: H04W88/06
CPC classification number: H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18
Abstract: Electronic devices may include antenna structures. The antenna structures may form an antenna having first and second feeds at different locations. A first transceiver may be coupled to the first feed using a first circuit. A second transceiver may be coupled to the second feed using a second circuit. The first and second feeds may be isolated from each other using the first and second circuits. The second circuit may have a notch filter that isolates the second feed from the first feed at operating frequencies associated with the first transceiver. The first circuit may include an adjustable component such as an adjustable capacitor. The adjustable component may be placed in different states depending on the mode of operation of the second transceiver to ensure that the first feed is isolated from the second feed.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括天线结构。 天线结构可以形成在不同位置具有第一和第二馈送的天线。 第一收发器可以使用第一电路耦合到第一馈送。 第二收发器可以使用第二电路耦合到第二馈送。 第一和第二馈送可以使用第一和第二电路彼此隔离。 第二电路可以具有陷波滤波器，其在与第一收发器相关联的工作频率下将第二馈送与第一馈送隔离。 第一电路可以包括诸如可调电容器的可调节部件。 取决于第二收发器的操作模式，可调整部件可以被置于不同的状态，以确保第一进给与第二进给隔离。
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公开(公告)号：US11569858B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-31
申请号：US16898069
申请日：2020-06-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Thomas E. Biedka , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Nanbo Jin , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuancheng Xu , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
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公开(公告)号：US20200274570A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-27
申请号：US15930298
申请日：2020-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Thomas E. Biedka , Yuancheng Xu , Iyappan Ramachandran
IPC: H04B1/3827 , H04M1/03 , H04M1/02 , G06K9/20 , H04M1/725 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/521 , H04W52/28 , G06T7/55
Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.
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14.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190027809A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15655251
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James G. Judkins , Jing Zhu , Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Ming-Ju Tsai , Thomas E. Biedka , Victor C. Lee , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes one or more antennas and a transceiver. An integrated circuit may be coupled between the transceiver and the antenna and may include multiple tunable components such that tune the response of the antenna. The control signals may be generated by a tuning controller external to the integrated circuit. Shared control interface circuitry may be formed on the integrated circuit for interfacing between the tuning controller and each of the tunable components on the integrated circuit. The control interface circuitry may include a conductive path and decoupling circuitry that routes the control signals to corresponding control inputs on each of the tunable components. Sharing the control interface circuitry between each tunable component on the integrated circuit may minimize the space required on the integrated circuit for controlling the response of the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US09960801B2
公开(公告)日：2018-05-01
申请号：US15636498
申请日：2017-06-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew A. Mow , Liang Han , Ming-Ju Tsai , Thomas E. Biedka , Victor Lee , James G. Judkins , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H04B1/40 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q9/0442 , H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. An antenna may have an antenna feed that is coupled to a radio-frequency transceiver with a transmission line. An impedance matching circuit may be coupled to the antenna feed to match the impedance of the transmission line and the antenna. The impedance matching circuit and tunable circuitry in the antenna may be formed using integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit may include switching circuitry that is used in switching components such as inductors and capacitors into use. Sensors such as temperature sensors, current and voltage sensors, power sensors, and impedance sensors may be integrated into the integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit may store settings for the switching circuitry and may include communications and control circuitry for communicating with external circuits and processing sensor data.
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公开(公告)号：US20170117754A1
公开(公告)日：2017-04-27
申请号：US14921895
申请日：2015-10-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Basim H. Noori , Khan M. Salam , Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Thomas E. Biedka , Yi Jiang , Yuehui Ouyang
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0407 , H01Q5/35 , H04W4/80
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more dual-frequency dual-polarization patch antennas. Each patch antenna may have a patch antenna resonating element that lies in a plane and a ground that lies in a different parallel plane. The patch antenna resonating element may have a first feed located along a first central axis and a second feed located along a second central axis that is perpendicular to the first central axis. The patch antenna resonating element may be rectangular, may be oval, or may have other shapes. A shorting pin may be located at an intersecting point between the first and second axes. The patch antennas may be used in beam steering arrays. The patch antennas may be used for wireless power transfer at microwave frequencies or other frequencies and may be used to support millimeter wave communications.
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公开(公告)号：US09236659B2
公开(公告)日：2016-01-12
申请号：US14096417
申请日：2013-12-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini , Yuehui Ouyang , Yijun Zhou , Matthew A. Mow , Robert W. Schlub , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Ming-Ju Tsai , Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka , Nicholas S. Reimnitz
CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/357 , H01Q9/145 , H01Q9/42
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing. The housing may have a periphery that is surrounded by peripheral conductive structures such as a segmented peripheral metal member. A segment of the peripheral metal member may be separated from a ground by a slot. An antenna feed may have a positive antenna terminal coupled to the peripheral metal member and a ground terminal coupled to the ground and may feed both an inverted-F antenna structure that is formed from the peripheral metal member and the ground and a slot antenna structure that is formed from the slot. Control circuitry may tune the antenna by controlling adjustable components that are coupled to the peripheral metal member. The adjustable components may include adjustable inductors and adjustable capacitors.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有壳体。 壳体可以具有被诸如分段的外围金属构件的外围导电结构包围的周边。 外围金属构件的一段可以通过狭槽与地面分离。 天线馈电可以具有耦合到外围金属构件的正天线端子和耦合到地面的接地端子，并且可以馈送由外围金属构件和地面形成的倒F形天线结构和缝隙天线结构， 由槽形成。 控制电路可以通过控制耦合到外围金属构件的可调组件来调谐天线。 可调部件可以包括可调电感器和可调电容器。
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18.发明授权Electronic device with multiple antenna feeds and adjustable filter and matching circuitry 有权具有多个天线馈电和可调节滤波器和匹配电路的电子设备公开(公告)号：US09166634B2
公开(公告)日：2015-10-20
申请号：US13888110
申请日：2013-05-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Dean F. Darnell , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Yuehui Ouyang , Mattia Pascolini , Robert W. Schlub , Peter Bevelacqua , Hao Xu , Jayesh Nath , Yijun Zhou , Nanbo Jin , David Pratt , Matthew A. Mow , Ming-Ju Tsai , Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka
CPC classification number: H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18
Abstract: Electronic devices may include antenna structures. The antenna structures may form an antenna having first and second feeds at different locations. A first transceiver may be coupled to the first feed using a first circuit. A second transceiver may be coupled to the second feed using a second circuit. The first and second feeds may be isolated from each other using the first and second circuits. The second circuit may have a notch filter that isolates the second feed from the first feed at operating frequencies associated with the first transceiver. The first circuit may include an adjustable component such as an adjustable capacitor. The adjustable component may be placed in different states depending on the mode of operation of the second transceiver to ensure that the first feed is isolated from the second feed.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括天线结构。 天线结构可以形成在不同位置具有第一和第二馈送的天线。 第一收发器可以使用第一电路耦合到第一馈送。 第二收发器可以使用第二电路耦合到第二馈送。 第一和第二馈送可以使用第一和第二电路彼此隔离。 第二电路可以具有陷波滤波器，其在与第一收发器相关联的工作频率下将第二馈送与第一馈送隔离。 第一电路可以包括诸如可调电容器的可调节部件。 取决于第二收发器的操作模式，可调整部件可以被置于不同的状态，以确保第一进给与第二进给隔离。
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19.发明授权Methods and apparatus for testing electronic devices under specified radio-frequency voltage and current stress 有权在指定的射频电压和电流应力下测试电子设备的方法和装置公开(公告)号：US08971874B2
公开(公告)日：2015-03-03
申请号：US13873048
申请日：2013-04-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , James G. Judkins , Thomas E. Biedka , Ming-Ju Tsai , Robert W. Schlub
CPC classification number: H04W24/06 , H03F1/565 , H03F3/195 , H03F3/245 , H03F2200/111 , H03F2200/222 , H04B17/0085 , Y02D70/00 , Y02D70/1242 , Y02D70/1262 , Y02D70/142 , Y02D70/144 , Y02D70/146 , Y02D70/164 , Y02D70/23
Abstract: Test systems for characterizing devices under test (DUTs) are provided. A test system for testing a DUT in a shunt configuration may include a signal generator and a matching network that is coupled between the signal generator and the DUT and that is optimized to apply desired voltage/current stress to the DUT with reduced source power. The matching network may be configured to provide matching and desired stress levels at two or more frequency bands. In another suitable embodiment, a test system for testing a DUT in a series configuration may include a signal generator, an input matching network coupled between the DUT and a first terminal of the DUT, and an output matching network coupled between the DUT and a second terminal of the DUT. The input and output matching network may be optimized to apply desired voltage/current stress to the DUT with reduced source power.
Abstract translation: 提供了用于表征被测设备（DUT）的测试系统。 用于在分流配置中测试DUT的测试系统可以包括信号发生器和耦合在信号发生器和DUT之间的匹配网络，并且被优化以在具有降低的源功率的DUT上施加期望的电压/电流应力。 匹配网络可以被配置为在两个或更多个频带处提供匹配和期望的应力水平。 在另一个合适的实施例中，用于测试串联配置中的DUT的测试系统可以包括信号发生器，耦合在DUT和DUT的第一端之间的输入匹配网络，以及耦合在DUT和第二个DUT之间的输出匹配网络 DUT的端子。 可以优化输入和输出匹配网络，以便以较低的源功率将所需的电压/电流应力施加到DUT。
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公开(公告)号：US20240413537A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-12
申请号：US18666620
申请日：2024-05-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Glenn D. MacGougan , Richard Najarian , Aditya N. Srivastava , Rajesh Bezawada , Thomas E. Biedka
Abstract: In some implementations, the disclosed techniques may include tuning a first antenna element to a first tuning state during an acquisition mode for establishing communication channels with satellites. The first tuning state can configure the first antenna element to receive signals in a first frequency range. The techniques may include establishing the communication channels using the first antenna element in the first tuning state during the acquisition mode. The techniques may include transitioning from the acquisition mode to a tracking mode. The techniques may include changing the tuning state of the first antenna element. The techniques may include determining a location of the mobile device during the tracking mode: (1) using the first antenna element and a second antenna element of the mobile device or (2) not using the first antenna element and using the second antenna element that is configured to receive signals in a second frequency range.
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