Electronic Device With Over-The-Air Wireless Self-Testing Capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US20170230124A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-10

    申请号:US15495732

    申请日:2017-04-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B17/14 H04B17/19

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays for handling millimeter wave signals. Antennas may be located in antenna signal paths. The antenna signal paths may include adjustable components such as adjustable filters, adjustable gain amplifiers, and adjustable phase shifters. Circuitry may be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate wireless self-testing operations. Wireless self-testing may involve use of one antenna to transmit an over-the-air antenna test signal that is received by another antenna. The circuitry that facilitates the wireless self-testing operations may include couplers, adjustable switches for temporarily shorting antenna signal paths together, mixers for mixing down radio-frequency signals to allow digitization with analog-to-digital converters, and other circuitry for supporting self-testing operations.

    Electronic Device With Over-The-Air Wireless Self-Testing Capabilities
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    发明申请
    Electronic Device With Over-The-Air Wireless Self-Testing Capabilities 有权
    具有空中无线自测功能的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160308626A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-20

    申请号:US15097873

    申请日:2016-04-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B17/14 H04B17/19

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays for handling millimeter wave signals. Antennas may be located in antenna signal paths. The antenna signal paths may include adjustable components such as adjustable filters, adjustable gain amplifiers, and adjustable phase shifters. Circuitry may be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate wireless self-testing operations. Wireless self-testing may involve use of one antenna to transmit an over-the-air antenna test signal that is received by another antenna. The circuitry that facilitates the wireless self-testing operations may include couplers, adjustable switches for temporarily shorting antenna signal paths together, mixers for mixing down radio-frequency signals to allow digitization with analog-to-digital converters, and other circuitry for supporting self-testing operations.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括天线。 天线可以包括用于处理毫米波信号的相控天线阵列。 天线可以位于天线信号路径中。 天线信号路径可以包括诸如可调节滤波器,可调增益放大器和可调移相器等可调部件。 电路可以并入到电子设备中以便于无线自检操作。 无线自检可能涉及使用一个天线来发射由另一个天线接收的空中天线测试信号。 促进无线自检操作的电路可以包括耦合器,用于将天线信号路径暂时短路的可调开关,用于混合射频信号以允许与模数转换器进行数字化的混频器以及用于支持自适应的其它电路, 测试操作。

    Electronic Device With Millimeter Wave Antennas

    公开(公告)号:US20220278702A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17744213

    申请日:2022-05-13

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be mounted along edges of a housing for the electronic device, behind a dielectric window such as a dielectric logo window in the housing, in alignment with dielectric housing portions at corners of the housing, or elsewhere in the electronic device. A phased antenna array may include arrays of patch antenna elements on dielectric layers separated by a ground layer. A baseband processor may distribute wireless signals to the phased antenna arrays at intermediate frequencies over intermediate frequency signal paths. Transceiver circuits at the phased antenna arrays may include upconverters and downconverters coupled to the intermediate frequency signal paths.

    Electronic device with millimeter wave antennas

    公开(公告)号:US11025285B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-01

    申请号:US16854771

    申请日:2020-04-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be mounted along edges of a housing for the electronic device, behind a dielectric window such as a dielectric logo window in the housing, in alignment with dielectric housing portions at corners of the housing, or elsewhere in the electronic device. A phased antenna array may include arrays of patch antenna elements on dielectric layers separated by a ground layer. A baseband processor may distribute wireless signals to the phased antenna arrays at intermediate frequencies over intermediate frequency signal paths. Transceiver circuits at the phased antenna arrays may include upconverters and downconverters coupled to the intermediate frequency signal paths.

    Electronic Device With Millimeter Wave Antennas

    公开(公告)号:US20200295789A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16854771

    申请日:2020-04-21

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be mounted along edges of a housing for the electronic device, behind a dielectric window such as a dielectric logo window in the housing, in alignment with dielectric housing portions at corners of the housing, or elsewhere in the electronic device. A phased antenna array may include arrays of patch antenna elements on dielectric layers separated by a ground layer. A baseband processor may distribute wireless signals to the phased antenna arrays at intermediate frequencies over intermediate frequency signal paths. Transceiver circuits at the phased antenna arrays may include upconverters and downconverters coupled to the intermediate frequency signal paths.

    Electronic device with over-the-air wireless self-testing capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US10454596B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-22

    申请号:US15940758

    申请日:2018-03-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays for handling millimeter wave signals. Antennas may be located in antenna signal paths. The antenna signal paths may include adjustable components such as adjustable filters, adjustable gain amplifiers, and adjustable phase shifters. Circuitry may be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate wireless self-testing operations. Wireless self-testing may involve use of one antenna to transmit an over-the-air antenna test signal that is received by another antenna. The circuitry that facilitates the wireless self-testing operations may include couplers, adjustable switches for temporarily shorting antenna signal paths together, mixers for mixing down radio-frequency signals to allow digitization with analog-to-digital converters, and other circuitry for supporting self-testing operations.

    Electronic device with millimeter wave yagi antennas

    公开(公告)号:US10103424B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15138684

    申请日:2016-04-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be formed from printed circuit board Yagi antennas or other antennas. A millimeter wave transceiver may use the antennas to transmit and receive wireless signals. The antennas may be mounted at the corners of an electronic device housing or elsewhere in an electronic device. An electronic device housing may be formed from metal and may have an opening filled with dielectric. The antennas may be aligned with portions of the dielectric. Printed circuit board antennas may have reflectors, radiators, and directors. The reflectors, radiators, and directors may be arranged to align radiation patterns for the antennas with the plastic-filled slots or other dielectric regions in the metal housing.

    Electronic device with over-the-air wireless self-testing capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US09960864B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-01

    申请号:US15495732

    申请日:2017-04-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B17/14 H04B17/19

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays for handling millimeter wave signals. Antennas may be located in antenna signal paths. The antenna signal paths may include adjustable components such as adjustable filters, adjustable gain amplifiers, and adjustable phase shifters. Circuitry may be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate wireless self-testing operations. Wireless self-testing may involve use of one antenna to transmit an over-the-air antenna test signal that is received by another antenna. The circuitry that facilitates the wireless self-testing operations may include couplers, adjustable switches for temporarily shorting antenna signal paths together, mixers for mixing down radio-frequency signals to allow digitization with analog-to-digital converters, and other circuitry for supporting self-testing operations.

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