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公开(公告)号：US20170309992A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-26
申请号：US15138689
申请日：2016-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Basim H. Noori , Boon W. Shiu , Kevin M. Marks , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Ruben Caballero , Yuehui Ouyang , Khan Salam
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/2258 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/241 , H01Q1/242 , H01Q13/06 , H01Q19/10 , H01Q19/30 , H01Q21/065 , H01Q21/28
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas and transceiver circuitry such as millimeter wave transceiver circuitry. The antennas may be formed from metal traces on a printed circuit. The printed circuit may be a stacked printed circuit including multiple stacked substrates. Metal traces may form an array of patch antennas, Yagi antennas, and other antennas. Antenna signals associated with the antennas may pass through an inactive area in a display and through a dielectric-filled slot in a metal housing for the electronic device. Waveguide structures may be used to guide antenna signals within interior portions of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US20170302306A1
公开(公告)日：2017-10-19
申请号：US15499745
申请日：2017-04-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuehui Ouyang , Yi Jiang , Matthew A. Mow , Basim Noori , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H04B1/04 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q21/0025 , H01Q21/065 , H01Q21/28 , H04B1/03 , H04B1/1081 , H04B2001/0408
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.
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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.
Inventor： Matthew A. Mow , Basim Noori , Yuehui Ouyang , Yi Jiang , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero
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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公开(公告)号：US20170214136A1
公开(公告)日：2017-07-27
申请号：US15008130
申请日：2016-01-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erdinc Irci , Carlo Di Nallo , Jayesh Nath , Zheyu Wang , Eduardo Da Costa Bras Lima , Hongfei Hu , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display in a housing with a metal wall. An antenna may have an antenna ground formed from the wall and an antenna resonating element. Transceiver circuitry may be coupled to an antenna feed that extends between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. A return path may extend between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground in parallel with the feed. The antenna resonating element may have segments that are coupled by a frequency dependent filter. At a first frequency, the filter may have a low impedance so that the antenna resonating element has a first effectively length. At a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency, the filter may have a high impedance so that the antenna resonating element has a second effective length that is shorter than the first effective length.
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公开(公告)号：US09653783B2
公开(公告)日：2017-05-16
申请号：US14830227
申请日：2015-08-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Joshua G. Nickel , Juan Zavala , Yijun Zhou , Mattia Pascolini , Robert W. Schlub , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q5/364 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q9/42
Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. An inverted-F antenna may have first and second short circuit legs and a feed leg. The first and second short circuit legs and the feed leg may be connected to a folded antenna resonating element arm. The antenna resonating element arm and the first short circuit leg may be formed from portions of a conductive electronic device bezel. The folded antenna resonating element arm may have a bend. The bezel may have a gap that is located at the bend. Part of the folded resonating element arm may be formed from a conductive trace on a dielectric member. A spring may be used in connecting the conductive trace to the electronic device bezel portion of the antenna resonating element arm.
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公开(公告)号：US20170125889A1
公开(公告)日：2017-05-04
申请号：US15374745
申请日：2016-12-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mattia Pascolini , Nanbo Jin
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/22 , G06K9/00 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q3/24 , H04N5/225 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q1/48
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , G06F21/32 , G06K9/00006 , G06K9/0002 , H01Q1/2258 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q3/247 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q9/0485 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q13/103 , H04M1/026 , H04N5/2253
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry and components such as sensors. The electronic device may have a metal housing having first and second planar rear wall portions separated by a gap. Conductive structures may bridge the gap to electrically couple the first and second rear wall portions. The wireless circuitry may include a hybrid slot inverted-F antenna. The antenna may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from peripheral housing structures that are separated from the second rear wall portion by an opening. The opening may form a C-shaped slot antenna resonating element for the antenna. The sensors may include a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor may be coupled to a button member in a button. The fingerprint sensor and other portions of the button may overlap the second planar rear wall portion to minimize interference with antenna operation.
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公开(公告)号：US20170010697A1
公开(公告)日：2017-01-12
申请号：US14792516
申请日：2015-07-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Huan-Chu Huang , Mattia Pascolini , Qingxiang Li
IPC: G06F3/0354
CPC classification number: G06F3/03545 , G06F3/033
Abstract: A computer stylus may have an elongated body with a tip and an opposing end having components such as a connector and an antenna. Metal structures for the antenna may be supported using a molded plastic support with metal traces or may be formed using flexible printed circuits or other structures. Metal and plastic tubes may be used in forming the body of the stylus. A metal tube may have an opening in which an antenna is mounted. A plastic tube may serve as an outer housing for the stylus and may cover the metal tube and the opening in which the antenna is mounted. A transmission line such as a cable may be coupled to an antenna feed. The cable may pass through an opening in the metal tube and may be covered using a strip of conductive foam.
Abstract translation: 计算机触针可以具有细长体，其具有尖端，相对端具有诸如连接器和天线的部件。 可以使用具有金属迹线的模制塑料支架来支撑用于天线的金属结构，或者可以使用柔性印刷电路或其它结构形成。 金属和塑料管可用于形成触针的主体。 金属管可以具有安装天线的开口。 塑料管可以用作触针的外壳，并且可以覆盖金属管和安装天线的开口。 诸如电缆的传输线可以耦合到天线馈电。 电缆可以穿过金属管中的开口，并且可以使用导电泡沫条覆盖。
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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.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Mattia Pascolini , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Yuehui Ouyang , Jennifer M. Edwards , Jayesh Nath , Salih Yarga , Yijun Zhou , Hao Xu
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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公开(公告)号：US09523727B2
公开(公告)日：2016-12-20
申请号：US14980591
申请日：2015-12-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Thomas E. Biedka , Ming-Ju Tsai , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: G01R29/10 , H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18 , H04B1/40
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include wireless transceiver circuitry that transmits signals towards an antenna. A signal path may carry the transmitted signals to the antenna. Reflected signals from the antenna may be carried along the signal path towards the transceiver circuitry. Coupler circuitry may include a forward coupler that taps the transmitted signals, a first reverse coupler that taps the reflected signals from the antenna, and a second reverse coupler that taps the reflected signals that have passed through the first reverse coupler. Analog processing circuitry and digital processing circuitry may be used to produce an impedance measurement from the tapped signals from the coupler circuitry. The analog processing circuitry may include analog signal mixers, low pass filters, and analog-to-digital converter circuitry.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括向天线发送信号的无线收发器电路。 信号路径可以将发送的信号传送到天线。 来自天线的反射信号可以沿着朝向收发器电路的信号路径传送。 耦合器电路可以包括分接所发送的信号的前向耦合器，从天线抽头反射的信号的第一反向耦合器，以及抽头已经穿过第一反向耦合器的反射信号的第二反向耦合器。 可以使用模拟处理电路和数字处理电路从来自耦合器电路的抽头信号产生阻抗测量。 模拟处理电路可以包括模拟信号混合器，低通滤波器和模数转换器电路。
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公开(公告)号：US20160322699A1
公开(公告)日：2016-11-03
申请号：US14701323
申请日：2015-04-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew A. Mow , Xu Han , James G. Judkins , Liang Han , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Nanbo Jin , Thomas E. Biedka , Victor C. Lee , Yuehui Ouyang
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/321 , H01Q5/328 , H01Q5/335 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q13/103
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing that are separated from a round by an elongated opening. The electronic device may have a central longitudinal axis that divides the antenna resonating element arm and other antenna structures into symmetrical halves that exhibit mirror symmetry with respect to the central longitudinal axis. The antenna structures may include symmetrical slot antenna resonating elements on opposing sides of the central longitudinal axis. Electrical components such as switches and antenna tuning inductors may be coupled to the antenna structures in a configuration that is symmetrical with respect to the central longitudinal axis. The electrical components may be used to place the antenna structures in an unflipped configuration or in a symmetrical flipped configuration.
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着器件外壳的边缘延伸的周边导电结构形成，该外围导电结构通过细长的开口与圆分离。 电子设备可以具有中心纵向轴线，其将天线谐振元件臂和其它天线结构分成相对于中心纵向轴线呈现镜像对称性的对称半部。 天线结构可以包括在中心纵向轴线的相对侧上的对称缝隙天线谐振元件。 诸如开关和天线调谐电感器的电气部件可以以相对于中心纵向轴线对称的配置耦合到天线结构。 电气部件可以用于将天线结构放置在未开启的配置或对称的翻转配置中。
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