Electronic Device With Over-The-Air Wireless Self-Testing Capabilities
    231.
    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。

    Portable Electronic Device With Antenna
    233.
    发明申请
    Portable Electronic Device With Antenna 有权
    带天线的便携式电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160261023A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-08

    申请号:US14640902

    申请日:2015-03-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 H01Q5/321 H01Q5/328 H01Q5/335 H01Q9/42

    Abstract: An electronic device may have components mounted in a housing. The device may include wireless transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. A display may be mounted in the housing. The display may have a cover layer having an inner surface with a recess. The recess may run along a peripheral edge of the cover layer. An antenna structure such as an inverted-F antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal trace on a dielectric antenna carrier. The resonating element may be mounted in the recess without adhesive. Conductive vias may pass through the dielectric carrier. Metal members with dimples may be soldered to a flexible printed circuit and may be used to ground metal traces on the carrier and the flexible printed circuit to the housing when the carrier is attached to the housing with fasteners.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有安装在壳体中的部件。 该设备可以包括无线收发器电路和天线结构。 显示器可以安装在外壳中。 显示器可以具有带有凹部的内表面的覆盖层。 凹部可以沿着覆盖层的周边边缘延伸。 诸如倒F天线谐振元件的天线结构可以由电介质天线载体上的金属迹线形成。 谐振元件可以安装在凹槽中而不粘合。 导电孔可以通过电介质载体。 具有凹坑的金属构件可以焊接到柔性印刷电路,并且当载体用紧固件附接到壳体时,可以将载体上的金属迹线和柔性印刷电路接地到壳体。

    Electronic Device Having Antenna Tuning Integrated Circuits With Sensors
    234.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Having Antenna Tuning Integrated Circuits With Sensors 有权
    具有天线调谐的电子设备带传感器的集成电路

    公开(公告)号:US20160204820A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-14

    申请号:US14980574

    申请日:2015-12-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括一个或多个天线。 天线可以具有耦合到具有传输线的射频收发器的天线馈送。 阻抗匹配电路可以耦合到天线馈电以匹配传输线和天线的阻抗。 天线中的阻抗匹配电路和可调谐电路可以使用集成电路形成。 每个集成电路可以包括用于将诸如电感器和电容器的部件切换到使用中的开关电路。 诸如温度传感器,电流和电压传感器,功率传感器和阻抗传感器的传感器可以被集成到集成电路中。 每个集成电路可以存储用于开关电路的设置,并且可以包括用于与外部电路通信和处理传感器数据的通信和控制电路。

    Methods for manufacturing an antenna tuning element in an electronic device
    235.
    发明授权
    Methods for manufacturing an antenna tuning element in an electronic device 有权
    电子设备中的天线调谐元件的制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US09379427B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-28

    申请号:US13871996

    申请日:2013-04-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 H01Q9/0442 H01Q9/42 H04B1/18

    Abstract: Custom antenna structures may be used to improve antenna performance and to compensate for manufacturing variations in electronic device antennas. An electronic device antenna may include an antenna tuning element and conductive structures formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing member and other conductive antenna structures. The antenna tuning element may be connected across a gap in the peripheral conductive housing member. The custom antenna structures may be used to couple the antenna tuning element to a fixed custom location on the peripheral conductive housing member to help satisfy design criteria and to compensate for manufacturing variations in the conductive antenna structures that could potentially lead to undesired variations in antenna performance. Custom antenna structures may include springs and custom paths on dielectric supports.

    Abstract translation: 可以使用定制天线结构来改善天线性能并补偿电子设备天线中的制造变化。 电子设备天线可以包括天线调谐元件和由外围导电外壳构件和其它导电天线结构的部分形成的导电结构。 天线调谐元件可以跨越外围导电外壳构件中的间隙连接。 定制天线结构可用于将天线调谐元件耦合到外围导电外壳构件上的固定定制位置,以帮助满足设计标准并补偿导电天线结构中可能导致天线性能不期望变化的制造变化 。 定制天线结构可以包括弹簧和电介质支撑件上的定制路径。

    Wireless Electronic Device With Multiradio Controller Integrated Circuit
    236.
    发明申请
    Wireless Electronic Device With Multiradio Controller Integrated Circuit 有权
    带无线电控制器集成电路的无线电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20160174293A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-16

    申请号:US14967772

    申请日:2015-12-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. An application processor may generate wireless data that is to be transmitted using the wireless circuitry and may process wireless data that has been received using the wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple baseband processors, multiple associated radios, and front-end module and antenna circuitry. Sensors may be used to provide the application processor with sensor data. During operation, the application processor and the baseband processors may be used to transmit and receive wireless communications traffic. A multiradio controller integrated circuit that does not transmit or receive the wireless communications traffic may be used in controlling the wireless circuitry based on impedance measurements, sensor data, and other information.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 应用处理器可以生成将使用无线电路传输的无线数据,并且可以处理已经使用无线电路接收的无线数据。 无线电路可以包括多个基带处理器,多个相关联的无线电以及前端模块和天线电路。 传感器可以用于向应用处理器提供传感器数据。 在操作期间,应用处理器和基带处理器可用于发送和接收无线通信业务。 不发送或接收无线通信业务的多无线电控制器集成电路可以用于基于阻抗测量,传感器数据和其他信息来控制无线电路。

    Antenna with tunable high band parasitic element
    237.
    发明授权
    Antenna with tunable high band parasitic element 有权
    具有可调谐高频带寄生元件的天线

    公开(公告)号:US09337537B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-10

    申请号:US13890013

    申请日:2013-05-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q5/30 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/321 H01Q5/378 H01Q9/0421

    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antennas. An antenna may be formed from an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may have a shorter portion that resonates at higher communications band frequencies and a longer portion that resonates at lower communications band frequencies. The resonating element may be formed from a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure that is separated from the antenna ground by an opening. A parasitic monopole antenna resonating element or parasitic loop antenna resonating element may be located in the opening. Antenna tuning in the higher communications band may be implemented using an adjustable inductor in the parasitic element. Antenna tuning in the lower communications band may be implemented using an adjustable inductor that couples the antenna resonating element to the antenna ground.

    Abstract translation: 可以提供包括射频收发器电路和天线的电子设备。 天线可以由天线谐振元件和天线接地形成。 天线谐振元件可以具有在较高通信频带频率下谐振的较短部分和在较低通信频带频率下谐振的较长部分。 谐振元件可以由外部导电电子器件外壳结构形成,该外壳由天线与开口隔开。 寄生单极天线谐振元件或寄生环形天线谐振元件可以位于开口中。 可以使用寄生元件中的可调电感器来实现较高通信频带中的天线调谐。 可以使用将天线谐振元件耦合到天线地的可调节电感器来实现较低通信频带中的天线调谐。

    Electronic device with shared antenna structures and balun
    238.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with shared antenna structures and balun 有权
    具有共享天线结构和平衡 - 不平衡变换器的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09325080B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US14195130

    申请日:2014-03-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with shared antenna structures that can be used to form both a near-field-communications antenna such as a loop antenna and a non-near-field communications antenna such as an inverted-F antenna. The antenna structures may include conductive structures such as metal traces on printed circuits or other dielectric substrates, internal metal housing structures, or other conductive electronic device housing structures. A main resonating element arm may be separated from an antenna ground by an opening. A non-near-field communications antenna return path and antenna feed path may span the opening. A balun may have first and second electromagnetically coupled inductors. The second inductor may have terminals coupled across differential signal terminals in a near-field communications transceiver. The first inductor may form part of the near-field communications loop antenna.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有共享天线结构,其可以用于形成诸如环形天线的近场通信天线和诸如倒F天线的非近场通信天线。 天线结构可以包括导电结构,例如印刷电路或其它电介质基板上的金属迹线,内部金属外壳结构或其它导电电子器件外壳结构。 主谐振元件臂可以通过开口与天线接地分开。 非近场通信天线返回路径和天线馈送路径可以跨越开口。 平衡 - 不平衡转换器可以具有第一和第二电磁耦合电感器。 第二电感器可以具有耦合在近场通信收发器中的差分信号端子上的端子。 第一电感器可以形成近场通信环形天线的一部分。

    Electronic Device Antenna With Reduced Lossy Mode
    239.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Antenna With Reduced Lossy Mode 有权
    减少有损模式的电子天线

    公开(公告)号:US20160064801A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-03

    申请号:US14476490

    申请日:2014-09-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 H01Q5/328 H01Q9/42 H01Q13/10

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the antenna resonating element and a ground antenna feed coupled to the antenna ground. The adjustable inductor may have first and second inductors coupled to respective first and second ports of a switch. The switch may have a third port coupled to the antenna ground. A capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to ground and a second terminal coupled to the first inductor at the first port of the switch. An inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and antenna ground at a location between the adjustable inductor and the antenna feed.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线。 天线可以具有天线谐振元件和天线接地。 可调电感器可以耦合在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间。 天线馈电可以具有耦合到天线谐振元件的正馈线端子和耦合到天线地的接地天线馈线。 可调电感器可以具有耦合到开关的相应第一和第二端口的第一和第二电感器。 开关可以具有耦合到天线接地的第三端口。 电容器可以具有耦合到地的第一端子和在开关的第一端口处耦合到第一电感器的第二端子。 电感器可以在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间的可调电感器和天线馈电之间的位置耦合。

    Electronic device antenna with multiple feeds for covering three communications bands
    240.
    发明授权
    Electronic device antenna with multiple feeds for covering three communications bands 有权
    具有多个馈线的电子设备天线,用于覆盖三个通信频带

    公开(公告)号:US09276319B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-01

    申请号:US13889987

    申请日:2013-05-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antennas. An antenna may be formed from an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may have a shorter portion that resonates at higher communications band frequencies and a longer portion that resonates at lower communications band frequencies. An extended portion of the antenna ground may form an inverted-F antenna resonating element portion of the antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element may be formed from a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure that is separated from the antenna ground by an opening. A first antenna feed may be coupled between the peripheral conductive electronic device housing structures and the antenna ground across the opening. A second antenna feed may be coupled to the inverted-F antenna resonating element portion of the antenna resonating element.

    Abstract translation: 可以提供包括射频收发器电路和天线的电子设备。 天线可以由天线谐振元件和天线接地形成。 天线谐振元件可以具有在较高通信频带频率下谐振的较短部分和在较低通信频带频率下谐振的较长部分。 天线接地的延伸部分可以形成天线谐振元件的倒F天线谐振元件部分。 天线谐振元件可以由外部导电电子器件外壳结构形成,该外壳导电电子器件壳体结构通过开口与天线接地分开。 第一天线馈电可以耦合在外围导电电子器件外壳结构和穿过开口的天线接地之间。 第二天线馈送可以耦合到天线谐振元件的倒F天线谐振元件部分。

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