公开(公告)号：US20190252771A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US15895482

申请日：2018-02-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q5/30 ,  H01Q21/22 ,  H01Q1/24

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying millimeter wave signals. The array may be mounted to a substrate that includes transmission line layers having a first dielectric permittivity and antenna layers having a second dielectric permittivity that is less than the first dielectric permittivity. A ground plane may be interposed between the antenna layers and the transmission line layers. The array may be mounted to the antenna layers and transceiver circuitry may be mounted to the transmission line layers. Transmission line traces may be formed on the transmission line layers. The relatively high permittivity of the first set of dielectric layers may allow the transmission line traces to be routed relatively close together with minimal electromagnetic interference. The relatively low permittivity of the second set of dielectric layers may allow the array to operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency, gain, and bandwidth.

公开(公告)号：US10250289B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-02

申请号：US15257521

申请日：2016-09-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Siwen Yong ,  Jiaxiao Niu ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Zheyu Wang ,  Mario Martinis ,  Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima ,  Steven P. Cardinali ,  Rex Tyler Ehman ,  James G. Horiuchi ,  Trevor J. Ness ,  Scott D. Morrison ,  Siddharth Nangia ,  Mushtaq A. Sarwar

IPC: G06F1/16 ,  H01Q9/30 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04M1/02 ,  H04B1/3888

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display cover layer mounted to a metal housing. Electrical component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer may be mounted under the display cover layer. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the electrical component layers and a ground feed terminal coupled to the metal housing. The electrical component layers may serve as an antenna resonating element for an antenna. The antenna may cover cellular telephone bands and may receive satellite navigation system signals. A system-in-package device may be mounted to the metal housing. A flexible printed circuit may extend between the electrical component layers and the system-in-package device. A mounting bracket for the system-in-package device may be provided with electrical isolation to enhance antenna performance in bands such as a satellite navigation system band.

公开(公告)号：US20190097328A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：US15714970

申请日：2017-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q21/24 ,  H01Q5/35 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W40/12 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include centimeter wave and millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive wireless signals having a frequency higher than 10 GHz. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer the wireless signals to communicate with external equipment. Sensor circuitry in the electronic device may gather sensor data. The control circuitry may use the gathered sensor data to determine a polarization mismatch between the electronic device and the external equipment (e.g., between a signal transmitting device and a signal receiving equipment or vice versa). To mitigate the polarization mismatch data loss, the control circuitry may adjust the polarization settings associated with antennas of the electronic device.

公开(公告)号：US10181640B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-15

申请号：US15234907

申请日：2016-08-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rex T. Ehman ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  James G. Horiuchi ,  Erik G. de Jong ,  Jason C. Sauers ,  Makiko K. Brzezinski ,  Siwen Yong ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Yi Jiang ,  Zheyu Wang ,  Mario Martinis ,  Eduardo Da Costa Bras Lima ,  Xu Han ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Trevor J. Ness

IPC: H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H04B5/00 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q9/14

Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal portions such as metal sidewalls. The housing may form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from a stack of capacitively coupled component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer at a front face of the device. An additional antenna may be formed from a peripheral resonating element that runs along a peripheral edge of the device and the antenna ground. A rear face antenna may be formed using a wireless power receiving coil as a radio-frequency antenna resonating element or may be formed from metal antenna traces on a plastic support for light-based components.

公开(公告)号：US10153554B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-11

申请号：US15253374

申请日：2016-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mario Martinis ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Siwen Yong ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Zheyu Wang ,  Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/50

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing and other structures that form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element arm for the antenna may extend along the periphery of the housing. The resonating element arm may have opposing first and second ends. A return path may couple the resonating element arm to the antenna ground at the first end. An antenna feed may be coupled between the resonating element arm and the antenna ground in parallel with the return path. Electrical components such as first and second capacitors may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. A first of the capacitors may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground at a location between the first and second ends. A second of the capacitors may be coupled between the second end and the antenna ground.

公开(公告)号：US20180323834A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US15584889

申请日：2017-05-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Jiang ,  Siwen Yong ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H04B7/0408 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  G01S3/32 ,  H01Q3/00 ,  H01Q5/30 ,  G01S3/42

CPC classification number: H04B7/0408 ,  G01S3/32 ,  G01S3/42 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q3/28 ,  H01Q3/36 ,  H01Q21/205 ,  H04B7/0617 ,  H04B7/0695

Abstract: An electronic device may communicate with an external device and may include one or more phased antenna arrays that transmit and receive a beam of millimeter wave signals. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer a direction of the beam. Control circuitry may control the beam steering circuitry to sweep the beam of millimeter wave signals over multiple beam directions. The control circuitry may gather wireless performance data and may compare the wireless performance metric data at each beam direction in the sweep prior to gathering wireless performance metric data at other beam directions in the sweep. The first beam direction in the sweep may be selected based on an initial position of the external device and/or based on sensor data gathered by the control circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US09965052B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-08

申请号：US14307257

申请日：2014-06-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gordon Coutts ,  Qingxiang Li ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: G06F3/0354 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H01Q9/42

CPC classification number: G06F3/03545 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H01Q9/42

Abstract: A computer stylus may have an elongated body with a metal tube that serves as an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from metal traces that wrap around a longitudinal axis for the elongated body. The antenna may be an inverted-F antenna. A ground antenna feed terminal for the inverted-F antenna may be coupled to the metal tube with a sheet metal member, conductive fabric, and solder. A clip may run along a side of the elongated body at a location that does not overlap the metal traces of the antenna resonating element. The antenna may be fed at a location on an opposing side of the elongated body from the clip. Antenna signals from the inverted-F antenna may be reflected towards the tip by metal structures at the end of the elongated body opposing the tip.

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.

Inventor： Matthew A. Mow ,  Basim Noori ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Yi Jiang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Ruben Caballero

IPC: H04B17/00 ,  H04B17/14 ,  H04B17/19

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.

公开(公告)号：US20180115071A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-26

申请号：US15848833

申请日：2017-12-20

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

IPC: H01Q9/04 ,  H04W4/00

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.

公开(公告)号：US09667290B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-30

申请号：US15097868

申请日：2016-04-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuehui Ouyang ,  Yi Jiang ,  Matthew A. Mow ,  Basim Noori ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Ruben Caballero

IPC: H04M1/00 ,  H04B1/10 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q21/00 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/28

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.