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公开(公告)号：US11689834B2
公开(公告)日：2023-06-27
申请号：US17020631
申请日：2020-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Carli E. Oster , Colden N. Eldridge , Russell K. Williams , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Alexander P. Niemeyer , Brandon Z. Frank , Melody L. Kuna , Matthew J. Wilander , Jordi A. Garcia Selva , Stuart M. Nevill , Carlo Catalano
IPC: H01Q1/02 , H01Q1/24 , H04R1/02 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/44 , G06F3/041 , H05K5/02 , H04R1/28 , H01Q9/04 , G06V40/13
CPC classification number: H04R1/02 , G06F3/041 , G06V40/1306 , G06V40/1318 , G06V40/1329 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/44 , H01Q9/0407 , H04R1/2803 , H05K5/0217 , H05K2201/10151
Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.
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公开(公告)号：US20220006486A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US16920297
申请日：2020-07-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Bilgehan Avser , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Mattia Pascolini , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Thomas W. Yang , Jiechen Wu , Eric N. Nyland , Simone Paulotto , Jennifer M. Edwards , Matthew D. Hill , Ihtesham H. Chowdhury , David A. Hurrell , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Daniel C. Wagman , Soroush Akbarzadeh , Robert Scritzky , Subramanian Ramalingam
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna module having a substrate. A phased antenna array of dielectric resonator antennas and a radio-frequency integrated circuit for the array may be mounted to one or more surfaces of the substrate. The dielectric resonator antennas may include dielectric columns excited by feed probes. The feed probes may be printed onto sidewalls of the dielectric columns or may be pressed against the sidewalls by biasing structures. A plastic substrate may be molded over each dielectric column and each of the feed probes in the array. The feed probes may cover multiple polarizations. The array may include elements for covering multiple frequency bands. The dielectric columns may be aligned a longitudinal axis and may be rotated at a non-zero and non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.
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公开(公告)号：US20210391651A1
公开(公告)日：2021-12-16
申请号：US16903198
申请日：2020-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Forhad Hasnat , David Garrido Lopez , Harish Rajagopalan , Mikal Askarian Amiri , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Lu Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device may include a conductive housing with a rear wall and a sidewall. A display may be mounted to the sidewall and may include a conductive display structure separated from the sidewall by a slot. An antenna arm may be interposed between the conductive display structure and the rear wall. A first inductor may couple the conductive display structure to the housing and may compensate for a distributed capacitance between the antenna arm and the conductive display structure. A second inductor may couple the antenna arm to the rear wall and may compensate for a distributed capacitance between the antenna arm and the rear wall. A speaker may be co-located with the antenna. A third inductor may couple the antenna arm to the rear wall to allow antenna currents to bypass the speaker.
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公开(公告)号：US20210314685A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-07
申请号：US17020631
申请日：2020-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Carli E. Oster , Colden N. Eldridge , Russell K. Williams , David Garrido Lopez , Forhad Hasnat , Alexander P. Niemeyer , Brandon Z. Frank , Melody L. Kuna , Matthew J. Wilander , Jordi A. Garcia Selva , Stuart M. Nevill , Carlo Catalano
Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The display and the housing can define an internal volume and a speaker assembly can be positioned in the internal volume. The speaker assembly can include a speaker enclosure sealed to the housing within the internal volume, the speaker enclosure and the housing defining a speaker volume, and a speaker module in fluid communication with the speaker volume, the speaker module including a diaphragm positioned at an aperture defined by the speaker volume, the diaphragm defining multiple ridges.
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公开(公告)号：US10978806B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-13
申请号：US16141793
申请日：2018-09-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David Garrido Lopez , Harish Rajagopalan , Umar Azad , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided an antenna, a display, and a housing. The display may include a conductive display structure and a cover layer. The housing may include peripheral conductive structures and a conductive rear wall. The peripheral structures may include a ledge separated from the conductive display structure by a gap. The peripheral structures and the rear wall may define opposing edges of a slot element for the antenna. Conductive bridging structures may be coupled between the conductive display structure and the ledge across the gap. The bridging structures may at least partially overlap locations along the length of the slot element where antenna currents around the slot element exhibit a maximum magnitude. The bridging structures may align the phase of current induced on the ledge with the phase of the current induced on the conductive display structure to maximize antenna efficiency through the cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US10916832B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-09
申请号：US15900610
申请日：2018-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Umar Azad , Harish Rajagopalan , David Garrido Lopez , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first, second, and third antennas and conductive housing structures. The first, second, and third antennas may each include slots having open ends defined by gaps in the conductive housing structures. The second antenna may be interposed between the first and third antennas. The first and second antennas may convey signals at the same frequencies. The third antenna may convey signals at a lower frequency than the first and second antennas. A switch may be coupled across the third slot and may have a first state at which the switch forms a closed end of the third slot and a second state at which the third slot has two opposing open ends. Control circuitry may selectively activate one of two feeds for the third antenna and may adjust the switch so that the third antenna exhibits satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of environmental conditions for the device.
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公开(公告)号：US10819029B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US16271617
申请日：2019-02-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Mikal Askarian Amiri , Carlo di Nallo , David Garrido Lopez , Harish Rajagopalan , Nikolaj P. Kammersgaard , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Umar Azad
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control circuitry and doublets of first and second antennas that are used to determine the position and orientation of the device relative to external wireless equipment. The control circuitry may determine the relative position and orientation of the external equipment by measuring the angle of arrival of radio-frequency signals from the external equipment. Each doublet may include first and second cavity-backed slot antennas. The first and second antennas may each include a first slot element that is directly fed and a second slot element that is parasitically fed by the first slot element. The first slot element may radiate in an ultra-wideband communications band at 8.0 GHz and the second slot element may radiate in an ultra-wideband communications band at 6.5 GHz. The doublet may be aligned with a dielectric window in a conductive sidewall for the device.
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公开(公告)号：US20190260112A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-22
申请号：US15900610
申请日：2018-02-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Umar Azad , Harish Rajagopalan , David Garrido Lopez , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first, second, and third antennas and conductive housing structures. The first, second, and third antennas may each include slots having open ends defined by gaps in the conductive housing structures. The second antenna may be interposed between the first and third antennas. The first and second antennas may convey signals at the same frequencies. The third antenna may convey signals at a lower frequency than the first and second antennas. A switch may be coupled across the third slot and may have a first state at which the switch forms a closed end of the third slot and a second state at which the third slot has two opposing open ends. Control circuitry may selectively activate one of two feeds for the third antenna and may adjust the switch so that the third antenna exhibits satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of environmental conditions for the device.
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公开(公告)号：US20190097306A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-28
申请号：US15717821
申请日：2017-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Pietro Romano , Umar Azad , Harish Rajagopalan , David Garrido Lopez , Lu Zhang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H04B1/3827 , H01Q13/10 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q21/06
Abstract: An electronic device may include a peripheral conductive housing sidewall with an integral ledge extending towards the device interior. A display cover layer may be supported by the integral ledge. A slot antenna may be formed from a slot in the integral ledge. The integral ledge may be mounted to a surface of a substrate and coupled to a conductive rear housing wall by a conductive layer extending over an additional surface of the substrate. The sidewall may include a vertical portion extending from the ledge to the rear wall. The slot antenna may be fed via near-field coupling using a conductive patch that is located within the slot at the surface of the substrate. The conductive layer, rear housing wall, and vertical portion may form a cavity for the slot antenna. The conductive layer may isolate the slot from interference with a battery, display circuitry, or other components.
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