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公开(公告)号：US20200044305A1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-06
申请号：US16596593
申请日：2019-10-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija , Yiren Wang , Yuehui Ouyang , Joseph Hakim , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Ruben Caballero , Siwen Yong , Erik G. de Jong
IPC: H01Q1/22 , G04R60/10 , G06F1/16 , H01L27/32 , H01Q1/27 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q7/00 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q21/28 , H04B5/00 , H04B5/02 , H05K1/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/03 , G04G21/04
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US10461395B2
公开(公告)日：2019-10-29
申请号：US15625903
申请日：2017-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Miroslav Samardzija , Yiren Wang , Yuehui Ouyang , Joseph Hakim , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Ruben Caballero , Siwen Yong , Erik G. de Jong
IPC: H01Q1/22 , G04R60/10 , G04G21/04 , H01Q1/27 , H01Q7/00 , H04B5/00 , G06F1/16 , H01L27/32 , H04B5/02 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q21/28 , H05K1/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/03 , H01Q9/04
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. A display cover layer and a transparent inner display member may overlap a display pixel layer. The display pixel layer may have an array of display pixels for displaying images for a user. A touch sensor layer may be interposed between the display pixel layer and the transparent display member. A ferromagnetic shielding layer may be mounted below the display pixel layer. A flexible printed circuit containing coils of metal signal lines that form a near-field communications loop antenna may be interposed between the ferromagnetic shielding layer and the display pixel layer. A non-near-field antenna such as an inverted-F antenna may have a resonating element mounted on an inner surface of the display cover layer. The resonating element may be interposed between the transparent display member and the display cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US10320069B2
公开(公告)日：2019-06-11
申请号：US15701246
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yijun Zhou , Jennifer M. Edwards , Yiren Wang , Hao Xu , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna ground for the antenna may include a first conductive structure that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a first distance and a second conductive structure that is electrically connected to the first conductive structure and separated from the antenna resonating element by a second distance that is less than the first distance. A distributed impedance matching capacitor for the antenna may be formed from the second conductive structure and the antenna resonating element arm. The second conductive structure may be a conductive frame for an electronic component such as a sensor.
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公开(公告)号：US10263335B2
公开(公告)日：2019-04-16
申请号：US15700565
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Jennifer M. Edwards , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antenna structures such as an antenna resonating element arm and an antenna ground. A split return path may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. The antenna structures may form one or more inverted-F antennas when operated at non-near-field communications frequencies. The antenna structures may be coupled to near-field communications transceiver circuitry using a conductive path. When operated at near-field communications frequencies, near-field communications signals may be conveyed using the conductive path, the antenna resonating element arm, the return path, and the antenna ground. A capacitor may be coupled between the conductive path and an antenna ground. The capacitor may short non-near-field communications signals to the antenna ground and block near-field communications signals from passing from the conductive path to the antenna ground.
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公开(公告)号：US20190081394A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：US15701250
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Hao Xu , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/44 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q23/00 , H04M1/02 , H04M1/0266 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/0247
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna in the electronic device may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna ground for the antenna may include a conductive frame for the display. The conductive frame may have a first portion that is separated from the antenna resonating element arm by a first distance and a second portion that is that is separated from the antenna resonating element arm by a second distance that is less than the first distance. The second portion may be configured to form a distributed impedance matching capacitance with the antenna resonating element arm.
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公开(公告)号：US20190081386A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：US15700636
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. The antenna structures at a first end of the electronic device may include an inverted-F antenna resonating element for a first antenna formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The inverted-F antenna resonating element arm may have a first end adjacent a first dielectric-filled gap and an opposing second end adjacent a second dielectric-filled gap. A second antenna may include an additional antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. A second end of the additional antenna resonating element arm may be interposed between the first dielectric-filled gap and a first end of the additional antenna resonating element arm. This type of arrangement may ensure the first and second antennas are isolated.
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公开(公告)号：US09793599B2
公开(公告)日：2017-10-17
申请号：US14640902
申请日：2015-03-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Carlo Di Nallo , Erik G. de Jong , Jayesh Nath , Mattia Pascolini , Tang Y. Tan , Yiren Wang , Zheyu Wang
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.
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公开(公告)号：US12062858B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-13
申请号：US17849501
申请日：2022-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yuancheng Xu , Hongfei Hu , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Sidharath Jain , Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard , Haozhan Tian , Yuan Tao , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079766A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458949
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuancheng Xu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nikolaj P Kammersgaard , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Han Wang , Haozhan Tian , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having a first segment and a second segment. First and second antenna feeds may be coupled between the first segment and the ground structures. The first feed may convey signals in a first band and the second feed may convey signals in a second band. The first segment may be near-field coupled to a slot between the second segment and the ground structures. A first tuner may be coupled between the second segment and the ground structures and may adjust a resonance of the first segment in the first and second bands. A second tuner coupled to the first feed may perform impedance matching in the first band and aperture tuning in the second band. A third tuner coupled to the second feed may perform impedance matching in the second band and aperture tuning in the first band.
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公开(公告)号：US20230170927A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-01
申请号：US18158441
申请日：2023-01-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Thomas E. Biedka , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Nanbo Jin , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuancheng Xu , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
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