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公开(公告)号：US20190074586A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-07
申请号：US15698481
申请日：2017-09-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andrea Ruaro , Carlo Di Nallo , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Zheyu Wang , Sameer Pandya
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. Printed circuits having corresponding ground traces may be coupled to the display for conveying data to and/or from the display. The conductive display structures may be separated from the metal sidewalls by a gap. A conductive interconnect may be coupled to the metal sidewalls and may extend across the gap to the conductive display structures. The conductive interconnect may be coupled to the ground traces on the printed circuits and/or may be shorted or capacitively coupled to the conductive display structures. When configured in this way, the metal sidewalls, the conductive display structures, and the conductive interconnect may define the edges of a slot antenna resonating element for a slot antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20180017995A1
公开(公告)日：2018-01-18
申请号：US15212029
申请日：2016-07-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian M. Gable , Carlo Di Nallo , Colin M. Ely , Craig A. Horton , Erik G. de Jong , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Henry B. Wettersten , Hoishun Li , Jason C. Sauers , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Michael P. Coleman , Rex T. Ehman , Zheyu Wang
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , B29L2031/3481 , G06F1/163 , G06F1/1637 , H01Q1/22 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q21/28 , H04B1/3888 , H04M1/0202 , H04M1/0249 , H04M1/18 , H05K5/0013 , H05K5/04
Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing includes a first conductive component defining a first interface surface, a second conductive component defining a second interface surface facing the first interface surface, and a joint structure between the first and second interface surfaces. The joint structure includes a molded element forming a portion of an exterior surface of the housing, and a sealing member forming a watertight seal between the first and second conductive components. Methods of forming the electronic device housing are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20250012886A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-09
申请号：US18777049
申请日：2024-07-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G01S3/48 , G01S3/02 , G01S3/04 , G01S3/46 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q5/25 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q21/06
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US12044788B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-23
申请号：US17383275
申请日：2021-07-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G01S3/02 , G01S3/46 , G01S3/48 , H01Q5/25 , G01S3/04 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q21/06
CPC classification number: G01S3/48 , G01S3/46 , H01Q5/25 , G01S3/023 , G01S3/043 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/523 , H01Q3/2605 , H01Q9/0407 , H01Q21/065
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US11095017B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-17
申请号：US16035325
申请日：2018-07-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US20200266539A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-20
申请号：US16277808
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
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公开(公告)号：US20200251820A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16854774
申请日：2020-04-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andrea Ruaro , Carlo Di Nallo , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Zheyu Wang , Sameer Pandya
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. Printed circuits having corresponding ground traces may be coupled to the display for conveying data to and/or from the display. The conductive display structures may be separated from the metal sidewalls by a gap. A conductive interconnect may be coupled to the metal sidewalls and may extend across the gap to the conductive display structures. The conductive interconnect may be coupled to the ground traces on the printed circuits and/or may be shorted or capacitively coupled to the conductive display structures. When configured in this way, the metal sidewalls, the conductive display structures, and the conductive interconnect may define the edges of a slot antenna resonating element for a slot antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20190372205A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-05
申请号：US15991498
申请日：2018-05-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andrea Ruaro , Mario Martinis , Jiaxiao Niu , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Dimitrios Papantonis , Jayesh Nath , Zheyu Wang , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. The display structures may be separated from the sidewalls by a slot for an antenna that runs around the display module. A conductive interconnect may be coupled between the sidewalls and the display structures. A feed and tuning element may be coupled between the display structures and the sidewalls. A first length of the slot from the interconnect to the tuning element may radiate in a satellite band and a cellular band. A second length of the slot from the interconnect to the feed may radiate in a 2.4 GHz band. Harmonics of the second length may radiate in bands at and above 5.0 GHz. If desired, the tuning element may be omitted, and the antenna may be coupled to separate low band and high band matching circuits.
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公开(公告)号：US10372166B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15212029
申请日：2016-07-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian M. Gable , Carlo Di Nallo , Colin M. Ely , Craig A. Horton , Erik G. de Jong , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Henry B. Wettersten , Hoishun Li , Jason C. Sauers , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Michael P. Coleman , Rex T. Ehman , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G06F1/16 , H01Q1/22 , H04B1/3888 , H04M1/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/04 , B29C70/76 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q21/28 , H04M1/18 , B29L31/34
Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing includes a first conductive component defining a first interface surface, a second conductive component defining a second interface surface facing the first interface surface, and a joint structure between the first and second interface surfaces. The joint structure includes a molded element forming a portion of an exterior surface of the housing, and a sealing member forming a watertight seal between the first and second conductive components. Methods of forming the electronic device housing are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US20190123431A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-25
申请号：US16226414
申请日：2018-12-19
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
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.
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