-
公开(公告)号：US10200092B1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-05
申请号：US15719317
申请日：2017-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Georgios Atmatzakis , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Xu Gao , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H04B5/02 , H04B5/00 , H04B7/0413
Abstract: An electronic device may include a peripheral conductive wall. A gap in the wall may divide the wall into first and second segments. The device may include a first antenna having a first resonating element arm formed from the first segment and a second antenna having a second resonating element arm formed from the second segment. A non-near-field communications transceiver may perform multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) operations using the first and second antennas. The gap may provide satisfactory isolation between the first and second antennas while the first and second antennas perform MIMO operations. Near-field communications circuitry may convey near-field communications signals over a conductive loop path that includes portions of the first and second segments and the antenna ground. The volume of the conductive loop path may extend across substantially all of a width of the electronic device.
-
公开(公告)号：US20190027833A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15655660
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nanbo Jin , Hongfei Hu , Han Wang , Erdinc Irci , Erica J. Tong , Matthew A. Mow , Ming-Ju Tsai , Liang Han , Georgios Atmatzakis , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q21/0006 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q5/342 , H01Q5/35 , H01Q9/145 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q21/28
Abstract: An electronic device may include antennas, a ground, and a housing. First and second gaps in the housing may define a segment that forms a resonating element for a first antenna. First, second, third, and fourth antenna feeds may be coupled between the segment and ground. Control circuitry may control adjustable components to place the device in first, second, third, or fourth modes. In the first and second modes, the first and fourth feeds convey signals at the same frequency using a multiple-input and multiple-output scheme while the second and third feeds are inactive. In the third mode, the second feed is active and the first, third, and fourth feeds are inactive. In the fourth mode, the third feed is active and the first, second, and fourth antenna feeds are inactive. Isolating return paths may be coupled between the segment and ground in the first and second modes.
-
公开(公告)号：US20190027822A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15657001
申请日：2017-07-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini , Nanbo Jin , Matthew A. Mow , Erdinc Irci , Erica J. Tong , Han Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing and four antennas at respective corners of the housing. Cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may concurrently convey signals at one or more of the same frequencies over one or more of the four antennas using a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) scheme. In order to isolate adjacent antennas, dielectric-filled openings may be formed in conductive walls of the housing to divide the walls into segments that are used to form resonating element arms for the antennas. If desired, first and second antennas may include resonating element arms formed from a wall without any gaps. The first and second antennas may include adjacent return paths. A magnetic field associated with currents for the first antenna may cancel out with a magnetic field associated with currents for the second antenna at the adjacent return paths, thereby serving to electromagnetically isolate the first and second antennas.
-
公开(公告)号：US20190027821A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-24
申请号：US15655098
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James G. Judkins , Jing Zhu , Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Thomas E. Biedka , Victor C. Lee , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control signal generation circuitry that generates a differential pair of control signals, power supply circuitry that generates a bias voltage, and an antenna having a tuning circuit. First switching circuitry may be coupled to the power supply circuitry and the control signal generation circuitry. Second switching circuitry may be coupled to the tuning circuit. A pair of control lines may be coupled between the first and second switching circuitry. In a first switching mode, the power supply circuitry may transmit the bias voltage to the tuning circuit over one of the control lines. The bias voltage may charge storage circuitry coupled to the tuning circuit. In a second switching mode, the control signal generation circuitry may transmit the differential pair of control signals to the tuning circuit. The tuning circuit may be powered by the storage circuitry in the second switching mode.
-
公开(公告)号：US10186769B1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-22
申请号：US15655098
申请日：2017-07-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： James G. Judkins , Jing Zhu , Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Thomas E. Biedka , Victor C. Lee , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with control signal generation circuitry that generates a differential pair of control signals, power supply circuitry that generates a bias voltage, and an antenna having a tuning circuit. First switching circuitry may be coupled to the power supply circuitry and the control signal generation circuitry. Second switching circuitry may be coupled to the tuning circuit. A pair of control lines may be coupled between the first and second switching circuitry. In a first switching mode, the power supply circuitry may transmit the bias voltage to the tuning circuit over one of the control lines. The bias voltage may charge storage circuitry coupled to the tuning circuit. In a second switching mode, the control signal generation circuitry may transmit the differential pair of control signals to the tuning circuit. The tuning circuit may be powered by the storage circuitry in the second switching mode.
-
Patent Agency Ranking
公开(公告)号：US20190020365A1
公开(公告)日：2019-01-17
申请号：US16138881
申请日：2018-09-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuehui Ouyang , Yi Jiang , Matthew A. Mow , Basim Noori , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H04B1/04 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q21/0025 , H01Q21/062 , 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.
-
公开(公告)号：US20180376275A1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-27
申请号：US15630841
申请日：2017-06-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive millimeter wave signals. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer the millimeter wave signals in a particular direction. The control circuitry may track the location of an external device using sensor data. The control circuitry may control a mechanical positioner to mechanically adjust an orientation of the phased antenna array and/or may control the beam steering circuitry to steer the millimeter wave signals towards the location of the external device. In this way, a line of sight millimeter wave communications link may be maintained between the phased antenna array and the external device even if the external device moves over time.
-
公开(公告)号：US10165426B1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-25
申请号：US15630841
申请日：2017-06-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive millimeter wave signals. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer the millimeter wave signals in a particular direction. The control circuitry may track the location of an external device using sensor data. The control circuitry may control a mechanical positioner to mechanically adjust an orientation of the phased antenna array and/or may control the beam steering circuitry to steer the millimeter wave signals towards the location of the external device. In this way, a line of sight millimeter wave communications link may be maintained between the phased antenna array and the external device even if the external device moves over time.
-
公开(公告)号：US10164679B1
公开(公告)日：2018-12-25
申请号：US15717367
申请日：2017-09-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Umar Azad , Pietro Romano , David Garrido Lopez , Lu Zhang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H04B1/44 , H04M1/02 , H04B1/3827 , H04B7/0413
Abstract: An electronic device may have conductive housing structures and first, second, third, and fourth slot antennas having respective first, second, third, and fourth slot elements in the conductive housing structures. The third slot element may be interposed between the first and second slot elements and the second slot element may be interposed between the third and fourth slot elements. Switching circuitry may be coupled between a transceiver and the slot elements. Control circuitry may control the switching circuitry to activate a selected pair of the slot antennas based on an orientation of the device or other data. The active pair of antennas may convey radio-frequency signals at the same frequencies using a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communications scheme. In this way, the device may perform wireless communications at relatively high data throughputs regardless of how the device is being held by a user.
-
公开(公告)号：US20180342794A1
公开(公告)日：2018-11-29
申请号：US15602972
申请日：2017-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka , Matthew A. Mow , Iyappan Ramachandran , Mattia Pascolini , Xu Han , Hao Xu , Jennifer M. Edwards , Salih Yarga , Yijun Zhou
CPC classification number: H01Q1/245 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/328 , H01Q5/35 , H01Q9/42 , H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18 , H04B1/401 , H04W4/026 , H04W88/06
Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Search Results
442
records
(took 0.032 seconds)
