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公开(公告)号：US09577315B2
公开(公告)日：2017-02-21
申请号：US14306121
申请日：2014-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Adam D. Mittleman , Yi Jiang , Emily McMilin , Li-jun Zhang
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/00 , H01Q1/42 , H01R12/00 , H01Q1/44 , H01Q1/22 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q9/42
CPC classification number: H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/44 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q13/10
Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antennas such as inverted-F antennas that contain antenna resonating elements and antenna ground elements. Antenna resonating elements may be formed from patterned conductive traces on substrates such as flex circuit substrates. Antenna ground elements may be formed from conductive device structures such as metal housing walls. Support and biasing structures such as dielectric support members and layer of foam may be used to support and bias antenna resonating elements against planar device structures. The planar device structures against which the antenna resonating elements are biased may be planar dielectric members such as transparent layers of display cover glass or other planar structures. Adhesive may be interposed between the planar structures and the antenna resonating elements.
Abstract translation: 提供包含无线通信电路的电子设备。 无线通信电路可以包括射频收发器电路和天线结构。 天线结构可以包括天线，例如包含天线谐振元件和天线接地元件的倒F天线。 天线谐振元件可以由诸如柔性电路基板的基板上的图案化导电迹线形成。 天线接地元件可以由诸如金属外壳壁的导电器件结构形成。 诸如电介质支撑构件和泡沫层的支撑和偏置结构可用于支撑和偏置天线谐振元件抵抗平面装置结构。 天线谐振元件被偏压的平面器件结构可以是诸如显示器盖玻璃或其它平面结构的透明层的平面电介质构件。 粘合剂可以介于平面结构和天线谐振元件之间。
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公开(公告)号：US09300342B2
公开(公告)日：2016-03-29
申请号：US13865578
申请日：2013-04-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Robert W. Schlub , Yi Jiang , Qingxiang Li , Digvijay Jadhav , Matthew Fong , Brian Mariner
CPC classification number: H04B1/3838 , H01Q1/243 , H04B1/04 , H04W52/245 , H04W52/367
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures. Proximity sensors and other sensors may be used in determining how the electronic device is being operated. Wireless circuitry such as a radio-frequency transmitter associated with a cellular telephone communications band, a wireless local area network band, or other communications band may be used in transmitting radio-frequency signals through the antenna structures at a transmit power. Control circuitry may adjust the wireless circuitry to ensure that the transmit power is capped at a maximum transmit power. The maximum transmit power may be adjusted dynamically by the control circuitry based on data from the proximity sensors, data from a magnetic sensor that detects whether a cover is present on the device, a connector sensor that detects whether the device is coupled to a dock or other accessory, and other sensors.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线结构。 接近传感器和其他传感器可用于确定电子设备如何操作。 诸如与蜂窝电话通信频带相关联的射频发射机，无线局域网频带或其他通信频带的无线电路可以用于通过天线结构以发射功率发送射频信号。 控制电路可以调整无线电路，以确保发射功率以最大发射功率封顶。 可以通过控制电路基于来自接近传感器的数据动态地调整最大发射功率，来自检测设备上是否存在盖的磁传感器的数据，检测设备是否连接到坞站的连接器传感器 其他配件和其他传感器。
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33.发明授权Electronic devices with capacitive proximity sensors for proximity-based radio-frequency power control 有权具有电容式接近传感器的电子设备，用于近距离射频功率控制公开(公告)号：US08947305B2
公开(公告)日：2015-02-03
申请号：US13871839
申请日：2013-04-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： David T. Amm , Robert W. Schlub , Omar S. Leung , Brian M. King , Qingxiang Li , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Yi Jiang , Ruben Caballero
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/44 , H03K17/955
CPC classification number: H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/245 , H01Q1/44 , H03K17/955 , H03K2217/960755
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. An antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A capacitive proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects in the vicinity of the antenna. The proximity sensor may have conductive layers separated by a dielectric. A capacitance-to-digital converter may be coupled to the proximity sensor by inductors. The capacitive proximity sensor may be interposed between an antenna resonating element and the antenna window. The capacitive proximity sensor may serve as a parasitic antenna resonating element and may be coupled to the housing by a capacitor.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有安装天线的壳体。 天线窗口可以安装在壳体中，以允许从天线发射射频信号，并允许天线接收射频信号。 当在电介质天线窗口和天线附近检测到外部物体时，可以通过降低发射功率来满足近场辐射限制。 电容式接近传感器可用于检测天线附近的外部物体。 接近传感器可以具有由电介质隔开的导电层。 电容数字转换器可以通过电感器耦合到接近传感器。 电容式接近传感器可以介于天线谐振元件和天线窗口之间。 电容式接近传感器可以用作寄生天线谐振元件，并且可以通过电容器耦合到壳体。
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公开(公告)号：US20140313087A1
公开(公告)日：2014-10-23
申请号：US13864968
申请日：2013-04-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Gordon Coutts , Lijun Zhang , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub
IPC: H01Q3/22
Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna for providing coverage in wireless communications bands of interest such as a low frequency communications band and a high frequency communications band. The antenna may have an antenna ground and an antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element may have a high band arm that contributes to a first high band resonance in the high band and may have a low band arm that exhibits a low band resonance in the low band. A passive filter that is coupled between first and second portions of the antenna resonating element may be configured to exhibit a short circuit impedance associated with a bypass path that allows the antenna resonating element to contribute to a second high band resonance in the high band. A tunable inductor coupled to the antenna resonating element may be used to tune the low band resonance.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有用于在诸如低频通信频带和高频通信频带之类的感兴趣的无线通信频带中提供覆盖的天线。 天线可以具有天线接地和天线谐振元件。 天线谐振元件可以具有有助于高频带中的第一高频带谐振的高频带臂，并且可以具有在低频带中表现出低频带谐振的低频带臂。 耦合在天线谐振元件的第一和第二部分之间的无源滤波器可以被配置为呈现与允许天线谐振元件对高频段中的第二高频带谐振有贡献的旁路路径相关联的短路阻抗。 耦合到天线谐振元件的可调谐电感器可用于调谐低频带谐振。
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公开(公告)号：US20250087873A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-13
申请号：US18626251
申请日：2024-04-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Killian J. Poore , Jas Mukesh Gajaria , Jiangfeng Wu , Mei-Li Chi , Jason C. Sauers , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang , Shirley S. Lu
Abstract: An electronic device such as a head-mounted display device may include an antenna that radiates through a cover. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element layered onto the cover and having a three-dimensional curvature. The antenna resonating element may have an antenna ground. A pressure-activated connector may electrically couple the antenna resonating element to the antenna ground. If desired, the pressure-activated connector may lock the antenna resonating element to the antenna ground. The pressure-activated connector may include a metal finger, a metal spring, a metal ball, a curling metal receptacle, a dimple, a metal screw, a screw receptacle, metal burs, and/or rotational locking structures. The pressure-activated connector may form a robust mechanical connection between the first and second conductors despite the curvature of the antenna resonating element, which minimizes electrical discontinuities that can otherwise deteriorate antenna performance.
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36.发明授权公开(公告)号：US12206163B2
公开(公告)日：2025-01-21
申请号：US17865241
申请日：2022-07-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Siwen Yong , Mattia Pascolini , Samuel A. Resnick , Anthony S. Montevirgen
Abstract: An electronic device may have a cover layer and an antenna. A dielectric adapter may have a first surface coupled to the antenna and a second surface pressed against the cover layer. The cover layer may have a three-dimensional curvature. The second surface may have a curvature that matches the curvature of the cover layer. Biasing structures may exert a biasing force that presses the antenna against the dielectric adapter and that presses the dielectric adapter against the cover layer. The biasing force may be oriented in a direction normal to the cover layer at each point across dielectric adapter. This may serve to ensure that a uniform and reliable impedance transition is provided between the antenna and free space through the cover layer over time, thereby maximizing the efficiency of the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20240302861A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-12
申请号：US18667510
申请日：2024-05-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ivan S. Maric , Anthony S. Montevirgen , Evan D. Christensen , Lijun Zhang , Phil M. Hobson , Samuel A. Resnick , Yi Jiang
CPC classification number: G06F1/163 , G02B7/12 , G06F1/1686 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q1/40 , H04N23/57 , H04N23/90
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The housing may include a frame with left and right openings that receive respective left and right optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. Each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. Camera support members may be coupled to respective left and right peripheral portions of the frame. Each camera support member may have openings configured to receive cameras. Antennas may be formed on a camera support member. The antennas may have metal traces on a surface of the camera support member, may have conductive structures embedded within the camera support member, and/or may have patterned metal traces on printed circuits attached to or embedded in the camera support member. The cameras may operate through portions of a display cover layer that covers an outwardly-facing display on the head-mounted housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20230314592A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-05
申请号：US18172895
申请日：2023-02-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lijun Zhang , Jiangfeng Wu , Mattia Pascolini , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang
CPC classification number: G01S13/86 , G01S7/03 , G01S13/867 , G06F1/163 , G01S2013/0263
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. A radar sensor may be mounted in the housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A forward-facing camera may capture real-world image content. The rear-facing displays may be used to display captured real-world image content merged with computer-generated image content. The forward-facing camera and the radar sensor may be mounted under inactive display borders of a forward-facing display. The radar sensor may have a horizontal array of patch antenna elements configured to form a phased antenna array. Communications circuitry in the head-mounted device may use the phased antenna array to transmit and receive wireless communications signals.
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公开(公告)号：US20220393351A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-08
申请号：US17338463
申请日：2021-06-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Simon G. Begashaw , Yi Jiang , Lijun Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array on an antenna module. The array may include low band antennas and high band antennas that radiate at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The module may include antenna layers, transmission line layers, and ground traces that separate the antenna layers from the transmission line layers. The low band antennas and the high band antennas may have radiators patterned onto the antenna layers. The radiators may be fed by transmission lines on the transmission line layers. The antenna layers may have a dielectric permittivity that is greater than the dielectric permittivity of the transmission line layers. This may serve to reduce the lateral footprint of the low band and high band antennas, which allows the antennas to be interleaved along a common linear axis in the phased antenna array, thereby minimizing the lateral footprint of the antenna module.
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公开(公告)号：US20220285834A1
公开(公告)日：2022-09-08
申请号：US17751495
申请日：2022-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang
Abstract: An electronic device may have a phased antenna array. An antenna in the array may include a rectangular patch element with diagonal axes. The antenna may have first and second antenna feeds coupled to the patch element along the diagonal axes. The antenna may be rotated at a forty-five degree angle relative to other antennas in the array. The antenna may have one or two layers of parasitic elements overlapping the patch element. For example, the antenna may have a layer of coplanar parasitic patches separated by a gap. The antenna may also have an additional parasitic patch that is located farther from the patch element than the layer of coplanar parasitic patches. The additional parasitic patch may overlap the patch element and the gap in the coplanar parasitic patches. The antenna may exhibit a relatively small footprint and minimal mutual coupling with other antennas in the array.
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