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公开(公告)号：US20200021025A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16036780
申请日：2018-07-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Simone Paulotto , Harish Rajagopalan , Jennifer M. Edwards , Hao Xu
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry for conveying radio-frequency signals greater than 10 GHz. The wireless circuitry may include a phased antenna array that transmits a steerable signal beam and independent antennas that are separate from the array. The array may be coupled to a first transceiver and the independent antennas may be coupled to a second transceiver. Power amplifier stages may be coupled between the second transceiver and the independent antennas to boost the gain of the independent antennas. If desired, the array and the independent antennas may be coupled to ports of the same transceiver. In this arrangement, each independent antenna may include an antenna feed that is coupled to a respective pair of ports on the transceiver. This may serve to boost the gain of the independent antennas without power amplifier circuitry. The independent antennas may have smaller footprints than the phased antenna array.
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32.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190267709A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-29
申请号：US15907029
申请日：2018-02-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew A. Mow , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a phased antenna array. The array may include multiple antennas each having multiple antenna feeds for covering different polarizations. Control circuitry may control the wireless circuitry to transmit signals at millimeter or centimeter wave frequencies using a first set of feeds in the array and at least one selected phase. The wireless circuitry may receive the signals transmitted by the first set of feeds using a second set of feeds in the array. The control circuitry may gather phase measurements for the received signals and may compare the phase measurements to the selected phase to generate phase difference values. The control circuitry may perform external object proximity detection operations based on the phase difference values. The control circuitry may control the wireless circuitry to cycle through different combinations of antenna feeds for the first and second sets.
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公开(公告)号：US10141626B2
公开(公告)日：2018-11-27
申请号：US14339366
申请日：2014-07-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liquan Tan , Paul X. Wang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Ryan P. Brooks , Umar Azad , Wing Kong Low
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a radio-frequency transceiver circuit and an antenna. The antenna may be a patch antenna formed from a patch antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The patch antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal patch on a printed circuit board. The antenna ground may be formed from a metal housing having a planar rear wall that lies in a plane parallel to the metal patch. The radio-frequency transceiver circuit may be coupled to the metal patch through traces on the printed circuit and may be coupled to rear wall of the housing through a screw and a screw boss in the housing. Buttons and other electrical components may be mounted on the printed circuit board and may be coupled to control circuitry on the printed circuit board through the metal patch.
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公开(公告)号：US20180090817A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-29
申请号：US15275192
申请日：2016-09-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Pietro Romano , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q5/378 , H01Q5/385 , H01Q7/005 , H01Q9/42
Abstract: An electronic device may include a metal housing and a distributed loop antenna. The antenna may include a dielectric carrier. The antenna may include a distributed loop antenna resonating element that extends around the carrier and a loop antenna feed element on the carrier. Portions of the feed element and loop antenna resonating element may be formed from the housing. The feed element may be directly fed and may indirectly feed the distributed loop antenna resonating element via near field electromagnetic coupling. The loop antenna resonating element may include a conductive sheet on the carrier. The conductive sheet and the housing may form a conductive loop path of the loop antenna resonating element. A capacitance may be interposed in the conductive loop path and may be formed by a gap between the conductive sheet and the housing. A speaker driver may be placed within a cavity in the carrier.
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公开(公告)号：US09728858B2
公开(公告)日：2017-08-08
申请号：US14260800
申请日：2014-04-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiang Zhu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Hongfei Hu
CPC classification number: H01Q13/10 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q21/28
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with hybrid planar inverted-F slot antennas and indirectly fed slot antennas. A hybrid antenna may be used to form a dual band wireless local area network antenna. An indirectly fed slot antenna may be use to form a cellular telephone antenna. Antenna slots may be formed in a metal electronic device housing wall. The housing wall may have a planar rear portion and sidewall portions that extend upwards from the planar rear portion. The slots may have one or more bends. A hybrid antenna may have a slot antenna portion and a planar inverted-F antenna portion. The planar inverted-F antenna portion may have a metal resonating element patch that is supported by a support structure. The support structure may be a plastic speaker box containing a speaker driver that is not overlapped by the metal resonating element patch.
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公开(公告)号：US20160380333A1
公开(公告)日：2016-12-29
申请号：US15263022
申请日：2016-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erik A. Uttermann , Jeremy C. Franklin , Stephen C. McClure , Sean S. Corbin , Qingxiang Li , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
CPC classification number: H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/42 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H04R1/028 , Y10T29/49016 , Y10T156/1089
Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and no on. The portable computing device can include a single piece housing formed from a radio opaque material with a cover formed from a radio transparent material. To implement a wireless interface, an antenna stack-up can be provided that allows an antenna to be mounted to a bottom of the cover. Methods and apparatus are provided for improving wireless performance. For instance, in one embodiment, a metal housing can be thinned to improve antenna performance. As another example, a faraday cage can be formed around speaker drivers to improve antenna performance.
Abstract translation: 公开了一种便携式计算设备。 便携式计算设备可以采用许多形式，例如膝上型计算机，平板计算机，并且不存在。 便携式计算设备可以包括由无线电不透明材料形成的单件壳体，其具有由无线电透明材料形成的盖。 为了实现无线接口，可以提供允许将天线安装到盖的底部的天线叠加。 提供了用于改善无线性能的方法和装置。 例如，在一个实施例中，金属外壳可以变薄以改善天线性能。 作为另一示例，可以围绕扬声器驱动器形成法拉第笼，以改善天线性能。
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公开(公告)号：US20160104944A1
公开(公告)日：2016-04-14
申请号：US14510724
申请日：2014-10-09
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Huan-Chu Huang , Ke Sun , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Umar Azad
CPC classification number: H01Q21/005 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/378 , H01Q9/045 , H01Q9/36 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q13/18 , H01Q21/30
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include cavity antennas. A cavity antenna may be formed from a metal antenna cavity and resonating element structures. The metal antenna cavity may be formed from metal traces on a dielectric carrier. The resonating element structures may include directly fed and indirectly fed slot antenna resonating elements and monopole antenna resonating elements. The metal antenna cavity may exhibit a resonance that is tuned using a transmission line tuning stub. Filters and duplexer circuits may be used in routing signals at different frequency bands among the antenna resonating elements.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括空腔天线。 空腔天线可以由金属天线腔和谐振元件结构形成。 金属天线腔可以由电介质载体上的金属迹线形成。 谐振元件结构可以包括直接馈送和间接馈送的缝隙天线谐振元件和单极天线谐振元件。 金属天线腔可以表现出使用传输线调谐短截线调谐的谐振。 滤波器和双工器电路可用于在天线谐振元件之间的不同频带的路由信号中。
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公开(公告)号：US20160028148A1
公开(公告)日：2016-01-28
申请号：US14339366
申请日：2014-07-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liquan Tan , Paul X. Wang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Ryan P. Brooks , Umar Azad , Wing Kong Low
CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/44 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/0407
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a radio-frequency transceiver circuit and an antenna. The antenna may be a patch antenna formed from a patch antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The patch antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal patch on a printed circuit board. The antenna ground may be formed from a metal housing having a planar rear wall that lies in a plane parallel to the metal patch. The radio-frequency transceiver circuit may be coupled to the metal patch through traces on the printed circuit and may be coupled to rear wall of the housing through a screw and a screw boss in the housing. Buttons and other electrical components may be mounted on the printed circuit board and may he coupled to control circuitry on the printed circuit board through the metal patch.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有包括射频收发器电路和天线的无线电路。 天线可以是由贴片天线谐振元件和天线接地形成的贴片天线。 贴片天线谐振元件可以由印刷电路板上的金属贴片形成。 天线接地可以由具有平面后壁的金属壳体形成，该平面后壁位于平行于金属贴片的平面中。 射频收发器电路可以通过印刷电路上的迹线耦合到金属贴片，并且可以通过壳体中的螺钉和螺钉凸起连接到壳体的后壁。 按钮和其他电气部件可以安装在印刷电路板上，并且可以通过金属贴片耦合到印刷电路板上的控制电路。
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公开(公告)号：US20150236426A1
公开(公告)日：2015-08-20
申请号：US14180866
申请日：2014-02-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiang Zhu , Harish Rajagopalan , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Qingxiang Li , Robert W. Schlub
CPC classification number: H01Q13/10 , H01Q1/2266 , H01Q1/243 , H01R2201/02
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a satellite positioning system slot antenna. The slot antenna may include a slot in a metal housing. The slot may be directly fed or indirectly fed. In indirectly fed configurations, the antenna may include a near-field-coupled antenna feed structure that is near-field coupled to the slot. The near-field-coupled antenna feed structure may be formed from a planar metal structure. The planar metal structure may be a metal patch that overlaps the slot and that has a leg that protrudes towards the metal housing. A positive antenna feed terminal may be coupled to the leg and a ground antenna feed terminal may be coupled to the metal housing.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有卫星定位系统缝隙天线。 缝隙天线可以包括金属壳体中的槽。 槽可以直接进料或间接进料。 在间接馈送配置中，天线可以包括近场耦合的天线馈送结构，其近场耦合到该时隙。 近场耦合天线馈电结构可以由平面金属结构形成。 平面金属结构可以是与狭槽重叠并且具有朝向金属壳体突出的腿的金属贴片。 正天线馈电端子可以耦合到腿部，并且接地天线馈电端子可以耦合到金属壳体。
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公开(公告)号：US20140111684A1
公开(公告)日：2014-04-24
申请号：US13655215
申请日：2012-10-18
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Sean S. Corbin , Taylor H. Gilbert , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Yi Jiang , Conor P. Lenahan , Qingxiang Li , Stephen R. McClure , Robert W. Schlub , Salih Yarga , Jiang Zhu
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/38 , H04N5/2257 , H05K1/0215 , H05K1/189 , H05K2201/0281 , H05K2201/10409
Abstract: An electronic device may have a conductive housing with an antenna window. Antenna structures may be mounted adjacent to the antenna window. The antenna structures may have a dielectric carrier. Patterned metal antenna traces may be formed on the surface of the dielectric carrier. A proximity sensor may be formed from a flexible printed circuit mounted on the dielectric carrier. The flexible printed circuit may have a tail that contains a transmission line for feeding the antenna structures. The transmission line may include a positive signal conductor that is maintained at a desired distance from the conductive housing using a polymer sheet. A portion of the antenna structures may protrude between a microphone and a camera module. Plastic camera module housing structures may have an inner surface coated with a shielding metal. A U-shaped conductive fabric layer may be used as a grounding structure.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带有天线窗口的导电壳体。 天线结构可以安装在天线窗口附近。 天线结构可以具有电介质载体。 图案化的金属天线迹线可以形成在电介质载体的表面上。 接近传感器可以由安装在电介质载体上的柔性印刷电路形成。 柔性印刷电路可以具有包含用于馈送天线结构的传输线的尾部。 传输线可以包括使用聚合物片材从导电壳体保持在期望距离的正信号导体。 天线结构的一部分可以在麦克风和相机模块之间突出。 塑料相机模块外壳结构可以具有涂覆有屏蔽金属的内表面。 可以使用U形导电织物层作为接地结构。
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