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公开(公告)号：US20240079782A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458916
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Alden T. Rush , Han Wang , Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing and an antenna. The antenna may be on a first substrate mounted to a second substrate. The housing may include a dielectric cover, a conductive plate on the dielectric cover, and a mid-chassis. The second substrate may be mounted to the mid-chassis. The antenna may include a conductive patch extending from a segment of a conductive ring on the first substrate. The conductive plate may have an opening aligned with the conductive patch. The first substrate may be separated from the dielectric cover by an air gap. A conductive gasket may couple the conductive ring to the conductive plate and may laterally surround the air gap and the opening. The antenna may convey ultra-wideband (UWB) signals through the air gap, the opening, and the dielectric cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079761A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458835
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Han Wang , Alden T Rush , Behnam Ghassemiparvin , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Jennifer M Edwards , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/0407
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a flexible printed circuit and a rigid printed circuit mounted to the flexible printed circuit using a board-to-board (B2B) connector. The flexible printed circuit may include signal conductors coupled to one or more antennas on the rigid printed circuit through the B2B connector. A given one of the signal conductors may include a phase shifter segment on the flexible printed circuit and/or a thick impedance matching segment on the rigid printed circuit that help to form a smooth impedance transition from the flexible printed circuit to the rigid printed circuit and the antenna(s). The B2B connector may include signal contacts interleaved with a ground contacts. The B2B connector may include ground bars laterally surrounding the signal and ground contacts to maximize the strength of mechanical coupling between the flexible printed circuit and the rigid printed circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US20230291125A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-14
申请号：US17832427
申请日：2022-06-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Xu Han , Hongfei Hu , Ming Chen , Jingni Zhong , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Mohsen Salehi , Carlo Di Nallo , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second antennas formed from respective first and second segments of a housing. The first antenna may have a first feed coupled to the first segment by a first switch and coupled to the first segment by a first conductive trace. The second antenna may have a second feed coupled to the second segment by a second switch and coupled to the second segment by a second conductive trace. The first segment may be separated from the second segment by a single gap, a data connector may pass through the second segment, and the antennas may selectively cover a low band. Alternatively, the first segment may be separated from the second segment by a third segment and two gaps, the data connector may pass through the third segment, and the first and second antennas may concurrently cover the low band.
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公开(公告)号：US20230083466A1
公开(公告)日：2023-03-16
申请号：US17728737
申请日：2022-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aobo Li , Erdinc Irci , Carlo Di Nallo , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Haozhan Tian , Hongfei Hu , Liang Han , Ming Chen , Ming-Ju Tsai , Salih Yarga , Tiejun Yu , Victor C Lee , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive housing structures, a display frame, a support plate, a logic board, and an antenna. The antenna may have a resonating element that includes a first slot between the logic board and a segment of the peripheral conductive housing structures, a second slot between the display frame and the segment, and optionally a third slot between the between the support plate and the segment. The slots may be at least partially overlapping, may have respective lengths, may be located at respective distances from a cover layer for the display, and may collectively receive radio-frequency signals in a frequency band such as the L5 GPS band. Switching circuitry and filter circuitry may be coupled to the antenna feed and/or to the antenna feed(s) of one or more adjacent antennas in the electronic device to help to isolate the antennas from each other.
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公开(公告)号：US11205834B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-21
申请号：US16019322
申请日：2018-06-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini , Nanbo Jin , Kevin M. Froese , Erica J. Tong , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may include a conductive housing and an antenna. The antenna may include an arm formed from a first segment of the housing. A gap may separate the first segment from a second segment. The antenna may include a feed coupled to a transmission line having a signal conductor. The feed may include first and second positive terminals on the first segment and a third positive terminal on the second segment. An adjustable component may be coupled between the first and third terminals. The signal conductor may be coupled to the first terminal. A wide conductive trace may be coupled between the signal conductor and the second terminal. A switch may be interposed on the signal conductor. The second terminal may cover a cellular low band when the switch is open. The first terminal may cover the cellular low band and higher bands when the switch is closed.
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公开(公告)号：US20210044012A1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-11
申请号：US17079284
申请日：2020-10-23
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20190393586A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-26
申请号：US16019322
申请日：2018-06-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini , Nanbo Jin , Kevin M. Froese , Erica J. Tong , Xu Han
Abstract: An electronic device may include a conductive housing and an antenna. The antenna may include an arm formed from a first segment of the housing. A gap may separate the first segment from a second segment. The antenna may include a feed coupled to a transmission line having a signal conductor. The feed may include first and second positive terminals on the first segment and a third positive terminal on the second segment. An adjustable component may be coupled between the first and third terminals. The signal conductor may be coupled to the first terminal. A wide conductive trace may be coupled between the signal conductor and the second terminal. A switch may be interposed on the signal conductor. The second terminal may cover a cellular low band when the switch is open. The first terminal may cover the cellular low band and higher bands when the switch is closed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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