Electronic Device Having Antenna Tuning Circuits With Shared Control Interface Circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US20190027809A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US15655251

    申请日:2017-07-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes one or more antennas and a transceiver. An integrated circuit may be coupled between the transceiver and the antenna and may include multiple tunable components such that tune the response of the antenna. The control signals may be generated by a tuning controller external to the integrated circuit. Shared control interface circuitry may be formed on the integrated circuit for interfacing between the tuning controller and each of the tunable components on the integrated circuit. The control interface circuitry may include a conductive path and decoupling circuitry that routes the control signals to corresponding control inputs on each of the tunable components. Sharing the control interface circuitry between each tunable component on the integrated circuit may minimize the space required on the integrated circuit for controlling the response of the antenna.

    Electronic device having antenna tuning integrated circuits with sensors

    公开(公告)号:US09960801B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-01

    申请号:US15636498

    申请日:2017-06-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/40 H01Q3/26 H01Q9/0442 H04B1/0458 H04B1/18

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. An antenna may have an antenna feed that is coupled to a radio-frequency transceiver with a transmission line. An impedance matching circuit may be coupled to the antenna feed to match the impedance of the transmission line and the antenna. The impedance matching circuit and tunable circuitry in the antenna may be formed using integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit may include switching circuitry that is used in switching components such as inductors and capacitors into use. Sensors such as temperature sensors, current and voltage sensors, power sensors, and impedance sensors may be integrated into the integrated circuits. Each integrated circuit may store settings for the switching circuitry and may include communications and control circuitry for communicating with external circuits and processing sensor data.

    Electronic device antenna with reduced lossy mode
    67.
    发明授权
    Electronic device antenna with reduced lossy mode 有权
    减少有损模式的电子设备天线

    公开(公告)号:US09531061B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-27

    申请号:US14476490

    申请日:2014-09-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 H01Q5/328 H01Q9/42 H01Q13/10

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the antenna resonating element and a ground antenna feed coupled to the antenna ground. The adjustable inductor may have first and second inductors coupled to respective first and second ports of a switch. The switch may have a third port coupled to the antenna ground. A capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to ground and a second terminal coupled to the first inductor at the first port of the switch. An inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and antenna ground at a location between the adjustable inductor and the antenna feed.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线。 天线可以具有天线谐振元件和天线接地。 可调电感器可以耦合在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间。 天线馈电可以具有耦合到天线谐振元件的正馈线端子和耦合到天线地的接地天线馈线。 可调电感器可以具有耦合到开关的相应第一和第二端口的第一和第二电感器。 开关可以具有耦合到天线接地的第三端口。 电容器可以具有耦合到地的第一端子和在开关的第一端口处耦合到第一电感器的第二端子。 电感器可以在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间的可调电感器和天线馈电之间的位置耦合。

    Electronic Device Antenna With Interference Mitigation Circuitry
    68.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Antenna With Interference Mitigation Circuitry 有权
    电子设备天线与干扰减轻电路

    公开(公告)号:US20160064812A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-03

    申请号:US14476453

    申请日:2014-09-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may be formed from peripheral conductive housing structures. An audio jack or other connector may be mounted in an opening in the peripheral conductive housing structures. The audio jack may overlap the antenna ground. Contacts in the audio jack may be coupled to an interference mitigation circuit. The interference mitigation circuit may include capacitors coupled to the ground and inductors coupled between the contacts and the capacitors. Radio-frequency signal blocking inductors may be coupled between the interference mitigation circuit and respective ports in an audio circuit.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线。 天线可以具有天线谐振元件和天线接地。 天线谐振元件可以由外围导电壳体结构形成。 音频插孔或其他连接器可以安装在外围导电外壳结构中的开口中。 音频插孔可能与天线接地重叠。 音频插孔中的触点可以耦合到干扰抑制电路。 干扰减轻电路可以包括耦合到接地的电容器和耦合在触点和电容器之间的电感器。 射频信号阻塞电感器可以耦合在干扰减轻电路和音频电路中的相应端口之间。

    Electronic device with hybrid inverted-F slot antenna
    69.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with hybrid inverted-F slot antenna 有权
    具有混合倒F插槽天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09236659B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-12

    申请号:US14096417

    申请日:2013-12-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/357 H01Q9/145 H01Q9/42

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing. The housing may have a periphery that is surrounded by peripheral conductive structures such as a segmented peripheral metal member. A segment of the peripheral metal member may be separated from a ground by a slot. An antenna feed may have a positive antenna terminal coupled to the peripheral metal member and a ground terminal coupled to the ground and may feed both an inverted-F antenna structure that is formed from the peripheral metal member and the ground and a slot antenna structure that is formed from the slot. Control circuitry may tune the antenna by controlling adjustable components that are coupled to the peripheral metal member. The adjustable components may include adjustable inductors and adjustable capacitors.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有壳体。 壳体可以具有被诸如分段的外围金属构件的外围导电结构包围的周边。 外围金属构件的一段可以通过狭槽与地面分离。 天线馈电可以具有耦合到外围金属构件的正天线端子和耦合到地面的接地端子,并且可以馈送由外围金属构件和地面形成的倒F形天线结构和缝隙天线结构, 由槽形成。 控制电路可以通过控制耦合到外围金属构件的可调组件来调谐天线。 可调部件可以包括可调电感器和可调电容器。

    Electronic device with multiple antenna feeds and adjustable filter and matching circuitry
    70.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with multiple antenna feeds and adjustable filter and matching circuitry 有权
    具有多个天线馈电和可调节滤波器和匹配电路的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09166634B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-20

    申请号:US13888110

    申请日:2013-05-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/0458 H04B1/18

    Abstract: Electronic devices may include antenna structures. The antenna structures may form an antenna having first and second feeds at different locations. A first transceiver may be coupled to the first feed using a first circuit. A second transceiver may be coupled to the second feed using a second circuit. The first and second feeds may be isolated from each other using the first and second circuits. The second circuit may have a notch filter that isolates the second feed from the first feed at operating frequencies associated with the first transceiver. The first circuit may include an adjustable component such as an adjustable capacitor. The adjustable component may be placed in different states depending on the mode of operation of the second transceiver to ensure that the first feed is isolated from the second feed.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括天线结构。 天线结构可以形成在不同位置具有第一和第二馈送的天线。 第一收发器可以使用第一电路耦合到第一馈送。 第二收发器可以使用第二电路耦合到第二馈送。 第一和第二馈送可以使用第一和第二电路彼此隔离。 第二电路可以具有陷波滤波器,其在与第一收发器相关联的工作频率下将第二馈送与第一馈送隔离。 第一电路可以包括诸如可调电容器的可调节部件。 取决于第二收发器的操作模式,可调整部件可以被置于不同的状态,以确保第一进给与第二进给隔离。

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