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公开(公告)号：US20190260126A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-22
申请号：US15902907
申请日：2018-02-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Xu Gao , Erica J. Tong , Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Mattia Pascolini , Kevin M. Froese
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. Respective first and second slots may separate an antenna ground from the first and second segments. The antenna may have a first positive antenna feed terminal on the first segment and a second positive antenna feed terminal on the second segment. A transmission line may include a signal conductor having a first branch coupled to the first positive antenna feed terminal and a second branch coupled to the second positive antenna feed terminal. A switch may be interposed on the second branch for switching the antenna between a first mode in which the second slot is directly fed and a second mode in which the second segment is indirectly fed by the first segment.
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公开(公告)号：US10297902B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-21
申请号：US15704471
申请日：2017-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Hongfei Hu , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. Elongated conductive members may longitudinally divide openings between the peripheral conductive housing structures and the ground. The elongated conductive members may extend from an internal ground to outer ends of the elongated conductive members that are located adjacent to the gaps. Transmission lines may extend along the elongated conductive members to antenna feeds at the outer ends. The elongated conductive members may form open slots that serve as slot antenna resonating elements for the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US10200105B2
公开(公告)日：2019-02-05
申请号：US15638060
申请日：2017-06-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hongfei Hu , Yi Jiang , Ming-Ju Tsai , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erdinc Irci , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Siwen Yong
Abstract: An electronic device may include a peripheral conductive housing wall. The housing wall may be patterned to form first and second continuous regions defining opposing edges of a patterned region. The patterned region may include slots that divide the wall into conductive structures between the first and second continuous regions. A tuning element for an antenna in the device may be formed from the conductive structures and the slots in the patterned region. The slots and the conductive structures in the patterned region may be configured to mitigate any excessive capacitances between the first and second continuous regions in one or more desired frequency bands to optimize antenna efficiency. The slots may be narrow enough so as to be invisible to the un-aided human eye. This may configure the first and second continuous regions to appear to a user as a single continuous piece of conductor.
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公开(公告)号：US10056695B2
公开(公告)日：2018-08-21
申请号：US14811714
申请日：2015-07-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Matthew A. Mow , Liang Han , Ming-Ju Tsai , Erica J. Tong , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Mattia Pascolini , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 , H01Q1/245
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from conductive housing structures running along the edges of a device. The antenna may have a pair of switchable return paths that bridge a slot between the antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable component and a feed may be coupled in parallel across the slot. The adjustable component may switch a capacitor into use or out of use and the return paths may be selectively opened and closed to compensate for antenna loading due to the presence of external objects near the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US20180115053A1
公开(公告)日：2018-04-26
申请号：US15837873
申请日：2017-12-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hongfei Hu , Benjamin hane Bustle , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nanbo Jin , Miguel Christophy , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Erica Tong , Anand Lakshmanan , Mattia Pascolini , Tyler Cater , Christopher T. Cheng
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/357 , H01Q13/103
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20180069317A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-08
申请号：US15806986
申请日：2017-11-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Matthew A. Mow , Liang Han , Ming-Ju Tsai , Erica J. Tong , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Mattia Pascolini , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H01Q13/103 , H01Q1/245
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from conductive housing structures running along the edges of a device. The antenna may have a pair of switchable return paths that bridge a slot between the antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable component and a feed may be coupled in parallel across the slot. The adjustable component may switch a capacitor into use or out of use and the return paths may be selectively opened and closed to compensate for antenna loading due to the presence of external objects near the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号：US09912040B2
公开(公告)日：2018-03-06
申请号：US14262486
申请日：2014-04-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erdinc Irci , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: Electronic device antenna structures may include first and second antennas. A 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 an opening. An antenna feed for the first antenna may have a positive antenna terminal coupled to the peripheral metal member and a ground terminal coupled to the ground. A return path for the first antenna may span the opening in parallel with the antenna feed. A plastic carrier may be mounted to a printed circuit and a metal housing structure using screws. The plastic carrier may support an antenna resonating element for the second antenna and may support the return path for the first antenna. The screws may short metal structures on the plastic carrier to the metal structures and traces on the printed circuit.
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公开(公告)号：US20180048052A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-15
申请号：US15704471
申请日：2017-09-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Hongfei Hu , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H01Q13/103 , H01Q21/28 , H04B1/3888
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. Elongated conductive members may longitudinally divide openings between the peripheral conductive housing structures and the ground. The elongated conductive members may extend from an internal ground to outer ends of the elongated conductive members that are located adjacent to the gaps. Transmission lines may extend along the elongated conductive members to antenna feeds at the outer ends. The elongated conductive members may form open slots that serve as slot antenna resonating elements for the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US09876272B2
公开(公告)日：2018-01-23
申请号：US14829008
申请日：2015-08-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Hongfei Hu , Benjamin Shane Bustle , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nanbo Jin , Miguel Christophy , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Erica Tong , Anand Lakshmanan , Mattia Pascolini , Tyler Cater , Christopher T. Cheng
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/357 , H01Q13/103
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.
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公开(公告)号：US09768491B2
公开(公告)日：2017-09-19
申请号：US14691304
申请日：2015-04-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Hongfei Hu , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H01Q13/103 , H01Q21/28 , H04B1/3888
Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. Elongated conductive members may longitudinally divide openings between the peripheral conductive housing structures and the ground. The elongated conductive members may extend from an internal ground to outer ends of the elongated conductive members that are located adjacent to the gaps. Transmission lines may extend along the elongated conductive members to antenna feeds at the outer ends. The elongated conductive members may form open slots that serve as slot antenna resonating elements for the antenna.
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