Wireless devices having co-existing antenna structures

    公开(公告)号:US12062835B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US17222557

    申请日:2021-04-05

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    CPC分类号: H01Q1/243 H01Q5/35 H01Q13/10

    摘要: An electronic device may be provided with first, second, and third antennas and a dock flex. A first feed terminal for the first antenna may be coupled to a second feed terminal for the second antenna over a first path. The first path may be coupled to ground over a second path. Tuning components may be interposed on the first and second paths. The third antenna may be patterned on a first portion of the dock flex. Front end components for the first antenna may be mounted to a second portion of the dock flex. The first and second portions may extend from a tail of the dock flex. The tail may be wrapped around a plastic support block to hold the second portion over the first portion. The plastic support block may have a snap hook clip that holds the second portion in place.

    Electronic Device Having Antenna with Vent Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20240079785A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18458811

    申请日:2023-08-30

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01Q9/04

    CPC分类号: H01Q9/0421 H01Q1/243

    摘要: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit.

    Wireless Devices Having Co-Existing Antenna Structures

    公开(公告)号:US20220085488A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-17

    申请号:US17222557

    申请日:2021-04-05

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/24 H01Q13/10 H01Q5/35

    摘要: An electronic device may be provided with first, second, and third antennas and a dock flex. A first feed terminal for the first antenna may be coupled to a second feed terminal for the second antenna over a first path. The first path may be coupled to ground over a second path. Tuning components may be interposed on the first and second paths. The third antenna may be patterned on a first portion of the dock flex. Front end components for the first antenna may be mounted to a second portion of the dock flex. The first and second portions may extend from a tail of the dock flex. The tail may be wrapped around a plastic support block to hold the second portion over the first portion. The plastic support block may have a snap hook clip that holds the second portion in place.

    Electronic device with passive antenna retuning circuitry
    4.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with passive antenna retuning circuitry 有权
    具有无源天线重调电路的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09537219B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14500819

    申请日:2014-09-29

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element, an antenna ground, and other resonating element structures. A tip of the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground may be separated by a peripheral housing gap filled with plastic. The antenna may be sensitive to capacitance changes induced by the presence of a user's hand overlapping the gap or other portions of the antenna. A hand capacitance sensing electrode may be mounted in the plastic of the gap or elsewhere in the vicinity of the antenna. A transmission line may couple the hand capacitance sensing electrode to the antenna to retune the antenna in the event that the user's hand overlaps the antenna.

    摘要翻译: 电子设备可以具有带天线的无线电路。 天线可以具有倒F天线谐振元件,天线接地和其它谐振元件结构。 天线谐振元件的尖端和天线接地可以由填充有塑料的外围壳体间隙分开。 天线可能对由与天线的间隙或其他部分重叠的用户手的存在引起的电容变化敏感。 手电容感测电极可以安装在间隙的塑料或天线附近的别处。 在用户的手与天线重叠的情况下,传输线可以将手电容感测电极耦合到天线以重新调谐天线。

    Antenna with tunable high band parasitic element
    6.
    发明授权
    Antenna with tunable high band parasitic element 有权
    具有可调谐高频带寄生元件的天线

    公开(公告)号:US09337537B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-10

    申请号:US13890013

    申请日:2013-05-08

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Electronic devices may be provided that include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antennas. An antenna may be formed from an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may have a shorter portion that resonates at higher communications band frequencies and a longer portion that resonates at lower communications band frequencies. The resonating element may be formed from a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure that is separated from the antenna ground by an opening. A parasitic monopole antenna resonating element or parasitic loop antenna resonating element may be located in the opening. Antenna tuning in the higher communications band may be implemented using an adjustable inductor in the parasitic element. Antenna tuning in the lower communications band may be implemented using an adjustable inductor that couples the antenna resonating element to the antenna ground.

    摘要翻译: 可以提供包括射频收发器电路和天线的电子设备。 天线可以由天线谐振元件和天线接地形成。 天线谐振元件可以具有在较高通信频带频率下谐振的较短部分和在较低通信频带频率下谐振的较长部分。 谐振元件可以由外部导电电子器件外壳结构形成,该外壳由天线与开口隔开。 寄生单极天线谐振元件或寄生环形天线谐振元件可以位于开口中。 可以使用寄生元件中的可调电感器来实现较高通信频带中的天线调谐。 可以使用将天线谐振元件耦合到天线地的可调节电感器来实现较低通信频带中的天线调谐。

    Electronic device with shared antenna structures and balun
    7.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with shared antenna structures and balun 有权
    具有共享天线结构和平衡 - 不平衡变换器的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09325080B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-26

    申请号:US14195130

    申请日:2014-03-03

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: An electronic device may be provided with shared antenna structures that can be used to form both a near-field-communications antenna such as a loop antenna and a non-near-field communications antenna such as an inverted-F antenna. The antenna structures may include conductive structures such as metal traces on printed circuits or other dielectric substrates, internal metal housing structures, or other conductive electronic device housing structures. A main resonating element arm may be separated from an antenna ground by an opening. A non-near-field communications antenna return path and antenna feed path may span the opening. A balun may have first and second electromagnetically coupled inductors. The second inductor may have terminals coupled across differential signal terminals in a near-field communications transceiver. The first inductor may form part of the near-field communications loop antenna.

    摘要翻译: 电子设备可以设置有共享天线结构,其可以用于形成诸如环形天线的近场通信天线和诸如倒F天线的非近场通信天线。 天线结构可以包括导电结构,例如印刷电路或其它电介质基板上的金属迹线,内部金属外壳结构或其它导电电子器件外壳结构。 主谐振元件臂可以通过开口与天线接地分开。 非近场通信天线返回路径和天线馈送路径可以跨越开口。 平衡 - 不平衡转换器可以具有第一和第二电磁耦合电感器。 第二电感器可以具有耦合在近场通信收发器中的差分信号端子上的端子。 第一电感器可以形成近场通信环形天线的一部分。

    Electronic device with balanced-fed satellite communications antennas
    8.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with balanced-fed satellite communications antennas 有权
    具有平衡馈线卫星通信天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09318806B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-19

    申请号:US14058024

    申请日:2013-10-18

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    CPC分类号: H01Q5/328 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/371

    摘要: An electronic device may include balance-fed antenna structures that do not have direct paths to ground. The antenna structures may serve as a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna and may have a dipole structure having a first and second antenna resonating element arms. The antenna structures may include a conductive path that conveys antenna signals between a first feed terminal on the first antenna resonating element arm and a transmission line. The conductive path may overlap with the second antenna resonating element arm such that current flow through the conductive path induces corresponding current flow in the second antenna resonating element arm. The antenna structures may include an impedance matching short-circuit stub path that couples the first antenna resonating element arm to the second antenna resonating element arm. Choke inductors may be used to help block indirect paths from the antenna structures to ground through adjacent circuitry.

    摘要翻译: 电子设备可以包括不具有到地的直接路径的平衡馈送天线结构。 天线结构可以用作全球定位系统(GPS)天线,并且可以具有具有第一和第二天线谐振元件臂的偶极结构。 天线结构可以包括在第一天线谐振元件臂上的第一馈电端子和传输线之间传送天线信号的导电路径。 导电路径可以与第二天线谐振元件臂重叠,使得流过导电路径的电流在第二天线谐振元件臂中引起相应的电流。 天线结构可以包括将第一天线谐振元件臂耦合到第二天线谐振元件臂的阻抗匹配短路短路路径。 扼流电感器可用于帮助阻止从天线结构到通过相邻电路接地的间接路径。

    Electronic Device Antenna With Reduced Lossy Mode
    9.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device Antenna With Reduced Lossy Mode 有权
    减少有损模式的电子天线

    公开(公告)号:US20160064801A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-03

    申请号:US14476490

    申请日:2014-09-03

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01Q1/24 H01Q13/10 H01Q9/04

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 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 multiple feeds for covering three communications bands
    10.
    发明授权
    Electronic device antenna with multiple feeds for covering three communications bands 有权
    具有多个馈线的电子设备天线,用于覆盖三个通信频带

    公开(公告)号:US09276319B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-01

    申请号:US13889987

    申请日:2013-05-08

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: Electronic devices may be provided that include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antennas. An antenna may be formed from an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may have a shorter portion that resonates at higher communications band frequencies and a longer portion that resonates at lower communications band frequencies. An extended portion of the antenna ground may form an inverted-F antenna resonating element portion of the antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element may be formed from a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure that is separated from the antenna ground by an opening. A first antenna feed may be coupled between the peripheral conductive electronic device housing structures and the antenna ground across the opening. A second antenna feed may be coupled to the inverted-F antenna resonating element portion of the antenna resonating element.

    摘要翻译: 可以提供包括射频收发器电路和天线的电子设备。 天线可以由天线谐振元件和天线接地形成。 天线谐振元件可以具有在较高通信频带频率下谐振的较短部分和在较低通信频带频率下谐振的较长部分。 天线接地的延伸部分可以形成天线谐振元件的倒F天线谐振元件部分。 天线谐振元件可以由外部导电电子器件外壳结构形成,该外壳导电电子器件壳体结构通过开口与天线接地分开。 第一天线馈电可以耦合在外围导电电子器件外壳结构和穿过开口的天线接地之间。 第二天线馈送可以耦合到天线谐振元件的倒F天线谐振元件部分。