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公开(公告)号：US20190097317A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-28
申请号：US15718288
申请日：2017-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini , Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes antenna structures used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external wireless equipment. The electronic device may include a housing having a planar conductive layer, a first slot antenna that includes a first bent slot element in the planar conductive layer, and a second slot antenna that includes a second bent slot element in the planar conductive layer. The first and second bent slot elements may be configured to receive radio-frequency signals at the same frequency. The first and second bent slot elements may have the same shape. The electronic device may include control circuitry configured to measure a phase difference between the radio-frequency signals received by the first and second slot antennas. The control circuitry may identify an angle of arrival of the received radio-frequency signals based on the measured phase difference.
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公开(公告)号：US10957978B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-23
申请号：US16456856
申请日：2019-06-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Vinh T. Le
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antenna may include a first arm that radiates in the first band and a second arm that radiates in the second band. The antenna may be fed by a stripline. A microstrip may couple the stripline to the first and second arms and may be configured to match the impedance of the stripline to the impedance of the first and second arms in the first and second bands, respectively. Sets of antennas tuned to different frequencies may be fed by the same transmission line and may collectively exhibit a relatively wide bandwidth. A conductive shielding layer or other conductive components may be layered over the antennas to mitigate cross-polarization interference at the antennas.
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公开(公告)号：US10931013B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16277808
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
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公开(公告)号：US11984661B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-14
申请号：US17026974
申请日：2020-09-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Hao Xu , Ana Papio Toda , Carlo di Nallo , Michael D. Quinones , Mattia Pascolini , Amin Tayebi , Aaron J. Cooper , Per Jakob Helander , Johan Avendal
CPC classification number: H01Q3/30 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q9/0414 , H01Q9/0421
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.
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公开(公告)号：US20220094053A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17026974
申请日：2020-09-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Hao Xu , Ana Papio Toda , Carlo di Nallo , Michael D. Quinones , Mattia Pascolini , Amin Tayebi , Aaron J. Cooper , Per Jakob Helander , Johan Avendal
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.
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公开(公告)号：US20210328334A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-21
申请号：US16849776
申请日：2020-04-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo di Nallo , Ana Papio Toda
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antenna may include a shielding ring that runs around first and second arms. The first arm may radiate in the first band and the second arm may radiate in the second band. The first arm may have an end formed from a first segment of the ring and a radiating edge facing the second arm. The second arm may have an end formed from a second segment of the ring and a radiating edge facing the first arm. First and second sets of conductive vias may couple the ring to ground. The first set may form a return path for the first arm. The second set may form a return path for the second arm.
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公开(公告)号：US20250012886A1
公开(公告)日：2025-01-09
申请号：US18777049
申请日：2024-07-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G01S3/48 , G01S3/02 , G01S3/04 , G01S3/46 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q5/25 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q21/06
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US12044788B2
公开(公告)日：2024-07-23
申请号：US17383275
申请日：2021-07-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G01S3/02 , G01S3/46 , G01S3/48 , H01Q5/25 , G01S3/04 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/52 , H01Q3/26 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q21/06
CPC classification number: G01S3/48 , G01S3/46 , H01Q5/25 , G01S3/023 , G01S3/043 , G01S3/72 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/523 , H01Q3/2605 , H01Q9/0407 , H01Q21/065
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US11095017B2
公开(公告)日：2021-08-17
申请号：US16035325
申请日：2018-07-13
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes first, second, and third antennas used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external equipment. The antennas may include patch elements on respective substrates mounted to a flexible printed circuit. Each substrate may include fences of conductive vias that are coupled to ground and that laterally surround the corresponding patch element. Control circuitry may identify phase differences between the first and second antennas and between the second and third antennas and may identify an angle of arrival of received ultra-wideband signals using the phase differences. The control circuitry may compare the phase differences to a set of predetermined surfaces of phase differences to identify environmental loading conditions for the antenna. The control circuitry may correct the angle of arrival using offsets identified based on the environmental loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US20200266539A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-20
申请号：US16277808
申请日：2019-02-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Aaron J. Cooper , Amin Tayebi , Carlo di Nallo , Zheyu Wang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
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