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公开(公告)号:US20240079778A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18458720
申请日:2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Sidharath Jain , Haozhan Tian , Yuancheng Xu , Eric W. Bates , Peter A. Dvorak , Harlan S. Dannenberg , Rees S. Parker , Obinna O. Onyemepu , Victor C. Lee , Han Wang , Hongfei Hu
CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 , H01Q9/0442 , H01Q9/045
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240079757A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18458689
申请日:2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Seyed Mohammad Amjadi , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Xue Yang , Mattia Pascolini , Hongfei Hu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Ming-Ju Tsai , Ana Papio Toda , Yuancheng Xu , Jingni Zhong , Nikolaj P Kammersgaard , Sidharath Jain , Haozhan Tian , Ming Chen , Linqiang Zou
CPC classification number: H01Q1/22 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q9/0442 , H01Q9/045
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. A flexible printed circuit may have a first tail that extends along the first and second segments and a second tail that extends along the first segment. A conductive trace on the first tail may be coupled to an antenna feed terminal on the second segment. A conductive trace on the second tail may couple the conductive trace on the first tail to the first segment. A tuner and filters may be disposed on the flexible printed circuit and may be coupled to the conductive traces. The conductive trace on the second tail may have a tapered width. An antenna in the device may have a resonating element that includes both the first and second segments, thereby allowing the antenna to exhibit a wide bandwidth from 1.1-5 GHz.
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公开(公告)号:US12062858B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US17849501
申请日:2022-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yuancheng Xu , Hongfei Hu , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Sidharath Jain , Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard , Haozhan Tian , Yuan Tao , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
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公开(公告)号:US20240079766A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18458949
申请日:2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yuancheng Xu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nikolaj P Kammersgaard , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Han Wang , Haozhan Tian , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having a first segment and a second segment. First and second antenna feeds may be coupled between the first segment and the ground structures. The first feed may convey signals in a first band and the second feed may convey signals in a second band. The first segment may be near-field coupled to a slot between the second segment and the ground structures. A first tuner may be coupled between the second segment and the ground structures and may adjust a resonance of the first segment in the first and second bands. A second tuner coupled to the first feed may perform impedance matching in the first band and aperture tuning in the second band. A third tuner coupled to the second feed may perform impedance matching in the second band and aperture tuning in the first band.
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公开(公告)号:US20240079777A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-07
申请号:US18458671
申请日:2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Ming-Ju Tsai , Sidharath Jain , Haozhan Tian , Yuancheng Xu , Harlan S Dannenberg , Eric W Bates , Peter A Dvorak , Nicole E Cazares , Obinna O Onyemepu , Victor C Lee , Han Wang
CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 , H01Q9/0442 , H01Q9/045
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230420840A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-28
申请号:US17849501
申请日:2022-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yuancheng Xu , Hongfei Hu , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Sidharath Jain , Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard , Haozhan Tian , Yuan Tao , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
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公开(公告)号:US20250087869A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18465014
申请日:2023-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ming Chen , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Joel Ravi , Woonyong Bae , Laura M Burke , Yuancheng Xu , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Haozhan Tian , Salih Yarga , Erdinc Irci , Tiejun Yu , Seyed Mohammad Amjadi , Ahmed Ali Abdelhaliem Nafe , Hongfei Hu , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with sidewalls and a conductive plate. A segment of the sidewalls may form a radiating arm of an antenna. A display may be mounted to the sidewalls. The display may include a conductive frame and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible circuit may have a bend. Conductive foam may short a conductive trace on the flexible circuit to the conductive frame near the bend. Low injection pressure overmolding (LIPO) may be molded over the flexible circuit, the foam, and the frame. A conductive spring may short the frame to the conductive plate. The spring may include a wider and/or thinner portion that optionally includes one or more notches for reducing its inductance. The conductive plate, the spring, the frame, the foam, and the conductive trace may form part of the antenna ground for the antenna.
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公开(公告)号:US20250087868A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18464969
申请日:2023-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alden T Rush , Salih Yarga , Joel Ravi , Woonyong Bae , Laura M Burke , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Haozhan Tian , Erdinc Irci , Hongfei Hu , Carlo Di Nallo
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing having sidewalls, a dielectric cover, and a conductive plate. A display may be mounted to the sidewalls opposite the dielectric cover. A logic board may be interposed between the display and the plate. The device may include a phased antenna array on a first module and an ultra-wideband (UWB) on a second module. The first and second modules may be surface-mounted to the main body of a flexible printed circuit between the plate and the dielectric cover. The UWB antenna and the array may convey radio-frequency signals through the dielectric cover. The flexible printed circuit may have a tail that carries the transmission lines for the UWB antenna and the array. The tail may be folded through a hole in the mid-chassis and coupled to a radio-frequency connector on the logic board.
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公开(公告)号:US12107335B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
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
CPC classification number: H01Q21/064 , H01Q21/06 , H04B1/00 , H04B1/0064 , H04M1/0266
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 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: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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