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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：US11901641B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-13
申请号：US17694486
申请日：2022-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Xu Han , Hongfei Hu , Ming Chen , Jingni Zhong , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Mohsen Salehi , Carlo Di Nallo , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second antennas formed from respective first and second segments of a housing. The first antenna may have a first feed coupled to the first segment by a first switch and coupled to the first segment by a first conductive trace. The second antenna may have a second feed coupled to the second segment by a second switch and coupled to the second segment by a second conductive trace. The first segment may be separated from the second segment by a single gap, a data connector may pass through the second segment, and the antennas may selectively cover a low band. Alternatively, the first segment may be separated from the second segment by a third segment and two gaps, the data connector may pass through the third segment, and the first and second antennas may concurrently cover the low band.
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公开(公告)号：US10944153B1
公开(公告)日：2021-03-09
申请号：US16556026
申请日：2019-08-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Salih Yarga , Jingni Zhong , Bilgehan Avser , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element. The resonating element may have first and second arms extending from opposing sides of a feed. The first arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a first communications band such as a 5.0 GHz wireless local area network band. The second arm may have a fundamental mode that radiates in a second communications band such as one or more cellular ultra-high bands. The second resonating element arm may have a harmonic mode that radiates in first and second ultra-wideband (UWB) communications bands. The antenna may include a tunable component that is adjustable between first and second states. The second arm may radiate in the first UWB communications band while the tunable component is in the first state and in the second UWB communications band while the tunable component is in the second state.
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公开(公告)号：US20240097324A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US17947006
申请日：2022-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuancheng Xu , Thomas E Biedka , Jingni Zhong , Hongfei Hu , Simran Singh , Allen S Kwon , Carlo Di Nallo , Jayesh Nath , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a first antenna fed by a first path and a second antenna fed by a second path. A first coupler may be disposed on the first path, a second coupler may be disposed on the second path, and a feedback path may couple the couplers to a receiver. A low-pass filter may be disposed on the second path. The first antenna may transmit signals in a low band. Some of the signals may couple onto the second antenna. The second coupler may pass the coupled signals to the receiver. Control circuitry may generate a scattering parameter value characterizing the coupling of the signals from the first antenna onto the second antenna. The scattering parameter value may be used to determine when to switch the first antenna out of use and the second antenna into use for covering the low band.
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公开(公告)号：US20230291124A1
公开(公告)日：2023-09-14
申请号：US17694486
申请日：2022-03-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Xu Han , Hongfei Hu , Ming Chen , Jingni Zhong , Erdinc Irci , Salih Yarga , Mohsen Salehi , Carlo Di Nallo , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second antennas formed from respective first and second segments of a housing. The first antenna may have a first feed coupled to the first segment by a first switch and coupled to the first segment by a first conductive trace. The second antenna may have a second feed coupled to the second segment by a second switch and coupled to the second segment by a second conductive trace. The first segment may be separated from the second segment by a single gap, a data connector may pass through the second segment, and the antennas may selectively cover a low band. Alternatively, the first segment may be separated from the second segment by a third segment and two gaps, the data connector may pass through the third segment, and the first and second antennas may concurrently cover the low band.
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公开(公告)号：US20220094059A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17025987
申请日：2020-09-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yiren Wang , Daisong Zhang , Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Hongfei Hu , Jingni Zhong , Liang Han , Mattia Pascolini , Ming Chen , Nanbo Jin , Tiejun Yu , Yijun Zhou , Yuan Tao , Yuancheng Xu
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and a housing with upper and lower ends. The lower end may include first and second open slot antennas that are directly fed by respective feeds and that radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The lower end may also include first and second inverted-F antennas. The upper end may include third and fourth inverted-F antennas. The first inverted-F antenna may have a first feed that conveys currents below 2700 MHz and a second feed that conveys antenna currents in the cellular ultra-high band, a wireless local area network band, and/or ultra-wideband frequency bands. If desired, the upper end may include a third open slot antenna that is directly fed by a corresponding antenna feed and that radiates in the cellular ultra-high band and/or in the ultra-wideband frequency bands.
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公开(公告)号：US20250112371A1
公开(公告)日：2025-04-03
申请号：US18477868
申请日：2023-09-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Behnam Ghassemiparvin , Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Yuan Tao , Victor C Lee , Salih Yarga , Erdinc Irci , Jennifer M Edwards , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna module having a substrate. An antenna may be disposed on the substrate. The antenna may have a directly fed patch and parasitic patches. The antenna may be fed by a feed via. The parasitic patches may include a first layer of parasitic patches separated by a gap overlapping the directly fed patch. The parasitic patches may include an additional parasitic patch formed in a second layer. The additional parasitic patch may overlap the gap. A floating ground via may couple a center of the additional parasitic patch and a center of the directly fed patch to a landing pad in a ground layer. The landing pad may short the via to the ground layer at the radiating frequency of the antenna. The landing pad may be electrically floating at DC frequencies.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079784A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458710
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Han Wang , Victor C. Lee , Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Bhaskara R. Rupakula , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Christopher Q. Ma , Zhiheng Zhou , Sherry Cao , Kevin M. Froese , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0414 , H01Q9/0442 , H01Q9/40
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element and a light source module mounted to a flexible printed circuit and a metal cowling. The module may emit light through a rear housing wall. The printed circuit may be interposed between the metal cowling and a conductive support plate in the rear housing wall. The printed circuit may include a ground trace coupled to the resonating element. A dimpled pad may couple the ground trace to the support plate. Compressive foam may be used to exert a force against the flexible printed circuit that presses the dimpled pad against the conductive support plate. The ground trace and the dimpled pad may form a return path to ground for the resonating element. The dimpled pad may occupy less height within the device than other structures such as metal springs.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079782A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458916
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Alden T. Rush , Han Wang , Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a housing and an antenna. The antenna may be on a first substrate mounted to a second substrate. The housing may include a dielectric cover, a conductive plate on the dielectric cover, and a mid-chassis. The second substrate may be mounted to the mid-chassis. The antenna may include a conductive patch extending from a segment of a conductive ring on the first substrate. The conductive plate may have an opening aligned with the conductive patch. The first substrate may be separated from the dielectric cover by an air gap. A conductive gasket may couple the conductive ring to the conductive plate and may laterally surround the air gap and the opening. The antenna may convey ultra-wideband (UWB) signals through the air gap, the opening, and the dielectric cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079761A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458835
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jingni Zhong , Ming Chen , Han Wang , Alden T Rush , Behnam Ghassemiparvin , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Jennifer M Edwards , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q9/0407
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a flexible printed circuit and a rigid printed circuit mounted to the flexible printed circuit using a board-to-board (B2B) connector. The flexible printed circuit may include signal conductors coupled to one or more antennas on the rigid printed circuit through the B2B connector. A given one of the signal conductors may include a phase shifter segment on the flexible printed circuit and/or a thick impedance matching segment on the rigid printed circuit that help to form a smooth impedance transition from the flexible printed circuit to the rigid printed circuit and the antenna(s). The B2B connector may include signal contacts interleaved with a ground contacts. The B2B connector may include ground bars laterally surrounding the signal and ground contacts to maximize the strength of mechanical coupling between the flexible printed circuit and the rigid printed circuit.
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