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公开(公告)号:US10530042B2
公开(公告)日:2020-01-07
申请号:US15699879
申请日:2017-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Bilgehan Avser , Georgios Atmatzakis , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini , Salih Yarga , Xu Gao , Xu Han , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. The antennas may include antenna structures at opposing first and second ends of the electronic device. The antenna structures at a given end of the device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The electronic device may include a first antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A return path may bridge the gap. The electronic device may also include a second antenna that includes the antenna ground and an additional antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element of the second antenna may be parasitically coupled to the return path of the inverted-F antenna at given frequencies.
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公开(公告)号:US10200092B1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-05
申请号:US15719317
申请日:2017-09-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Georgios Atmatzakis , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Xu Gao , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H04B5/02 , H04B5/00 , H04B7/0413
Abstract: An electronic device may include a peripheral conductive wall. A gap in the wall may divide the wall into first and second segments. The device may include a first antenna having a first resonating element arm formed from the first segment and a second antenna having a second resonating element arm formed from the second segment. A non-near-field communications transceiver may perform multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) operations using the first and second antennas. The gap may provide satisfactory isolation between the first and second antennas while the first and second antennas perform MIMO operations. Near-field communications circuitry may convey near-field communications signals over a conductive loop path that includes portions of the first and second segments and the antenna ground. The volume of the conductive loop path may extend across substantially all of a width of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10833410B2
公开(公告)日:2020-11-10
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: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:US20190081385A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-14
申请号:US15699879
申请日:2017-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Bilgehan Avser , Georgios Atmatzakis , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini , Salih Yarga , Xu Gao , Xu Han , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. The antennas may include antenna structures at opposing first and second ends of the electronic device. The antenna structures at a given end of the device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The electronic device may include a first antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A return path may bridge the gap. The electronic device may also include a second antenna that includes the antenna ground and an additional antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element of the second antenna may be parasitically coupled to the return path of the inverted-F antenna at given frequencies.
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公开(公告)号:US20180069297A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15257542
申请日:2016-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Christopher T. Cheng , Erica J. Tong , Han Wang , Mattia Pascolini , Scott A. Myers , Xu Gao , Richard H. Dinh , Tang Yew Tan
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q5/328 , H01Q9/42
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include cellular telephone antennas, wireless local area network antennas, antenna structures for receiving satellite navigation system signals, and other antennas. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element such as an inverted-F antenna resonating element. The inverted-F antenna resonating element may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element arm formed from metal traces on a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may be soldered to an antenna grounding clip. A screw may attach the clip, a speaker tab, a connector bracket, and other metal structures to a metal device housing that serves as ground for the antenna. The screw may be isolated from the antenna grounding clip and the other metal structures by an insulating structure such as an insulating gasket.
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公开(公告)号:US20190165836A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US16265462
申请日:2019-02-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Georgios Atmatzakis , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Erica J. Tong , Xu Gao , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H04B5/02 , H04B5/00 , H04B7/0413
Abstract: An electronic device may include a peripheral conductive wall. A gap in the wall may divide the wall into first and second segments. The device may include a first antenna having a first resonating element arm formed from the first segment and a second antenna having a second resonating element arm formed from the second segment. A non-near-field communications transceiver may perform multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) operations using the first and second antennas. The gap may provide satisfactory isolation between the first and second antennas while the first and second antennas perform MIMO operations. Near-field communications circuitry may convey near-field communications signals over a conductive loop path that includes portions of the first and second segments and the antenna ground. The volume of the conductive loop path may extend across substantially all of a width of the electronic device.
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公开(公告)号:US10249937B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15257542
申请日:2016-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Nanbo Jin , Anand Lakshmanan , Christopher T. Cheng , Erica J. Tong , Han Wang , Mattia Pascolini , Scott A. Myers , Xu Gao , Richard H. Dinh , Tang Yew Tan
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include cellular telephone antennas, wireless local area network antennas, antenna structures for receiving satellite navigation system signals, and other antennas. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element such as an inverted-F antenna resonating element. The inverted-F antenna resonating element may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element arm formed from metal traces on a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may be soldered to an antenna grounding clip. A screw may attach the clip, a speaker tab, a connector bracket, and other metal structures to a metal device housing that serves as ground for the antenna. The screw may be isolated from the antenna grounding clip and the other metal structures by an insulating structure such as an insulating gasket.
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公开(公告)号:US10158384B1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-18
申请号:US15699869
申请日:2017-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Salih Yarga , Xu Gao , Georgios Atmatzakis , Xu Han , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Yijun Zhou , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna in the electronic device may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna may also include an indirectly-fed antenna resonating element that is indirectly fed by a harmonic mode of the inverted-F antenna resonating element via near field electromagnetic coupling. The indirectly-fed antenna resonating element may be a slot. The antenna ground may define at least three edges of the slot and the slot may be aligned with a dielectric-filled gap in the peripheral conductive housing structures. An adjustable circuit may be coupled across the slot to tune the indirectly-fed antenna resonating element.
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