- Patent Title: Electronic devices having communications and ranging capabilities
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Application No.: US16146556Application Date: 2018-09-28
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Publication No.: US10741906B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Bilgehan Avser , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Jennifer M. Edwards
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H01Q1/38
- IPC: H01Q1/38 ; H01Q1/24 ; G06F1/16

Abstract:
An electronic device may be provided antennas and control circuitry. The antennas may be arranged in an array of unit cells. Each unit cell may include a first antenna that conveys signals in a first frequency band higher than 10 GHz and a second antenna that conveys radio-frequency signals in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. A first of the unit cells may be provided with a first set of antennas that transmits radio-frequency signals in a third frequency band higher than the second frequency band. A second of the antenna unit cells may be provided with a second set of antennas that receives the radio-frequency signals after being reflected off of external objects. The control circuitry may perform spatial ranging operations by processing the transmitted and received signals in the second frequency band.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200106158A1 Electronic Devices Having Communications and Ranging Capabilities Public/Granted day:2020-04-02
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