- Patent Title: Electronic device antennas having multiple signal feed terminals
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Application No.: US15902907Application Date: 2018-02-22
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Publication No.: US10833410B2Publication Date: 2020-11-10
- Inventor: Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Hongfei Hu , Nanbo Jin , Xu Gao , Erica J. Tong , Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Mattia Pascolini , Kevin M. Froese
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons; Matthew R. Williams
- Main IPC: H01Q5/35
- IPC: H01Q5/35 ; H01Q9/06 ; H01Q9/04 ; H01Q9/28

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190260126A1 Electronic Device Antennas Having Multiple Signal Feed Terminals Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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