Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antenna structure and an electric circuit that can fit into small wireless devices.SOLUTION: An electronic device has wireless communications circuitry including an adjustable antenna system coupled to a radio-frequency transceiver. The adjustable antenna system may include one or more adjustable electrical components that are controlled by storage and processing circuitry in the electronic device. The adjustable electrical components may include switches and components that can be adjusted between numerous different states. The adjustable electrical components may be coupled between antenna system components such as transmission line elements, matching network elements, antenna elements, and antenna feeds. By adjusting the adjustable electrical components, the storage and processing circuitry can tune the adjustable antenna system to ensure that the adjustable antenna system covers communications bands of interest.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antenna structure and an electric circuit that can fit into small wireless devices.SOLUTION: An electronic device has wireless communications circuitry including an adjustable antenna system coupled to a radio-frequency transceiver. The adjustable antenna system may include one or more adjustable electrical components that are controlled by storage and processing circuitry in the electronic device. The adjustable electrical components may include switches and components that can be adjusted between numerous different states. The adjustable electrical components may be coupled between antenna system components such as transmission line elements, matching network elements, antenna elements, and antenna feeds. By adjusting the adjustable electrical components, the storage and processing circuitry can tune the adjustable antenna system to ensure that the adjustable antenna system covers communications bands of interest.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide improved wireless circuitry for an electronic device.SOLUTION: A wireless electronic device comprises: antenna structures; and antenna tuning circuitry. The device includes a display mounted within a housing. A peripheral conductive member runs around the edges of the display and housing. Dielectric-filled gaps divide the peripheral conductive member into individual segments. A ground plane is formed within the housing. The ground plane and the segments of the peripheral conductive member form antennas in upper and lower portions of the housing. The antenna tuning circuitry includes switchable inductor circuits and variable capacitor circuits for the upper and lower antennas. The switchable inductor circuits associated with the upper antenna are tuned to provide coverage in at least two high-band frequency ranges of interest, whereas the variable capacitor circuits associated with the upper antenna are tuned to provide coverage in at least two low-band frequency ranges of interest.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide electronic devices that contain wireless communications circuitry.SOLUTION: The wireless communications circuitry includes radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. A parallel-feed loop antenna is formed from portions of an electronic device bezel and a ground plane. The antenna operates in multiple communications bands. An impedance matching circuit for the antenna is formed from a parallel-connected inductive element and a series-connected capacitive element. The bezel surrounds a peripheral portion of a display that is mounted to the front of an electronic device. The bezel contains a gap. Antenna feed terminals for the antenna are located on opposing sides of the gap. The inductive element bridges the gap and the antenna feed terminals. The capacitive element is connected in series between one of the antenna feed terminals and a conductor in a transmission line located between the transceiver circuitry and the antenna.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device that contains a wireless communication circuit.SOLUTION: The wireless communication circuit includes a radio-frequency transceiver circuit and an antenna structure. A parallel-fed loop antenna is formed from portions of a conductive bezel and a ground plane. The antenna operates in multiple communications bands. The bezel surrounds a peripheral portion of a display that is mounted to the front of an electronic device. The bezel contains a gap. Antenna feed terminals for the antenna are located on opposing sides of the gap. A variable capacitor bridges the gap. An inductive element bridges the gap and the antenna feed terminals. A switchable inductor is coupled in parallel with the inductive element. A tunable matching circuit is coupled between one of the antenna feed terminals and a conductor in a coaxial cable connecting the transceiver circuit to the antenna.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide antenna structures having resonating elements and parasitic elements within slots in conductive elements.SOLUTION: Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antenna resonating elements such as dual-band antenna resonating elements that resonate in first and second communications bands. The antenna structures may also contain parasitic antenna elements such as elements that are operative in only the first or second communications band and elements that are operative in both the first and second communications bands. The antenna resonating elements and parasitic elements may be mounted on a common dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier may be mounted within a slot or other opening in a conductive element. The conductive element may be formed from conductive housing structures in an electronic device such as a portable computer. The portable computer may have a clutch barrel with a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover may overlap and cover the slot and the dielectric carrier.
Abstract:
An electronic device may have conductive sidewalls, a conductive turret, and a conductive bridge. The turret may be separated from the sidewalls by a slot. A display may be mounted to the turret and may include conductive display structures and a conductive ring that couples the display to the turret. An antenna in the device may have a radiating element formed from the conductive display structures, the ring, and the turret. The conductive bridge may form a short path across the slot to the sidewalls. The slot may define radiating edges of the radiating element. Integrating the antenna into the device in this way may maximize the bandwidth of the antenna by extending the antenna area to include the entire lateral area of the electronic device. This may also serve to maximize the active area of the display.
Abstract:
An electronic device 10 comprises: a housing with peripheral conductive structures 16 and ground structures 78, an antenna with a resonating element arm formed from a segment of the peripheral conductive housing structure, which is separated from the ground structures by a slot, a feed arrangement 50-4 where a ground signal is connected to the ground structures and a feed signal is connected to the said segment and where an adjustable tuning component 102D has a first terminal coupled to the feed signal, a second terminal coupled to the segment and a third terminal coupled to the ground structures. Further disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a housing with peripheral conductive structures and where a feed signal is connected to a conductive housing segment and where a switch is interposed on a feed signal line and a conductive trace 90 is coupled between a node 100 on the signal line 52, which is between the switch and a radio frequency transceiver, and a feed signal terminal 46B on the segment. Also disclosed is an antenna comprising conductive structures, wherein a portion extends between ground structures and a conductive structure, the conductive structure being separated from a resonating element arm by a dielectric-filled gap; and an antenna feed with a ground terminal, a feed signal coupled to first and second terminals of the arm and a third feed terminal coupled to a conductive structure.
Abstract:
a presente invenção refere-se a dispositivos eletrônicos que são fornecidos e contêm circuitos de comunicações sem fio. os circuitos de co- municações sem fio podem incluir estruturas de circuito e de antena de transceptor de frequência de rádio. uma antena em loop alimentada em pa- ralelo pode ser formada a partir de porções de um bisel condutivo e um pla- no de aterramento. a antena pode operar em múltiplas bandas de comuni- cações. o bisel pode circundar uma porção periférica de um visor que é montado na frente de um dispositivo eletrônico. o bisel pode conter um es- paço. os terminais de alimentação de antena para a antena podem estar localizados em lados opostos do espaço. um capacitor variável pode formar uma ponte no espaço. um elemento indutivo pode formar uma ponte entre o espaço e os terminais de alimentação de antena. um indutor comutável po- de ser acoplado em paralelo com o elemento indutivo. o circuito de combi- nação sintonizável pode ser acoplado entre um dos terminais de alimentação de antena e um condutor em um cabo coaxial conectando o circuito de transceptor à antena.