公开(公告)号：US20240079777A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18458671

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yiren Wang ,  Yuan Tao ,  Hao Xu ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Ming-Ju Tsai ,  Sidharath Jain ,  Haozhan Tian ,  Yuancheng Xu ,  Harlan S Dannenberg ,  Eric W Bates ,  Peter A Dvorak ,  Nicole E Cazares ,  Obinna O Onyemepu ,  Victor C Lee ,  Han Wang

IPC: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q9/045

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20230420840A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-28

申请号：US17849501

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Yuancheng Xu ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Hao Xu ,  Yiren Wang ,  Han Wang ,  Sidharath Jain ,  Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard ,  Haozhan Tian ,  Yuan Tao ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q5/364 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H01Q3/247 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q5/364

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.

公开(公告)号：US20250112354A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18477872

申请日：2023-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Seyed Mohammad Amjadi ,  Yiren Wang ,  Sidharath Jain ,  Victor C Lee ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Alden T Rush ,  Yuan Tao ,  Hao Xu ,  Carlo Di Nallo

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/42 ,  H01Q13/10

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures and a rear housing wall. The electronic device may have a display mounted to the peripheral conductive housing structures opposite the rear housing wall. The rear housing wall may have a dielectric cover layer and a conductive support plate that extends along the dielectric cover layer. The electronic device may have an antenna that radiates through the dielectric cover layer. The antenna may have a slot antenna resonating element that includes a first slot between the support plate and the peripheral structures and may include a second slot extending from the first slot into the support plate. A conductive interconnect may couple the support plate to the peripheral conductive housing structures at an end of the first slot. The antenna may be fed at a feed protrusion that extends into the second slot.

公开(公告)号：US20240079778A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18458720

申请日：2023-08-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Ming-Ju Tsai ,  Yiren Wang ,  Yuan Tao ,  Hao Xu ,  Sidharath Jain ,  Haozhan Tian ,  Yuancheng Xu ,  Eric W. Bates ,  Peter A. Dvorak ,  Harlan S. Dannenberg ,  Rees S. Parker ,  Obinna O. Onyemepu ,  Victor C. Lee ,  Han Wang ,  Hongfei Hu

IPC: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/0442 ,  H01Q9/045

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna having a resonating element formed from a segment of peripheral conductive housing structures. A speaker may be aligned with first openings in the segment. A vent may be aligned with second openings in the segment. A connector may protrude through the segment. A trace combiner for the antenna may be patterned onto the speaker and may be coupled to the segment. Tuners for the antenna may be disposed on first and second flexible printed circuits that extend along opposing sides of the connector. The tuners may be controlled through the speaker. The second flexible printed circuit may extend along the vent. The vent may have a vent cowling with a cut-out region next to the tuner on the second flexible printed circuit.

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

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q9/04

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.

公开(公告)号：US12062858B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-13

申请号：US17849501

申请日：2022-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Yuancheng Xu ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Hao Xu ,  Yiren Wang ,  Han Wang ,  Sidharath Jain ,  Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard ,  Haozhan Tian ,  Yuan Tao ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/364

CPC classification number: H01Q3/247 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q5/364

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.