公开(公告)号：BR102012008298A2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：BR102012008298

申请日：2012-03-02

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： JIN NANBO ,  PASCOLINI MATTIA ,  MOW MATT A ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/00 ,  H01Q5/10

Abstract: A wireless electronic device (10) may include antenna structures (40U) and antenna tuning circuitry. The device (10) may include a display (14) mounted within a housing (12). A peripheral conductive member (16) may run around the edges of the display and housing. Dielectric-filled gaps (18C) may divide the peripheral conductive member (16) into individual segments (16-1, 16-2). A ground plane (G) may be formed within the housing. The ground plane (G) and the segments (16-1, 16-2) of the peripheral conductive member (16) may form antennas in upper and lower portions of the housing (12). The antenna tuning circuitry may include switchable inductor circuits (210') and variable capacitor circuits (212-1) for the upper and lower antennas. The switchable inductor circuits (210') associated with the upper antenna may be tuned to provide coverage in at least two high-band frequency ranges of interest, whereas the variable capacitor circuits (212-1) associated with the upper antenna may be tuned to provide coverage in at least two low-band frequency ranges of interest.

公开(公告)号：BR102012004456A2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：BR102012004456

申请日：2012-02-28

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： AYALA VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE ,  UTTERMANN ERIK ,  YARGA SALIH ,  LI QINGXIANG ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q5/378 ,  H04Q1/38

Abstract: Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. Multiple resonating elements may be formed on a flexible antenna resonating element substrate. The flexible antenna resonating element substrate may have a first antenna resonating element at one end and a second antenna resonating element at an opposing end. The flexible antenna resonating substrate may be wrapped around a dielectric carrier and mounted within an electronic device under an inactive display region and above a dielectric housing window. Conductive structures such as conductive housing structures may form antenna ground. The resonating elements and antenna ground may form first and second antennas. A parasitic antenna resonating element may form part of the first antenna.

公开(公告)号：AU2011201169B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-11

申请号：AU2011201169

申请日：2011-03-16

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HILL ROBERT J ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  ZAVALA JUAN ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/00 ,  H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q5/371 ,  H01Q5/40 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q21/30

Abstract: Abstract Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry having at least one antenna. The 5 antenna may have a planar ground element and a planar resonating element. The planar ground element may have a rectangular shape that matches a rectangular housing shape for a handheld electronic device. A dielectric-filled slot may be formed in one end of the planar ground element. The planar resonating element 10 may be located above the slot. The antenna may be a hybrid antenna that contains both a slot antenna structure formed from the slot and a planar inverted-F structure formed from the planar resonating element and the planar ground element. The antenna may be fed using a single transmission line or two 15 transmission lines. With two transmission lines, one transmission line may be associated with the slot antenna structure and one transmission line may be associated with the planar inverted-F antenna structure.

公开(公告)号：AU2010202586B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-04

申请号：AU2010202586

申请日：2010-06-21

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： CHIANG BING ,  KOUGH DOUGLAS B ,  VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE AYALA ,  SPRINGER GREGORY A ,  XU HAO ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  CAMACHO EDUARDO LOPEZ ,  PASCOLINI MATTIA ,  GUTERMAN JERZY ,  JIANG YI ,  ANGULO RODNEY ANDRES GOMEZ ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q1/00 ,  H01Q5/10

Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. The housing may have an antenna window for the antenna. The antenna window may be formed from dielectric or from antenna window slots in a conductive member such as a conductive wall of the electronic device housing. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element that is backed by a conductive antenna cavity. The antenna resonating element may have antenna resonating element slots or may be formed using other antenna configurations such as inverted-F configurations. The antenna cavity may have conductive vertical sidewalls and a conductive rear wall. The antenna cavity walls may be formed from conductive layers on a dielectric antenna support structure.

公开(公告)号：HK1153311A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-23

申请号：HK11107360

申请日：2011-07-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  AMM DAVID T ,  LEUNG OMAR S ,  KING BRIAN M ,  LI QINGXIANG ,  VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE AYALA ,  ANGULO RODNEY ANDRES GOMEZ ,  JIANG YI ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q20060101 ,  G06F20060101

Abstract: Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. The housing may be formed of conductive materials. A dielectric antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects. A parasitic antenna resonating element may be interposed between the antenna resonating element and the dielectric antenna window to minimize near-field radiation hotspots. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed using a capacitor electrode for the proximity sensor. A ferrite layer may be interposed between the parasitic element and the antenna window.

公开(公告)号：AU2010290076A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-01

申请号：AU2010290076

申请日：2010-06-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： AYALA VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  JIANG YI ,  GOMEZ ANGULO RODNEY ANDRES ,  CABALLERO RUBEN ,  LI QINGXIANG

IPC: H01Q1/40

Abstract: An electronic device may have a cavity antenna. The cavity antenna may have a logo-shaped dielectric window. An antenna resonating element for the cavity antenna may be formed from conductive traces on a printed circuit board. An antenna resonating element may be formed from the traces. The antenna resonating element may be mounted on an antenna support structure. A conductive cavity structure for the cavity antenna may have a planar lip that is mounted flush with an interior surface of a conductive housing wall. The cavity structure may have more than one depth. Shallower planar portions of the cavity structure may lie in a plane. The antenna resonating element may be located between the plane of the shallow cavity walls and an external surface of the conductive housing wall.

公开(公告)号：CA2767800A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-20

申请号：CA2767800

申请日：2010-06-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  AMM DAVID T ,  LEUNG OMAR S ,  KING BRIAN M ,  LI QINGXIANG ,  AYALA VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE ,  GOMEZ ANGULO RODNEY ANDRES ,  JIANG YI ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H03K17/955

Abstract: Antennas are provided for electronic devices such as portable computers. An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. The housing may be formed of conductive materials. A dielectric antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio- frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects. A parasitic antenna resonating element may be interposed between the antenna resonating element and the dielectric antenna window to minimize near-field radiation hotspots. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed using a capacitor electrode for the proximity sensor. A ferrite layer may be interposed between the parasitic element and the antenna window.

公开(公告)号：CA2767776A1

公开(公告)日：2011-01-20

申请号：CA2767776

申请日：2010-06-22

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： AMM DAVID T ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  LEUNG OMAR S ,  KING BRIAN M ,  LI QINGXIANG ,  AYALA VAZQUEZ ENRIQUE ,  GOMEZ ANGULO RODNEY ANDRES ,  JIANG YI ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H03K17/955

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. An antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A capacitive proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects in the vicinity of the antenna. The proximity sensor may have conductive layers separated by a dielectric. A capacitance-to-digital converter may be coupled to the proximity sensor by inductors. The capacitive proximity sensor may be interposed between an antenna resonating element and the antenna window. The capacitive proximity sensor may serve as a parasitic antenna resonating element and may be coupled to the housing by a capacitor.

公开(公告)号：AU2008205145B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-16

申请号：AU2008205145

申请日：2008-01-03

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HILL ROBERT J ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W ,  ZAVALA JUAN ,  CABALLERO RUBEN

IPC: H03H7/46 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q21/30

Abstract: Handheld electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry having at least first and second antennas. An antenna isolation element reduces signal interference between the antennas, so that the antennas may be used in close proximity to each other. A planar ground element may be used as a ground by the first and second antennas. The first antenna may be formed using. a hybrid planar-inverted-F and slot arrangement in which a planar resonating element is located above a rectangular slot in the planar ground element. The second antenna may be formed from an L-shaped strip. The planar resonating element of the first antenna may have first and second arms. The first arm may resonate at a common frequency with the second antenna and may serve as the isolation element. The second arm may resonate at approximately the same frequency as the slot portion of the hybrid antenna.

公开(公告)号：CA2726447A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-10

申请号：CA2726447

申请日：2009-06-01

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： CABALLERO RUBEN ,  SCHLUB ROBERT W

IPC: H04B1/38 ,  H04W52/28

Abstract: An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have an antenna and associated wireless communications circuitry. A sensor such as a proximity sensor may be used to detect when the electronic device is in close proximity to a user's head. Control circuitry within the electronic device may be used to adjust radio-frequency signal transmit power levels. When it is determined that the electronic device is within a given distance from the user's head, the radio-frequency signal transmit power level may be reduced. When it is determined that the electronic device is not within the given distance from the user's head, proximity-based limits on the radio-frequency signal transmit power level may be removed. Data may be gathered from a touch sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor and other sources for use in determining how to adjust the transmit power level.