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公开(公告)号：US20210265745A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US17314740
申请日：2021-05-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Siwen Yong , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer, a dielectric substrate, and a phased antenna array on the dielectric substrate for conveying millimeter wave signals through the dielectric cover layer. The array may include conductive traces mounted against the dielectric layer. The conductive traces may form patch elements or parasitic elements for the phased antenna array. The dielectric layer may have a dielectric constant and a thickness selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The substrate may include fences of conductive vias that laterally surround each of the antennas within the array. When configured in this way, signal attenuation, destructive interference, and surface wave generation associated with the presence of the dielectric layer over the phased antenna array may be minimized.
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公开(公告)号：US20200021019A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16036770
申请日：2018-07-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan , Jennifer M. Edwards , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Travis A. Barbieri , Georgios Atmatzakis , Matthew A. Mow
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures that convey radio-frequency signals greater than 10 GHz. The antenna structures may include overlapping first and second patches. The first patch may include a hole. A transmission line for the second patch may include a conductive via extending through the hole. The via may be coupled to a first end of a trace. A second end of the trace may be coupled to a feed terminal on the second patch over an additional via. The hole may be located within a central region of the first patch to allow the via to pass through the hole without electromagnetically coupling to the first patch. If desired, adjustable impedance matching circuits may be used to couple selected impedances to the antenna feeds that help ensure that the first and second patch antennas are sufficiently isolated from each other.
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公开(公告)号：US20190319367A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-17
申请号：US15950677
申请日：2018-04-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Siwen Yong , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer, a dielectric substrate, and a phased antenna array on the dielectric substrate for conveying millimeter wave signals through the dielectric cover layer. The array may include conductive traces mounted against the dielectric layer. The conductive traces may form patch elements or parasitic elements for the phased antenna array. The dielectric layer may have a dielectric constant and a thickness selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The substrate may include fences of conductive vias that laterally surround each of the antennas within the array. When configured in this way, signal attenuation, destructive interference, and surface wave generation associated with the presence of the dielectric layer over the phased antenna array may be minimized.
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公开(公告)号：US20190312347A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US15950072
申请日：2018-04-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Siwen Yong , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer and a conductive layer on the dielectric cover layer. The conductive layer may define an opening. A dielectric spacer may be mounted to the cover layer within the opening. A substrate may be mounted to the spacer. Vertical conductive structures may extend from the conductive layer to the substrate and may laterally surround the spacer. A phased antenna array may be formed on the substrate and aligned with the opening. The cover layer may have a dielectric constant and thickness that are selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The spacer and the conductive structures may exhibit a cavity resonance at the wavelength. The array and the conductive structures may radiate radio-frequency signals at millimeter wave frequencies through the dielectric cover layer.
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公开(公告)号：US10381715B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-13
申请号：US15602972
申请日：2017-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka , Matthew A. Mow , Iyappan Ramachandran , Mattia Pascolini , Xu Han , Hao Xu , Jennifer M. Edwards , Salih Yarga , Yijun Zhou
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H04W4/02 , H04B1/401 , H01Q9/42 , H01Q5/328 , H04B1/04 , H04B1/18 , H01Q5/35 , H04W88/06
Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US10367570B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-30
申请号：US15701233
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Jennifer M. Edwards , Hao Xu , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H01Q1/24 , H04B7/12 , H04B1/00 , H05K1/02 , H04B7/02 , H05K1/16 , H05K1/18 , H04B1/04 , H04B1/18
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures and control circuitry. The antenna structures may include an antenna resonating element arm, an antenna ground, and an antenna feed coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. The electronic device may include a tunable component configured to tune a frequency response of the antenna structures. The electronic device may also include a substrate, a radio-frequency transceiver on the substrate, control circuitry configured to generate control signals, a flexible printed circuit, and a connector. The connector may mechanically secure the flexible printed circuit to the substrate and may be electrically coupled to the transceiver and the control circuitry. The flexible printed circuit may include a radio-frequency transmission line coupled between the antenna feed and the connector and a control signal path coupled between the tunable component and the connector.
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公开(公告)号：US20190081410A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-14
申请号：US15700618
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Jennifer M. Edwards , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: Antenna structures at a given end of an electronic device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The device may include an antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A short circuit path may bridge the gap. The short circuit path may be a split return path coupled between a first point on the inverted-F antenna resonating element arm and second and third points on the antenna ground. The electronic device may include an additional antenna that includes the antenna ground and metal traces that form an antenna resonating element arm. The antenna resonating element arm of the additional antenna may be parasitically coupled to the inverted-F antenna resonating element and a portion of the split return path.
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公开(公告)号：US20180342794A1
公开(公告)日：2018-11-29
申请号：US15602972
申请日：2017-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Thomas E. Biedka , Matthew A. Mow , Iyappan Ramachandran , Mattia Pascolini , Xu Han , Hao Xu , Jennifer M. Edwards , Salih Yarga , Yijun Zhou
CPC classification number: H01Q1/245 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/328 , H01Q5/35 , H01Q9/42 , H04B1/0458 , H04B1/18 , H04B1/401 , H04W4/026 , H04W88/06
Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna having a resonating element, an antenna ground, and a feed. First and second tunable components may be coupled to the resonating element. Adjustable matching circuitry may be coupled to the feed. Control circuitry may use the first tunable component to tune a midband antenna resonance when sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a right hand and may use the second tunable component to tune the midband resonance when the sensor circuitry identifies that the device is being held in a left hand. For tuning a low band resonance, the control circuitry may place the antenna in different tuning states by sequentially adjusting a selected one of the matching circuitry and the tunable components, potentially reverting to a previous tuning state at each step in the sequence. This may ensure that antenna efficiency is satisfactory regardless of antenna loading conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US10103423B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-16
申请号：US14020676
申请日：2013-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Daniel W. Jarvis , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Miguel C. Christophy , Hao Xu , Jayesh Nath , Jared M. Kole , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Jennifer M. Edwards , Peter I. Bevelacqua , Robert W. Schlub
Abstract: A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20180277936A1
公开(公告)日：2018-09-27
申请号：US15994853
申请日：2018-05-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Hao Xu , Jayesh Nath , Peter I. Bevelacqua , Jennifer M. Edwards , Daniel W. Jarvis , Jared M. Kole , Mattia Pascolini , Robert W. Schlub , Ruben Caballero
CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/085 , H01Q1/44 , Y10T29/49016
Abstract: A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing. A hybrid antenna is also described herein. The hybrid antenna can include first and second flexible members capable of facilitating wireless communication, where the first and second flexible members are affixed to one another via a metal member.
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