Antennas for handheld electronic devices with conductive bezels

    公开(公告)号:AU2008269045A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-31

    申请号:AU2008269045

    申请日:2008-03-05

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing using a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground plane in the handheld electronic device may serve as ground for one or more of the antennas. The ground plane and bezel may define an opening. A rectangular slot antenna or other suitable slot antenna may be formed from or within the opening. One or more antenna resonating elements may be formed above the slot. An electrical switch that bridges the slot may be used to modify the perimeter of the slot so as to tune the communications bands of the handheld electronic device.

    LAMINATED FLEX CIRCUIT LAYERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS
    53.
    发明申请
    LAMINATED FLEX CIRCUIT LAYERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPONENTS 审中-公开
    用于电子器件组件的层压挠性电路层

    公开(公告)号:WO2013032670A2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-07

    申请号:PCT/US2012050388

    申请日:2012-08-10

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna and a proximity sensor formed from flex circuit structures are mounted. The flex circuit structures may include first and second flex circuit layers. The first and second flex circuit layers may include metal antenna structures and metal proximity sensor electrode structures. Solder may be used to attach electrical components to the flex circuit layers and may be used to electrically connect metal structures on the first and second flex circuit layers to each other. The first and second flex circuit layers may be laminated together using a compressive fixture. The compressive fixture may have a first fixture with a convex surface and a second fixture with a concave surface so that the laminated flex circuit layers are provided with a bend.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有其中安装了由柔性电路结构形成的天线和接近传感器的外壳。 柔性电路结构可以包括第一和第二柔性电路层。 第一和第二柔性电路层可以包括金属天线结构和金属接近传感器电极结构。 焊料可用于将电子组件附着到柔性电路层,并可用于将第一和第二柔性电路层上的金属结构彼此电连接。 第一和第二柔性电路层可以使用压缩夹具层压在一起。 压缩夹具可以具有带凸表面的第一夹具和带凹表面的第二夹具,使得层压柔性电路层具有弯曲。

    BEZEL GAP ANTENNAS
    54.
    发明申请
    BEZEL GAP ANTENNAS 审中-公开
    BEZEL GAP天线

    公开(公告)号:WO2011068674A3

    公开(公告)日:2012-01-26

    申请号:PCT/US2010056887

    申请日:2010-11-16

    CPC classification number: H01Q7/00 H01Q1/243 H01Q9/42 H01Q13/10

    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. A parallel- fed loop antenna may be formed from portions of an electronic device bezel and a ground plane. The antenna may operate in multiple communications bands. An impedance matching circuit for the antenna may be formed from a parallel-connected inductive element and a series- connected capacitive element. The bezel may surround a peripheral portion of a display that is mounted to the front of an electronic device. The bezel may contain a gap. Antenna feed terminals for the antenna may be located on opposing sides of the gap. The inductive element may bridge the gap and the antenna feed terminals. The capacitive element may be 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 translation: 提供包含无线通信电路的电子设备。 无线通信电路可以包括射频收发器电路和天线结构。 并联馈电的环形天线可以由电子设备边框和接地平面的部分形成。 天线可以在多个通信频带中操作。 用于天线的阻抗匹配电路可以由并联连接的电感元件和串联连接的电容元件形成。 边框可以围绕安装到电子设备前部的显示器的外围部分。 表圈可能有间隙。 用于天线的天线馈电端子可以位于间隙的相对侧上。 电感元件可以桥接间隙和天线馈电端子。 电容元件可以串联连接在天线馈电端子之一和位于收发器电路和天线之间的传输线中的导体之间。

    ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH PROXIMITY-BASED RADIO POWER CONTROL

    公开(公告)号:CA2726447C

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-04

    申请号:CA2726447

    申请日:2009-06-01

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    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 electron-ic device is in close proximity to a user's head. Control circuitry within the electronic device may be used to ad-just 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 deter-mined 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 re-moved. Data may be gathered from a touch sensor, ac-celerometer, ambient light sensor and other sources for use in determining how to adjust the transmit power level

    Electronic device antenna with interference mitigation circuitry

    公开(公告)号:AU2016100887B4

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-16

    申请号:AU2016100887

    申请日:2016-06-17

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may be formed from peripheral conductive housing structures. An audio jack or other connector may be mounted in an opening in the peripheral conductive housing structures. The audio jack may overlap the antenna ground. Contacts in the audio jack may be coupled to an interference mitigation circuit. The interference mitigation circuit may include capacitors coupled to the ground and inductors coupled between the contacts and the capacitors. Radio frequency signal blocking inductors may be coupled between the interference mitigation circuit and respective ports in an audio circuit.

    Electronic device cavity antennas with slots and monopoles

    公开(公告)号:AU2015101429B4

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-09

    申请号:AU2015101429

    申请日:2015-10-01

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include cavity antennas. A cavity antenna may be formed from a metal antenna cavity and resonating element structures. The metal antenna cavity may be formed from metal traces on a dielectric carrier. The resonating element structures may include directly fed and indirectly fed slot antenna resonating elements and monopole antenna resonating elements. The metal antenna cavity may exhibit a resonance that is tuned using a transmission line tuning stub. Filters and duplexer circuits may be used in routing signals at different frequency bands among the antenna resonating elements.

    Tunable antenna system with receiver diversity

    公开(公告)号:AU2012200978B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-06-12

    申请号:AU2012200978

    申请日:2012-02-20

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure A wireless electronic device may include antenna structures and antenna tuning circuitry. The device may include a display mounted within a housing. A peripheral conductive member may run around the edges of the display and housing. Dielectric-filled gaps may divide the peripheral conductive member into individual segments. A ground plane may be formed within the housing. The ground plane and the segments of the peripheral conductive member may form antennas in upper and lower portions of the housing. The antenna tuning circuitry may include switchable inductor circuits and variable capacitor circuits for the upper and lower antennas. The switchable inductor circuits 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 associated with the upper antenna may be tuned to provide coverage in at least two low-band frequency ranges of interest.

    Antenna adhesively attached to the inner surface of a display cover glass

    公开(公告)号:GB2483145B

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-11

    申请号:GB201114185

    申请日:2011-08-17

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antennas such as inverted-F antennas that contain antenna resonating elements and antenna ground elements. Antenna resonating elements may be formed from patterned conductive traces on substrates such as flex circuit substrates. Antenna ground elements may be formed from conductive device structures such as metal housing walls. Support and biasing structures such as dielectric support members and layer of foam may be used to support and bias antenna resonating elements against planar device structures. The planar device structures against which the antenna resonating elements are biased may be planar dielectric members such as transparent layers of display cover glass or other planar structures. Adhesive may be interposed between the planar structures and the antenna resonating elements.

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