公开(公告)号：US20250087871A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18623219

申请日：2024-04-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Simon G. Begashaw ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Mei-Li Chi ,  Killian J. Poore ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q15/24 ,  H01Q21/24

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a housing with a cover having three-dimensional curvature. A front-facing display may be mounted to the cover and may display images through the cover. The cover may have a peripheral region laterally surrounding the front-facing display. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element layered onto the cover overlapping the peripheral region. The antenna may be switchable between a first polarization state and a second polarization state. In the first polarization state, the antenna conveys radio-frequency signals having a first polarization with an earbud. In the second polarization state, the antenna conveys radio-frequency signals having a second polarization with the earbud. One or more processors may gather wireless performance metric data from the radio-frequency signals and may adjust the antenna between the polarization states to optimize the wireless performance metric data.

公开(公告)号：US12055718B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-06

申请号：US18166367

申请日：2023-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lijun Zhang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lu Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: G02B27/017 ,  H01Q1/241

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A peripheral conductive member may run along a peripheral edge of the front face of the housing. Dielectric-filled gaps may divide the peripheral conductive member into elongated conductive segments. The conductive segments may form antenna resonating elements for antennas on the front face. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to the antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20240186721A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-06

申请号：US18441656

申请日：2024-02-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Simon G. Begashaw ,  Siwen Yong

IPC: H01Q21/06 ,  G02B27/01 ,  H01Q1/27 ,  H01Q1/40

CPC classification number: H01Q21/06 ,  G02B27/017 ,  H01Q1/276 ,  H01Q1/405

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing that is configured to be worn on a head of a user. While the head-mounted device is being worn, left and right displays in optical modules in the head-mounted device may provide images to eye boxes located rearward of the head-mounted device. A forward-facing publicly viewable display on a front portion of the head-mounted device may be covered with a transparent housing portion forming a display cover layer. Millimeter wave antennas may be mounted under a dielectric member that is interposed between the antennas and an edge portion of the transparent housing portion. The antennas may have planar outer surfaces. The dielectric member may have a planar surface separated from the planar outer surfaces by air gaps and a curved outer surface.

公开(公告)号：US11984661B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-14

申请号：US17026974

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Jiang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Siwen Yong ,  Hao Xu ,  Ana Papio Toda ,  Carlo di Nallo ,  Michael D. Quinones ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Amin Tayebi ,  Aaron J. Cooper ,  Per Jakob Helander ,  Johan Avendal

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/30 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q3/30 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q9/0414 ,  H01Q9/0421

Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.

公开(公告)号：US20240097320A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18521521

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lijun Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q19/00

CPC classification number: H01Q1/523 ,  H01Q3/34 ,  H01Q9/0414 ,  H01Q19/005

Abstract: An electronic device may have a phased antenna array. An antenna in the array may include a rectangular patch element with diagonal axes. The antenna may have first and second antenna feeds coupled to the patch element along the diagonal axes. The antenna may be rotated at a forty-five degree angle relative to other antennas in the array. The antenna may have one or two layers of parasitic elements overlapping the patch element. For example, the antenna may have a layer of coplanar parasitic patches separated by a gap. The antenna may also have an additional parasitic patch that is located farther from the patch element than the layer of coplanar parasitic patches. The additional parasitic patch may overlap the patch element and the gap in the coplanar parasitic patches. The antenna may exhibit a relatively small footprint and minimal mutual coupling with other antennas in the array.

公开(公告)号：US11862838B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US16851812

申请日：2020-04-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lijun Zhang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q7/00

CPC classification number: H01Q5/10 ,  H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q7/00

Abstract: An electronic device may include a curved cover layer and an antenna. The antenna may include a ground and a resonating element on a curved surface of a substrate. The curved surface may have a curvature that matches that of the cover layer. The resonating element may include first, second, and third arms fed by a feed. The first arm and a portion of the ground may form a loop antenna resonating element. The second arm and the first arm may form an inverted-F antenna resonating element, where a portion of the first arm forms a return path to the antenna ground for the inverted-F antenna resonating element. A gap between the first and second arms may form a distributed capacitance. The third arm may form an L-shaped antenna resonating element. The antenna may have a wide bandwidth from below 2.4 GHz to greater than 9.0 GHz.

公开(公告)号：US11831368B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-28

申请号：US17589731

申请日：2022-01-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Jiang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Siwen Yong ,  Lijun Zhang

IPC: H04B7/0426 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04B10/114 ,  G06V40/10

CPC classification number: H04B7/043 ,  G06V40/103 ,  H04B7/15521 ,  H04B10/1141 ,  H04B10/1149

Abstract: A wireless communication system comprises a base station and one or more relay docks and transmits directional wave signals between components using high frequency waves, such as millimeter waves. A beam forming decision engine utilizes position information collected from one or more position or motion sensors of a user device to determine a direction in which to form a directional wave signal being transmitted between components of the wireless communication system.

公开(公告)号：US20230333376A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-19

申请号：US18166367

申请日：2023-02-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lijun Zhang ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Lu Zhang ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Siwen Yong ,  Yi Jiang

IPC: G02B27/01 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: G02B27/017 ,  H01Q1/241

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A peripheral conductive member may run along a peripheral edge of the front face of the housing. Dielectric-filled gaps may divide the peripheral conductive member into elongated conductive segments. The conductive segments may form antenna resonating elements for antennas on the front face. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to the antennas.

公开(公告)号：US20230261695A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-17

申请号：US18306116

申请日：2023-04-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Harish Rajagopalan ,  Bilgehan Avser ,  David Garrido Lopez ,  Forhad Hasnat ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Mikal Askarian Amiri ,  Rodney A. Gomez Angulo ,  Thomas W. Yang ,  Jiechen Wu ,  Eric N. Nyland ,  Simone Paulotto ,  Jennifer M. Edwards ,  Matthew D. Hill ,  Ihtesham H. Chowdhury ,  David A. Hurrell ,  Siwen Yong ,  Jiangfeng Wu ,  Daniel C. Wagman ,  Soroush Akbarzadeh ,  Robert Scritzky ,  Subramanian Ramalingam

IPC: H04B3/52 ,  G01R31/28 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q13/24 ,  H04B3/54

CPC classification number: H04B3/52 ,  G01R31/2822 ,  H01Q1/2283 ,  H01Q13/24 ,  H04B3/54

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna module having a substrate. A phased antenna array of dielectric resonator antennas and a radio-frequency integrated circuit for the array may be mounted to one or more surfaces of the substrate. The dielectric resonator antennas may include dielectric columns excited by feed probes. The feed probes may be printed onto sidewalls of the dielectric columns or may be pressed against the sidewalls by biasing structures. A plastic substrate may be molded over each dielectric column and each of the feed probes in the array. The feed probes may cover multiple polarizations. The array may include elements for covering multiple frequency bands. The dielectric columns may be aligned a longitudinal axis and may be rotated at a non-zero and non-perpendicular angle with respect to the longitudinal axis.

公开(公告)号：US11646501B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17338481

申请日：2021-06-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu ,  Siwen Yong ,  Simon G. Begashaw ,  Yi Jiang ,  Lijun Zhang

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q19/00 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H01Q19/005 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q21/065 ,  H01Q1/243

Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have first layers, second layers on the first layers, and third layers on the second layers. The antenna may include a first patch on the first layers that radiates in a first band, a second patch on the second antenna layers that radiates in a second band, and a parasitic patch on the third layers. A short path may couple ground to a location on the first patch that allows the first patch to form a ground extension in the second band for the second patch without affecting performance of the first patch in the first band. The first layers may have a higher dielectric permittivity than the second and third layers to minimize the thickness of the substrate without requiring a separate dielectric loading layer over the substrate.