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公开(公告)号：US20240079785A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458811
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Hao Xu , Yuancheng Xu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nikolaj P. Kammersgaard , Eric W. Bates , Peter A. Dvorak , Victor C. Lee , Han Wang
IPC: H01Q9/04
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0421 , H01Q1/243
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11228345B1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-18
申请号：US17028877
申请日：2020-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yiren Wang , Daisong Zhang , Erdinc Irci , Han Wang , Hongfei Hu , Jingni Zhong , Liang Han , Mattia Pascolini , Ming Chen , Nanbo Jin , Tiejun Yu , Yijun Zhou , Yuan Tao , Yuancheng Xu
Abstract: A device with near-field communications (NFC) capabilities is provided. A housing may include first and second segments and a support plate separated from the segments by a slot. A first inductor may be coupled between the first segment and the plate. A second inductor may be coupled between the second segment and the plate. A transceiver may have a first signal terminal coupled to the first segment over a first path and a second signal terminal coupled to the second segment over a second path. The transceiver may convey differential signals in an NFC band over a loop path for an NFC antenna that includes the first conductive path, the first segment, the first inductor, a portion of the plate between the first and second inductors, the second inductor, the second segment, and the second conductive path. This may optimize wireless performance and volume for the NFC antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20250087869A1
公开(公告)日：2025-03-13
申请号：US18465014
申请日：2023-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ming Chen , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Joel Ravi , Woonyong Bae , Laura M Burke , Yuancheng Xu , Bhaskara R Rupakula , Haozhan Tian , Salih Yarga , Erdinc Irci , Tiejun Yu , Seyed Mohammad Amjadi , Ahmed Ali Abdelhaliem Nafe , Hongfei Hu , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with sidewalls and a conductive plate. A segment of the sidewalls may form a radiating arm of an antenna. A display may be mounted to the sidewalls. The display may include a conductive frame and a flexible printed circuit. The flexible circuit may have a bend. Conductive foam may short a conductive trace on the flexible circuit to the conductive frame near the bend. Low injection pressure overmolding (LIPO) may be molded over the flexible circuit, the foam, and the frame. A conductive spring may short the frame to the conductive plate. The spring may include a wider and/or thinner portion that optionally includes one or more notches for reducing its inductance. The conductive plate, the spring, the frame, the foam, and the conductive trace may form part of the antenna ground for the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US11456768B2
公开(公告)日：2022-09-27
申请号：US15930298
申请日：2020-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Thomas E. Biedka , Yuancheng Xu , Iyappan Ramachandran
IPC: H04B1/3827 , H04M1/03 , H04M1/02 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/521 , H04W52/28 , G06T7/55 , H04M1/72454 , G06V10/143
Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US10693516B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-23
申请号：US16017847
申请日：2018-06-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Thomas E. Biedka , Yuancheng Xu , Iyappan Ramachandran
IPC: H04B1/3827 , H04M1/03 , H04M1/02 , G06K9/20 , H04M1/725 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/521 , H04W52/28 , G06T7/55
Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20190393918A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-26
申请号：US16017847
申请日：2018-06-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero , Thomas E. Biedka , Yuancheng Xu , Iyappan Ramachandran
IPC: H04B1/3827 , H04M1/03 , H04M1/02 , G06K9/20 , G06T7/55 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/521 , H04W52/28 , H04M1/725
Abstract: An electronic device may include control circuitry, sensors, and wireless circuitry having antennas. The sensors may generate sensor data that is used by the control circuitry to identify an operating environment for the device. The sensor data may include a grip map generated by a touch-sensitive display, infrared facial recognition image signals or other image signals, an angle of arrival of sound received by a set of microphones, impedance data from an impedance sensor, and any other desired sensor data. The control circuitry may use the sensor data, radio-frequency spatial ranging data, information about whether audio is being played over an ear speaker, and/or information about communications protocols in use to identify the operating environment. The control circuitry may adjust antenna settings for the wireless circuitry based on the identified operating environment to ensure that the antennas operate with satisfactory antenna efficiency regardless of operating conditions.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079786A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458699
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Han Wang , Aobo Li , Victor C Lee , Yuancheng Xu , Ahmed Ali Abdelhaliem Nafe , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Christopher Q Ma , Zhiheng Zhou , Sherry Cao , Dale T Morgan , Timothy L Stickles , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q9/0442 , H01P3/08 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q9/0421
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures, a first antenna, and a second antenna. A gap may divide the housing structures into a first segment forming an arm of the first antenna and a second segment forming an arm of the second antenna. A first feed terminal may be coupled to the first segment and a second feed terminal may be coupled to the second segment. Switchable components may be coupled in parallel between the first and second feed terminals across the gap. The switchable components may be adjusted to tune the frequency response of the first and/or second antenna. The switchable components may have a first state in which only the first feed terminal feeds the first antenna and may have a second state in which both the first and second feed terminals feed the first antenna.
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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
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.
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