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公开(公告)号:US11050452B2
公开(公告)日:2021-06-29
申请号:US16589643
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: James G. Horiuchi , Tyler S. Bushnell , Brad G. Boozer , Mario Martinis , YoungHoon Kim
IPC: H04B1/3827 , H01Q1/24 , G06F3/044 , H01Q1/27
Abstract: An electronic device housing may be formed from housing members. A first housing member may form a display cover layer that overlaps pixels. During operation, the pixels may display an image that is viewable through the display cover layer. The second housing member may have a rear wall portion and a sidewall. A band may be coupled to the sidewall or other portion of the second housing member. The first and second housing members may be attached together using a housing member attachment structure. The housing member attachment structure may have layers of adhesive and printed circuit structures. The printed circuit structures may include metal traces that form an antenna and that form capacitive force sensor electrodes on opposing sides of a compressible member.
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公开(公告)号:US10741909B2
公开(公告)日:2020-08-11
申请号:US15716363
申请日:2017-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Harish Rajagopalan , Pietro Romano , Umar Azad , David Garrido Lopez , Lu Zhang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mario Martinis , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive structures and a conductive layer that define edges of a slot element for a slot antenna. The slot element may be configured to cover wireless communications in a 1575 MHz satellite navigation band and 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless local area network bands. A tuning circuit may be coupled across the slot approximately half way across the length of the slot. The antenna tuning circuit may include an inductor coupled in series with a notch filter (in scenarios where the slot is long enough to cover the 1575 MHz satellite navigation band in its fundamental mode) or may include a capacitor coupled in series with a notch or low pass filter. The fundamental mode and one or more harmonic modes of the slot element may cover the satellite navigation and wireless local area network bands.
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公开(公告)号:US10250289B2
公开(公告)日:2019-04-02
申请号:US15257521
申请日:2016-09-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Siwen Yong , Jiaxiao Niu , Mattia Pascolini , Jayesh Nath , Carlo Di Nallo , Zheyu Wang , Mario Martinis , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Steven P. Cardinali , Rex Tyler Ehman , James G. Horiuchi , Trevor J. Ness , Scott D. Morrison , Siddharth Nangia , Mushtaq A. Sarwar
IPC: G06F1/16 , H01Q9/30 , H04B1/40 , H04M1/02 , H04B1/3888
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display cover layer mounted to a metal housing. Electrical component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer may be mounted under the display cover layer. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the electrical component layers and a ground feed terminal coupled to the metal housing. The electrical component layers may serve as an antenna resonating element for an antenna. The antenna may cover cellular telephone bands and may receive satellite navigation system signals. A system-in-package device may be mounted to the metal housing. A flexible printed circuit may extend between the electrical component layers and the system-in-package device. A mounting bracket for the system-in-package device may be provided with electrical isolation to enhance antenna performance in bands such as a satellite navigation system band.
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公开(公告)号:US20190097314A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US15716363
申请日:2017-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Harish Rajagopalan , Pietro Romano , Umar Azad , David Garrido Lopez , Lu Zhang , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Mario Martinis , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: H01Q1/521 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q5/30 , H01Q5/35 , H01Q5/50 , H01Q13/10 , H04M1/026 , H04M1/0266
Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive structures and a conductive layer that define edges of a slot element for a slot antenna. The slot element may be configured to cover wireless communications in a 1575 MHz satellite navigation band and 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless local area network bands. A tuning circuit may be coupled across the slot approximately half way across the length of the slot. The antenna tuning circuit may include an inductor coupled in series with a notch filter (in scenarios where the slot is long enough to cover the 1575 MHz satellite navigation band in its fundamental mode) or may include a capacitor coupled in series with a notch or low pass filter. The fundamental mode and one or more harmonic modes of the slot element may cover the satellite navigation and wireless local area network bands.
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公开(公告)号:US10181640B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-15
申请号:US15234907
申请日:2016-08-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Rex T. Ehman , Jayesh Nath , Carlo Di Nallo , James G. Horiuchi , Erik G. de Jong , Jason C. Sauers , Makiko K. Brzezinski , Siwen Yong , Lijun Zhang , Yi Jiang , Zheyu Wang , Mario Martinis , Eduardo Da Costa Bras Lima , Xu Han , Mattia Pascolini , Trevor J. Ness
IPC: H01Q1/12 , H01Q1/27 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H04B5/00 , H01Q7/00 , H01Q9/04 , H01Q9/14
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal portions such as metal sidewalls. The housing may form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element for the antenna may be formed from a stack of capacitively coupled component layers such as a display layer, touch sensor layer, and near-field communications antenna layer at a front face of the device. An additional antenna may be formed from a peripheral resonating element that runs along a peripheral edge of the device and the antenna ground. A rear face antenna may be formed using a wireless power receiving coil as a radio-frequency antenna resonating element or may be formed from metal antenna traces on a plastic support for light-based components.
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公开(公告)号:US10153554B2
公开(公告)日:2018-12-11
申请号:US15253374
申请日:2016-08-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mario Martinis , Carlo Di Nallo , Jayesh Nath , Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Siwen Yong , Mattia Pascolini , Zheyu Wang , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing and other structures that form an antenna ground for an antenna. An antenna resonating element arm for the antenna may extend along the periphery of the housing. The resonating element arm may have opposing first and second ends. A return path may couple the resonating element arm to the antenna ground at the first end. An antenna feed may be coupled between the resonating element arm and the antenna ground in parallel with the return path. Electrical components such as first and second capacitors may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. A first of the capacitors may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground at a location between the first and second ends. A second of the capacitors may be coupled between the second end and the antenna ground.
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公开(公告)号:US11762075B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-19
申请号:US17074259
申请日:2020-10-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jayesh Nath , Simone Paulotto , Mario Martinis , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Andrea Ruaro , Carlo Di Nallo , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
CPC classification number: G01S13/08 , G01S7/006 , G01S7/04 , G01S13/10 , H01Q21/22 , G01S19/13 , G01S2013/0245 , G01S2013/0254
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying first signals at a first frequency between 10 GHz and 300 GHz and a non-millimeter wave antenna for conveying second signals at a second frequency below 10 GHz. The device may include conductive housing sidewalls and a display. Conductive structures in the display and the conductive housing sidewalls may define a slot element in the non-millimeter wave antenna. The phased antenna array may be mounted within the slot element, aligned with a spatial filter in the display, or aligned with a dielectric window in the conductive housing sidewalls. Control circuitry may process signals transmitted by the phased antenna array and a reflected version of the transmitted signals that has been received by the phased antenna array to detect a range between the device and an external object.
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公开(公告)号:US20210098869A1
公开(公告)日:2021-04-01
申请号:US16584159
申请日:2019-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Andrea Ruaro , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Mario Martinis , Dimitrios Papantonis , Jayesh Nath , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing with metal sidewalls. One of the metal sidewalls may have an opening. The electronic device may have a speaker module that has a speaker housing member. Conductive structures on the speaker housing member may have an opening that forms a slot element. The opening of the metal sidewall may be aligned with slot element. The slot element and an interior cavity of the speaker housing member may form a cavity-backed slot antenna. An antenna feed structure may be disposed at the opening of the speaker housing member. An antenna feed may be directly coupled to the antenna feed structure. The antenna feed structure may indirectly feed the slot antenna resonating element by capacitive coupling. A sealing member may be disposed at the opening of the metal sidewall.
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公开(公告)号:US10957969B2
公开(公告)日:2021-03-23
申请号:US15874805
申请日:2018-01-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Sameer Pandya , Mario Martinis , Baris Ozgen , Tyler S. Bushnell , Sherry Tang , Henry H. Yang , Christopher M. Werner , Jayesh Nath , Carlo Di Nallo , Andrea Ruaro
Abstract: Aspects of the subject technology relate to electronic devices with antennas. The antenna may be a display-integrated antenna. An antenna feed for the antenna may be located in a recess in a sidewall of a housing of the device. The antenna feed may be coupled to transceiver circuitry on a logic board of the device by a pair of flex circuits. A first one of the pair of flex circuits may form a portion of an antenna feed assembly. A second one of the pair of flex circuits may be an impedance-matching flex having an end that is soldered to the main logic board. The antenna may be coupled to a conductive portion of the housing of the device.
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公开(公告)号:US20210033714A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-04
申请号:US17074259
申请日:2020-10-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jayesh Nath , Simone Paulotto , Mario Martinis , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Andrea Ruaro , Carlo Di Nallo , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying first signals at a first frequency between 10 GHz and 300 GHz and a non-millimeter wave antenna for conveying second signals at a second frequency below 10 GHz. The device may include conductive housing sidewalls and a display. Conductive structures in the display and the conductive housing sidewalls may define a slot element in the non-millimeter wave antenna. The phased antenna array may be mounted within the slot element, aligned with a spatial filter in the display, or aligned with a dielectric window in the conductive housing sidewalls. Control circuitry may process signals transmitted by the phased antenna array and a reflected version of the transmitted signals that has been received by the phased antenna array to detect a range between the device and an external object.
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