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公开(公告)号：US20230420840A1
公开(公告)日：2023-12-28
申请号：US17849501
申请日：2022-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yuancheng Xu , Hongfei Hu , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Sidharath Jain , Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard , Haozhan Tian , Yuan Tao , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
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公开(公告)号：US11569858B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-31
申请号：US16898069
申请日：2020-06-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Thomas E. Biedka , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Nanbo Jin , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuancheng Xu , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
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公开(公告)号：US11322840B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-03
申请号：US17025987
申请日：2020-09-18
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: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and a housing with upper and lower ends. The lower end may include first and second open slot antennas that are directly fed by respective feeds and that radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The lower end may also include first and second inverted-F antennas. The upper end may include third and fourth inverted-F antennas. The first inverted-F antenna may have a first feed that conveys currents below 2700 MHz and a second feed that conveys antenna currents in the cellular ultra-high band, a wireless local area network band, and/or ultra-wideband frequency bands. If desired, the upper end may include a third open slot antenna that is directly fed by a corresponding antenna feed and that radiates in the cellular ultra-high band and/or in the ultra-wideband frequency bands.
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公开(公告)号：US20200274570A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-27
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 , G06K9/20 , 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：US12062858B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-13
申请号：US17849501
申请日：2022-06-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Yuancheng Xu , Hongfei Hu , Hao Xu , Yiren Wang , Han Wang , Sidharath Jain , Nikolaj Peter Iversen Kammersgaard , Haozhan Tian , Yuan Tao , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having first and second segments. The device may include an antenna having a resonating arm formed from the first segment, an antenna ground, and a tuning element. The tuning element may have first, second, and third terminals. The first terminal may be coupled to the second segment. The antenna may have a switchable loop path that includes a first path from the second terminal to the first segment, a second path from first segment to a first point on the antenna ground, a portion of the antenna ground from the first point to a second point, and a third path from the second point to the third terminal. The tuning element may selectively activate the switchable loop path to boost performance of the antenna in a frequency band between 3300 MHz and 5000 MHz when needed.
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公开(公告)号：US20240097324A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US17947006
申请日：2022-09-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuancheng Xu , Thomas E Biedka , Jingni Zhong , Hongfei Hu , Simran Singh , Allen S Kwon , Carlo Di Nallo , Jayesh Nath , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a first antenna fed by a first path and a second antenna fed by a second path. A first coupler may be disposed on the first path, a second coupler may be disposed on the second path, and a feedback path may couple the couplers to a receiver. A low-pass filter may be disposed on the second path. The first antenna may transmit signals in a low band. Some of the signals may couple onto the second antenna. The second coupler may pass the coupled signals to the receiver. Control circuitry may generate a scattering parameter value characterizing the coupling of the signals from the first antenna onto the second antenna. The scattering parameter value may be used to determine when to switch the first antenna out of use and the second antenna into use for covering the low band.
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公开(公告)号：US20240079766A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-07
申请号：US18458949
申请日：2023-08-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuancheng Xu , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Nikolaj P Kammersgaard , Yiren Wang , Yuan Tao , Han Wang , Haozhan Tian , Hao Xu , Hongfei Hu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures having a first segment and a second segment. First and second antenna feeds may be coupled between the first segment and the ground structures. The first feed may convey signals in a first band and the second feed may convey signals in a second band. The first segment may be near-field coupled to a slot between the second segment and the ground structures. A first tuner may be coupled between the second segment and the ground structures and may adjust a resonance of the first segment in the first and second bands. A second tuner coupled to the first feed may perform impedance matching in the first band and aperture tuning in the second band. A third tuner coupled to the second feed may perform impedance matching in the second band and aperture tuning in the first band.
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公开(公告)号：US20230170927A1
公开(公告)日：2023-06-01
申请号：US18158441
申请日：2023-01-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Thomas E. Biedka , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Nanbo Jin , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuancheng Xu , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
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公开(公告)号：US20220094059A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17025987
申请日：2020-09-18
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: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and a housing with upper and lower ends. The lower end may include first and second open slot antennas that are directly fed by respective feeds and that radiate in a cellular ultra-high band. The lower end may also include first and second inverted-F antennas. The upper end may include third and fourth inverted-F antennas. The first inverted-F antenna may have a first feed that conveys currents below 2700 MHz and a second feed that conveys antenna currents in the cellular ultra-high band, a wireless local area network band, and/or ultra-wideband frequency bands. If desired, the upper end may include a third open slot antenna that is directly fed by a corresponding antenna feed and that radiates in the cellular ultra-high band and/or in the ultra-wideband frequency bands.
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公开(公告)号：US20210218430A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：US16898069
申请日：2020-06-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Liang Han , Enrique Ayala Vazquez , Thomas E. Biedka , Hongfei Hu , Erdinc Irci , Nanbo Jin , James G. Judkins , Victor C. Lee , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini , Ming-Ju Tsai , Yiren Wang , Yuancheng Xu , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: A radio frequency device has a multifunctional tuner that stores measurements of reflection coefficient parameter in a register. The radio frequency device also has a transceiver that has a transmitter. The transceiver may detect a transmitter signal from the transmitter to an antenna in an initial tuning state and then determine whether the transmitter signal is stable. In response to the transmitter signal being stable, the transceiver may measuring the reflection coefficient parameters at the multifunctional tuner. Furthermore, the radio frequency device has a baseband controller that has a memory to store instructions and a processor to execute the instructions. The instructions cause the processor to determine an antenna impedance based on the reflection coefficient parameters, and in response to determining that the antenna impedance is greater than or less than a threshold antenna impedance, iteratively tune the antenna using the multifunctional tuner.
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