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公开(公告)号：US20200251820A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16854774
申请日：2020-04-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andrea Ruaro , Carlo Di Nallo , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Zheyu Wang , Sameer Pandya
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. Printed circuits having corresponding ground traces may be coupled to the display for conveying data to and/or from the display. The conductive display structures may be separated from the metal sidewalls by a gap. A conductive interconnect may be coupled to the metal sidewalls and may extend across the gap to the conductive display structures. The conductive interconnect may be coupled to the ground traces on the printed circuits and/or may be shorted or capacitively coupled to the conductive display structures. When configured in this way, the metal sidewalls, the conductive display structures, and the conductive interconnect may define the edges of a slot antenna resonating element for a slot antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20190372205A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-05
申请号：US15991498
申请日：2018-05-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Andrea Ruaro , Mario Martinis , Jiaxiao Niu , Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima , Dimitrios Papantonis , Jayesh Nath , Zheyu Wang , Carlo Di Nallo , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device such as a wristwatch may have a housing with metal sidewalls and a display having conductive display structures. The display structures may be separated from the sidewalls by a slot for an antenna that runs around the display module. A conductive interconnect may be coupled between the sidewalls and the display structures. A feed and tuning element may be coupled between the display structures and the sidewalls. A first length of the slot from the interconnect to the tuning element may radiate in a satellite band and a cellular band. A second length of the slot from the interconnect to the feed may radiate in a 2.4 GHz band. Harmonics of the second length may radiate in bands at and above 5.0 GHz. If desired, the tuning element may be omitted, and the antenna may be coupled to separate low band and high band matching circuits.
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公开(公告)号：US20190257933A1
公开(公告)日：2019-08-22
申请号：US15901564
申请日：2018-02-21
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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公开(公告)号：US10372166B2
公开(公告)日：2019-08-06
申请号：US15212029
申请日：2016-07-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Brian M. Gable , Carlo Di Nallo , Colin M. Ely , Craig A. Horton , Erik G. de Jong , Fletcher R. Rothkopf , Henry B. Wettersten , Hoishun Li , Jason C. Sauers , Jayesh Nath , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini , Michael P. Coleman , Rex T. Ehman , Zheyu Wang
IPC: G06F1/16 , H01Q1/22 , H04B1/3888 , H04M1/02 , H05K5/00 , H05K5/04 , B29C70/76 , H01Q1/24 , H01Q21/28 , H04M1/18 , B29L31/34
Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing includes a first conductive component defining a first interface surface, a second conductive component defining a second interface surface facing the first interface surface, and a joint structure between the first and second interface surfaces. The joint structure includes a molded element forming a portion of an exterior surface of the housing, and a sealing member forming a watertight seal between the first and second conductive components. Methods of forming the electronic device housing are also disclosed.
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公开(公告)号：US10284942B2
公开(公告)日：2019-05-07
申请号：US15839632
申请日：2017-12-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erin A. McAuliffe , Carlo Di Nallo , Huan-Chu Huang , Joel D. Barrera , Mattia Pascolini , Jerzy S. Guterman , Arun Chawan , Benjamin Cousins , Lee M. Panecki
Abstract: An accessory such as a wireless earbud may have an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. A housing for the earbud may have a main body portion and an extended portion that forms a stalk protruding from the main body portion. The earbud may have a speaker aligned with a speaker port in the main body portion. The antenna may have an elongated shape and may extend along the stalk. The stalk may have a plastic housing wall portion. The antenna may be formed from first and second metal traces on opposing sides of a printed circuit substrate. The first metal trace may form an antenna resonating element arm and may lie between the substrate and the plastic housing wall portion. The second metal trace may be a ground trace. A feed for the antenna may be located at a juncture between the main body portion and the stalk.
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公开(公告)号：US20190123431A1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-25
申请号：US16226414
申请日：2018-12-19
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
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：US20180048058A1
公开(公告)日：2018-02-15
申请号：US15234918
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
CPC classification number: H01Q1/273 , H01Q1/2291 , H01Q1/243 , H01Q1/48 , H01Q1/50 , H01Q7/00 , H01Q9/0421 , H01Q9/14 , H04B5/0031
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：US20170214136A1
公开(公告)日：2017-07-27
申请号：US15008130
申请日：2016-01-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Erdinc Irci , Carlo Di Nallo , Jayesh Nath , Zheyu Wang , Eduardo Da Costa Bras Lima , Hongfei Hu , Mario Martinis , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display in a housing with a metal wall. An antenna may have an antenna ground formed from the wall and an antenna resonating element. Transceiver circuitry may be coupled to an antenna feed that extends between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. A return path may extend between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground in parallel with the feed. The antenna resonating element may have segments that are coupled by a frequency dependent filter. At a first frequency, the filter may have a low impedance so that the antenna resonating element has a first effectively length. At a second frequency that is greater than the first frequency, the filter may have a high impedance so that the antenna resonating element has a second effective length that is shorter than the first effective length.
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公开(公告)号：US20160261023A1
公开(公告)日：2016-09-08
申请号：US14640902
申请日：2015-03-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Carlo Di Nallo , Erik G. de Jong , Jayesh Nath , Mattia Pascolini , Tang Y. Tan , Yiren Wang , Zheyu Wang
IPC: H01Q1/24
Abstract: An electronic device may have components mounted in a housing. The device may include wireless transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. A display may be mounted in the housing. The display may have a cover layer having an inner surface with a recess. The recess may run along a peripheral edge of the cover layer. An antenna structure such as an inverted-F antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal trace on a dielectric antenna carrier. The resonating element may be mounted in the recess without adhesive. Conductive vias may pass through the dielectric carrier. Metal members with dimples may be soldered to a flexible printed circuit and may be used to ground metal traces on the carrier and the flexible printed circuit to the housing when the carrier is attached to the housing with fasteners.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有安装在壳体中的部件。 该设备可以包括无线收发器电路和天线结构。 显示器可以安装在外壳中。 显示器可以具有带有凹部的内表面的覆盖层。 凹部可以沿着覆盖层的周边边缘延伸。 诸如倒F天线谐振元件的天线结构可以由电介质天线载体上的金属迹线形成。 谐振元件可以安装在凹槽中而不粘合。 导电孔可以通过电介质载体。 具有凹坑的金属构件可以焊接到柔性印刷电路，并且当载体用紧固件附接到壳体时，可以将载体上的金属迹线和柔性印刷电路接地到壳体。
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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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