Electronic devices having shared antenna structures and split return paths

    公开(公告)号:US10804617B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US15700618

    申请日:2017-09-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Antenna structures at a given end of an electronic device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The device may include an antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A short circuit path may bridge the gap. The short circuit path may be a split return path coupled between a first point on the inverted-F antenna resonating element arm and second and third points on the antenna ground. The electronic device may include an additional antenna that includes the antenna ground and metal traces that form an antenna resonating element arm. The antenna resonating element arm of the additional antenna may be parasitically coupled to the inverted-F antenna resonating element and a portion of the split return path.

    Electronic device antennas having distributed capacitances

    公开(公告)号:US10320069B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15701246

    申请日:2017-09-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna may have an antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. The antenna ground for the antenna may include a first conductive structure that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a first distance and a second conductive structure that is electrically connected to the first conductive structure and separated from the antenna resonating element by a second distance that is less than the first distance. A distributed impedance matching capacitor for the antenna may be formed from the second conductive structure and the antenna resonating element arm. The second conductive structure may be a conductive frame for an electronic component such as a sensor.

    Electronic device antennas having shared structures for near-field communications and non-near field communications

    公开(公告)号:US10263335B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-16

    申请号:US15700565

    申请日:2017-09-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include antenna structures such as an antenna resonating element arm and an antenna ground. A split return path may be coupled between the antenna resonating element arm and the antenna ground. The antenna structures may form one or more inverted-F antennas when operated at non-near-field communications frequencies. The antenna structures may be coupled to near-field communications transceiver circuitry using a conductive path. When operated at near-field communications frequencies, near-field communications signals may be conveyed using the conductive path, the antenna resonating element arm, the return path, and the antenna ground. A capacitor may be coupled between the conductive path and an antenna ground. The capacitor may short non-near-field communications signals to the antenna ground and block near-field communications signals from passing from the conductive path to the antenna ground.

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