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公开(公告)号：US20220094078A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17031780
申请日：2020-09-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Kexin Ma , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Simon G. Begashaw , Madhusudan Chaudhary , Lijun Zhang , Yi Jiang , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays that convey radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The second array may have fewer antennas than the first array. Control circuitry may control the first and second arrays in a diversity mode and in a simultaneous array mode. In the diversity mode, the first array may form a first signal beam while the second array is inactive. When the first array is blocked by an object or otherwise exhibits unsatisfactory performance, the second array may form a second signal beam while the first array is inactive. In the simultaneous mode, the first and second arrays may form a combined array that produces a third signal beam. The combined array may maximize gain. Hierarchical beam searching operations may be performed. The arrays may be distributed across one or more modules.
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公开(公告)号：US11196148B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-07
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：US11139588B2
公开(公告)日：2021-10-05
申请号：US15950677
申请日：2018-04-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Siwen Yong , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer, a dielectric substrate, and a phased antenna array on the dielectric substrate for conveying millimeter wave signals through the dielectric cover layer. The array may include conductive traces mounted against the dielectric layer. The conductive traces may form patch elements or parasitic elements for the phased antenna array. The dielectric layer may have a dielectric constant and a thickness selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The substrate may include fences of conductive vias that laterally surround each of the antennas within the array. When configured in this way, signal attenuation, destructive interference, and surface wave generation associated with the presence of the dielectric layer over the phased antenna array may be minimized.
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公开(公告)号：US20210265745A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
申请号：US17314740
申请日：2021-05-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Bilgehan Avser , Hao Xu , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Siwen Yong , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a dielectric cover layer, a dielectric substrate, and a phased antenna array on the dielectric substrate for conveying millimeter wave signals through the dielectric cover layer. The array may include conductive traces mounted against the dielectric layer. The conductive traces may form patch elements or parasitic elements for the phased antenna array. The dielectric layer may have a dielectric constant and a thickness selected to form a quarter wave impedance transformer for the array at a wavelength of operation of the array. The substrate may include fences of conductive vias that laterally surround each of the antennas within the array. When configured in this way, signal attenuation, destructive interference, and surface wave generation associated with the presence of the dielectric layer over the phased antenna array may be minimized.
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公开(公告)号：US10763589B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-01
申请号：US16031964
申请日：2018-07-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antenna structures and transceiver circuitry such as millimeter wave transceiver circuitry. Antenna structures in the wireless circuitry may include patch antennas that are organized in a phased antenna array. Each patch antenna may include an antenna resonating element and a parasitic element. The parasitic element for the patch antenna may have dielectric-filled openings formed between coplanar parasitic conductors. The parasitic conductors may include a central parasitic conductor, four rectangular parasitic conductors formed around the central parasitic conductor, and corner parasitic conductors formed at the corners of the parasitic element. The corner parasitic conductors may be non-rectangular. For example, the corner parasitic conductors may have first and second perpendicular edges and a straight or curved third edge that joins the first and second edges.
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公开(公告)号：US10686252B2
公开(公告)日：2020-06-16
申请号：US14306024
申请日：2014-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Siwen Yong , Qingxiang Li , Yi Jiang , Robert W. Schlub , Umar Azad , Rodney A. Gomez Angulo , Enrique Ayala Vazquez
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes a radio-frequency transceiver circuit and an antenna. The antenna may be a patch antenna formed from a patch antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The patch antenna resonating element may be formed from a metal patch on a printed circuit board. The antenna ground may be formed from a metal housing having a planar rear wall that lies in a plane parallel to the metal patch. The radio-frequency transceiver circuit may be coupled to the metal patch through traces on the printed circuit and may be coupled to rear wall of the housing through a screw and a screw boss in the housing. Buttons and other electrical components may be mounted on the printed circuit board and may be coupled to control circuitry on the printed circuit board through the metal patch.
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公开(公告)号：US10608321B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-31
申请号：US15602956
申请日：2017-05-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Siwen Yong , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include a substrate and a conductive layer on the substrate. The conductive layer may be patterned to form a first region and a second region that surrounds and defines the shape of the first region. The first region may be formed from a continuous portion of the conductive layer. The second region may include a grid of openings that divides the conductive layer into an array of patches. The first region may form an antenna resonating element for an antenna. The second region may block antenna currents from the antenna resonating element and may be transparent to radio-frequency electromagnetic waves. The openings may have a width that is too narrow to be discerned by the human eye. This may configure the first and second regions to appear as a single continuous conductive layer despite the fact that an antenna resonating element is formed therein.
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公开(公告)号：US10567941B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US16231120
申请日：2018-12-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless communications circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and a phased antenna array. The phased antenna array may transmit and receive millimeter wave signals. Beam steering circuitry may be coupled to the phased antenna array and may be adjusted to steer the millimeter wave signals in a particular direction. The control circuitry may track the location of an external device using sensor data. The control circuitry may control a mechanical positioner to mechanically adjust an orientation of the phased antenna array and/or may control the beam steering circuitry to steer the millimeter wave signals towards the location of the external device. In this way, a line of sight millimeter wave communications link may be maintained between the phased antenna array and the external device even if the external device moves over time.
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公开(公告)号：US20200021040A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16032953
申请日：2018-07-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may include a phased antenna array mounted in a conductive cavity for conveying radio-frequency signals above 10 GHz. The cavity may include sidewalls extending from a rear wall. The array may include rectangular patches each having first and second perpendicular edges. Each of the first edges in the array may be aligned with a first axis. Each of the second edges in the array may be aligned with a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The first and second axes may be oriented at 45 degrees with respect to each of the sidewalls of the cavity. Each patch may be fed using first and second positive antenna feed terminals that cover orthogonal linear polarizations. The cavity may prevent interference while symmetrically loading the impedance of both the first and second positive antenna feed terminals in each patch.
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公开(公告)号：US20200021037A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-16
申请号：US16031964
申请日：2018-07-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Yi Jiang , Siwen Yong , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antenna structures and transceiver circuitry such as millimeter wave transceiver circuitry. Antenna structures in the wireless circuitry may include patch antennas that are organized in a phased antenna array. Each patch antenna may include an antenna resonating element and a parasitic element. The parasitic element for the patch antenna may have dielectric-filled openings formed between coplanar parasitic conductors. The parasitic conductors may include a central parasitic conductor, four rectangular parasitic conductors formed around the central parasitic conductor, and corner parasitic conductors formed at the corners of the parasitic element. The corner parasitic conductors may be non-rectangular. For example, the corner parasitic conductors may have first and second perpendicular edges and a straight or curved third edge that joins the first and second edges.
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