Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic devices with concurrent radio-frequency transmission and sensing
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Application No.: US17368413Application Date: 2021-07-06
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Publication No.: US12183980B2Publication Date: 2024-12-31
- Inventor: Michael Kerner , Flavio De Angelis , Gilad Kirshenberg , Mik Cohen , Roman Rainov , Sharad Sambhwani
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons
- Main IPC: H01Q21/24
- IPC: H01Q21/24 ; H01Q21/06 ; H04B1/69 ; H04B7/10

Abstract:
An electronic device may include communications circuitry, sensing circuitry, and a set of antennas having first and second feeds for covering different polarizations. The communications circuitry may transmit signals with a first polarization using each of the antennas and may concurrently transmit signals with a second polarization using all but a selected one of the antennas. The sensing circuitry may concurrently transmit sensing signals with the first polarization using one of the antennas and may receive sensing signals with the second polarization using the selected antenna. The sensing signals may include chirp signals generated to include muted periods that correspond to a range of frequencies that overlap frequencies at which the wireless circuitry is subject to radio-frequency interference. This may allow for concurrent wireless communications and sensing operations without interference between the communications circuitry and the sensing circuitry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230008446A1 Electronic Devices with Concurrent Radio-Frequency Transmission and Sensing Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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