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公开(公告)号：US11862838B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-02
申请号：US16851812
申请日：2020-04-17
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lijun Zhang , Jiangfeng Wu , Mattia Pascolini , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang
Abstract: An electronic device may include a curved cover layer and an antenna. The antenna may include a ground and a resonating element on a curved surface of a substrate. The curved surface may have a curvature that matches that of the cover layer. The resonating element may include first, second, and third arms fed by a feed. The first arm and a portion of the ground may form a loop antenna resonating element. The second arm and the first arm may form an inverted-F antenna resonating element, where a portion of the first arm forms a return path to the antenna ground for the inverted-F antenna resonating element. A gap between the first and second arms may form a distributed capacitance. The third arm may form an L-shaped antenna resonating element. The antenna may have a wide bandwidth from below 2.4 GHz to greater than 9.0 GHz.
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公开(公告)号：US11831368B2
公开(公告)日：2023-11-28
申请号：US17589731
申请日：2022-01-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Mattia Pascolini , Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Lijun Zhang
IPC: H04B7/0426 , H04B7/155 , H04B10/114 , G06V40/10
CPC classification number: H04B7/043 , G06V40/103 , H04B7/15521 , H04B10/1141 , H04B10/1149
Abstract: A wireless communication system comprises a base station and one or more relay docks and transmits directional wave signals between components using high frequency waves, such as millimeter waves. A beam forming decision engine utilizes position information collected from one or more position or motion sensors of a user device to determine a direction in which to form a directional wave signal being transmitted between components of the wireless communication system.
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公开(公告)号：US20230333376A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-19
申请号：US18166367
申请日：2023-02-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Lijun Zhang , Jiangfeng Wu , Lu Zhang , Mattia Pascolini , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang
CPC classification number: G02B27/017 , H01Q1/241
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The head-mounted housing may have rear-facing displays that display images for a user. The images are viewable from eye boxes while the head-mounted device is being worn by the user. A peripheral conductive member may run along a peripheral edge of the front face of the housing. Dielectric-filled gaps may divide the peripheral conductive member into elongated conductive segments. The conductive segments may form antenna resonating elements for antennas on the front face. Radio-frequency transceiver circuitry such as cellular telephone transceiver circuitry may be coupled to the antennas.
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公开(公告)号：US11646501B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-09
申请号：US17338481
申请日：2021-06-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Simon G. Begashaw , Yi Jiang , Lijun Zhang
CPC classification number: H01Q19/005 , H01Q1/38 , H01Q21/065 , H01Q1/243
Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have first layers, second layers on the first layers, and third layers on the second layers. The antenna may include a first patch on the first layers that radiates in a first band, a second patch on the second antenna layers that radiates in a second band, and a parasitic patch on the third layers. A short path may couple ground to a location on the first patch that allows the first patch to form a ground extension in the second band for the second patch without affecting performance of the first patch in the first band. The first layers may have a higher dielectric permittivity than the second and third layers to minimize the thickness of the substrate without requiring a separate dielectric loading layer over the substrate.
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公开(公告)号：US20220393365A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-08
申请号：US17338481
申请日：2021-06-03
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Simon G. Begashaw , Yi Jiang , Lijun Zhang
Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have first layers, second layers on the first layers, and third layers on the second layers. The antenna may include a first patch on the first layers that radiates in a first band, a second patch on the second antenna layers that radiates in a second band, and a parasitic patch on the third layers. A short path may couple ground to a location on the first patch that allows the first patch to form a ground extension in the second band for the second patch without affecting performance of the first patch in the first band. The first layers may have a higher dielectric permittivity than the second and third layers to minimize the thickness of the substrate without requiring a separate dielectric loading layer over the substrate.
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公开(公告)号：US11502391B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-15
申请号：US17031618
申请日：2020-09-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Siwen Yong , Jiangfeng Wu , Yi Jiang , Simon G. Begashaw , Harish Rajagopalan , Hee-Joung Joun , Thomas W. Yang , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may have an antenna that conveys radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The antenna may be embedded in a substrate. The substrate may have routing layers, first antenna layers on the routing layers, second antenna layers on the first antenna layers, and a third antenna layers on the second antenna layers. The antenna may include first traces on the first antenna layers, second traces on the second antenna layers, and third traces on the third antenna layers. The first antenna layers may have a first bulk dielectric permittivity. The second layers may have a second bulk dielectric permittivity. The third layers may have a third bulk dielectric permittivity. At least one of the first, second, and third bulk dielectric permittivities may be different from the others. This may differentially load the antenna across the antenna layers, thereby broadening the bandwidth of the antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20220094053A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17026974
申请日：2020-09-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Hao Xu , Ana Papio Toda , Carlo di Nallo , Michael D. Quinones , Mattia Pascolini , Amin Tayebi , Aaron J. Cooper , Per Jakob Helander , Johan Avendal
Abstract: An electronic device may include first and second phased antenna arrays and a triplet of first, second, and third ultra-wideband antennas. An antenna module in the device may include a dielectric substrate. The first and second arrays and the triplet may be formed on the dielectric substrate. The third and second ultra-wideband antennas may be separated by a gap. The first array may be laterally interposed between the third and second ultra-wideband antennas within the gap. The third ultra-wideband antenna may be laterally interposed between the first phased antenna array and at least some of the second array. An integrated circuit may be mounted to the dielectric substrate using an interposer. The antenna module may occupy a minimal amount of space within the device and may be less expensive to manufacture relative to scenarios where the arrays and the ultra-wideband antennas are formed on separate substrates.
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公开(公告)号：US20220094048A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17028864
申请日：2020-09-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jiangfeng Wu , Lijun Zhang , Mattia Pascolini , Siwen Yong , Yi Jiang
Abstract: An electronic device may have a phased antenna array. An antenna in the array may include a rectangular patch element with diagonal axes. The antenna may have first and second antenna feeds coupled to the patch element along the diagonal axes. The antenna may be rotated at a forty-five degree angle relative to other antennas in the array. The antenna may have one or two layers of parasitic elements overlapping the patch element. For example, the antenna may have a layer of coplanar parasitic patches separated by a gap. The antenna may also have an additional parasitic patch that is located farther from the patch element than the layer of coplanar parasitic patches. The additional parasitic patch may overlap the patch element and the gap in the coplanar parasitic patches. The antenna may exhibit a relatively small footprint and minimal mutual coupling with other antennas in the array.
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公开(公告)号：US20210333823A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-28
申请号：US17206010
申请日：2021-03-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Ivan S. Maric , Anthony S. Montevirgen , Evan D. Christensen , Lijun Zhang , Phil M. Hobson , Samuel A. Resnick , Yi Jiang
Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a head-mounted housing. The housing may include a frame with left and right openings that receive respective left and right optical modules that present images to a user's eyes. Each optical module may have a lens and display that presents an image through the lens. Camera support members may be coupled to respective left and right peripheral portions of the frame. Each camera support member may have openings configured to receive cameras. Antennas may be formed on a camera support member. The antennas may have metal traces on a surface of the camera support member, may have conductive structures embedded within the camera support member, and/or may have patterned metal traces on printed circuits attached to or embedded in the camera support member. The cameras may operate through portions of a display cover layer that covers an outwardly-facing display on the head-mounted housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20210306014A1
公开(公告)日：2021-09-30
申请号：US17211710
申请日：2021-03-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yuehui Ouyang , Yi Jiang , Matthew A. Mow , Basim Noori , Mattia Pascolini , Ruben Caballero
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more antennas. The antennas may include phased antenna arrays each of which includes multiple antenna elements. Phased antenna arrays may be mounted along edges of a housing for the electronic device, behind a dielectric window such as a dielectric logo window in the housing, in alignment with dielectric housing portions at corners of the housing, or elsewhere in the electronic device. A phased antenna array may include arrays of patch antenna elements on dielectric layers separated by a ground layer. A baseband processor may distribute wireless signals to the phased antenna arrays at intermediate frequencies over intermediate frequency signal paths. Transceiver circuits at the phased antenna arrays may include upconverters and downconverters coupled to the intermediate frequency signal paths.
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