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公开(公告)号：US20200280131A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-03
申请号：US16289459
申请日：2019-02-28
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bilgehan Avser , Harish Rajagopalan , Simone Paulotto , Jennifer M. Edwards , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array and a display cover layer. The phased antenna array may include a probe-fed dielectric resonator antenna. The antenna may include a dielectric resonating element mounted to a flexible printed circuit. A feed probe may be formed from a patch of conductive traces on a sidewall of the resonating element. The feed probe may excite resonant modes of the resonating element. The resonating element may convey corresponding radio-frequency signals through the display cover layer. An additional feed probe may be mounted to an orthogonal sidewall of the resonating element for covering additional polarizations. Probe-fed dielectric resonator antennas for covering different polarizations and frequencies may be interleaved across the phased antenna array.
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公开(公告)号：US10756788B1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-25
申请号：US16136144
申请日：2018-09-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Yi Jiang , Mattia Pascolini , Jiangfeng Wu , Siwen Yong , Lijun Zhang
IPC: H04L5/12 , H04B7/0426 , H04B7/155 , G06K9/00 , H04B10/114
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：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：US20200249724A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16854795
申请日：2020-04-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Scott A. Myers , Mattia Pascolini , Richard Hung Minh Dinh , Trent Weber , Robert Schlub , Josh Nickel , Robert Hill , Nanbo Jin , Tang Yew Tan
Abstract: This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can include one or more components constructed by connecting several elements. To provide a connection having a reduced or small size or cross-section and construct a component having high tolerances, a material can be provided in a first state in which it flows between the elements before changing to a second state in which it adheres to the elements and provides a structurally sound connection. For example, a plastic can be molded between the elements. As another example, a composite material can be brazed between the elements. In some cases, internal surfaces of the elements can include one or more features for enhancing a bond between the elements and the material providing the interface between the elements.
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公开(公告)号：US10727570B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-28
申请号：US15884245
申请日：2018-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Simone Paulotto , Matthew A. Mow , Mattia Pascolini
IPC: H01Q1/24
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display and a phased array antenna that transmits radio-frequency signals at frequencies greater than 10 GHz. The display may include a conductive layer that is used to form pixel circuitry and/or touch sensor electrodes. A filter may be formed from conductive structures within the conductive layer. The conductive structures may include an array of conductive patches separated by slots or may include conductive paths that define an array of slots. The filter may include an additional array of conductive patches stacked under the array of conductive patches to allow the slots to be narrower than would be resolvable to the unaided human eye. The periodicity of the conductive structures and the slots in the filter may be selected to tune a cutoff frequency of the filter to be greater than frequencies handled by the phased antenna array.
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公开(公告)号：US10581153B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-03
申请号：US15701250
申请日：2017-09-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Jennifer M. Edwards , Yijun Zhou , Yiren Wang , Hao Xu , Ming-Ju Tsai , Mattia Pascolini
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry and control circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. An antenna in the electronic device may have 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. The antenna ground for the antenna may include a conductive frame for the display. The conductive frame may have a first portion that is separated from the antenna resonating element arm by a first distance and a second portion that is separated from the antenna resonating element arm by a second distance that is less than the first distance. The second portion may be configured to form a distributed impedance matching capacitance with the antenna resonating element arm.
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公开(公告)号：US10530042B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-07
申请号：US15699879
申请日：2017-09-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bilgehan Avser , Georgios Atmatzakis , Hao Xu , Mattia Pascolini , Salih Yarga , Xu Gao , Xu Han , Yijun Zhou
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include multiple antennas and transceiver circuitry. The antennas may include antenna structures at opposing first and second ends of the electronic device. The antenna structures at a given end of the device may include antenna structures that are shared between multiple antennas. The electronic device may include a first antenna with an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing structure and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A return path may bridge the gap. The electronic device may also include a second antenna that includes the antenna ground and an additional antenna resonating element. The antenna resonating element of the second antenna may be parasitically coupled to the return path of the inverted-F antenna at given frequencies.
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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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