Antennas mounted under dielectric plates
    31.
    发明授权
    Antennas mounted under dielectric plates 有权
    天线安装在电介质板下

    公开(公告)号:US09577315B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-21

    申请号:US14306121

    申请日:2014-06-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antennas such as inverted-F antennas that contain antenna resonating elements and antenna ground elements. Antenna resonating elements may be formed from patterned conductive traces on substrates such as flex circuit substrates. Antenna ground elements may be formed from conductive device structures such as metal housing walls. Support and biasing structures such as dielectric support members and layer of foam may be used to support and bias antenna resonating elements against planar device structures. The planar device structures against which the antenna resonating elements are biased may be planar dielectric members such as transparent layers of display cover glass or other planar structures. Adhesive may be interposed between the planar structures and the antenna resonating elements.

    Abstract translation: 提供包含无线通信电路的电子设备。 无线通信电路可以包括射频收发器电路和天线结构。 天线结构可以包括天线,例如包含天线谐振元件和天线接地元件的倒F天线。 天线谐振元件可以由诸如柔性电路基板的基板上的图案化导电迹线形成。 天线接地元件可以由诸如金属外壳壁的导电器件结构形成。 诸如电介质支撑构件和泡沫层的支撑和偏置结构可用于支撑和偏置天线谐振元件抵抗平面装置结构。 天线谐振元件被偏压的平面器件结构可以是诸如显示器盖玻璃或其它平面结构的透明层的平面电介质构件。 粘合剂可以介于平面结构和天线谐振元件之间。

    Electronic device with dual clutch barrel cavity antennas
    32.
    发明授权
    Electronic device with dual clutch barrel cavity antennas 有权
    具有双离合器桶腔天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US09559406B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-31

    申请号:US14733793

    申请日:2015-06-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device has antennas formed from cavity antenna structures. The electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. Cavity antennas may be formed in a clutch barrel region located between the hinges and running along the rotational axis. A flexible printed circuit may be formed between the cavity antennas. Each cavity antenna may have a first end that is adjacent to one of the hinges and a second end that is adjacent to the flexible printed circuit. Cavity walls for the cavity antennas may be formed from metal housing structures such as metal portions of the lower housing.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备具有由空腔天线结构形成的天线。 电子设备可以具有金属外壳。 金属壳体可以具有其上安装有诸如显示器的部件的上壳体和安装诸如键盘的部件的下壳体。 可以使用铰链将上壳体安装到下壳体以围绕旋转轴线旋转。 空腔天线可以形成在位于铰链之间并沿着旋转轴线延伸的离合器筒区域中。 可以在空腔天线之间形成柔性印刷电路。 每个空腔天线可以具有与一个铰链相邻的第一端和邻近柔性印刷电路的第二端。 空腔天线的腔壁可以由诸如下壳体的金属部分的金属外壳结构形成。

    Electronic device cavity antennas with slots and monopoles
    33.
    发明授权
    Electronic device cavity antennas with slots and monopoles 有权
    具有插槽和单极子的电子设备腔天线

    公开(公告)号:US09543660B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-10

    申请号:US14510724

    申请日:2014-10-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include cavity antennas. A cavity antenna may be formed from a metal antenna cavity and resonating element structures. The metal antenna cavity may be formed from metal traces on a dielectric carrier. The resonating element structures may include directly fed and indirectly fed slot antenna resonating elements and monopole antenna resonating elements. The metal antenna cavity may exhibit a resonance that is tuned using a transmission line tuning stub. Filters and duplexer circuits may be used in routing signals at different frequency bands among the antenna resonating elements.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括空腔天线。 空腔天线可以由金属天线腔和谐振元件结构形成。 金属天线腔可以由电介质载体上的金属迹线形成。 谐振元件结构可以包括直接馈送和间接馈送的缝隙天线谐振元件和单极天线谐振元件。 金属天线腔可以表现出使用传输线调谐短截线调谐的谐振。 滤波器和双工器电路可用于在天线谐振元件之间的不同频带的路由信号中。

    Electronic device with dual clutch barrel cavity antennas

    公开(公告)号:US09450289B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-20

    申请号:US14202860

    申请日:2014-03-10

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device has antennas formed from cavity antenna structures. The electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. Cavity antennas may be formed in a clutch barrel region located between the hinges and running along the rotational axis. A flexible printed circuit may be formed between the cavity antennas. Each cavity antenna may have a first end that is adjacent to one of the hinges and a second end that is adjacent to the flexible printed circuit. Cavity walls for the cavity antennas may be formed from metal housing structures such as metal portions of the lower housing.

    Electronic device with antennas isolated using phase shifter

    公开(公告)号:US09331719B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-03

    申请号:US14050023

    申请日:2013-10-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a primary antenna that is used for transmitting and receiving signals and a secondary antenna that is used for receiving signals. The primary and secondary antennas may be used together in a diversity arrangement when receiving signals. The electronic device may have a transceiver. A phase shifter may be interposed between the transceiver and the secondary antenna. Control circuitry may select a communications band of interest for transmitting signals with the primary antenna. The control circuitry can adjust the phase shifter in real time based on which communications band of interest has been selected for transmission with the primary antenna. The phase shifter may impose a phase shift on signals carried between the secondary antenna and the transceiver that ensures that primary antenna efficiency degradation associated with the presence of the secondary antenna in the vicinity of the primary antenna is avoided.

    Wireless device with dynamically adjusted maximum transmit powers
    36.
    发明授权
    Wireless device with dynamically adjusted maximum transmit powers 有权
    无线设备具有动态调整的最大发射功率

    公开(公告)号:US09300342B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-29

    申请号:US13865578

    申请日:2013-04-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B1/3838 H01Q1/243 H04B1/04 H04W52/245 H04W52/367

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures. Proximity sensors and other sensors may be used in determining how the electronic device is being operated. Wireless circuitry such as a radio-frequency transmitter associated with a cellular telephone communications band, a wireless local area network band, or other communications band may be used in transmitting radio-frequency signals through the antenna structures at a transmit power. Control circuitry may adjust the wireless circuitry to ensure that the transmit power is capped at a maximum transmit power. The maximum transmit power may be adjusted dynamically by the control circuitry based on data from the proximity sensors, data from a magnetic sensor that detects whether a cover is present on the device, a connector sensor that detects whether the device is coupled to a dock or other accessory, and other sensors.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线结构。 接近传感器和其他传感器可用于确定电子设备如何操作。 诸如与蜂窝电话通信频带相关联的射频发射机,无线局域网频带或其他通信频带的无线电路可以用于通过天线结构以发射功率发送射频信号。 控制电路可以调整无线电路,以确保发射功率以最大发射功率封顶。 可以通过控制电路基于来自接近传感器的数据动态地调整最大发射功率,来自检测设备上是否存在盖的磁传感器的数据,检测设备是否连接到坞站的连接器传感器 其他配件和其他传感器。

    Structures for Shielding and Mounting Components in Electronic Devices
    37.
    发明申请
    Structures for Shielding and Mounting Components in Electronic Devices 审中-公开
    电子设备中屏蔽和安装组件的结构

    公开(公告)号:US20150280313A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-01

    申请号:US14736992

    申请日:2015-06-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 H01Q1/38 H01Q1/42 H01Q1/526 Y10T29/49016

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a conductive housing. An antenna window structure may be formed in an opening in the housing. The antenna window structure may have an antenna support structure that is attached to the conductive housing and that supports antenna structures. An antenna window cap may be mounted in the opening and attached to the antenna support structure with liquid adhesive. Alignment structures may be provided in the antenna support structure. An antenna support plate with mating alignment structures may be used in attaching the antenna structures to the antenna support structures. Metal shielding structures may be used to provide electromagnetic shielding. A shielding wall may be formed from a sheet metal structure supported by a plastic support structure. A flexible metal shielding foil layer may be welded to the shielding wall using a sacrificial plate.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有导电外壳。 天线窗口结构可以形成在壳体中的开口中。 天线窗口结构可以具有附接到导电壳体并且支撑天线结构的天线支撑结构。 天线窗口帽可以安装在开口中并且用液体粘合剂附接到天线支撑结构。 对准结构可以设置在天线支撑结构中。 具有匹配对准结构的天线支撑板可以用于将天线结构附接到天线支撑结构。 金属屏蔽结构可用于提供电磁屏蔽。 屏蔽壁可以由由塑料支撑结构支撑的金属板结构形成。 可以使用牺牲板将柔性金属屏蔽箔层焊接到屏蔽壁。

    Electronic Device With Indirectly Fed Slot Antennas
    38.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device With Indirectly Fed Slot Antennas 有权
    具有间接馈线天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20150270618A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-24

    申请号:US14220467

    申请日:2014-03-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas. Antennas for the electronic device may be formed from slot antenna structures. A slot antenna structure may be formed from portions of a metal housing for an electronic device. The slots of the slot antenna structures may be indirectly fed to form first and second indirectly fed slot antennas. The first and second indirectly fed slot antennas may be formed from slots in a rear surface of an electronic device and a sidewall of the electronic device. The slots may have open ends along an edge of the sidewall and may have closed ends that face each other. A hybrid antenna may also be formed in the electronic device.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线。 用于电子设备的天线可以由缝隙天线结构形成。 狭缝天线结构可以由用于电子设备的金属外壳的部分形成。 间隙天线结构的时隙可以被间接馈送以形成第一和第二间接馈送的时隙天线。 第一和第二间接馈送的缝隙天线可以由电子设备的后表面中的槽和电子设备的侧壁形成。 狭槽可以沿着侧壁的边缘具有开口端,并且可以具有彼此相对的封闭端。 也可以在电子设备中形成混合天线。

    Electronic Device With Balanced-Fed Satellite Communications Antennas
    39.
    发明申请
    Electronic Device With Balanced-Fed Satellite Communications Antennas 有权
    具有均衡的卫星通信天线的电子设备

    公开(公告)号:US20150109167A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-23

    申请号:US14058024

    申请日:2013-10-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01Q5/328 H01Q1/243 H01Q5/371

    Abstract: An electronic device may include balance-fed antenna structures that do not have direct paths to ground. The antenna structures may serve as a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna and may have a dipole structure having a first and second antenna resonating element arms. The antenna structures may include a conductive path that conveys antenna signals between a first feed terminal on the first antenna resonating element arm and a transmission line. The conductive path may overlap with the second antenna resonating element arm such that current flow through the conductive path induces corresponding current flow in the second antenna resonating element arm. The antenna structures may include an impedance matching short-circuit stub path that couples the first antenna resonating element arm to the second antenna resonating element arm. Choke inductors may be used to help block indirect paths from the antenna structures to ground through adjacent circuitry.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括不具有到地的直接路径的平衡馈送天线结构。 天线结构可以用作全球定位系统(GPS)天线,并且可以具有具有第一和第二天线谐振元件臂的偶极结构。 天线结构可以包括在第一天线谐振元件臂上的第一馈电端子和传输线之间传送天线信号的导电路径。 导电路径可以与第二天线谐振元件臂重叠,使得流过导电路径的电流在第二天线谐振元件臂中引起相应的电流。 天线结构可以包括将第一天线谐振元件臂耦合到第二天线谐振元件臂的阻抗匹配短路短路路径。 扼流电感器可用于帮助阻止从天线结构到通过相邻电路接地的间接路径。

    Electronic devices with capacitive proximity sensors for proximity-based radio-frequency power control
    40.
    发明授权
    Electronic devices with capacitive proximity sensors for proximity-based radio-frequency power control 有权
    具有电容式接近传感器的电子设备,用于近距离射频功率控制

    公开(公告)号:US08947305B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-02-03

    申请号:US13871839

    申请日:2013-04-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which an antenna is mounted. An antenna window may be mounted in the housing to allow radio-frequency signals to be transmitted from the antenna and to allow the antenna to receive radio-frequency signals. Near-field radiation limits may be satisfied by reducing transmit power when an external object is detected in the vicinity of the dielectric antenna window and the antenna. A capacitive proximity sensor may be used in detecting external objects in the vicinity of the antenna. The proximity sensor may have conductive layers separated by a dielectric. A capacitance-to-digital converter may be coupled to the proximity sensor by inductors. The capacitive proximity sensor may be interposed between an antenna resonating element and the antenna window. The capacitive proximity sensor may serve as a parasitic antenna resonating element and may be coupled to the housing by a capacitor.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有安装天线的壳体。 天线窗口可以安装在壳体中,以允许从天线发射射频信号,并允许天线接收射频信号。 当在电介质天线窗口和天线附近检测到外部物体时,可以通过降低发射功率来满足近场辐射限制。 电容式接近传感器可用于检测天线附近的外部物体。 接近传感器可以具有由电介质隔开的导电层。 电容数字转换器可以通过电感器耦合到接近传感器。 电容式接近传感器可以介于天线谐振元件和天线窗口之间。 电容式接近传感器可以用作寄生天线谐振元件,并且可以通过电容器耦合到壳体。

Patent Agency Ranking