公开(公告)号：US20170170545A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-15

申请号：US14966446

申请日：2015-12-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Francesco Merli ,  Yi Jiang ,  Boon W. Shiu ,  Carlo Di Nallo ,  Javier Gomez Tagle ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q1/22 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q1/2291 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/44 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/0457 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H04R1/02

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include an antenna. The electronic device may have a housing in which control circuitry and radio-frequency transceiver circuitry is mounted. The transceiver circuitry may be used to transmit and receive radio-frequency signals with the antenna. The housing may have a housing wall with a locally thinned portion aligned with the antenna. The antenna may have a sheet metal layer attached to a plastic cavity with a layer of adhesive. Recesses in a printed circuit may receive prongs formed from a sheet metal layer. The plastic carrier may have cavities separated by ribs. The sheet metal layer may form a planar inverted-F antenna resonating element, a ground plane, a return path between the resonating element and ground plane, and a feed path that extends along one of the ribs and into an opening in the printed circuit.

公开(公告)号：US09680202B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US13910986

申请日：2013-06-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Erdinc Irci ,  Jerzy Guterman ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Robert W. Schlub

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q21/28

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/2266 ,  H01Q21/28

Abstract: An electronic device housing may have a base unit and a lid. Aligned antenna windows may be formed on opposing upper and lower surfaces of the base unit along a hinge. Antenna structures that are located between respective upper and lower antenna windows on the upper and lower surfaces may be based on a pair of antennas that are coupled to switching circuitry that can select which antenna to switch into use or may be based on an antenna having a position that may be adjusted relative to the upper and lower antenna windows using a mechanical coupling to the lid or using a positioner. A sensor such as a lid position sensor may monitor how the lid is positioned relative to the base unit. Information from the lid position sensor may be used in adjusting the antenna structures to optimize performance.

公开(公告)号：US09647332B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US14476453

申请日：2014-09-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Liang Han ,  Ming-Ju Tsai ,  Matthew A. Mow ,  Yijun Zhou ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Salih Yarga ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Xu Han ,  Robert W. Schlub

IPC: H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/28

CPC classification number: H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q1/50 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q21/28

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. The antenna resonating element may be formed from peripheral conductive housing structures. An audio jack or other connector may be mounted in an opening in the peripheral conductive housing structures. The audio jack may overlap the antenna ground. Contacts in the audio jack may be coupled to an interference mitigation circuit. The interference mitigation circuit may include capacitors coupled to the ground and inductors coupled between the contacts and the capacitors. Radio-frequency signal blocking inductors may be coupled between the interference mitigation circuit and respective ports in an audio circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20170117754A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-27

申请号：US14921895

申请日：2015-10-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Basim H. Noori ,  Khan M. Salam ,  Liang Han ,  Matthew A. Mow ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Ruben Caballero ,  Thomas E. Biedka ,  Yi Jiang ,  Yuehui Ouyang

IPC: H04B7/00 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H04W4/00

CPC classification number: H01Q9/0407 ,  H01Q5/35 ,  H04W4/80

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry. The wireless circuitry may include one or more dual-frequency dual-polarization patch antennas. Each patch antenna may have a patch antenna resonating element that lies in a plane and a ground that lies in a different parallel plane. The patch antenna resonating element may have a first feed located along a first central axis and a second feed located along a second central axis that is perpendicular to the first central axis. The patch antenna resonating element may be rectangular, may be oval, or may have other shapes. A shorting pin may be located at an intersecting point between the first and second axes. The patch antennas may be used in beam steering arrays. The patch antennas may be used for wireless power transfer at microwave frequencies or other frequencies and may be used to support millimeter wave communications.

公开(公告)号：US20170054196A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-23

申请号：US14829008

申请日：2015-08-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hongfei Hu ,  Benjamin Shane Bustle ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Nanbo Jin ,  Miguel Christophy ,  Erdinc Irci ,  Salih Yarga ,  Erica Tong ,  Anand Lakshmanan ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Tyler Cater ,  Christopher T. Cheng

IPC: H01Q1/24

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q5/357 ,  H01Q13/103

Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有带天线的无线电路。 用于天线的天线谐振元件臂可以由沿设备壳体的边缘延伸的周边导电结构形成。 外围导电结构可以形成外壳侧壁。 槽可以被加工成金属壳体，其将壳体侧壁与形成天线接地的平面后壳体部分分离。 槽可以填充塑料填料。 在高频带上支持天线谐振的寄生天线谐振元件臂可以嵌入在塑料填充物内。 寄生天线谐振元件可以由平面后壳体部分的一部分形成。

公开(公告)号：US09577318B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14463299

申请日：2014-08-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mattia Pascolini ,  Nanbo Jin

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  G06K9/00 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  G06F21/32 ,  H01Q9/42

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  G06F21/32 ,  G06K9/00006 ,  G06K9/0002 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q1/38 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q3/247 ,  H01Q9/0421 ,  H01Q9/0485 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q13/103 ,  H04M1/026 ,  H04N5/2253

Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry and components such as sensors. The electronic device may have a metal housing having first and second planar rear wall portions separated by a gap. Conductive structures may bridge the gap to electrically couple the first and second rear wall portions. The wireless circuitry may include a hybrid slot inverted-F antenna. The antenna may have an inverted-F antenna resonating element formed from peripheral housing structures that are separated from the second rear wall portion by an opening. The opening may form a C-shaped slot antenna resonating element for the antenna. The sensors may include a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor may be coupled to a button member in a button. The fingerprint sensor and other portions of the button may overlap the second planar rear wall portion to minimize interference with antenna operation.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有无线电路和诸如传感器的组件。 电子设备可以具有金属壳体，其具有由间隙分开的第一和第二平面后壁部分。 导电结构可以桥接间隙以电耦合第一和第二后壁部分。 无线电路可以包括混合槽倒F天线。 天线可以具有由外围壳体结构形成的倒F天线谐振元件，该外围壳体结构通过开口与第二后壁部分隔开。 开口可以形成用于天线的C形缝隙天线谐振元件。 传感器可以包括指纹传感器。 指纹传感器可以联接到按钮中的按钮构件。 指纹传感器和按钮的其他部分可以与第二平面后壁部分重叠，以最小化对天线操作的干扰。

公开(公告)号：US09531071B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：US14992213

申请日：2016-01-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jerzy S. Guterman ,  Hao Xu ,  Douglas Blake Kough ,  Eduardo Lopez Camacho ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Robert W. Schlub ,  Ruben Caballero

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q5/357 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q5/378

CPC classification number: H01Q5/357 ,  H01Q1/2266 ,  H01Q5/378

Abstract: Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include antenna resonating elements such as dual-band antenna resonating elements that resonate in first and second communications bands. The antenna structures may also contain parasitic antenna elements such as elements that are operative in only the first or second communications band and elements that are operative in both the first and second communications bands. The antenna resonating elements and parasitic elements may be mounted on a common dielectric carrier. The dielectric carrier may be mounted within a slot or other opening in a conductive element. The conductive element may be formed from conductive housing structures in an electronic device such as a portable computer. The portable computer may have a clutch barrel with a dielectric cover. The dielectric cover may overlap and cover the slot and the dielectric carrier.

公开(公告)号：US09531061B2

公开(公告)日：2016-12-27

申请号：US14476490

申请日：2014-09-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Liang Han ,  Matthew A. Mow ,  Ming-Ju Tsai ,  Yijun Zhou ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Salih Yarga ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Yuehui Ouyang ,  Erdinc Irci ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Robert W. Schlub

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10 ,  H01Q5/328

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q5/328 ,  H01Q9/42 ,  H01Q13/10

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna. The antenna may have an antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. An antenna feed may have a positive feed terminal coupled to the antenna resonating element and a ground antenna feed coupled to the antenna ground. The adjustable inductor may have first and second inductors coupled to respective first and second ports of a switch. The switch may have a third port coupled to the antenna ground. A capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to ground and a second terminal coupled to the first inductor at the first port of the switch. An inductor may be coupled between the antenna resonating element and antenna ground at a location between the adjustable inductor and the antenna feed.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有天线。 天线可以具有天线谐振元件和天线接地。 可调电感器可以耦合在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间。 天线馈电可以具有耦合到天线谐振元件的正馈线端子和耦合到天线地的接地天线馈线。 可调电感器可以具有耦合到开关的相应第一和第二端口的第一和第二电感器。 开关可以具有耦合到天线接地的第三端口。 电容器可以具有耦合到地的第一端子和在开关的第一端口处耦合到第一电感器的第二端子。 电感器可以在天线谐振元件和天线接地之间的可调电感器和天线馈电之间的位置耦合。

公开(公告)号：US20160308563A1

公开(公告)日：2016-10-20

申请号：US15097868

申请日：2016-04-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuehui Ouyang ,  Yi Jiang ,  Matthew A. Mow ,  Basim Noori ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Ruben Caballero

IPC: H04B1/10 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q21/06

CPC classification number: H04B1/04 ,  H01Q1/2266 ,  H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q21/0025 ,  H01Q21/065 ,  H01Q21/28 ,  H04B1/03 ,  H04B1/1081 ,  H04B2001/0408

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.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有无线电路。 无线电路可以包括一个或多个天线。 天线可以包括各自包括多个天线元件的相控天线阵列。 相位天线阵列可以沿着用于电子设备的壳体的边缘安装在电介质窗口（例如壳体中的电介质标志窗口）的后面，与壳体的角落处的电介质壳体部分或电子设备中的其它地方对准。 相控天线阵列可以包括由接地层分开的电介质层上的贴片天线元件阵列。 基带处理器可以在中频频率信号路径上将无线信号分配到相控天线阵列。 在相控天线阵列处的收发器电路可以包括耦合到中频信号路径的上变频器和下变频器。

公开(公告)号：US09444130B2

公开(公告)日：2016-09-13

申请号：US13860396

申请日：2013-04-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Peter Bevelacqua ,  Hao Xu ,  Jayesh Nath ,  Jennifer M. Edwards ,  Mattia Pascolini

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/04

CPC classification number: H01Q1/243 ,  H01Q7/00 ,  H01Q9/0442

Abstract: Electronic devices may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may include a dual arm inverted-F antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An antenna feed may be coupled between the inverted-F antenna resonating element and the antenna ground. An adjustable component such as an adjustable inductor may be coupled between the inverted-F antenna resonating element and the antenna ground in parallel with the antenna feed. The adjustable component may be operable in multiple states such as an open circuit state, a short circuit state, and a state in which the adjustable component exhibits a non-zero inductance. Antenna bandwidth can be broadened by coupling a loop antenna resonating element across the antenna feed. A portion of the antenna ground may overlap the loop antenna resonating element to further enhance antenna bandwidth.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括射频收发器电路和天线结构。 天线结构可以包括双臂倒F天线谐振元件和天线接地。 天线馈送可以耦合在倒F天线谐振元件和天线接地之间。 诸如可调节电感器的可调节部件可以与天线馈送并联连接在倒F天线谐振元件和天线接地之间。 可调组件可以在诸如开路状态，短路状态和可调部件呈现非零电感的状态的多种状态下工作。 通过将环形天线谐振元件耦合到天线馈电上，可以拓宽天线带宽。 天线接地的一部分可能与环形天线谐振元件重叠，以进一步增强天线带宽。