公开(公告)号：US10461429B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15461248

申请日：2017-03-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christopher J. Durning ,  Hongfei Hu ,  Erdinc Irci ,  Salih Yarga ,  Christopher T. Cheng ,  Enrique Ayala Vazquez ,  Nanbo Jin ,  Erica J. Tong ,  Mattia Pascolini ,  Denis J. Lin ,  Salome Bavetta ,  Sherry Lee

IPC: H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/24 ,  H01Q9/04 ,  H01Q1/48 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q5/335

Abstract: A consumer electronic product includes a switchable inductor array coupled to the RF antenna, the switchable inductor array comprising inductive elements and a switch circuit coupled to the inductor array to select at least one of the inductive elements and couple the selected inductive element with the RF antenna. The product can further include an assembly having a mesh that is strengthened by a stiffener. A multi-layer adhesive have a conductive layer that can be used to shield the RF antenna and adhesive layers that can provide adhesion between the stiffener and the housing of the product. The assembly can be covered by a cowling that is made of metal to provide further shielding. To reduce potential coupling between the RF antenna and the cowling, the cowling can have a portion that is formed of plastic to distance its metal portion from the antenna.