Apple inc. (20250087868). Electronic Device with Folded Antenna Module

Electronic Device with Folded Antenna Module

Organization Name

apple inc.

Inventor(s)

Alden T Rush of San Diego CA (US)

Salih Yarga of San Jose CA (US)

Joel Ravi of San Francisco CA (US)

Woonyong Bae of San Jose CA (US)

Laura M Burke of Los Gatos CA (US)

Bhaskara R Rupakula of San Jose CA (US)

Haozhan Tian of San Jose CA (US)

Erdinc Irci of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Hongfei Hu of Cupertino CA (US)

Carlo Di Nallo of Belmont CA (US)

Electronic Device with Folded Antenna Module

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250087868 titled 'Electronic Device with Folded Antenna Module

Original Abstract Submitted

an electronic device may be provided with a housing having sidewalls, a dielectric cover, and a conductive plate. a display may be mounted to the sidewalls opposite the dielectric cover. a logic board may be interposed between the display and the plate. the device may include a phased antenna array on a first module and an ultra-wideband (uwb) on a second module. the first and second modules may be surface-mounted to the main body of a flexible printed circuit between the plate and the dielectric cover. the uwb antenna and the array may convey radio-frequency signals through the dielectric cover. the flexible printed circuit may have a tail that carries the transmission lines for the uwb antenna and the array. the tail may be folded through a hole in the mid-chassis and coupled to a radio-frequency connector on the logic board.