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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Basim Noori, San Jose, CA (US);
Ming-Ju Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Boon Wai Shiu, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew A. Mow, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yuehui Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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 formed from printed circuit board Yagi antennas or other antennas. A millimeter wave transceiver may use the antennas to transmit and receive wireless signals. The antennas may be mounted at the corners of an electronic device housing or elsewhere in an electronic device. An electronic device housing may be formed from metal and may have an opening filled with dielectric. The antennas may be aligned with portions of the dielectric. Printed circuit board antennas may have reflectors, radiators, and directors. The reflectors, radiators, and directors may be arranged to align radiation patterns for the antennas with the plastic-filled slots or other dielectric regions in the metal housing.