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Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

May. 26, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Tao Shui, Cupertino, CA (US);

Brian R. Land, Woodside, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/0475 (2013.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); H04B 2001/0491 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3855 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3861 (2013.01);
Abstract

This relates to methods and apparatus for mitigating effects of the presence of RF communication signals. In some examples, non-linearity and rectification of the RF communication signals can become rectified in sensor circuitry such that spectral components of a frame or sub-frame timing of the RF communication signals can be aliased into the sensor circuitry output within a bandwidth of interest. In some examples, a notch filter can be employed to remove the aliased RF communication signals from the sensor output. In some examples, a sampling rate used for sampling the user's physiological signals can be generated such that the sampling of the sensor is synchronous with the RF communication signals. In some examples, the sampling rate for the sensor can be generated as an integer multiple or integer submultiple of the frame or sub-frame timing of the RF communication signals.


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