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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher J. Durning, Saratoga, CA (US);
Hongfei Hu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erdinc Irci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Salih Yarga, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Christopher T. Cheng, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Watsonvile, CA (US);
Nanbo Jin, San Jose, CA (US);
Erica J. Tong, Pacifica, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Denis J. Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Salome Bavetta, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sherry Lee, Oakland, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
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.