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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Harish Rajagopalan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jennifer M. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Simone Paulotto, Redwood City, CA (US);
Bilgehan Avser, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Rodney A. Gomez Angulo, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Travis A. Barbieri, Pacifica, CA (US);
Georgios Atmatzakis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew A. Mow, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may be provided with antenna structures that convey radio-frequency signals greater than 10 GHz. The antenna structures may include overlapping first and second patches. The first patch may include a hole. A transmission line for the second patch may include a conductive via extending through the hole. The via may be coupled to a first end of a trace. A second end of the trace may be coupled to a feed terminal on the second patch over an additional via. The hole may be located within a central region of the first patch to allow the via to pass through the hole without electromagnetically coupling to the first patch. If desired, adjustable impedance matching circuits may be used to couple selected impedances to the antenna feeds that help ensure that the first and second patch antennas are sufficiently isolated from each other.