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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Watsonville, CA (US);
Hongfei Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nanbo Jin, San Jose, CA (US);
Xu Gao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Erica J. Tong, Pacifica, CA (US);
Erdinc Irci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Han Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin M. Froese, San Francisco, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An electronic device may include a conductive housing and an antenna. The antenna may include an arm formed from a first segment of the housing. A gap may separate the first segment from a second segment. Respective first and second slots may separate an antenna ground from the first and second segments. The antenna may have a first positive antenna feed terminal on the first segment and a second positive antenna feed terminal on the second segment. A transmission line may include a signal conductor having a first branch coupled to the first positive antenna feed terminal and a second branch coupled to the second positive antenna feed terminal. A switch may be interposed on the second branch for switching the antenna between a first mode in which the second slot is directly fed and a second mode in which the second segment is indirectly fed by the first segment.