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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayesh Nath, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Simone Paulotto, Redwood City, CA (US);
Mario Martinis, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eduardo Jorge Da Costa Bras Lima, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Andrea Ruaro, San Jose, CA (US);
Carlo Di Nallo, Belmont, CA (US);
Matthew A. Mow, Los Altos, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device such as a wristwatch may be provided with a phased antenna array for conveying first signals at a first frequency between 10 GHz and 300 GHz and a non-millimeter wave antenna for conveying second signals at a second frequency below 10 GHz. The device may include conductive housing sidewalls and a display. Conductive structures in the display and the conductive housing sidewalls may define a slot element in the non-millimeter wave antenna. The phased antenna array may be mounted within the slot element, aligned with a spatial filter in the display, or aligned with a dielectric window in the conductive housing sidewalls. Control circuitry may process signals transmitted by the phased antenna array and a reflected version of the transmitted signals that has been received by the phased antenna array to detect a range between the device and an external object.