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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Davis, San Carlos, CA (US);
Istvan J. Szini, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew H. Fong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/163 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1628 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 31/0232 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H05K 5/0017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A portable electronic device can include a housing that at least partially defines an internal volume and an external surface of the device. The housing can include an electromagnetically transparent portion that partially defines the exterior surface. The portable electronic device can include an antenna disposed in the internal volume and a sensing circuit disposed in the internal volume to receive a signal transmitted from the antenna.