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Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventor:

Lucas R. Compton, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 3/34 (2006.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/22 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 3/34 (2013.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may have a first phased antenna array that radiates through a display and a second phased antenna array that radiates through a rear wall. The first array may include a front-facing dielectric resonator antenna and the second array may include a rear-facing dielectric resonator antenna. The front and rear-facing antennas may share a dielectric resonating element. Feed probe(s) may excite a first volume of the dielectric resonating element to radiate through the display and may excite a second volume of the dielectric resonating element to radiate through the rear wall. The dielectric resonating element may have a geometry that helps to isolate the front-facing dielectric resonator antenna from the rear-facing dielectric resonator antenna. The first and second arrays may collectively cover an entire sphere around the device while occupying a minimal amount of volume within the device.


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