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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lucas Calderin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zhengan Yang, Del Mar, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may include signal transmission circuitry having a signal path and a signal source that transmits a signal on the signal path. First and second signal couplers may be coupled to the signal path. Control circuitry may use the first signal coupler to measure the signal at a first reference plane and may use the second signal coupler to concurrently measure the signal at a second reference plane. The signal measurements may include power wave, forward wave, reverse wave, impedance, and/or delivered power measurements. Terminations in the signal couplers may be adjusted to dynamically shift the reference planes. The first and second signal couplers may be formed from first and third metallization layers on a stacked dielectric substrate, where the signal path is formed from a second metallization layer. Additional signal couplers may be coupled to the signal path for concurrently measuring additional reference planes.