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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Taiwei Yue, Union City, CA (US);
Matthew N Ettus, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Jeffrey K Tu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kyle J Cormany, Atascadero, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication terminal may include interwoven high and low band phased array antennas that form signal beams in respective bands. The high band antenna may have center-grounded folded patch radiators. The low band antenna may have folded patch radiators that each surrounds a different respective center-grounded folded patch radiator of the high band antenna. The low and high band antennas may be mounted to ground traces on an antenna board. The antenna board may be mounted to a feeding board. Beamforming circuitry for the low and high band antennas may be disposed on the feeding board. The patch radiators of the low and high band antennas may be formed from free-standing folded sheet metal. The folded sheet metal may be mounted to the antenna board by conductive standoffs. The conductive standoffs may be used to feed the antenna radiators and/or to short the antenna radiators to the ground trace.