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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean S. Corbin, San Jose, CA (US);
Taylor H. Gilbert, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rodney A. Gomez Angulo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yi Jiang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Conor P. Lenahan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Qingxiang Li, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stephen R. McClure, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert W. Schlub, Cupertino, CA (US);
Salih Yarga, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jiang Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may have a conductive housing with an antenna window. Antenna structures may be mounted adjacent to the antenna window. The antenna structures may have a dielectric carrier. Patterned metal antenna traces may be formed on the surface of the dielectric carrier. A proximity sensor may be formed from a flexible printed circuit mounted on the dielectric carrier. The flexible printed circuit may have a tail that contains a transmission line for feeding the antenna structures. The transmission line may include a positive signal conductor that is maintained at a desired distance from the conductive housing using a polymer sheet. A portion of the antenna structures may protrude between a microphone and a camera module. Plastic camera module housing structures may have an inner surface coated with a shielding metal. A U-shaped conductive fabric layer may be used as a grounding structure.