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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nanbo Jin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yuehui Ouyang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Yijun Zhou, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Watsonville, CA (US);

Anand Lakshmanan, San Jose, CA (US);

Robert W. Schlub, Cupertino, CA (US);

Mattia Pascolini, Campbell, CA (US);

Matthew A. Mow, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/06 (2006.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H01Q 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. The antenna structures may form a dual arm inverted-F antenna. The antenna may have a resonating element formed from portions of a peripheral conductive electronic device housing member and may have an antenna ground that is separated from the antenna resonating element by a gap. A short circuit path may bridge the gap. An antenna feed may be coupled across the gap in parallel with the short circuit path. Low band tuning may be provided using an adjustable inductor that bridges the gap. The antenna may have a slot-based parasitic antenna resonating element with a slot formed between portions of the peripheral conductive electronic device housing member and the antenna ground. An adjustable capacitor may bridge the slot to provide high band tuning.


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