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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Hao Xu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jayesh Nath, Milpitas, CA (US);
Peter Bevelacqua, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel W. Jarvis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jared M. Kole, San Jose, CA (US);
Jennifer M. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mattia Pascolini, Campbell, CA (US);
Richard H. Dinh, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert W. Schlub, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ruben Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Custom antenna structures may be used to improve antenna performance and to compensate for manufacturing variations in electronic device antennas. An electronic device antenna may include an antenna tuning element and conductive structures formed from portions of a peripheral conductive housing member and other conductive antenna structures. The antenna tuning element may be connected across a gap in the peripheral conductive housing member. The custom antenna structures may be used to couple the antenna tuning element to a fixed custom location on the peripheral conductive housing member to help satisfy design criteria and to compensate for manufacturing variations in the conductive antenna structures that could potentially lead to undesired variations in antenna performance. Custom antenna structures may include springs and custom paths on dielectric supports.