Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Antennas with periodic shunt inductors
- Patent Title (中): 具有周期性分流电感的天线
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Application No.: US11958824Application Date: 2007-12-18
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Publication No.: US07705795B2Publication Date: 2010-04-27
- Inventor: Bing Chiang , Gregory Allen Springer , Douglas B. Kough , Enrique Ayala , Matthew Ian McDonald
- Applicant: Bing Chiang , Gregory Allen Springer , Douglas B. Kough , Enrique Ayala , Matthew Ian McDonald
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Nancy Y. Ru
- Main IPC: H01Q13/10
- IPC: H01Q13/10

Abstract:
An antenna may be formed from conductive regions that define a gap that is bridged by shunt inductors. The inductors may have equal inductances and may be located equidistant from each other to form a scatter-type antenna structure. The inductors may also have unequal inductances and may be located along the length of the gap with unequal inductor-to-inductor spacings, thereby creating a decreasing shunt inductance at increasing distances from a feed for the antenna. This type of antenna structure functions as a horn-type antenna. One or more scatter-type antenna structures may be cascaded to form a multiband antenna. Antenna gaps may be formed in conductive device housings.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090153422A1 ANTENNAS WITH PERIODIC SHUNT INDUCTORS Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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