Electronic device with shared antenna structures and balun

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9325080
APP PUB NO 20150249292A1
SERIAL NO

14195130

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An electronic device may be provided with shared antenna structures that can be used to form both a near-field-communications antenna such as a loop antenna and a non-near-field communications antenna such as an inverted-F antenna. The antenna structures may include conductive structures such as metal traces on printed circuits or other dielectric substrates, internal metal housing structures, or other conductive electronic device housing structures. A main resonating element arm may be separated from an antenna ground by an opening. A non-near-field communications antenna return path and antenna feed path may span the opening. A balun may have first and second electromagnetically coupled inductors. The second inductor may have terminals coupled across differential signal terminals in a near-field communications transceiver. The first inductor may form part of the near-field communications loop antenna.

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APPLE INC1 INFINITE LOOP CUPERTINO CA 95014

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ayala, Vazquez Enrique Watsonville, US 70 2425
Darnell, Dean F Durham, US 21 873
Hu, Hongfei Santa Clara, US 68 1159
Jin, Nanbo Sunnyvale, US 54 1748
Mow, Matthew A Los Altos, US 110 3107
Ouyang, Yuehui Sunnyvale, US 51 1704
Pascolini, Mattia San Mateo, US 292 6892
Schlub, Robert W Cupertino, US 178 8978
Tong, Erica J Pacifica, US 18 224
Tsai, Ming-Ju Cupertino, US 65 1479

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