US 11,990,682 B2
Electronic devices having tilted antenna arrays
Zhenglian Cai, Cupertino, CA (US); Harish Rajagopalan, San Jose, CA (US); Panagiotis Theofanopoulos, Cupertino, CA (US); Ioannis Pefkianakis, San Jose, CA (US); Prashant H. Vashi, San Jose, CA (US); Guillaume Monghal, San Diego, CA (US); and Jennifer M. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,699.
Prior Publication US 2023/0178899 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/0075 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a housing wall opposite the display;
a sidewall that couples the housing wall to the display, wherein the sidewall includes an aperture; and
an antenna panel aligned with the aperture and configured to radiate radio-frequency signals through the sidewall via the aperture, wherein the antenna panel is tilted towards the housing wall at a non-zero angle with respect to the sidewall.