US 11,990,687 B2
Ultra-wideband antenna having fed and unfed arms
Alden T Rush, San Jose, CA (US); Soroush Akbarzadeh, San Francisco, CA (US); Hongfei Hu, Cupertino, CA (US); Han Wang, Campbell, CA (US); Javier Gomez Tagle, San Jose, CA (US); Ming Chen, Cupertino, CA (US); Carlo Di Nallo, Belmont, CA (US); Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US); Erdinc Irci, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Ali Pourghorban Saghati, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,504.
Prior Publication US 2024/0021986 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 5/25 (2015.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01)
CPC H01Q 5/25 (2015.01) [H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/242 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna comprising:
a ring of conductive traces having first and second segments;
a fed arm having a first end that contacts the first segment and having a first radiating edge opposite the first end;
an antenna feed terminal coupled to the fed arm; and
an unfed arm having a second end that contacts the second segment and having a second radiating edge opposite the second end.