US 12,413,263 B2
Dielectric resonator antenna modules
Harish Rajagopalan, San Jose, CA (US); Bilgehan Avser, Pacifica, CA (US); David Garrido Lopez, Alviso, CA (US); Forhad Hasnat, Milpitas, CA (US); Mattia Pascolini, San Francisco, CA (US); Mikal Askarian Amiri, San Jose, CA (US); Rodney A. Gomez Angulo, Santa Clara, CA (US); Thomas W. Yang, Los Altos, CA (US); Jiechen Wu, Santa Clara, CA (US); Eric N. Nyland, Santa Clara, CA (US); Simone Paulotto, Redwood City, CA (US); Jennifer M. Edwards, San Francisco, CA (US); Matthew D. Hill, Mountain View, CA (US); Ihtesham H. Chowdhury, Palo Alto, CA (US); David A. Hurrell, San Mateo, CA (US); Siwen Yong, San Francisco, CA (US); Jiangfeng Wu, San Jose, CA (US); Daniel C. Wagman, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Soroush Akbarzadeh, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Scritzky, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Subramanian Ramalingam, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,116.
Application 18/306,116 is a continuation of application No. 16/920,297, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,700,035.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261695 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/28 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H01Q 13/24 (2006.01); H04B 3/52 (2006.01); H04B 3/54 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 3/52 (2013.01) [G01R 31/2822 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2283 (2013.01); H01Q 13/24 (2013.01); H04B 3/54 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a printed circuit board;
a phased antenna array having dielectric resonating elements mounted to a surface of the printed circuit board;
feed probes coupled to the dielectric resonating elements and configured to excite the dielectric resonating elements; and
a plastic substrate on the printed circuit board, wherein the dielectric resonating elements are embedded in the plastic substrate, the dielectric resonating elements comprise first dielectric resonating elements having a first width and second dielectric resonating elements having a second width different than the first width, and the second dielectric resonating elements are interleaved with the first dielectric resonating elements.