Patents by Inventor Aobo Li

Aobo Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12107335
    Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive housing structures, a display frame, a support plate, a logic board, and an antenna. The antenna may have a resonating element that includes a first slot between the logic board and a segment of the peripheral conductive housing structures, a second slot between the display frame and the segment, and optionally a third slot between the support plate and the segment. The slots may be at least partially overlapping, may have respective lengths, may be located at respective distances from a cover layer for the display, and may collectively receive radio-frequency signals in a frequency band such as the L5 GPS band. Switching circuitry and filter circuitry may be coupled to the antenna feed and/or to the antenna feed (s) of one or more adjacent antennas in the electronic device to help to isolate the antennas from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aobo Li, Erdinc Irci, Carlo Di Nallo, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Haozhan Tian, Hongfei Hu, Liang Han, Ming Chen, Ming-Ju Tsai, Salih Yarga, Tiejun Yu, Victor C Lee, Xu Han
  • Publication number: 20240235026
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a main logic board (MLB) that includes a ground plane, an antenna feed that is electrically connected to the MLB, an antenna arm electrically connected to the antenna feed, and a slot antenna formed into at least part of the MLB. The slot antenna may be electrically connected to the antenna feed. Various other apparatuses and mobile electronic devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Navid Barani Lonbani, Aobo Li, Javier Rodriguez De Luis, Liang Han
  • Publication number: 20240079786
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with peripheral conductive housing structures, a first antenna, and a second antenna. A gap may divide the housing structures into a first segment forming an arm of the first antenna and a second segment forming an arm of the second antenna. A first feed terminal may be coupled to the first segment and a second feed terminal may be coupled to the second segment. Switchable components may be coupled in parallel between the first and second feed terminals across the gap. The switchable components may be adjusted to tune the frequency response of the first and/or second antenna. The switchable components may have a first state in which only the first feed terminal feeds the first antenna and may have a second state in which both the first and second feed terminals feed the first antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Han Wang, Aobo Li, Victor C Lee, Yuancheng Xu, Ahmed Ali Abdelhaliem Nafe, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Yiren Wang, Yuan Tao, Christopher Q Ma, Zhiheng Zhou, Sherry Cao, Dale T Morgan, Timothy L Stickles, Hao Xu, Hongfei Hu, Mattia Pascolini
  • Publication number: 20230083466
    Abstract: An electronic device may have peripheral conductive housing structures, a display frame, a support plate, a logic board, and an antenna. The antenna may have a resonating element that includes a first slot between the logic board and a segment of the peripheral conductive housing structures, a second slot between the display frame and the segment, and optionally a third slot between the between the support plate and the segment. The slots may be at least partially overlapping, may have respective lengths, may be located at respective distances from a cover layer for the display, and may collectively receive radio-frequency signals in a frequency band such as the L5 GPS band. Switching circuitry and filter circuitry may be coupled to the antenna feed and/or to the antenna feed(s) of one or more adjacent antennas in the electronic device to help to isolate the antennas from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Aobo Li, Erdinc Irci, Carlo Di Nallo, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Haozhan Tian, Hongfei Hu, Liang Han, Ming Chen, Ming-Ju Tsai, Salih Yarga, Tiejun Yu, Victor C Lee, Xu Han
  • Patent number: 11575209
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David Garrido Lopez, Aobo Li, Forhad Hasnat, Harish Rajagopalan, Mikal Askarian Amiri, Rodney A. Gomez Angulo
  • Publication number: 20210399429
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a first conductive sidewall at an upper end, a second conductive sidewall at a lower end, and a conductive rear wall. First and second antennas may be formed at the upper end and may include slots with edges defined by the first sidewall and the rear wall. Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth antennas may be formed at the lower end and may include slots with edges defined by the second sidewall and the rear wall. Each antenna may cover multiple frequency bands. First order and third order modes of the slots may contribute to the frequency responses of the third through sixth antennas. A display controller may be mounted at the lower end and may impose a lower limit on the frequencies covered by the third through sixth antennas. The first and second antennas may cover lower frequencies than the third through sixth antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: David Garrido Lopez, Aobo Li, Forhad Hasnat, Harish Rajagopalan, Mikal Askarian Amiri, Rodney A. Gomez Angulo