The new patent of antenna structure for the development of the apple exposure

Wei Feng network news, although Apple has yet to sapphire material is widely used in its products, but they never give up the mining potential of this material. An Apple patent before the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that Apple wants to use sapphire to develop a unique Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC antenna structure. According to Apple's introduction, the future of this structure can be used in Apple Watch and other devices.

Apple says most of the traditional electronic devices have a NFC system that supports wireless sharing and / or transmission of data between electronic devices.

The traditional NFC system uses flexible printed circuit (FPC). This circuit usually has several layers that are laminated together to connect the antenna and other NFC system components on the flexible printed circuit.

Flexible printed circuit usually has a layer of ferrite material, the role of this material is to prevent the flexible printed circuit antenna and other parts of the electronic device interference. The multilayer structure of the flexible printed circuit and the ferrite material layer occupy a lot of space inside the electronic equipment.

In addition, the structural integrity of flexible printed circuits in traditional NFC systems is not high, so the use of flexible printed circuits in electronic devices makes the production and / or operation of the higher risk. For example, flexible printed circuits may require other components to be fixed in the device, so that the occupied space will be more. And if the flexible printed circuit is loose, it may be disconnected from other electronic components, and even affect the connection of components on the flexible printed circuit. These problems make apple had to seek other programs, such as sapphire antenna structure.

According to the introduction of Apple's patent documents, the use of sapphire structure in electronic equipment to form a wireless communication system antenna will be able to greatly reduce the overall size of the antenna. By reducing the size of the antenna, the interior of the device needs to be reserved for fewer antennas, so that other components, such as batteries, will be able to get more space. And the sapphire structure of the antenna may also be customized configuration (such as shape), which can be placed in different places inside the electronic device.

In addition, because the sapphire structure is very stable, so compared with other antenna structure, this structure is placed in the electronic equipment in the difficulty of a lot of small, but also can greatly reduce the possibility of the antenna and other parts of electronic equipment is disconnected, the possibility of sapphire structure was destroyed is smaller.

Apple said this antenna structure is not only suitable for smart phones, Apple Watch, MacBook, iMac, iPad, iPod, gaming equipment and health monitoring devices can use the above sapphire structure antenna.

Mentioned above in Apple's application equipment, the most urgent need for this structure is probably Apple Watch. The current battery life of the device is a full day, some users are very dissatisfied with this, but also some consumers because the battery life is not ideal and gave up the idea of buying Apple Watch. Do not know if Apple has no intention of using the Apple Watch antenna structure, to make room for the battery to improve battery life. Or use this structure to change the design of the iPhone?

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