公开(公告)号：US10162083B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15275140

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Que Anh S. Nguyen ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: G02B1/115 ,  G02B1/12 ,  G02B1/14

Abstract: Methods and systems for depositing a thin film are disclosed. The methods and systems can be used to deposit a film having a uniform thickness on a substrate surface that has a non-planar three-dimensional geometry, such as a curved surface. The methods involve the use of a deposition source that has a shape in accordance with the non-planar three-dimensional geometry of the substrate surface. In some embodiments, multiple layers of films are deposited onto each other forming multi-layered coatings. In some embodiments, the multi-layered coatings are antireflective (AR) coatings for windows or lenses.

公开(公告)号：US10126061B1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US14628969

申请日：2015-02-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Christopher D. Jones ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: C03C25/62 ,  F27D5/00

Abstract: Methods and systems for localized strengthening of features of a component formed from a sapphire material include a combination of holistic heating and localized surface heating. In one example, the localized heating may occur via laser thermal, flame polishing, hot wire heating, plasma etching, or chemical treatment. By combining the localized surface heating with holistic heating, near-melt or melt processing in a localized area can be achieved while avoiding overheating of well-polished areas, and therefore minimizing defects that would otherwise be caused by excessive heating. This may be used for strengthening features of components formed from sapphire material that are difficult to polish, such as non-planar features.

公开(公告)号：US10094963B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-09

申请号：US15483974

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marta M. Giachino ,  Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Matthew S. Rogers ,  Xianwei Zhao ,  Ligang Wang

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  G02B1/11 ,  H01L27/146 ,  G02B1/115 ,  H01S5/40

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have a display cover layer. The display may have an active area with pixels and an inactive area without pixels. An opaque masking layer such as a layer of black ink may be formed on the underside of the display cover layer in the inactive area. Windows may be formed from openings in the opaque masking layer. Optical components such as infrared-light-based optical components may be aligned with the windows. The windows may include coatings in the openings that block visible light while transmitting infrared light. The window coatings may be formed from polymer layers containing pigments, polymer layers containing dyes that are coated with antireflection layers, thin-film interference filters formed from stacks of thin-film layers, or other coating structures.

公开(公告)号：US09864116B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US15231170

申请日：2016-08-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naoto Matsuyuki ,  Mark T. Winkler ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: G02B5/20 ,  H05K5/00 ,  H05K5/03 ,  G02B1/115 ,  G02B5/28 ,  G01V8/10 ,  G02B5/22

CPC classification number: G02B5/208 ,  G01V8/10 ,  G02B1/115 ,  G02B5/20 ,  G02B5/207 ,  G02B5/22 ,  G02B5/281 ,  H05K5/0017 ,  H05K5/03

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with a cover layer. A light-based component such as an infrared-light proximity sensor or other infrared-light-based component may be aligned with a window in the display cover layer. The window may block visible light and transmit infrared light. A coating in the window may include a thin-film filter formed from a stack of inorganic dielectric layers. The thin-film filter may block visible light and transmit infrared light. The coating may also include at least one layer of material such as a semiconductor material that absorbs visible light and that passes infrared light. This material may be interposed between the thin-film filter and the display cover layer. Antireflection properties and color adjustment properties may be provided using thin-film layers between the thin-film filter and the display cover layer.

公开(公告)号：US20170334769A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15600204

申请日：2017-05-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Victor Luzzato ,  Christopher D. Prest ,  Dale N. Memering ,  Matthew S. Rogers

IPC: C03C17/00 ,  C03C4/18 ,  C03C3/076 ,  C03C3/083 ,  C03C21/00

CPC classification number: C03C17/001 ,  C03C3/076 ,  C03C3/083 ,  C03C4/18 ,  C03C17/002 ,  C03C17/225 ,  C03C17/23 ,  C03C21/00 ,  C03C21/002 ,  C03C21/003 ,  C03C21/005 ,  C03C21/008 ,  C03C23/0025 ,  C03C2204/00 ,  C03C2217/213 ,  C03C2217/282 ,  C03C2218/34

Abstract: Asymmetrically strengthened glass articles, methods for producing the same, and use of the articles in portable electronic device is disclosed. Using a budgeted amount of compressive stress and tensile stress, asymmetric chemical strengthening is optimized for the utility of a glass article. In some aspects, the strengthened glass article can be designed for reduced damage, or damage propagation, when dropped.