公开(公告)号：US20240076504A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18364760

申请日：2023-08-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lijie Bao ,  Brian S. Tryon ,  Jozef M. Matlak ,  Shinjita Acharya

IPC: C09D1/00 ,  C09D5/33

CPC classification number: C09D1/00 ,  C09D5/004

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers, an opaque coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers, and a three-layer thin-film interference filter on the opaque coloring layer. The three-layer thin-film interference filter may have an uppermost SiC layer, a lowermost SiCrCN layer, and a CrC layer interposed between the SiC layer and the SiCrCN layer. The opaque color layer may be a CrSiCN layer. The coating may exhibit a light violet color that has a relatively uniform visual response even when the underlying conductive structures have a three-dimensional shape.

公开(公告)号：US12050436B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17406826

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jozef M. Matlak ,  Brian S. Tryon ,  Lijie Bao ,  Maruwada Sukanya Sharma ,  Shiva K. Mandepudi ,  Sonja R. Postak

IPC: G04G17/08 ,  C23C14/00 ,  C23C14/02 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/35 ,  C23C28/00

CPC classification number: G04G17/08 ,  C23C14/0015 ,  C23C14/025 ,  C23C14/0641 ,  C23C14/0664 ,  C23C14/35 ,  C23C28/34

Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A high-brightness, visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers. At least the uppermost coloring layer may be deposited using a high impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) process. The uppermost coloring layer may include a TiCrN film, a TiCrCN film, a TiCN film, or a metal nitride film that contains Ti, Zr, Hf, or Cr. The coating may exhibit a high-brightness gold color.

公开(公告)号：US20240337986A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-10

申请号：US18747167

申请日：2024-06-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jozef M. Matlak ,  Brian S. Tryon ,  Lijie Bao ,  Maruwada Sukanya Sharma ,  Shiva K. Mandepudi ,  Sonja R. Postak

IPC: G04G17/08 ,  C23C14/00 ,  C23C14/02 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/35 ,  C23C28/00

CPC classification number: G04G17/08 ,  C23C14/0015 ,  C23C14/025 ,  C23C14/0641 ,  C23C14/0664 ,  C23C14/35 ,  C23C28/34

Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A high-brightness, visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers. At least the uppermost coloring layer may be deposited using a high impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) process. The uppermost coloring layer may include a TiCrN film, a TiCrCN film, a TiCN film, or a metal nitride film that contains Ti, Zr, Hf, or Cr. The coating may exhibit a high-brightness gold color.

公开(公告)号：US20220066397A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17406826

申请日：2021-08-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jozef M. Matlak ,  Brian S. Tryon ,  Lijie Bao ,  Maruwada Sukanya Sharma ,  Shiva K. Mandepudi ,  Sonja R. Postak

IPC: G04G17/08 ,  C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/35 ,  C23C14/00 ,  C23C14/02

Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. A high-brightness, visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost coloring layer on the adhesion and transition layers. At least the uppermost coloring layer may be deposited using a high impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) process. The uppermost coloring layer may include a TiCrN film, a TiCrCN film, a TiCN film, or a metal nitride film that contains Ti, Zr, Hf, or Cr. The coating may exhibit a high-brightness gold color.

公开(公告)号：US20250075334A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18523718

申请日：2023-11-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Brian S. Tryon ,  Jozef M. Matlak ,  James A. Yurko

IPC: C23C28/04

Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with conductive structures such as a titanium housing wall. A visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the titanium housing wall. The coating may have adhesion and transition layers and an uppermost opaque coloring layer. In a first example, the uppermost opaque coloring layer includes CrC on a CrSiN transition layer. In a second example, the uppermost opaque coloring layer includes CrN on a CrN transition layer. The coating may exhibit a relatively uniform metallic silver or gray color that is smudge resistant even when the underlying titanium housing wall has a three-dimensional shape.

公开(公告)号：US20220350062A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17459843

申请日：2021-08-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Lijie Bao ,  Jiayun Liu ,  Fei Tong ,  Jozef M. Matlak ,  Sonja R. Postak ,  Brian S. Tryon

IPC: G02B5/28 ,  H05K5/00

Abstract: An electronic device may include conductive structures with a light-reflecting coating. The coating may have a two or four-layer thin-film interference filter. The two-layer filter may have a CrN layer and an SiCrN layer. The four-layer filter may have two CrN layers and two SiCrN layers. The two-layer filter may be used to coat relatively small conductive components. The four-layer filter may be used to coat a conductive housing sidewall. Both types of interference filter may produce a relatively uniform light blue color despite variations in coating thickness produced on account of the geometry of the underlying conductive structure.