Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Visible-light-reflecting coatings for electronic devices
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Application No.: US17176992Application Date: 2021-02-16
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Publication No.: US11719865B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Brian S. Tryon , Lijie Bao , Martin Melcher , Sonja R. Postak
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Michael H. Lyons; David K. Cole
- Main IPC: G02B5/08
- IPC: G02B5/08 ; G02B5/28

Abstract:
An electronic device may include conductive structures having a visible-light-reflecting coating. The coating may include a seed layer, transition layers, a neutral-color base layer, and an uppermost layer that forms a single-layer interference film. The neutral-color base layer may be opaque to visible light. The interference film may include silicon and may have an absorption coefficient between 0 and 1. The interference film may include, for example, CrSiCN or CrSiC. The composition of the interference film, the thickness of the interference film, and/or the composition of the base layer may be selected to provide the coating with a desired color in the visible spectrum (e.g., at blue or purple wavelengths). The color may be relatively stable even if the thickness of the coating varies across its area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210286112A1 Visible-Light-Reflecting Coatings for Electronic Devices Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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