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公开(公告)号：US09850127B1
公开(公告)日：2017-12-26
申请号：US15669231
申请日：2017-08-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Milind S. Bhagavat , Richard Yeh , Henry H. Yang
CPC classification number: B81C1/00825 , B81B2203/0118 , B81B2207/115
Abstract: In some embodiments, a microelectromechanical system may include a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of wiring layers, and a stop. The plurality of wiring layers may be coupled to a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The stop may be coupled to the plurality of wiring layers. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the plurality of wiring layers between the stop and the first surface of the substrate comprises an insulating material. In some embodiments, at least the portion excludes wiring within. In some embodiments, a volume of the portion may be determined by a use of the microelectromechanical system. In some embodiments, the portion may inhibit, during use, electrical failures adjacent to the stop.
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公开(公告)号：US09167325B2
公开(公告)日：2015-10-20
申请号：US13658316
申请日：2012-10-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang , Matthew E. Last , Romain A. Teil
CPC classification number: H04R1/021 , H01L2224/48091 , H01L2224/48137 , H01L2924/15151 , H01L2924/16152 , H04M2250/12 , H04R1/04 , H04R2499/11 , H01L2924/00014
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with environmental sensors. Environmental sensors may include one or more environmental sensor components and one or more acoustic components. Acoustic components may include a speaker or a microphone. Environmental sensor components may include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. The environmental sensor may have an enclosure with an opening. The enclosure may be formed from a rigid support structure and a portion of a printed circuit. The opening may be formed in the rigid support structure or the printed circuit. The opening in the enclosure for the environmental sensor may be aligned with an opening in an outer structural member for the device. The outer structural member may be a housing structure or a cover layer for a device display.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有环境传感器。 环境传感器可以包括一个或多个环境传感器部件和一个或多个声学部件。 声学部件可以包括扬声器或麦克风。 环境传感器部件可以包括温度传感器，压力传感器，湿度传感器或用于感测设备周围环境的属性的其他传感器或传感器组合。 环境传感器可以具有带开口的外壳。 外壳可以由刚性支撑结构和印刷电路的一部分形成。 开口可以形成在刚性支撑结构或印刷电路中。 用于环境传感器的外壳中的开口可与装置的外部结构构件中的开口对准。 外部结构构件可以是用于装置显示器的壳体结构或覆盖层。
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13.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20150296607A1
公开(公告)日：2015-10-15
申请号：US14251227
申请日：2014-04-11
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang , Matthew E. Last , Tongbi T. Jiang
CPC classification number: H05K1/028 , G01L1/205 , G01L1/2287 , G06F3/00 , G06K9/00006 , H05K1/167 , H05K2201/0154 , H05K2201/0391 , H05K2201/09263 , H05K2201/10151
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit may have layers of metal and dielectric. Strain gauge resistors may be formed from a strain gauge metal such as constantan. The strain gauge metal may be formed within the flexible printed circuit layers. A strain gauge may include strain gauge circuitry coupled to a strain gauge bridge circuit. Strain gauge resistors for the bridge circuit may be formed from traces that follow parallel meandering paths in the flexible printed circuit layers. A component such as a fingerprint sensor may overlap the strain gauge resistors. Strain gauge resistors may be formed in different overlapping metal layers in the flexible printed circuit layers or may be formed from the same metal layer. Electroplating techniques may be used to form metal traces to which solder balls or wire bonds are coupled.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有柔性印刷电路。 柔性印刷电路可以具有金属和电介质层。 应变计电阻器可以由诸如康铜的应变计金属形成。 应变计金属可以形成在柔性印刷电路层内。 应变仪可以包括耦合到应变仪桥接电路的应变仪电路。 用于桥接电路的应变计电阻器可以由沿着柔性印刷电路层中的平行弯曲路径的迹线形成。 诸如指纹传感器的组件可能与应变计电阻重叠。 应变计电阻器可以形成在柔性印刷电路层中的不同重叠的金属层中，或者可以由相同的金属层形成。 可以使用电镀技术来形成连接焊球或引线键的金属迹线。
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公开(公告)号：US08981302B2
公开(公告)日：2015-03-17
申请号：US13740081
申请日：2013-01-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang , Matthew E. Last
CPC classification number: G06F1/3265 , G06F1/1684 , G06F1/3231 , H04M1/22 , H04M1/32 , H04M1/72577 , H04M2250/12 , H04M2250/22 , Y02D10/153 , Y02D10/173
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with proximity sensor capabilities for monitoring for the presence of nearby external objects. The electronic device may make temperature measurements such as measurements involving the monitoring of nearby objects for emitted blackbody light indicative of whether or not the external object is a heat-emitting object such as a human body part. The same sensor that is used in gathering temperature readings may be used in gathering proximity sensor data or separate temperature sensor and proximity sensor detector structures may be used. Motion sensor capabilities may be provided using sensor structures having an array of heat sensing elements. Signals from the array of heat sensing elements may be used in making temperature measurements and in gathering proximity sensor readings. Sensor structures may operate at wavelengths longer than 3 microns such as wavelengths from 3-5 microns or 10-15 microns.
Abstract translation: 可以为电子设备提供接近传感器能力，用于监视附近的外部物体的存在。 电子设备可以进行温度测量，例如涉及监视附近物体的发射黑体光的指示外部物体是否为诸如人体部分的发热物体的测量。 用于收集温度读数的相同传感器可用于收集接近传感器数据或单独的温度传感器，并且可以使用接近传感器检测器结构。 可以使用具有热敏元件阵列的传感器结构来提供运动传感器功能。 来自热敏元件阵列的信号可用于进行温度测量和收集接近传感器读数。 传感器结构可以在长于3微米的波长下工作，例如3-5微米或10-15微米的波长。
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公开(公告)号：US20240411847A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-12
申请号：US18810375
申请日：2024-08-20
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Timothy D. Koch , Dylan L. Magida , Michael B. Wittenberg , Henry H. Yang , Alvin T. Chang , Steven C. Roach , Jared P. Ostdiek
IPC: G06F21/32 , G06F1/16 , G06V40/13 , H04B1/38 , H04B1/3827
Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing member defining a side surface of the portable electronic device, a portion of the housing member defining a side wall of a hole extending through the housing member, a button member positioned along the side surface and defining a chassis portion and a hollow post extending into the hole defined through the housing member, and a first waterproof seal defined between the hollow post and the side wall of the hole. The portable electronic device may also include a biometric sensing component coupled to the chassis portion, a flexible circuit element extending through the hollow post and conductively coupling the biometric sensing component to a component within the housing, and a second waterproof seal defined within the hollow post.
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公开(公告)号：US10545038B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-28
申请号：US16261316
申请日：2019-01-29
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with environmental sensors. Environmental sensors may include one or more environmental sensor components and one or more acoustic components. Acoustic components may include a speaker or a microphone. Environmental sensor components may include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. The environmental sensor may have an enclosure with an opening. The enclosure may be formed from a rigid support structure and a portion of a printed circuit. The opening may be formed in the rigid support structure or the printed circuit. The opening in the enclosure for the environmental sensor may be aligned with an opening in an outer structural member for the device. The outer structural member may be a housing structure or a cover layer for a device display.
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公开(公告)号：US10466047B2
公开(公告)日：2019-11-05
申请号：US15263316
申请日：2016-09-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Rex T. Ehman , William C. Lukens , David M. Pelletier , Henry H. Yang
Abstract: An electronic device having a pressure sensor configured to determine pressure is disclosed. The electronic device includes an enclosure defining an internal volume. The enclosure may include a sidewall with an external opening that provides a vent for the internal components. To reduce the response of the pressure sensor (that is, the time required to detect a pressure change), the pressure sensor may secure with an internal wall of the enclosure. Further, the internal wall includes an opening defining an air pocket significantly smaller than the internal volume. When the pressure sensor is mounted to receive air via the air pocket, the pressure sensor may respond faster to pressure changes, as compared to receiving air circulating throughout the internal volume. This is due in part to an amount of airflow passing through the air pocket causing a greater pressure change throughout the air pocket as compared to the internal volume.
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公开(公告)号：US10255422B1
公开(公告)日：2019-04-09
申请号：US14486707
申请日：2014-09-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Matthew E. Last , Giovanni Gozzini , Henry H. Yang
Abstract: A hardware security token in contact with a user's body can send a signal via interbody communication to one or more electronic devices associated with a system of electronic devices having unified access controls such that a user can access each of the electronic devices using the same credentials. The signal sent by the hardware security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for that user's identity. In other examples, the signal sent by the portable security token can be deputized by a user in possession of credentials to the system as a temporary proxy for another user's identity. In some embodiments, the proxy can expire after a period of time or after a particular event occurs.
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公开(公告)号：US20180023984A1
公开(公告)日：2018-01-25
申请号：US15722981
申请日：2017-10-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Henry H. Yang
CPC classification number: G01D11/245 , G01D11/30 , G01N33/0004 , H01L2224/48137 , H01L2224/48227 , H01L2924/15192 , H01L2924/16151 , H01L2924/16251 , H04M2250/12 , H04R1/021 , H04R1/04 , H04R2499/11
Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with environmental sensors. Environmental sensors may include one or more environmental sensor components and one or more acoustic components. Acoustic components may include a speaker or a microphone. Environmental sensor components may include a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a gas sensor, or other sensors or combinations of sensors for sensing attributes of the environment surrounding the device. The environmental sensor may have an enclosure with an opening. The enclosure may be formed from a rigid support structure and a portion of a printed circuit. The opening may be formed in the rigid support structure or the printed circuit. The opening in the enclosure for the environmental sensor may be aligned with an opening in an outer structural member for the device. The outer structural member may be a housing structure or a cover layer for a device display.
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公开(公告)号：US09751756B2
公开(公告)日：2017-09-05
申请号：US14451092
申请日：2014-08-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Milind S. Bhagavat , Richard Yeh , Henry H. Yang
CPC classification number: B81C1/00825 , B81B2203/0118 , B81B2207/115
Abstract: In some embodiments, a microelectromechanical system may include a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of wiring layers, and a stop. The plurality of wiring layers may be coupled to a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The stop may be coupled to the plurality of wiring layers. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the plurality of wiring layers between the stop and the first surface of the substrate comprises an insulating material. In some embodiments, at least the portion excludes wiring within. In some embodiments, a volume of the portion may be determined by a use of the microelectromechanical system. In some embodiments, the portion may inhibit, during use, electrical failures adjacent to the stop.
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