Sensor module having an intermediate pedestal on which one or more die are mounted
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsCaleb C. Han, Tongbi T. Jiang, Patrick E. O'Brien
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Abstract
A sensor module includes a container. The container has a closed wall extending between a first end of the container and a second end of the container. An exterior of the closed wall at least partly defines a seal-receiving channel. The seal-receiving channel extends around a circumference of the closed wall. The sensor module also includes a pedestal positioned between the first end and the second end and at least partly defining a first compartment and a second compartment surrounded by the closed wall. The sensor module further includes a sensor die positioned within the first compartment and mounted on the pedestal.
Claims18
A sensor module, comprising:
- a container having a closed wall, the closed wall extending between a first end of the container and a second end of the container, an exterior of the closed wall at least partly defining a seal-receiving channel, the seal-receiving channel extending around a circumference of the closed wall;
- a protrusion extending inward from an interior of the closed wall;
- a pedestal positioned between the first end and the second end and at least partly defining a first compartment and a second compartment surrounded by the closed wall, the pedestal attached to the protrusion;
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- a sensor die positioned within the first compartment and mounted on the pedestal.
A module, comprising:
- a container having a first end and a second end;
- a pedestal positioned within the container and defining,
- at least part of a first end of a first compartment, the first compartment disposed at least partly within the container;
- at least part of a first end of a second compartment, the second compartment disposed at least partly within the container;
- and
- at least part of a conduit extending from the first compartment to the second compartment;
- a first die positioned within the first compartment and mounted on the pedestal;
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- a second die positioned within the second compartment.
A module, comprising:
- a sleeve having,
- a first end and a second end;
- and
- an exterior defining a snout sealing surface;
- a pedestal held within the sleeve, the pedestal at least partly separating a first compartment surrounded by the sleeve from a second compartment surrounded by the sleeve;
- a waterproof cover attached to the first end of the sleeve and defining at least part of the first compartment;
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- a set of two or more dies, each die of the set of two or more dies positioned at least partly in the first compartment or the second compartment, at a different position along an axis of the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.