Back to results
US 2022/0039211 A1Published application
Integrated water detection and ejection for ceramic substrates
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAshwin BALASUBRAMANIAN
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A water detecting and ejecting sensor device includes a housing, a ceramic substrate, an integrated circuit and a sensor. The housing includes a cavity and the integrated circuit is disposed on a ceramic substrate. The sensor is disposed on the integrated circuit. The ceramic substrate includes one or more ports to expose the cavity to a surrounding environment, and each port includes at least two mesh layers.
Claims20
A water detecting and ejecting sensor device, the device comprising:
- a housing including a cavity;
- an integrated circuit disposed on a ceramic substrate;
- and
- a sensor disposed on the integrated circuit,
- wherein:
- the ceramic substrate includes one or more ports configured to expose the cavity to a surrounding environment, and
- each port of the one or more ports includes at least two mesh layers.
4 more elements
A communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a device comprising:
- a housing including a cavity;
- a ceramic substrate attached to the housing;
- and
- a sensor disposed within the cavity and coupled to an integrated circuit,
- wherein:
- the ceramic substrate includes one or more ports exposing the cavity to a surrounding environment, and
- each port of the one or more ports include at least two metallic mesh layers attached to the ceramic substrate and conductively coupled to the integrated circuit.
7 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a housing coupled to a ceramic substrate including one or more ports;
- an integrated circuit disposed on the ceramic substrate;
- and
- a sensor disposed on the integrated circuit,
- wherein:
- the ceramic substrate comprises a multilayer substrate,
- at least one layer of the multilayer substrate includes conductive traces coupled to the integrated circuit through conductive vias, and
- the one or more ports include two metallic mesh layers laminated between two layers of the multilayer substrate.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.