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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Colin M. Ely, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lucy E. Browning, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephen B. Lynch, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Eric S. Laakmann, Seattle, WA (US);
Paul L. Nangeroni, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A housing for an electronic device, including an aluminum layer enclosing a volume that includes a radio-frequency (RF) antenna is provided. The housing includes a window aligned with the RF antenna; the window including a non-conductive material filling a cavity in the aluminum layer; and a thin aluminum oxide layer adjacent to the aluminum layer and to the non-conductive material; wherein the non-conductive material and the thin aluminum oxide layer form an RF-transparent path through the window. A housing for an electronic device including an integrated RF-antenna is also provided. A method of manufacturing a housing for an electronic device as described above is provided.