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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel D. Sunshine, Austin, TX (US);

Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

Daniel A. Podhajny, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

David M. Kindlon, Felton, CA (US);

Hoon Sik Kim, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Kathryn P. Crews, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Yung-Yu Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/538 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 11/02 (2006.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01); B81B 7/00 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01); H01L 33/62 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 23/5387 (2013.01); A41D 27/205 (2013.01); B81B 7/007 (2013.01); D03D 1/0088 (2013.01); D03D 11/02 (2013.01); H01L 23/5386 (2013.01); H01L 24/16 (2013.01); H01L 33/62 (2013.01); A41D 2500/20 (2013.01); B81B 2201/02 (2013.01); B81B 2201/03 (2013.01); D10B 2401/16 (2013.01); D10B 2401/18 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16227 (2013.01); H01L 2924/12041 (2013.01); H01L 2924/1461 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fabric-based item may include fabric such as woven fabric having insulating and conductive yarns or other strands of material. The conductive yarns may form signal paths. Electrical components can be embedded within pockets in the fabric. Each electrical component may have an electrical device such as a semiconductor die that is mounted on an interposer substrate. The electrical device may be a light-emitting diode, a sensor, an actuator, or other electrical device. The electrical device may have contacts that are soldered to contacts on the interposer. The interposer may have additional contacts that are soldered to the signal paths. The fabric may have portions that form transparent windows overlapping the electrical components or that have other desired attributes.


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