US 12,265,248 B1
Electronic devices with optical sensor isolation
Erik G. de Jong, San Francisco, CA (US); Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Los Gatos, CA (US); Michael B. Wittenberg, San Francisco, CA (US); Ueyn L Block, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Vivek Venugopal, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/064,315.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/929,496, filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/08 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0203 (2014.01); H01L 31/0256 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/0078 (2013.01) [G02B 6/08 (2013.01); H01L 31/02024 (2013.01); H01L 31/0203 (2013.01); H01L 31/0256 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a housing having a transparent wall;
a plurality of optical sensor components configured to operate through the transparent wall, wherein the optical sensor components comprise photodetectors; and
image transport layer material between the transparent wall and each of the optical sensor components, wherein the photodetectors detect light that passes through the image transport layer material and the transparent wall.