US 12,322,528 B2
Hybrid cabling solution for higher bandwidth and millimeter wave applications
Sidharth S. Dalmia, San Jose, CA (US); and Kiranjit Dhaliwal, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,672.
Application 18/307,672 is a division of application No. 17/226,491, filed on Apr. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,670,435.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260674 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. H01B 7/08 (2006.01); H01B 7/04 (2006.01); H01B 9/00 (2006.01); H01B 11/18 (2006.01)
CPC H01B 7/04 (2013.01) [H01B 9/003 (2013.01); H01B 11/18 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible cable comprising:
a flexible body formed of an electrical insulation material, the flexible body including a top, a bottom vertically spaced from the top, with two sides extending vertically between the top and the bottom, the two sides being laterally spaced apart, wherein the flexible body includes first and second longitudinally spaced apart ends;
a plurality of conductive traces extending longitudinally through the flexible body between the first and second ends, wherein the plurality of conductive traces comprises;
a first power trace;
a first ground trace; and
a first signal trace spaced laterally within the flexible body from the first power trace;
a second power trace spaced laterally within the flexible body from the first ground trace;
wherein the first signal trace is vertically spaced within the flexible body from the first ground trace; and
a plurality of passive elements embedded in the flexible body, the plurality of passive elements including a first passive element embedded in the flexible body vertically between the first ground trace and the first power trace, and overlapping part of the first power trace;
wherein the first passive element is positioned vertically between the first power trace and the second power trace.