Apple takes
a patent for an application called USPTO which portrays various waterproofing
methods for devices such as iPhone. The technology contains coating for the
main board of circuit with a hydrophobic material. The thickness of waterproof coating
is limited in-between one to ten micron so; it wouldn’t consume much space as
per the statement by Apple team.
For this
change of technology Apple needs to leave EMI shield of iPads, iPhones,
Macbooks without disturbing the functionality of this equipment. Otherwise, a
special process is required after applying coating to an internal circuit
board; as EMI shield would create a vague for key elements of a circuit from
accepting benefits of sealing.
The Apple
patent plans to make use of silicon seals which can connect to board and flex
cables which are running in-between internal circuits of apple devices.
Currently,
Apple is not focused on waterproofing of its devices as other vendors of smart
phones but we can hope that we can see ‘waterproof’ marquee on future apple
products very soon.
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