Samsung Patents Speaker Design That Guides Sound Through Two Separate Paths
Getting clean audio out of an increasingly thin phone requires some careful internal plumbing. Samsung's latest patent shows exactly how it wants…
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Apple Patent Reveals One-Piece Metal Shell That Could Reshape Future iPhones
Apple has filed a patent describing an iPhone where the back panel and both side walls are formed from a single, continuous…
Samsung Patents an Automated System for Spotting Defects in Product Images
Every time Samsung makes a chip or a display panel, someone (or something) has to check whether it came out perfect. This…
Apple Files Patent Describing the Internal Build of an iPhone Charging Port
Apple has filed a patent that describes, in precise legal terms, exactly how the charging port on a mobile phone is physically…
New iPhone Patent Reveals Flush Glass and Camera Bump Design
The camera bump on the back of your iPhone has always sat above the rear glass, creating a visible step. Apple is…
Samsung Patents a Charging Circuit That Shifts Its Voltage Ratio Mid-Charge
Most phone chargers lock in a single approach and stick with it. Samsung is patenting a system that reads the situation and…
Samsung Patents a Bridge Chip That Connects Processors to Far-Away Memory
As AI workloads demand more memory than a single chip can hold, Samsung is patenting the plumbing that lets processors reach out…
Apple Patents a Single-Port Design That Fits a Microphone and Air Sensor Together
Apple is figuring out how to cram a microphone and an environmental sensor into the same tiny hole in a device's housing,…
Samsung Patents Technology That Prepares Storage Location Data Before File Transfers Begin
Every time an SSD reads or writes data, it first has to look up where that data actually lives on the chip.…
Samsung Display Patents a Machine That Feeds Glass Continuously Into Protective Resin Film
Making flexible glass for phones and foldables is painstaking work. Samsung Display has filed a patent for a machine that automates the…
Hidden Camera Bump Doubles as a Stealth Antenna in New Apple Patent
The raised camera island on the back of your phone could double as a wireless antenna, according to a new Apple patent.…
Patent Targets Hidden Flaws That Cause Quantum Computers to Produce Wrong Answers
Quantum computers are only as good as the accuracy of their operations, and right now microscopic material defects are one of the…
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