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Samsung patents layered cover plate that manages laser light

Samsung has filed a patent for a cover plate made of multiple layers, including a base plate, a light-bending layer, a silicon layer, and a top layer that lets specific lasers pass through. The design uses different materials to control how much laser light is absorbed or reflected, with the silicon layer absorbing more than the base plate.

Why it mattersThis filing details specific material arrangements for hardware components, which is standard for protecting manufacturing designs but offers little insight into new consumer features.

In the filing’s own words

An cover plate includes: a base plate; a first layer on the base plate and including at least one refractive layer configured to refract light; a second layer on the first layer and including silicon; a third layer on the second layer and having a reflexibility that is equal to or less than a threshold value for a laser with a specified wavelength range, the third layer being configured to transmit the laser; and a plurality of patterns on at least one of the base plate, the first layer, the second layer, or the third layer, wherein a first absorption rate of the second layer for the laser is higher than a second absorption rate of the base plate for the laser.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A cover plate comprising: a base plate; a first layer disposed on the base plate and comprising at least one refractive layer configured to refract light; a second layer disposed on the first layer and comprising silicon; a third layer, disposed on the second layer, having a reflexibility equal to or less than a threshold value for a laser with a specified wavelength range, and configured to transmit the laser; and a plurality of patterns formed on at least one of the base plate, the first layer, the second layer, or the third layer, wherein an absorption rate of the second layer for the laser is higher than an absorption rate of the base plate for the laser.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
COVER PLATE INCLUDING PLURALITY OF LAYERS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME
Publication number
US20260271206A1
Application number
19465478
Filed
Jan 30, 2026
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
20

Classified under

H05K 5/03 Electricity & electronics
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