Patent ID: 11885994
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H  Y | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. An optical component for use in an electronic device, comprising:
a glass element defining a planar surface;
an opaque layer deposited on a first region of the planar surface of the glass element;
a discontinuous dichroic layer defining a color gradient and comprising a stack of partially overlapping layers, each layer comprising at least one of metal or metal oxide and the stack of partially overlapping layers having a thickness in a range of 20 nm to 50 nm, the discontinuous dichroic layer deposited on a second region of the planar surface of the glass element and on the opaque layer; and
an opaque ink layer deposited on the discontinuous dichroic layer.