Autopsy - Tear down video - iPhone 5 Disassembly Tutorial by Repago (1080p)

Autopsy - Tear down video

 iPhone 5 Disassembly Tutorial by Repago (1080p)

Welcome All SENG UG Students
          歡迎所有工程學院本科生
iPhone 5 autopsy 大解剖
    Prof. Patrick Yue          Prof. Wai Ho Mow

        Prof. Ross Murch          Prof. James She

           Prof. Vincent Lau          Prof. H. S. Kwok

Highlights
Chips, chips and more chips
   Manually laid-out dual ARM cores in the A6
LTE Network
   Sophisticated antenna design for 5 RF bands
Map & Passbook
   Locate & "barcodize" your life
Be a social butterfly
Display
   Tougher and bigger than ever (not enough?)

The pieces

All about the ic’s

A6 app Processor

                        A costumed layout ARM core!!

Source: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+A6+Teardown/10528/2

Analog / mixed-signal / RF SoC
  System-on-chip enabling 4G LTE
    Qualcomm RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver
    Companion chip MDM9615 4G LTE Modem. This device is a
    28-nm LTE (FDD and TDD), HSPA+, EV-DO Rev B, TD-SCMA modem.
                                                                      4G Speed in HK
                                                                        55Mbps!!

                     On-chip spiral inductors
                     & transformers

Source: http://www.chipworks.com/blog/recentteardowns/2012/10/02/apple-iphone-5-the-rf/

Single-Chip Dual-Band Combo
802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0 and FM
Multi-chip module aka SiP by Murata (iPhone 5 is thin and light…)
BCM4334 is fabricated using a low-power 40 nm RF-CMOS process from
TSMC and measures 4.07 mm x 4.48 mm. This design win continues their
success in this socket with a notable recent design win that includes the
Samsung Galaxy SIII.
Skyworks RF Front-end Module (FEM)

Antennas for iPhone
Antennas are critical as they are the only
way signals can enter and leave the phone
If they are not effective your phone will not
communicate well!
Ideally the antenna should be efficient and
radiate energy

This is very difficult on a phone!!!

Antennas for iPhone

Antennas for iPhone
Famous example is iPhone 4
and “antennagate”
But Apple had a good idea
by putting the antennas outside
Antennas on mobile phones are
very poor (20% efficient)

                                  Small and beautiful but
                                  inefficient!
                                  Hand and head also reduces
                                  the signals
                                  Need very careful design

Antennas for iPhone
iPhone 5 keeps the external
antennas but fixes “antennagate”

I am sure Apple would have liked
to have a unibody design for the
entire phone
                                    Source: http://thetechblock.com/the-unibody-iphone

                                    GPS and WiFi signals get
                                    through the top and bottom
                                    RF1102 SP9T switch for
                                    tuning antenna to bands
                                    700MHz – 960MHz
                                    1710MHz – 2170MHz
              Source: RFMD RF1102
                                    2500MHz – 2700MHz

Network for iPhone 5
Concept #1: Radio Frequency and EM Spectrum
Concept #2: Radio Propagation and Expensive
Radio Spectrum
   Do you need to “see” the base station
   (transmitter) when you use your iPhone?
   Higher frequency (e.g. 5GHz)
   ~ Line-of-sight (LOS) propagation
   Lower frequency (e.g. below 2GHz)
   ~ Non-LOS propagation
   (diffraction and scattering)
   Radio Access Applications
   prefer NLOS!!
    limited spectrum available

More Network
What is LTE?
     4G Cellular Networks                                                 Base Station
     1.4MHz - 20MHz bandwidth
     Voice / HD-Voice / Data [(DL) 100Mbps+ (UL) 75Mbp]
     100km+ coverage; 500km/hr

 Forth Generation (4G):- LTE
            
                                                                                  Cells
    Third Generation (3G):-
       WCDMA 

Second Generation (2G):- GSM
             
 First Generation (1G):- AMPS
             
                                                          Countries with commercial LTE service

more Network
Why LTE is better?

                                                           (2) MIMO/OFDMA
                                                           – Improved Coverage

                 (1) MIMO
                 – Increased Capacity
                                                                   Diversity

                     MIMO - Red + Blue = Double Bit Rate

2 New apps in iPhone 5
Apple Maps
    2D map, 3D map allowing flyover,
    turn by turn navigation (with Siri),
    Yelp integration
    Getting better every day! :D
GPS positioning
    Ranging & Triangulation
WiFi positioning
    Based on landscapes/
    roadmap of WiFi signal
    strengths
    Offline positioning possible
ECE Knowledge: Signal Processing, Wireless Commun., Networking
Source: http://www.gpsbusinessnews.com/3-questions-to-Dario-Alonso-Spotigo-about-WiFi-positioning_a664.html

Passbook APP
Keep in one place membership cards, coupons, tickets, boarding passes, etc.
     Automatic update, e.g. notify you of your gate changes.
Location based, i.e. it pops up even on locked screen when you enter a shop.
Use Barcodes, instead of NFC (like your Octopus card)
     Popular: Most existing smartphones have barcode app
     Inexpensive: affordable by small business
Passbook is a platform, not a standalone app
     Developer tools are available to allow new apps to interface with
     Passbook, e.g. add a QR code coupon.

                     Source: http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/#passbook

PASSBooK READY?
  Currently, only a few companies’ apps are passbook-ready
  but the list is growing fast:
        US: Starbucks, Target, United Airlines; France: McDonald
        China: Tencent’s QQ Movie Tickets, Ctrip, Baidu’s Qunar
        H.K.: First use of iOS6 Passbook Boarding Pass - are airports
        Passbook Ready? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqLLWh5JoXs

  Novel 2D barcodes have been developed by my team.

                       Existing               New

                    Project Website: www.logo-code.com

  Steve Jobs quoted, “People who are really serious about software
  should make their own hardware.” Similarly, people who are
  really serious about mobile software should develop apps using
  the ECE knowhow behind.
ECE Knowledge: Error Control Coding, Image Processing, Wireless Commun.
Source: http://www.techinasia.com/chinese-apps-support-apple-passbook/

Socializing using iPhone 5

socializing some more

Socializing using Siri

iPhone 5 display improvements

 18% larger screen (but still not big enough:
 iP4 = 3.5”, iP5 = 4”, G = 4.8”)
 iPhone 4 = 64% standard color gamut
 iPhone 5 = 98% (72% NTSC)
 52% reduction in glare reflection.
 57% higher contrast in high ambient light

Resolution matters!
326 ppi (1136x640) retinal display, same as
iPhone 4
True resolution
G has 306 ppi in Pentile pixel arrangement,
half number of R and B subpixels. Effective
resolution is the same but in some pictures
Moire is generated
Very difficult to make small OLED pixels

Display Appearance
Display thickness : 1.5mm (G: 1.1mm)
Touch : in-cell (G: OGS), crisper image due to
less overlay
iPhone has more natural color. G has off
white balance point (too much green)
iPhone 5 has small color shift at large
viewing angles. G has noticeable color shifts
(OLED microcavity effect)
Calibration : more accurate (Very mature
LCD technology)

Why are we doing this?
That iPhone 5 wasn’t cheap!
The poor thing is in 20+ pieces now…

The truth is that…
   We, the old Jedi, want to teach you to
   become a Jedi too…
   The next few slides are where the forces
   come together

Learn the basics
Circuits – 3400, 4410, 4420, 4430, 4520
Antennas – 3600, 4180
Network – 3100, 4110, 4120
Software – 3100, 3300, 4310, 4440, 4010B
Social Media – 4170
Display & devices – 3500, 4510, 4640

“Jobs from jobs”
Internship and job opportunities in Apple China &
Cupertino
    Test engineer
    Global supply manager – enclosure & procurement
    Mechanical design engineer
    Mechanical quality engineer

ECE career webpage
http://www.ece.ust.hk/public/activities/career.html
CV submission deadline to eevlaw@ust.hk: 18 Oct
    Recruitment talk and interviews on 6 Nov

Let us know what you think…
  The good, the ugly and the truth
  Interested in joining a ECE hobby club?
     Suggestions on topics that interest you
     and other SENG UG students
  Ongoing “geeky hobby” activities that need
  some of the Jedi to help?

  Please email me, or better yet,
  Ms. Vanessa Law (eevlaw@ust.hk)

Acknowledgement
The antenna Jedi – Prof. Ross Murch
The ECE Jedi team
Ms. Vanessa Law
阿恆 from 先達廣場
WANG Yipeng
Students in ELEC3400
ifixit.com | Chipworks.com | isuppli.com
thetechblock.com | enturewerks.com
youtube.com

EXTRA

What does usD1B worth of
coins look like…
(from Korea to Cupertino)

Apple iPhone 5 vs Galaxy S3 (LTE, Battery, Speed, Display)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdORocXrWf8&NR=1&feature=endscreen

iPhone 5 Front End schematic

                   (image sourced from Skyworks)

Siri

Source: http://www.venturewerks.com/blog-siriprimer.html