Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device displays having microlenses
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Application No.: US17517463Application Date: 2021-11-02
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Publication No.: US11778858B1Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Yuan Chen , Tae Woon Cha , Jie Li , Junhwan Lim , Xiaokai Li , Zhibing Ge , Guanjun Tan , Giovanni Carbone , Jose A. Dominguez-Caballero , Thanh Son Nguyen
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: TREYZ LAW GROUP, P.C.
- Agent Joseph F. Guihan
- Main IPC: H10K50/858
- IPC: H10K50/858 ; G02F1/1335 ; H10K59/38 ; H10K59/35

Abstract:
An electronic device may have a display with an array of display pixels. To increase the efficiency of the display, the display may also include an array of microlenses. Each microlens may overlap and focus light from a respective pixel. Pixels for one of the colors of light may have a high aspect ratio. These pixels may be covered by two microlenses or a single cylindrical microlens. The microlens dimensions may be tuned to mitigate non-uniformities in the brightness profiles of the pixels. The microlens edges may be laterally shifted towards or away from the center of the light-emitting areas to either reduce or increase the focusing power of the microlens. The microlenses and color filter elements in each pixel may also be shifted to account for the chief ray angle of the display.
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