公开(公告)号：US10186200B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US15271115

申请日：2016-09-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Wei Lin ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Vasudha Gupta

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3291

Abstract: A display device may include rows of pixels that displays image data on a display. The display device also includes a circuit that performs a progressive scan across the rows of pixels to display the image data using a plurality of pixels. The circuit may then supply test data to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels that corresponds to a first row of the rows of pixels during the progressive scan, determine one or more sensitivity properties associated with the at least one pixel based on the performance of the at least one pixel when the test data is provided to the at least one pixel, and resume the progressive scan at the at least one pixel to display the image data for the at least one pixel and a remaining portion of the plurality of pixels in the first row and remaining rows of pixels.

公开(公告)号：US10186187B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-22

申请号：US14687081

申请日：2015-04-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Display driver circuitry may load data into the pixels via data lines that extend along the columns. The display driver circuitry may include gate driver circuitry that supplies horizontal control signals to rows of the pixels. The horizontal control signals may include emission enable signals for controlling emission enable transistors and scan signals for controlling switching transistors. During an emission phase of operation for the display, the emission enable signal may be pulse-width modulated by the emission control gate driver circuits in the gate driver circuitry to control the output of the light-emitting diodes. The emission control gate driver circuits may be controlled using an emission start signal and a pair of two-phase clocks.

公开(公告)号：US20180247586A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15754107

申请日：2016-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Yafei Bi ,  Kapil V. Sakariya ,  Hopil Bae ,  Shinya Ono ,  Thomas Charisoulis ,  Chin-Wei Lin

IPC: G09G3/3216

CPC classification number: G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/2003 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G2300/06 ,  G09G2310/0235 ,  G09G2310/0272 ,  G09G2310/0294 ,  G09G2310/0297 ,  G09G2310/066 ,  G09G2320/064

Abstract: Systems and apparatuses for hybrid micro-driver architectures having time multiplexing for driving displays are described. In one embodiment, a display (e.g., hybrid display architecture) includes a backplane and a micro-driver circuitry that is coupled to the backplane. The backplane includes circuitry (e.g., sample and hold circuitry) for sampling and holding analog data and for time multiplexing analog data. The micro-driver circuitry includes at least a capacitor of a ramp generator for generating a ramp voltage based on the analog data of the backplane and drive circuitry to cause at least one emission pulse for emitting a display element.

公开(公告)号：US10043997B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-07

申请号：US15339324

申请日：2016-10-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shinya Ono ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Chin-Wei Lin

IPC: H01L29/08 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01L51/52 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  H01L27/32

Abstract: Display panels and encapsulation structures are described for OLED display panels, in particular. In an embodiment, a display panel includes a gate driver in panel (GIP) region, a GIP clock region within the GIP region, a pixel area region, and a VSSEL contact region laterally between an outer edge of the GIP region and the pixel area region. In some embodiments, structures are described in which capacitive coupling with the GIP clock region can be mitigated, and overlapping inorganic layers form a barrier to moisture outside of the pixel area region.

公开(公告)号：US20180204889A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15919057

申请日：2018-03-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng-Ho Yu ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shyuan Yang ,  Ting-Kuo Chang ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Warren S. Rieutort-Louis ,  Shih-Chang Chang ,  Yu Cheng Chen ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G06F3/044

CPC classification number: H01L27/3223 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0809 ,  G09G2310/0232 ,  G09G2320/0223 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L27/3276 ,  H01L2227/32

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Display driver circuitry may supply data and control signals to the pixels. Each pixel may have seven transistors, a capacitor, and a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The seven transistors may receive control signals using horizontal control lines. Each pixel may have first and second emission enable transistors that are coupled in series with a drive transistor and the light-emitting diode of that pixel. The first and second emission enable transistors may be coupled to a common control line or may be separately controlled so that on-bias stress can be effectively applied to the drive transistor. The display driver circuitry may have gate driver circuits that provide different gate line signals to different rows of pixels within the display. Different rows may also have different gate driver strengths and different supplemental gate line loading structures.

公开(公告)号：US09953581B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US14988594

申请日：2016-01-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Sang Y. Youn ,  Hyunwoo Nho

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G11C19/00

CPC classification number: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/2022 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G09G2300/0408 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G11C19/00

Abstract: This application sets forth a circuit configuration for a light emitting diode (LED) or organic light emitting diode (OLED) display. The circuit configuration allows for the pulse-width modulation (PWM) of each emission signal sent to each line of the display. The PWM of each emission signal is accomplished using a gate-in-panel (GIP) controller of the display. The GIP controller uses an arrangement of shift register outputs and a programmable clock input to control an output of an inverter that provides the emission signal. The programmable clock input can be programmed according to a desired timing or duty cycle for the emission signal. In this way, by limiting the duty cycle of the emission signal, dimming and other display features can be exhibited by the LED or OLED display.

公开(公告)号：US09940873B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-10

申请号：US14535604

申请日：2014-11-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vasudha Gupta ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Young Bae Park

IPC: G09G5/10 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G11C19/18 ,  G11C19/28 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H03K5/15

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/2011 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G3/2081 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2330/028 ,  G09G2360/16 ,  G11C19/184 ,  G11C19/28 ,  H03K5/15093

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit may contain an organic light-emitting diode that emits light, a drive transistor that controls current flow through the diode, and additional transistors such as switching transistors for loading data into the pixel circuit and emission transistors for enabling and disabling current flow through the drive transistor and diode. Gate driver circuitry may produce emission control signals that control the emission transistors. Display driver circuitry may generate a start signal with a digitally controlled pulse width. The start signal may be applied to shift register circuitry in the gate driver circuitry. The pulse width of the start signal may be adjusted to adjust the luminance of the display.

公开(公告)号：US20180082621A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15698262

申请日：2017-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Junhua Tan ,  Sun-II Chang ,  Shinya Ono ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Yafei Bi ,  Derek K. Shaeffer

IPC: G09G3/00

CPC classification number: G09G3/006 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G09G2310/0291 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0219 ,  G09G2320/029 ,  G09G2320/041 ,  G09G2320/043 ,  G09G2320/0693 ,  G09G2330/06 ,  G09G2330/10 ,  G09G2330/12

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors and an electronic display. The one or more processors may generate image data and adjust the image data based at least in part on display sensing feedback. The electronic display may employ sensing circuitry that obtains the display sensing feedback at least in part by applying test data to a pixel of a column of an active area of the display and differentially senses an electrical value of the pixel in comparison to a reference signal from a different column. This reference signal may provide a common mode noise reference, which is removed by the differential sensing and thereby enhances a quality of the sensed electrical value of the pixel.

公开(公告)号：US09799713B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US15168601

申请日：2016-05-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jae Won Choi ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Young Bae Park ,  ZhiFeng Zhan ,  Chieh-Wei Chen ,  Tsung-Ting Tsai ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Paul S. Drzaic

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/1248 ,  H01L27/3246 ,  H01L51/5253

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. A planarization layer may be interposed between the thin-film transistor circuitry and the organic light-emitting diodes. To protect the organic light-emitting diodes from photoactive compounds that may be outgassed from the planarization layer, an inorganic barrier layer may be interposed between the planarization layer and the organic light-emitting diodes. The inorganic barrier layer may be formed on top of and/or below a pixel definition layer that defines light-emitting zones for the organic light-emitting diodes. In another suitable arrangement, the inorganic barrier layer may itself define light-emitting zones and may be used in place of a polymer-based pixel definition layer. The inorganic barrier layer may include trenches in which the emissive material of the light-emitting diodes is formed.

公开(公告)号：US09716134B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-25

申请号：US15150285

申请日：2016-05-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Ching-Sang Chuang

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/3272 ,  H01L23/552 ,  H01L27/1218 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/3276 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78633 ,  H01L29/78666 ,  H01L29/78675 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Each display pixel may have a light-emitting diode that emits light under control of a drive transistor. Each display pixel may also have control transistors for compensating and programming operations. The array of display pixels may have rows and columns. Row lines may be used to apply row control signals to rows of the display pixels. Column lines (data lines) may be used to apply display data and other signals to respective columns of display pixels. A bottom conductive shielding structure may be formed below each drive transistor. The bottom conductive shielding structure may serve to shield the drive transistor from any electric field generated from the adjacent row and column lines. The bottom conductive shielding structure may be electrically floating or coupled to a power supply line.