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公开(公告)号:US20230171988A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-01
申请号:US17968280
申请日:2022-10-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Prashant Mandlik , Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Ankit Mahajan , Chia-Hao Chang , Christopher E Glazowski , David L Wei , Hui Lu , Takahide Ishii , Themistoklis Afentakis , Han Liu , Cheng-Chih Hsieh , Asli Sirman , Shih Chang Chang , Ko-Wei Chen , Shang-Chih Lin , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Jae Won Choi , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang , Jean-Pierre S Guillou
CPC classification number: H01L51/5253 , H01L51/5262 , H01L51/5293 , H01L27/323
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. A first passivation layer, a first planarization layer, and a second passivation layer may be formed over the cathode. The first and second passivation layers may be formed from inorganic material. A second planarization layer may be formed over the second passivation layer between the second passivation layer and a polarizer. The second planarization layer may planarize the polarizer at the edges of the active area of the display where the polarizer would otherwise have a steep taper. Planarizing the polarizer in this way mitigates undesirable secondary reflections off of the polarizer. The first and second planarization layers may be formed from organic material.
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公开(公告)号:US20220139315A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17576619
申请日:2022-01-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Shyuan Yang , Chuang Qian , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G09G3/3225 , G09G3/3233
Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels operating at a low refresh rate. Each display pixel may have six thin-film transistors and one capacitor. One of the six transistors may serve as the drive transistor and may be compensated using the remaining five transistors and the capacitor. One or more on-bias stress operations may be applied before threshold voltage sampling to mitigate first frame dimming. Multiple anode reset and on-bias stress operations may be inserted during vertical blanking periods to reduce flicker and maintain balance and may also be inserted between successive data refreshes to improve first frame performance. Two different emission signals controlling each pixel may be toggled together using a pulse width modulation scheme to help provide darker black levels.
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公开(公告)号:US11257883B2
公开(公告)日:2022-02-22
申请号:US16797408
申请日:2020-02-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Vasudha Gupta , Younggu Lee
IPC: H01L27/32 , G09G3/3233 , H01L51/52 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291
Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
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公开(公告)号:US20210273031A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-02
申请号:US17321243
申请日:2021-05-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Vasudha Gupta , Younggu Lee
IPC: H01L27/32 , G09G3/3233 , H01L51/52 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291
Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
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公开(公告)号:US20210210022A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US17206425
申请日:2021-03-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ting-Kuo Chang , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Shinya Ono , Shin-Hung Yeh , Chien-Ya Lee , Shyuan Yang
IPC: G09G3/3275 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/3266
Abstract: A display may have rows and columns of pixels. Gate lines may be used to supply gate signals to rows of the pixels. Data lines may be used to supply data signals to columns of the pixels. The data lines may include alternating even and odd data lines. Data lines may be organized in pairs each of which includes one of the odd data lines and an adjacent one of the even data lines. Demultiplexer circuitry may be configured dynamically during data loading and pixel sensing operations. During data loading, data from display driver circuitry may be supplied, alternately to odd pairs of the data lines and even pairs of the data lines. During sensing, the demultiplexer circuitry may couple a pair of the even data lines to sensing circuitry in the display driver circuitry and then may couple a pair of the odd data lines to the sensing circuitry.
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公开(公告)号:US20210043138A1
公开(公告)日:2021-02-11
申请号:US17080685
申请日:2020-10-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Shyuan Yang , Chuang Qian , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G09G3/3225 , G09G3/3233
Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels operating at a low refresh rate. Each display pixel may have six thin-film transistors and one capacitor. One of the six transistors may serve as the drive transistor and may be compensated using the remaining five transistors and the capacitor. One or more on-bias stress operations may be applied before threshold voltage sampling to mitigate first frame dimming. Multiple anode reset and on-bias stress operations may be inserted during vertical blanking periods to reduce flicker and maintain balance and may also be inserted between successive data refreshes to improve first frame performance. Two different emission signals controlling each pixel may be toggled together using a pulse width modulation scheme to help provide darker black levels.
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公开(公告)号:US10700151B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-30
申请号:US16240552
申请日:2019-01-04
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Ting-Kuo Chang , Chieh-Wei Chen , Cheng-Ho Yu
IPC: H01L27/32 , G09G3/3225 , H01L51/52
Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.
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公开(公告)号:US10375278B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15711738
申请日:2017-09-21
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Keitaro Yamashita , Ting-Kuo Chang , Cheng-Ho Yu , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis
Abstract: Electronic devices, storage medium containing instructions, and methods pertain to cancelling noise that results from application of voltages on gates of transistors in a display. One or more compensation or dummy drivers are used to apply a compensation voltage that is an inversion of voltages applied on the gates of the transistors.
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公开(公告)号:US10360862B2
公开(公告)日:2019-07-23
申请号:US15980437
申请日:2018-05-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shin-Hung Yeh , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G09G3/36 , G02F1/1362 , G09G3/00 , H01L27/12
Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels such as liquid crystal display pixels. The display may include short pixel rows that span only partially across the display and full-width pixel rows that span the width of the display. The gate lines coupled to the short pixel rows may extend into the inactive area of the display. Supplemental gate line loading structures may be located in the inactive area of the display to increase loading on the gate lines that are coupled to short pixel rows. The supplemental gate line loading structures may include data lines and doped polysilicon that overlap the gate lines in the inactive area. In displays that combine display and touch functionality into a thin-film transistor layer, supplemental loading structures may be used in the inactive area to increase loading on common voltage lines that are coupled to short rows of common voltage pads.
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公开(公告)号:US20190221624A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-18
申请号:US16364447
申请日:2019-03-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Vasudha Gupta , Younggu Lee
IPC: H01L27/32 , G09G3/00 , H01L51/52 , G09G3/3291 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3233
CPC classification number: H01L27/3248 , G09G3/006 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291 , G09G2300/0426 , G09G2310/0297 , H01L27/3246 , H01L27/3276 , H01L27/3279 , H01L51/5228
Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
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