Process Architecture for Color Filter Array in Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display
    11.
    发明申请
    Process Architecture for Color Filter Array in Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display 有权
    有源矩阵液晶显示器中滤色器阵列的工艺架构

    公开(公告)号:US20140104527A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-17

    申请号:US13654256

    申请日:2012-10-17

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An active matrix liquid crystal display having an array of pixels is provided. The display includes a thin film transistor (TFT) for each pixel. The TFT has a gate electrode, a source electrode overlapping with a first area of the gate electrode, and a drain electrode overlapping with a second area with the gate electrode. The display also includes a color filter layer disposed over the TFT. The color filter layer has a first via hole to expose a portion of the drain electrode. The display further includes a metal layer disposed over the color filter layer and covering the gate electrode. The metal layer is configured to connect to the drain electrode through the first via hole. The display also includes an organic insulator layer disposed over the metal layer. The organic insulator layer has a second via hole to expose a first portion of the metal layer and a third via hole to expose a second portion of the metal layer.

    Abstract translation: 提供具有像素阵列的有源矩阵液晶显示器。 显示器包括用于每个像素的薄膜晶体管(TFT)。 TFT具有栅电极,与栅电极的第一区重叠的源电极和与栅电极重叠的第二区的漏电极。 显示器还包括设置在TFT上的滤色器层。 滤色器层具有第一通孔,以露出漏电极的一部分。 显示器还包括设置在滤色器层上并覆盖栅电极的金属层。 金属层被配置为通过第一通孔连接到漏电极。 显示器还包括设置在金属层上的有机绝缘体层。 有机绝缘体层具有第二通孔以暴露金属层的第一部分和第三通孔,以露出金属层的第二部分。

    DIFFERENT LIGHTLY DOPED DRAIN LENGTH CONTROL FOR SELF-ALIGN LIGHT DRAIN DOPING PROCESS
    12.
    发明申请
    DIFFERENT LIGHTLY DOPED DRAIN LENGTH CONTROL FOR SELF-ALIGN LIGHT DRAIN DOPING PROCESS 有权
    用于自对准排水过程的不同的轻型排水长度控制

    公开(公告)号:US20140103349A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-17

    申请号:US13801261

    申请日:2013-03-13

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating thin-film transistors (TFTs) for an LCD having an array of pixels. The method includes depositing a first photoresist layer over a portion of a TFT stack. The TFT stack includes a conductive gate layer, and a semiconductor layer. The method also includes doping the exposed semiconductor layer with a first doping dose. The method further includes etching a portion of the conductive gate layer to expose a portion of the semiconductor layer, and doping the exposed portion of the semiconductor layer with a second doping dose. The method also includes removing the first photoresist layer, and depositing a second photoresist layer over a first portion of the doped semiconductor layer in an active area of the pixels to expose a second portion of the doped semiconductor layer in an area surrounding the active area. The method further includes doping the second portion of the doped semiconductor layer with a third doping dose, the first dose being higher than the second dose and the third dose.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种制造用于具有像素阵列的LCD的薄膜晶体管(TFT)的方法。 该方法包括在TFT堆叠的一部分上沉积第一光致抗蚀剂层。 TFT堆叠包括导电栅极层和半导体层。 该方法还包括以第一掺杂剂量掺杂暴露的半导体层。 该方法还包括蚀刻导电栅极层的一部分以暴露半导体层的一部分,并以第二掺杂剂量掺杂半导体层的暴露部分。 该方法还包括去除第一光致抗蚀剂层,以及在像素的有源区域中在掺杂半导体层的第一部分上沉积第二光致抗蚀剂层,以在围绕有源区域的区域中暴露掺杂半导体层的第二部分。 该方法还包括以第三掺杂剂量掺杂掺杂半导体层的第二部分,第一剂量高于第二剂量和第三剂量。

    Displays With Logos and Alignment Marks
    13.
    发明申请
    Displays With Logos and Alignment Marks 审中-公开
    显示标志和对齐标记

    公开(公告)号:US20140098332A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-04-10

    申请号:US13648404

    申请日:2012-10-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may include a color filter layer, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer may form the outermost layer of the display. A color filter layer substrate in the color filter layer may have opposing inner and outer surfaces. A layer of patterned metal on the inner surface may form metal alignment marks. The metal alignment marks may include alignment marks for color filter elements, alignment marks for a black matrix layer that is formed on top of the color filter elements, and post spacer alignment marks. The layer of patterned metal may also form structures such as logo structures that are visible on the outer surface in an inactive border region of the display.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有安装在壳体中的显示器。 显示器可以包括滤色器层,液晶层和薄膜晶体管层。 滤色器层可以形成显示器的最外层。 滤色器层中的滤色器层基板可以具有相对的内表面和外表面。 内表面上的图案化金属层可以形成金属对准标记。 金属对准标记可以包括用于滤色器元件的对准标记,形成在滤色器元件顶部的黑矩阵层的对准标记和柱间隔物对准标记。 图案化金属层还可以形成诸如在显示器的非活动边界区域中的外表面上可见的标志结构的结构。

    Flexible Displays
    14.
    发明申请
    Flexible Displays 有权
    灵活显示

    公开(公告)号:US20140042406A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-13

    申请号:US13932834

    申请日:2013-07-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an organic light-emitting diode display with minimized border regions. The border regions may be minimized by providing the display with bent edge portions having neutral plane adjustment features that facilitate bending of the bent edge portions while minimizing damage to the bent edge portions. The neutral plane adjustment features may include a modified backfilm layer of the display in which portions of the backfilm layer are removed in a bend region. A display device may include a substrate, a display panel on the substrate having display pixels, and peripheral circuitry proximate the display panel and configured to drive the display pixels. A portion of the periphery of the substrate may be bent substantially orthogonal to the display panel to reduce an apparent surface area of the display device. The bent portion may include an electrode for communication with the peripheral circuitry.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有具有最小边界区域的有机发光二极管显示器。 通过为显示器提供具有中立平面调整特征的弯曲边缘部分,可以使边缘区域最小化,这有利于弯曲边缘部分的弯曲同时最小化对弯曲边缘部分的损伤。 中性平面调整特征可以包括显示器的改进的背膜层,其中后膜层的部分在弯曲区域中被去除。 显示装置可以包括衬底,具有显示像素的衬底上的显示面板以及靠近显示面板的外围电路,并被配置为驱动显示像素。 基板的周边的一部分可以基本上垂直于显示面板弯曲,以减少显示装置的表观表面积。 弯曲部分可以包括用于与外围电路通信的电极。

    Displays with silicon and semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors

    公开(公告)号:US10998344B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16917601

    申请日:2020-06-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. The display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels or display pixels in a liquid crystal display. In an organic light-emitting diode display, hybrid thin-film transistor structures may be formed that include semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. The capacitor structures may overlap the semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors. Organic light-emitting diode display pixels may have combinations of oxide and silicon transistors. In a liquid crystal display, display driver circuitry may include silicon thin-film transistor circuitry and display pixels may be based on oxide thin-film transistors. A single layer or two different layers of gate metal may be used in forming silicon transistor gates and oxide transistor gates. A silicon transistor may have a gate that overlaps a floating gate structure.

    Flexible displays with strengthened pad area

    公开(公告)号:US09660004B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-23

    申请号:US14497086

    申请日:2014-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display with portions that can be bent. The display may include an array of display pixels in an active area. Contact pads may be formed in an inactive area of the display. Display circuitry in the active area may exhibit a given stack height, whereas display circuitry in the inactive area may exhibit a stack height that is less than the given stack height. In particular, the contact pads may be formed directly on a multi-buffer layer that sits directly on a flexible display substrate. Passivation material may be selectively formed only at the edges of the contact pad on the multi-buffer layer. The multi-buffer layer may be formed at a distance from the edge of the flexible display substrate to minimize cracking in the multi-buffer layer.

    Organic light-emitting diode display with reduced lateral leakage
    20.
    发明授权
    Organic light-emitting diode display with reduced lateral leakage 有权
    有机发光二极管显示屏具有减少的横向泄漏

    公开(公告)号:US09542892B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-10

    申请号:US14747719

    申请日:2015-06-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode that emits light under control of a drive transistor. The organic light-emitting diodes may have a common cathode layer, a common electron layer, individual red, green, and blue emissive layers, a common hole layer, and individual anodes. The hole layer may have a hole injection layer stacked with a hole transport layer. Pixel circuits for controlling the diodes may be formed from a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry on a substrate. A planarization layer may cover the thin-film transistor layer. Lateral leakage current between adjacent diodes can be blocked by shorting the common hole layer to a metal line such as a bias electrode that is separate from the anodes. The metal line may be laterally interposed between adjacent pixels and may be formed on the planarization layer or embedded within the planarization layer.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有像素阵列。 每个像素可以具有在驱动晶体管的控制下发光的发光二极管。 有机发光二极管可以具有公共阴极层,公共电子层,单独的红色,绿色和蓝色发射层,公共空穴层和单个阳极。 空穴层可以具有层叠有空穴传输层的空穴注入层。 用于控制二极管的像素电路可以由衬底上的薄膜晶体管电路层形成。 平坦化层可以覆盖薄膜晶体管层。 可以通过将公共空穴层短路到诸如与阳极分离的偏置电极的金属线来阻止相邻二极管之间的横向漏电流。 金属线可以横向插入相邻像素之间,并且可以形成在平坦化层上或嵌入在平坦化层内。

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