公开(公告)号：US10690970B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-23

申请号：US15260082

申请日：2016-09-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Cheng Chen ,  Da Yu ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Sang Un Choi ,  Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang ,  Tae Woon Cha ,  Yeon Sik Ham ,  Yuan Chen ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Hossein Nemati

IPC: G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1337 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/137 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A liquid crystal display may have main column spacers and subspacer column spacers. The column spacers may have cross shapes formed from overlapping perpendicular rectangular column spacer portions respectively located on a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The column spacers may have a hybrid configuration in which some of the rectangular portions on the thin-film transistor layer extend vertically and some extend horizontally. Column spacers may be formed from planarization layer material, may be formed from locally thickened portions of a planarization layer, and may have circular shapes.

公开(公告)号：US20180292713A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-11

申请号：US15693305

申请日：2017-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Jacques P. Drolet ,  Yuan Chen ,  Jonathan S. Steckel ,  Ion Bita ,  Dmitry S. Sizov ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  John T. Leonard ,  Lai Wang ,  Ove Lyngnes ,  Xiaobin Xin ,  Zhibing Ge

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1343

Abstract: A display may have display layers that form an array of pixels. The display layers may include a first layer that includes a light-blocking matrix and a second layer that overlaps the first layer. The first layer may include quantum dot elements formed in openings in the light-blocking matrix. The light-blocking matrix may be formed from a reflective material such as metal. The second layer may include color filter elements that overlap corresponding quantum dot elements in the first layer. Substrate layers may be used to support the first and second layers and to support thin-film transistor circuitry that is used in controlling light transmission through the array of pixels. The display layers may include a liquid crystal layer, polarizer layers, filter layers for reflecting red and green light and/or other light to enhance light recycling, and layers with angularly dependent transmission characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US20180246363A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-30

申请号：US15967441

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hossein Nemati ,  Pei-En Chang ,  Yuan Chen ,  Tae Woon Cha ,  Sung H. Kim ,  Chia Hsuan Tai

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G02F1/13439 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/136213 ,  G02F1/167 ,  G06F1/1652 ,  H01L27/1218

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing and a display in the housing. The display may have one or more curved edges such as curved edges associated with rounded corners in the display and housing. The display may have an array of pixels. The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of antialiasing pixels having selectively reduced strengths to visually smooth content displayed along the curved edges. The antialiasing pixels may include single-opening pixels that each have a single opaque masking layer opening and may include dual-opening pixels that each include a pair of opaque masking layer openings. The single-opening pixels may be stronger than the dual-opening pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20180081223A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15351212

申请日：2016-11-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuan Chen ,  Hossein Nemati ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Jin Yan ,  Young Cheol Yang ,  Zhibing Ge

IPC: G02F1/13363 ,  G02F1/136 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02B5/30 ,  G02F1/1347 ,  G02F1/1333

CPC classification number: G02B5/3016 ,  G02B5/3041 ,  G02B5/3083 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/133615 ,  G02F2001/133635 ,  G02F2001/133638 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L51/0011 ,  H01L51/0076 ,  H01L51/5271 ,  H01L51/5281 ,  H01L2251/558

Abstract: A display may include an optical film to promote sunglass-friendly viewing of the display. Displays may include linear polarizers. For example, a liquid crystal display may have a linear polarizer above a liquid crystal layer, whereas an organic light-emitting diode display may have a linear polarizer that forms a portion of a circular polarizer to reduce reflections in the display. Displays that emit linearly polarized light may not be compatible with polarized sunglasses. To ensure an optimal user experience for users wearing sunglasses, displays may include sunglass-friendly optical films. A sunglass-friendly optical film may be a film formed from a birefringent material such as a polymer or liquid crystal. The sunglass-friendly optical film may have an optical axis that is at a 45° angle relative to the optical axis of the underlying linear polarizer. The sunglass-friendly optical film may be patterned to have reduced thickness regions.

公开(公告)号：US20160209691A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-21

申请号：US14850006

申请日：2015-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Byung Duk Yang ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Hiroshi Osawa ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  Ming-Chin Hung ,  Shang-Chih Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Yu Cheng Chen ,  Yuan Chen

IPC: G02F1/1368 ,  H01L29/51 ,  H01L29/786 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC classification number: G02F1/1368 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/136209 ,  G02F2001/133521 ,  G02F2001/136222 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/78606

Abstract: A display may have upper and lower display layers. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the upper and lower display layers. The display layers may have substrates. The display layers may include a color filter layer having an array of color filter elements on a glass substrate and a thin-film transistor layer having a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry on a glass substrate. Dielectric layers within the display layers such as dielectric layers within the thin-film transistor layer may have differing indices of refraction. Reflections and color shifts due to index of refraction discontinuities may be minimized by interposing graded index dielectric layers between adjacent layers with different indices. The graded index layers may be formed from structures with a continuously varying index of refraction or structures with a step-wise varying index of refraction.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有上和下显示层。 可以在上显示层和下显示层之间插入一层液晶材料。 显示层可以具有基底。 显示层可以包括在玻璃基板上具有滤色器元件阵列的滤色器层和在玻璃基板上具有薄膜晶体管电路层的薄膜晶体管层。 诸如薄膜晶体管层内的介电层的显示层内的电介质层可以具有不同的折射率。 由于折射不连续指数引起的反射和颜色偏移可以通过在不同指数的相邻层之间插入渐变折射率介电层来最小化。 渐变折射率层可以由具有连续变化的折射率的结构或具有逐步变化的折射率的结构形成。

公开(公告)号：US10591774B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15693305

申请日：2017-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jean-Jacques P. Drolet ,  Yuan Chen ,  Jonathan S. Steckel ,  Ion Bita ,  Dmitry S. Sizov ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  John T. Leonard ,  Lai Wang ,  Ove Lyngnes ,  Xiaobin Xin ,  Zhibing Ge

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A display may have display layers that form an array of pixels. The display layers may include a first layer that includes a light-blocking matrix and a second layer that overlaps the first layer. The first layer may include quantum dot elements formed in openings in the light-blocking matrix. The light-blocking matrix may be formed from a reflective material such as metal. The second layer may include color filter elements that overlap corresponding quantum dot elements in the first layer. Substrate layers may be used to support the first and second layers and to support thin-film transistor circuitry that is used in controlling light transmission through the array of pixels. The display layers may include a liquid crystal layer, polarizer layers, filter layers for reflecting red and green light and/or other light to enhance light recycling, and layers with angularly dependent transmission characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US10303013B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-28

申请号：US15967441

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hossein Nemati ,  Pei-En Chang ,  Yuan Chen ,  Tae Woon Cha ,  Sung H. Kim ,  Chia Hsuan Tai

IPC: G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/167

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing and a display in the housing. The display may have one or more curved edges such as curved edges associated with rounded corners in the display and housing. The display may have an array of pixels. The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of antialiasing pixels having selectively reduced strengths to visually smooth content displayed along the curved edges. The antialiasing pixels may include single-opening pixels that each have a single opaque masking layer opening and may include dual-opening pixels that each include a pair of opaque masking layer openings. The single-opening pixels may be stronger than the dual-opening pixels.

公开(公告)号：US09798199B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US14850015

申请日：2015-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuan Chen ,  Zhibing Ge ,  Adria Fores Herranz ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Hossein Nemati ,  Jun Jiang ,  Cheng Chen

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1337

CPC classification number: G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/133371 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133707 ,  G02F1/133753 ,  G02F2001/133519 ,  G02F2001/133757 ,  G02F2001/134345 ,  G02F2201/52

Abstract: A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between display layers. The display layers may include thin-film transistor circuitry having subpixel electrodes for applying electric fields to subpixel portions of the layer of liquid crystal material. Subpixels of different colors may have different shapes and may have different liquid crystal layer thicknesses. These subpixel differences may be configured to slow the switching speed of subpixels of a certain color relative to other subpixels to reduce color motion blur when an object is moved across a black or colored background. The subpixels may have chevron shapes. Subpixels of a first color may have chevron shapes that are less bent than subpixels of second and third colors. In configurations with varying liquid crystal layer thicknesses, the subpixels of the first color may have thicker liquid crystal layers than the subpixels of the second and third colors.

公开(公告)号：US09645464B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-09

申请号：US14850006

申请日：2015-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Byung Duk Yang ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Hiroshi Osawa ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  Ming-Chin Hung ,  Shang-Chih Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Yu Cheng Chen ,  Yuan Chen

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L29/51 ,  G02B6/00

CPC classification number: G02F1/1368 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02F1/133345 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/136209 ,  G02F2001/133521 ,  G02F2001/136222 ,  H01L29/518 ,  H01L29/78606

Abstract: A display may have upper and lower display layers. A layer of liquid crystal material may be interposed between the upper and lower display layers. The display layers may have substrates. The display layers may include a color filter layer having an array of color filter elements on a glass substrate and a thin-film transistor layer having a layer of thin-film transistor circuitry on a glass substrate. Dielectric layers within the display layers such as dielectric layers within the thin-film transistor layer may have differing indices of refraction. Reflections and color shifts due to index of refraction discontinuities may be minimized by interposing graded index dielectric layers between adjacent layers with different indices. The graded index layers may be formed from structures with a continuously varying index of refraction or structures with a step-wise varying index of refraction.

公开(公告)号：US20150370115A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-24

申请号：US14307841

申请日：2014-06-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhibing Ge ,  Yeon Sik Ham ,  Cheng Chen ,  Chia Hsuan Tai ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Sang Un Choi ,  Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang

IPC: G02F1/1339 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1335

CPC classification number: G02F1/13394 ,  G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/13396 ,  G02F2001/13398 ,  G02F2001/136222

Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A layer of liquid crystal material may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. Column spacers may be formed on the color filter layer to maintain a desired gap between the color filter and thin-film transistor layers. Support pads may be used to support the column spacers. The column spacers and support pads may have comparable thicknesses. Different column spacers may be located at different portions of the support pads to allow the support pad size to be reduced while ensuring adequate support.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层。 液晶材料层可以位于滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间。 柱状间隔物可以形成在滤色器层上，以保持滤色器和薄膜晶体管层之间的期望的间隙。 支撑垫可用于支撑柱间隔物。 柱间隔件和支撑垫可具有可比较的厚度。 不同的柱间隔件可以位于支撑垫的不同部分，以允许在确保足够支撑的同时减小支撑垫尺寸。