公开(公告)号：US20210305227A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17013279

申请日：2020-09-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Chen ,  Jie-Hua Zhao ,  Jun Zhai ,  Po-Hao Chang ,  Hsien-Che Lin ,  Ying-Chieh Ke ,  Kunzhong Hu

IPC: H01L25/18 ,  H01L23/24

Abstract: Multiple chip module (MCM) structures are described. In an embodiment, a module includes a first and second components on the top side of a module substrate, a stiffener structure mounted on the top side of the module substrate, and a lid mounted on the stiffener structure and covering the first component and the second component. The stiffener is joined to the lid within a trench formed in a roof of the lid.

公开(公告)号：US10739882B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US14453574

申请日：2014-08-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Chen ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  John Z. Zhong ,  William C. Athas ,  Wei H. Yao

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/32 ,  H04N9/30 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display may be formed by an array of light-emitting diodes mounted to the surface of a substrate. The substrate may be a silicon substrate. Circuitry may be located in spaces between the light-emitting diodes. Circuitry may also be located on the rear surface of the silicon substrate and may be coupled to the array of light-emitting diodes using through-silicon vias. The circuitry may include integrated circuits and other components that are attached to the substrate and may include transistors and other circuitry formed within the silicon substrate. Touch sensor electrodes, light sensors, and other components may be located in the spaces between the light-emitting diodes. The substrate may be formed from a transparent material that allows image light to reach a lens and image sensor mounted below the substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20190034026A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16140532

申请日：2018-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Wei Chen

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/3258

Abstract: Devices and methods for improving image quality and decreasing power consumption of an electronic display are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and to operate at multiple refresh rates. The electronic device also includes a processor configured to instruct the display panel to transition between the multiple refresh rates based at least in part on a blur effective width of the image.

公开(公告)号：US10191576B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15424712

申请日：2017-02-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Wei Chen ,  Christoph H. Krah ,  John Greer Elias ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Andrew Bert Hodge ,  Brian R. Land ,  Willem den Boer

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：US10133403B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-20

申请号：US15275375

申请日：2016-09-24

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Wei Chen

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/32 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: Devices and methods for improving image quality and decreasing power consumption of an electronic display are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, and to operate at multiple refresh rates. The electronic device also includes a processor configured to instruct the display panel to transition between the multiple refresh rates based at least in part on a blur effective width of the image.

公开(公告)号：US10008139B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-26

申请号：US14995796

申请日：2016-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Howard H. Tang ,  Wei Chen ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Hao-Lin Chiu

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/20

CPC classification number: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2310/0218 ,  G09G2310/0278 ,  G09G2310/0281 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0219

Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels, a plurality of source lines that may provide a plurality of data line signals to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines that may provide a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of switches associated with the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of voltage gate lines disposed parallel to the plurality of source lines and coupled to the plurality of gate lines at a plurality of cross point nodes. The plurality of cross point nodes are positioned in a pseudo random order across the display device.

公开(公告)号：US09997578B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-12

申请号：US15272295

申请日：2016-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John Z. Zhong ,  Cheng Chen ,  Shih-Chang Chang ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Shawn R. Gettemy ,  Wei Chen

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01L25/18 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L27/3262 ,  G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2201/42 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H01L25/18 ,  H01L27/1218 ,  H01L27/323 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3276 ,  H01L51/5281

Abstract: An electronic device display may have a color filter layer, a thin-film-transistor layer, and a layer of liquid crystal material. The display may have a display cover layer such as a layer of glass or plastic. Adhesive may be used to attach the upper polarizer to the display cover layer. The thin-film transistor layer may have a substrate with upper and lower surfaces. Thin-film-transistor circuitry may be formed on the upper surface. A display driver integrated circuit may be mounted to the lower surface or a flexible printed circuit and may be coupled to the thin-film-transistor circuitry using wire bonding wires. Through vias that are formed through the thin-film-transistor layer substrate may be used in coupling the thin-film-transistor circuitry to the display driver integrated circuit.

公开(公告)号：US09719639B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US14564456

申请日：2014-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mingxia Gu ,  Chenhua You ,  Jun Qi ,  Yanming Li ,  Young Cheol Yang ,  Jean-Jacques Drolet ,  Wei Chen ,  Victor H. Yin

IPC: G02F1/1335 ,  F21K9/60

CPC classification number: F21K9/60 ,  G02F1/133617

Abstract: A display has an array of display pixels formed from display layers such as one or more polarizer layers, a substrate on which an array of display pixel elements such as color filter elements and downconverter elements are formed, a liquid crystal layer, and a thin-film transistor layer that includes display pixel electrodes and display pixel thin-film transistors for driving control signals onto the display pixel electrodes to modulate light passing through the display pixels. A light source such as one or more laser diodes or light-emitting diodes may be used to generate light for the display. The light may be launched into the edge of a polymer layer or other light guide plate structure. A light guide plate may include phase-matched structures such as holographically recorded gratings or photonic lattices that direct the light upwards through the array of display pixels.

公开(公告)号：US09612377B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-04

申请号：US14965657

申请日：2015-12-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Cheng Chen ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Masato Kuwabara ,  Wonjae Choi ,  Martin P. Grunthaner ,  Albert Lin ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Wei Chen ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Lynn R. Youngs

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02B5/30 ,  H04N9/31 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G02B1/16 ,  G02B1/11 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: G02B5/3033 ,  G02B1/11 ,  G02B1/16 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133502 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F2001/133334 ,  G02F2001/136218 ,  G02F2202/28 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04107 ,  H04N9/3105 ,  H04N9/3197

Abstract: A polarizer includes a polarizer component having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The bottom surface is configured to couple to a color filter layer for a liquid crystal display. The polarizer also includes a transparent conducting layer disposed over the top surface. The transparent conducting layer being configured to electrically shield the LCD from a touch panel. The polarizer further includes a coating layer disposed over the transparent conducting layer.

公开(公告)号：US09575610B2

公开(公告)日：2017-02-21

申请号：US14985283

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steve Porter Hotelling ,  Wei Chen ,  Christoph Horst Krah ,  John Greer Elias ,  Wei Hsin Yao ,  John Z. Zhong ,  Andrew Bert Hodge ,  Brian Richards Land ,  Willem Den Boer

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1343 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/133514 ,  G02F1/133528 ,  G02F1/134309 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F2201/124 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G06F2203/04104 ,  G06F2203/04111 ,  G06F2203/04112 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/0456 ,  G09G2300/0478

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

Abstract translation: 这里公开了将触摸感测元件与显示电路集成的液晶显示（LCD）触摸屏。 整合可能采取各种形式。 触摸感应元件可以在LCD叠层中完全实现，但不在滤色器板和阵列板之间。 或者，一些触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间，而其它触摸感测元件不在印版之间。 在另一替代方案中，所有触摸感测元件可以在滤色器和阵列板之间。 后一种替代方案可以包括常规和平面内切换（IPS）LCD。 在一些形式中，一个或多个显示结构也可以具有触摸感测功能。 还公开了用于制造和操作这种显示器的技术以及体现这种显示器的各种装置。