Color filter structures for electronic devices with color displays

    公开(公告)号:US09645436B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-09

    申请号:US14497168

    申请日:2014-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A liquid crystal layer may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer may have an array of color filter elements on a transparent substrate. The array of color filter elements may include more than three colors. Colored photoimageable polymer layers may be combined to form some of the color filter elements. The color filter may have cyan, magenta, and yellow color filter elements each formed from a respective single layer of cyan, magenta, and yellow polymer and may have blue elements formed by overlapping cyan and magenta polymer, green elements formed by overlapping cyan and yellow polymer, and red elements formed by overlapping magenta and yellow polymer. Filters with white elements may also be provided.

    Liquid crystal displays with oxide-based thin-film transistors
    24.
    发明授权
    Liquid crystal displays with oxide-based thin-film transistors 有权
    具有氧化物基薄膜晶体管的液晶显示器

    公开(公告)号:US09564478B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-07

    申请号:US14228070

    申请日:2014-03-27

    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.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括在基板上具有显示像素阵列的显示器。 显示像素可以是液晶显示器中的有机发光二极管显示像素或显示像素。 在有机发光二极管显示器中,可以形成包括半导体氧化物薄膜晶体管,硅薄膜晶体管和电容器结构的混合薄膜晶体管结构。 电容器结构可以与半导体氧化物薄膜晶体管重叠。 有机发光二极管显示像素可以具有氧化物和硅晶体管的组合。 在液晶显示器中,显示驱动器电路可以包括硅薄膜晶体管电路,显示像素可以基于氧化物薄膜晶体管。 可以在形成硅晶体管栅极和氧化物晶体管栅极中使用单层或两层不同的栅极金属层。 硅晶体管可以具有与浮动栅极结构重叠的栅极。

    Display with Spacer Ring
    25.
    发明申请
    Display with Spacer Ring 审中-公开
    显示间隔环

    公开(公告)号:US20160170247A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-16

    申请号:US14862004

    申请日:2015-09-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A ring of adhesive sealant may surround the liquid crystal layer. Columns spacers may extend between the color filter and thin-film transistor layers through the liquid crystal layer to help ensure that the color filter and thin-film transistor layers are appropriately spaced apart from each other. A ring-shaped polymer spacer may surround the ring of adhesive sealant and may help protect display structures form exposure to etchant that is used to treat the edges of glass layers in the display. The spacer may be formed from the same layer of material that forms the column spacers. A black masking layer may be formed on the underside of the color filter layer using techniques that prevent the formation of protruding edge portions.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有介于滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间的液晶材料层。 粘合密封剂环可以围绕液晶层。 色谱柱间隔物可以通过液晶层在滤色器和薄膜晶体管层之间延伸,以帮助确保滤色器和薄膜晶体管层彼此适当间隔开。 环形聚合物间隔物可以围绕粘合剂密封剂的环,并且可以帮助保护显示结构,从而暴露于用于处理显示器中的玻璃层的边缘的蚀刻剂。 间隔物可以由形成柱间隔物的相同的材料层形成。 可以使用防止形成突出边缘部分的技术在滤色器层的下侧上形成黑色掩蔽层。

    Displays with integrated touch and improved image pixel aperture
    26.
    发明授权
    Displays with integrated touch and improved image pixel aperture 有权
    显示器具有集成的触摸和改进的图像像素孔径

    公开(公告)号:US09298300B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-29

    申请号:US14226710

    申请日:2014-03-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may be provided with integral touch functionality. The display may include a common electrode layer having row electrodes arranged in rows and column electrodes interposed between the row electrodes of each row. The row electrodes may be electrically coupled by conductive paths. The row and column electrodes may be coupled to touch sensor circuitry that uses the row and column electrodes to detect touch events. Each electrode of the common electrode layer may cover a respective portion of an array of pixels. Each pixel of the display may have a respective aperture. The conductive paths that electrically couple row electrodes of the common electrode layer may cover or otherwise block some light from passing through pixels, resulting in reduced apertures. Dummy structures may be provided for other pixels that modify the apertures of the other pixels to match the reduced apertures associated with the conductive paths.

    Abstract translation: 可以提供具有整体触摸功能的显示器。 显示器可以包括具有排列成行和列电极的行电极的公共电极层,其插入在每行的行电极之间。 行电极可以通过导电路径电耦合。 行和列电极可以耦合到使用行电极和列电极的触摸传感器电路来检测触摸事件。 公共电极层的每个电极可以覆盖像素阵列的相应部分。 显示器的每个像素可以具有相应的孔径。 电耦合公共电极层的行电极的导电路径可以覆盖或以其它方式阻挡通过像素的一些光,导致减小的孔径。 可以为修改其他像素的孔径以匹配与导电路径相关联的缩小的孔的其他像素提供虚拟结构。

    Color Filter Structures for Electronic Devices With Color Displays
    27.
    发明申请
    Color Filter Structures for Electronic Devices With Color Displays 有权
    带有彩色显示器的电子设备的彩色滤光片结构

    公开(公告)号:US20150362795A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-17

    申请号:US14497168

    申请日:2014-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A liquid crystal layer may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer may have an array of color filter elements on a transparent substrate. The array of color filter elements may include more than three colors. Colored photoimageable polymer layers may be combined to form some of the color filter elements. The color filter may have cyan, magenta, and yellow color filter elements each formed from a respective single layer of cyan, magenta, and yellow polymer and may have blue elements formed by overlapping cyan and magenta polymer, green elements formed by overlapping cyan and yellow polymer, and red elements formed by overlapping magenta and yellow polymer. Filters with white elements may also be provided.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层。 液晶层可以位于滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间。 滤色器层可以在透明基板上具有彩色滤光片元件阵列。 滤色器元件的阵列可以包括三种以上的颜色。 彩色的可光成像聚合物层可以组合以形成一些滤色器元件。 滤色器可以具有青色,品红色和黄色滤色器元件,各自由相应的单层青色,品红色和黄色聚合物形成,并且可以具有通过重叠的青色和品红色聚合物形成的蓝色元件,通过重叠青色和黄色形成的绿色元素 聚合物和通过重叠的品红色和黄色聚合物形成的红色元素。 也可以提供具有白色元件的过滤器。

    Hydrogenation and Crystallization of Polycrystalline Silicon
    28.
    发明申请
    Hydrogenation and Crystallization of Polycrystalline Silicon 审中-公开
    多晶硅的氢化和结晶

    公开(公告)号:US20140070225A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-13

    申请号:US14020620

    申请日:2013-09-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A TFT stack for a liquid crystal display is provided. The TFT stack includes a silicon layer that includes a heavily doped region, a non-doped region, and a lightly doped region between the heavily doped region and the non-doped region. The heavily doped region is hydrogenated. The TFT stack also includes an insulation layer that includes a first portion formed over the lightly doped region and a second portion disposed over the non-doped region and a gate metal electrode layer formed over the second portion of the non-doped region. The TFT stack also includes a first dielectric layer disposed over the gate metal electrode and over the first portion of the insulation layer. The heavily doped region is hydrogenated to reduce the dependence of the capacitance between the gate metal electrode and the conductive layer Cgd upon a bias voltage being applied between the gate metal electrode and the conductive layer.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于液晶显示器的TFT堆叠。 TFT堆叠包括硅层,其包括重掺杂区域,非掺杂区域和重掺杂区域和非掺杂区域之间的轻掺杂区域。 重掺杂区被氢化。 TFT堆叠还包括绝缘层,其包括形成在轻掺杂区域上的第一部分和设置在非掺杂区域上的第二部分,以及形成在非掺杂区域的第二部分上的栅极金属电极层。 TFT堆叠还包括设置在栅极金属电极上方并在绝缘层的第一部分之上的第一介电层。 氢化重掺杂区域,以便在施加在栅极金属电极和导电层之间的偏置电压时,减小栅极金属电极和导电层Cgd之间的电容的依赖性。

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