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公开(公告)号:US12156439B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18299207
申请日:2023-04-12
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: H10K59/123 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291 , H10K50/824 , H10K59/122 , H10K59/131
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:US20220238616A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17724306
申请日:2022-04-19
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:US11101337B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16872842
申请日:2020-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yuchi Che , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Jiun-Jye Chang , Ting-Kuo Chang , Shih Chang Chang , Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , 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, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, and may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer. Data lines may be formed from metal layers in the active area to accommodate the rounded corners of the display.
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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.
Inventor: Vasudha Gupta , Jae Won Choi , Shih Chang Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Young Bae Park
IPC: G02F1/1362 , H01L27/12 , G02F1/1368 , H01L27/32 , G02F1/1345 , H01L29/786
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20200273928A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
申请号:US16872842
申请日:2020-05-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yuchi Che , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Jiun-Jye Chang , Ting-Kuo Chang , Shih Chang Chang , Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , 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, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, and may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer. Data lines may be formed from metal layers in the active area to accommodate the rounded corners of the display.
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公开(公告)号:US10217390B2
公开(公告)日:2019-02-26
申请号:US15874687
申请日:2018-01-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Vasudha Gupta , Chin-Wei Lin , Tsung-Ting Tsai
IPC: G09G3/00 , G09G3/3266
Abstract: A display device may include rows of pixels that may display image data on a display and a circuit. The circuit may perform a progressive scan across the rows of pixels to display the image data using a plurality of pixels, supply test data to a pixel of plurality of pixels that corresponds to a first row of the rows of pixels during one frame of the progressive scan, and initiate a sensing period for determining one or more sensitivity properties associated with the pixel based on the performance of the pixel with respect to the test data in response to receiving a pulse of a first global signal. The circuit may then end the sensing period in response to receiving a second global signal and resume the progressive scan across the rows of pixels to display the image data after the sensing period ends.
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公开(公告)号:US20180277037A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-27
申请号:US15802367
申请日:2017-11-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Shinya Ono , Vasudha Gupta
IPC: G09G3/325 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291 , G06F3/041 , G06F3/044 , H01L27/32
Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to measure a transistor threshold voltage for a pixel. The threshold voltage may be sampled by controlling the pixel to sample the threshold voltage onto a capacitor at the pixel. The pixel may include at least one semiconducting-oxide transistor, silicon transistors, and a light-emitting diode. The diode may be coupled to a data line that can be used for both data loading and compensation sensing operations. Reset operations may be performed after data programming and before emission to reset the anode voltage for the diode.
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公开(公告)号:US10019103B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-10
申请号:US15148798
申请日:2016-05-06
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Vasudha Gupta , Shih Chang Chang , Young-Bae Park , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G06F3/041 , G09G3/3208 , G09G3/3233 , G06F3/044 , G09G3/34 , H01L27/32
CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 , G06F3/0412 , G06F3/044 , G06F2203/04103 , G09G3/3208 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/34 , G09G2300/0861 , G09G2300/0866 , H01L27/323
Abstract: A touch screen having touch circuitry integrated into a display pixel stackup. The touch screen can include a transistor layer, an LED layer and a first layer. The first layer can operate as an LED cathode during a display phase and as touch circuitry during a touch sensing phase. The transistor layer can be at least partially utilized for transitioning between the display phase and the touch sensing phase. The touch screen can be fabricated to reduce or eliminate damage to the LED layer.
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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.
Inventor: Da Yu , Jae Won Choi , Sang Ha Kim , Vasudha Gupta , Young Bae Park
CPC classification number: H01L27/3244 , H01L27/3276 , H01L51/5237 , H01L51/5246 , H01L51/5253 , H01L51/56 , H01L2251/5338
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20170140724A1
公开(公告)日:2017-05-18
申请号:US14942068
申请日:2015-11-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Jungbae Kim , Kyung Wook Kim , MinKyu Kim , Shih Chang Chang , Vasudha Gupta , Young Bae Park
IPC: G09G3/36 , G02F1/1362 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/1343
CPC classification number: G09G3/3648 , G02F1/134363 , G02F1/136213 , G02F1/13624 , G02F1/136286 , G02F1/1368 , G09G3/3233 , G09G2300/0842 , G09G2320/043
Abstract: A display may have an array of light-emitting diode pixels or pixels containing portions of a liquid crystal layer to which electric fields are applied using electrodes. A pixel with a light-emitting diode may have a drive transistor coupled in series with the light-emitting diode. A storage capacitor may be coupled to a gate of the drive transistor. A pixel with a liquid crystal portion may have a storage capacitor coupled to a given one of the electrodes in that pixel. Switching circuitry in each pixel may be used to load data from a data line into the storage capacitor of the pixel. The switching circuitry may include a semiconducting-oxide transistor coupled to an associated data line and a series-connected silicon transistor that is coupled to the storage capacitor.
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