Electronic devices with narrow border displays

    公开(公告)号:US10964235B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US16428375

    申请日:2019-05-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display. The display includes display driver circuitry for driving data lines routed across the display. The electronic device may have a recessed device housing region, where at least some of the data lines are routed around the recessed region. The data lines being routed around the recessed region may be formed in at least two different metal routing layers. The electronic device may further include additional display driver circuitry for driving data lines from another peripheral housing edge to obviate the need to route around the recessed region. The data lines from the two display driver circuitries can be disconnected at random locations or can be interlaced to achieve spatial interleaving. The display driver circuitry may include demultiplexing circuitry having smaller switches coupled in parallel with larger demultiplexer routing switches to reduce voltage kick and charge injection.

    Display with power supply mesh
    64.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10700151B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16240552

    申请日:2019-01-04

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.

    Light-emitting diode displays
    67.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10192938B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15919057

    申请日:2018-03-12

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Display driver circuitry may supply data and control signals to the pixels. Each pixel may have seven transistors, a capacitor, and a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The seven transistors may receive control signals using horizontal control lines. Each pixel may have first and second emission enable transistors that are coupled in series with a drive transistor and the light-emitting diode of that pixel. The first and second emission enable transistors may be coupled to a common control line or may be separately controlled so that on-bias stress can be effectively applied to the drive transistor. The display driver circuitry may have gate driver circuits that provide different gate line signals to different rows of pixels within the display. Different rows may also have different gate driver strengths and different supplemental gate line loading structures.

    DIFFERENT LIGHTLY DOPED DRAIN LENGTH CONTROL FOR SELF-ALIGN LIGHT DRAIN DOPING PROCESS
    69.
    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:US20160380112A9

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    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 High Impedance Gate Driver Circuitry
    70.
    发明申请
    Displays with High Impedance Gate Driver Circuitry 有权
    具有高阻抗栅极驱动器电路的显示器

    公开(公告)号:US20160275889A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US14864136

    申请日:2015-09-24

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A touch screen display may include gate line driver circuitry coupled to a display pixel array. The display may be provided with intra-frame pausing (IFP) capabilities, where touch or other operations may be performed during one or more intra-frame blanking intervals. In one suitable arrangement, a gate driver may be operable in a high impedance mode, where the output of the gate driver is left floating during touch or IFP intervals. In another suitable arrangement, the gate driver may be operable in an IFP reduced stress mode, where a digital pass gate in the gate driver is deactivated during IFP intervals. In yet another suitable arrangement, the gate driver may be operable in an all-gate-high (AGH) power-down mode, where the output of each gate driver in the driver circuitry is driven high in parallel when the displayed is being powered off. These arrangements may be implemented in any suitable combination.

    Abstract translation: 触摸屏显示器可以包括耦合到显示像素阵列的栅极线驱动器电路。 显示器可以具有帧内暂停(IFP)能力,其中可以在一个或多个帧内消隐间隔期间执行触摸或其它操作。 在一种合适的布置中,栅极驱动器可以以高阻抗模式工作,其中栅极驱动器的输出在触摸或IFP间隔期间保持悬空。 在另一种合适的布置中,栅极驱动器可以在IFP减小应力模式下操作,其中栅极驱动器中的数字通道在IFP间隔期间被去激活。 在另一种合适的布置中,栅极驱动器可以以全栅极高(AGH)掉电模式工作,其中当所显示的电源被断电时,驱动器电路中的每个栅极驱动器的输出并联驱动为高并行 。 这些布置可以以任何合适的组合来实现。

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