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公开(公告)号:US20250098476A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-20
申请号:US18969642
申请日:2024-12-05
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Woo Shik Jung , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Shin-Hung Yeh , Christopher E. Glazowski , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Yuchi Che
IPC: H10K59/65 , H10K59/121 , H10K59/131 , H10K59/35 , H10K59/40
Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and a sensor under the display. The display may include an array of subpixels for displaying an image to a user of the electronic device. At least a portion of the array of subpixels may be selectively removed in a pixel removal region to improve optical transmittance to the sensor through the display. The pixel removal region may include a plurality of pixel free regions that are devoid of thin-film transistor structures, that are devoid of power supply lines, that have continuous open areas due to rerouted row/column lines, that are partially devoid of touch circuitry, that optionally include dummy contacts, and/or have selectively patterned display layers.
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公开(公告)号:US12052891B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-30
申请号:US18006519
申请日:2021-07-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yuchi Che , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Majid Esfandyarpour , Sebastian Knitter , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Tsung-Ting Tsai
IPC: H10K59/121 , G09G3/3266 , H10K59/35 , H10K59/90
CPC classification number: H10K59/1213 , G09G3/3266 , H10K59/353 , H10K59/90
Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. The electronic device may include a plurality of transparent windows that overlap the optical sensor. The resolution of the display panel may be reduced in some areas due to the presence of the transparent windows. To mitigate diffraction artifacts, a first sensor (13-1) may sense light through a first pixel removal region having transparent windows arranged according to a first pattern. A second sensor (13-2) may sense light through a second pixel removal region having transparent windows arranged according to a second pattern that is different than the first pattern. The first and second patterns of the transparent windows may result in the first and second sensors having different diffraction artifacts. Therefore, an image from the first sensor may be corrected for diffraction artifacts based on an image from the second sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US11940848B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17392138
申请日:2021-08-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Elmar Gehlen , Zhen Zhang , Francois R. Jacob , Paul S. Drzaic , Han-Chieh Chang , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Anshi Liang , Hopil Bae , Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi , Marc J. DeVincentis , Paolo Sacchetto , Tiffany T. Moy , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Yong Sun , Jonathan P. Mar , Zuoqian Wang , Ian D. Tracy , Sunggu Kang , Jaein Choi , Steven E. Molesa , Sandeep Chalasani , Jui-Chih Liao , Xin Zhao , Izhar Z. Ahmed
IPC: G09G3/3225 , G06F1/16 , H01L25/075 , H01L25/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , G06F1/163 , G09G3/3225 , H01L25/0753 , H01L25/167
Abstract: An electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. The pixels may be formed on a display panel substrate. A display panel may extend continuously across the display or multiple display panels may be tiled in two dimensions to cover a larger display area. Interconnect substrates may have outwardly facing contacts that are electrically shorted to corresponding inwardly facing contacts such as inwardly facing metal pillars associated with the display panels. The interconnect substrates may be supported by glass layers. Integrated circuits may be embedded in the display panels and/or in the interconnect substrates. A display may have an active area with pixels that includes non-spline pixels in a non-spline display portion located above a straight edge of the display and spline pixel in a spline display portion located above a curved edge of the display.
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公开(公告)号:US20230284503A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US17842357
申请日:2022-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ricardo A Peterson , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ashray Vinayak Gogte , Christophe Blondin , Sebastian Knitter , Warren S Rieutort-Louis , Yuchi Che , Yurii Morozov , Matthew D Hollands , Chuang Qian , Michael H Lim , Matthew J Schwendeman , Kenny Kim , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Yue Qu
IPC: H01L27/32
CPC classification number: H01L27/323 , H01L27/3276 , H01L27/3216
Abstract: A display may have both a full pixel density region and a pixel removal region with a plurality of high-transmittance areas that overlap an optical sensor. Each high-transmittance area may be devoid of thin-film transistors and other display components. To improve transmission while maintaining satisfactory touch sensing performance, one or more segments of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may have a reduced width relative to the touch sensor metal in the full pixel density region and/or one or more segments of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may be omitted relative to the touch sensor metal in the full pixel density region. To mitigate a different appearance between the pixel removal region and the full pixel density region at off-axis viewing angles, the position of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may be tuned.
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公开(公告)号:US11751462B1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17842357
申请日:2022-06-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Ricardo A Peterson , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ashray Vinayak Gogte , Christophe Blondin , Sebastian Knitter , Warren S Rieutort-Louis , Yuchi Che , Yurii Morozov , Matthew D Hollands , Chuang Qian , Michael H Lim , Matthew J Schwendeman , Kenny Kim , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Yue Qu
IPC: H10K59/40 , H10K59/131 , H10K59/35
CPC classification number: H10K59/40 , H10K59/131 , H10K59/352
Abstract: A display may have both a full pixel density region and a pixel removal region with a plurality of high-transmittance areas that overlap an optical sensor. Each high-transmittance area may be devoid of thin-film transistors and other display components. To improve transmission while maintaining satisfactory touch sensing performance, one or more segments of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may have a reduced width relative to the touch sensor metal in the full pixel density region and/or one or more segments of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may be omitted relative to the touch sensor metal in the full pixel density region. To mitigate a different appearance between the pixel removal region and the full pixel density region at off-axis viewing angles, the position of the touch sensor metal in the pixel removal region may be tuned.
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公开(公告)号:US11579503B2
公开(公告)日:2023-02-14
申请号:US17525118
申请日:2021-11-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shin-Hung Yeh , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Chien-Ya Lee , Lun Tsai
IPC: G02F1/1362 , G09G3/20 , H01L27/32
Abstract: To minimize the width of a non-light-emitting border region around an opening in the active area, data lines may be stacked in the border region. Data line portions may be formed using three metal layers in three different planes within the border region. A metal layer that forms a positive power signal distribution path in the active area may serve as a data line portion in the border region. A metal layer may be added in the border region to serve as a data line portion in the border region. Data line signals may also be provided to pixels on both sides of an opening in the active area using supplemental data line paths. A supplemental data line path may be routed through the active area of the display to electrically connect data line segments on opposing sides of an opening within the display.
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公开(公告)号:US20220165814A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-26
申请号:US17440429
申请日:2020-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Woo Shik Jung , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Shin-Hung Yeh , Christopher E. Glazowski , Jean-Pierre S. Guillou , Yuchi Che
IPC: H01L27/32
Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and a sensor under the display. The display may include an array of subpixels for displaying an image to a user of the electronic device. At least a portion of the array of subpixels may be selectively removed in a pixel removal region to improve optical transmittance to the sensor through the display. The pixel removal region may include a plurality of pixel free regions that are devoid of thin-film transistor structures, that are devoid of power supply lines, that have continuous open areas due to rerouted row/column lines, that are partially devoid of touch circuitry, that optionally include dummy contacts, and/or have selectively patterned display layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20210375225A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-02
申请号:US17401117
申请日:2021-08-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shin-Hung Yeh , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G09G3/36 , G09G3/00 , H01L27/12 , G02F1/1362
Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels such as liquid crystal display pixels. The display may include short pixel rows that span only partially across the display and full-width pixel rows that span the width of the display. The gate lines coupled to the short pixel rows may extend into the inactive area of the display. Supplemental gate line loading structures may be located in the inactive area of the display to increase loading on the gate lines that are coupled to short pixel rows. The supplemental gate line loading structures may include data lines and doped polysilicon that overlap the gate lines in the inactive area. In displays that combine display and touch functionality into a thin-film transistor layer, supplemental loading structures may be used in the inactive area to increase loading on common voltage lines that are coupled to short rows of common voltage pads.
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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:US11100877B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16518527
申请日:2019-07-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Shin-Hung Yeh , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Ting-Kuo Chang
IPC: G09G3/36 , G02F1/1362 , G09G3/00 , H01L27/12
Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels such as liquid crystal display pixels. The display may include short pixel rows that span only partially across the display and full-width pixel rows that span the width of the display. The gate lines coupled to the short pixel rows may extend into the inactive area of the display. Supplemental gate line loading structures may be located in the inactive area of the display to increase loading on the gate lines that are coupled to short pixel rows. The supplemental gate line loading structures may include data lines and doped polysilicon that overlap the gate lines in the inactive area. In displays that combine display and touch functionality into a thin-film transistor layer, supplemental loading structures may be used in the inactive area to increase loading on common voltage lines that are coupled to short rows of common voltage pads.
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