公开(公告)号：US20240043710A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-08

申请号：US17972379

申请日：2022-10-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ken Hsuan Liao ,  Ying-Chih Wang ,  Shu Yang ,  Yu-Jen Fang ,  Po-Jui Chen ,  Andrew H Moon ,  Sarah Trabia ,  Nathan K Gupta

IPC: C09D11/52 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H01B1/24 ,  C09D11/037 ,  C09D11/101

CPC classification number: C09D11/52 ,  H05K5/03 ,  H01B1/24 ,  C09D11/037 ,  C09D11/101

Abstract: A conductive ink may include an ultraviolet-curable resin and high-aspect-ratio conductors, such as nanowires or carbon nanotubes, dispersed in the ultraviolet-curable resin. The conductive ink may be fully curable at room temperature in under a minute with a curing depth of at least 100 microns, without heat, moisture, or a secondary curing step. The conductive ink may also have pigment and/or dyes within the ultraviolet-curable resin, and the conductive ink may be opaque at infrared wavelengths and transparent at ultraviolet wavelengths. The conductive ink may ground the cover glass of an electronic device display to a metal structure within the electronic device, such as a metal plate of the display, to prevent an accumulation of charge at the cover glass.

公开(公告)号：US20230343914A1

公开(公告)日：2023-10-26

申请号：US18185237

申请日：2023-03-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Han-Chieh Chang ,  Anshi Liang ,  Arnoldus A Barlian ,  Bayu A Thedjoisworo ,  Boris A Russ ,  Chun-Lan Wu ,  Ken Hsuan Liao ,  Marc J DeVincentis ,  Meng-Tse Chen ,  Nathan K Gupta ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Paul S Drzaic ,  Po-Jui Chen ,  Ying-Chih Wang ,  Yong Sun ,  Zhen Zhang ,  Ziyang Zhang

IPC: H01L33/62 ,  H01L27/15 ,  H01L33/48

CPC classification number: H01L33/62 ,  H01L27/156 ,  H01L33/486

Abstract: Conductive traces may be conformally wrapped around the side of a display panel that includes an array of display pixels. The conductive traces may electrically connect contacts on an upper surface of the display panel to corresponding contacts on a flexible printed circuit that is attached to a lower surface of the display panel. The side-wrapped conductive traces may be interposed between first and second insulating layers. The flexible printed circuit may have a multi-step interface that is electrically connected to the side-wrapped conductive traces. A system-in-package including a display driver integrated circuit may be mounted to the flexible printed circuit. The system-in-package may include a plurality of redistribution layers that electrically connect contacts on the display driver integrated circuit to contacts on the flexible printed circuit.

公开(公告)号：US20250028365A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18762491

申请日：2024-07-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wenyong Zhu ,  Sijun Niu ,  Wei Lv ,  Hao Chen ,  Ken Hsuan Liao ,  Tyler R Kakuda ,  Ying-Chih Wang

IPC: G06F1/16

Abstract: An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. The device may have a stainless steel and/or carbon fiber reinforced polymer layer with slots. The slots may overlap the bend axis. The slots may have at least one property that varies in a non-linear manner as a function of position on the layer. The device may include an adhesive layer with a cutout that overlaps the slots. An interface that defines the cutout may have a plurality of recesses with varying depths. A flexible printed circuit may be attached to an edge of the display panel. The display cover layer may overlap a bonding region between the flexible printed circuit and the edge of the display panel. A UV-curable gap filler may be interposed between the flexible printed circuit and the display cover layer.