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公开(公告)号:US11221513B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-11
申请号:US16439449
申请日:2019-06-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Supriya Goyal , Yuxi Zhao , Xinsheng Chu , Chan Hyuk Park , Min Tao , Wenyong Zhu
IPC: G02F1/13 , G02F1/13357 , F21V8/00 , H05K1/11 , G02F1/1345 , H05K1/02 , H01R12/62 , H01R4/04 , G02F1/1368 , G02F1/133 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/36
Abstract: An electronic device includes display layers such as liquid crystal display layers and a backlight unit that provides illumination for the display layers. The backlight unit includes light-emitting diodes that emit light into the edge of a light guide film. To minimize the inactive area of the display, the light-emitting diodes are tightly spaced to approximate a line light source instead of point light sources. Color and/or luminance compensation layers are incorporated at various locations within the backlight structures to ensure that the backlight provided to the display layers is homogenous. A thin-film transistor layer of the display is coupled to a printed circuit board by a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit has additional solder mask layers to improve robustness, encapsulation, and traces with a varying pitch.
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公开(公告)号:US20200310569A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-01
申请号:US16901933
申请日:2020-06-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein , Senem E. Emgin , Terrence L. Van Ausdall , Xianwei Zhao , Yuxi Zhao , Soyoung Kim
Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10684734B2
公开(公告)日:2020-06-16
申请号:US16143382
申请日:2018-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein , Senem E. Emgin , Terrence L. Van Ausdall , Xianwei Zhao , Yuxi Zhao , Soyoung Kim
Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20220388276A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17716911
申请日:2022-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Xiaowei Wu , Hoon Sik Kim , Yuxi Zhao , Terry C Lam , Yasmin F Afsar , Chang-Chia Huang , Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Supriya Goyal , Paul S Drzaic
Abstract: In devices with flexible displays, multilayer adhesive stacks may be included. A multilayer adhesive may attach a flexible display panel to the display cover layer in an electronic device. Including multiple layers of adhesive in the adhesive stack (as opposed to a single layer) provides more degrees of freedom for the tuning and optimization of the properties of the adhesive stack. The multilayer adhesive stack therefore has better performance than if only a single layer of adhesive is used. The multilayer adhesive stack may include one or more layers of soft adhesive, hard adhesive, hard elastomer, hard polymer, and/or glass to optimize the mechanical and optical performance of the multilayer adhesive stack. Soft adhesive layers may be included to optimize lateral decoupling (e.g., during folding and unfolding) of the adhesive stack. Harder layers may be included to provide rigidity and prevent denting during impact events.
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公开(公告)号:US20190095009A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-28
申请号:US16143382
申请日:2018-09-26
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein , Senem E. Emgin , Terrence L. Van Ausdall , Xianwei Zhao , Yuxi Zhao , Soyoung Kim
IPC: G06F3/044
Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.
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公开(公告)号:US12115771B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17716911
申请日:2022-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Xiaowei Wu , Hoon Sik Kim , Yuxi Zhao , Terry C Lam , Yasmin F Afsar , Chang-Chia Huang , Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Supriya Goyal , Paul S Drzaic
CPC classification number: B32B7/12 , C09J7/00 , C09J9/00 , H05K5/0017 , H05K5/03 , B32B2457/20 , C09J2203/318 , C09J2301/124 , C09J2301/312
Abstract: In devices with flexible displays, multilayer adhesive stacks may be included. A multilayer adhesive may attach a flexible display panel to the display cover layer in an electronic device. Including multiple layers of adhesive in the adhesive stack (as opposed to a single layer) provides more degrees of freedom for the tuning and optimization of the properties of the adhesive stack. The multilayer adhesive stack therefore has better performance than if only a single layer of adhesive is used. The multilayer adhesive stack may include one or more layers of soft adhesive, hard adhesive, hard elastomer, hard polymer, and/or glass to optimize the mechanical and optical performance of the multilayer adhesive stack. Soft adhesive layers may be included to optimize lateral decoupling (e.g., during folding and unfolding) of the adhesive stack. Harder layers may be included to provide rigidity and prevent denting during impact events.
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公开(公告)号:US20240278533A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-22
申请号:US18653598
申请日:2024-05-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Xiaowei Wu , Farzad Khademolhosseini , Digvijay Raorane , Chyi-Huey J Yeh , Yuxi Zhao , Terry C Lam , Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Supriya Goyal , Yasmin F Afsar , Paul S Drzaic , Wei Lv , Wenyong Zhu , Sijun Niu , Masoud Ghorbani Moghaddam
IPC: B32B7/025 , B32B3/26 , B32B5/02 , B32B7/023 , B32B7/12 , B32B9/00 , B32B9/04 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/36 , C09J7/25 , C09J9/00 , H01L25/075 , H10K59/80
CPC classification number: B32B7/025 , B32B3/263 , B32B5/028 , B32B7/023 , B32B7/12 , B32B9/005 , B32B9/047 , B32B27/08 , B32B27/36 , C09J7/255 , C09J9/00 , B32B2255/10 , B32B2260/021 , B32B2260/046 , B32B2307/204 , B32B2307/4026 , B32B2307/418 , B32B2307/7376 , B32B2457/20 , C09J2301/208 , C09J2301/21 , C09J2301/312 , C09J2467/006 , H01L25/0753 , H10K59/871
Abstract: In devices with flexible displays, multilayer adhesive stacks may be included. A multilayer adhesive may attach a flexible display panel to the display cover layer in an electronic device. Including multiple layers of adhesive in the adhesive stack (as opposed to a single layer) provides more degrees of freedom for the tuning and optimization of the properties of the adhesive stack. The multilayer adhesive stack therefore has better performance than if only a single layer of adhesive is used. The multilayer adhesive stack may include one or more layers of soft adhesive, hard adhesive, hard elastomer, hard polymer, and/or glass to optimize the mechanical and optical performance of the multilayer adhesive stack. Soft adhesive layers may be included to optimize lateral decoupling (e.g., during folding and unfolding) of the adhesive stack. Harder layers may be included to provide rigidity and prevent denting during impact events.
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公开(公告)号:US11269442B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-08
申请号:US16901933
申请日:2020-06-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Alan Kleiman-Schwarsctein , Senem E. Emgin , Terrence L. Van Ausdall , Xianwei Zhao , Yuxi Zhao , Soyoung Kim
Abstract: A transparent high-conductivity layer for providing electrostatic feedback to a user of an electronic device. The transparent high-conductivity layer is positioned over a capacitive input sensor and has a resistivity sufficiently high to prevent interference with the capacitive input sensor. As one example, the transparent high-conductivity layer can be formed from a layer of geometrically-separated regions of high-conductivity material. The average distance between geometrically-separated regions can substantially define the resistivity of the transparent high-conductivity layer.
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