公开(公告)号：US11341893B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-24

申请号：US17088809

申请日：2020-11-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiang Lu ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G06F3/038 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  H01L27/32

Abstract: Hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.

公开(公告)号：US10943516B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-09

申请号：US16605484

申请日：2018-04-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Baris Cagdaser

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: A method of adjusting a control signal to a component of an electronic display based on a temperature of the component, includes measuring current outputs of the component in response to applied gate voltages. The method also includes applying a mapping function to the current outputs to generate adapted current outputs, which are utilized to determine an intermediate value related to the temperature of the component. The intermediate value corresponds to a relationship between the applied gate voltages and the adapted current outputs. The intermediate value also enables the intermediate value to be substantially independent of hysteresis of the current outputs. The control signals to the component may be adjusted based at least in part on the determined intermediate value for the component.

公开(公告)号：US10714011B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-14

申请号：US16132322

申请日：2018-09-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sheng Zhang ,  Chih-Wei Yeh ,  Yunhui Hou ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Wei H. Yao ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Shingo Hatanaka ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233

Abstract: A mobile electronic device includes a display having an active array and a reference array. The active array includes a pixel and the reference array includes a reference pixel. The mobile electronic device also includes processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the display. The processing circuitry is configured to instruct the active array to drive the pixel based at least in part on a current-voltage relationship of the pixel and a reference current-voltage relationship of the reference pixel.

公开(公告)号：US20190385509A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-19

申请号：US16356914

申请日：2019-03-18

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiang Lu ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  G09G3/3216

Abstract: Hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.

公开(公告)号：US20190221146A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16361018

申请日：2019-03-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hung Sheng Lin ,  Shengkui Gao ,  Hyunwoo Nho ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Mohammad B. Vahid Far ,  Jie Won Ryu ,  Kingsuk Brahma ,  Junhua Tan ,  Sun-II Chang ,  Shinya Ono ,  Jesse A. Richmond ,  Yafei Bi ,  Derek K. Shaeffer

IPC: G09G3/00

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for differential sensing (DS), difference-differential sensing (DDS), correlated double sampling (CDS), and/or programmable capacitor matching to reduce display panel sensing noise. An electronic device may include one or more processors and an electronic display. The one or more processors may generate image data and adjust the image data based at least in part on display sensing feedback. The electronic display may employ sensing circuitry that obtains the display sensing feedback at least in part by applying test data to a pixel of a column of an active area of the display and differentially senses an electrical value of the pixel in comparison to a reference signal from a different column. This reference signal may provide a common mode noise reference, which is removed by the differential sensing and thereby enhances a quality of the sensed electrical value of the pixel.

公开(公告)号：US11727850B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17727197

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Xiang Lu ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hopil Bae

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  H10K59/17

CPC classification number: G09G3/2085 ,  G09G3/3216 ,  G09G3/3275 ,  H10K59/17

Abstract: Hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.

公开(公告)号：US11417250B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-16

申请号：US16146997

申请日：2018-09-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yongjun Li ,  Jiayi Jin ,  Maofeng Yang ,  Jun Li ,  Weijun Yao ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Baris Cagdaser

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: A method of adjusting a test gray voltages applied to a component of an electronic display during a test frame between image frames, wherein the adjustment is based at least in part on the control signal to the component during a prior image frame. The method may reduce hysteresis effects on the extraction of sensed currents of the component during the test frame, which may increase the accuracy and/or consistency of determined parameters evaluated from the sensed currents. The determined parameters may include temperature and/or aging of the component. The determined parameters may be used to adjust control signals for the component and other components in a region near the component during the next image frame.

公开(公告)号：US11263963B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-01

申请号：US16272492

申请日：2019-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi ,  Xiaofeng Wang ,  Sam S. Li ,  John T. Wetherell ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Xiang Lu ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Hopil Bae ,  Xiang Fang ,  Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema ,  Tore Nauta

IPC: G09G3/3216 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G09G3/20 ,  H05B45/20

Abstract: Local passive matrix displays and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, the display includes a pixel driver chip coupled with a matrix of rows and columns of LEDs. The pixel driver chips may be arranged in rows across the display with separate portions to operate separate matrices of LEDs.

公开(公告)号：US11073927B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-27

申请号：US16517513

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Christian M. Sauer ,  Christoph H. Krah ,  Derek K. Shaeffer ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hopil Bae ,  John T. Wetherell ,  Thierry S. Divel ,  Xiang Lu

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/32 ,  H01L27/15

Abstract: An integrated touchscreen can include light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes (LEDs/OLEDs), display chiplets and touch chiplets disposed in a visible area of the integrated touch screen. For example, the LEDs/OLEDs, display chiplets and touch chiplets can be placed on a substrate by a micro-transfer tool. The integrated touchscreen can also include electrodes disposed in the visible area of the integrated touch screen. The electrodes can be capable of providing display functionality via the one or more display chiplets during display operation (e.g., operating as cathode terminals of the LEDs during the display operation) and capable of providing touch functionality via the touch chiplets during touch operation (e.g., touch node electrodes can be formed from groups of the electrodes and sensed). In some examples, the touch node electrodes can be formed and coupled to touch chiplets via the display chiplets.

公开(公告)号：US10891884B1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-12

申请号：US16281996

申请日：2019-02-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Bo Yang ,  Xiang Lu ,  Andrew J. Copperhall ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Karthik Manickam ,  Sagar Nataraj ,  Shriram Vijayakumar ,  Derek K. Shaeffer

IPC: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G01R31/3185 ,  G01R31/317 ,  G01R31/58

Abstract: Design-for-test (DFT) architectures, and methods of testing an array of chips, which may be identical, are described. In an embodiment, a comparison circuit includes a plurality of comparators to compare scan-data out (SDO) data streams with an expected data stream and transmit a compared data stream that is indicated of whether or not an error exists in any of the SDO data streams.