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公开(公告)号:US12156439B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-26
申请号:US18299207
申请日:2023-04-12
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Cheng-Ho Yu , Choongho Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Vasudha Gupta , Younggu Lee
IPC: H10K59/123 , G09G3/00 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/3258 , G09G3/3291 , H10K50/824 , H10K59/122 , H10K59/131
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 for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
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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: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:US20220238616A1
公开(公告)日:2022-07-28
申请号:US17724306
申请日:2022-04-19
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Chin-Wei Lin , Stephen S. Poon , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Cheng-Ho Yu , ChoongHo Lee , Doh-Hyoung Lee , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , 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 for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
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公开(公告)号:US11233113B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16826521
申请日:2020-03-23
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Cheng-Ho Yu , Chin-Wei Lin , Shyuan Yang , Ting-Kuo Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Shih-Chang Chang , Yu Cheng Chen , John Z. Zhong
IPC: H01L27/32 , G09G3/3233 , G09G3/3266 , G06F3/044
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.
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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:US10998344B2
公开(公告)日:2021-05-04
申请号:US16917601
申请日:2020-06-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Vasudha Gupta , Jae Won Choi , Shih Chang Chang , Tsung-Ting Tsai , Young Bae Park
IPC: G02F1/1362 , H01L27/12 , G02F1/1368 , H01L27/32 , G02F1/1345 , H01L29/786
Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. The display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels or display pixels in a liquid crystal display. In an organic light-emitting diode display, hybrid thin-film transistor structures may be formed that include semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. The capacitor structures may overlap the semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors. Organic light-emitting diode display pixels may have combinations of oxide and silicon transistors. In a liquid crystal display, display driver circuitry may include silicon thin-film transistor circuitry and display pixels may be based on oxide thin-film transistors. A single layer or two different layers of gate metal may be used in forming silicon transistor gates and oxide transistor gates. A silicon transistor may have a gate that overlaps a floating gate structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20200273928A1
公开(公告)日:2020-08-27
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:US20200220098A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-09
申请号:US16670071
申请日:2019-10-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Tsung-Ting Tsai , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Chuan-Sheng Wei , HanChi Ting , Jae Won Choi , Jianhong Lin , Nai-Chih Kao , Shih Chang Chang , Shin-Hung Yeh , Takahide Ishii , Ting-Kuo Chang , Yu Hung Chen , Yu-Wen Liu , Yu-Chuan Pai , Andrew Lin
Abstract: A display may have organic light-emitting diode pixels formed from thin-film circuitry. The thin-film circuitry may be formed in thin-film transistor (TFT) layers and the organic light-emitting diodes may include anodes and cathodes and an organic emissive layer formed over the TFT layers between the anodes and cathodes. The organic emissive layer may be formed via chemical evaporation techniques. The display may include moisture blocking structures such as organic emissive layer disconnecting structures that introduce one or more gaps in the organic emissive layer during evaporation so that any potential moisture permeating path from the display panel edge to the active area of the display is completely terminated.
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