公开(公告)号：WO2016032545A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-03

申请号：PCT/US2014/057548

申请日：2014-09-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  CHANG, Shih Chang ,  PARK, Young Bae

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/50

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2300/0842 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2310/0262 ,  G09G2310/0297 ,  G09G2320/045

Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels. Each display pixel may have a light-emitting diode that emits light under control of a drive transistor. Each display pixel may also have control transistors for compensation and programming operations. Each display pixel may have six thin-film transistors and one capacitor. One of the six transistors may serve as the drive transistor and may be compensated using the remaining five transistors and the capacitor. The capacitor may have a first terminal coupled to the gate of the drive transistor and a second terminal coupled to the light-emitting diode. In one embodiment, two scan control signals and two emission control signals may be used for each row of display pixels. In another embodiment, a single scan control signal and a single emission control signal may be formed for each row of display pixels.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有有机发光二极管显示像素阵列。 每个显示像素可以具有在驱动晶体管的控制下发光的发光二极管。 每个显示像素还可以具有用于补偿和编程操作的控制晶体管。 每个显示像素可以具有六个薄膜晶体管和一个电容器。 六个晶体管中的一个可以用作驱动晶体管，并且可以使用剩余的五个晶体管和电容器进行补偿。 电容器可以具有耦合到驱动晶体管的栅极的第一端子和耦合到发光二极管的第二端子。 在一个实施例中，可以对每行显示像素使用两个扫描控制信号和两个发射控制信号。 在另一个实施例中，可以为每行显示像素形成单个扫描控制信号和单个发射控制信号。

公开(公告)号：WO2015119741A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-13

申请号：PCT/US2015/010751

申请日：2015-01-09

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-Wei ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang ,  LEE, Szu-Hsien

IPC: G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0416

Abstract: A touch screen display may include gate line driver circuitry coupled to a display pixel array. The display may be provided with intra-frame pausing (IFP) capabilities, where touch or other operations may be performed during one or more intra-frame blanking intervals. In one suitable arrangement, a gate driver circuit may include multiple gate line driver segments each of which is activated by a separate gate start pulse. Each gate start pulse may only be released at the end of an IFP interval. In another suitable arrangement, dummy gate driver units may be interposed among active gate driver units. Gate output signals may propagate through the dummy gate driver units during the IFP internal. In another suitable arrangement, each active gate driver unit may be provided with a buffer portion that protects at least some transistor in the gate driver unit from undesired stress.

Abstract translation: 触摸屏显示器可以包括耦合到显示像素阵列的栅极线驱动器电路。 显示器可以具有帧内暂停（IFP）能力，其中可以在一个或多个帧内消隐间隔期间执行触摸或其它操作。 在一种合适的布置中，栅极驱动电路可以包括多个栅极线驱动器段，每个栅驱动器段由单独的栅极起始脉冲激活。 每个栅极起始脉冲只能在IFP间隔结束时释放。 在另一种合适的布置中，虚拟栅极驱动器单元可插入有源栅极驱动器单元中。 栅极输出信号可能在IFP内部传播通过虚拟栅极驱动器单元。 在另一种合适的布置中，每个有源栅极驱动器单元可以设置有缓冲部分，其保护栅极驱动器单元中的至少一些晶体管免受不期望的应力。

公开(公告)号：WO2022125260A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：PCT/US2021/058951

申请日：2021-11-11

Applicant: APPLE INC. [US]/[US]

Inventor： ONO, Shinya ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  LEE, Zino ,  LIN, Chun-Chieh ,  CHEN, Chen-Ming

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  H01L27/32

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.

公开(公告)号：WO2021194689A2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：PCT/US2021/019986

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： ONO, Shinya ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  MATSUDAIRA, Akira ,  CHANG, Jiun-Jye ,  HUANG, Jung, Yen ,  CHANG, Pei-En ,  KITSOMBOONLOHA, Rungrot ,  LEE, Szu-Hsien

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2310/0202 ,  G09G2320/0223 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2330/02 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/124 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/3265 ,  H01L27/3279 ,  H01L29/4908 ,  H01L29/78618 ,  H01L29/78675 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display with pixels formed using light-emitting diodes, thin-film silicon transistors, thin-film semiconducting-oxide transistors, and capacitors. The silicon transistors, semiconducting-transistors, and capacitors may have control terminals that are coupled to gate or routing lines that extend across the face of the display and that are formed in a low resistance source-drain metal routing layer. Forming routing/gate lines using the low resistance source-drain metal routing layer dramatically reduces the resistance of the gate lines, which enables better timing margins for large display panels operating at higher refresh rates.

公开(公告)号：WO2019060127A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：PCT/US2018/049193

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: APPLE INC. ,  TAN, Junhua ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  LIN, Hung Sheng ,  KIM, Hyunsoo ,  NHO, Hyunwoo ,  HWANG, Injae ,  RICHMOND, Jesse A. ,  RYU, Jie Won ,  MURUGAN, Kavinaath ,  BRAHMA, Kingsuk ,  GAO, Shengkui ,  SHEN, Shiping ,  CHANG, Sun-Il ,  CHO, Myung-Je ,  BI, Yafei ,  CHOI, Myungjoon ,  WANG, Chaohao ,  YAO, Weichuan

Inventor： TAN, Junhua ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  LIN, Hung Sheng ,  KIM, Hyunsoo ,  NHO, Hyunwoo ,  HWANG, Injae ,  RICHMOND, Jesse A. ,  RYU, Jie Won ,  MURUGAN, Kavinaath ,  BRAHMA, Kingsuk ,  GAO, Shengkui ,  SHEN, Shiping ,  CHANG, Sun-Il ,  CHO, Myung-Je ,  BI, Yafei ,  CHOI, Myungjoon ,  WANG, Chaohao ,  YAO, Weichuan

IPC: G09G3/3208

CPC classification number: G09G3/3208 ,  G09G2310/0254 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/029 ,  G09G2320/043 ,  G09G2320/045 ,  G09G2320/048 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2330/027

Abstract: Electronic devices, stored instructions, and methods for delaying operations that may increase a length of time used to charge a battery. The operations may include, for example, display off-time sensing that detect aging of a display while the display is off to set compensation values for operation of the display the next time the display is on. By delaying the operations until battery charging transitions into a reduced current consumption, the battery charging may occur more quickly that if such operations are performed during a higher current demand since reduced current availability may greatly increase a duration of time used to charge the battery in the higher current demand portion of the battery charging.

公开(公告)号：WO2017058400A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-06

申请号：PCT/US2016/048203

申请日：2016-08-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： GUPTA, Vasudha ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  BI, Yafei ,  LIN, Hung Sheng ,  GUILLOU, Jean-Pierre ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  YOUN, Sang Y.

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G2300/0809 ,  G09G2300/0842 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2310/0251 ,  G09G2320/0247 ,  G09G2320/0252 ,  G09G2330/023 ,  G09G2340/0435 ,  H01L27/1225

Abstract: An electronic device (10) comprises a display (12) and a controller (58). The controller (58) is configured to determine a change in a refresh rate of the display (1)2 from a first frequency to a second frequency. The controller (58) is also configured to selectively generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode (54) of a display pixel (40) of the display (12) based on the first frequency.

Abstract translation: 电子设备（10）包括显示器（12）和控制器（58）。 控制器（58）被配置为确定显示器（1）2的刷新率从第一频率到第二频率的变化。 控制器（58）还被配置为选择性地产生控制信号，该控制信号被配置为基于第一频率来控制显示器（12）的显示像素（40）的发光二极管（54）的发射。

公开(公告)号：WO2022125249A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-16

申请号：PCT/US2021/058808

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: APPLE INC. [US]/[US]

Inventor： HUANG, Jung, Yen ,  ONO, Shinya ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  MATSUDAIRA, Akira ,  HU, Cheng, Min ,  CHANG, Chih, Pang ,  CHUANG, Ching-Sang ,  CHOO, Gihoon ,  CHANG, Jiun-Jye ,  YEH, Po-Chun ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang ,  LIU, Yu-Wen ,  LEE, Zino

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  H01L29/786

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to associated semiconducting oxide transistors. The semiconducting oxide transistors may exhibit different device characteristics. Some of the semiconducting oxide transistors may be formed using a first oxide layer formed from a first semiconducting oxide material using first processing steps, whereas other semiconducting oxide transistors are formed using a second oxide layer formed from a second semiconducting oxide material using second processing steps different than the first processing steps. The display may include three or more different semiconducting oxide layers formed during different processing steps.

公开(公告)号：WO2021133461A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：PCT/US2020/057574

申请日：2020-10-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-Wei ,  ONO, Shinya ,  HUANG, Jung Yen

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G09G2300/0417 ,  G09G2300/0465 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2300/0842 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2310/0256 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0238 ,  G09G2320/0247 ,  G09G3/2092 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1255

Abstract: A display pixel may include an organic light-emitting diode, one or more emission transistors, a drive transistor, a gate setting transistor, a data loading transistor, and an initialization transistor. The drive transistor may be implemented as a semiconducting-oxide transistor to mitigate threshold voltage hysteresis to improve first frame response at high refresh rates, to reduce undesired luminance jumps at low refresh rates, and to reduce image sticking. The gate setting transistor may also be implemented as a semiconducting-oxide transistor to reduce leakage at the gate terminal of the drive transistor. The initialization transistor may also be implemented as a semiconducting-oxide transistor so that it can be controlled using a shared emission signal to reduce routing complexity. The remaining transistors in the pixel may be implemented as p-type silicon transistors. Display pixels configured in this way can support in-pixel threshold voltage compensation and on-bias stress phase to further mitigate the hysteresis.

公开(公告)号：WO2018175175A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：PCT/US2018/022408

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-Wei ,  ONO, Shinya ,  GUPTA, Vasudha

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display may include an array of organic light-emitting diode display pixels having transistors characterized by threshold voltages subject to transistor variations. Compensation circuitry may be used to measure a transistor threshold voltage for a pixel. The threshold voltage may be sampled by controlling the pixel to sample the threshold voltage onto a capacitor at the pixel. The pixel may include at least one semiconducting-oxide transistor, silicon transistors, and a light-emitting diode. The diode may be coupled to a data line that can be used for both data loading and compensation sensing operations. Reset operations may be performed after data programming and before emission to reset the anode voltage for the diode.

公开(公告)号：WO2018034944A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-22

申请号：PCT/US2017/046356

申请日：2017-08-10

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LO, Cheuk, Chi ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3291

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3291 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2300/0866 ,  G09G2310/06 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0285 ,  G09G2320/0295 ,  G09G2320/045 ,  G09G2320/0693 ,  G09G2330/026 ,  H01L27/3276

Abstract: A display has rows and columns of pixels (22). A data line (Dn) in each column provides image data signals to the pixels of that column. Each row has first and second control lines (select[m], monitor[m]) coupled to the gates of first and second respective transistors (SE, MO) in each pixel. A third transistor in each pixel servea as a drive transistor (DR) and is coupled in series with a light-emitting diode (30) between positive and ground power supply voltages (VDD, VSS). A display driver circuitry in the display characterizes each of the light-emitting diodes in a column using the data line in an adjacent column from that light-emitting diode. Each of the drive transistors in a column is characterized using the data line in that column and the data line in an adjacent column.

Abstract translation: 显示器有行和列的像素（22）。 每列中的数据线（Dn）将图像数据信号提供给该列的像素。 每行具有耦合到每个像素中的第一和第二相应晶体管（SE，MO）的栅极的第一和第二控制线（选择[m]，监控[m]）。 每个像素中的第三晶体管用作驱动晶体管（DR）并且在正极和接地电源电压（VDD，VSS）之间与发光二极管（30）串联耦合。 显示器中的显示驱动器电路使用来自该发光二极管的相邻列中的数据线来表征列中的每个发光二极管。 列中的每个驱动晶体管的特征使用该列中的数据线和相邻列中的数据线。