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：WO2015112203A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-30

申请号：PCT/US2014/057061

申请日：2014-09-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHOI, Jae, Won ,  GUILLOU, Jean-pierre ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  PARK, Young, Bae

IPC: H01L51/52

CPC classification number: H01L27/3272 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L29/78603 ,  H01L29/78606 ,  H01L29/78666 ,  H01L29/78675 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/00

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 compensating and programming operations. The array of display pixels may have rows and columns. Row lines may be used to apply row control signals to rows of the display pixels. Column lines (data lines) may be used to apply display data and other signals to respective columns of display pixels. A bottom conductive shielding structure may be formed below each drive transistor. The bottom conductive shielding structure may serve to shield the drive transistor from any electric field generated from the adjacent row and column lines. The bottom conductive shielding structure may be electrically floating or coupled to a power supply line.

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。 显示像素阵列可能有行和列。 行行可用于将行控制信号应用于显示像素的行。 列线（数据线）可用于将显示数据和其他信号应用于显示像素的相应列。 可以在每个驱动晶体管的下方形成底部导电屏蔽结构。 底部导电屏蔽结构可以用于屏蔽来自相邻行和列线产生的任何电场的驱动晶体管。 底部导电屏蔽结构可以电浮动或耦合到电源线。

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：WO2016081066A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-26

申请号：PCT/US2015/052420

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-Wei ,  CHOI, Jae Won ,  KIM, Minkyu ,  CHANG, Shih Chang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  PARK, Young Bae

IPC: H01L27/32

CPC classification number: H01L27/3265 ,  H01L27/3248 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/3272 ,  H01L27/3276

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have an organic light-emitting diode with an anode (44) and cathode (42). The anodes may be formed from a patterned layer of metal. Thin-film transistor circuitry in the pixels may include transistors such as drive transistors (TD) and switching transistors (200). Data lines may supply data signals to the pixels and horizontal control lines may supply control signals to the gates of the transistors. A switching transistor may be coupled between a voltage initialization line (202) and each anode. The voltage initialization lines and capacitor structures in the thin-film transistor circuitry may be formed using a layer of metal that is different than the layer of metal that forms the anodes.

Abstract translation: 有机发光二极管显示器可以具有像素阵列。 每个像素可以具有带有阳极（44）和阴极（42）的有机发光二极管。 阳极可以由图案化的金属层形成。 像素中的薄膜晶体管电路可以包括诸如驱动晶体管（TD）和开关晶体管（200）的晶体管。 数据线可以向像素提供数据信号，并且水平控制线可以向晶体管的栅极提供控制信号。 开关晶体管可以耦合在电压初始化线（202）和每个阳极之间。 可以使用与形成阳极的金属层不同的金属层来形成薄膜晶体管电路中的电压初始化线和电容器结构。

公开(公告)号：WO2022035527A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-17

申请号：PCT/US2021/040727

申请日：2021-07-07

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHE, Yuchi ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  GUILLOU, Jean-Pierre S. ,  ESFANDYARPOUR, Majid ,  KNITTER, Sebastian ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren S. ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H04M1/02

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.

公开(公告)号：WO2018048680A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-15

申请号：PCT/US2017/049156

申请日：2017-08-29

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： YAMASHITA, Keitaro ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  YEH, Shin-Hung ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  CHANG, Shih-Chang ,  CHANG, Ting-Kuo ,  BYUN, Ki, Yeol ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren, S.

IPC: G09G3/3266

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display such as a light-emitting diode display. The electronic device may be a head-mounted device that provides a virtual reality or augmented reality environment to a user. To reduce artifacts in the display, a display may be operable in both a normal scanning mode and a partial scanning mode. In the normal scanning mode, every row of the display may be enabled to emit light in each frame. In the partial scanning mode, only a subset of the rows of the display may be enabled to emit light in each frame. The display may have a higher refresh rate in the partial scanning mode than in the normal scanning mode. To ensure uniform transistor stress across the display, the scanning driver for the display may scan the disabled rows in the partial scanning mode even though the rows will not be used to emit light.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括诸如发光二极管显示器的显示器。 电子设备可以是向用户提供虚拟现实或增强现实环境的头戴式设备。 为了减少显示器中的伪影，显示器可以在正常扫描模式和部分扫描模式下都可操作。 在正常扫描模式下，显示器的每一行可以被启用以在每一帧中发光。 在部分扫描模式中，只有显示器行的子集可以被启用以在每个帧中发光。 显示器在部分扫描模式下可以具有比在正常扫描模式下更高的刷新率。 为了确保显示器上的晶体管应力均匀，显示器的扫描驱动器可以以部分扫描模式扫描禁用的行，即使这些行不会用于发光。

公开(公告)号：WO2016148759A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-22

申请号：PCT/US2015/068185

申请日：2015-12-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  LIN, Chin-Wei ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang

IPC: G09G3/32

CPC classification number: G09G3/2018 ,  G09G3/2003 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G3/2081 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3258 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2300/0852 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2310/0251 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0626 ,  G09G2320/064 ,  G09G2320/0666

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Display driver circuitry may load data into the pixels via data lines that extend along the columns. The display driver circuitry may include gate driver circuitry that supplies horizontal control signals to rows of the pixels. The horizontal control signals may include emission enable signals for controlling emission enable transistors and scan signals for controlling switching transistors. During an emission phase of operation for the display, the emission enable signal may be pulse-width modulated by the emission control gate driver circuits in the gate driver circuitry to control the output of the light-emitting diodes. The emission control gate driver circuits may be controlled using an emission start signal and a pair of two-phase clocks.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有排列成行和列的像素阵列。 显示驱动器电路可以通过沿列延伸的数据线将数据加载到像素中。 显示驱动器电路可以包括将水平控制信号提供给像素行的栅极驱动器电路。 水平控制信号可以包括用于控制发射使能晶体管的发射使能信号和用于控制开关晶体管的扫描信号。 在显示器的操作的发光阶段期间，发光使能信号可以由栅极驱动器电路中的发光控制栅极驱动电路进行脉冲宽度调制，以控制发光二极管的输出。 可以使用发射开始信号和一对两相时钟来控制发射控制栅极驱动器电路。

公开(公告)号：WO2016073078A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-12

申请号：PCT/US2015/052364

申请日：2015-09-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

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

IPC: G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G11C19/18 ,  G11C19/28 ,  H03K5/15

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/2011 ,  G09G3/2014 ,  G09G3/2081 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2310/08 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2330/028 ,  G09G2360/16 ,  G11C19/184 ,  G11C19/28 ,  H03K5/15093

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit may contain an organic light-emitting diode that emits light, a drive transistor that controls current flow through the diode, and additional transistors such as switching transistors for loading data into the pixel circuit and emission transistors for enabling and disabling current flow through the drive transistor and diode. Gate driver circuitry may produce emission control signals that control the emission transistors. Display driver circuitry may generate a start signal with a digitally controlled pulse width. The start signal may be applied to shift register circuitry in the gate driver circuitry. The pulse width of the start signal may be adjusted to adjust the luminance of the display.

Abstract translation: 有机发光二极管显示器可以具有像素电路阵列。 每个像素电路可以包含发射光的有机发光二极管，控制通过二极管的电流的驱动晶体管，以及诸如用于将数据加载到像素电路中的开关晶体管和用于启用和禁用电流流过的发射晶体管的附加晶体管 驱动晶体管和二极管。 栅极驱动器电路可以产生控制发射晶体管的发射控制信号。 显示驱动器电路可以产生具有数字控制脉冲宽度的起始信号。 启动信号可以被施加到栅极驱动器电路中的移位寄存器电路。 可以调节起始信号的脉冲宽度以调节显示器的亮度。

公开(公告)号：EP4411523A2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-07

申请号：EP24184301.0

申请日：2020-07-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MOY, Tiffany Tang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren S. A. ,  POLYAKOV, Aleksandr N. ,  QIAN, Chuang ,  PIETRANGELO II, Sabino Joseph ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  LIU, Rui ,  MOROZOV, Yurii

IPC: G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F2203/0411220130101 ,  G06F3/0443 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0446

Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.

公开(公告)号：EP4192218A3

公开(公告)日：2023-08-23

申请号：EP22205444.7

申请日：2022-11-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MANDLIK, Prashant ,  LALGUDI VISWESWARAN, Bhadrinarayana ,  MAHAJAN, Ankit ,  CHANG, Chia-Hao ,  GLAZOWSKI, Christopher ,  WEI, David ,  LU, Hui ,  ISHII, Takahide ,  AFENTAKIS, Themistoklis ,  LIU, Han ,  HSIEH, Cheng-Chih ,  SIRMAN, Asli ,  CHANG, Shih Chang ,  CHEN, Ko-Wei ,  LIN, Shang-Chih ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  CHOI, Jae Won ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  CHANG, Ting-Kuo ,  GUILLOU, Jean-Pierre

IPC: H10K59/80 ,  H10K59/40

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display such as an organic light-emitting diode display. The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. A first passivation layer, a first planarization layer, and a second passivation layer may be formed over the cathode. The first and second passivation layers may be formed from inorganic material. A second planarization layer may be formed over the second passivation layer between the second passivation layer and a polarizer. The second planarization layer may planarize the polarizer at the edges of the active area of the display where the polarizer would otherwise have a steep taper. Planarizing the polarizer in this way mitigates undesirable secondary reflections off of the polarizer. The first and second planarization layers may be formed from organic material.