Light-Emitting Diode Displays
    101.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190148465A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-16

    申请号:US16224607

    申请日:2018-12-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

    Devices and methods for preventing image artifacts on touch sensitive electronic displays

    公开(公告)号:US10042409B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US14986371

    申请日:2015-12-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Methods and devices useful in discharging an aberrant charge on a touch sensitive display of an electronic device are provided. By way of example, a an electronic device includes a power management and control circuitry configured to receive a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal from a display subsystem of a display of the electronic device, receive a third voltage signal from a touch subsystem of the display, provide a power signal to the display subsystem to activate the display subsystem when the display is determined to be in a temporarily inactive state. Providing the power signal to the display subsystem comprises discharging an aberrant charge based on the third voltage signal.

    Display With Power Supply Mesh
    105.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180090553A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-29

    申请号:US15370297

    申请日:2016-12-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. The pixels may each have an organic light-emitting diode with a respective anode and may be formed from thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. A mesh-shaped path may be used to distribute a power supply voltage to the thin-film circuitry. The mesh-shaped path may have intersecting horizontally extending lines and vertically extending lines. The horizontally extending lines may be zigzag metal lines that do not overlap the anodes. The vertically extending lines may be straight vertical metal lines that overlap the anodes. The pixels may include pixels of different colors. Angularly dependent shifts in display color may be minimized by ensuring that the anodes of the differently colored pixels overlap the vertically extending lines by similar amounts.

    Display driver circuitry with balanced stress

    公开(公告)号:US09842551B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-12

    申请号:US14549475

    申请日:2014-11-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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 is that received through a demultiplexing circuit. In another suitable embodiment, the gate driver circuit may include analog or digital gate driver units that include control circuits for selectively (dis)charging internal nodes in the gate driver circuit so as to balance the amount of stress that is experienced by a drive transistor in gate driver units at or near an IFP row and the amount of stress that is experienced by the remaining gate driver units.

    Display Border Area with Dual Trench Structures
    109.
    发明申请
    Display Border Area with Dual Trench Structures 审中-公开
    显示双沟槽结构的边界

    公开(公告)号:US20170003526A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-05

    申请号:US14923178

    申请日:2015-10-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G02F1/1339 G02F1/1345

    Abstract: A display may have an active area surrounded by a border area. The display may be a liquid crystal display having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The liquid crystal layer may be retained within the display using a ring of sealant that is dispensed along the border area on the thin-film transistor layer. The thin-film transistor layer may include at least a substrate, a dielectric layer formed over the substrate, a first planarization layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a second planarization layer formed on the first planarization layer. A first continuous trench structure may be formed along the border of the display to help prevent moisture seepage. A second trench structure that is separate from the first trench structure may be formed along the border of the display to help provide proper sealant adhesion.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有由边界区域包围的活动区域。 显示器可以是具有夹在滤色器层和薄膜晶体管层之间的液晶层的液晶显示器。 可以使用沿着薄膜晶体管层的边界区域分配的密封剂环将液晶层保持在显示器内。 薄膜晶体管层可以至少包括衬底,形成在衬底上的电介质层,形成在电介质层上的第一平坦化层和形成在第一平坦化层上的第二平坦化层。 可以沿着显示器的边界形成第一连续沟槽结构以帮助防止湿气渗透。 可以沿着显示器的边界形成与第一沟槽结构分离的第二沟槽结构,以帮助提供适当的密封剂粘附。

    Display With Semiconducting Oxide and Polysilicon Transistors
    110.
    发明申请
    Display With Semiconducting Oxide and Polysilicon Transistors 有权
    显示与半导体氧化物和多晶硅晶体管

    公开(公告)号:US20160293643A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-06

    申请号:US14678819

    申请日:2015-04-03

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels controlled by display driver circuitry. The pixels may have pixel circuits. In liquid crystal display configurations, each pixel circuit may have an electrode that applies electric fields to an associated portion of a liquid crystal layer. In organic light-emitting diode displays, each pixel circuit may have a drive transistor that applies current to an organic light-emitting diode in the pixel circuit. The pixel circuits and display driver circuitry may have thin-film transistor circuitry that includes transistor such as silicon transistors and semiconducting-oxide transistors. Semiconducting-oxide transistors and silicon transistors may be formed on a common substrate. Semiconducting-oxide transistors may have polysilicon layers with doped regions that serve as gates. Semiconducting-oxide channel regions overlap the gates. Transparent conductive oxide and metal may be used to form source-drain terminals that are coupled to opposing edges of the semiconducting oxide channel regions.

    Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有由显示驱动器电路控制的像素阵列。 像素可以具有像素电路。 在液晶显示结构中,每个像素电路可以具有向液晶层的相关部分施加电场的电极。 在有机发光二极管显示器中,每个像素电路可以具有将像素电路中的有机发光二极管施加电流的驱动晶体管。 像素电路和显示驱动器电路可以具有包括诸如硅晶体管和半导体氧化物晶体管的晶体管的薄膜晶体管电路。 半导体氧化物晶体管和硅晶体管可以形成在公共衬底上。 半导体氧化物晶体管可以具有用作栅极的掺杂区域的多晶硅层。 半导体氧化物沟道区域与栅极重叠。 可以使用透明导电氧化物和金属来形成耦合到半导体氧化物沟道区的相对边缘的源极 - 漏极端子。

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