公开(公告)号：HK1167032A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-16

申请号：HK12107769

申请日：2012-08-07

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HUANG LILI ,  SIDDHARTH MOHAPATRA S ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G06F20060101

Abstract: A method for fabricating a touch sensor panel is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate for the touch sensor panel, depositing a conductive material layer on a top surface of the substrate, depositing a metal layer on top of the conductive material layer, affixing a resist to a first area of the metal layer, the resist also adapted to serve as a passivation layer during passivation, removing metal from the metal layer outside of the first area; and performing passivation on the substrate while leaving the affixed resist intact.

公开(公告)号：HK1166180A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-19

申请号：HK12106686

申请日：2012-07-09

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： CHANG SHIH CHANG ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  HUANG LILI ,  HONG SEUNG JAE ,  YOUNGS LYNN L

IPC: H01L20060101 ,  G06F20060101

公开(公告)号：GB2453190B

公开(公告)日：2012-08-22

申请号：GB0808779

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A substantially transparent mutual-capacitance touch sensor panel is disclosed having sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting multi-touch events. Substantially transparent row and column traces can be formed on the same side of the substrate, separated by a thin dielectric material, using diamond, rectangular, or hexagonal rows and columns. Dummy shapes of the same material as the row and column traces can be formed alongside the rows and columns to provide optical uniformity. The metal traces in the border areas used to route the rows to the short edge of the substrate can also be formed on the same side of the substrate as the rows and columns. The metal traces can allow both the rows and columns to be routed to the same short edge of the substrate so that a small flex circuit can be bonded to only one side of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：HK1127852A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-09

申请号：HK09107799

申请日：2009-08-25

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  CHEN WEI ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH H ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  YAO WEI ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  LAND BRIAN ,  DEN BOER WILLEM

IPC: G02F20060101 ,  G06F20060101 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：GB2455179A

公开(公告)日：2009-06-03

申请号：GB0820662

申请日：2007-06-08

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  CHEN WEI ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH HORST ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  YAO WEI H ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  HODGE ANDREW BERT ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  BOER WILLEM DEN

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/045

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. in some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：DE102008050216A1

公开(公告)日：2009-05-20

申请号：DE102008050216

申请日：2008-10-02

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: H03K17/96

Abstract: A touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate is disclosed. The drive and sense lines can be fabricated as column-like patterns in a first orientation and patches in a second orientation, where each column-like pattern in the first orientation is connected to a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel, and all patches in each of multiple rows in the second orientation are connected together using a separate metal trace in the border area of the touch sensor panel. The metal traces in the border areas can be formed on the same side of the substrate as the patches and columns, but separated from the patches and column-like patterns by a dielectric layer.

公开(公告)号：GB2453190A

公开(公告)日：2009-04-01

申请号：GB0808779

申请日：2008-05-15

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: A substantially transparent mutual-capacitance touch sensor panel 300 has sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting multi-touch events. Substantially transparent row and column traces 302, 304 can be formed on the same side of the substrate, separated by a thin dielectric material, using diamond, rectangular, or hexagonal rows and columns. The row and column traces form an array of sensors each centered where the first and second traces cross. Dummy shapes 320, 322 of the same material as the row and column traces are formed alongside the rows and columns to substantially cover the top side of the substrate with a uniform stack of material providing optical uniformity. Metal traces in the border areas can also be formed on the same side of the substrate as the rows and columns and allow both the rows and columns to be routed to a small flex circuit bonded to only one side of the substrate.

公开(公告)号：AU2008101177A4

公开(公告)日：2009-01-08

申请号：AU2008101177

申请日：2008-12-02

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： YAO WEI HSIN ,  CHEN WEI ,  BOER WILLEN DEN ,  ELIAS JOHN GREER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z ,  LAND BRIAN RICHARDS ,  HOTELLING STEVEN P ,  KRAH CHRISTOPH H ,  HODGE ANDREW BERT

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044

Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs, In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.

公开(公告)号：NL2001672A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-16

申请号：NL2001672

申请日：2008-06-11

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： HOTELLING STEVE PORTER ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

公开(公告)号：SG11201807505SA

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：SG11201807505S

申请日：2017-03-16

Applicant: APPLE INC

Inventor： YU CHENG-HO ,  LIN CHIN-WEI ,  YANG SHYUAN ,  CHANG TING-KUO ,  TSAI TSUNG-TING ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS WARREN S ,  CHANG SHIH-CHANG ,  CHEN YU CHENG ,  ZHONG JOHN Z

IPC: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/3266

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.