SILICON AND SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAYS
    21.
    发明公开
    SILICON AND SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR DISPLAYS 审中-公开
    硅和半导体氧化物薄膜晶体管显示器

    公开(公告)号:EP3183750A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-28

    申请号:EP14902297.2

    申请日:2014-10-09

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device display may have an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit may include an organic light-emitting diode and a drive transistor. Each drive transistor may be adjusted to control how much current flows through the organic light-emitting diode. Each pixel circuit may include one or more additional transistors such as switching transistors and a storage capacitor. Semiconducting oxide transistors and silicon transistors may be used in forming the transistors of the pixel circuits. The storage capacitors and the transistors may be formed using metal layers, semiconductor structures, and dielectric layers. Some of the layers may be removed along the edge of the display to facilitate bending. The dielectric layers may have a stepped profile that allows data lines in the array to be stepped down towards the surface of the substrate as the data lines extend into an inactive edge region.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备显示器可以具有像素电路阵列。 每个像素电路可以包括有机发光二极管和驱动晶体管。 可以调节每个驱动晶体管以控制有多少电流流过有机发光二极管。 每个像素电路可以包括一个或多个额外的晶体管,例如开关晶体管和存储电容器。 半导体氧化物晶体管和硅晶体管可以用于形成像素电路的晶体管。 存储电容器和晶体管可以使用金属层,半导体结构和电介质层来形成。 一些层可以沿着显示器的边缘被移除以促进弯曲。 当数据线延伸到非活动边缘区域时,电介质层可以具有阶梯状轮廓,该阶梯轮廓允许阵列中的数据线向着基板的表面下降。

    FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS WITH STRENGTHENED PAD AREA
    22.
    发明公开
    FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS WITH STRENGTHENED PAD AREA 审中-公开
    柔软的ANZEIGEN MITVERSTÄRKTEMKISSENBEREICH

    公开(公告)号:EP3120213A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-25

    申请号:EP14886577.7

    申请日:2014-10-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display with portions that can be bent. The display may include an array of display pixels in an active area. Contact pads may be formed in an inactive area of the display. Display circuitry in the active area may exhibit a given stack height, whereas display circuitry in the inactive area may exhibit a stack height that is less than the given stack height. In particular, the contact pads may be formed directly on a multi-buffer layer that sits directly on a flexible display substrate. Passivation material may be selectively formed only at the edges of the contact pad on the multi-buffer layer. The multi-buffer layer may be formed at a distance from the edge of the flexible display substrate to minimize cracking in the multi-buffer layer.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有可弯曲部分的柔性显示器。 显示器可以包括活动区域中的显示像素阵列。 接触焊盘可以形成在显示器的无效区域中。 有源区域中的显示电路可能呈现给定的堆叠高度,而非活动区域中的显示电路可能表现出小于给定堆叠高度的堆叠高度。 特别地,接触焊盘可以直接形成在直接位于柔性显示器基板上的多缓冲层上。 钝化材料可以仅在多缓冲层上的接触焊盘的边缘选择性地形成。 多缓冲层可以形成在与柔性显示基板的边缘相距一定距离处,以最小化多缓冲层中的裂纹。

    NARROW BORDER DISPLAYS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
    27.
    发明公开
    NARROW BORDER DISPLAYS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES 审中-公开
    用于电子设备的窄边界显示器

    公开(公告)号:EP3300466A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-28

    申请号:EP17192782.5

    申请日:2013-12-16

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an organic light-emitting diode display with minimized border regions. The display includes a first polymer layer 48, a layer of organic emissive material 46 on the first polymer layer, an encapsulation layer 50 formed over the layer of organic emissive material and a second polymer layer 52 attached to the first polymer layer. The border regions may be minimized by providing conductive structures (microvias 73) that pass through polymer layers 48, 52 of the display and couple conductive traces 51 on the display to conductive traces 59 on additional circuitry 62 that is mounted behind the display.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有具有最小边界区域的有机发光二极管显示器。 该显示器包括第一聚合物层48,第一聚合物层上的有机发光材料层46,形成在有机发光材料层上的封装层50和附接到第一聚合物层的第二聚合物层52。 通过提供穿过显示器的聚合物层48,52的导电结构(微孔73)并且将显示器上的导电迹线51连接到安装在显示器后面的附加电路62上的导电迹线59,可以使边界区域最小化。

    ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY WITH ENHANCED APERTURE RATIO
    28.
    发明公开
    ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY WITH ENHANCED APERTURE RATIO 审中-公开
    具有增强孔径比的有机发光二极管显示器

    公开(公告)号:EP3221896A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-27

    申请号:EP15779101.3

    申请日:2015-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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和阴极的有机发光二极管。 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和开关晶体管的晶体管。 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和每个阳极之间。 薄膜晶体管电路中的电压初始化线和电容器结构可以使用与形成阳极的金属层不同的金属层来形成。

    ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY WITH BOTTOM SHIELDS

    公开(公告)号:EP4236656A3

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-01

    申请号:EP23180473.3

    申请日:2014-09-23

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    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.

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