公开(公告)号：US20170061837A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-02

申请号：US14995796

申请日：2016-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Howard H. Tang ,  Wei Chen ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Hao-Lin Chiu

IPC: G09G3/00

CPC classification number: G09G3/00 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2310/0218 ,  G09G2310/0278 ,  G09G2310/0281 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0219

Abstract: A display device may include a plurality of pixels, a plurality of source lines that may provide a plurality of data line signals to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines that may provide a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of switches associated with the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of voltage gate lines disposed parallel to the plurality of source lines and coupled to the plurality of gate lines at a plurality of cross point nodes. The plurality of cross point nodes are positioned in a pseudo random order across the display device.

Abstract translation: 显示装置可以包括多个像素，可以向多个像素提供多条数据线信号的多条源极线，可以向与多个像素相关联的多个开关提供多个栅极信号的多条栅极线 所述多个像素以及与所述多个源极线平行设置并且在多个交叉点节点处耦合到所述多个栅极线的多个电压栅极线。 多个交叉点节点以跨越显示设备的伪随机顺序定位。

公开(公告)号：US20160351105A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-01

申请号：US14727721

申请日：2015-06-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kwang Soon Park ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: G09G3/20

CPC classification number: G02F1/13 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G3/3666 ,  G09G3/3677 ,  G09G2300/0408 ,  G09G2300/043 ,  G09G2300/08 ,  G09G2310/0286 ,  G09G2320/0223 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G11C19/00

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels controlled by display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may supply the pixels with data signals over data lines in columns of the pixels and may supply the pixels with gate line signals over gate lines in rows of the pixels. The display driver circuitry may have a display driver integrated circuit located on one of the edges of the display. The display driver circuitry may also have gate driver integrated circuits that extend along opposing edges of the display to form a pair of shift registers. Conductive lines in a display substrate may be coupled to opposing ends of the shift registers and to intermediate locations within the shift registers to minimize delays in distributing a gate high voltage signal from the display driver integrated circuit to the shift registers.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有由显示驱动器电路控制的像素阵列。 显示驱动器电路可以通过像素列中的数据线向像素提供数据信号，并且可以通过像素行中的栅极线向栅格线信号提供栅极线信号。 显示驱动器电路可以具有位于显示器的一个边缘上的显示驱动器集成电路。 显示驱动器电路还可以具有沿显示器的相对边缘延伸的栅极驱动器集成电路，以形成一对移位寄存器。 显示衬底中的导电线可以耦合到移位寄存器的相对端和移位寄存器内的中间位置，以最小化将栅极高电压信号从显示驱动器集成电路分配到移位寄存器的延迟。

公开(公告)号：US20160334658A1

公开(公告)日：2016-11-17

申请号：US14712311

申请日：2015-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Young-Jik Jo ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Hao-Lin Chiu ,  Kwang Soon Park ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: G02F1/133 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: G02F1/13306 ,  G02F1/134336 ,  G09G3/3655

Abstract: A display has an array of pixels controlled by display driver circuitry. Gate driver circuitry supplies gate line signals to rows of the pixels. The pixels may be liquid crystal display pixels. Each pixel may have a common electrode voltage terminal. The display may have a transparent conductive film that forms a common electrode voltage layer that overlaps that array and that is shorted to the common electrode voltage terminals of the pixels. Metal common electrode voltage lines may run across the transparent conductive film to reduce resistance. Metal common electrode voltage paths that are coupled to the metal common electrode voltage lines may run along the left and right edge of the display. Common electrode voltage compensation circuits may receive feedback from the metal common electrode voltage paths. There may be two or more common electrode voltage compensation circuits for both the left and right edges of the display.

Abstract translation: 显示器具有由显示驱动器电路控制的像素阵列。 栅极驱动器电路将栅极线信号提供给像素的行。 像素可以是液晶显示像素。 每个像素可以具有公共电极电压端子。 显示器可以具有形成与该阵列重叠并且与像素的公共电极电压端子短路的公共电极电压层的透明导电膜。 金属公共电极电压线可以穿过透明导电膜以降低电阻。 耦合到金属公共电极电压线的金属公共电极电压路径可以沿着显示器的左边缘和右边缘延伸。 公共电极电压补偿电路可以从金属公共电极电压路径接收反馈。 对于显示器的左边缘和右边缘都可以有两个或更多个公共电极电压补偿电路。

公开(公告)号：US09494818B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-15

申请号：US14512677

申请日：2014-10-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kwang Soon Park ,  Byung Duk Yang ,  Christopher L. Boitnott ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Kuan-Ying Lin ,  Kyung-Wook Kim ,  Mohd Fadzli A. Hassan ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Supriya Goyal ,  Yong Kwan Kim ,  Yu-Cheng Chen

IPC: G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/1335 ,  G02F1/13 ,  G02F1/1345

CPC classification number: G02F1/133512 ,  G02F1/1309 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/13458

Abstract: A display may have a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a thin-film transistor layer and a color filter layer. An upper polarizer may be placed on top of the thin-film transistor layer. A lower polarizer may be placed under the color filter layer. Components may be bonded to bond pads on the inner surface of the thin-film transistor layer using anisotropic conductive film. Bond quality may be assessed by probing probe pads that are coupled to the bond pads or by visually inspecting the bond pads through the thin-film transistor layer. Opaque masking material in the inactive area may be provided with openings to accommodate the bond pads. Additional opaque masking material may be placed on the underside of the upper polarizer and on the upper surface of the thin-film transistor layer to block the openings from view following visual inspection.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有夹在薄膜晶体管层和滤色器层之间的液晶层。 上偏振器可以放置在薄膜晶体管层的顶部。 下偏振器可以放置在滤色器层下方。 可以使用各向异性导电膜将部件结合到薄膜晶体管层的内表面上的接合焊盘。 可以通过探测耦合到接合焊盘的探针焊盘或通过目视检查通过薄膜晶体管层的焊盘来评估焊盘质量。 在不活动区域中的不透明掩模材料可以设置有开口以容纳接合焊盘。 附加的不透明掩模材料可以放置在上偏振器的下侧和薄膜晶体管层的上表面上，以在视觉检查之后阻挡开口。

公开(公告)号：US09412799B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-09

申请号：US14228098

申请日：2014-03-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shih Chang Chang ,  Ming-Chin Hung ,  Cheng-Ho Yu ,  Ting-Kuo Chang ,  Kyung-Wook Kim ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Szu-Hsien Lee ,  Yu-Cheng Chen ,  Hiroshi Osawa

IPC: G06F3/038 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G02F1/1362

CPC classification number: H01L27/3262 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/13624 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/13685 ,  G02F2202/104 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3611 ,  G09G3/3677 ,  G09G2320/043 ,  H01L27/1222 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1255

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels on a substrate. The display pixels may be organic light-emitting diode display pixels or display pixels in a liquid crystal display. In an organic light-emitting diode display, hybrid thin-film transistor structures may be formed that include semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. The capacitor structures may overlap the semiconducting oxide thin-film transistors. Organic light-emitting diode display pixels may have combinations of oxide and silicon transistors. In a liquid crystal display, display driver circuitry may include silicon thin-film transistor circuitry and display pixels may be based on oxide thin-film transistors. A single layer or two different layers of gate metal may be used in forming silicon transistor gates and oxide transistor gates. A silicon transistor may have a gate that overlaps a floating gate structure.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括在基板上具有显示像素阵列的显示器。 显示像素可以是液晶显示器中的有机发光二极管显示像素或显示像素。 在有机发光二极管显示器中，可以形成包括半导体氧化物薄膜晶体管，硅薄膜晶体管和电容器结构的混合薄膜晶体管结构。 电容器结构可以与半导体氧化物薄膜晶体管重叠。 有机发光二极管显示像素可以具有氧化物和硅晶体管的组合。 在液晶显示器中，显示驱动器电路可以包括硅薄膜晶体管电路，显示像素可以基于氧化物薄膜晶体管。 可以在形成硅晶体管栅极和氧化物晶体管栅极中使用单层或两层不同的栅极金属层。 硅晶体管可以具有与浮动栅极结构重叠的栅极。

公开(公告)号：US09048256B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13679767

申请日：2012-11-16

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ming-Chin Hung ,  Young Bae Park ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: H01L21/00 ,  H01L29/66 ,  H01L29/786 ,  H01L27/12

CPC classification number: H01L29/66742 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/7869

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to display devices and methods for manufacturing display devices. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure employ an enhanced etching process to create uniformity in the gate insulator of thin-film-transistor (TFTs) by using an active layer to protect the gate insulator from inadvertent etching while patterning an etch stop layer.

Abstract translation: 本公开的实施例涉及用于制造显示设备的显示设备和方法。 具体地，本公开的实施例采用增强的蚀刻工艺，以通过使用有源层来在薄膜晶体管（TFT）的栅极绝缘体中产生均匀性，以保护栅极绝缘体免受无意蚀刻，同时图案化蚀刻停止层。

公开(公告)号：US20140120657A1

公开(公告)日：2014-05-01

申请号：US13664240

申请日：2012-10-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ming-Chin Hung ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Young Bae Park ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: H01L21/36

CPC classification number: H01L29/7869 ,  H01L29/66969 ,  H01L29/78606

Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a back channel etching (BCE) oxide thin film transistor (TFT) for a liquid crystal display. The method includes forming a first metal layer having a first portion and a second portion over a substrate, depositing a gate insulator over the first metal layer, and disposing a semiconductor layer over the gate insulator. The method also includes depositing a half-tone photoresist to cover a first portion of the semiconductor layer and the first portion of the first metal layer. The half-tone photoresist has a first portion and a second portion thicker than the first portion. The first portion has a via hole above the second portion of the first metal layer. The second portion of the half-tone photoresist covers the first portion of the first metal layer. The method further includes etching a portion of the gate insulator through the via hole such that the second portion of the first metal layer is exposed, removing the first portion of the half-tone photoresist while remaining the second portion of the half-tone photoresist, and etching to remove a second portion of the semiconductor layer that is not covered by the half-tone photoresist.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于制造用于液晶显示器的背沟道蚀刻（BCE）氧化物薄膜晶体管（TFT）的方法。 该方法包括在衬底上形成具有第一部分和第二部分的第一金属层，在第一金属层上沉积栅极绝缘体，以及在栅极绝缘体上方设置半导体层。 该方法还包括沉积半色调光致抗蚀剂以覆盖半导体层的第一部分和第一金属层的第一部分。 半色调光致抗蚀剂具有比第一部分厚的第一部分和第二部分。 第一部分在第一金属层的第二部分上方具有通孔。 半色调光刻胶的第二部分覆盖第一金属层的第一部分。 该方法还包括通过通孔蚀刻栅极绝缘体的一部分，使第一金属层的第二部分露出，除去半色调光致抗蚀剂的第一部分，同时保留半色调光致抗蚀剂的第二部分， 并且蚀刻以除去未被半色调光致抗蚀剂覆盖的半导体层的第二部分。

公开(公告)号：US20130335658A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-19

申请号：US13629524

申请日：2012-09-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Chun-Yao Huang ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Szu-Hsien Lee ,  Young Bae Park

IPC: G02F1/136

CPC classification number: G09G3/3648 ,  G02F1/136227 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G09G2300/0426

Abstract: An electronic display for providing a visual or video output for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a transistor layer configured to activate a first pixel row and a second pixel row. For each pixel in the first pixel row and the second pixel row, the transistor layer includes a switch transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The electronic device further includes a pixel controller for selectively activating each pixel. The pixel controller includes a first gate line, a first drive line, and a second drive line. During operation, the first gate line provides a charge to the pixel electrode for a first pixel in the first pixel row and for a second pixel in the second pixel row, and the first drive line activates the switch transistor for the first pixel, and the second drive line activates the switch transistor for the second pixel.

Abstract translation: 一种用于为电子设备提供视觉或视频输出的电子显示器。 电子设备包括被配置为激活第一像素行和第二像素行的晶体管层。 对于第一像素行和第二像素行中的每个像素，晶体管层包括开关晶体管，像素电极和公共电极。 电子设备还包括用于选择性地激活每个像素的像素控制器。 像素控制器包括第一栅极线，第一驱动线和第二驱动线。 在操作期间，第一栅极线为第一像素行中的第一像素和第二像素行中的第二像素向像素电极提供电荷，并且第一驱动线激活用于第一像素的开关晶体管， 第二驱动线激活用于第二像素的开关晶体管。

公开(公告)号：US20220101790A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17472322

申请日：2021-09-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John T. Wetherell ,  Cheuk Chi Lo ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Lingtao Wang ,  Derek Keith Shaeffer ,  Henry C. Jen ,  Hasan Akyol ,  Xuebei Yang ,  Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu ,  Patrick Bryce Bennett ,  Chun-Ming Tang ,  Yingkan Lin ,  Sheng Zhang ,  Chaohao Wang ,  Runjie Xu ,  Shingo Hatanaka

IPC: G09G3/3233

Abstract: Systems and methods may reduce or eliminate image artifacts due to a defective pixel of an electronic display. An electronic display may include pixels that respectively include a self-emissive element, pixel drive circuitry that supplies a pixel drive current to drive the self-emissive element, and signal routing circuitry that reduces or eliminates a visual artifact due to a defective pixel among the pixels. The signal routing circuitry may do this by turning off the self-emissive element, supplying image data from the pixel drive circuitry to a first adjacent pixel, or receiving image data from other pixel drive circuitry from the first adjacent pixel or a second adjacent pixel.

公开(公告)号：US11145700B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16745055

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jaein Choi ,  Hairong Tang ,  Gloria Wong ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Younggu Lee ,  Gwanwoo Park ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Andrew Lin ,  Cheuk Chi Lo ,  Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov ,  Michael Slootsky ,  Rui Liu ,  Wendi Chang ,  Cheng Chen

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/52

Abstract: An 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. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and the accompanying cross-talk in a display, the pixel definition layer may disrupt continuity of the OLED layers. The pixel definition layer may have an undercut to disrupt continuity of some but not all of the OLED layers. The undercut may be defined by three discrete portions of the pixel definition layer. The undercut may result in a void that is interposed between different portions of the OLED layers to break a leakage path formed by the OLED layers.