公开(公告)号：US10163984B1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-25

申请号：US15263231

申请日：2016-09-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Meng-Huan Ho ,  Minhyuk Choi ,  Chin-Wei Lin ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Jae Won Choi ,  Jun Jiang ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode. The organic light-emitting diodes may each have an anode that is coupled to a thin-film transistor pixel circuit for controlling the anode. Transparent windows may be formed in the display. The windows may be formed by replacing subpixels in some of the pixels with transparent windows. When subpixels are replaced by transparent windows, adjacent subpixels may be overdriven to compensate for lost light from the replaced subpixels. Adjacent subpixels may also be enlarged to help compensate for lost light. An array of electrical components such as an array of light sensors may be aligned with the transparent windows and may be used to measure light passing through the transparent windows.

公开(公告)号：US10019103B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US15148798

申请日：2016-05-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vasudha Gupta ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Young-Bae Park ,  Ting-Kuo Chang

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G09G3/34 ,  H01L27/32

CPC classification number: G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103 ,  G09G3/3208 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G3/34 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2300/0866 ,  H01L27/323

Abstract: A touch screen having touch circuitry integrated into a display pixel stackup. The touch screen can include a transistor layer, an LED layer and a first layer. The first layer can operate as an LED cathode during a display phase and as touch circuitry during a touch sensing phase. The transistor layer can be at least partially utilized for transitioning between the display phase and the touch sensing phase. The touch screen can be fabricated to reduce or eliminate damage to the LED layer.

公开(公告)号：US09899426B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US15215378

申请日：2016-07-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Byung Duk Yang ,  Yong Kwan Kim ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: H01L27/12 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: H01L27/124 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G02F2001/13606 ,  G02F2001/13629 ,  G02F2201/40 ,  G09G3/3659 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0819 ,  G09G2320/0219

Abstract: Display backplanes and pixel element structures are described. In an embodiment, a pixel electrode is located between two stacked data lines, with a left edge of the pixel electrode being separated from a first lower data line by approximately a same distance as a right edge of the pixel electrode is separated from a second lower data line.

公开(公告)号：US09864445B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-09

申请号：US14627995

申请日：2015-02-20

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marduke Yousefpor ,  Steven P. Hotelling ,  Kevin J. White ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G09G3/36

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F2203/04112 ,  G09G3/3677

Abstract: Touch screens with more compact border regions can include an active area that includes touch sensing circuitry including drive lines, and a border region around the active area. The border region can include an area of sealant deposited on conductive lines, and transistor circuitry, such as gate drivers, between the active area and the sealant. The conductive lines can extend from the sealant to the active area without electrically connecting to the transistor circuitry. The conductive lines can have equal impedances and can connect the drive lines to a touch controller off of the touch screen. A set of drive signal characteristics for the drive lines can be obtained by determining a transfer function associated with each drive line, obtaining an inverse of each transfer function, and applying a set of individual sense signal characteristics to the inverse transfer functions to obtain the corresponding set of drive signal characteristics.

公开(公告)号：US09847051B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-19

申请号：US14875992

申请日：2015-10-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jae Won Choi ,  Koorosh Aflatooni ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Young Bae Park

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/32 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  H01L27/32

CPC classification number: G09G3/2003 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0452 ,  G09G2300/0852 ,  G09G2300/0861 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0219 ,  G09G2320/0233 ,  G09G2320/0242 ,  H01L27/3209 ,  H01L27/3216 ,  H01L27/3218 ,  H01L27/3265 ,  H01L27/3276

Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have multiple subpixels of different colors. To avoid undesired color shifts when operating the display, the display may be configured so that subpixels of different colors are not coupled to each other through parasitic capacitances. The subpixels may include red, green, and blue subpixels or subpixels of other colors. Each subpixel may include an organic light-emitting diode having an anode and a cathode. The anode of each organic light-emitting diode may be coupled to a respective storage capacitor. Capacitive coupling between subpixels can be minimized by configuring the subpixel structures of each pixel so that the storage capacitors of the subpixels do not overlap the anodes of other subpixels in the pixel. Anode and capacitor overlap with subpixel data lines may also be reduced or eliminated.

公开(公告)号：US20170307950A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-26

申请号：US15643367

申请日：2017-07-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Patrick B. Bennett ,  Kwang Soon Park ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Byung Duk Yang ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: G02F1/1362 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G09G3/20

CPC classification number: G02F1/136286 ,  G02F2001/13456 ,  G02F2001/13629 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G2300/0413 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/043 ,  G09G2300/08 ,  G09G2310/0264 ,  G09G2310/0278 ,  G09G2310/0281 ,  G09G2320/02 ,  G09G2320/0209 ,  G09G2320/0219 ,  H01L27/124

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Display driver circuitry may be provided along an edge of the display. Data lines that are associated with columns of the pixels may be used to distribute data from the display driver circuitry to the pixels. Gate lines in the display may each have a horizontal straight portion that extends along a respective row of the pixels and may each have one or more non-horizontal segments such as zigzag segments. The non-horizontal portion of each gate line may be connected to the horizontal straight portion of the gate line by a via. The non-horizontal portions may each have portions that are overlapped by portions of the data lines. Dummy gate line structures may be provided on the display that are not coupled to any of the pixels in the display.

公开(公告)号：US09779664B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-03

申请号：US14472272

申请日：2014-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chaohao Wang ,  Szu-Hsien Lee ,  Paolo Sacchetto ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Chun-Yao Huang ,  Paul S. Drzaic

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3225

CPC classification number: G09G3/3266 ,  G09G3/2044 ,  G09G3/3225 ,  G09G3/3648 ,  G09G2310/04 ,  G09G2320/0247 ,  G09G2320/0673 ,  G09G2330/021 ,  G09G2340/0435

Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus for refreshing a display device at various frequencies. Specifically, multiple areas of the display device can be refreshed concurrently at different frequencies. In this way, when static content is being displayed in certain areas of the display device, those certain areas can be refreshed at a lower rate than areas displaying dynamic content such as video or animation. By refreshing at lower rates, the energy consumed by the display device and subsystems associated with the display device can be reduced. Additionally, processes for reducing flicker when refreshing the display device at different refresh rates are disclosed herein.

公开(公告)号：US09773853B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-26

申请号：US14860546

申请日：2015-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yi Tao ,  Zhen Zhang ,  MinKyu Kim ,  Jae Won Choi ,  Young Bae Park ,  Joshua G. Wurzel ,  Paul S. Drzaic ,  Shih Chang Chang

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01L25/16 ,  H01L51/52 ,  H01L51/56

CPC classification number: H01L27/3276 ,  H01L25/167 ,  H01L27/3246 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3297 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H01L51/5253 ,  H01L51/56 ,  H01L2227/323 ,  H01L2251/5338 ,  Y02E10/549

Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diodes that form an active area on a flexible substrate. Metal traces may extend between the active area and an inactive area of the flexible substrate. Display driver circuitry such as a display driver integrated circuit may be attached to a flexible printed circuit that is attached to the flexible substrate in the inactive area. The metal traces may extend across a bend region in the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate may be bent in the bend region. The flexible substrate may be locally thinned in the bend region. A neutral stress plane adjustment layer may cover the metal traces in the bend region. The neutral stress plane adjustment layer may include polymer layers such as an encapsulation layer, a pixel definition layer, a planarization layer, and a layer that covers a pixel definition layer and planarization layer.

公开(公告)号：US09760200B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14835515

申请日：2015-08-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Steven Porter Hotelling ,  Marduke Yousefpor ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1333

CPC classification number: G06F3/0412 ,  G02F1/13338 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F2203/04103

Abstract: Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry.

公开(公告)号：US20170140724A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-18

申请号：US14942068

申请日：2015-11-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chin-Wei Lin ,  Jungbae Kim ,  Kyung Wook Kim ,  MinKyu Kim ,  Shih Chang Chang ,  Vasudha Gupta ,  Young Bae Park

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1362 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F1/1343

CPC classification number: G09G3/3648 ,  G02F1/134363 ,  G02F1/136213 ,  G02F1/13624 ,  G02F1/136286 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/0842 ,  G09G2320/043

Abstract: A display may have an array of light-emitting diode pixels or pixels containing portions of a liquid crystal layer to which electric fields are applied using electrodes. A pixel with a light-emitting diode may have a drive transistor coupled in series with the light-emitting diode. A storage capacitor may be coupled to a gate of the drive transistor. A pixel with a liquid crystal portion may have a storage capacitor coupled to a given one of the electrodes in that pixel. Switching circuitry in each pixel may be used to load data from a data line into the storage capacitor of the pixel. The switching circuitry may include a semiconducting-oxide transistor coupled to an associated data line and a series-connected silicon transistor that is coupled to the storage capacitor.