Electronic Device Display With Extended Active Area

    公开(公告)号:US20190043452A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US15759054

    申请日:2016-08-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be formed from liquid crystal display pixels, organic light-emitting diode pixels, or other pixels. The display may have an active area that is bordered along at least one edge by an inactive area. The active area contains pixels and displays images. The inactive area does not contain any pixels and does not display images. The inactive area may have a layer of black ink or other masking material to block internal components from view. The active area may have an opening that contains an isolated portion of the inactive area or may contain a recess into which a portion of the inactive area protrudes. An electrical component such as a speaker, camera, light-emitting diode, light sensor, or other electrical device may be mounted in the inactive area in the recess or opening of the active area.

    Electronic device displays with border masking layers
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    Electronic device displays with border masking layers 有权
    电子设备显示边框屏蔽层

    公开(公告)号:US09312517B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-04-12

    申请号:US14177681

    申请日:2014-02-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H01L51/5284 H01L27/3244 H01L51/5281

    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may have an active area with an array of display pixels and an inactive border region containing metal lines and other support circuitry. The array of display pixels may be formed from organic light-emitting diode structures in an organic-light-emitting diode layer. The display may also include an encapsulant layer on the organic light-emitting diode layer and a substrate layer. An opaque masking layer may be formed in the inactive border region. The opaque masking layer may overlap structures in the inactive border region such as the support circuitry, thereby blocking the support circuitry from view. The opaque masking layer may be formed a glass layer in the display, in part of a polarizer in a display, under a planarization layer, or between other layers in the display.

    Abstract translation: 电子设备可以设置有显示器。 显示器可以具有具有显示像素阵列的活动区域和包含金属线路和其他支持电路的无效边界区域。 显示像素阵列可以由有机发光二极管层中的有机发光二极管结构形成。 显示器还可以包括有机发光二极管层上的密封剂层和基底层。 不透明掩模层可以形成在非活性边界区域中。 不透明掩模层可以与诸如支持电路的无效边界区域中的结构重叠,从而阻止支持电路的视图。 不透明掩模层可以在显示器中,在显示器中的偏振器的一部分,平坦化层下方或在显示器中的其它层之间形成玻璃层。

    Displays with polarizer windows and opaque masking layers for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US09292044B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-22

    申请号:US13896946

    申请日:2013-05-17

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. Inactive portions of the display such as peripheral portions of the display may be masked using an opaque masking layer. An opening may be provided in the opaque masking layer to allow light to pass. For example, a logo may be viewed through an opening in the opaque masking layer and a camera may receive light through an opening in the opaque masking layer. The display may include upper and lower polarizers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. The opaque masking layer may be formed on the upper polarizer, may be interposed between the upper polarizer and the color filter layer, or may be interposed between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The upper polarizer may have unpolarized windows for cameras, logos, or other internal structures.

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