公开(公告)号：WO2023043579A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：PCT/US2022/041092

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-wei ,  COLON-BERRIOS, Aida, R ,  GUI, Fan ,  AYGUN, Levent, Erdal ,  ESMAEILI RAD, Mohammad, Reza ,  TU, Ran ,  LIN, Xin ,  WANG, Yun

IPC: G09G3/3233

Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes a drive transistor (Tdrive), a light-emitting-diode (26), a storage capacitor (Cst), a current boosting capacitor (Cboost) and an isolation transistor (Tiso) connected between a static voltage line (Vdc) and the current boosting capacitor. The pixel may further include emission transistors (Teml, Tem2), a data loading transistor (Tdata), a gate voltage setting transistor (Tref) and an anode reset transistor (Tar). A data refresh may include a initialization phase, a threshold voltage sampling phase, and a data programming phase. The threshold voltage sampling phase can be substantially longer than the data programming phase to decrease a current sampling level during the threshold voltage sampling phase, which helps reduce the display luminance sensitivity to temperature variations. During a data refresh, the isolation transistor can be turned on to provide current boosting. During emission periods, the isolation transistor is turned off to prevent cathode noise from potentially coupling through to one or more direct-current voltage nodes in the pixel.

公开(公告)号：WO2016195796A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-08

申请号：PCT/US2016/025192

申请日：2016-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-wei ,  ZHANG, Zhen ,  CHANG, Shih, Chang ,  KIM, Sang, Ha

IPC: G09G3/36 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  H01L27/12 ,  G09G3/20

CPC classification number: G09G3/2092 ,  G02F1/1345 ,  G02F2201/56 ,  G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3666 ,  G09G2300/0426 ,  G09G2300/0439 ,  G09G2300/08 ,  G09G2310/0221 ,  G09G2310/0264 ,  G09G2310/0281 ,  G09G2310/0286

Abstract: A display may have an array of pixels. The array of pixels may have a shape such as a circular shape or other shape with a curved edge. Display driver circuitry may supply data signals to the pixels using folded vertical data lines and bisected horizontal gate lines. Each folded vertical lines may have a first segment in a left half of the array and a second segment in a right half of the display. Curved coupling segments in an inactive area of the display may be used in joining the first and second segments. Display driver circuits may be provided in top and bottom portions of the inactive area to supply data to respective top and bottom portions of the array. Gate driver output buffers may have different strengths in different rows of the array.

Abstract translation: 显示器可以具有像素阵列。 像素阵列可以具有诸如圆形或具有弯曲边缘的其他形状的形状。 显示驱动器电路可以使用折叠的垂直数据线和平分的水平栅极线向像素提供数据信号。 每个折叠的垂直线可以具有阵列的左半部分中的第一段和显示器右半部分中的第二段。 显示器的非活动区域中的弯曲耦合段可以用于连接第一和第二段。 可以在非活动区域的顶部和底部设置显示驱动器电路，以将数据提供给阵列的相应顶部和底部。 栅极驱动器输出缓冲器可能在阵列的不同行中具有不同的优势。

公开(公告)号：WO2015031037A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-05

申请号：PCT/US2014/050571

申请日：2014-08-11

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHANG, Shih, Chang ,  HUNG, Ming-Chin ,  YU, Cheng-Ho ,  CHANG, Ting-Kuo ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  LIN, Shang-Chih ,  KIM, Kyung-wook ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  LEE, Szu-Hsien ,  CHEN, Yu-Cheng ,  OSAWA, Hiroshi ,  PARK, Young, Bae ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  LIN, Chin-wei ,  CHOI, Jae, Won ,  TSAI, Tsung-ting

IPC: G02F1/1368 ,  H01L27/32 ,  G09F9/00 ,  H01L29/786

CPC classification number: H01L27/1225 ,  G02F1/13452 ,  G02F1/13454 ,  G02F1/13624 ,  G02F1/1368 ,  G02F2001/13685 ,  G02F2202/104 ,  H01L27/1222 ,  H01L27/1251 ,  H01L27/1255 ,  H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/3272 ,  H01L29/7869

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：EP3183750A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-28

申请号：EP14902297.2

申请日：2014-10-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： TSAI, Tsung-ting ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  LIN, Chin-wei

IPC: H01L27/32

CPC classification number: H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3265 ,  H01L27/3276 ,  H01L29/78651 ,  H01L29/78672 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H01L2251/5338 ,  Y02E10/549

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。

公开(公告)号：EP4381496A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-12

申请号：EP22769462.7

申请日：2022-08-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： LIN, Chin-wei ,  COLON-BERRIOS, Aida, R ,  GUI, Fan ,  AYGUN, Levent, Erdal ,  ESMAEILI RAD, Mohammad, Reza ,  TU, Ran ,  LIN, Xin ,  WANG, Yun

IPC: G09G3/3233

CPC classification number: G09G3/3233 ,  G09G2300/085220130101 ,  G09G2300/081920130101 ,  G09G2300/087620130101 ,  G09G2320/04520130101 ,  G09G2320/04120130101 ,  G09G2300/086120130101 ,  G09G2310/025120130101 ,  G09G2310/026220130101 ,  G09G2330/0620130101

公开(公告)号：WO2019060105A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-28

申请号：PCT/US2018/048393

申请日：2018-08-28

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： ONO, Shinya ,  CHANG, Ting-kuo ,  ROUDBARI, Abbas, Jamshidi ,  LEE, Chien-ya ,  RYU, Jie, Won ,  LIN, Chin-wei ,  BRAHMA, Kingsuk ,  GHARGHI, Majid ,  RAD, Mohammad Reza, Esmaeili ,  YEH, Shin-hung ,  HATANAKA, Shingo ,  YANG, Shyuan ,  TSAI, Tsung-ting ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren, S. ,  WANG, Yun

IPC: G09G3/20 ,  G09G3/3275

Abstract: A display may have rows and columns of pixels. Gate lines may be used to supply gate signals to rows of the pixels. Data lines may be used to supply data signals to columns of the pixels. The data lines may include alternating even and odd data lines. Data lines may be organized in pairs each of which includes one of the odd data lines and an adjacent one of the even data lines. Demultiplexer circuitry may be configured dynamically during data loading and pixel sensing operations. During data loading, data from display driver circuitry may be supplied, alternately to odd pairs of the data lines and even pairs of the data lines. During sensing, the demultiplexer circuitry may couple a pair of the even data lines to sensing circuitry in the display driver circuitry and then may couple a pair of the odd data lines to the sensing circuitry.

公开(公告)号：WO2018175177A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：PCT/US2018/022411

申请日：2018-03-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： ONO, Shinya ,  LIN, Chin-wei ,  CHUANG, Ching-sang ,  CHANG, Jiun-jye ,  OMOTO, Keisuke ,  LIN, Shang-chih ,  CHANG, Ting-ku ,  ISHII, Takahide

IPC: H01L27/12

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, that include hybrid thin-film transistor structures formed using semiconducting-oxide thin-film transistors, silicon thin-film transistors, and capacitor structures. A drive transistor in the display pixel may be a top-gate semiconducting-oxide thin-film transistor and a switching transistor in the display pixel may be a top-gate silicon thin-film transistor. A storage capacitor in the display may include a conductive semiconducting-oxide electrode.

公开(公告)号：WO2016048385A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-31

申请号：PCT/US2014/059936

申请日：2014-10-09

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： TSAI, Tsung-ting ,  GUPTA, Vasudha ,  LIN, Chin-wei

IPC: H01L27/32

CPC classification number: H01L27/3262 ,  H01L27/1225 ,  H01L27/3258 ,  H01L27/3265 ,  H01L27/3276 ,  H01L29/78651 ,  H01L29/78672 ,  H01L29/7869 ,  H01L51/0097 ,  H01L2251/5338 ,  Y02E10/549

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流过有机发光二极管的电流量。 每个像素电路可以包括一个或多个附加晶体管，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形成。 一些层可以沿着显示器的边缘去除以便于弯曲。 电介质层可以具有阶梯形轮廓，当数据线延伸到非活动边缘区域时，允许阵列中的数据线朝着衬底的表面逐步降低。