公开(公告)号：WO2020139836A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-02

申请号：PCT/US2019/068353

申请日：2019-12-23

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHEN, Tong ,  WINKLER, Mark T. ,  HO, Meng-Huan ,  LIU, Rui ,  XIANG, Xiao ,  CAI, Wenrui

IPC: G02B3/00 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02F1/1333

Abstract: A device includes a display stack and an optical receiver. The display stack includes a set of opaque elements defining a translucent aperture. The translucent aperture extends through the display stack. The optical receiver is spaced apart from and behind a back surface of the display stack. At least one micro-optic element is formed on the back surface of the display stack, between the display stack and the optical receiver. The at least one micro-optic element includes a micro-optic element having a focal point located within the translucent aperture. The optical receiver is configured to receive light through the translucent aperture and the at least one micro-optic element.

公开(公告)号：WO2018212960A8

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：PCT/US2018/029772

申请日：2018-04-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHOI, Jaein ,  LIN, Andrew ,  LO, Cheuk Chi ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  WONG, Gloria ,  TANG, Hairong ,  YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi ,  PEDDER, James E. ,  KIM, Kibeom ,  CHEON, Kwang Ohk ,  YUAN, Lei ,  SLOOTSKY, Michael ,  LIU, Rui ,  MOLESA, Steven E. ,  KANG, Sunggu ,  CHANG, Wendi ,  TANG, Chun-Ming ,  CHEN, Cheng ,  KNEZ, Ivan ,  DORJGOTOV, Enkhamgalan ,  CARBONE, Giovanni ,  MYHRE, Graham B. ,  LEE, Jungmin

IPC: H01L27/32

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 a steep sidewall, a sidewall with an undercut, or a sidewall surface with a plurality of curves to disrupt continuity of the OLED layers. A control gate that is coupled to a bias voltage and covered by gate dielectric may be used to form an organic thin-film transistor that shuts the leakage current channel between adjacent anodes on the display.

公开(公告)号：WO2021188217A

公开(公告)日：2021-09-23

申请号：PCT/US2021/016222

申请日：2021-02-02

Applicant: APPLE INC. [US]/[US]

Inventor： RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren, S. ,  HO, Meng-Huan ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  YANG, Chih, Jen ,  HSU, Chin, Wei ,  CHOI, Jae, Won ,  GUILLOU, Jean-Pierre, S. ,  XU, Ming ,  LIU, Rui ,  QIAO, Yi ,  LIU, Yu-Wen ,  CHE, Yuchi ,  CUI, Yue

IPC: H04M1/02 ,  H01L27/32 ,  H01L51/00 ,  H01L51/52

Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. A pixel removal region on the display may at least partially overlap with the sensor. The pixel removal region may include a plurality of non-pixel regions each of which is devoid of thin-film transistors. The plurality of non-pixel regions is configured to increase the transmittance of light through the display to the sensor. In addition to removing thin-film transistors in the pixel removal region, additional layers in the display stack-up may be removed. In particular, a cathode layer, polyimide layer, and/or substrate in the display stack-up may be patterned to have an opening in the pixel removal region. A polarizer may be bleached in the pixel removal region for additional transmittance gains. The cathode layer may be removed using laser ablation with a spot laser or blanket illumination.

公开(公告)号：WO2020197616A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-01

申请号：PCT/US2020/014426

申请日：2020-01-21

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHOI, Jaein ,  TANG, Hairong ,  WONG, Gloria ,  KANG, Sunggu ,  LEE, Younggu ,  PARK, Gwanwoo ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  LIN, Andrew ,  LO, Chenk Chi ,  DORJGOTOV, Enkhamgalan ,  SLOOTSKY, Michael ,  LIU, Rui ,  CHANG, Wendi ,  CHEN, Cheng

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H05B33/22 ,  H01L51/50 ,  H05B33/12

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.

公开(公告)号：WO2020028166A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-06

申请号：PCT/US2019/043632

申请日：2019-07-26

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： CHEON, Kwang, Ohk ,  POLYAKOV, Aleksandr, N. ,  LI, Chen-Yue ,  LIN, Chuang-Jung ,  KIM, Kibeom ,  KAO, Nai-Chih ,  LIU, Rui ,  CHANG, Wendi

IPC: H01L51/52

Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pixels (22-1, 22-2) that each have OLED layers (45) interposed between a cathode (54) and an anode (42). Voltage may be applied to the anode (42-1, 42-2) of each pixel (22-1, 22-2) to control the magnitude of emitted light (56). The conductivity of the OLED layers (45) may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes (42-1, 42-2) in the display. To reduce leakage current and cross-talk, the thickness of at least one of the OLED layers (45) may be reduced. To maintain the optical cavity (d opt) of the pixels, transparent optical spacer structures (100-1, 100-2) may be inserted. Alternatively, the thickness of the anodes (42) can be increased. To accommodate a common prime layer within the OLED layers (45), the optical spacers (100-1, 100-2) or anodes (42-1, 42-2) may be separately patterned to have different thicknesses. Grating structures (71) and photonic crystal structures (1250) may be embedded as part of the optical spacers (100) to help control emission at selected viewing angles.

公开(公告)号：WO2018044315A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：PCT/US2016/050041

申请日：2016-09-02

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： HO, Meng-Huan ,  CHEN, Cheng ,  LIU, Rui

IPC: G06K9/00

CPC classification number: G06K9/0004

Abstract: An electronic device may include an optical image sensor, a pin hole array mask layer above the optical image sensor, and a display layer above the pin hole array mask layer and including spaced apart display pixels. The electronic device may also include a transparent cover layer above the display layer defining a finger placement surface configured to receive a finger adjacent thereto, and an optically transparent light source layer between the transparent cover layer and the display layer. The optically transparent light source layer may include an optically transparent light source.

Abstract translation: 电子设备可以包括光学图像传感器，光学图像传感器上方的针孔阵列掩模层以及针孔阵列掩模层上方的显示层，并且包括间隔开的显示像素。 电子设备还可以包括在显示层上方的透明覆盖层，该透明​​覆盖层限定配置为接收与其相邻的手指的手指放置表面，以及在透明覆盖层和显示层之间的光学透明光源层。 光学透明光源层可以包括光学透明光源。

公开(公告)号：EP3928354A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-29

申请号：EP20708276.9

申请日：2020-01-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： CHOI, Jaein ,  TANG, Hairong ,  WONG, Gloria ,  KANG, Sunggu ,  LEE, Younggu ,  PARK, Gwanwoo ,  HUANG, Chun-Yao ,  LIN, Andrew ,  LO, Chenk Chi ,  DORJGOTOV, Enkhamgalan ,  SLOOTSKY, Michael ,  LIU, Rui ,  CHANG, Wendi ,  CHEN, Cheng

IPC: H01L27/32 ,  H05B33/22 ,  H01L51/50 ,  H05B33/12

公开(公告)号：EP3770741A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-27

申请号：EP20187192.8

申请日：2020-07-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MOY, Tiffany Tang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren S. A. ,  POLYAKOV, Aleksandr N. ,  QIAN, Chuang ,  PIETRANGELO II, Sabino Joseph ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  LIU, Rui ,  MOROZOV, Yurii

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.

公开(公告)号：EP4411523A3

公开(公告)日：2024-11-06

申请号：EP24184301.0

申请日：2020-07-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MOY, Tiffany Tang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren S. A. ,  POLYAKOV, Aleksandr N. ,  QIAN, Chuang ,  PIETRANGELO II, Sabino Joseph ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  LIU, Rui ,  MOROZOV, Yurii

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.

公开(公告)号：EP4411523A2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-07

申请号：EP24184301.0

申请日：2020-07-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： MOY, Tiffany Tang ,  TSAI, Tsung-Ting ,  RIEUTORT-LOUIS, Warren S. A. ,  POLYAKOV, Aleksandr N. ,  QIAN, Chuang ,  PIETRANGELO II, Sabino Joseph ,  JAMSHIDI ROUDBARI, Abbas ,  LIU, Rui ,  MOROZOV, Yurii

IPC: G06F3/044

CPC classification number: G06F2203/0411220130101 ,  G06F3/0443 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0446

Abstract: Visibility of the metal mesh touch electrodes can be mitigated using one or more mitigation techniques. In some examples, the boundary between touch electrodes and/or the boundary between a touch electrode and a routing trace of another touch electrode and/or the boundary between two routing traces can be non-linear. In some examples, dummy cuts can be made within an area of a touch electrode region (e.g., while maintaining the same electrical potential for the touch electrode region). In some examples, notches can be made in the metal mesh. In some examples, the location of cuts and/or notches can be optimized to mitigate visibility of the metal mesh. In some examples, some or all of the visibility mitigations may be used in combination in a touch screen.