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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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US09716248B2
公开(公告)日：2017-07-25
申请号：US15087783
申请日：2016-03-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Zhen Zhang , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Tsung-Ting Tsai
CPC classification number: H01L51/5256 , H01L27/3211 , H01L27/323 , H01L27/3246 , H01L27/3258 , H01L27/3262 , H01L27/3276 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/5206 , H01L51/5234 , H01L51/5237 , H01L2251/5315 , H01L2251/5338 , Y02E10/549
Abstract: A display having thin-film transistor (TFT) structures may be used to display images within an active area of the display, which is surrounded by an inactive border area. In order to reduce the inactive area, a TFT passivation layer may be used to help protect conductive routing lines at the outer edge of the border so that encapsulation layers need not be formed all the way to the edge. At least some of the conductive routing lines in the inactive area may be stacked or coupled in parallel to help reduce border width. The TFT passivation layer may also cover the lateral edges of the routing lines to help prevent corrosion during an anode etch. The encapsulation layers may also be formed in a bent portion of the display substrate to help adjust the neutral stress plane such that metal traces formed in the bent portion do not crack.
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公开(公告)号：US20170179432A1
公开(公告)日：2017-06-22
申请号：US15087783
申请日：2016-03-31
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran , Zhen Zhang , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Tsung-Ting Tsai
CPC classification number: H01L51/5256 , H01L27/3211 , H01L27/323 , H01L27/3246 , H01L27/3258 , H01L27/3262 , H01L27/3276 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/5206 , H01L51/5234 , H01L51/5237 , H01L2251/5315 , H01L2251/5338 , Y02E10/549
Abstract: A display having thin-film transistor (TFT) structures may be used to display images within an active area of the display, which is surrounded by an inactive border area. In order to reduce the inactive area, a TFT passivation layer may be used to help protect conductive routing lines at the outer edge of the border so that encapsulation layers need not be formed all the way to the edge. At least some of the conductive routing lines in the inactive area may be stacked or coupled in parallel to help reduce border width. The TFT passivation layer may also cover the lateral edges of the routing lines to help prevent corrosion during an anode etch. The encapsulation layers may also be formed in a bent portion of the display substrate to help adjust the neutral stress plane such that metal traces formed in the bent portion do not crack.
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公开(公告)号：US09625948B2
公开(公告)日：2017-04-18
申请号：US14833999
申请日：2015-08-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhen Zhang , Paul S. Drzaic
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1615 , G06F1/1628 , G06F2203/04102 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/52 , H01L51/5237 , H01L51/529 , H01L2251/5338
Abstract: An electronic device may have a pair of elongated housings. A flexible display may be placed in a first position in which the display is retracted within one of the housings and a second position in which the flexible display is deployed and extends between the housings in a planar shape for viewing by a user. Support structures such as rigid slats that run parallel to the housings and bistable slats that run perpendicular to the rigid slats may be used to support the flexible display. Speakers, microphones, cameras, and other components can be mounted in the housings. The housings may be held together using magnets and may contain electrical components such as integrated circuits, batteries, and other devices. The components may be mounted on printed circuit boards that rotate within a rotating roller around which the display is wrapped when retracted.
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公开(公告)号：US20170092892A1
公开(公告)日：2017-03-30
申请号：US15234416
申请日：2016-08-11
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhen Zhang , Paul S. Drzaic
CPC classification number: H01L51/5237 , G06F1/1652 , G06F2203/04102 , G09F9/301 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/5246 , H01L51/525 , H01L51/5253 , H01L2251/5338 , H04M1/0268
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The device and display may bend about a bend axis. The display may have layers such as an organic light-emitting diode layer or other layer with pixels, a touch sensor layer, a protective layer with a polarizer, and a support layer. Lubrication layers formed from textured surfaces, slippery coatings, and lubricants such as oil may be interposed between the layers of the display so that the display layers slip past each other during bending of the device and display and minimize display stress. A device housing may have a recess or other structures that retain the display within the housing while allowing the display layers to shift relative to each other during bending. Elastomeric gaskets and elastomeric lubricant retention structures may be used to mount the display layers in the housing and to retain liquid lubricant within the layers of the display.
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公开(公告)号：US20170060183A1
公开(公告)日：2017-03-02
申请号：US14833999
申请日：2015-08-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor： Zhen Zhang , Paul S. Drzaic
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G06F1/1605 , G06F1/1615 , G06F1/1628 , G06F2203/04102 , H01L51/0097 , H01L51/52 , H01L51/5237 , H01L51/529 , H01L2251/5338
Abstract: An electronic device may have a pair of elongated housings. A flexible display may be placed in a first position in which the display is retracted within one of the housings and a second position in which the flexible display is deployed and extends between the housings in a planar shape for viewing by a user. Support structures such as rigid slats that run parallel to the housings and bistable slats that run perpendicular to the rigid slats may be used to support the flexible display. Speakers, microphones, cameras, and other components can be mounted in the housings. The housings may be held together using magnets and may contain electrical components such as integrated circuits, batteries, and other devices. The components may be mounted on printed circuit boards that rotate within a rotating roller around which the display is wrapped when retracted.
Abstract translation: 电子设备可以具有一对细长的外壳。 柔性显示器可以放置在第一位置，其中显示器在其中一个壳体内缩回，并且第二位置中柔性显示器展开并且在壳体之间在平面形状之间延伸以供用户观看。 支撑结构例如平行于壳体的刚性板条和垂直于刚性板条延伸的双稳态板条可用于支撑柔性显示器。 扬声器，麦克风，相机和其他部件可以安装在外壳中。 壳体可以使用磁体保持在一起，并且可以包含诸如集成电路，电池和其它装置的电气部件。 组件可以安装在印刷电路板上，该电路板在旋转辊内旋转，当缩回时显示器被包裹在该旋转辊周围。
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