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公开(公告)号:US11940848B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17392138
申请日:2021-08-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Elmar Gehlen , Zhen Zhang , Francois R. Jacob , Paul S. Drzaic , Han-Chieh Chang , Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari , Anshi Liang , Hopil Bae , Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi , Marc J. DeVincentis , Paolo Sacchetto , Tiffany T. Moy , Warren S. Rieutort-Louis , Yong Sun , Jonathan P. Mar , Zuoqian Wang , Ian D. Tracy , Sunggu Kang , Jaein Choi , Steven E. Molesa , Sandeep Chalasani , Jui-Chih Liao , Xin Zhao , Izhar Z. Ahmed
IPC: G09G3/3225 , G06F1/16 , H01L25/075 , H01L25/16
CPC classification number: G06F1/1656 , G06F1/163 , G09G3/3225 , H01L25/0753 , H01L25/167
Abstract: An electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. The pixels may be formed on a display panel substrate. A display panel may extend continuously across the display or multiple display panels may be tiled in two dimensions to cover a larger display area. Interconnect substrates may have outwardly facing contacts that are electrically shorted to corresponding inwardly facing contacts such as inwardly facing metal pillars associated with the display panels. The interconnect substrates may be supported by glass layers. Integrated circuits may be embedded in the display panels and/or in the interconnect substrates. A display may have an active area with pixels that includes non-spline pixels in a non-spline display portion located above a straight edge of the display and spline pixel in a spline display portion located above a curved edge of the display.
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公开(公告)号:US12170271B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-17
申请号:US17398952
申请日:2021-08-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Xiaofan Niu , Sunggu Kang , Mohammad Yeke Yazdandoost , Giovanni Gozzini , Xia Li , Oray O. Cellek , Sandeep Chalasani , Steven E. Molesa , Jaein Choi
Abstract: A micro-light-emitting diode (LED) display includes a number of micro-LED pixel elements and multiple optical sensors integrated with the micro-LED pixel elements. A transparent conductor layer is disposed over the micro-LED pixel elements and optical sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US20200066815A1
公开(公告)日:2020-02-27
申请号:US16604491
申请日:2018-04-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jaein Choi , Andrew Lin , Cheuk Chi Lo , Chun-Yao Huang , Gloria Wong , Hairong Tang , Hitoshi Yamamoto , James E. Pedder , KiBeom Kim , Kwang Ohk Cheon , Lei Yuan , Michael Slootsky , Rui Liu , Steven E. Molesa , Sunggu Kang , Wendi Chang , Chun-Ming Tang , Cheng Chen , Ivan Knez , Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov , Giovanni Carbone , Graham B. Myhre , Jungmin Lee
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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230307590A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-28
申请号:US18161764
申请日:2023-01-30
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Young Cheol Yang , Young Seok Kim , Aaron L Holsteen , Cheng Cheng , Chin Wei Hsu , Hsin I Lu , Ileana G. Rau , Jaein Choi , James M. Perkins , James P. Ibbetson , Joy M. Johnson , Jui-Chih Liao , Steven E. Molesa , Sunggu Kang , Yang Deng , Zhibing Ge
IPC: H01L33/58 , H01L25/075 , H01L33/50 , H01L33/10
CPC classification number: H01L33/58 , H01L25/0753 , H01L33/505 , H01L33/10
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with an array of inorganic light-emitting diodes. The array of inorganic light-emitting diodes may be overlapped by a polarizer layer such as a circular polarizer. Alternatively, the display may be a polarizer-free display without any polarizer layer over the array of inorganic light-emitting diodes. Each inorganic light-emitting diode may be surrounded by a diffuser that redirects edge-emissions towards a viewer. A top diffuser, a color filter layer, a microlens, and/or a microlens with color filtering and/or diffusive properties may also optionally overlap each inorganic light-emitting diode. The inorganic light-emitting diodes may have reflective sidewalls to mitigate edge-emissions. In this type of arrangement, the array of inorganic light-emitting diodes may be coplanar with one or more opaque masking layers. To mitigate reflections, the display may include two opaque masking layers having differing properties or a single phase separated opaque masking layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20210391513A1
公开(公告)日:2021-12-16
申请号:US17225796
申请日:2021-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jaein Choi , Joy M. Johnson , Lai Wang , Ben-Li Sheu , Hairong Tang , Steven E. Molesa , Sunggu Kang , Young Cheol Yang
Abstract: To extract light from a light-emitting diode (and thereby improve efficiency of the display), a microlens stack may be formed over the light-emitting diode. The microlens stack may include an array of microlenses that is covered by an additional single microlens. Having stacked microlenses in this way increases lens power without increasing the thickness of the display. The array of microlenses may be formed from an inorganic material whereas the additional single microlens may be formed from an organic material. The additional single microlens may conform to the upper surfaces of the array of microlenses. An additional low-index layer may be interposed between the light-emitting diode and the array of microlenses. A diffusive layer may be formed around the light-emitting diode to capture light emitted from the light-emitting diode sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号:US11757074B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-12
申请号:US17225796
申请日:2021-04-08
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jaein Choi , Joy M. Johnson , Lai Wang , Ben-Li Sheu , Hairong Tang , Steven E. Molesa , Sunggu Kang , Young Cheol Yang
IPC: H01L33/58 , H10K50/854 , H10K50/858 , H10K50/86
CPC classification number: H01L33/58 , H10K50/854 , H10K50/858 , H10K50/865 , H01L2933/0091
Abstract: To extract light from a light-emitting diode (and thereby improve efficiency of the display), a microlens stack may be formed over the light-emitting diode. The microlens stack may include an array of microlenses that is covered by an additional single microlens. Having stacked microlenses in this way increases lens power without increasing the thickness of the display. The array of microlenses may be formed from an inorganic material whereas the additional single microlens may be formed from an organic material. The additional single microlens may conform to the upper surfaces of the array of microlenses. An additional low-index layer may be interposed between the light-emitting diode and the array of microlenses. A diffusive layer may be formed around the light-emitting diode to capture light emitted from the light-emitting diode sidewalls.
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公开(公告)号:US20230087088A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
申请号:US17894935
申请日:2022-08-24
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi , Sandeep Chalasani , Xiang Lu , Anurag Mehta , Hopil Bae , Chaohao Wang , Rajesh Velayuthan , Steven E. Molesa , Yaser Azizi , Young Don Bae , Sunmin Jang , Haitao Li , Hari P. Paudel , Anatole Huang , Tyler R. Kakuda , David A. Doyle , Wei H. Yao , Majid Gharghi , Vaibhav D. Patel
Abstract: A display may be formed by an array of light-emitting diodes mounted to the surface of a display substrate. The light-emitting diodes may be inorganic light-emitting diodes formed from separate crystalline semiconductor structures. An array of pixel control circuits may be used to control light emission from the light-emitting diodes. Each pixel control circuit may be configured to control one or more respective passive matrices. To control partial pixel cells in the display, a donor pixel control circuit in a partial pixel cell may control the pixels in a receptor partial pixel cell without a pixel control circuit. To mitigate the size of an inactive area of the display, fanout signal lines for the display may be formed in the light-emitting active area of the display. The fanout signal lines may be formed between a row of pixel control circuits and a bottom edge of the light-emitting active area.
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公开(公告)号:US11309372B2
公开(公告)日:2022-04-19
申请号:US16604491
申请日:2018-04-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Jaein Choi , Andrew Lin , Cheuk Chi Lo , Chun-Yao Huang , Gloria Wong , Hairong Tang , Hitoshi Yamamoto , James E. Pedder , KiBeom Kim , Kwang Ohk Cheon , Lei Yuan , Michael Slootsky , Rui Liu , Steven E. Molesa , Sunggu Kang , Wendi Chang , Chun-Ming Tang , Cheng Chen , Ivan Knez , Enkhamgalan Dorjgotov , Giovanni Carbone , Graham B. Myhre , Jungmin Lee
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.
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