公开(公告)号：US09759984B1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US15169497

申请日：2016-05-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tingjun Xu ,  Jeffrey Nathan Gleason ,  Zhenbin Ge ,  Linsen Bie ,  Ligang Wang ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Sunggu Kang

IPC: H04N5/238 ,  G03B9/02 ,  G02B13/00 ,  G02F1/153 ,  H04N5/225

CPC classification number: G03B9/02 ,  G02B5/005 ,  G02B13/0075 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/155 ,  H04N5/2254

Abstract: A portable electronic device has a device housing, and an electronic camera module in the device housing. The module has a focusing lens to focus light from a scene, an imaging sensor to receive the focused light, and an electro-optic variable aperture to allow different amounts of the light from the scene to reach the imaging sensor. The electro-optic variable aperture may include a first aperture stack placed on a transparent substrate and a second aperture stack placed on the first aperture stack. The first aperture stack defines a first aperture and the second aperture stack defines a second aperture that is larger than the first aperture. Each aperture stack includes a transparent conductive oxide layer that is common with the adjacent aperture stack. Alternatively the electro-optic variable aperture may include an aperture stack that has two transparent conductive oxide layer layers, where one layer is in the form of concentric annuli.

公开(公告)号：US20160068948A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-10

申请号：US14479207

申请日：2014-09-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： John Z. Zhong ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Wookyung Bae

IPC: C23C14/58 ,  H01J37/34

CPC classification number: C23C14/5873 ,  C23C14/564 ,  C23C14/5846 ,  H01J37/32449 ,  H01J37/32853 ,  H01J37/32871 ,  H01J37/3476 ,  H01J37/3488

Abstract: Sputter deposition systems and methods for depositing film coatings on one or more substrates are disclosed. The systems and methods are used to prevent or reduce an amount of defects within a deposited film. The methods involve removing defect-related particles that are formed during a deposition process from certain regions of the sputter deposition system and preventing the defect-related particles from detrimentally affecting the quality of the deposited film. In particular embodiments, methods involve creating a flow of gas from a deposition region to a particle collection region the sputter deposition system such that the defect-related particles are entrained within the flow of gas and away from the deposition region. In particular embodiments, the sputter deposition system is a meta-mode sputter deposition system.

Abstract translation: 公开了用于在一个或多个基底上沉积膜涂层的溅射沉积系统和方法。 系统和方法用于防止或减少沉积膜内的缺陷量。 所述方法包括去除在溅射沉积系统的某些区域的沉积过程期间形成的缺陷相关颗粒，并防止缺陷相关颗粒不利地影响沉积膜的质量。 在具体实施方案中，方法包括从沉积区域到溅射沉积系统的颗粒收集区域产生气体流，使得缺陷相关颗粒被夹带在气体流中并远离沉积区域。 在特定实施例中，溅射沉积系统是元模式溅射沉积系统。

公开(公告)号：US20180081085A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15484888

申请日：2017-04-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhenbin Ge ,  Xianwei Zhao ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Ligang Wang ,  Avery P. Yuen ,  Stephen C. Cool ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G02B1/115 ,  G02B1/18 ,  G02B1/14

Abstract: An electronic device may have transparent members such as display cover layers and camera windows. A transparent member such as a sapphire member may be provided with an antireflection coating. The antireflection coating may have a stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers that form a thin-film interference filter that suppresses visible light reflections. The stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers may have thicknesses and materials that provide the thin-film interference filter and coating with low light reflection properties while enhancing scratch resistance. An adhesion layer may be used to help adhere the stack of thin-film interference filter layer to the transparent member. An antismudge coating such as a fluoropolymer coating may be used to reduce smudging. Graded layers and layers with elevated hardness values may be used in the coating.

公开(公告)号：US09843014B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US15042453

申请日：2016-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tingjun Xu ,  Xianwei Zhao ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Sunggu Kang ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: B05D5/12 ,  H01L51/52 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/58 ,  G02F1/1333

CPC classification number: H01L51/524 ,  C23C14/081 ,  C23C14/5813 ,  G02F1/133308 ,  G02F2001/133331

Abstract: An electronic device may have a display that is protected by a transparent cover layer. The transparent cover layer may include a laser-annealed sapphire coating on the outer surface of a glass substrate or other transparent substrate. The sapphire coating may provide the display with a hard, scratch-resistant outer surface. The sapphire coating may be formed by coating a glass substrate with a thin film of amorphous aluminum oxide. The aluminum oxide thin film may be locally heated to transform the amorphous aluminum oxide into alpha-phase aluminum oxide (sapphire). Local heating may be achieved by laser annealing the aluminum oxide coating with a carbon dioxide laser. The laser may produce laser light having a wavelength that is absorbed in the aluminum oxide coating without being absorbed by the glass substrate so that the glass substrate is not damaged during the laser annealing process.

公开(公告)号：US11803276B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-31

申请号：US17116907

申请日：2020-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dhaval C. Patel ,  Eugene C. Cheung ,  Pey-Jiun Ko ,  Po-Jui Chen ,  Robert W. Rumford ,  Steve L. Terry ,  Wei Lin ,  Xiaofan Niu ,  Xiaoqi Zhou ,  Yi Gu ,  Yindar Chuo ,  Rasmi R. Das ,  Steven M. Scardato ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Christopher L. Boitnott ,  Chun-Hao Tung ,  Mookyung Son ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Nathan K. Gupta ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G02F1/1339 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G01L1/14 ,  G01L9/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/0443 ,  G01L1/146 ,  G02F1/13394 ,  G02F1/13398 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F3/0446 ,  G06F3/0447 ,  G01L9/0052 ,  G06F3/04146 ,  G06F2203/04102 ,  G06F2203/04105

Abstract: An electronic device with a force sensing device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a user input surface defining an exterior surface of the electronic device, a first capacitive sensing element, and a second capacitive sensing element capacitively coupled to the first capacitive sensing element. The electronic device also comprises a first spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements, and a second spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements. The first and second spacing layers have different compositions. The electronic device also comprises sensing circuitry coupled to the first and second capacitive sensing elements configured to determine an amount of applied force on the user input surface. The first spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is below a force threshold, and the second spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is above the force threshold.

公开(公告)号：US10591645B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-17

申请号：US15484888

申请日：2017-04-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Zhenbin Ge ,  Xianwei Zhao ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Ligang Wang ,  Avery P. Yuen ,  Stephen C. Cool ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G02B1/10 ,  G02B1/115 ,  G02B1/18 ,  G02B1/14 ,  G02B5/28

Abstract: An electronic device may have transparent members such as display cover layers and camera windows. A transparent member such as a sapphire member may be provided with an antireflection coating. The antireflection coating may have a stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers that form a thin-film interference filter that suppresses visible light reflections. The stack of dielectric thin-film interference filter layers may have thicknesses and materials that provide the thin-film interference filter and coating with low light reflection properties while enhancing scratch resistance. An adhesion layer may be used to help adhere the stack of thin-film interference filter layer to the transparent member. An antismudge coating such as a fluoropolymer coating may be used to reduce smudging. Graded layers and layers with elevated hardness values may be used in the coating.

公开(公告)号：US20250151509A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US19013429

申请日：2025-01-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gloria Wong ,  Jaein Choi ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Hairong Tang ,  Xiaodan Zhu ,  Wendi Chang ,  Kanuo C. Kustra ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Teruo Sasagawa ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Yusuke Fujino ,  Michael Slootsky

IPC: H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/824 ,  H10K59/121 ,  H10K59/35

Abstract: Pixels in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may be microcavity OLED pixels having optical cavities. The optical cavities may be defined by a partially transparent cathode layer and a reflective anode structure. The anode of the pixels may include both the reflective anode structure and a supplemental anode that is transparent and that is used to tune the thickness of the optical cavity for each pixel. Organic light-emitting diode layers may be formed over the pixels and may have a uniform thickness in each pixel in the display. Pixels may have a conductive spacer between a transparent anode portion and a reflective anode portion, without an intervening dielectric layer. The conductive spacer may be formed from a material such as titanium nitride that is compatible with both anode portions. The transparent anode portions may have varying thicknesses to control the thickness of the optical cavities of the pixels.

公开(公告)号：US12225751B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US18323300

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gloria Wong ,  Jaein Choi ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Hairong Tang ,  Xiaodan Zhu ,  Wendi Chang ,  Kanuo C. Kustra ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Teruo Sasagawa ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Yusuke Fujino ,  Michael Slootsky

IPC: H10K50/824 ,  H10K50/818 ,  H10K59/121 ,  H10K59/35

Abstract: Pixels in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may be microcavity OLED pixels having optical cavities. The optical cavities may be defined by a partially transparent cathode layer and a reflective anode structure. The anode of the pixels may include both the reflective anode structure and a supplemental anode that is transparent and that is used to tune the thickness of the optical cavity for each pixel. Organic light-emitting diode layers may be formed over the pixels and may have a uniform thickness in each pixel in the display. Pixels may have a conductive spacer between a transparent anode portion and a reflective anode portion, without an intervening dielectric layer. The conductive spacer may be formed from a material such as titanium nitride that is compatible with both anode portions. The transparent anode portions may have varying thicknesses to control the thickness of the optical cavities of the pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20230301131A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18323300

申请日：2023-05-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Gloria Wong ,  Jaein Choi ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Hairong Tang ,  Xiaodan Zhu ,  Wendi Chang ,  Kanuo C. Kustra ,  Rui Liu ,  Cheng Chen ,  Teruo Sasagawa ,  Wookyung Bae

IPC: H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/824 ,  H10K59/35 ,  H10K59/121

CPC classification number: H10K50/818 ,  H10K50/824 ,  H10K59/35 ,  H10K59/121

Abstract: Pixels in an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may be microcavity OLED pixels having optical cavities. The optical cavities may be defined by a partially transparent cathode layer and a reflective anode structure. The anode of the pixels may include both the reflective anode structure and a supplemental anode that is transparent and that is used to tune the thickness of the optical cavity for each pixel. Organic light-emitting diode layers may be formed over the pixels and may have a uniform thickness in each pixel in the display. Pixels may have a conductive spacer between a transparent anode portion and a reflective anode portion, without an intervening dielectric layer. The conductive spacer may be formed from a material such as titanium nitride that is compatible with both anode portions. The transparent anode portions may have varying thicknesses to control the thickness of the optical cavities of the pixels.

公开(公告)号：US20210089168A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-25

申请号：US17116907

申请日：2020-12-09

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Dhaval C. Patel ,  Eugene C. Cheung ,  Pey-Jiun Ko ,  Po-Jui Chen ,  Robert W. Rumford ,  Steve L. Terry ,  Wei Lin ,  Xiaofan Niu ,  Xiaoqi Zhou ,  Yi Gu ,  Yindar Chuo ,  Rasmi R. Das ,  Steven M. Scardato ,  Se Hyun Ahn ,  Victor H. Yin ,  Wookyung Bae ,  Christopher L. Boitnott ,  Chun-Hao Tung ,  Mookyung Son ,  Sunggu Kang ,  Nathan K. Gupta ,  John Z. Zhong

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An electronic device with a force sensing device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a user input surface defining an exterior surface of the electronic device, a first capacitive sensing element, and a second capacitive sensing element capacitively coupled to the first capacitive sensing element. The electronic device also comprises a first spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements, and a second spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements. The first and second spacing layers have different compositions. The electronic device also comprises sensing circuitry coupled to the first and second capacitive sensing elements configured to determine an amount of applied force on the user input surface. The first spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is below a force threshold, and the second spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is above the force threshold.