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公开(公告)号:US20230409082A1
公开(公告)日:2023-12-21
申请号:US18184552
申请日:2023-03-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Bulong Wu , Zhen Zhang , Paul S. Drzaic , Yong Sun , Izhar Z. Ahmed , Kuan H. Lu , Han-Chieh Chang , Mingjing Ha , Yung-Yu Hsu
CPC classification number: G06F1/1652 , G02B5/22 , H04M1/0269 , G06F1/1656 , G02B2207/123
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a display cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. For example, a display cover layer may have transparent sidewall portions with curved surface profiles. The transparent sidewall portions of the display cover layer may include rounded corners having areas of compound curvature. A flexible display panel may be pressed over a mold to impart desired curvature (such as compound curvature) to the flexible display panel. To mitigate wrinkling in a flexible display panel molded to have compound curvature, a film may be included that absorbs force in the display panel. The film may have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than that of the display panel. Instead or in addition, the film may have portions with different Young's modulus magnitudes or different thickness magnitudes.
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公开(公告)号:US20230343914A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US18185237
申请日:2023-03-16
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Han-Chieh Chang , Anshi Liang , Arnoldus A Barlian , Bayu A Thedjoisworo , Boris A Russ , Chun-Lan Wu , Ken Hsuan Liao , Marc J DeVincentis , Meng-Tse Chen , Nathan K Gupta , Paolo Sacchetto , Paul S Drzaic , Po-Jui Chen , Ying-Chih Wang , Yong Sun , Zhen Zhang , Ziyang Zhang
CPC classification number: H01L33/62 , H01L27/156 , H01L33/486
Abstract: Conductive traces may be conformally wrapped around the side of a display panel that includes an array of display pixels. The conductive traces may electrically connect contacts on an upper surface of the display panel to corresponding contacts on a flexible printed circuit that is attached to a lower surface of the display panel. The side-wrapped conductive traces may be interposed between first and second insulating layers. The flexible printed circuit may have a multi-step interface that is electrically connected to the side-wrapped conductive traces. A system-in-package including a display driver integrated circuit may be mounted to the flexible printed circuit. The system-in-package may include a plurality of redistribution layers that electrically connect contacts on the display driver integrated circuit to contacts on the flexible printed circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US11599145B2
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17178556
申请日:2021-02-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mingjing Ha , Kuan H. Lu , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , Yong Sun , Zhen Zhang , Bulong Wu , Marc J. DeVincentis , Paolo Sacchetto , Han-Chieh Chang , Anshi Liang
IPC: G06F1/16
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 in a display panel having a single substrate or an array of display panel tiles. The display panel has inwardly facing display panel contacts that mate with corresponding outwardly facing interconnect substrate contacts on an interconnect substrate. The interconnect substrate may have areas with compound curvature that are overlapped by the display panel. To enhance flexibility of the interconnect substrate, the interconnect substrate may have flexibility enhancement openings and/or may be formed from a material with a low elastic modulus such as silicone or other elastomeric material.
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公开(公告)号:US20210318715A1
公开(公告)日:2021-10-14
申请号:US17178556
申请日:2021-02-18
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Mingjing Ha , Kuan H. Lu , Paul S. Drzaic , Yung-Yu Hsu , Yong Sun , Zhen Zhang , Bulong Wu , Marc J. DeVincentis , Paolo Sacchetto , Han-Chieh Chang , Anshi Liang
IPC: G06F1/16
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 in a display panel having a single substrate or an array of display panel tiles. The display panel has inwardly facing display panel contacts that mate with corresponding outwardly facing interconnect substrate contacts on an interconnect substrate. The interconnect substrate may have areas with compound curvature that are overlapped by the display panel. To enhance flexibility of the interconnect substrate, the interconnect substrate may have flexibility enhancement openings and/or may be formed from a material with a low elastic modulus such as silicone or other elastomeric material.
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公开(公告)号:US20240170471A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18551374
申请日:2022-03-22
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Zhen Zhang , Kapil V. Sakariya , Waldemar J. Siskens , Han-Chieh Chang , Xia Li , Yong Sun , Izhar Z. Ahmed , Bulong Wu
CPC classification number: H01L25/167 , H01L25/0753 , H01L27/124 , H01L27/156 , H01L33/24 , H01L33/62
Abstract: Display structures and methods of assembly are described. In an embodiment, a display structure includes a display panel including a pattern of trenches extending at least partially through a backplane of the display panel, without extending past a matrix of LEDs in an overlying emission layer stack. The plurality of trenches can be formed in 2D to facilitate bending of the display panel into a 3D film curvature.
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公开(公告)号:US20240373721A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18568070
申请日:2022-05-10
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Bulong Wu , Zhen Zhang , Paul S Drzaic , Yong Sun , Izhar Z Ahmed , Kuan H Lu , Han-Chieh Chang , Mingjing Ha , Yung-Yu Hsu
IPC: H10K59/80 , H10K77/10 , H10K102/00
Abstract: An electronic device may have a display overlapped by a display cover layer. Portions of the surface of the display and cover layer may have curved profiles. For example, a display cover layer may have transparent sidewall portions with curved surface profiles. The transparent sidewall portions of the display cover layer may include rounded corners having areas of compound curvature. A flexible display panel may be pressed over a mold to impart desired curvature (such as compound curvature) to the flexible display panel. To mitigate wrinkling in a flexible display panel molded to have compound curvature, a backfilm may be included that absorbs compressive strains in the display panel. The backfilm may have a coefficient of thermal expansion that is higher than that of the display panel. Instead or in addition, the backfilm may have portions with different Young's modulus magnitudes or different thickness magnitudes.
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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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