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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Nathan K. Gupta, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sudirukkuge T. Jinasundera, San Jose, CA (US);
Myunghun Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device may have a display. The display may be mounted in a housing and may have a window to accommodate a camera or other electrical component. The display may have multiple substrate layers. A hole may be formed in one of the substrate layers to form additional space within the housing to accommodate the electrical component. The hole may be drilled partway through a substrate layer to form an annular thinned region. The annular thinned region may be cracked to release a disk-shaped portion of the substrate layer and form the hole. A ring of sealant may surround the hole to help cushion the display substrate layers during drilling operations. Column spacer structures may be formed on a portion of a display substrate that is overlapped by the hole.