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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Kwang Ohk Cheon, San Jose, CA (US);
Cheng Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Chien Lu, New Taipei, TW;
Chih-Lei Chen, Tai Chung, TW;
Chin Wei Hsu, Hsinchu, TW;
Hui Lu, Cupertino, CA (US);
KiBeom Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lun Tsai, Zhubei, TW;
Meng-Huan Ho, San Jose, CA (US);
Nai-Chih Kao, Taoyuan, TW;
Pei-Ling Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Rui Liu, San Jose, CA (US);
Shan-Jen Yu, Taoyuan, TW;
Wendi Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yusuke Fujino, Taoyuan, TW;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A display may have an array of pixels formed from organic light-emitting diodes and thin-film transistor circuitry. Each pixel may include organic layers interposed between an anode and a cathode. The organic layers may emit out-coupled light that escapes the display and waveguided light that is waveguided within the organic layers. A reflector may be placed at the edge of the organic layers to reflect the waveguided light out of the display. The reflector may be located within a pixel definition layer and may be formed from metal or may be formed from one or more interfaces between high-refractive-index material and low-refractive-index material. The reflector may be formed from an extended portion of the pixel anode. The reflector may be formed from light-reflecting particles that are suspended in the pixel definition layer.