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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Jacques P. Drolet, San Jose, CA (US);

Jonathan S. Steckel, Saratoga, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/32 (2006.01); H01L 51/52 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G03H 1/02 (2006.01); G02B 5/32 (2006.01); G03H 1/00 (2006.01); F21Y 113/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/3211 (2013.01); G02B 5/32 (2013.01); G02F 1/133504 (2013.01); G02F 1/134309 (2013.01); G03H 1/0005 (2013.01); G03H 1/0244 (2013.01); H01L 27/3246 (2013.01); H01L 51/5262 (2013.01); H01L 51/5265 (2013.01); H01L 51/5275 (2013.01); F21Y 2113/13 (2016.08); G02F 2001/133507 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133562 (2013.01); G02F 2001/134345 (2013.01); G02F 2202/36 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0088 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0212 (2013.01); G03H 2001/0216 (2013.01); H01L 27/3234 (2013.01); H01L 51/5284 (2013.01); H01L 2227/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display may have an array of pixels. Each pixel may have a light-emitting diode such as an organic light-emitting diode or may be formed from other pixel structures such as liquid crystal display pixel structures. The pixels may emit light such as red, green, and blue light. An angle-of-view adjustment layer may overlap the array of pixels. During operation, light from the pixels passes through the angle-of-view adjustment layer to a user. The viewing angle for the user is enhanced as the angular spread of the emitted light from the pixels is enhanced by the angle-of-view adjustment layer. The angle-of-view adjustment layer may be formed from holographic structures recorded by applying laser beams to a photosensitive layer or may be formed from a metasurface that is created by patterning nanostructures on the display using printing, photolithography, or other patterning techniques.


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