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Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Cheuk Chi Lo, San Francisco, CA (US);

Chin-Wei Lin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Chun-Yao Huang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Shih Chang Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G09G 3/3291 (2016.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/3291 (2013.01); H01L 27/3276 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0439 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0819 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0866 (2013.01); G09G 2310/06 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0233 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0285 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0295 (2013.01); G09G 2320/045 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0693 (2013.01); G09G 2330/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

A display has rows and columns of pixels (). A data line (Dn) in each column provides image data signals to the pixels of that column. Each row has first and second control lines (select[m], monitor[m]) coupled to the gates of first and second respective transistors (SE, MO) in each pixel. A third transistor in each pixel serves as a drive transistor (DR) and is coupled in series with a light-emitting diode () between positive and ground power supply voltages (VDD, VSS). A display driver circuitry in the display characterizes each of the light-emitting diodes in a column using the data line in an adjacent column from that light-emitting diode. Each of the drive transistors in a column is characterized using the data line in that column and the data line in an adjacent column.


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