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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:
Jul. 06, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rong Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jun Qi, San Jose, CA (US);

Victor H. Yin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Zhenyue Luo, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133603 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133606 (2013.01); G02F 1/133611 (2013.01); G02F 1/133621 (2013.01); G02F 1/133521 (2021.01); G02F 1/133607 (2021.01); G02F 1/133614 (2021.01);
Abstract

An array of pixels in a display may be illuminated by a backlight having an array of light sources such as light-emitting diodes. The light-emitting diodes may be mounted on a printed circuit. A reflector may be formed on the printed circuit to help reflect light from the light-emitting diodes upwards through the pixels. The reflector may include two white ink layers. Multifunctional layers and other optical films may be incorporated into the backlight. These layers may include diffusers, microlens array layers, thin-film interference filters, phosphor layers, light-collimating layers, and reflective polarizers.


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