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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
John T. Wetherell, San Jose, CA (US);
Hasan Akyol, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xuebei Yang, Fremont, CA (US);
Xiaofeng Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Hopil Bae, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/3283 (2016.01); G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G09G 3/3266 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/006 (2013.01); G09G 3/3233 (2013.01); G09G 3/3283 (2013.01); G09G 3/3266 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0819 (2013.01); G09G 2330/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.