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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Xiang Lu, Campbell, CA (US);
Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xiaofeng Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Derek K. Shaeffer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Henry C. Jen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hopil Bae, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G09G 3/3216 (2016.01); G09G 3/3275 (2016.01); H10K 59/17 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/2085 (2013.01); G09G 3/3216 (2013.01); G09G 3/3275 (2013.01); H10K 59/17 (2023.02);
Abstract
Hybrid architectures and method methods of operating a display panel are described. In an embodiment, row driver and pixel driver functions are combined in a group of backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, wherein global signal lines are distributed to the backbone hybrid pixel driver chips, where the global signals are manipulated and distributed to a row of pixel driver chips.