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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Christian M. Sauer, Cupertino, CA (US);
Christoph H. Krah, Cupertino, CA (US);
Derek K. Shaeffer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Hasan Akyol, Mountain View, CA (US);
Henry C. Jen, Los Altos, CA (US);
John T. Wetherell, San Jose, CA (US);
Thierry S. Divel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated touchscreen can include light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes (LEDs/OLEDs), display chiplets and touch chiplets disposed in a visible area of the integrated touch screen. For example, the LEDs/OLEDs, display chiplets and touch chiplets can be placed on a substrate by a micro-transfer tool. The integrated touchscreen can also include electrodes disposed in the visible area of the integrated touch screen. The electrodes can be capable of providing display functionality via the one or more display chiplets during display operation (e.g., operating as cathode terminals of the LEDs during the display operation) and capable of providing touch functionality via the touch chiplets during touch operation (e.g., touch node electrodes can be formed from groups of the electrodes and sensed). In some examples, the touch node electrodes can be formed and coupled to touch chiplets via the display chiplets.