The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yuan Chen, Campbell, CA (US);

Tae Woon Cha, Cupertino, CA (US);

Jie Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Junhwan Lim, Cupertino, CA (US);

Xiaokai Li, Mountain View, CA (US);

Zhibing Ge, Los Altos, CA (US);

Guanjun Tan, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Giovanni Carbone, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Jose A. Dominguez-Caballero, San Jose, CA (US);

Thanh Son Nguyen, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 50/858 (2023.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10K 50/858 (2023.02); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); H10K 59/353 (2023.02); H10K 59/38 (2023.02);
Abstract

An electronic device may have a display with an array of display pixels. To increase the efficiency of the display, the display may also include an array of microlenses. Each microlens may overlap and focus light from a respective pixel. Pixels for one of the colors of light may have a high aspect ratio. These pixels may be covered by two microlenses or a single cylindrical microlens. The microlens dimensions may be tuned to mitigate non-uniformities in the brightness profiles of the pixels. The microlens edges may be laterally shifted towards or away from the center of the light-emitting areas to either reduce or increase the focusing power of the microlens. The microlenses and color filter elements in each pixel may also be shifted to account for the chief ray angle of the display.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…