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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuewei Zhang, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Fang Ou, San Jose, CA (US);
Lei Zhang, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lina He, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul S. Drzaic, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Xiaobin Xin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Display structures and methods of operation with micro light emitting diode (LED) sidewall gating are described. In an embodiment, a display structure includes a vertically oriented micro LED mounted on a display substrate, in which the micro LED includes a p-n diode with top and bottom electrode sides, and a sidewall gate electrode spanning a sidewall of the p-n diode where the active layer is included. In various embodiments, a bias may be applied to the sidewall gate electrode while driving the micro LED to deplete a minority carrier concentration from the sidewall of the p-n diode.