Devices with displays having transparent openings and transition regions

US12185616B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ricardo A Peterson · Fremont, US
• Yuchi Che · Santa Clara, US
• Warren S. Rieutort-Louis · Cupertino, US
• Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari · Saratoga, US
• Yi Qiao · San Jose, US
• Yue Cui · Beijing, CN
• Jean-Pierre S. Guillou · San Francisco, US
• Shyuan Yang · San Jose, US
• Tsung-Ting Tsai · Cupertino, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2022
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 2, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H10K59/353

Abstract

An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. The display may have both a full pixel density region and a pixel removal region with a plurality of high-transmittance areas that overlap the optical sensor. To mitigate reflectance mismatch between the full pixel density region and the pixel removal region, the pixel removal region may include a transition region at one or more edges. In the transition region, one or more components may have a gradual density change between the full pixel density region and a central portion of the pixel removal region. Components that may have a changing density in the transition region include dummy thin-film transistor sub-pixels, dummy anodes, a cathode layer, and a touch sensor metal layer. The transition region may also include anodes that gradually change shape and/or size.