US 11,687,126 B2
Reducing hole bezel region in displays
Sun-il Chang, San Jose, CA (US); and Sangmoo Choi, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/598,738
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/018397
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/167991, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/977,946, filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0187878 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H10K 59/00 (2023.01); H01L 27/32 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1686 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); H01L 27/3225 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:
an array of light emitting elements extending in a first plane beneath the display panel, the light emitting elements being arranged to emit light to a front side of the display panel;
an array of pixel driver elements extending in a second plane beneath the array of pixels, wherein the pixel driver elements are configured to drive the light emitting elements, respectively, of the array of light emitting elements;
a hole positioned within the array of light emitting elements and the array of pixel driver elements, wherein the hole extends from the first plane through the second plane,
wherein a first plurality of light emitting elements from the array of light emitting elements in a first region adjacent the hole are arranged to provide a first display resolution, and a second plurality of light emitting elements from the array of elements in a second region away from the hole are arranged to provide a second display resolution, the second display resolution being greater than the first display resolution.