US 11,715,810 B2
Displays with camera window openings
Eric L. Benson, San Francisco, CA (US); Bryan W. Posner, La Selva Beach, CA (US); Christopher L. Boitnott, Half Moon Bay, CA (US); Dinesh C. Mathew, Fremont, CA (US); Jun Qi, Cupertino, CA (US); Robert Y. Cao, San Francisco, CA (US); and Victor H. Yin, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/724,162.
Application 15/724,162 is a continuation of application No. 14/151,253, filed on Jan. 9, 2014, granted, now 9,806,219.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/764,668, filed on Feb. 14, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2018/0026152 A1, Jan. 25, 2018
Int. Cl. H01L 31/12 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); G02F 1/1362 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 31/12 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); G02F 1/1362 (2013.01); G02F 1/133388 (2021.01); G02F 1/133512 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 2201/58 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a camera; and
a display comprising:
a thin-film transistor layer;
an opening that penetrates partly into the thin-film transistor layer without extending completely through the thin-film transistor layer, wherein the camera extends at least partly into the opening, and wherein the camera receives light through the opening and through a portion of the thin-film transistor layer covering the camera; and
a polarizer layer that overlaps the opening in the thin-film transistor layer.