US 11,751,462 B1
Devices with displays having transparent openings and touch sensor metal
Ricardo A Peterson, Mountain View, CA (US); Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Saratoga, CA (US); Ashray Vinayak Gogte, Campbell, CA (US); Christophe Blondin, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Sebastian Knitter, San Francisco, CA (US); Warren S Rieutort-Louis, Cupertino, CA (US); Yuchi Che, Santa Clara, CA (US); Yurii Morozov, Santa Clara, CA (US); Matthew D Hollands, San Francisco, CA (US); Chuang Qian, San Jose, CA (US); Michael H Lim, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Matthew J Schwendeman, San Francisco, CA (US); Kenny Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Tsung-Ting Tsai, San Jose, CA (US); and Yue Qu, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/842,357.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/315,432, filed on Mar. 1, 2022.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 59/35 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/40 (2023.02) [H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 59/352 (2023.02)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
an input-output component; and
a display having an array of pixels, wherein the display has:
a first portion that includes first touch sensor metal, wherein the first touch sensor metal includes a plurality of segments having a first width; and
a second portion that includes second touch sensor metal, wherein the second portion overlaps the input-output component, wherein the second touch sensor metal has a different arrangement than the first touch sensor metal, wherein the second touch sensor metal includes a second plurality of segments, wherein each segment of a first subset of the second plurality of segments has a second width that is less than the first width, and wherein each segment of a second subset of the second plurality of segments has the first width.
 
15. An electronic device, comprising:
an input-output component; and
a display having an array of pixels, wherein the display has:
a first portion that includes first touch sensor metal; and
a second portion that includes second touch sensor metal, wherein the second portion overlaps the input-output component, wherein, in the first touch sensor metal, a first touch sensor metal segment is directly adjacent to a first side of a first pixel of a first color, wherein, in the second touch sensor metal, a second touch sensor metal segment is directly adjacent to a second side of a second pixel of the first color, wherein the first touch sensor metal segment is separated from the first side of the first pixel by a first distance, and wherein the second touch sensor metal segment is separated from the second side of the second pixel by a second distance that is different than the first distance.
 
21. An electronic device comprising a display, wherein the display comprises:
an array of pixels arranged in a first area;
a signal line in a second area that is adjacent to the first area; and
touch sensor metal having a first portion arranged in a repeating pattern over the first area and a second portion that forms a patch that overlaps the signal line in the second area.
 
26. An electronic device, comprising:
an input-output component; and
a display having an array of pixels, wherein the display has:
a portion that overlaps the input-output component, wherein the portion includes touch sensor metal, wherein the touch sensor metal comprises:
a first touch sensor metal segment that is directly adjacent to a first side of a pixel, wherein the first side has a first length, and wherein the first touch sensor metal segment has a first width; and
a second touch sensor metal segment that is directly adjacent to a second side of the pixel, wherein the second side is orthogonal to the first side, wherein the second side has a second length, wherein the first length is smaller than the second length, wherein the second touch sensor metal segment has a second width, and wherein the first width is greater than the second width.