US 11,852,938 B2
Displays with data lines that accommodate openings
Shin-Hung Yeh, Taipei (TW); Warren S Rieutort-Louis, Cupertino, CA (US); Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Saratoga, CA (US); Chien-Ya Lee, Taipei (TW); and Lun Tsai, Zhubei (TW)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/074,393.
Application 18/074,393 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/525,118, filed on Nov. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,619,851.
Application 17/525,118 is a continuation of application No. 17/082,613, filed on Oct. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,204,534, issued on Dec. 21, 2021.
Application 17/082,613 is a continuation of application No. 16/505,532, filed on Jul. 8, 2019, granted, now 10,852,607, issued on Dec. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/720,705, filed on Aug. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0089447 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC G02F 1/136286 (2013.01) [G09G 3/20 (2013.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); G02F 1/13629 (2021.01); G09G 2300/0404 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display, comprising:
a substrate having an active area that includes an array of pixels, an inactive area that surrounds the active area, and an opening within the active area, wherein the opening has first and second opposing sides; and
a plurality of signal lines coupled to the array of pixels, wherein a first portion of the plurality of signal lines are uninterrupted by the opening and a second portion of the plurality of signal lines are interrupted by the opening, wherein each signal line in the second portion of the plurality of signal lines has a first signal line segment on the first side of the opening, a second signal line segment on the second side of the opening, and a supplemental signal line path that is electrically connected to the first signal line segment and to the second signal line segment, wherein the supplemental signal line path is electrically connected to the first signal line segment in the inactive area, wherein the supplemental signal line path passes through given pixels of the array of pixels, and wherein one of the signal lines of the first portion passes through the given pixels.