US 12,292,664 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)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/495,530.
Application 18/495,530 is a continuation of application No. 18/074,393, filed on Dec. 2, 2022, granted, now 11,852,938.
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, issued on Apr. 4, 2023.
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 2024/0061298 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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 a first area that includes an array of pixels, a second area that surrounds the first area, and an opening within the first 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 subset of the plurality of signal lines is uninterrupted by the opening and a second subset of the plurality of signal lines is interrupted by the opening, wherein a first signal line in the second subset has a first segment on the first side of the opening, a second segment on the second side of the opening, and a supplemental path that is electrically connected to the first segment and to the second segment, wherein the supplemental path is electrically connected to the first segment in the second area, wherein the supplemental path passes through at least one pixel of the array of pixels, and wherein a second signal line of the first subset passes through the at least one pixel.