US 11,994,760 B1
Electronic devices with coherent fiber bundles and molded polymer
Daniel J. Barrett, Redwood City, CA (US); Timothy D. Burks, Santa Cruz, CA (US); and Tyler R. Kakuda, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,454.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/080,620, filed on Sep. 18, 2020.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/08 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.01)
CPC G02F 1/133331 (2021.01) [G02B 6/0005 (2013.01); G02B 6/08 (2013.01); G02F 1/0115 (2013.01); H10K 50/84 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, comprising:
a pixel layer configured to produce an image on a first surface and having backside contacts on an opposing second surface;
a coherent fiber bundle that receives the image at an input surface and provides the image at an output surface;
a component coupled to the backside contacts; and
molded polymer coupled to the coherent fiber bundle, an edge of the pixel layer, and the component.