US 12,451,056 B2
Systems and methods for mitigating micro-LED failures
Shengzhe Jiao, San Diego, CA (US); Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, San Jose, CA (US); Chen Chen, San Jose, CA (US); Derek K Shaeffer, Redwood City, CA (US); Dongwon Kwon, Cupertino, CA (US); Feng Yu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Haojiang Zhou, San Jose, CA (US); Hari P Paudel, Milpitas, CA (US); Henry C Jen, Los Altos, CA (US); Hopil Bae, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jialin Liu, Cupertino, CA (US); Ling Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Majid Gharghi, San Carlos, CA (US); Nikhil Acharya, Mountain View, CA (US); Pablo Moreno Galbis, Burlingame, CA (US); Ruofan Zhang, San Jose, CA (US); Stanley B Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Sunmin Jang, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Wei H Yao, Saratoga, CA (US); Wei Xiong, Mountain View, CA (US); Xia Li, San Jose, CA (US); Xiang Lu, Saratoga, CA (US); and Yongjie Jiang, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on May 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/677,639.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/562,038, filed on Mar. 6, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2025/0285578 A1, Sep. 11, 2025
Int. Cl. G09G 3/32 (2016.01); H05B 47/17 (2020.01); H05B 47/29 (2020.01)
CPC G09G 3/32 (2013.01) [H05B 47/172 (2024.01); H05B 47/29 (2020.01); G09G 2320/0276 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0646 (2013.01); G09G 2330/10 (2013.01); G09G 2330/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display system, comprising:
a plurality of light emitting diodes coupled to a common anode; and
a plurality of first switches respectively coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes, wherein a first switch of the plurality of first switches is coupled in parallel to a first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes, and wherein the first switch is configured to short the first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes through a defined resistance.