Electronic devices with display-integrated light sensors
First Claim
1. A display comprising:
- light-generating layers;
a transparent cover layer;
an additional layer having conductive traces, wherein the additional layer is interposed between the light-generating layers and the transparent cover layer; and
a light sensor interposed between the additional layer and the transparent cover layer, wherein the light sensor receives light through the transparent cover layer, wherein the light sensor is electrically coupled to the conductive traces on the additional layer, wherein the additional layer comprises a touch-sensitive layer, and wherein the touch-sensitive layer comprises a substrate and wherein the conductive traces are formed on the substrate.
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided with a display and a display-integrated light sensor. The display includes a transparent cover layer, light-generating layers, and a touch-sensitive layer. The display-integrated light sensor is interposed between the transparent cover layer and a display layer such as the touch-sensitive layer or a thin-film transistor layer of the light-generating layers. The light-generating layers include a layer of organic light-emitting material. The display-integrated light sensor can be implemented as an ambient light sensor or a proximity sensor. The display-integrated light sensor may be a packaged light sensor that is integrated into the display layers of the display or may be formed from light-sensor components formed directly on a display circuitry layer such as the touch-sensitive layer or the thin-film transistor layer.
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17 Claims
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1. A display comprising:
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light-generating layers; a transparent cover layer; an additional layer having conductive traces, wherein the additional layer is interposed between the light-generating layers and the transparent cover layer; and a light sensor interposed between the additional layer and the transparent cover layer, wherein the light sensor receives light through the transparent cover layer, wherein the light sensor is electrically coupled to the conductive traces on the additional layer, wherein the additional layer comprises a touch-sensitive layer, and wherein the touch-sensitive layer comprises a substrate and wherein the conductive traces are formed on the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A display comprising:
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light-generating layers; a transparent cover layer; an additional layer having conductive traces, wherein the additional layer is interposed between the light-generating layers and the transparent cover layer; and a light sensor interposed between the additional layer and the transparent cover layer, wherein the light sensor receives light through the transparent cover layer, and wherein the light sensor is electrically coupled to the conductive traces on the additional layer, wherein the light sensor comprises a proximity sensor. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An organic light-emitting diode display comprising:
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a thin-film transistor layer; a layer of organic light-emitting material formed on the thin-film transistor layer; an encapsulation layer formed on the layer of organic light emitting material; and a light-sensing component attached to a surface of the thin-film transistor layer. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display; a display-integrated ambient light sensor attached to a layer of the display; control circuitry coupled to the display and the display-integrated ambient light sensor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to receive sensor data from the display-integrated ambient light sensor and to control the display using the sensor data; and a touch-sensitive layer and wherein the display-integrated ambient light sensor is attached to the touch-sensitive layer. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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