Electronic device with chip-on-glass ambient light sensors
First Claim
1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a display; and
an ambient light sensor having a frontside surface with light sensor structures configured to receive ambient light and having a backside surface with backside contacts that are mounted to associated contacts on at least part of the display, wherein the ambient light sensor comprises vias that form an electrical path between the frontside surface of the ambient light sensor and the backside surface of the ambient light sensor.
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Abstract
An electronic device may have a display with a brightness that is adjusted based on ambient light data from one or more ambient light sensors. An ambient light sensor may be formed from a semiconductor substrate such as a silicon substrate. Sensor structures may be formed in the silicon substrate. Conductive vias or other conductive paths may be used to interconnect sensor structures on a frontside surface of the ambient light sensor to contacts on a backside surface of the ambient light sensor. The ambient light sensor may be mounted on a substrate layer in the electronic device. The substrate layer may be a planar layer of glass or plastic such as a transparent display layer. The contacts of the ambient light sensor may be mounted to corresponding contacts on the surface of the substrate layer. The substrate layer may be a thin-film transistor layer in a liquid crystal display.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display; and an ambient light sensor having a frontside surface with light sensor structures configured to receive ambient light and having a backside surface with backside contacts that are mounted to associated contacts on at least part of the display, wherein the ambient light sensor comprises vias that form an electrical path between the frontside surface of the ambient light sensor and the backside surface of the ambient light sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An electronic device, comprising:
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a glass substrate having conductive traces; and an ambient light sensor having contacts that are electrically connected to the traces, wherein the ambient light sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate having doped regions in a frontside surface through which ambient light is received and a backside surface on which the contacts are formed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic device, comprising:
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a display having at least one transparent display layer; and at least one ambient light sensor formed from doped regions in a silicon substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein the ambient light sensor receives light through the first surface and has contacts on the second surface of the silicon substrate and wherein the contacts are attached to conductive structures on the transparent display layer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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