Patents by Inventor Hasan Akyol

Hasan Akyol has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240105525
    Abstract: Test structures and methods of testing pixel driver chip donor wafers are described. In an embodiment, a redistribution layer is formed over a pixel driver chip donor wafer and probed to determine known good dies, followed by removal of the RDL. In other embodiments, test routing is formed in the pixel driver chip using a polycide material or doped region in the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Imran Hashim, Xiang Lu, Stanley B. Wang, Xuchun Liu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Yongjie Jiang, Hopil Bae, Hasan Akyol, Baris Posat, John T. Wetherell, Lei Wu
  • Patent number: 11900879
    Abstract: A sensing circuit includes at least a first gain stage and a controller for controlling the operation of the first gain stage. The first gain stage includes an amplifier having at least one input and one output, and a feedback loop coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback loop includes a first capacitor coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier, and a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the input of the amplifier through a first switch and a second terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier through a second switch. The second capacitor is configured to be coupled in parallel to the first capacitor during a first portion of a measurement cycle, and disconnected from the first capacitor during a second portion of the measurement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang
  • Publication number: 20240005848
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display including display pixels to display an image based on compensated image data. As image data is written to a pixel in the row of pixels, capacitive coupling at a driver may lead to distortion on the driver. In particular, the capacitive coupling may cause distortion at a storage capacitor, which may lead to current droop at the pixel. The current droop may be reduced or eliminated in each pixel by performing pixel compensation. The pattern of the pixel compensation may be selected such that, over a number of subframes, an average amount of light is the same or similar to what would be emitted had pixel compensation been performed on each pixel in each subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jeongsup Lee, Hasan Akyol, Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Nikhil Acharya, Haitao Li, Hopil Bae, John T Wetherell, Shengzhe Jiao, Stanley B. Wang, Sunmin Jang, Hari P. Paudel, Eric A. Hildebrandt, Young Don Bae
  • Publication number: 20240004491
    Abstract: An integrated touchscreen can include light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes (LED s/OLEDs), display chiplets and touch chiplets disposed in a visible area of the integrated touch screen. For example, the LEDs/OLEDs, display chiplets and touch chiplets can be placed on a substrate by a micro-transfer tool. The integrated touchscreen can also include electrodes disposed in the visible area of the integrated touch screen. The electrodes can be capable of providing display functionality via the one or more display chiplets during display operation (e.g., operating as cathode terminals of the LEDs during the display operation) and capable of providing touch functionality via the touch chiplets during touch operation (e.g., touch node electrodes can be formed from groups of the electrodes and sensed). In some examples, the touch node electrodes can be formed and coupled to touch chiplets via the display chiplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Christian M. SAUER, Christoph H. KRAH, Derek K. SHAEFFER, Hasan AKYOL, Henry C. JEN, John T. WETHERELL
  • Patent number: 11783739
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang, Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu, Henry C. Jen, John T. Wetherell
  • Publication number: 20230316998
    Abstract: Local passive matrix displays and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, the display includes a pixel driver chip coupled with a matrix of rows and columns of LEDs. The pixel driver chips may be arranged in rows across the display with separate portions to operate separate matrices of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Derek K. Shaeffer, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae, Xiang Fang, Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Tore Nauta
  • Patent number: 11775095
    Abstract: An integrated touchscreen can include light emitting diodes or organic light emitting diodes (LEDs/OLEDs), display chiplets and touch chiplets disposed in a visible area of the integrated touch screen. For example, the LEDs/OLEDs, display chiplets and touch chiplets can be placed on a substrate by a micro-transfer tool. The integrated touchscreen can also include electrodes disposed in the visible area of the integrated touch screen. The electrodes can be capable of providing display functionality via the one or more display chiplets during display operation (e.g., operating as cathode terminals of the LEDs during the display operation) and capable of providing touch functionality via the touch chiplets during touch operation (e.g., touch node electrodes can be formed from groups of the electrodes and sensed). In some examples, the touch node electrodes can be formed and coupled to touch chiplets via the display chiplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christian M. Sauer, Christoph H. Krah, Derek K. Shaeffer, Hasan Akyol, Henry C. Jen, John T. Wetherell, Thierry S. Divel
  • Publication number: 20230282165
    Abstract: A sensing circuit includes at least a first gain stage and a controller for controlling the operation of the first gain stage. The first gain stage includes an amplifier having at least one input and one output, and a feedback loop coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback loop includes a first capacitor coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier, and a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the input of the amplifier through a first switch and a second terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier through a second switch. The second capacitor is configured to be coupled in parallel to the first capacitor during a first portion of a measurement cycle, and disconnected from the first capacitor during a second portion of the measurement cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang
  • Publication number: 20230222955
    Abstract: Display panel redundancy schemes and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, and display panel includes an array of drivers (e.g. microdrivers), each of which including multiple portions to independently receive control and pixel bits. In an embodiment, each driver portion is to control a group of redundant emission elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kapil V. Sakariya, Tore Nauta, Hopil Bae, Henry C. Jen, James E. Pedder, Sunggu Kang, Shingo Hatanaka, Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Hasan Akyol, Saif Choudhary, Ion Bita
  • Patent number: 11657742
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu, Baris Cagdaser, John T. Wetherell, Xuebei Yang, Ali Tabatabaei, Patrick Bryce Bennett, Yingkan Lin, Chun-Ming Tang, Xiaofeng Wang, Hopil Bae
  • Patent number: 11651719
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display panel having multiple display pixels for displaying an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include interpolation circuitry to generate the analog voltage signals based on digital image data corresponding to the image. The interpolation circuitry may also receive analog reference voltages and interpolate between sets of the analog reference voltages to generate intermediate voltages, which may be a part of the analog voltage signals. Interpolating between the sets analog reference voltages may include performing a first level interpolation of a first set of the analog reference voltages to generate a first intermediate voltage and performing a second level interpolation of a second set of the analog reference voltages to generate a second intermediate voltage, wherein the first level interpolation is different from the second level interpolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Wetherell, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Jaeyoung Kang, Shingo Hatanaka, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae
  • Patent number: 11645957
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Wetherell, Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang, Xiaofeng Wang, Hopil Bae
  • Patent number: 11645976
    Abstract: Local passive matrix displays and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, the display includes a pixel driver chip coupled with a matrix of rows and columns of LEDs. The pixel driver chips may be arranged in rows across the display with separate portions to operate separate matrices of LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Derek K. Shaeffer, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae, Xiang Fang, Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Tore Nauta
  • Patent number: 11626047
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and compensating for pixel degradation in an electronic display based on current and voltage values sensed in a reference array. An electronic display includes an active array, a reference array, and sensing circuitry. A compensation manager obtains current data values of the reference array from the sensing circuitry. The compensation manager generates a current-voltage curve based on the current data and adjusts the current-voltage curve to compensate for variations in temperature and/or pixel brightness. In this way, the compensation manager may improve performance of the electronic display by, for example, by reducing visible anomalies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengchang Cai, Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang, Sheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11620946
    Abstract: A sensing circuit includes at least a first gain stage and a controller for controlling the operation of the first gain stage. The first gain stage includes an amplifier having at least one input and one output, and a feedback loop coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier. The feedback loop includes a first capacitor coupled between the input and the output of the amplifier, and a second capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the input of the amplifier through a first switch and a second terminal coupled to the output of the amplifier through a second switch. The second capacitor is configured to be coupled in parallel to the first capacitor during a first portion of a measurement cycle, and disconnected from the first capacitor during a second portion of the measurement cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang
  • Patent number: 11568789
    Abstract: Display panel redundancy schemes and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, and display panel includes an array of drivers (e.g. microdrivers), each of which including multiple portions to independently receive control and pixel bits. In an embodiment, each driver portion is to control a group of redundant emission elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Inventors: Kapil V. Sakariya, Tore Nauta, Hopil Bae, Henry C. Jen, James E. Pedder, Sunggu Kang, Shingo Hatanaka, Xiang Lu, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Hasan Akyol, Saif Choudhary, Ion Bita
  • Publication number: 20220208091
    Abstract: Local passive matrix displays and methods of operation are described. In an embodiment, the display includes a pixel driver chip coupled with a matrix of rows and columns of LEDs. The pixel driver chips may be arranged in rows across the display with separate portions to operate separate matrices of LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Derek K. Shaeffer, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Xiaofeng Wang, Sam S. Li, John T. Wetherell, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae, Xiang Fang, Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Tore Nauta
  • Publication number: 20220101790
    Abstract: Systems and methods may reduce or eliminate image artifacts due to a defective pixel of an electronic display. An electronic display may include pixels that respectively include a self-emissive element, pixel drive circuitry that supplies a pixel drive current to drive the self-emissive element, and signal routing circuitry that reduces or eliminates a visual artifact due to a defective pixel among the pixels. The signal routing circuitry may do this by turning off the self-emissive element, supplying image data from the pixel drive circuitry to a first adjacent pixel, or receiving image data from other pixel drive circuitry from the first adjacent pixel or a second adjacent pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: John T. Wetherell, Cheuk Chi Lo, Chun-Yao Huang, Lingtao Wang, Derek Keith Shaeffer, Henry C. Jen, Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang, Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu, Patrick Bryce Bennett, Chun-Ming Tang, Yingkan Lin, Sheng Zhang, Chaohao Wang, Runjie Xu, Shingo Hatanaka
  • Publication number: 20220101772
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an electronic display panel having multiple display pixels for displaying an image based on analog voltage signals. The electronic device may also include interpolation circuitry to generate the analog voltage signals based on digital image data corresponding to the image. The interpolation circuitry may also receive analog reference voltages and interpolate between sets of the analog reference voltages to generate intermediate voltages, which may be a part of the analog voltage signals. Interpolating between the sets analog reference voltages may include performing a first level interpolation of a first set of the analog reference voltages to generate a first intermediate voltage and performing a second level interpolation of a second set of the analog reference voltages to generate a second intermediate voltage, wherein the first level interpolation is different from the second level interpolation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: John T. Wetherell, Mahdi Farrokh Baroughi, Jaeyoung Kang, Shingo Hatanaka, Hasan Akyol, Hopil Bae
  • Publication number: 20220076599
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Xuebei Yang, Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu, Henry C. Jen, John T. Wetherell