Electronic devices with soft input-output components
A light guide and light emitting diode technology, applied in mechanical equipment, circuit optical components, printed circuit components, etc., can solve problems such as use, display and touch sensor failure, input-output components difficulty, etc.
Active Publication Date: 2019-08-27
APPLE INC
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Form factor considerations, reliability considerations and various other factors may make it difficult or impossible to use traditional input-output parts in some devices
For example, traditional displays and touch sensors installed in an electronic device can suffer from stress-induced failure if the device has bendable parts
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[0048] figure 1 An exemplary electronic device of the type that may have a flexible input-output device is shown in . Such as figure 1 As shown, the electronic device 10 may have a control circuit 16 . Control circuitry 16 may include storage and processing circuitry to support the operation of device 10 . The storage and processing circuitry may include storage devices such as hard drive storage, non-volatile memory (e.g., flash memory or other electrically programmable read-only memory configured to form a solid-state drive), volatile memory (e.g., static or dynamic random access memory), etc. Processing circuitry in control circuitry 16 may be used to control the operation of device 10 . The processing circuitry may be based on one or more microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors, baseband processors, power management units, audio chips, application specific integrated circuits, and the like.
[0049] Input-output circuitry in device 10, such as inp...
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The invention relates to electronic devices with soft input-output components. Specifically, the invention discloses an electronic device. The electronic device may have a control circuit coupled to input-output devices such as a display. A flexible input-output device (20) may be formed from an elastomeric substrate layer (44). The substrate layer may have signal paths (42) to which components (24) are mounted. Openings may be formed in the elastomeric substrate layer between the signal paths to create a stretchable mesh-shaped substrate. The electrical components may each include an interposer having solder pads soldered to the elastomeric substrate. Electrical devices such as micro-light-emitting diodes may be soldered to the interposers. The electrical components may also include electrical devices such as sensors and actuators. A stretchable lighting unit may have a stretchable light guide illuminated by a stretchable light source.
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[0001] This application is a divisional application of Chinese patent application 201680038088.3 with a filing date of March 29, 2016 and an invention title of "Electronic Equipment with Soft Input-Output Components". [0002] This patent application claims patent application 15 / 070,498 filed March 15, 2016, patent application 15 / 068,372 filed March 11, 2016, and provisional patent application 62 / 186,785 filed June 30, 2015 priority of these patent applications, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to electronic devices, and more particularly to input-output components for electronic devices. Background technique [0004] Electronic devices such as cellular telephones, computers and other electronic devices contain integrated circuits and other electronic components. Input-output devices such as displays and touch sensors may be used in electronic devices to provide output to and colle...
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IPC IPC(8): H05K1/02H01L23/538G06F1/16F21V8/00H05K1/14H10K99/00
CPCH05K1/0274H05K1/0283G02B6/0073H01L23/5387G06F1/1643G06F1/1652G02B6/0021G02B6/0036G02B6/006H05K1/0287H05K1/141H01L2224/16225H01L2924/15192H01L2924/15311H05K2201/0133H05K2201/0314H05K2201/09263H05K2201/10106H05K2201/10151H05K2201/10378G06F2203/04102G06F2203/04106G06F2203/04109G02B6/0068H01L25/0753H01L33/62H10K77/111G02B6/0041G02B6/0065
Inventor H·S·金P·S·德瑞扎伊许永昱L·佩蒂
Owner APPLE INC