US 2017/0322357 A1 · Border Structures for Displays

Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode display may have an active area that contains pixels and an inactive area. The inactive area of the display may be provided with opaque masking layer structures having an appearance that matches the active area of the display when the pixels are off and are not displaying images. The opaque masking layer structures may include a polymer layer coated with a layer of metal. The display may have pixels with anodes and a cathode layer. The anodes may be formed from metal pads. Dummy structures such as a dummy cathode and dummy anodes may be formed in the inactive area. A circular polarizer in the display may overlap the active area and the inactive area or may overlap the active area without overlapping some or all of the inactive area.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device having opposing front and rear faces, the electronic device comprising:

a housing with edges;
a polarizer layer that covers the front face and extends between the edges of the housing;
and
an organic light-emitting diode display that is covered by the polarizer and that has an active area with pixels that display images and an inactive area that does not display images, wherein the inactive area comprises:
a first inactive area portion comprising dummy pixel structures;
and
a second inactive area portion from which the dummy pixel structures are absent.

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Border Structures for Displays

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