Samsung LTN097QL01-A01 Display Module with LED Backlit LCD and Capacitive Touch Screen From the Retina Display in the New ipad, Also Known As the ipad 3 Released by Apple in March, 2012 Custom Display Analysis
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Retina Display in the New ipad Tablet Computer from Apple 3 Table of Contents (1 of 3) Company Profiles Summary of Major Findings Introduction Overview Apple s Products with Retina Display Typical Backlit TFT LCD Structure Typical Super-High Aspect Ratio (SHA) Pixel Structure Summary of Main Layers in the LTN097QL01-A01 Retina Display Device Identification and Device Summary Device Identification Device Summary Downstream, Display, and Driver Chips Downstream Product Teardown Downstream Product Apple New ipad (2012) Teardown 1 Touch Screen and Front of LCD Module Teardown 2 Touch Screen Markings (Back of Top Glass) Teardown 3 Back of LCD Module, Main Board, and Battery Teardown 4 LCD Panel Back with Driver Board Teardown 5 LCD Panel Back Labels Teardown 6 LCD Panel Back Stamp Teardown 7 Display Driver Teardown 8 Touch Screen Controller Teardown 9 Front of LCD Module Teardown 10 Disassembled LCD Module with TFT/LCD, Diffuser/Prism Films, and Light Guide Touch Screen Plan and Tilt-View Analyses Back Plan-View Photographs of Short Edges of Touch Screen Back Plan-View Photographs of Short Edges of Touch Screen (Continued) Back Plan-View Photographs of Grid Pattern Detailed Back Plan-View Photographs of Grid Pattern Back Tilt View of Lower Glass with Touch Screen Grid SEM Touch Screen Grid Detailed Tilt Views of Bottom of Lower Glass SEM Touch Screen Cross-Sectional Analysis Summary of Touch Screen Layers Cross-Sectional Photograph of Touch Screen Cross-Sectional Image of Touch Screen Layers SEM Touch Screen SEM-EDS Profiles Top Portion of Front Glass SEM-EDS Middle Portion of Front Glass SEM-EDS Lower Portion of Front Glass SEM-EDS Top Portion of Lower Glass SEM-EDS Middle Portion of Lower Glass SEM-EDS Bottom Surface of Lower Glass with Coating Intact SEM-EDS Grid Line on Back Surface of Lower Glass SEM-EDS
Retina Display in the New ipad Tablet Computer from Apple 4 Table of Contents (2 of 3) Overview of Backlight and LCD Plan View of Backlight with LED Count Summary of Backlight and LCD Layers Cross-Sectional Photograph of Backlight and LCD Detailed View of Partially Separated Backlight and LCD Layers Exploded View of Layers in Backlight and LCD Color Filter Array Plan and Tilt Views Layer 1 (Front Polarizer) and Layer 2 (RGB Color Filter Array) Plan View of LCD Upper Layer Plan Views of RGB Color Sub-Pixels LCD RGB Color Filters Plan View TFT Array Plan View Analysis Plan Views of TFT Array Edge Plan Views of TFT Array Center Front and Back Plan Views of TFT Plan Views of Metal 3 Electrodes SEM Detailed Plan View of Metal 3 Electrodes SEM Plan Views of Vias SEM TFT Array Cross-Sectional and SEM-EDS Analyses Substrate Thickness SEM Plan View Photograph Locations of Cross Sections General Structure Overview of TFT Array Edge SEM General Structure Metal 2 Column Access Lines over Metal 1 Row Access Line SEM, Section S3 Cross Section of TFT Control Structures SEM, Section S1 Cross Section through Center of TFT Cell SEM, Section S2 Metal 3 Lines SEM, Section S2 Metal 3 Layer Thicknesses SEM, Section S2 Details of IMD 2 with Metal 3, Active Layers, and Metal SEM, Section S1 Via 2 Structures SEM, Sections S1 and S3 Via 2 Sidewall Details SEM, Section S1 Metal 2 Column Access Lines SEM, Section S4 Metal 2 and TFT Thicknesses SEM, Section S4 TFT Cell Details (1 of 3, Left) SEM, Section S1 TFT Cell Details (2 of 3, Center) SEM, Section S1 TFT Cell Details (3 of 3, Right) SEM, Section S1 Composition of IMD 2-1, Metal 2, Active, Metal 1, and Glass SEM-EDS Vertical Line Scan Backlight and Light Guide Analysis Tilt-View and End-View Photographs of LEDs Mounted to Edges of Back Plate Plan-View Photographs of Microlenses on Light Guide Plate Tilt View of Light Guide Plate SEM Plan Views of Microlenses SEM Tilt View of a Single Microlens SEM Critical Dimensions Touch Screen TFT Array Thickness and Composition by Layer TFT Cells and Upper Electrodes Lower TFT Cell Layers Backlight
Retina Display in the New ipad Tablet Computer from Apple 5 Table of Contents (3 of 3) References Statement of Measurement Uncertainty and Scope Variation About Chipworks
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