1. A method of forming an electronic device display, the method comprising:
depositing a conductive layer on a display substrate;
in a single step, removing a portion of the display substrate and a portion of the conductive layer to form a via through the display substrate and the conductive layer;
selectively removing an additional portion of the conductive layer to expose a region of the display substrate; and
forming light-emitting diode structures in the exposed region of the display substrate to form an active region of the electronic device display.
2. The method defined in claim 1 further comprising:
depositing a protective layer over the conductive layer, wherein forming the via comprises forming the via through the display substrate, the conductive layer, and the protective layer.
3. The method defined in claim 2 wherein depositing the protective layer over the conductive layer comprises depositing a layer of titanium over the conductive layer and the via.
4. The method defined in claim 1 wherein forming the via through the display substrate and the conductive layer comprises:
drilling a via hole through the display substrate and the conductive layer.
5. The method defined in claim 4 wherein drilling the via hole comprises:
with laser drilling equipment, drilling the via hole.
6. The method defined in claim 4 further comprising:
electroplating the via hole to form conductive sidewalls that extend through the via hole.
7. The method defined in claim 6 wherein electroplating the via hole comprises:
electroplating the via hole with molybdenum to form the conductive sidewalls.
8. A method of forming an electronic device display, the method comprising:
forming a light-emitting diode layer on a display substrate;
depositing a sealant layer over the light-emitting diode layer; and
forming a via that extends through the display substrate and the light-emitting diode layer without extending through the sealant layer.
9. The method defined in claim 8 wherein forming the light-emitting diode layer comprises:
forming display pixels in the light-emitting diode layer within an active region of the electronic device display, wherein forming the via comprises forming the via through the display substrate and the light-emitting diode layer within the active region of the electronic device display.
10. The method defined in claim 9 further comprising:
depositing a layer of titanium over the light-emitting diode layer, wherein forming the via comprises forming the via through the display substrate, the light-emitting diode layer, and the layer of titanium.
11. The method defined in claim 9 wherein forming the via comprises:
with drilling equipment, drilling an opening that extends through the display substrate and the light-emitting diode layer; and
depositing a conductive material in the opening.
12. A method of forming an electronic device display, the method comprising:
forming a light-emitting diode layer on a display substrate having first and second opposing surfaces, wherein forming the light-emitting diode layer comprises forming a first layer of organic emissive material on the first surface of the display substrate;
forming a second layer of organic emissive material on the second surface of the display substrate; and
forming a via through the display substrate.
13. The method defined in claim 12 wherein forming the via through the display substrate comprises:
with drilling equipment, forming a via hole through the display substrate.
14. The method defined in claim 13 wherein forming the via through the display substrate further comprises:
electroplating the via hole with metal.
15. The method defined in claim 12 wherein the first layer of organic emissive material on the first surface of the display substrate forms a front surface emission region that emits light from the first surface, and wherein forming the comprises:
forming the via through the display substrate and the front surface emission region.
16. The method defined in claim 15 wherein the second layer of organic emissive material on the second surface of the display substrate forms a rear surface emission region that emits light through the display substrate, and wherein forming the light-emitting diode layer on the display substrate comprises:
forming organic light-emitting diode structures in the front surface emission region.
17. The method defined in claim 16 further comprising:
attaching a flexible printed circuit to the via at the second surface of the display substrate, wherein the flexible printed circuit conveys a display signal between driver circuitry and the via.
18. The method defined in claim 12 wherein the via extends from the first layer of organic emissive material on the first surface of the display substrate to the second surface of the display substrate.
19. A method of forming an electronic device display, the method comprising:
with heating equipment, at least partially melting a display substrate; and
inserting a conductive rod through the partially melted display substrate to form a via that is completely filled by the conductive rod.
20. The method defined in claim 19 wherein the conductive rod comprises a metal wire and wherein inserting the conductive rod through the partially melted display substrate comprises:
inserting the metal wire through the partially melted display substrate.
21. The method defined in claim 19 wherein the display substrate includes opposing front and rear surfaces, the method further comprising:
with cutting equipment, removing excess portions of the conductive rod that extend beyond the front and rear surfaces of the display substrate so that a remaining portion of the conductive rod forms a conductive via that extends between the front and rear surfaces of the display substrate.
22. The method defined in claim 21 further comprising:
forming organic light-emitting diode structures on the display substrate that are electrically coupled to the conductive rod.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A picture data reproducing apparatus which reproduces compressed picture data recorded to a recording medium according the MPEG standard, the apparatus comprising:
a storage means for storing compressed picture data read from a recording medium;
an STC generating means for generating, for a normal-speed reproduction, STC (STC_d) sequentially from a set initial value, wherein the STC (STC_d) is delayed a fixed time (System_delay) from STC (STC_medium) of the compressed picture data read from the recording medium;
a read control means for sequentially reading compressed picture data stored in the storage means on the basis of STC_d generated by the STC generating means; and
a decoding means for decoding the compressed picture data read by the read control means to generate picture data for display;
the STC generating means setting, at shift from a variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction, the initial value on the basis of a result of comparison between PTS (PTS_s) of the display picture data at the shift and STC_medium at the shift\u2212(amount of delay due to the shift (shift_delay)+System_delay).
2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the STC generating means sets the initial value as \u201cSTC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)\u201d at the shift from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction when the following requirement is met:
PTS\u2014s\u2267{STC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)}.
3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a shifting means for shifting the recording medium reproduction mode from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction at a time set as the initial value by the STC generating means in units of a picture or in units of a GOP (group of pictures).
4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the STC generating means sets the initial value as PTS_s at the shift from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction when the following requirement is met:
PTS\u2014s<{STC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)}.
5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 4, further comprising a shifting means for shifting the recording medium reproduction mode from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction in units of a picture or in units of a GOP (group of pictures) at a time delayed a time \u201cadjust_delay\u201d defined as given below from a time when the STC generating means sets the initial value:
Delay time (adjust_delay)=(STC_medium at the shift\u2212PTS\u2014s)\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay).
6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a TS packetizing means for TS-packetizing of only compressed picture data to be reproduced in the normal-speed reproduction mode.
7. A picture data reproducing method of reproducing compressed picture data recorded to a recording medium according the MPEG standard, the method comprising the steps of:
storing compressed picture data read from a recording medium;
generating, for a normal-speed reproduction, STC (STC_d) sequentially from a set initial value, wherein the STC (STC_d) is delayed a fixed time (System_delay) from STC (STC_medium) of the compressed picture data read from the recording medium;
sequentially reading compressed picture data stored in the storage means correspondingly STC_d generated by the STC generating means; and
decoding the compressed picture data read by the read control means to generate picture data for display;
in the STC generating step, the initial value being set at shift from a variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction on the basis of a result of comparison between PTS (PTS_s) of the display picture data at the shift and STC_medium\u2212(amount of delay due to the shift (shift_delay)+System_delay).
8. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein in the STC generating step, there is set the initial value as \u201cSTC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)\u201d at the shift from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction when the following requirement is met:
PTS\u2014s\u2267{STC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)}.
9. The method as set forth in claim 8, further comprising a shifting step of shifting the recording medium reproduction mode from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction at a time set as the initial value in the STC generating step in units of a picture or in units of a GOP (group of pictures).
10. The method as set forth in claim 7, wherein in the STC generating step, there is set the initial value as PTS_s at the shift from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction when the following requirement is met:
PTS\u2014s<{STC_medium at the time of shift\u2212(shift_delay+System_delay)}.
11. The method as set forth in claim 10, further comprising a shifting step of shifting the recording medium reproduction mode from the variable-speed reproduction to normal-speed reproduction in units of a picture or in units of a GOP (group of pictures) at a time delayed a time \u201cadjust_delay\u201d defined as given below from a time when in the STC generating step, there is set the initial value:
Delay time (adjust_delay)=(STC_medium at the shift\u2212PTS\u2014s)(shift delay+System_delay).
12. The method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising a TS packetizing step of TS-packetizing of only compressed picture data to be reproduced in the normal-speed reproduction mode.