Patents Assigned to Global OLED Technology LLC
  • Patent number: 9336712
    Abstract: To alleviate an afterimage phenomenon caused by a hysteresis characteristic of a drive transistor. Current driven type light emitting elements 3 are provided for each of pixels 6 that are arranged in a matrix shape, and current of the light emitting elements 3 is controlled using drive TFTs 2 that operate by receiving data voltage on a gate. At least two power supply voltages (PVDDa, PVDDb) for supply to each pixel are provided, one being set to a voltage such that current corresponding to a data voltage flows in the drive TFT 2, the other being set to a voltage beyond a variation range of data voltage and that reverse biases the drive TFT 2, and the two power supply voltages are switched and supplied to each pixel 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Seiichi Mizukoshi, Nobuyki Mori, Kazuyoshi Kawabe, Makoto Kohno
  • Patent number: 9324249
    Abstract: An EL light-emitting element is driven digitally to reduce power consumption using a pixel having three transistors and two capacitors. A reset transistor for diode connection writes the threshold voltage of the drive transistor onto a coupling capacitor. The data voltage plus threshold voltage is then written onto the gate of the drive transistor. This reduces the amplitude of the data voltage required, further reducing power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9287522
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display or lighting product incorporates a panel including a collection of distinct light-emitting elements formed on a substrate. A plurality of distinct local seals are formed over respective individual light-emitting elements or groups of light-emitting elements. Each local seal is formed by depositing a low melting temperature glass powder suspension or paste using inkjet technology, and fusing the glass powder using a scanning laser beam having a tailored beam profile. The local seal may be used in conjunction with a continuous thin film encapsulation structure. Optical functions can be provided by each local seal, including refraction, filtering, color shifting, and scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Rajeev Rohatgi
  • Patent number: 9280934
    Abstract: To reduce the number of sub-frames and perform high resolution display with low power consumption, each of the pixels has a digital emission period Td and an analog emission period Ta, and is driven in a time-divided fashion in a digital manner or in an analog manner. Each of the pixels performs high resolution display when being driven in an analog manner, and performs display with low power consumption when being driven in a digital manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9177500
    Abstract: A display securely decrypts an encrypted image signal. Pixels are disposed between the display substrate and cover in a display area, and provide light to a user in response to a drive signal. Control chiplets disposed between the display substrate and cover in the display area are each connected to one or more of the plurality of pixels. Each receives a respective control signal and produce respective drive signal(s) for the connected pixel(s). A decryption chiplet is disposed between the display substrate and cover. It includes means for receiving the encrypted image signal and a decryptor for decrypting the encrypted image signal to produce a respective control signal for each of the control chiplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Christopher J. White, Ronald S. Cok, John W. Hamer
  • Publication number: 20150262533
    Abstract: To construct a data driver which is not easily affected by variations in transistor characteristics, a plurality of coupling capacitances are connected to a data enable line which may be set to at least two voltages. A plurality of bit transistors which are turned on and off in accordance with the display data of a plurality of bits controls the connection between the plurality of coupling capacitances and data enable line to control the total capacitance of the plurality of coupling capacitances. The display element operates in accordance with the voltage accumulated to the total capacitance of the coupling capacitance according to the difference between the two voltages which may be set on the data enable line. By the operations above, a display is controlled by multi-bit display data for each pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: GLOBAL OLED TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 9123293
    Abstract: The rate of reading from a memory for storing display irregularity correction data is lowered. At the time of display, calculation is carried out in a correction calculation section 12 using an input signal and correction data in RAM 22, and brightness inconsistency correction is carried out. The way in which correction calculation is carried out in the correction calculation section 12 is changed for every frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Seiichi Mizukoshi, Makoto Kohno, Kouichi Onomura
  • Patent number: 9118020
    Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and has therebetween a light emitting layer (LEL) comprising a phosphorescent emitting compound disposed in a host comprising a mixture of at least one electron transporting co-host which is a benzophenone derivative with a spiro substituent and at least one hole transporting co-host which is a triphenylamine which contains one trivalent nitrogen atom that is bonded only to carbon atoms, at least one of which is a member of an aromatic ring, wherein there is present an electron transporting layer contiguous to the LEL (HBL?) on the cathode side comprising an anthracene or a fluoranthene and wherein there is present an election injecting layer comprising a phenanthroline or a lithium quinolate contiguous to the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Marina E. Kondakova, Denis Y. Kondakov, Christopher T. Brown, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Jeffrey P. Spindler, William J. Begley
  • Patent number: 9070323
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display area; row electrodes formed over the substrate in the display area extending in a row direction and column electrodes formed over the substrate in the display area extending in a column direction different from the row direction, the row and column electrodes overlapping to form pixels; wherein the pixels are divided into two or more separate pixel groups, each pixel group having group row electrodes and separate group column electrodes; two or more spaced column driver chiplets located in the display area, each column driver chiplet uniquely connected to a different pixel group wherein in at least one of the column driver chiplets is located between pixel groups, and the two or more spaced column driver chiplets adapted to drive the group column electrodes of the one pixel group; and one or more row driver(s) connected to the row electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 9040170
    Abstract: An OLED device comprises a cathode, an anode, and located therebetween a light-emitting layer containing a host material and a tris-C^N-cyclometallated complex of Ir or Rh wherein at least one of the ligands comprises a substituted quinazoline moiety. The device provides useful emission and stability attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Joseph C. Deaton, Barbara B. Lussier
  • Patent number: 9034673
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display or lighting product incorporates a panel comprising a collection of distinct light-emitting elements formed on a substrate. A plurality of distinct local seals are formed over respective individual light-emitting elements or groups of light-emitting elements. Each local seal is formed by depositing a low melting temperature glass powder suspension or paste using inkjet technology, and fusing the glass powder using a scanning laser beam having a tailored beam profile. The local seal may be used in conjunction with a continuous thin film encapsulation structure. Optical functions can be provided by each local seal, including refraction, filtering, color shifting, and scattering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Rajeev Rohatgi
  • Patent number: 9019327
    Abstract: A display device which effectively reduces the occurrences of a false contour is provided. A driver digitally drives each pixel by obtaining a plurality of bit data from pixel data for one pixel to assign the plurality of bit data to a corresponding subframe; configuring one frame with a predetermined number of unit frames; and supplying corresponding bit data in each unit frame to each pixel. Specifically, an analyzing circuit 5-5 predicts a probability of occurrence of a false contour in one screen of the video signal based on the presence or absence of a true contour. A display method based on the video signal is set in accordance with an analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 8956738
    Abstract: An OLED device including a cathode, a light emitting layer and an anode, in that order, and, having located between the cathode and the light emitting layer, a further layer containing an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a 2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)phenanthroline derivative, according to Formula (MC) below. Such devices exhibit reduced drive voltage while maintaining good luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Liang-Sheng Liao, Kevin P. Klubek, Manju Rajeswaran, Natasha Andrievsky
  • Patent number: 8933973
    Abstract: There is provided a display device in which disadvantageous effects due to unnecessary operations of an image lag alleviating function are minimized. In a display device of active matrix type, for each of the pixels arranged in a matrix, a current-driven emissive element is provided, and the current of the emissive element is controlled using a drive TFT so as to perform display. While a black display period during which an opposite bias voltage is applied between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the drive TFT is inserted in order to alleviate image lag, this insertion is performed only when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and is performed for a certain duration according to a command by a microcomputer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Seiichi Mizukoshi, Makoto Kohno, Nobuyki Mori
  • Patent number: 8900722
    Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device containing certain alkali metal cluster compounds with mixed ligands, such compounds, and methods of making them. In particular, the cluster compound is a neutrally charged mixed cluster compound comprising first and second subunits with the first subunit comprising an alkali metal salt of a nitrogen containing a heterocyclic ligand bearing a anionic hydroxy group and the second subunit consisting of an organic alkali metal salt different than the first subunit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: William J. Begley, Manju Rajeswaran, Tukaram K. Hatwar, Natasha Andrievsky
  • Patent number: 8896505
    Abstract: A display, including a substrate having a display area including first and second non-overlapping pixel groups and a gutter located between the first and second pixel groups, the gutter having a dimension in a first direction separating the first and second pixel groups, and each pixel group includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having three or more differently colored sub-pixels; and wherein the pixel centers of the pixels in each pixel group are arranged in a regular two-dimensional array having one dimension parallel to the first direction, and wherein the pixels within a pixel group are separated by an inter-pixel separation in the first direction; and one or more electrical elements arranged within the gutter, each subpixel being connected to one of the one or more electrical elements, wherein the gutter dimension is greater than the inter-pixel separation, so that artifacts in a displayed image are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Michael E. Miller
  • Patent number: 8877356
    Abstract: The invention provides an OLED device including an anode, a cathode and a yellow light-emitting layer located therebetween, the light-emitting layer comprising a 9,10-diarylanthracene host; a yellow light-emitting 5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene derivative where as least 1 of the phenyl groups is further substituted and a non-light-emitting diarylamine substituted 9,10-diarylsubstituted anthracene stabuilizer. Devices of the invention provide improvement in features such as stability and efficiency while maintaining excellent color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Spindler, Tukaram K. Hatwar
  • Patent number: 8877350
    Abstract: An organic white light-emitting device, including a substrate; an anode and a cathode spaced from each other; a light-emitting layer including a yellow dopant for emitting yellow light; and first and second blue light-emitting layers, each blue light-emitting layer having at least one different material than the other blue light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Spindler, Tukaram K. Hatwar
  • Patent number: 8829328
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for radiant energy transfer has at least one radiant energy transfer panel (20) having a light-energy transfer surface (21) and a back surface (23). The back surface has a panel electrode (42) for an electrical connection with the at least one radiant energy transfer panel. The panel electrode is conductively coupled to a first member of a separable flexible conductive fastener. A second member of the separable flexible conductive fastener has a power connection electrode. The power connection electrode is conductively coupled to a power device (12). Mechanically engaging the first and second members of the separable flexible conductive fastener connects the panel electrode on the at least one radiant energy transfer panel to the power connection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Barry D. Silverstein
  • Publication number: 20140239961
    Abstract: Checking failures in transistors including driving transistors, switching transistors, and sampling transistors before light emitting elements are formed in a display device. I-V characteristics including threshold voltage of the driving transistor 10C in one pixel circuit can be detected. In a pixel circuit, the sampling transistor 10A and switching transistor 10D are made conductive and the signal potential is given to the gate electrode of the driving transistor 10C from the signal line DTCm. At this time, the current which flows between the drain electrode and source electrode of driving transistor 10C flows through the switching transistor 10D and a reference potential line Vref_r to a test point, and is measured by a current measuring device connected to the test point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yuichi MAEKAWA, Koichi MIWA