Patents Assigned to Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
  • Patent number: 7042533
    Abstract: An LCD module connecting mechanism. An LCD module connecting mechanism for an electronic device comprising an arm disposed in the electronic device and a frame disposed on a side of the LCD module. The arm has a first joining portion disposed on a side thereof. The frame has a second joining portion on a side thereof. The LCD module connects the electronic device by joining the first joining portion and the second joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 7042538
    Abstract: A color filter structure of a liquid crystal display (LCD) has a plurality of color filters coupling with each other disposed on a substrate. An overlapping region is positioned between adjacent color filters, and a surface of color filter in the overlapping region is substantially in a same level as a surface of the color filters outside the overlapping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsin-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 7038276
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor (TFT) with body contacts is disclosed. It is used in polysilicon TFT LCD's. A body contact region for separating the gate electrode, a source region, and a drain region is made in the TFT. Through the dopants in the body contact region and different impurities in the source region and the drain region, a body-trigger bias is imposed on the body of the TFT. This method reduces the threshold voltage of the TFT driving circuit, thereby increasing the driving current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Dou Ker, Wen-Hsia Kung, Ya-Hsiang Tai
  • Patent number: 7034912
    Abstract: This invention relates to a transflective LCD device using different common voltages in the transmissive and reflective regions to present the same gray scale performance on the transmissive and reflective regions. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of transmissive regions and a plurality of reflective regions; a transmissive electrode formed on said transmission electrode region; a reflective electrode formed on said reflective regions and connected electrically with said transmissive electrode; a second substrate including a plurality of first common electrodes and a plurality of second common electrodes, wherein said first common electrodes are formed over said transmissive regions, said second common electrodes are formed over said reflective regions, and said first common electrodes are not connected electrically with said second common electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Jain Wen, Dai-Liang Ting, Shyuan-Jeng Ho
  • Patent number: 7033902
    Abstract: A method for making a thin film transistor (TFT) with a lightly doped region. The process of the invention is compatible with the currently common TFT manufacturing processes. A substrate with a photoresist layer thereon is subjected to two-step exposure with different exposure energies to form a full-through pattern and a non-through pattern after development. The same photoresist layer is subjected to two etching steps to form a gate region and an intra-gate region. The gate region and the intra-gate region are respectively doped with different dopant concentrations. Therefore, the number of times forming and exposing the photoresist layer is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Chang, De-Hua Deng, Yaw-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 7026567
    Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate with a first surface, a second substrate with a second surface facing the first surface, and a masking structure with a first contacting surface and a second contacting surface respectively adjacent to an edge portion of the first flexible substrate and an edge portion of the second substrate. The second contacting surface is wider than the first contacting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Kuei Mai, Ming-Mo Lo
  • Patent number: 7026226
    Abstract: A method of hydrogenating a poly-silicon layer is disclosed, which is used to improve characteristics of a thin film transistor (TFT) having a poly-silicon thin film. In the method, the poly-silicon layer is first subject to a plasma pre-process and then a hydrogenating process is undertaken thereon where a hydrogen-containing silicon-based compound is deposited over the poly-silicon layer having being pre-processed by the plasma and thermal treated. As such, the hydrogen atoms in the hydrogen-containing silicon-based compound may diffuse into the poly-silicon layer and the hydrogen atoms at a surface of the poly-silicon layer may further diffuse into where need to be filled to promote the hydrogenation effect of the poly-silicon layer, i.e., the hydrogenation may be completed in a shorter time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Frank Lin
  • Patent number: 7025489
    Abstract: A assembling frame for back light modules for securely assembling and anchoring the elements of a back light module and providing a selected deformation to overcome the impact on the back light module resulting from usage and environmental conditions, and including a flexible latch blade on a assembling frame to hold a lateral side of the light guide panel and accommodate the deformation occurring to the light guide panel after having absorbed water and expanding or warping. The anchoring relationship may be maintained even when the light guide panel is in usage or various environmental conditions such as high temperature and high humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Huang Lin, Jan-Chang Jan
  • Patent number: 7027118
    Abstract: A device and method for making full color cholesteric displays such as a narrow band and a broad band cholesteric display using high birefringence LC materials with color filtering processes. The invention includes positioning slant reflector(s) in the transmissive portion of the display to reflect backlight into reflection pixels. The LCD can display the same color images in both reflective and transmissive modes, maintain good readability in any ambient, has low power consumption, high brightness, full color capability and has a fabrication process that is compatible with conventional LCD fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignees: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp
    Inventors: Shin-Tson Wu, Yi-Pai Huang, Xinyu Zhu, Hongwen Ren, Thomas X. Wu
  • Patent number: 7027550
    Abstract: A shift register unit. The shift register unit outputs a shift register signal according to a clock signal, an inverse clock signal and a start signal. The shift register has first and second clock inversion circuits, and an inverter. In the first clock inversion circuit, a third PMOS transistor has a third source coupled to the first voltage, a third gate and a third drain. A fourth PMOS transistor has a fourth source coupled to the third drain, a fourth gate and a fourth drain coupled to the second voltage. A fifth PMOS transistor has a fifth source coupled to the third drain, a fifth drain coupled to the first gate, and a fifth gate. A sixth PMOS transistor having a sixth source coupled to the third gate, a sixth drain coupled to the second gate, and a sixth gate coupled to the fifth gate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Hsiao-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 7023507
    Abstract: A color filter and fabricating method thereof. The color filter includes a transparent substrate, provided with a plurality of parallel first light-shielding lines, extending in a first direction, and a plurality of parallel second light-shielding lines, extending in a second direction, wherein a sub-pixel area is defined by two adjacent first light-shielding lines and two adjacent second light-shielding lines. A color-filtering area is formed in the sub-pixel area. An electrode layer is formed on the transparent substrate. At least one insulating line is formed on the electrode layer, directly above a part of the first or the second light-shielding lines, and a conductive line is formed on the insulating line, extending over both ends of the insulating line to electrically connect the electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Chang Chen, Ya-Hsiang Tai
  • Patent number: 7023131
    Abstract: An active matrix organic light emitting display and a method of forming the same. The AM-OLED including a substrate with a plurality of thin film transistors serving as driver circuits, a dielectric layer formed conformally on the substrate and the thin film transistors, a first insulating layer formed on parts of the dielectric layer to define the exposed surface of the dielectric layer as a predetermined transparent electrode area, a transparent electrode formed conformally on the predetermined transparent electrode area, a second insulating layer formed on both sides of the transparent electrode to expose parts of surface of the transparent electrode, an organic electroluminescent layer formed on the transparent electrode, and a metal electrode formed on the organic electroluminescent layer. The insulating layer smoothes the transparent electrode surface enhancing the luminescent characteristics of the AM-OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Chang, Hsiu-Chun Hsieh, Yaw-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 7018086
    Abstract: A back light module is provided. The back light module comprises a light-guiding plate, a side light source and a bottom light source. The side light source is positioned on one side facing a side surface of the light-guiding plate. The bottom light source is positioned on a bottom surface of the light-guiding plate. Light from the side light source and the bottom light source both emerge from a top surface of the light-guiding plate. The side light source and the bottom light source together provide a bright surface light source that illuminates a liquid crystal display to produce a better display effect. In addition, this invention also provides e liquid crystal display comprising a transmissive or transflective liquid crystal display panel and the aforementioned back light module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Che-Kuei Mai
  • Patent number: 7015997
    Abstract: A high reflection and transmission transflective liquid crystal display (TLCD) that requires only a single cell gap. Instead of reducing the cell gap of the R sub-pixel region, the invention reduces the birefringence change ?n of reflective pixels (R) so that the total retardation change ?nd of R is equal to that of the transmissive pixels (T). This is realized by a partial switching of the pixels of approximately 45 degrees which occurs in the reflective pixel (R) region of the single cell gap by applying fringing fields, generated by a discontinuous electrode, to the molecules in the reflective pixel (R) region of the cell gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignees: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Wing Kit Choi, Shin-Tson Wu
  • Patent number: 7014708
    Abstract: An amorphous silicon pattern is formed first. A first region, a second region, at least one first pointed region adjacent to the second region and having a second height, at least one fourth region between the first region and each first pointed region are included in the amorphous silicon pattern. Each fourth region has a fourth height smaller than the second height. A laser crystallization process is performed to form a first single crystal silicon grain in each fourth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 7009204
    Abstract: A thin film transistor for use in an active matrix liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a source and a drain regions, and at least a gate electrode. The substrate includes therein a plurality of intrinsic regions, at least one first doped region and two second doped regions. The first doped region is disposed between the plurality of intrinsic regions. The plurality of intrinsic regions are linked together to form a connection structure via the first doped region, and the two second doped regions are disposed at both ends of the connection structure, respectively. The source and the drain regions are coupled to the two second doped regions disposed at both ends of the connection structure, respectively. The gate electrode is disposed over the plurality of intrinsic regions, such that the periphery of each of the plurality of intrinsic regions and the periphery of a corresponding gate electrode are substantially aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yaw-Ming Tsai, Hsiu-Chun Hsieh, Shih-Chang Chang, Chen-Ting Huang, I-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 7002652
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) includes at least a transmission pixel region and at least a reflection pixel region positioned in a pixel region. The transmission region includes at least a transmissive electrode connected to a first switching element. The reflection pixel region includes at least a reflective electrode connected to a second switching element. The transmissive and the reflective electrodes are controlled respectively by independent switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Jain Wen, Dai-Liang Ting, Hsiao-Yi Lin, Gwo-Long Lin, I-Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 6999051
    Abstract: A light-on aging test system electrically connected with a plurality of flat panel displays for conducting aging test to the flat panel displays, which includes at least a signal generator for generating a power signal and a first control signal, at least a signal regulating circuit electrically connected with the signal generator for regulating the first control signal into a second control signal according to an examination condition, and a voltage boosting circuit electrically connected with the signal regulating circuit for boosting the signal level and driving capability of the power signal and the second control signal. The boost power signal is outputted to drive the flat panel displays and the second control signal is inputted to the flat panel displays to perform light-on aging test to the flat panel displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Yu-Yun Hsu
  • Patent number: 6992740
    Abstract: This invention relates to a transflective LCD device using different common voltages in the transmissive and reflective regions to present the same gray scale performance on the transmissive and reflective regions. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including a plurality of transmissive regions and a plurality of reflective regions; a transmissive electrode formed on said transmission electrode region; a reflective electrode formed on said reflective regions and connected electrically with said transmissive electrode; a second substrate including a plurality of first common electrodes and a plurality of second common electrodes, wherein said first common electrodes are formed over said transmissive regions, said second common electrodes are formed over said reflective regions, and said first common electrodes are not connected electrically with said second common electrodes; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Jain Wen, Dai-Liang Ting, Shyuan-Jeng Ho
  • Patent number: 6989873
    Abstract: A backlight module for providing a light with more uniform light distribution and greater brightness is provided. The backlight module includes at least a luminary for providing a light, a light guide assembly disposed adjacent to the luminary for guiding a first portion of the light, a translucent membrane with a plurality of openings thereon, and a reflector disposed below the light guide assembly. In which, a second portion of the light passes upwardly through the openings and a third portion of the light is directed upwardly by the light guide assembly after being reflected by the translucent membrane and the reflector. Further, the light guide assembly includes a plurality of light guide plates, in which the bottom of at least one light guide plate can be a triangular concave or an arc concave, and the light guide plates can have some doping particles therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Huang Hua-Nan, Mai Che-Kuei