Patents Examined by Douglas M Menz
  • Patent number: 11974481
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area; a main sub-pixel and a main pixel circuit, the main sub-pixel being in the main display area on the substrate, and the main pixel circuit being connected to the main sub-pixel; a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels in the component area on the substrate; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits in the peripheral area on the substrate; a plurality of connecting lines connecting the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels to the plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits, respectively; and a dummy line extending in a direction in which the plurality of connecting lines extend in the component area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunyoung Jung, Hyunho Kim, Chungsock Choi, Gunhee Kim, Donghwan Shim, Sanghee Jang
  • Patent number: 11974459
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of display, and discloses an OLED display panel and a display device. The OLED display panel includes a drive backplane; and an OLED device, an encapsulation structure and a color resistor structure which are arranged on the drive backplane; the encapsulation structure and the color resistor structure are located on a side, facing away from the drive backplane, of the OLED device, and the color resistor structure includes a chromatic color resistor layer, a first BM and a second BM; and the first BM is located on a side, facing away from the drive backplane, of the chromatic color resistor layer, and the second BM is located on a side, facing the drive backplane, of the chromatic color resistor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanxiang Xu, Shi Shu, Qi Yao, Guangcai Yuan, Yang Yue, Haitao Huang, Yong Yu
  • Patent number: 11968861
    Abstract: An organic EL display (1) has a bend (B) where a slit (81) is bored in a base coat film (23), gate insulating film (27), first interlayer insulating film (31) and second interlayer insulating film (35). The bend is provided with a filler layer (83) filling the slit and covering both edges of the slit. The filler layer has a protrusion (85) overlapping each edge in the width direction of the slit. A routed wire (7) routed from the display region (D) and then routed over the filler layer to reach a terminal section (T) extends over the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa, Shinsuke Saida, Ryosuke Gunji, Hiroki Taniyama, Tohru Okabe, Akira Inoue, Hiroharu Jinmura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Koji Tanimura
  • Patent number: 11961848
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display substrate and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a substrate base, and an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a first metal film layer, an interlayer insulating layer, a second metal film layer, and a passivation layer stacked in sequence on the substrate base. The first metal film layer comprises a pattern of a gate and a gate line. The second metal film layer comprises a pattern of a source/drain and a data line. The gate line and the data line are partially arranged opposite to each other. An oxide metal layer is provided on the surface of the side of the region of the gate line opposite to the data line facing the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Liangchen Yan, Bin Zhou, Yadong Liang, Ning Liu, Leilei Cheng, Jingang Fang
  • Patent number: 11963392
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having an active area and a non-active area, a light emitting diode in the active area, a sealing layer over the light emitting diode, at least one lens pattern over the sealing layer, the at least one lens pattern having a convex shape, and a passivation layer in the active area and the non-active area, the passivation layer covering the at least one lens pattern and having a first open portion exposing a first pad area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: A-Ra Yoon, Hoon Kang, Byung-Joo Lee, Keong-Jin Lee, Jun-Young Kwon
  • Patent number: 11963459
    Abstract: A switching device according to an embodiment includes a switching layer disposed between a first electrode and a second electrode. The switching layer contains a material containing a first cation element Z, Te, and N. This material contains at least 5 atomic % or more of each of Z, Te, and N, and when an atomic ratio of Te is X, an atomic ratio of N is Y, an atomic ratio of Z is W, a ratio of Z2Te3 to ZN on a straight line connecting a compound of the first cation element Z with tellurium and nitride of the first cation element Z in a ternary phase diagram of Z, Te, and N is A, and a change in an N content from the Z2Te3—ZN line is B, the material has a composition satisfying X=1.2 (1?A) (0.5+B), Y=A (0.5+B), and W=1?X?Y, where ?0.06?B?0.06 is satisfied when ?>A and ¾<A, and ?0.06?B and Y?0.45 are satisfied when ??A?¾.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takehira, Katsuyoshi Komatsu, Tadaomi Daibou, Hiroki Kawai, Yuichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11963384
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, in a non-display region inside a display region, an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in an island shape, a first opening is provided in a first inorganic insulating film so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the non-display region, a common functional layer is provided so as to extend from the display region to the non-display region, and a second opening is provided so as to expose the oxide semiconductor layer in the common functional layer, a peripheral end of the second opening being surrounded by a peripheral end of the first opening in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Sonoda, Takashi Ochi, Jumpei Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11950479
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display area and a non-display area, sub-pixels in the display area, each sub-pixel including a first electrode and a second electrode extended in a first direction and light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, sub-lines disposed in the non-display area and extended in a second direction, and conductive patterns extended in the first direction, each conductive pattern being connected to at least one of the plurality of sub-lines. The sub-lines comprise first, second, and third sub-lines sequentially disposed from the first sub-line toward the display area. The conductive patterns are disposed in at least one of the sub-pixels closest to the sub-lines. The conductive patterns comprise a first conductive pattern connected to the first sub-line, second conductive patterns connected to the second sub-line, and a third conductive pattern connected to the third sub-line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyong Sub Kim, Sung Ho Park, Jae Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11942487
    Abstract: The prevent application provides an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate is provided with a plurality of rows of pixel units, wherein each of the pixel units is provided with a transistor area; a main transistor unit, a sub-transistor unit, and a shared transistor unit are disposed in the transistor area; and the shared transistor unit includes a source and a drain; each of the plurality of rows of the pixel units is provided with a shared metal wiring; and the shared metal wiring is provided above the transistor area and extends along an arrangement direction of the pixel units in a corresponding one of the plurality of rows, and is electrically connected to a source of the shared transistor unit in each of the pixel units, sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11940845
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of signal wirings arranged in the display area, a plurality of fanout wirings arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to the signal wirings, and a plurality of connecting wirings connecting the signal wirings to the fanout wirings, where some of the plurality of fanout wirings intersect and are overlapped with each other in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Ho Bang, Hwa Jeong Kim, Yong Hwan Park, Yong Je Jeon, Won Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11943969
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including an opening area, a display area surrounding the opening area, and a non-display area between the opening area and the display area; a first insulating layer on the substrate, the first insulating layer including a first recess or a first opening overlapping the non-display area; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer including a second opening exposing a first upper surface of the first insulating layer between the first recess or the first opening and the opening area; a conductive pattern between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the conductive pattern including a first layer and a second layer; and a display element on the second insulating layer and overlapping the display area, the display element including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chungi You
  • Patent number: 11925080
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, a common voltage supply wiring overlapping the non-display area and disposed on the substrate, a driving voltage supply wiring overlapping the non-display area and disposed on the substrate, and a data voltage supply wiring overlapping the non-display area and electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, where at least one of the common voltage supply wiring and the driving voltage supply wiring includes a chamfered area, the data voltage supply wiring includes a first data voltage supply wiring, a second data voltage supply wiring, and a third data voltage supply wiring, and the first to third data voltage supply wirings are disposed in different layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Choi, Won Kyu Kwak, Chang Soo Pyon, Seung Gyu Tae
  • Patent number: 11923276
    Abstract: A semiconductor includes a carrier; a semiconductor element arranged on the carrier; a first row of terminals arranged along a first side face of the carrier; a second row of terminals arranged along a second side face of the carrier opposite the first side face; and an encapsulation body encapsulating the semiconductor element, wherein the semiconductor element comprises a first transistor structure and a second transistor structure, wherein the first row of terminals comprises a first gate terminal, a first sensing terminal coupled, and a first power terminal, wherein the second row of terminals, a second sensing terminal, and a second power terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Ralf Otremba, Klaus Schiess, Michael Treu
  • Patent number: 11925079
    Abstract: A display panel, includes: a substrate; and a plurality of OLED devices disposed on the substrate, each of which includes an anode and a light-emitting layer arranged in stack; further includes a patterned area, the patterned area comprising at least one cathode group, each of which includes a plurality of cathodes arranged at intervals, and an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of cathodes on the substrate at least covers an orthographic projection of the light-emitting layer of one of the plurality of OLED devices on the substrate; and for each of the at least one cathode group, the display panel further includes a plurality of first wirings electrically connected to the plurality of cathodes in one-to-one correspondence and a second wiring electrically connected to the plurality of first wirings and electrically connected to a VSS signal line. A display device is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanyou Qiu, Yao Huang, Weiyun Huang, Binyan Wang, Zhi Wang
  • Patent number: 11916083
    Abstract: A display substrate has an active area which includes a photosensitive region with a light-transmitting channel. The display substrate includes a base, a pixel circuit layer, a first insulating layer and a conductive light-shielding layer. The pixel circuit layer includes pixel circuits and at least one pixel circuit includes a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor. The first insulating layer has a first via hole. The conductive light-shielding layer includes a conductive light-shielding pattern that has a first light-transmitting hole. Orthogonal projections of the first light-transmitting hole and of a gap region between the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor have a first overlapping region, which the light-transmitting channel penetrates. The conductive light-shielding pattern is coupled with a source electrode or a drain electrode of the first thin film transistor through the first via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianbo Xian, Hongfei Cheng, Yongda Ma, Chen Xu, Xueguang Hao
  • Patent number: 11916108
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor fin over a substrate, and a gate structure along sidewalls and the top surface of the semiconductor fin. The gate structure covers the first portion of the semiconductor fin. The semiconductor device also includes a source/drain feature adjacent to the gate structure. The semiconductor device further includes a source/drain contact connected to the source/drain feature. The source/drain contact extends downwards to a position that is lower than the top surface of the first portion of the semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MediaTek Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Tien Wan, Ming-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11910645
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a first display region, a second display region and a boundary between the first display region and the second display region, a light transmittance of the second display region is greater than that of the first display region, the display panel includes a substrate and a pixel layer, the pixel layer includes a plurality of first sub-pixels arranged in a first arrangement in the first display region and a plurality of second sub-pixels arranged in a second arrangement in the second display region, the second arrangement is different from the first arrangement, a second light-emitting structure of each second sub-pixel and a first light-emitting structure of each first sub-pixel respectively adjacent to the boundary and having a same color are interconnected to form an interconnected light-emitting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Bing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11898988
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a molecular sensor contains a sensitive film in which a porous member and an ionic liquid coexist. The molecular sensor is capable of detecting a target molecule by measuring a change in physical quantity of the sensitive film due to adsorption of the target molecule to the sensitive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yasushi Shinjo, Hirohisa Miyamoto, Reiko Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 11903248
    Abstract: In one example aspect, a device (100) comprises an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display (102, 500). The display comprises a transparent or semi-transparent substrate (510) and includes a first region (104) comprising a plurality of first pixels (300) and a second region (106) comprising a plurality of second pixels (400). A first proportion of each first pixel comprises a first light emissive area (302), a second proportion of each second pixel comprises a second light emissive area (402), and the first proportion is different to the second proportion, wherein the first proportion comprises a ratio of a size of the first light emissive area to a size of each first pixel (300), and the second proportion comprises a ratio of a size of the second light emissive area to a size of each second pixel (400).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventor: Alexander Hunt
  • Patent number: 11903270
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having a display area configured to display an image; a pixel on a first surface of the substrate in the display area and including a display element layer and a pixel circuit layer; a first driver on a second surface of the substrate facing the first surface of the substrate in the display area; and a first connection portion passing through the substrate between the first surface and the second surface of the substrate in the display area to electrically connect a first signal line of the pixel circuit layer and the first driver to each other. The display element layer includes: a first electrode and a second electrode on the same layer and spaced from each other; and a light emitting element between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk Sung Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon