Patents Examined by Matthew E. Gordon
  • Patent number: 11910679
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display panel includes forming a circuit layer including a gate, a source, and a drain on a base substrate and forming a light emitting element layer on the circuit layer. The forming of the circuit layer includes sequentially forming a preliminary metal layer, a preliminary oxide layer comprising molybdenum and tantalum, and a preliminary capping layer which comprise a preliminary electrode layer, cleaning the preliminary electrode layer, forming a photoresist layer pattern on the preliminary electrode layer, etching the preliminary electrode layer, and removing the photoresist layer pattern. During the etching of the preliminary electrode layer, a ratio between a removal speed ER1 of the preliminary oxide layer and a removal speed ER2 of the preliminary metal layer satisfies Equation 1 to maintain a low reflection property 1?ER2/ER1?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyungmin Baek, Juhyun Lee, Hongsick Park, Hyuneok Shin
  • Patent number: 11908763
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a semiconductor-based substrate with a functional structure that is formed in or on the semiconductor-based substrate. The apparatus includes a frame structure surrounding the functional structure and includes a coating that covers the functional structure and is delimited by the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Prashanth Makaram, John Cooper, Joerg Ortner, Stephan Pindl, Caterina Travan, Alexander Zoepfl
  • Patent number: 11910692
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a test area adjacent to the display area, a lower electrode disposed in the display area on the substrate, a common layer disposed on the lower electrode, an upper electrode disposed on the common layer; and a test element group. The test element group includes a plurality of electrode patterns disposed in a same layer as the lower electrode and in the test area on the substrate, a test common layer disposed in a same layer as the common layer and on the electrode patterns, where a plurality of openings is defined through the test common layer to expose a part of each of the electrode patterns, and an electrode layer disposed in a same layer as the upper electrode, on the test common layer, and in contact with the electrode patterns through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghyun Park, Yun-Mo Chung
  • Patent number: 11910693
    Abstract: A display device, a display panel, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes: a display substrate comprising a display region, wherein an opening region and an isolation region surrounding the opening region are arranged within the display region; a light-emitting layer formed on the display region; a blocking layer formed on a surface of the light-emitting layer away from the display substrate; and a first packaging layer covering the light-emitting layer and the blocking layer, wherein the first packaging layer is patterned through a photoresist layer to form a first through hole on the first packaging layer; a second through hole is respectively formed at a part of the blocking layer corresponding to the first through hole and at a part of the light-emitting layer corresponding to the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ziyu Zhang, Chunyan Xie
  • Patent number: 11903283
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus can include providing a first gate electrode on a substrate; providing a first active layer which overlaps with a portion of the first gate electrode; providing a second active layer on the substrate spaced apart from the first active layer; providing a first source electrode and a first drain electrode connected with the first active layer; providing a second gate electrode which overlaps with at least a portion of the second active layer; providing a second source electrode and a second drain electrode connected with the second active layer. Also, the method includes selectively providing conductivity to the second active layer, in which the first source electrode, the first drain electrode, the second gate electrode, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are manufactured at a same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11902696
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a first structure 20, and a second structure 40, in which the first structure 20 includes a first substrate 21, a temperature detection element which is formed on the first substrate 21 and detects a temperature on the basis of an infrared ray, a signal line 71, and a drive line 72, the second structure 40 includes a second substrate 41, and a drive circuit provided on the second substrate 41 and covered with a covering layer 43, the first substrate 21 and a second electrode 41 are stacked, the signal line 71 is electrically connected with the drive circuit via a signal line connection portion 100, the drive line is electrically connected with the drive circuit via a drive line connection portion, and the signal line connection portion 100 includes a first signal line connection portion 102 formed in the first structure 20 and a second signal line connection portion 106 formed in the second structure 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hajime Hosaka, Kenichi Okumura, Yoshikazu Nitta
  • Patent number: 11903261
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display substrate including a light emitting element which emits light of a first color or light of a second color different from the first color, a second display substrate including in order toward the first display substrate, a layer including both a bank layer defining an opening and a wavelength control pattern in the opening, a capping layer covering the wavelength control pattern and the bank layer, and a color absorbing layer which corresponds to the bank layer and blocks the light of the first color and the light of the second color. The capping layer includes a first area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, the bank layer includes a second area corresponding to the color absorbing layer, and the first area of the capping layer is between the color absorbing layer and the second area of the bank layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Ki Kim, Won Ji Gu, Jong Hoon Kim, Jea Heon Ahn, Ji Seong Yang, Hwa Yeul Oh
  • Patent number: 11894409
    Abstract: In some example embodiments, a back side illumination (BSI) image sensor may include a pixel configured to generate electrical signals in response to light incident on a back side of a substrate. In some example embodiments, the pixel includes, a photodiode, a device isolation film adjacent to the photodiode, a dark current suppression layer above the photodiode, a light shield grid above the photodiode and including an opening area of 1 to 15% of an area of the pixel, a light shielding filter layer above the light shield grid, a planarization layer above the light shielding filter layer, a lens above the planarization layer, and/or an anti-reflective film between the photodiode and the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Ki Lee, Jong Hoon Park, Jun Sung Park
  • Patent number: 11895893
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel including: a first substrate, a light-emitting element array and a color-conversion layer array, the light-emitting element array includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, the color-conversion layer array includes a plurality of color-conversion layers, the light-emitting elements are used for generating and emitting first color light, the color-conversion layers are used for generating other color light under excitation of the first color light, and the display panel further includes a first band-pass filtering layer between the light-emitting element array and the color-conversion layer array and/or a second band-pass filtering layer positioned on one side, away from the light-emitting element array, of the color-conversion layer array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qian Sun, Wei Huang, Qian Jin, Yichi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11891298
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing MEMS devices, includes forming a first assembly, which comprises: a dielectric region; a redistribution region; and a plurality of unit portions. Each unit portion of the first assembly includes: a die arranged in the dielectric region; and a plurality of first and second connection elements, which extend to opposite faces of the redistribution region and are connected together by paths that extend in the redistribution region, the first connection elements being coupled to the die. The process further includes: forming a second assembly which comprises a plurality of respective unit portions, each of which includes a semiconductor portion and third connection elements; mechanically coupling the first and second assemblies so as to connect the third connection elements to corresponding second connection elements; and then removing at least part of the semiconductor portion of each unit portion of the second assembly, thus forming corresponding membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Fabio Quaglia, Marco Ferrera, Marco Del Sarto
  • Patent number: 11894349
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a MOSFET including a PN junction diode. A unipolar device is connected in parallel to the MOSFET and has two terminals. A first wire connects the PN junction diode to one of the two terminals of the unipolar device. A second wire connects the one of the two terminals of the unipolar device to an output line, so that the output line is connected to the MOSFET and the unipolar device via the first wire and the second wire. In one embodiment the connection of the first wire to the diode is with its anode, and in another the connection is with the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Okumura
  • Patent number: 11877474
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel having a first region and a second region having a transmittance lower than a transmittance of the first region, the display panel including a substrate and a pixel layer disposed on the substrate, and an anti-reflection layer disposed on one side of the substrate in an area corresponding to the first region. The anti-reflection layer may include a first anti-reflection pattern including first metal and a second anti-reflection pattern disposed on the first anti-reflection pattern and including molybdenum oxide (MoOx) and oxide of second metal other than molybdenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyungmin Baek, Hyuneok Shin, Juhyun Lee, Hyunmin Cho
  • Patent number: 11874250
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to FET arrays for monitoring chemical and/or biological reactions such as nucleic acid sequencing-by-synthesis reactions. Some methods provided herein relate to improving signal (and also signal to noise ratio) from released hydrogen ions during nucleic acid sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Life Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Wolfgang Hinz, John F. Davidson, Antoine M. van Oijen, John Leamon, Martin Huber, Mark James Milgrew, James Bustillo
  • Patent number: 11862623
    Abstract: A method is provided, including the following operations: arranging a first gate structure extending continuously above a first active region and a second active region of a substrate; arranging a first separation spacer disposed on the first gate structure to isolate an electronic signal transmitted through a first gate via and a second gate via that are disposed on the first gate structure, wherein the first gate via and the second gate via are arranged above the first active region and the second active region respectively; and arranging a first local interconnect between the first active region and the second active region, wherein the first local interconnect is electrically coupled to a first contact disposed on the first active region and a second contact disposed on the second active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Charles Chew-Yuen Young, Chih-Liang Chen, Chih-Ming Lai, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Shun-Li Chen, Kam-Tou Sio, Shih-Wei Peng, Chun-Kuang Chen, Ru-Gun Liu
  • Patent number: 11855166
    Abstract: There is a problem that an area of a principal current cell is reduced by an area of a bonding pad wiring layer for a sub-cell. A source electrode 9b of a current detection cell 22 is electrically connected to a bonding pad wiring layer 12 formed on an interlayer insulating film 10 via a wiring layer contact 11. The bonding pad wiring layer 12 is formed with respect to a source electrode 9a of a principal current cell 21 so as to cover a part of the source electrode 9a via the interlayer insulating film 10. As a result, the source electrode 9b is miniaturized, and a size of the source electrode 9b is made substantially equal to a size of the current detection cell 22. Therefore, the current detection cell 22 and the principal current cell 21 are disposed close to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichirou Wada, Tomohiko Yano, Yoichiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11856823
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first organic film layer, a first barrier layer disposed on first organic film layer, a shielding pattern disposed on the first barrier layer, a second barrier layer covering the shielding pattern and disposed on first barrier layer, a first active pattern disposed on the second barrier layer and overlapping the shielding pattern in a plan view, a gate electrode disposed on the first active pattern, an emission control line disposed on the first active pattern and adjacent to a first side of the gate electrode in the plan view, an upper compensation control line disposed on the emission control line and adjacent to a second side of gate electrode in the plan view, and a second active pattern disposed on the emission control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-Jong Cho, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Young-In Hwang
  • Patent number: 11855174
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes a substrate, a channel layer disposed on the substrate, a barrier layer disposed on the channel layer, a first passivation layer disposed on the barrier layer, a plurality of trenches through at least a portion of the first passivation layer, and a conductive plate structure disposed on the first passivation layer. The conductive plate structure includes a base portion over the trenches and a plurality of protruding portions extending from a lower surface of the base portion and into the trenches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Po-Yu Yang, Hsun-Wen Wang
  • Patent number: 11856803
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel circuit layer on the substrate and including a thin-film transistor; a display element layer on the pixel circuit layer and including a display element electrically connected to the thin-film transistor; a color filter layer on the display element layer and including a color filter overlapping the display element and a black matrix having a first side contacting the color filter and a second side extending in an edge direction of the substrate; and a blocking layer between the black matrix and the substrate, wherein a tip end of the blocking layer has no step difference with an end of the black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Woo Lim, Bon-Yong Koo, Hyungjune Kim, Eunje Jang, Jang-Bog Ju
  • Patent number: 11849611
    Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate having a through hole, a conductive part disposed on an inner surface of the through hole and a resin part in the through hole and adjacent to the conductive part; a circuit layer disposed at a first side of the substrate; and a pad disposed at a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit layer by the conductive part, wherein a width of the through hole is larger near the first side or the second side of the substrate than at a center of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Jaebeen Lee
  • Patent number: 11839111
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a front portion and at least one side portion that is bent from at least one side of the front portion. The front portion includes first pixels. The side portion includes second pixels and crack prevention portions that are disposed adjacent to the second pixels. A number of the first pixels per unit area disposed in the front portion is greater than a number of the second pixels per unit area disposed in the at least one side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Won Choi, Jae Won Kim, Jun Young Min