Patents Examined by Phuc Dang
  • Patent number: 10023793
    Abstract: A marker composition and a package using same. The marker composition can include retroreflective particles and a dispersion medium, the blending ratio of the retroreflective particles being from 50 to 90 mass % on the basis of the total marker composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenton D. Budd, Neeraj Sharma, Bill H. Dodge, Daimon K Heller, Michael A. Haase, Mahmut Aksit
  • Patent number: 10014357
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device, including: an anode and a cathode opposite each other, a first stack and a second stack between the anode and the cathode, and a charge generation layer between the first stack and the second stack, the charge generation layer including an n-type charge generation layer and a p-type charge generation layer, wherein the p-type charge generation layer includes one first organic material, wherein the n-type charge generation layer includes a second organic material and an n-type dopant, wherein the n-type charge generation layer is divided into a first region contacting the first stack, a second region contacting the p-type charge generation layer, and a third region between the first region and the second region, and wherein a dopant content of the n-type dopant is stepwise increased in an order of: the first region, the third region, and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han-Byeol Seok, Eun-Jung Park, Seok-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10008549
    Abstract: There is provided an organic light emitting device having a lower substrate, a first electrode formed on lower substrate, an organic emission layer for emitting white light formed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on a first part of the organic emission layer; and a third electrode formed on a second part of the organic emission layer, wherein the third electrode has a different light transmittance rate than the second electrode, and wherein the first part of the organic emission layer corresponds to at least one of a red subpixel region, a green subpixel region and a blue subpixel region, and wherein the second part of the organic emission layer corresponds to a white subpixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ki Kim, Han Sun Park, Eui Doo Do
  • Patent number: 10002854
    Abstract: A link device with a large density routing is attached to a package in order to provide a high-density interconnect pathway to interconnect semiconductor devices. In an embodiment the package is an integrated fan out package. The link device may be bonded on either side of the package, and the package may optionally comprise through package vias. The link device may also be an integrated passive device that includes resistors, inductor, and capacitor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Chao-Yang Yeh, Ming-Tsun Lin, Hau Tao
  • Patent number: 9997497
    Abstract: A device includes a through substrate via (TSV) extending through a device substrate. The TSV includes a first conductive material having a sidewall, a protruding end of the TSV protruding from a second side of the device substrate. A liner covers the sidewall of the first conductive material from a below the top surface of the protruding end of the TSV to an opposite end of the TSV. A passivation layer is disposed over the second side of the device substrate and over a portion of the liner disposed on the protruding end of the TSV, the passivation layer having a stair-step surface extending away from the TSV. A conductive interface layer is disposed over the passivation layer, the sidewall of the first conductive material, and the top surface of the protruding end of the TSV. A second conductive material is disposed over the first conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Shin-Puu Jeng, Wen-Chih Chiou, Fang Wen Tsai, Chen-Yu Tsai
  • Patent number: 9989791
    Abstract: In a display device using a substrate having flexibility, a drop in reliability due to defects such as cracks in the case where a substrate is made to curve is controlled. A display device is provided including a first substrate having flexibility, the first substrate including a curved part, an organic film covering a first surface of the first substrate and a second surface opposing the first surface in the curved part; and a pixel part and a drive circuit part arranged on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hsiang Yuan Cheng
  • Patent number: 9978814
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device. A substrate is divided into a plurality of subpixels generating different colors of light. A light leakage prevention layer is disposed on a portion of the substrate corresponding to a light-emitting area of at least one subpixel of the plurality of subpixels. An overcoat layer is disposed on a portion of the substrate corresponding to at least one subpixel of the plurality of subpixels, and includes microlenses having a plurality of concave portions or a plurality of convex portions. An organic electroluminescent device is disposed on the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihyang Jang, KangJu Lee, SeungRyong Joung, Hansun Park, Sookang Kim, Soyoung Jo, Seongsu Jeon, Wonhoe Koo, Hyunsoo Lim, JeaHo Park, Mingeun Choi, Hyunjoo Kim, Wooram Youn
  • Patent number: 9978965
    Abstract: A rollable display includes a frontplane having multiple OLED pixels and a backplane having a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has a perimeter and a thin film transistor array operably connected to the OLED pixels. At least one rigid band of drivers is operably connected to the backplane and positioned along an edge of the substrate perimeter. The flexible substrate includes a material having a glass transition temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius. A method of fabricating a rollable display is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Ruiqing Ma
  • Patent number: 9978988
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel electrode on the substrate, a capping layer on the pixel electrode, a second organic layer on the capping layer, a first organic layer between the capping layer and the second organic layer and corresponding to the pixel electrode, and an inorganic layer on the second organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonmin Yun, Eungseok Park, Byoungduk Lee, Yunah Chung, Yoonhyeung Cho, Yongchan Ju
  • Patent number: 9960388
    Abstract: A display device includes: pixel electrodes that respectively correspond to unit pixels composing an image; an insulation layer that is arranged to be put on a peripheral part of each of the pixel electrodes and is light transmitting; a light emitting layer that is laminated in contact with a central part surrounded by the peripheral part in each of the pixel electrodes and is arranged to emit light with a luminosity controlled by a current; and a common electrode that is laminated in contact with the light emitting layer and is arranged to be put on the insulation layer over the pixel electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes has a surface on which the insulation layer and the light emitting layer are put. The peripheral part is either light absorbing or light transmitting on the surface, and the central part is light reflecting on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tohru Sasaki, Toshihiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9954049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a circular display device including: a substrate (21) having a circular shape; a plurality of data lines (15) formed on the substrate; a plurality of gate lines (16) extending in a direction orthogonal to the plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels (14) respectively formed at areas in which the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines intersect; and a circular cover (25) that is air-tightly adhered to the substrate and covers the pixels. The cover has a driving integrated circuit (27) and a plurality of wiring patterns formed thereon, wherein the driving integrated circuit supplies scan signals and data signals to the plurality of pixels, and the wiring patterns extend and are drawn out from the driving integrated circuit. The respective plurality of wiring patterns are electrically connected to each of the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines through connection wires (29).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOLONAUTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Bin Im, Kee-Yong Oh, Il-Ho Park, Chung-Hyoun Gyoung
  • Patent number: 9947899
    Abstract: A flexible display device and fabrication method thereof are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a buffer layer disposed on the flexible substrate, a display unit disposed on the buffer layer covering a part of the buffer layer, and a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the display unit and a rest part of the buffer layer. At least one of the buffer layer and the thin film encapsulation layer includes a self-healing layer comprising a self-healing polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Conghui Liu
  • Patent number: 9947732
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a substrate including a pixel region and a boundary region outside the pixel region. The pixel region comprises an area having a short side and a long side. The pixel region comprises an array of pixels to emit light. The OLED display device includes a substrate in the pixel region and in the boundary region The OLED display device further includes a first electrode of a light emitting device in the pixel region over the substrate, a first bank covering edges of the first electrode in the pixel region on the substrate in the boundary region, wherein a width of an edge of the first bank along the short side of the pixel region is different from a width of an edge of the first bank along the long side of the pixel region, and a second bank on a portion of the first bank in the boundary region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Ki Park, Hyo-Dae Bae
  • Patent number: 9947895
    Abstract: A flexible AMOLED display is disclosed including an OLED stack having an anode layer, a cathode layer and an organic light emitting layer between the anode layer and the cathode layer. A backplane includes a substrate, a plurality of bus lines, and a thin film transistor array. A permeation barrier layer is positioned between the OLED stack and the backplane, and a plurality of vias connect the OLED anode layer to the backplane thin film transistor array. In one embodiment, a neutral plane of the AMOLED display crosses the permeation barrier. In one embodiment, the thickness of at least a portion of the bus lines is greater than the thickness of the cathode layer. A method of increasing the flexibility of an AMOLED display is disclosed. A method of assembling a flexible AMOLED display under a processing temperature of less than 200 degrees Celsius is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Hack, Ruiqing Ma, Julia J. Brown
  • Patent number: 9945836
    Abstract: A nanopore FET sensor device and method of making. The nanopore FET sensor device includes a FET device stack of material layers including a source, channel and drain layers, and a nanoscale hole through the FET device stack to penult flow of strands of molecular material, e.g., DNA, therethrough. The perimeter of the nanoscale hole forms a FET device gate surface. The source and drain layers are provided with respective contacts for connection with measuring instruments that measure a flow of current therebetween. The molecular strands having charged portions pass from one side of a wafer substrate to the other side through the (nanopore) gate and modulate the current flow sensed at the source or drain terminals. The sensor collects real-time measurements of the current flow modulations for use in identifying the type of molecule. Multiple measurements by the same nanopore FET sensor are collected and compared for enhanced detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John U. Knickerbocker, Effendi Leobandung
  • Patent number: 9941488
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display panel includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate, a light emitting structure disposed in an opening of the pixel defining layer, and a mirror pattern disposed on an upper surface of the pixel defining layer. The pixel defining layer defines the opening and includes the upper surface that is in parallel with a surface of the base substrate and a side surface that is connected to the upper surface. The mirror pattern makes contact with the pixel defining layer, and entirely covers the upper surface of the pixel defining layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae-Woo Lee, Byoung-Ki Kim, Ho-Jin Yoon, Yun-Mo Chung
  • Patent number: 9935165
    Abstract: There is provided a semiconductor device that includes a substrate, an electric field shielding layer, and a semiconductor element. The electric field shielding layer is provided on the substrate. The semiconductor element includes an electrode, and is provided on the electric field shielding layer with an insulating film in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: JOLED, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Ishiyama, Yuichi Kato, Tomoatsu Kinoshita, Takashige Fujimori, Kenta Masuda, Keiichi Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 9929378
    Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable organic EL display device. The organic EL display device includes a first insulating layer; and a display portion provided on the first insulating layer, the display portion including a plurality of pixels. The display portion includes a light emitting layer included in organic EL elements included in the plurality of pixels, the light emitting layer being extended in the entirety of, and beyond, the display portion. The organic EL display device further includes a first groove enclosing the display portion as seen in a plan view, the first groove being provided in the first insulating layer at a position below the light emitting layer. A second insulating layer covering the first groove may be provided between the first insulating layer and the light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiraaki Kokame, Daisuke Kato
  • Patent number: 9923131
    Abstract: There is proposed an illuminating device, comprising (a) a luminous element, (b) a support, and (c) a primary optical element, characterized in that (i) said luminous element (a) is present on the support (b), and (ii) said primary optical element (c) is arranged on the composite of luminous element (a) and support (b) in such a way that it takes up, directs and emits the radiation emerging from the luminous element in the desired light distribution, wherein (iii) said primary optical element (c) is fabricated from a high refractive index glass and (iv) attached to the support by direct bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Swareflex GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Gianordoli
  • Patent number: 9923034
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel and a display device including the display panel. The display panel comprises a plurality of pixels each comprising at least a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, and each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel comprises a light-emitting element emitting green light having a first wavelength. The first sub-pixel comprises a first conversion layer at a first light outgoing side of the light-emitting element thereof and emits light having a first color at the first light outgoing side of the light-emitting element thereof, and the second sub-pixel comprises a second conversion layer at a first light outgoing side of the light-emitting element thereof and emits light having a second color different from the first color at the first light outgoing side of the light-emitting element thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangliang Jiang, Yongjun Yoon