Patents Examined by Sardis F Azongha
  • Patent number: 11698694
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus for sensing a touch of a user and/or a tool is provided. The touch display apparatus includes upper electrodes on emission areas. The upper electrodes may be separated by a separating partition on a separating area and a second opening of a bank insulating layer. Each of the upper electrodes may be connected to one of link wires, which are disposed between a device substrate and the bank insulating layer. Thus, in the touch display apparatus, a process for sensing the touch of the user and/or the tool may be simplified, and a process efficiency may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Sik Lee, Sang Hyuck Bae, Hwi Deuk Lee, Min Jic Lee
  • Patent number: 11694638
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of sub-pixels is disposed. Also, the display device includes a data driver configured to supply a plurality of data voltages to the plurality of sub-pixels through a plurality of data lines. Further, the display device includes a gate driver configured to supply a plurality of gate signals to the plurality of sub-pixels through a plurality of gate lines. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a light emitting diode, a driving transistor, and a variable resistance circuit disposed in series between a low-potential voltage terminal and a high-potential voltage terminal. When each of the plurality of sub-pixels implements a low grayscale, the variable resistance circuit increases a resistance between the high-potential voltage terminal and the driving transistor. Thus, a low grayscale can be normally implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongkyun Choi, Junghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11693508
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus senses a touch of a user, a tool or both. In the touch display apparatus, an upper electrode of a light-emitting device includes a first electrode portion overlapping an emission area, and a second electrode region spaced away from the first electrode region. A touch wire is disposed on an encapsulating element covering the light-emitting device. The touch wire includes a portion overlapping the second electrode region. Thus, in the touch display apparatus, a process of forming components for sensing the touch may be simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwi Deuk Lee, Yang Sik Lee, Sang Hyuck Bae
  • Patent number: 11688350
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area and a second area surrounded by the first area, a first gate driving circuit unit and a second gate driving circuit unit adjacent to and spaced apart from each other in the first area, a (1-1)st pixel circuit unit arranged between the first gate driving circuit unit and the second gate driving circuit unit, and a (1-1)st display element arranged in the first area and electrically connected to the (1-1)st pixel circuit unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Okkyung Park, Sunho Kim, Juchan Park
  • Patent number: 11682353
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; an overlapping layer on the substrate; a pixel on the substrate and the overlapping layer; and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line that are connected to the pixel. The pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor connected to the scan line and the data line; a driving transistor including a gate electrode, an input terminal, and an output terminal, and to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode from the output terminal; and a voltage application transistor to apply a voltage to the overlapping layer. An output of the second transistor is connected to the input terminal of the driving transistor, and the overlapping layer is between the driving transistor and the substrate while overlapping with the driving transistor on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Won Yoon, Gun Hee Kim, Sang Ho Park, Seung Chan Lee, Joo Hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 11672157
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display unit having a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a transistor and a light-emitting element. A plurality of signal lines is connected to the pixels. An encapsulation layer covers the pixels. The display unit includes a display region and a non-display region adjacent to the display region in a plan view. A sensing unit includes a plurality of sensing patterns overlapping the display region. A plurality of sensing pads overlaps the non-display region. A plurality of sensing lines electrically connects the sensing patterns and the sensing pads. A bridge line is connected to a first sensing line and a corresponding first sensing pad. The bridge line is bent to extend in a direction that is different from an extending direction of the first sensing line to connect the bridge line to the first sensing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwanghyeok Kim, Yong-Hwan Park, Sanghyun Jun, Miyoung Kim, Soyeon Park, Sugwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11670205
    Abstract: An electronic device including: a display module including a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface and including a module hole that penetrates from the front surface to the rear surface; and an electronic module overlapping the module hole. The display module includes a crack detection wiring including a hole wiring disposed in a hole area, and a first detection wiring and a second detection wiring of the crack detection wiring are connected to the hole wiring and disposed on different layers with a detection insulating layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungsu Lee, Jong-Hwa Kim, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 11665933
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display may have thin-film transistor circuitry formed on a substrate. The display and substrate may have rounded corners. A pixel definition layer may be formed on the thin-film transistor circuitry. Openings in the pixel definition layer may be provided with emissive material overlapping respective anodes for organic light-emitting diodes. A cathode layer may cover the array of pixels. A ground power supply path may be used to distribute a ground voltage to the cathode layer. The ground power supply path may be formed from a metal layer that is shorted to the cathode layer using portions of a metal layer that forms anodes for the diodes, may be formed from a mesh shaped metal pattern, may have L-shaped path segments, may include laser-deposited metal on the cathode layer, and may have other structures that facilitate distribution of the ground power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Wei Lin, Stephen S. Poon, Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Cheng-Ho Yu, ChoongHo Lee, Doh-Hyoung Lee, Ting-Kuo Chang, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Vasudha Gupta, Younggu Lee
  • Patent number: 11663976
    Abstract: A display substrate is provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, and a gate scan driving circuit, a light-emitting control scan driving circuit, and a first power line, the gate scan driving circuit includes a first stabilizing capacitor, a first electrode plate of the first stabilizing capacitor is electrically connected to the output terminal of the gate scan driving circuit; and the light-emitting control scan driving circuit includes a second stabilizing capacitor, a first electrode plate of the second stabilizing capacitor is electrically connected to the output terminal, a second electrode plate of the second stabilizing capacitor is electrically connected to the first power line, the second electrode plate of the second stabilizing capacitor includes a first part and a second part, and an organic insulation layer is provided between the first part and the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing Yao, Chen Xu, Jingquan Wang, Xinyin Wu
  • Patent number: 11663971
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a display device including the pixel circuit are disclosed. The pixel circuit according to embodiments includes a first pixel circuit connected in parallel to an initialization voltage line to which an initialization voltage is applied, and including a first-first switch element connected to a first-first gate line and a first-second switch element connected to a first-second gate line; and a second pixel circuit connected in parallel to the initialization voltage line, and including a second-first switch element connected to a second-first gate line and a second-second switch element connected to a second-second gate line, and the first-second gate line and the second-first gate line are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Won Lee, Hyun Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 11659744
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a display area including a main display area, and a component area; a peripheral area; a plurality of main pixel circuits at the main display area; a plurality of main gate lines extending in a first direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of main data lines extending in a second direction, and connected to the main pixel circuits; a plurality of auxiliary display elements at the component area; a plurality of auxiliary pixel circuits at the periphery area, and connected to the auxiliary display elements; a plurality of auxiliary gate lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main gate lines that are adjacent to the component area in the first direction; and a plurality of auxiliary data lines connected to the auxiliary pixel circuits, and to main data lines that are adjacent to the component area in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunyoung Jung, Gunhee Kim, Hyunho Kim, Donghwan Shim, Taehoon Yang, Sanghee Jang, Chungsock Choi
  • Patent number: 11657742
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for testing and repairing various aspects of an electronic display. The electronic display includes a reference array and an active array. The electronic display also includes test circuitry used to test individual or any combination of pixels of the electronic display. Switches may be disposed between the pixels and the test circuitry to be to repair the various components of the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hasan Akyol, Chung-Lun Edwin Hsu, Baris Cagdaser, John T. Wetherell, Xuebei Yang, Ali Tabatabaei, Patrick Bryce Bennett, Yingkan Lin, Chun-Ming Tang, Xiaofeng Wang, Hopil Bae
  • Patent number: 11653550
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of display pads at least some of which at least a portion extend in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a flexible circuit board including circuit pads, at least some of which at are electrically connected to the display pads, and circuit lines connected to the circuit pads. The circuit pads include at least one dummy pad, and the circuit lines include a dummy circuit line, of which at least a portion of is connected to the at least one dummy pad. The dummy circuit line includes a first portion connected to the at least one dummy pad and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion by a gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joongmok Lee, Jeongeun Park, Hanho Park, Chung-Seok Lee, Soyeon Joo
  • Patent number: 11651737
    Abstract: A circuit for driving a pixel includes a driving transistor having a first end connected to a first node, a control end connected to a second node, and a second end connected to a third node; a writing circuit connected to a first scanning signal and the first node and configured to transmit a data signal to the first node; a reset circuit connected to a second scanning signal and configured to transmit a reference signal to the second node; a compensation circuit connected to a compensation control signal and configured to put through a connection between the second end and the control end of the driving transistor in response to the compensation control signal, wherein the compensation control signal is different from the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal; and an energy storage circuit connected between a first power end and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tieshi Wang, Xueling Gao, Zhiqiang Xu, Chengchung Yang, Haoran Liu
  • Patent number: 11651734
    Abstract: A display panel with an extended display area, and a display apparatus including the display panel, wherein the display panel includes: a substrate in which a display area including a component area and a main area, and a peripheral area outside the display area are defined; a first main pixel circuit in the main area; a main display element in the main area connected to the first main pixel circuit; a first auxiliary pixel circuit in the peripheral area; a first auxiliary display element in the component area, connected to the first auxiliary pixel circuit; a pad unit in the peripheral area including a first main data pad and a first auxiliary data pad; a first main data line connecting the main data pad to the first main pixel circuit; and a first auxiliary data line connecting the first auxiliary data pad to the first auxiliary pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keuntae Jung
  • Patent number: 11640798
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel including a plurality of sub-pixels defined by a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; and an auxiliary ground voltage line disposed between two adjacent data lines of the plurality of data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook Choi, Jin-Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 11640789
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area configured to display images and a non-display area around the display area; a plurality of driving voltage lines in the display area; a plurality of initialization voltage lines in the display area; a plurality of driving voltage transmission lines in the non-display area and configured to transmit a driving voltage to the driving voltage line, and including a first driving voltage transmission line and a second driving voltage transmission line adjacent to each other; an initialization voltage transmission line in the non-display area and configured to transmit an initialization voltage to the initialization voltage line; and a bridge connecting the first driving voltage transmission line and the second driving voltage transmission line and overlapping the initialization voltage transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Moon, Chun Gi You, Hyoung Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 11635861
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display layer having light-emitting elements on the substrate, and a sensor electrode layer on the display layer. The sensor electrode layer includes sensor electrodes in a sensor area, sensor lines electrically connected to the sensor electrodes and a first conductive pattern spaced apart from the sensor lines and sensor electrodes. The sensor lines and the first conductive pattern are in a sensor peripheral area adjacent to the sensor area. The first conductive pattern is an antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Ki Seo Kim, Jae Kyoung Kim, Young Seok Seo, Sun Mi Yu, Jin Oh Kwag
  • Patent number: 11631370
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, a first transistor connected between the anode and a first power line, the first transistor may be switched by a voltage of a node, a second transistor connected between the first transistor and a data line, the second transistor may be switched by a write scan signal, a third transistor connected between the node and the anode, the third transistor may be switched by a compensation scan signal, a fourth transistor connected between the node and an initialization line, the fourth transistor may be switched by an initialization scan signal, an insulating layer on the first to the fourth transistors, and a light blocking pattern protruding from the insulating layer, the light blocking pattern being adjacent to the third transistor and the fourth transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Chulho Kim, Kidan Lee, Jeong-Soo Lee, Jina Lee, Sugwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11631731
    Abstract: In a display device including a notch portion of a non-emission region, the display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a plurality of scan lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a load adjusting portion connected to the scan lines on both sides of the notch portion and adjacent to an upper end portion of the notch portion, wherein the load adjusting portion includes: a load adjusting wiring connected to the scan lines on both sides of the notch portion; a first load adjusting electrode in a different layer from the load adjusting wiring and overlapping the load adjusting wiring; and a second load adjusting electrode in a different layer from the load adjusting wiring and the first load adjusting electrode and overlapping the load adjusting wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Jin Cho, Ji Su Na, Joong-Soo Moon