Patents Examined by Sardis F Azongha
  • Patent number: 11488536
    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: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Okkyung Park, Sunho Kim, Juchan Park
  • Patent number: 11489139
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a preparation method thereof and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a display substrate and a cover plate oppositely disposed. The display substrate includes an array substrate, pixel define layers on the array substrate, pixel support layers on a side of the pixel define layers away from the array substrate, and second electrodes each located on a side of each of the pixel support layers away from each pixel define layers. The cover plate includes a first substrate, a touch sensor layer and protective layer disposed on the first substrate, wherein multiple openings are disposed on the touch sensor layer and covered by the protective layer. An orthographic projection of each of the openings on the array substrate at least partially overlaps with that of a surface on a side of each of the pixel support layers away from the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Yan, Liangliang Liu, Liman Peng, Lingling Ma, Hongyu Mi, Le Gao
  • Patent number: 11482175
    Abstract: A display driver comprises gamma processing circuitry, compensation circuitry, and driver circuitry. The gamma processing circuitry is configured to process the image data to generate gamma processed image data. The compensation circuitry is configured to process the gamma-processed image data, based on a ratio of a number of display elements that emit light to a total number of display elements of a display panel, to generate compensated image data. The driver circuitry is configured to drive the display panel based on the compensated image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
    Inventors: Akio Sugiyama, Takashi Nose, Hirobumi Furihata, Masao Orio, Susumu Saito
  • Patent number: 11475845
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel connected to each of a first scan line, a second scan line, and a data line; a scan driver supplying a first scan signal to the first scan line and a second scan signal to the second scan line; a controller dividing one frame period into an active period and a blank period and generating a count signal in which a time duration of the blank period is counted and a power control signal; a data driver supplying a data signal to the data line; and a power supply controlling a source driving voltage supplied to the data driver according to a duration of the blank period based on the power control signal. When the count signal reaches a reference value, the controller supplies a start signal for output of the first scan signal to the scan driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyun Ho Kim, Jung Taek Kim, Hong Kyu Kim, Hyung Keun Park, Joon Suk Baik, Young Soo Sohn, Yong Jin Shin, Se Keun Lee
  • Patent number: 11476321
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Myeongsu Kim, Boyeon Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Whee-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11476316
    Abstract: A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor between a first node and the light emitting element to control current flowing from a first driving power source through the light emitting element to a second driving power source; a second transistor between a data line and the first transistor, and tamed on by a first scan signal; a third transistor between the first transistor and first node, and turned on by the first scan signal; and a fourth transistor between an initialization power line and the first node, and turned on by a second scan signal, wherein the fourth transistor is a tunneling field effect transistor including a source and drain area that are spaced apart from each other and have opposite conductivities, a channel area between the source area and drain area, and a gate electrode on the channel area with a gate insulating layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Yang, Ki Bum Kim, Jong Chan Lee, Woong Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 11468840
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a driving backplane and a display panel. The driving backplane has a plurality of sub-pixel regions, and includes: a base; a plurality of pixel driving circuits disposed on the base, one of the plurality of pixel driving circuits being disposed in one of the plurality of sub-pixel regions; and a plurality of data lines and a plurality of first power supply voltage lines disposed on the base. The pixel driving circuit is electrically connected to a data line and a first power supply voltage line. The data line and the first power supply voltage line are disposed on a side, away from the base, of the pixel driving circuit, and the data line and the first power supply voltage line are disposed at intervals in a same layer. An orthographic projection of the data line on the base overlaps with an orthographic projection of the pixel driving circuit on the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tian Dong, Li Wang
  • Patent number: 11468808
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area displaying an image, a non-display area adjacent to the display area, and a plurality of signal lines, and a driving circuit disposed in the non-display area, wherein the driving circuit includes a plurality of bumps arranged in a plurality of rows. The plurality of bumps include a crack detection bump arranged in at least one row among the plurality of rows, the plurality of signal lines include a crack detection line electrically connected to the crack detection bump, and at least a portion of the crack detection line is disposed adjacent to an edge of the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongam Kim, Youngmin Cho
  • Patent number: 11462606
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a signal transmission film including a first extension portion, a second extension portion, and a first dummy pattern. The signal transmission film is connected to one side of the display panel. The first extension portion extends in a first direction, and a first contact hole is formed at a first side of the first extension portion. The second extension portion extends from the first side of the first extension portion in a second direction which is different from the first direction. The first dummy pattern is disposed adjacent to the first contact hole at the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Choi, Su Jin Jung, Yeong Bong Kang, Seong Sik Ahn, Ki Chang Lee, Min Hyuk Im, Myoung-Ha Jeon
  • Patent number: 11462605
    Abstract: A display apparatus that includes a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area on a periphery of the display area. A display device is on the display area. The display device comprises a light-emitting device electrically connected to a thin film transistor. A first barrier wall is on the non-display area. The first barrier wall surrounds the display area and comprises a first layer and a second layer. The first layer comprises a first portion having a first height from an upper surface of the substrate, and a second portion having a second height from the upper surface of the substrate that is less than the first height. The second layer is on the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Inyoung Han, Wonkyu Kwak, Yunkyeong In
  • Patent number: 11450823
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible substrate includes a step of preparing a multilayered board and a step of electrolysis. The step of preparing the multilayered board includes forming a thin-film metal layer on a base; next, forming a transparent protective layer on the thin-film metal layer; and then forming a flexible underlay on the transparent protective layer so that the multilayered board is formed. The step of electrolysis includes providing an electrolytic cell; putting the multilayered board made up of the base, the thin-film metal layer, the transparent protective layer, and the flexible underlay in the electrolytic cell; and electrolyzing the thin-film metal layer, causing the thin-film metal layer to dissolve until the thin-film metal layer disappears, and causing the base to peel off the multilayered board. Lastly, the flexible substrate retaining the transparent protective layer and the flexible underlay is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiaoqun Xiang
  • Patent number: 11444142
    Abstract: The present application discloses embodiments of a display panel, a preparation method thereof, a detection method thereof, and a display device for improving an accuracy of detecting electrical properties of transistors. In one embodiment, a display panel may include a display area including a plurality of pixels and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein each of the plurality of pixels may include a display pixel circuit, and the non-display area may include one or more test pixel circuits, each of the one or more test pixel circuits having an equivalent circuit structure to the display pixel circuit, where the one or more test pixel circuits may include a plurality of transistors, and electrodes of at least one of the plurality of transistors may be respectively conductively coupled to different test pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Bao, Yaqin Xia, Yanxia Xin, Gong Chen, Hongwei Hu, Yihao Wu, Xueping Li
  • Patent number: 11436976
    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: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Moon, Chun Gi You, Hyoung Hak Kim
  • Patent number: 11429235
    Abstract: A display device and an electronic device including the same are provided. The display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of first pixels in a first display area and a plurality of second pixels in a second display area and form pixel groups spaced apart from each other with a transmission area therebetween; and a touch sensing layer including a plurality of electrodes on the display panel, wherein each of the plurality of electrodes includes first conductive lines having a mesh pattern, the first conductive lines including a plurality of first openings that respectively correspond to at least one of the first pixels, and at least one of the plurality of electrodes includes second conductive lines having a mesh pattern, the second conductive lines including a plurality of second openings that respectively correspond to at least one of the second pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minjoo Kim, Kicheol Kim, Mikyung Seo, Jaeyoon Chang
  • Patent number: 11424313
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate, pixels, a first common voltage line, an outer common voltage trunk line, a first outer common voltage line, and a second outer common voltage line. The substrate may include a display area and a non-display area. The pixels may be disposed on the display area. The first common voltage line may be at least partially disposed on the display area. The outer common voltage trunk line may be disposed on the non-display area, may be electrically connected through the first common voltage line to the pixels, and may include a groove. The first outer common voltage line may protrude from the outer common voltage trunk line. The second outer common voltage line may protrude from the outer common voltage trunk line. The groove may be disposed between the second outer common voltage line and the first common voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim, Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11423840
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device are provided. A sub-pixel of the display substrate includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit which includes a first connecting portion, a driving transistor and a threshold compensation transistor, an electrode of the threshold compensation transistor is electrically connected with a gate electrode of the driving transistor through the first connecting portion. The sub-pixel includes a first color sub-pixel pair which includes a first pixel block and a second pixel block. A ratio of an overlapping area between orthographic projections of the second electrode and the first connecting portion of the first pixel block on the base substrate to an overlapping area between orthographic projections of the second electrode and the first connecting portion of the second pixel block on the base substrate is in a range from 0.8 to 1.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tinghua Shang, Yang Zhou, Haigang Qing, Linhong Han, Ling Shi, Yao Huang
  • Patent number: 11404517
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a first scan line, a second scan line, and a third scan line; a data line; a first pixel in a first pixel area, connected to the first scan line and the second scan line, and connected to the data line through a first capacitor; and a second pixel in a second pixel area, connected to the second scan line and the third scan line, and connected to the data line through the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Yun, Pil Suk Lee
  • Patent number: 11398528
    Abstract: A display panel may include a first OLED disposed in a first sub-pixel region and emitting light of a first color, a second OLED disposed in a second sub-pixel region and emitting light of a second color, a third OLED disposed in a third sub-pixel region and emitting light of a third color, a fourth OLED disposed in a fourth sub-pixel region and emitting light of the second color, a first sub-pixel circuit disposed in the first sub-pixel region and driving the third OLED in the third sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel circuit disposed in the second sub-pixel region and driving the first OLED in the first sub-pixel region, a third sub-pixel circuit disposed in the third sub-pixel region and driving the fourth OLED in the fourth sub-pixel region, and a fourth sub-pixel circuit disposed in the fourth sub-pixel region and driving the second OLED in the second sub-pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Eung Taek Kim, Yong Ho Yang, Seong Min Wang, Joo Hyeon Jo, Jung-Mi Choi, Seong Baik Chu
  • Patent number: 11397328
    Abstract: A wearable display device includes a display element, an outer packaging case configured to house the display element, and a heat dissipation sheet configured to conduct heat from the display element to the outer packaging case, and the heat dissipation sheet extends outward through an opening provided in the outer packaging case, and is stuck at a side surface of the outer packaging case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuya Kamakura
  • Patent number: 11392256
    Abstract: A conductive member includes: a transparent insulating member; and a plurality of first electrodes each of which extend in a first direction and which are arranged in juxtaposition in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the first electrode has a first detection electrode portion having a first mesh pattern constituted by electrically connecting a plurality of first mesh cells formed of metal fine wires and a first dummy pattern portion in the first electrode which is formed of metal fine wires arranged inside the first mesh cell of the first mesh pattern so as to be insulated from the first detection electrode portion, and in at least one of the first mesh cells, a first projection portion projecting from one side of the first mesh cell is formed so as to abut an end portion of the metal fine wire that forms the first dummy pattern portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Nakayama, Reona Ikeda