Patents by Inventor Chia-Lin Liu

Chia-Lin Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180046279
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a display module and a sensing module on the display module. The sensing module includes a first electrode layer on the display module, a second electrode layer facing the first electrode layer, and a dielectric layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes functions as electrodes of the touch display device for sensing a touch position. The electrodes, the first electrode layer, and the dielectric layer cooperatively form capacitors for sensing a touch force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20180046306
    Abstract: A self-luminescence display apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of conductive layers and a supporting frame. One of the conductive layers cooperates with the supporting frame to form a plurality of force sensing capacitors. When a touch action is applied, the display panel deforms according to pressure applied, which cause the capacitances of the force sensing capacitors to alter, which corresponds to a place where the touch operation applied on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: CHIEN-WEN LIN, YU-FU WENG, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20180046297
    Abstract: An in-cell touch display apparatus includes a color filter structure, a thin film transistor (TFT) array structure, a liquid crystal layer between the color filter structure and the TFT array structure, and a driving and detection unit. The color filter structure comprises a touch electrode layer. The TFT array structure comprises a conductive layer. The touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of touch electrodes arranged in a matrix and a plurality of pressure sensing electrodes arranged in a matrix. The touch electrodes and the pressure sensing electrodes are located on a same layer. The conductive layer comprises a plurality of conductive portions. The touch electrodes sense a touch position, and the pressure sensing electrodes and the conductive portions cooperate with each other to sense a touch pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20180046298
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a color filter substrate, and a thin film transistor substrate facing the color filter substrate. The thin film transistor substrate includes a common electrode layer. A force sensing electrode layer is formed on the color filter substrate. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of common electrodes. The common electrodes function as electrodes of the touch display device for sensing a touch position. The common electrodes and the force sensing electrode layer cooperatively form capacitors for sensing a touch force, their capacitance varying as a result of the distance between them being reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20180046303
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus a display unit and a touch unit. The display unit displays images and the touch unit which is overlapped on the display unit can sense independently a touch action applied on the touch unit and also the pressure applied in such touch. The touch display apparatus virtually simultaneously operates under a display period and a touch period in one frame for improving accuracy of determining the aspects of a touch function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIA-LIN LIU, CHIEN-WEN LIN
  • Publication number: 20180046295
    Abstract: A touch display device able to receive touches and sense the touch forces includes a color filter substrate, a thin film transistor substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and an electrically-conductive frame on a side of the display panel away from the color filter substrate. First electrodes are formed on a surface of the color filter substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer and second electrodes are formed on a surface of a thin film transistor substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes cooperatively form a first capacitor for sensing touch force, and the second electrodes and the electrically-conductive frame cooperatively form a second capacitor for sensing touch force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIA-LIN LIU, CHIEN-WEN LIN, TZU-YU CHENG
  • Publication number: 20180006133
    Abstract: A semiconductor device with reinforced gate spacers and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor device includes low-k dielectric gate spacers adjacent to a gate structure. A high-k dielectric material is disposed over an upper surface of the low-k dielectric gate spacers to prevent unnecessary contact between the gate structure and a self-aligned contact structure. The high-k dielectric material may be disposed, if desired, over an upper surface of the gate structure to provide additional isolation of the gate structure from the self-aligned contact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Chia-Lin Liu, Yu-Cheng Tung, Chun-Lung Chen, Kun-Yuan Liao, Feng-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 9857902
    Abstract: An embedded touch screen display panel driving mechanism includes a number of common electrodes, a number of pixel units each including a pixel electrode, and a number of touch sensing electrodes. The common electrodes can receive a first common voltage to cooperatively induce a first electric field with the pixel electrodes to drive liquid crystals of a liquid crystal layer to rotate to display according to data signals received by the pixel electrodes. The common electrodes can also receive a second common voltage to cooperatively induce a second electric field with the touch sensing electrodes to enable the touch sensing electrodes to transmit touch signals corresponding to touch input on the touch electrodes. At any one time, some common electrodes receive the first common voltage while other common electrodes receive the second common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng-Hsiang Liu, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Publication number: 20170344147
    Abstract: An in-cell touch display apparatus includes a substrate structure, a display driving integrated chip (IC), and a plurality of touch sensor units arranged in a matrix. Each of the touch sensor units includes a plurality of connecting lines of difference lengths and a plurality of compensating portions corresponding to the connecting lines in a one-to-one relationship. Each of the connecting lines establishes an electrical connection between the touch sensor unit and the display driving IC. The compensating portions are electrically connected to the display driving IC. The connecting lines and the compensating portions receive a common voltage from the display driving IC during the display period. A sum of the lengths of the connecting line and the compensating portion is constant throughout the plurality of connecting lines so as to compensate for different capacitances of the connecting lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Patent number: 9817503
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate. The TFT substrate includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first transparent layer, a third metal layer, and a second transparent layer. The first metal layer includes at least one gate electrode. The second metal layer is insulated to the first metal layer and includes at least one source electrode and at least one drain electrode. The first transparent layer is insulated to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first transparent layer includes at least one common electrode layer. The third metal layer includes a plurality of metal wires electrically connected to the common electrode layer. The second transparent layer includes a plurality of transparent conductive wires electrically connected to the drain electrode. The metal wires and the transparent conductive wires form a touch sensing structure configured to detect touch operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Lin, Yu-Fu Weng, Chia-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 9513734
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a number of first sensing electrodes formed on the first substrate, a number of second sensing electrodes formed on the second substrate, a touch integrated circuit set on the first substrate, and a number of connecting wires formed on the first substrate. The touch integrated circuit includes a number of first pins correspondingly connected to the first sensing electrodes and a number of second pins correspondingly connected to the second sensing electrodes. The connecting wires correspondingly connect two opposite terminals of the first sensing electrodes with two opposite ends of the first pins. A part of connecting wires are arranged between the first pins and the second pins. The first substrate includes a shielding sheet formed in the first substrate and located above the part of the connecting wires arranged between the first pins and the second pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Yun Huang, Chia-Lin Liu, Wei-Cheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20160349875
    Abstract: An embedded touch-screen display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate sandwiching a driving circuit disposed on the second substrate. The second substrate also carries a touch electrode layer and a first selecting circuit. The driving circuit generates signals of touches and driving signals, and includes a plurality of touch detecting pins and a plurality of controlling pins. The touch electrode layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes. At least two touch electrodes are electrically connected to one touch detecting pin via the first selecting circuit. A touch signal is transmitted between the two touch electrodes and the touch detecting pin. The controlling pin generates signals to the first selecting circuit to establish or cut off electrical connections between the touch detecting pins and the touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20160349890
    Abstract: An embedded touch display panel includes a number of touch sensing electrodes arranged in a touch sensing layer of the embedded touch display panel. The number of touch sensing electrodes is positioned in a display area of the touch display panel and includes a number of central touch sensing electrodes arranged in a central portion of the display area and a number of peripheral touch sensing electrodes arranged in a peripheral portion of the display area. The peripheral display area surrounds the central display area, and the number of peripheral touch sensing electrodes is smaller in size than the number of central touch sensing electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: YU-FU WENG, CHIEN-WEN LIN, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20160351596
    Abstract: An electrical connection structure providing better optical properties in a display includes an electrical connection unit, an interference layer, and an electrically insulating cover. The interference layer is positioned on a side of the electrical connection unit. The electrically insulating cover is positioned on the other side of the electrical connection unit and formed to cover the electrical connection unit. The electrical connection unit includes a metal layer to reflect light. The interference layer can reflect light falling on a first region close to the electrically insulating cover. A degree of reflectance of the first region of the interference layer is equal to the reflectance of the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: CHIN-YUEH LIAO, CHIA-LIN LIU, YAN-TANG DAI, HUNG-CHE LU
  • Publication number: 20160351718
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic substrate includes providing a substrate and forming a buffer layer on the substrate. A connection pad is formed on the buffer layer. An electrically insulating layer is formed on the buffer layer. A connection hole is defined in the electrically insulating layer. A connection line made of metal is formed on the electrically insulating layer and extends into the connection hole to electrically couple with the connection pad. An electrically insulating cover is formed on the electrically insulating layer to cover the connection line. A light irradiation is applied to the electrically insulating cover through a mask which has a first translucent region located corresponding to the connection line and a second translucent region located beside the connection line. A transmittance of the first translucent region is lower than a transmittance of the second translucent region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: CHIN-YUEH LIAO, CHIA-LIN LIU, YAN-TANG DAI, HUNG-CHE LU
  • Publication number: 20160283003
    Abstract: An embedded touch-screen display panel structure for an electronic device includes a common electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer. The common electrode layer includes a number of sensing electrodes and a plurality of drive lines. Each of the sensing electrodes operating in a display mode receives a common voltage to cooperatively induce an electric field with corresponding pixel electrodes of the pixel electrode layer to drive corresponding liquid crystals of a liquid crystal display to rotate to carry out display functions of the display panel structure. Each of the sensing electrodes operating in a touch-sensing mode cooperatively carries out touch-sensing functions of the display panel structure with corresponding drive lines. The sensing electrodes and the drive lines are arranged in a same plane of the common electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Publication number: 20160240560
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate. The TFT substrate includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, a first transparent layer, a third metal layer, and a second transparent layer. The first metal layer includes at least one gate electrode. The second metal layer is insulated to the first metal layer and includes at least one source electrode and at least one drain electrode. The first transparent layer is insulated to the first metal layer and the second metal layer. The first transparent layer includes at least one common electrode layer. The third metal layer includes a plurality of metal wires electrically connected to the common electrode layer. The second transparent layer includes a plurality of transparent conductive wires electrically connected to the drain electrode. The metal wires and the transparent conductive wires form a touch sensing structure configured to detect touch operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: CHIEN-WEN LIN, YU-FU WENG, CHIA-LIN LIU
  • Patent number: 9405418
    Abstract: A touch device includes a first conducting layer, a second conducting layer, and a resistance reduction layer. The first conducting layer is insulated to the second conducting layer to form a touch sensing structure. The resistance reduction layer is coupled to the first conducting layer. A combination of the resistance reduction layer and the first conducting layer has a resistance that is less than an intrinsic resistance of the first conducting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Yueh Liao, Chia-Lin Liu, Wei-Chih Chang
  • Publication number: 20160177082
    Abstract: A thermosetting resin composition due to containing a modified PPE resin as a main ingredient is suited for use in making a pregreg or a copper foil substrate, when hardened, featuring a small dielectric constant (Dk), a low dielectric dissipation factor (Df) and a high Tg as well as a high resistance to heat and flame, this outstanding result is because the modified PPE resin is formed with a novel two-dimensional hardenable structure prepared to have side-chain reactive functional groups being provided in addition to those at the terminal ends of the main chain of the PPE resin thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Te-Chao LIAO, Dein-Run FUNG, Ying-Te HUANG, Hao-Sheng CHEN, Hung-Yi CHANG, Chia-Lin LIU
  • Publication number: 20160147348
    Abstract: An embedded touch screen display panel driving mechanism includes a number of common electrodes, a number of pixel units each including a pixel electrode, and a number of touch sensing electrodes. The common electrodes can receive a first common voltage to cooperatively induce a first electric field with the pixel electrodes to drive liquid crystals of a liquid crystal layer to rotate to display according to data signals received by the pixel electrodes. The common electrodes can also receive a second common voltage to cooperatively induce a second electric field with the touch sensing electrodes to enable the touch sensing electrodes to transmit touch signals corresponding to touch input on the touch electrodes. At any one time, some common electrodes receive the first common voltage while other common electrodes receive the second common voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: FENG-HSIANG LIU, CHIA-LIN LIU