Patents by Inventor Ian Millard

Ian Millard 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).

  • Patent number: 7473924
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent display, comprising a first active electrode region and a first dummy electrode region, the first dummy electrode region electrically isolated from the first active electrode region. Further disclosed is an organic electroluminescent display, comprising a first active electrode region, a first dummy electrode region, and a blocking layer extending on said dummy electrode region preventing light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ian Millard, Hooi Bin Lim
  • Publication number: 20060281208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an organic optoelectronic device. The method comprises providing a substrate, disposing a first electrode on the substrate, disposing a metal pad on the substrate, electrically separated from the first electrode, disposing a first material over the first electrode and at least partially over the metal pad, applying a beam, wherein the beam ablates the first material in an ablation window so that the ablation window includes at least a portion of an edge of the metal pad, and disposing a second electrode over the first material and over the ablation window so that the second electrode is in electrical contact with the at least a portion of an edge of the metal pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Wen Lau, Ian Millard
  • Publication number: 20060226422
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent display, comprising a first active electrode region and a first dummy electrode region, the first dummy electrode region electrically isolated from the first active electrode region. Further disclosed is an organic electroluminescent display, comprising a first active electrode region, a first dummy electrode region, and a blocking layer extending on said dummy electrode region preventing light emission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2006
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ian Millard, Hooi Lim
  • Patent number: 6989806
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention pertains to an electronic device such as a passive matrix display, an alpha-numeric display, a detector array, or a solar cell array. The electronic device includes multiple organic optoelectronic devices and one or more of these organic optoelectronic devices are protected from shorts. Each of the one or more organic optoelectronic devices that is protected from a short has one of its electrodes coupled to a first current limiting device and optionally has another electrode coupled to a second current limiting device. Also, one of the electrodes of that organic optoelectronic device, the first current limiting device, or the second current limiting device is patterned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Franky So, Homer Antoniadis, Ian Millard, Vung Vo
  • Publication number: 20050189331
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a first embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having a top end, and a window placed on the top end of the nozzle. The window includes one or more apertures and the laser beam is emitted through one of those apertures. Another laser ablation system includes a second embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having one or more channels at a top end of the nozzle. The nozzle assembly also includes a window that is placed on the one or more channels. A gas flows through the one or more channels and that gas flow reduces debris deposition on the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: Ian Millard, Karl Pichler
  • Publication number: 20050001540
    Abstract: An opto-electrical device comprising an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an opto-electrically active region located between the electrodes, the cathode electrode including a first layer comprising a material having a work function below 3.5 eV, a second layer of a different composition from the first layer, comprising another material having a work function below 3.5 eV, the second layer being further from the opto-electrically active region than the first layer, and a third layer comprising a material having a work function above 3.5 eV, the third layer being further from the opto-electrically active region than the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Jeremy Burroughes, Julian Carter, Alec Gunner, Stephen Heeks, Ian Millard
  • Patent number: 6797919
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a first embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having a top end, and a window placed on the top end of the nozzle. The window includes one or more apertures and the laser beam is emitted through one of those apertures. Another laser ablation system includes a second embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having one or more channels at a top end of the nozzle. The nozzle assembly also includes a window that is placed on the one or more channels. A gas flows through the one or more channels and that gas flow reduces debris deposition on the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Ian Millard, Karl Pichler
  • Publication number: 20040095300
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention pertains to an electronic device such as a passive matrix display, an alpha-numeric display, a detector array, or a solar cell array. The electronic device includes multiple organic optoelectronic devices and one or more of these organic optoelectronic devices are protected from shorts. Each of the one or more organic optoelectronic devices that is protected from a short has one of its electrodes coupled to a first current limiting device and optionally has another electrode coupled to a second current limiting device. Also, one of the electrodes of that organic optoelectronic device, the first current limiting device, or the second current limiting device is patterned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Publication date: May 20, 2004
    Applicant: Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Franky So, Homer Antoniadis, Ian Millard, Vung Vo
  • Patent number: 6683277
    Abstract: A laser ablation system includes a first embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having a top end, and a window placed on the top end of the nozzle. The window includes one or more apertures and the laser beam is emitted through one of those apertures. Another laser ablation system includes a second embodiment of a nozzle assembly where a laser beam is emitted through the nozzle assembly to remove materials on a target. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle having one or more channels at a top end of the nozzle. The nozzle assembly also includes a window that is placed on the one or more channels. A gas flows through the one or more channels and that gas flow reduces debris deposition on the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductors
    Inventors: Ian Millard, Karl Pichler