Patents by Inventor Xindi Zhang

Xindi Zhang 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: 20150153108
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes crucible heating apparatus. In embodiment 1, the apparatus includes a crucible, a metal barrel around the crucible, a heating wire wound between the metal barrel and the crucible, a measuring unit for measuring the position of the liquid level of a material in the crucible and a controller, and the apparatus is characterized in that the heating wire includes at least two subsections arranged along the longitudinal direction, and the controller controls the heating power of each subsection respectively, thus dividing the crucible into at least two corresponding temperature control zones. In such a manner, by disposing a plurality of subsections of the heating wire and the corresponding temperature control zones of the crucible, the temperature of each position of the crucible is accurately controlled. The present disclosure also proposes a crucible heating method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Xindi Zhang, Kuan-Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 8893600
    Abstract: A dust protection method for a glass substrate cutter includes the following steps: (1) providing a cutter and a glass-substrate-to-be-cut, wherein the cutter includes a cutter body, a cutting blade, a cover plate assembly, and suction tubes, the cover plate assembly forming a first slit corresponding to the cutting blade: (2) positioning and fixing the glass-substrate-to-be-cut on the cutter body and closing the cover plate to form a second slit between the glass-substrate-to-be-cut and the cover plate; (3) introducing a pressurized gas flow into the second slit at edges of the glass-substrate-to-be-cut and activating the suction tubes to draw in the gas; and (4) controlling the cutting blade to proceed with a cutting operation along the first slit to complete the processing of the glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optroelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8859346
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing array substrate with embedded photovoltaic cell includes: providing a substrate; forming a buffer layer on the substrate; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer; converting the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer; forming a pattern on the polysilicon layer; forming a first photoresist pattern on the polysilicon layer and injecting N+ ions; forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a second photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting N? ions; forming a third photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting P+ ions; forming a metal layer on the gate insulation layer so as to form a gate terminal; forming a hydrogenated insulation layer on the metal layer; forming a first ditch in the first insulation layer; and forming a second metal layer on the first insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140148089
    Abstract: The present invention provides a moving device and dust cover. The moving device includes a moving cart and a dust cover; the dust cover forming a dust-prevention space over the moving cart; the dust cover including an air-driver device, a vent tube and an outer cover; the air-driver device being disposed outside of outer cover for sucking in outside air and driving air into vent tube; the vent tube being connected to air-driver device and outer cover, for flowing of the air sucked in by air-driver device into the dust-prevention space formed by outer cover so that the space forming a positive pressure with respect to outside of outer cover; the outer cover performing filtering on the air flown in through vent tube. As such, the present invention accomplishes a better cleanroom result and provides easy disassembly and flexible usability to reduce the cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8724060
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing liquid crystal display module with photovoltaic cell, which includes: (1) providing a substrate and a liquid crystal display panel; (2) forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate through sputtering; (3) forming a first matrix, which is arranged to stay away from a pixel aperture of the liquid crystal display panel and is located below the TFT arrays; (4) forming a photovoltaic layer on the transparent conductive layer through chemical vapor deposition; (5) forming a second matrix corresponding to the first matrix; (6) forming a metal layer on the photovoltaic layer through sputtering; (7) forming a third matrix corresponding to the second matrix so as to form a photovoltaic cell on the substrate; (8) applying sealant to the substrate around the photovoltaic cell; and (9) bonding the substrate and the liquid crystal display panel to each other and curing the sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140099866
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dust protection method for glass substrate edge polishing machine, which includes (1) providing an edge polishing machine and a glass substrate to be polished, wherein a dust protection board is arranged above a platform bearing a glass substrate to form a first gap therebetween and an air blow tube is provided in front of a grind stone; (2) fixing the glass substrate on the edge polishing machine; (3) introducing cooling water from the dust protection board to form a water curtain at the first gap; (4) activating the air blow tube to form an air curtain region; and (5) activating the grindstone to set out a grinding operation. The dust protection board and the water curtain block particles generated in grinding and the air curtain region blows residual water that contains particles off edges of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140090529
    Abstract: A dust protection method for a glass substrate cutter includes the following steps: (1) providing a cutter and a glass-substrate-to-be-cut, wherein the cutter includes a cutter body, a cutting blade, a cover plate assembly, and suction tubes, the cover plate assembly forming a first slit corresponding to the cutting blade: (2) positioning and fixing the glass-substrate-to-be-cut on the cutter body and closing the cover plate to form a second slit between the glass-substrate-to-be-cut and the cover plate; (3) introducing a pressurized gas flow into the second slit at edges of the glass-substrate-to-be-cut and activating the suction tubes to draw in the gas; and (4) controlling the cutting blade to proceed with a cutting operation along the first slit to complete the processing of the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140036177
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing liquid crystal display module with photovoltaic cell, which includes: (1) providing a substrate and a liquid crystal display panel; (2) forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate through sputtering; (3) forming a first matrix, which is arranged to stay away from a pixel aperture of the liquid crystal display panel and is located below the TFT arrays; (4) forming a photovoltaic layer on the transparent conductive layer through chemical vapor deposition; (5) forming a second matrix corresponding to the first matrix; (6) forming a metal layer on the photovoltaic layer through sputtering; (7) forming a third matrix corresponding to the second matrix so as to form a photovoltaic cell on the substrate; (8) applying sealant to the substrate around the photovoltaic cell; and (9) bonding the substrate and the liquid crystal display panel to each other and curing the sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140026935
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing array substrate with embedded photovoltaic cell and an array substrate manufactured with same. The method includes: (1) providing a substrate; (2) forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate; (3) forming a conductivity enhancing layer on the transparent conductive layer; (4) forming a photovoltaic layer on the conductivity enhancing layer; (5) forming a metal layer on the photovoltaic layer; (6) applying a masking process to form an opening in the metal layer, the photovoltaic layer, the conductivity enhancing layer, and the transparent conductive layer; (7) forming a transparent insulation layer on the metal layer; and (8) forming a TFT array on the transparent insulation layer. The present invention allows a photovoltaic cell to be embedded in an array substrate through a simple process and allows a full use of the photo energy from a backlight module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140024151
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing array substrate with embedded photovoltaic cell includes: providing a substrate; forming a buffer layer on the substrate; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the buffer layer; converting the amorphous silicon layer into a polysilicon layer; forming a pattern on the polysilicon layer; forming a first photoresist pattern on the polysilicon layer and injecting N+ ions; forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a second photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting N? ions; forming a third photoresist pattern on the gate insulation layer and injecting P+ ions; forming a metal layer on the gate insulation layer so as to form a gate terminal; forming a hydrogenated insulation layer on the metal layer; forming a first ditch in the first insulation layer; and forming a second metal layer on the first insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130319616
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum lamination machine suitable for all generations and an operation method thereof. The vacuum lamination machine suitable for all generations includes a stage on which a transfer device, a positioning device, an adhesive application device, a turn-over device, and at least one vacuum lamination device are arranged. The stage has a size that is sufficiently large for all sizes of substrate. The transfer device includes a fork that is adjustable for spacing distance to suit for substrate sizes. The turn-over device includes sufficiently densely arranged vacuum suction pins to suit for substrate sizes. The positioning device includes a size identification system that identifies a rough location of a substrate on the stage and a mark position identification system that carries out precise alignment of the substrate. The vacuum lamination machine supports substrate pairs of various sizes and improves flexibility of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Xindi Zhang