With Particular Gate Electrode Structure Patents (Class 349/46)
  • Patent number: 10444582
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an array substrate. An ashing treatment is performed on the first photoresist pattern to remove the photoresist layer in the photoresist-partially-retained-region and to thin the photoresist layer in the photoresist-entirely-retained-region, so that a second photoresist pattern is generated. Thereafter, the passivation layer is etched using the second photoresist pattern as a mask to thin the passivation layer in the photoresist-partially-retained-region and to reduce roughness of the rough top surface in the photoresist-partially-retained-region. Therefore, process stability is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maoxia Zhu, Hongyuan Xu
  • Patent number: 10430635
    Abstract: A fingerprint identification sensor, a fingerprint identification method and an electronic device are disclosed. The fingerprint identification sensor includes a substrate; a fingerprint sensing element disposed on the substrate and including a thin film transistor, an off-state leakage current of the thin film transistor varying with the intensity of light irradiating onto an active area thereof; and a fingerprint identification light source arranged to emit light that irradiates onto a finger and is reflected thereby, the reflected light irradiating onto the active area of the thin film transistor. Thus, the fingerprint identification can be realized conveniently, and the fingerprint identification sensor has at least one of the advantages like high sensitivity and simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qingrong Ren, Wei Yang, Jianming Sun, Yingwei Liu, Liangjian Li, Haisheng Wang, Yingming Liu
  • Patent number: 10411121
    Abstract: The reliability of a semiconductor device is improved. A first insulating film and a protective film are formed on a semiconductor substrate. The first insulating film and the protective film of a first region are selectively removed, and an insulating film is formed on the exposed semiconductor substrate. In a state where the first insulating film in a second region, a third region, and a fourth region is covered with the protective film, the semiconductor substrate is heat-treated in an atmosphere containing nitrogen, thereby introducing nitrogen to the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film in the first region. In other words, a nitrogen introduction point is formed on the interface between the semiconductor substrate and the second insulating film. In this configuration, the protective film acts as an anti-nitriding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10409435
    Abstract: An input device that enables wires to be bent together with a base material without deteriorating translucency and conductivity of the wires has: a base material having translucency and flexibility; first electrode parts and second electrode parts, both having translucency, that are provided in a sensing region on the base material; and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending, on the base material, from the sensing region to a peripheral region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible laminated body provided on the bent portion. The flexible laminated body has a first amorphous ITO layer provided on the base material, a conductive layer provided on the first amorphous ITO layer, and a second amorphous ITO layer provided on the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suguru Wada, Junji Hashida, Toru Sawada, Atsushi Matsuda, Toru Takahashi, Minoru Sato
  • Patent number: 10367007
    Abstract: A display device capable of reducing the number of manufacturing processes and manufacturing costs and a method of manufacturing the display device are provided, the display device including: a first substrate; a gate transmission member and a pixel electrode on the first substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate transmission member and the pixel electrode; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, the semiconductor layer overlapping a gate electrode of the gate transmission member; and a source electrode and a drain electrode on the semiconductor layer, wherein the gate transmission member includes a first conductive layer pattern and a second conductive layer pattern on the first conductive layer pattern, the first conductive layer pattern including a material the same as a material forming the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youngmin Moon
  • Patent number: 10310331
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes: first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap; a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates; alignment films; a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate so as to have a plurality of electrode branches, the extension direction of which is bent at one bend point provided near an upper pixel portion from the center of a pixel region, and which are connected at the end portion of at least the upper pixel portion or lower pixel portion, wherein the extension direction of a slit formed near the upper pixel portion from the bend point from among slits formed in the pixel electrode pattern crosses the alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer at an angle of 7° or larger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sakurai, Hironao Tanaka, Harumi Okuno, Takeo Koito
  • Patent number: 10290662
    Abstract: A substrate for a display device, includes: an insulation substrate; an insulation film, which is formed on the insulation substrate and is primarily made of one of silicon oxide and oxidized metal; an inorganic film, which is formed to be in direct contact with the insulation film and has an insulator part that is formed by changing oxide semiconductor into insulator; and a wiring film, which is formed to be in direct contact with the insulator part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Iwasaka, Yusuke Yamagata, Kazunori Inoue
  • Patent number: 10236308
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a first blocking layer disposed on a substrate, and an active pattern disposed on the first blocking layer. The active pattern includes a source region, a drain region, and a channel region disposed between the source region and the drain region. The thin film transistor further includes a gate electrode disposed on the active pattern. The channel region corresponds to a portion of the active pattern overlapped by the gate electrode. The thin film transistor additionally includes a source electrode connected to the source region, and a drain electrode connected to the drain region. The active pattern includes a first part and a second part. The first part partially overlaps with the first blocking layer, and the first part and the second part have different thicknesses from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hee Lee, In Jun Bae
  • Patent number: 10139687
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has a plurality of drain signal lines and a plurality of gate signal lines, and a plurality of pixel regions are defined by the drain signal lines and the gate signal lines. Each of the pixel regions includes a first electrode having a plurality of strip-like portions extending in an extension direction of the drain signal lines, the strip-like portions having at least one bent portion so that extension directions of each two parts of the strip-like portions separated by the at least one bent portion are different from each other, and a second electrode formed between the first substrate and the first electrode, and being overlapped with the strip-like portions in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Makoto Yoneya, Tsunenori Yamamoto, Junichi Hirakata, Yoshiaki Nakayoshi
  • Patent number: 10137363
    Abstract: User interaction concepts, principles and algorithms for gestures involving facial expressions, mental activity, and other body actions are disclosed. User interaction concepts, principles and algorithms for enabling hands-free and voice-free interaction with electronic devices are disclosed. Apparatuses, systems, computer implementable methods, and non-transient computer storage media storing instructions, implementing the disclosed concepts, principles and algorithms are disclosed. Gestures for systems using eye gaze and head tracking that can be used with augmented, mixed or virtual reality, mobile or desktop computing are disclosed. Use of periods of limited activity and consecutive body actions in orthogonal axes is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Uday Parshionikar
  • Patent number: 10108054
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a base unit, a gate line disposed on the base unit, a data line disposed on the base unit and crossing the gate line while being insulated from the gate line, a shielding electrode disposed on the data line and overlapping the data line and isolated from the pixel electrode and a conductive bar, the conductive bar disposed on the same layer as that on which the shielding electrode is disposed, isolated from the shielding electrode, and extending in parallel to the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Sun Chang, Cheol Shin, Ki Chul Shin, Se Hyun Lee, Yun Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 10082706
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer, a first signal line including a 1-1st signal line and a 1-2nd signal line extending in a first direction, a second signal line extending in a second direction, a pixel electrode in a pixel region of the first substrate, a first seat part on the first substrate and in a first region between the 1-1st signal line and the 1-2nd signal line and at least partially overlapping the second signal line, a second seat part on the first seat part and overlapping at least a part of the first seat part, and a column spacer disposed on the second substrate and including a seating surface at least partially overlapping the second seat part, where the pixel electrode is disposed outside a region between the 1-1st signal line and the 1-2nd signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Ji Hyun Kwon
  • Patent number: 10082710
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a gate line extending in a first direction on the first substrate; a data line extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction on the first substrate; a first electric field generating electrode on the first substrate; and a second electric field generating electrode on the first substrate, wherein the second electric field generating electrode includes a stem electrode extending in parallel to the data line and branch electrodes extending from the stem electrode forming a predetermined angle with respect to the gate line, and an interval between the stem electrode and a data line adjacent thereto differs from an interval between the branch electrodes and a data line adjacent thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wonho Kim, Sungman Kim, Yeonmun Jeon, Youngje Cho, Taehyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 10054811
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch screen and a test method of a touch panel are provided that can prevent a block dim that may occur in a lighting test. The liquid crystal display device includes common voltage probe pads, which are connected to common voltage output pads and are larger than the common voltage output pads, in a non-display area of the touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Park, Je Hyung Park
  • Patent number: 10042226
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes first and second source lines arranged along a first direction, a gate line including first and second portions arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a connection portion which connects the first portion and the second portion to each other and a semiconductor layer which intersects at least one of the first portion and the connection portion, and each of the first portion and the second portion intersects the first and second source lines and the connection portion is located between the first source line and the second source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuhide Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 10031362
    Abstract: An increase in fabricating cost of a display module including a touch sensor is suppressed. A display device which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and liquid crystal interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate includes a display portion. The display portion includes a sensor unit and a pixel. The sensor unit includes a first transistor, a first conductive film electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, and a second conductive film. At least part of the first conductive film overlaps with at least part of the second conductive film. The pixel includes a second transistor, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the second transistor. At least part of the pixel electrode overlaps with at least part of the first conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Tetsuji Ishitani
  • Patent number: 10020350
    Abstract: A novel display panel that can be used as a reflective display panel in an environment with strong external light and as a self-luminous display panel in a dim environment, for example and that has low power consumption and is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The display panel includes a pixel and a substrate that supports the pixel. The pixel includes a first display element (e.g., a reflective liquid crystal element) that includes a reflective film having an opening as a first conductive film and a second display element (e.g., an organic EL element) that emits light to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Tetsuji Ishitani, Kenichi Okazaki, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 10020301
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an array substrate is disclosed. The method includes: forming a gate electrode on a substrate; depositing a gate insulation layer, a semiconductor layer, a source-drain metal layer and a passivation layer on the gate electrode and the substrate, and through a mask process to perform a patterning process to the semiconductor layer, the source-drain metal layer and the passivation layer in order to form a semiconductor pattern, a source-drain pattern and a contact hole pattern; and forming an ITO pixel electrode on the passivation layer and the contact hole pattern. An array substrate is also disclosed. The present invention adopts one mask process to form the semiconductor pattern, the source-drain pattern and the contact hole pattern such that the process of the array substrate is reduced to three masks in order to reduce the manufacturing cost, reduce the operation time and increase the production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hongyuan Xu
  • Patent number: 9985054
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display device that can suppress the adverse effects in display due to difference in gray-scale luminance of adjacent two rows caused by variation in capacitance of adjacent two rows of TFTs as the result of displacement of the data lines. Scan lines and data lines crossing each other are arranged on the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuanbao Chen, Juncai Ma, Jie Yang
  • Patent number: 9978595
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the field of semiconductor technology, and specifically provides a photo mask and an exposure system. The photo mask is provided with a patterning structure for forming a resulting pattern, the patterning structure comprising a strip-like main body for forming a rectilinear pattern, wherein the patterning structure further comprises a patterning structure auxiliary unit provided at two sides of the strip-like main body, the patterning structure auxiliary unit being capable of adjusting and compensating direction and intensity of light during exposure. With the photo mask, the resulting pattern formed through exposure using the photo mask has improved fineness, thereby improving accuracy of the formed rectilinear pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Zhenrui Fan, Wenxuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9958748
    Abstract: The present application provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, to solve the problem in the prior art that the resistance of the common electrode is large due to an improper layout of the common electrode so that the common electrode is easily affected by other signals to cause voltage fluctuation and thus the quality of the display is influenced. In the array substrate and the manufacturing method thereof, and the display device provided in the present application, since the first common electrode is provided in the source/drain metal layer and the second and third common electrodes are further formed, connection of the first, second and third common electrodes effectively enables a low-resistance common electrode, which is not easily influenced by other signals to cause voltage fluctuation, therefore, the quality of the display can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Feng, Yu Ma
  • Patent number: 9941342
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; a substrate insulating layer on the substrate; a capacitor on the substrate insulating layer; a driving thin film transistor including a driving gate electrode connected to the capacitor; and an organic light emitting element connected to the driving thin film transistor, where the capacitor includes: a first capacitor electrode on the substrate insulating layer; a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode; a capacitor insulating layer between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode and contacting the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, the capacitor insulating layer having a higher dielectric constant than the substrate insulating layer; and an auxiliary electrode contacting at least one of the first capacitor electrode or the second capacitor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong-Youl Im, Il-Jeong Lee, Do-Hyun Kwon, Ju-Won Yoon, Moo-Soon Ko, Min-Woo Woo
  • Patent number: 9935183
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to TFTs and methods for fabricating TFTs. For either back channel etch TFTs or for etch stop TFTs, multiple layers for the passivation layer or the etch stop layers permits a very dense capping layer to be formed over a less dense back channel protection layer. The capping layer can be sufficiently dense so that few pin holes are present and thus, hydrogen may not pass through to the semiconductor layer. As such, hydrogen containing precursors may be used for the capping layer deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Dong-Kil Yim, Tae Kyung Won, Seon-Mee Cho, John M. White
  • Patent number: 9871061
    Abstract: A display substrate and its fabricating method have been disclosed. In a horizontal-field-mode liquid crystal display device, while maintaining five mask processes, additional direct contact has been formed to implement a narrow bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-Joo Choi
  • Patent number: 9857627
    Abstract: A provided is a liquid crystal display device for reducing power consumption by increasing efficiency of a backlight. The liquid crystal display includes, on a TFT substrate, a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode are laminated via a gate insulating film. A TFT is formed by the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode. A base film is formed of an insulating film and at a lower layer of the semiconductor layer. As seen in plan view, a reflection film is formed on a lower side of the base film at an area corresponding to the TFT. The reflection film is independently formed for each of the TFTs. Each of the reflection films is electrically floating. The reflection film has a reflectance of 70% or more at a lower side thereof. The use efficiency of the light from a backlight can be increased because of the existence of the reflection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 9823512
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate on which a pixel electrode is formed, a second substrate on which a common electrode is formed and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first plate electrode, a first slit pattern which is a hole formed in the first plate electrode and includes a cross-shaped stem slit and a plurality of branch slits extending in both directions from the stem slit, and a plurality of branch electrodes which protrude from outer side portions of the first plate electrode. The common electrode includes a second plate electrode and a second slit pattern formed in the second plate electrode and including a plurality of holes arranged in a rhombus form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haksun Chang, Cheol Shin, Kaeun Kim, Kichul Shin, Sehyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9810957
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a source line extending in a second direction orthogonally crossing the first direction and an auxiliary capacitance line having a trunk portion extending in the first direction so as to cross the source line and a branch portion branched from the trunk portion and extending along the source line. A switching element includes a drain line arranged under the auxiliary capacitance line so as to face the trunk portion and the branch portion thereof. A pixel electrode includes a main pixel electrode extending substantially in parallel to the source line and a contact portion electrically connected with the drain line. A counter substrate includes a couple of main common electrodes extending substantially in parallel to the main pixel electrode on the both sides sandwiching the main pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Arihiro Takeda, Jin Hirosawa, Tetsuya Iizuka, Hirokazu Morimoto
  • Patent number: 9785000
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line and a data line disposed on the first insulation substrate and insulated from and intersecting each other, a first passivation layer covering the gate line and the data line, a common electrode positioned on the first passivation layer and including a step-removed part, a second passivation layer covering the common electrode, a pixel electrode positioned on the second passivation layer, a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate, and a main column spacer positioned on the second insulation substrate, where the step-removed part is provided by removing the common electrode at a position corresponding to the main column spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa Sung Woo, Byung-Chul Kim, Young Gu Kim, Min-Sik Jung
  • Patent number: 9766488
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus capable of achieving the weight lightening, thinning and narrowing of the frame is provided. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, an optical sheet, a backlight and a backlight housing body, which are sequentially laminated from a front side to a rear side. The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a frame body which sandwiches the liquid crystal panel, the optical sheet, the backlight and the backlight housing body, and the frame body has a U-shaped cross section opened inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoto Nishi, Shinichi Nakamura, Yoshihisa Noguchi
  • Patent number: 9754784
    Abstract: An object is to provide a semiconductor device with stable electric characteristics in which an oxide semiconductor is used. The impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor layer is reduced in the following manner: a silicon oxide layer including many defects typified by dangling bonds is formed in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer, and an impurity such as hydrogen or moisture (a hydrogen atom or a compound including a hydrogen atom such as H2O) included in the oxide semiconductor layer is diffused into the silicon oxide layer. Further, a mixed region is provided between the oxide semiconductor layer and the silicon oxide layer. The mixed region includes oxygen, silicon, and at least one kind of metal element that is included in the oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Akiharu Miyanaga, Masahiro Takahashi, Hideyuki Kishida, Junichiro Sakata
  • Patent number: 9709859
    Abstract: An optical modulation device includes a first plate, a second plate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first plate includes a first substrate, a lower plate electrode formed on the first substrate, a first electrode layer, and a first aligner. The first electrode layer and the first aligner are formed on the lower plate electrode. The second plate faces the first plate. The second plate includes an upper plate electrode and a second aligner. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. An alignment direction of the first aligner and an alignment direction of the second aligner are substantially parallel with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Jin Kim, Suk Choi, Sung Hwan Hong, Ki Chul Shin, Hyeok Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 9691790
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a gate metal pattern including a gate line on a base substrate and extending in a first direction, and a gate electrode electrically connected with the gate line, a data metal pattern on the gate metal pattern and including a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a source electrode electrically connected with the gate line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode, a first electrode pattern on the data metal pattern, a low-resistance electrode pattern on the first electrode pattern and entirely overlapping with the gate metal pattern and the data metal pattern and a second electrode pattern overlapping with the first electrode pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxing Li, Man-Jin Kim, Jong-Kyun Park, Keum-Hee Lee, Gi-Jung Lee, Chan-Young Lim
  • Patent number: 9666152
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a display device, wherein the shift register unit includes: a pull-up module connected to a clock signal line and a signal output terminal; at least two pull-down modules both connected to a low level signal line and the signal output terminal; a control module connected to the pull-up module and the pull-down modules, for controlling the pull-up module to be turned on, so that the pull-up module outputs a high level signal input from the clock signal line to the signal output terminal, and for controlling the at least two pull-down modules to be turned on alternatively, so that the at least two pull-down modules output a low level signal input from the low level signal line to the signal output terminal, and for controlling one of the at least two pull-down modules to be turned on while controlling the other pull-down modules of the at least two pull-down modules to be discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuquan Hu, Guolei Wang, Rui Ma, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 9658497
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a display device. A capacitance compensation portion is arranged using a shading region, and the capacitance compensation portion is arranged opposite to a portion of a common electrode located within the shading region. Compared to the case where a common electrodes and a pixel electrode are overlapped only in a light transmitting region, the present invention enlarges the overlap area of the pixel electrode and the common electrode in the shading region, compensates the storage capacitance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and reduces the voltage difference before and after jump of the voltage of the pixel electrode, and improves the flicker of a liquid crystal display panel. Moreover, as the capacitance compensation portions additionally provided in the pixel electrodes are located within the shading region, the aperture rate of pixel regions will not be influenced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolin Wang, Haiyan Wang, Yoonsung Um
  • Patent number: 9659974
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pixel structure, a manufacturing method of a pixel structure, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel structure includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel units formed by intersecting the plurality of data lines with the plurality of scan lines. A pixel unit corresponds to one of the plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of scan lines. The pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a TFT. The pixel electrode of the pixel unit in a row is electrically connected to a TFT of a pixel unit in a preceding adjacent row of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Lin, Dandan Qin, Zhaokeng Cao, Yinghua Mo
  • Patent number: 9658493
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate, and which includes a stem part for dividing a pixel into a plurality of domains, a plurality of micro branch parts extending in one direction from at least one stem of the stem part, and a peripheral bundle electrode connected to an end of at least one of the micro branch parts and disposed along an edge of the pixel, a first panel including protrusions arranged along an outer circumference of the peripheral bundle electrode and projected in the direction vertical to the first substrate, a second substrate, a second panel including a second electrode which is disposed on the second substrate and which faces the first electrode, and a liquid crystal layer which is interposed between the first panel and the second panel and which includes liquid crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Ik Han Oh, Se Hyun Lee, Wan Namgung, Ho Jun Lee, Youn Hak Jeong, Ki Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 9559124
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first base substrate that includes an upper surface to which an external light is incident and a lower surface facing the upper surface and includes a plurality of pixel areas and a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel areas when viewed in a plan view, a plurality of pixels disposed on the lower surface of the first base substrate to respectively correspond to the pixel areas, and a black matrix layer disposed between the pixels and the lower surface of the first base substrate to overlap the peripheral area. The black matrix layer includes a low reflection layer disposed on the lower surface of the first base substrate and a light blocking layer disposed on the low reflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Kil Park, Hyun-Ho Kang
  • Patent number: 9543336
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a first gate electrode disposed on the substrate, a first self-assembled monolayer disposed on the first gate electrode, a gate insulating layer disposed on the first self-assembled monolayer, a semiconductor disposed on the gate insulating layer, a drain electrode overlapping the semiconductor, the drain electrode being separated from and facing a source electrode with respect to the semiconductor, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode, a second self-assembled monolayer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, a second gate electrode disposed on the second self-assembled monolayer, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the second gate electrode, and a pixel electrode disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masataka Kano, Ji Hun Lim, Yeon Keon Moon, Jun Hyung Lim, So Young Koo, Myoung Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9536906
    Abstract: A pixel structure is disclosed. The pixel structure includes a plurality of data lines arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of gate lines arranged in a second direction. The plurality of data lines intersect with the plurality of gate lines near a plurality of sub-pixels. In addition, each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a thin film transistor, and a pixel electrode. The plurality of sub-pixels includes a plurality of first rows of sub-pixels, and a plurality of second rows of sub-pixels, where the first rows of sub-pixels and the second rows of sub-pixels are interleaved, each sub-pixel in the first rows of sub-pixels is provided with a signal over a second-closest data line, and each sub-pixel in the second rows of sub-pixels is provided with a signal over a first-closest data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoye Li, Zhaokeng Cao, Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 9530804
    Abstract: A display device with excellent display quality is provided. The display device includes a transistor over a first substrate, an inorganic insulating film in contact with the transistor, and an organic insulating film in contact with the inorganic insulating film. The transistor includes a gate electrode over the first substrate, an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, a gate insulating film in contact with one surface of the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The inorganic insulating film is in contact with the other surface of the oxide semiconductor film. The organic insulating film overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film with the inorganic insulating film provided therebetween and is separated. Note that the thickness of the organic insulating film is preferably greater than or equal to 500 nm and less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 9429798
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a first interlayer insulating film is arranged on a gate line and first, second and third source lines. A first common electrode includes a first sub-common electrode on the first interlayer insulating film and facing the gate line. A second insulating film covers the first common electrode. A first main pixel electrode extends on the second interlayer insulating film between the first source line and the second source line. A second main pixel electrode extends on the second interlayer insulating film between the second source line and the third source line. A second common electrode includes a second sub-common electrode extending on the second interlayer insulating film between the first source line and the second source line so as to face the first sub-common electrode, and is cut out between the second source line and the third source line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kazuya Daishi
  • Patent number: 9412770
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pixel structure of a display panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The pixel structure comprises a first pixel area and a second pixel area that are adjacent to each other. The first pixel area has a first transparent conductive layer disposed therein and the second pixel area has a second transparent conductive layer disposed therein. The first transparent conductive layer in the first pixel area and the second transparent conductive layer in the second pixel area are located at different heights. The pixel structure of the present invention can efficiently increase an aperture ratio for the pixels on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-chia Lin, Kuei-jane Chiu
  • Patent number: 9396690
    Abstract: An LCD panel includes first to fifth data lines, which are sequentially arranged, intersecting first to third scan lines, which are sequentially arranged, for forming first to fourth pixel units sequentially arranged in an identical row as well as fifth to eighth pixel units sequentially arranged in another row. The first pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit are respectively coupled to the first data line and the fifth data line, and the second pixel unit and the third pixel unit are respectively coupled to the second data line and the fourth data line. The fifth pixel unit and the eighth pixel unit are respectively coupled to the second data line and the fourth data line, and both the sixth pixel unit and the seventh pixel unit are coupled to the third data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiu-feng Zhou
  • Patent number: 9385096
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor chip having a main face which has a pair of long sides parallel to each other and a pair of short sides orthogonal to the pair of long sides; first bumps arrayed in a first bump placement region of the semiconductor chip, the first bump placement region being positioned along one of the pair of long sides; second bumps arrayed in a second bump placement region of the semiconductor chip, the second bump placement region being positioned along the other of the pair of long sides; first power lines disposed in a region between the first bump placement region and the second bump placement region, the first power lines extending in a direction parallel to the pair of long sides; and third bumps integrated on the semiconductor chip. Each of the third bumps provides short-circuiting of the first power lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: SYNAPTICS DISPLAY DEVICES GK
    Inventors: Hisao Nakamura, Yuichi Nakagomi, Shinya Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9368520
    Abstract: The present invention provides array substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device, relating to manufacturing technology field of liquid crystal display. The array substrate of the present invention includes: a base substrate, on which a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines are provided; shielding electrodes, which are provided above and electrically insulated from the data lines, and the shielding electrodes at least partially cover the data lines; first electrodes, which are provided in the same layer as the shielding electrodes and are electrically insulated from the shielding electrodes; second electrodes, which are provided above and electrically insulated from the first electrodes, wherein, the shielding electrodes are applied with a shielding voltage signal, the second electrodes are applied with a stable voltage signal, and no electric field or weak electric filed is formed between the shielding electrodes and the second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin Li, Ying Zhang, Yang Pei, Jinbo Ding, Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 9329448
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of gate lines and positive temperature coefficient (PTC) thermistors. The pixel units are arranged in a matrix and include a plurality of pixel rows and a plurality of pixel columns. Each pixel unit includes a common electrode and a thin-film transistor (TFT). The gate lines are arranged corresponding to each pixel row respectively and connected to the TFT of each pixel unit of a corresponding pixel row respectively. The PTC thermistors are configured to respectively connect the common electrode of each pixel unit to any one of gate lines arranged corresponding to any pixel row except the pixel row in which the pixel unit is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusheng Xi, Jiarong Liu, Haichen Hu, Chunbing Zhang
  • Patent number: 9195102
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes: first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap; a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates; alignment films; a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate so as to have a plurality of electrode branches, the pixel electrode pattern having a partial connection branch formed around a contact so as to transversely connect a plurality of electrode branches extending from the contact from among the plurality of electrode branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sakurai, Hironao Tanaka, Hidemasa Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9146436
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal panel which has a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of display units. Each of the scan lines has a second metal wiring layer, a third metal wiring layer located above the second metal wiring layer, and two transparent conductive lines. The transparent conductive lines are spaced apart from each other and located between the second and third metal wiring layers. The second and third metal wiring layers can form a parallel connection by electrically connecting the second metal wiring layer with the third metal wiring layer, so that the impedance of the scan lines can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Bing Han, Jin Jie Wang
  • Patent number: 9142599
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes a transistor, a light reflection layer, a first insulation layer that includes a first layer thickness part, a second layer thickness part, and a third layer thickness part, a pixel electrode that is provided on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer that covers a peripheral section of the pixel electrode, a light emission functional layer, a facing electrode, and a conductive layer that is provided on the first layer thickness part. The pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode which is provided in the first layer thickness part, a second pixel electrode which is provided in the second layer thickness part, and a third pixel electrode which is provided in the third layer thickness part. The first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode are connected to the transistor through the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Koshihara, Ryoichi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 9069220
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate and a color filter substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on the array substrate such that the gate lines and the data lines intersect each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors formed at respective intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the array and color filter substrates, and a plurality of repair patterns formed on the first substrate. Each of the plurality of the repair patterns crosses a corresponding one of the data lines, and is along and adjacent to a corresponding one of the gate lines, such that the repair pattern includes protruding ends that protrude from the corresponding data line to repair a defect on the pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyup Lee, Jin-Seok Lee