Having Diverse Electrical Device Patents (Class 438/23)
  • Patent number: 11957040
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel and a curved display device. The display panel includes a flexible substrate (100), including a first region (BB) and a second region (AA). The first region (BB) includes: a plurality of light emitting structures (110) with a first opening gap (200) formed between two adjacent light omitting structures (110); and a plurality of flexible bridging parts (120), with at least one flexible bridging part (120) connecting two adjacent light emitting structures (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Long Han
  • Patent number: 11950460
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, and a display element on the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first thin-film transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a second thin-film transistor comprising a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a first shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer, and a second shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer and stacked on the first shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nayun Kwak, Chulkyu Kang, Daesuk Kim, Ilgoo Youn, Dongsun Lee, Soyoung Lee, Jieun Lee, Junyoung Jo, Minhee Choi
  • Patent number: 11947395
    Abstract: A foldable display device is provided by the present disclosure. The foldable display device includes a foldable display panel and a foldable cover. The foldable cover is adhered to the foldable display panel. The foldable cover includes an inner substrate, an outer substrate and a first adhesive. The first adhesive is disposed between the inner substrate and the outer substrate. A thickness of the first adhesive is ranged from 1 micrometer to 40 micrometers, and a ratio of the sum of the thickness of the first adhesive and a thickness of the inner substrate to a thickness of the foldable cover is greater than or equal to 0.5 and less than 1. In addition, the foldable display device further includes a second adhesive disposed between the foldable display panel and the foldable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Yu-Chia Huang, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11950472
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having an active area and an inactive area, the inactive area including a first area adjacent to the active area, a second area in which a pad is disposed, and a bending area disposed between the first area and the second area, wherein a plurality of wirings extending from the second area to the first area are disposed in the bending area, and at least one dummy pattern is in between the plurality of wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeokYoung Lee, JuWon Sun, JeongHwan Park
  • Patent number: 11927995
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area at a periphery of the display area; a first signal wiring on the non-display area of the base substrate and including a first wiring part and a second wiring part connected to the first wiring part; and a printed circuit board including a lead wiring on the first signal wiring. The second wiring part includes an open part passing through a surface of the second wiring part in a thickness direction, the second wiring part includes a long side extending along a first direction and a short side extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a separation distance between the open part and an end of the short side of the second wiring part in the first direction is within about 0.4 times the long side of the second wiring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myong Soo Oh, Seung Ho Choi, Ji Hoon Hwang
  • Patent number: 11927784
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-dazzling device, including a first electrode, a second electrode and a dimming structure, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed opposite to each other, and the dimming structure is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and is configured to change a light transmittance of the anti-dazzling device under action of voltage. An OLED display device and a method for manufacturing an anti-dazzling device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Caiyu Qu, Yanjun Hao, Huijuan Zhang, Xueyan Tian, Zheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11925084
    Abstract: A display panel can include a substrate, a light-emitting element including an emission region on the substrate, a reference voltage line adjacent to the light-emitting element, and a branch line connected to the reference voltage line to apply a reference voltage to light-emitting element. The light-emitting element can emit light on the emission region in a direction of the substrate. Further, the branch line can include a semiconductor layer, and the semiconductor layer of the branch line can overlap the emission region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yoon Lee, Kwang Yong Choi, Seong Hwan Hwang, Byeong Uk Gang, Hye Min Park
  • Patent number: 11925095
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes pixel areas and transmitting areas in a first display area. The display panel further includes a light-emitting unit layer including light-emitting units, an auxiliary layer, a first electrode layer covering the light-emitting unit layer and at least part of the auxiliary layer, and a transparent auxiliary electrode layer at least covering part of the auxiliary layer and electrically connected to the first electrode layer. A thickness of the first electrode layer on the auxiliary layer is less than a thickness of the first electrode layer on the light-emitting unit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Jin, Lei Lv, Tao Yuan, Jinchang Huang
  • Patent number: 11917878
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first active pattern on a light blocking pattern; a second active pattern at a same layer as that of the first active pattern; a first insulating pattern on the first active pattern; a second insulating pattern on the first active pattern, the second insulating pattern being spaced from the first insulating pattern, and having a first contact hole exposing the first active pattern; a first gate electrode on the first insulating pattern; a second gate electrode at a same layer as that of the first gate electrode, and overlapping with the second active pattern; a first etch stopper on the second insulating pattern, and having a second contact hole connected to the first contact hole; and a first electrode on the first etch stopper, the first electrode contacting the light blocking pattern and the first active pattern through the first and second contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngseok Baek, Sangjin Park, Chongsup Chang, Eui Kang Heo
  • Patent number: 11917860
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display panel includes fabricating a display portion on a glass substrate; forming a barrier layer on the glass substrate outside the display portion; forming an encapsulation film on the barrier layer and the display portion; and obtaining a panel area by removing the barrier layer and the encapsulation film outside a predetermined limited area on the glass substrate. The predetermined limited area corresponds to the display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhao, Gaozhen Wang
  • Patent number: 11908951
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate comprises a TFT located on a substrate and including a gate electrode, a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer, the gate electrode and the second semiconductor layer vertically stacked, and the first and second semiconductor layers are made of polycrystalline silicon, and wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are electrically connected to each other in series and respectively include first and second channel portions, and at least one of the first and second channel portions has a bent structure in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kum-Mi Oh
  • Patent number: 11899323
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a display panel. A primary pixel electrode is disposed inside a primary pixel region, and a sub-pixel electrode is disposed inside a sub-pixel region. First shading strips and second shading strips are intersected to form a plurality of primary frame bodies. One primary frame body correspondingly encloses a circumferential side of one pixel region. A third shading strip is disposed inside the primary frame body and correspondingly disposed between the primary pixel region and the sub-pixel region. The third shading strip and the primary frame body define two sub-frame bodies, and a channel for making the two sub-frame bodies communicate is disposed on the third shading strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengcai Dong, Ding Li, Yi Liu
  • Patent number: 11893300
    Abstract: A tiled electronic device includes a plurality of display panels, and at least one of the display panels includes a flexible substrate, a pixel, and two signal wires. The flexible substrate has a display portion and a bent portion connected to the display portion. The pixel is disposed on the display portion. The signal wires are disposed on the flexible substrate, and electrically connected to the pixel. Each of the signal wires has a first segment disposed on the display portion, and a second segment disposed on the bent portion. The two first sections have a first pitch, and the two second sections have a second pitch. The first pitch is different than the second pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Hua Hsu, Ker-Yih Kao
  • Patent number: 11889730
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a TFT on the substrate; a planarization layer on the TFT; a pixel electrode on the planarization layer, wherein the pixel electrode includes upper and lower layers including a transparent conductive oxide and an intermediate layer including silver; an etch stop layer on the pixel electrode, wherein an upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed by the etch stop layer; a partition on the etch stop layer, wherein the upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed by the partition; an organic emission layer on the upper surface of the pixel electrode where the upper surface of the pixel electrode is exposed by the etch stop layer and the partition; and a common electrode on the organic emission layer and the partition, wherein the etch stop layer covers an edge and a side surface of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Su Ko, Joon Yong Park, Gyung Min Baek, Hyun Min Cho, Dae Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11871620
    Abstract: An OLED panel includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, that each light-emitting element includes a fence structure on a substrate and in an opening of a pixel definition layer. A trench is formed between the fence structure and the pixel definition layer. Charge transport layer is disconnected at the trench by a shadowing effect of the fence structure during thermal evaporation of the charge transport layer. Therefore, lateral current leakage between two adjacent light-emitting elements is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SeeYa Optronics, Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongshou Huang
  • Patent number: 11871628
    Abstract: A conductive line for a display device may include a first layer including aluminum (Al) or an aluminum alloy, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer including titanium nitride (TiNx), and a third layer disposed on the second layer, the third layer including titanium (Ti) and having a multilayer structure including a plurality of stacked sub-layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sukyoung Yang, Sangwoo Sohn, Dokeun Song, Dongmin Lee, Sangwon Shin, Hyuneok Shin, Kyeong Su Ko, Sang Gab Kim, Joongeol Lee
  • Patent number: 11862102
    Abstract: In a display device, each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit which is connected to the light emitting element at a first node and drives the light emitting element in response to a corresponding driving scan signal among driving scan signals during a display period. The pixel circuit is connected to a corresponding readout line among readout lines at a second node. The sensing circuit senses a potential of the first node through the corresponding readout line during a blank period, and each of frames includes the display period and the blank period. At least two driving scan signals among the driving scan signals respectively include a plurality of rewriting periods, each of which is activated during the blank period corresponding thereto, and the rewriting periods of the driving scan signals have different durations from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Taek Kim, Byeong-Doo Kang, Jae Woo Ryu, Joonsuk Baik, Sekeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11843005
    Abstract: A half via hole structure, a method for manufacturing the same, an array substrate, and a display panel are provided. The half via hole structure includes: a spacer layer arranged on an underlaying substrate; a passivation layer arranged on the spacer layer and provided with a first via hole, an orthographic projection of the first via hole on the underlaying substrate being within that of the spacer layer on the underlaying substrate; a first conductive layer arranged on the spacer layer and having a width smaller than a diameter of the first via hole; an insulating layer arranged between the spacer layer and the passivation layer and provided with a second via hole; and a second conductive layer arranged on the passivation layer and overlapped with the first conductive layer through the first via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Ning, Zhonghao Huang, Chao Zhang, Zhaojun Wang, Hongru Zhou, Yutong Yang, Rui Wang, Xu Wu, Kunkun Gao
  • Patent number: 11844255
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, a pad, an auxiliary electrode layer, a data line layer, a first electrode layer, a light emitting layer, and a second electrode layer. The substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. The pad is disposed on a side of the substrate and located in the peripheral area. The auxiliary electrode layer is disposed on the same side of the substrate as the pad; the data line layer is disposed on a same layer as the auxiliary electrode layer; the first electrode layer is disposed on a side of the auxiliary electrode layer facing away from the substrate; the light emitting layer is disposed on a side of the first electrode layer facing away from the substrate; and the second electrode layer is disposed on a side of the light emitting layer facing away from the substrate and connected to the auxiliary electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Joint Technology Co., Ltd, BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhongyuan Wu, Yongqian Li, Zhidong Yuan, Meng Li, Can Yuan
  • Patent number: 11842681
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element layer on one surface of the substrate and including at least one light emitting element emitting light; and a pixel circuit portion on the display element layer and including at least one transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element, wherein the display element layer includes: a first electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to one end of the light emitting element; a second electrode on the substrate and electrically connected to the other end of the light emitting element; and an insulation layer on the substrate including the second electrode, and having a first opening exposing a portion of the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the transistor through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Sung Chul Kim, Dae Hyun Kim, Hye Yong Chu, Jong Hyuk Kang, Keun Kyu Song, Joo Yeol Lee, Bek Hyun Lim, Hyun Deok Im
  • Patent number: 11818926
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding at least a portion of the display area, a first organic insulating layer disposed on the substrate in the non-display area, a first conductive layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer and including first discharge holes, a second organic insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second organic insulating layer and including second discharge holes that respectively overlap the first discharge holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangsik Shin, Tae Wook Kim, Joohong Seo
  • Patent number: 11800758
    Abstract: A display device includes a fan-out portion including a first fan-out portion including first conductive lines, and a second fan-out portion including second conductive lines. The first conductive lines are apart from each other by a first pitch in a bending area of a substrate of the display device. The second conductive lines are apart from each other by a second pitch in the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junyoung Jo, Ilgoo Youn, Jieun Lee, Minhee Choi
  • Patent number: 11800747
    Abstract: A highly reliable display device. A first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate overlap each other with a display element positioned therebetween. Side surfaces of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate which overlap each other are covered with a high molecular material having a light-transmitting property. The high molecular material is more flexible than the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Takuya Kawata
  • Patent number: 11785791
    Abstract: Devices, structures, materials and methods for carbon enabled vertical light emitting transistors (VLETs) and light emitting displays (LEDs) are provided. In particular, architectures for vertical polymer light emitting transistors (VPLETs) for active matrix organic light emitting displays (AMOLEDs) and AMOLEDs incorporating such VPLETs are described. Carbon electrodes (such as from graphene) alone or in combination with conjugated light emitting polymers (LEPs) and dielectric materials are utilized in forming organic light emitting transistors (OLETs). Combinations of thin films of ionic gels, LEDs, carbon electrodes and relevant substrates and gates are utilized to construct LETs, including heterojunction VOLETs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Atom H2O, LLC
    Inventor: Huaping Li
  • Patent number: 11785831
    Abstract: An opto-electronic device includes: a first electrode; an organic layer disposed over the first electrode; a nucleation promoting coating disposed over the organic layer; a nucleation inhibiting coating covering a first region of the opto-electronic device; and a conductive coating covering a second region of the opto-electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: OTI Lumionics Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Lu Chang, Qi Wang, Michael Helander, Jacky Qiu, Zhibin Wang, Thomas Lever
  • Patent number: 11778875
    Abstract: A display device includes a base substrate including: a display region including a pixel, and a pad region defining an end surface of the base substrate which is furthest from the display region and exposed outside the display panel; an insulating layer in the display region and the pad region; and in the pad region: a signal pad electrically connected to the pixel and to a dummy pad; the insulating layer covering the signal pad and the dummy pad and defining an end surface of the insulating layer which is furthest from the display region and exposed outside the display panel; and a first opening in the insulating layer which exposes the signal pad outside the insulating layer and outside the display panel. In the pad region, the end surfaces of the base substrate and the insulating layer together define an inclined edge of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Chul Jung, Youngrae Kim, Dong-Yoon So, Kyungmin Park, Samho Ihm, Yongjun Jo
  • Patent number: 11778863
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a driving circuit layer and a light-emitting unit located on the base substrate, the light-emitting unit includes a first and a second electrodes being laminated, a light-emitting layer located therebetween; the display substrate includes a first and a second display regions, an opening region; the second display region is located between the first and the opening display regions; a pixel density of the first display region is greater than that of the second display region; and the display substrate further includes a compensation capacitor for compensating a sub-pixel in the second display region, the compensation capacitor includes a first and second plates, the first plate is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the sub-pixel in the second display region, the second plate is electrically connected to the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanyou Qiu, Yao Huang, Cong Liu, Binyan Wang
  • Patent number: 11765933
    Abstract: A silicon-based OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a silicon-based base and a device layer arranged on the silicon-based base. The silicon-based base includes a drive circuit layer. The drive circuit layer includes a drive circuit, an electrical connection bonding area, and a storage unit storing compensation voltage of each MOSFET of the drive circuit. An orthographic projection of the drive circuit on the silicon-based base, an orthographic projection of the storage unit on the silicon-based base, and an orthographic projection of the electrical connection binding area on the silicon-based base do not overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junbo Wei, Shengji Yang, Kuanta Huang, Pengcheng Lu, Yuanlan Tian
  • Patent number: 11758774
    Abstract: The present invention is equipped with: a substrate (10) that has a surface upon which a drive circuit containing a TFT (20) is formed; a planarizing layer (30) that makes the surface of the substrate (10) planar by covering the drive circuit; and an organic light emitting element (40) that is provided with a first electrode (41) formed upon the surface of the planarization film and connected to the drive circuit, an organic light emitting layer (43) formed upon the first electrode, and a second electrode (44) formed upon the organic light emitting layer. In addition, the planarizing layer (30) includes a first inorganic insulating layer (31) and an organic insulating layer (32) that are layered upon the drive circuit, and the surface of the organic insulating layer (32) is formed with an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of no more than 50 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAKAI DISPLAY PRODUCTS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11751444
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a first display region, a second display region, a curved portion, a first high power supply voltage trunk wiring line, and a second high power supply voltage trunk wiring line. A plurality of first high power supply voltage lines branch from the first high power supply voltage trunk wiring line and extend to the first display region, a plurality of second high power supply voltage lines branch from the second high power supply voltage trunk wiring line and extend to the second display region, and the first high power supply voltage trunk wiring line and the second high power supply voltage trunk wiring line are electrically connected to each other via a first curved portion conductive layer formed in the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Noriko Watanabe, Takeshi Yaneda
  • Patent number: 11716882
    Abstract: A transparent display panel and a transparent display device including the same are disclosed. The transparent display panel includes a display region and a non-display region. The display region includes a plurality of light-emitting regions, a plurality of transmissive regions, a plurality of line regions spaced from each other and arranged in one direction, and a plurality of pixel circuit regions electrically connected to the light-emitting regions respectively to drive the light-emitting regions. Alternately-arranged adjacent line regions include alternately-arranged adjacent VSS voltage connection line and VDD voltage connection line, respectively. Thus, a new pixel arrangement structure that may increase or maximize a transparent area of a bezel and reduce or minimize a haze value without reducing transmittance of the display region may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Euitae Kim, Kiseob Shin, Soyi Lee
  • Patent number: 11711948
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and proposes a display panel, a preparation method thereof, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes an array substrate, a planarization layer group, and a plurality of sub-pixels. The array substrate includes a switch array formed by a plurality of switch units. The planarization layer group is provided on the array substrate, and nano-scale grooves are provided on the planarization layer group. The sub-pixels are provided on a side of the planarization layer group away from the array substrate. The sub-pixel includes a plurality of first electrodes, wherein the first electrode is connected to the switch unit of the array substrate, a nano-scale second gap is provided between two adjacent first electrodes, and an orthographic projection of the second gap on the array substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the groove on the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shipei Li, Sheng Xu, Wei He, Ying Zhao, Huili Wu, Fang He, Renquan Gu, Lizhen Zhang, Yi Zhou, Wusheng Li, Qi Yao, Yang Yue
  • Patent number: 11711949
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area. A plurality of insulation layers are disposed on the substrate. A pixel is disposed on the substrate in the display area. The pixel includes a transistor and a light emitting element electrically connected to the transistor. A crack blocker is disposed on the substrate in the non-display area and includes a plurality of first crack block grooves defined in at least one of the plurality of insulation layers. Each first crack block grooves extends in a first direction and is arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction. A plurality of second crack block grooves is defined in at least one of the plurality of insulation layers and is adjacent to the plurality of first crack block grooves. Each second crack block grooves extends in the second direction and is arranged in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jihye Heo, Ki Wook Kim, Eunbyul Jo, Joong-Soo Moon
  • Patent number: 11690258
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate; a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate; and a multi-layer insulating film disposed on the transistors, wherein the multi-layer insulating film includes a first insulating film and a second insulating film, the multi-layer insulating film includes a first region in which the first insulating film and the second insulating film overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and a second region in which the first insulating film is disposed, the first region overlaps the plurality of transistors, and a modulus of the second insulating film is lower than a modulus of the first insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jang, Do Hyun Kwon, Min Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 11637127
    Abstract: A display substrate, a method for forming the display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes: a first conductive pattern located on a base substrate, where a ring-shaped conductive protection structure is arranged at an edge of a preset region of the first conductive pattern and surrounds the preset region, and the conductive protection structure is made of an anti-dry-etching material; an insulation layer covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern located on a side of the insulation layer away from the first conductive pattern, where the second conductive pattern is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern through the via-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Liu, Liangchen Yan, Bin Zhou, Yang Zhang, Tongshang Su, Wei Li, Liusong Ni
  • Patent number: 11626471
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first active pattern on a light blocking pattern; a second active pattern at a same layer as that of the first active pattern; a first insulating pattern on the first active pattern; a second insulating pattern on the first active pattern, the second insulating pattern being spaced from the first insulating pattern, and having a first contact hole exposing the first active pattern; a first gate electrode on the first insulating pattern; a second gate electrode at a same layer as that of the first gate electrode, and overlapping with the second active pattern; a first etch stopper on the second insulating pattern, and having a second contact hole connected to the first contact hole; and a first electrode on the first etch stopper, the first electrode contacting the light blocking pattern and the first active pattern through the first and second contact holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngseok Baek, Sangjin Park, Chongsup Chang, Eui Kang Heo
  • Patent number: 11621314
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate; an initialization voltage line disposed on the substrate and including a first initialization voltage line that extends in a first direction, and a second initialization voltage line that extends in a second direction; and a driving voltage line disposed on the substrate and extending in the second direction, wherein each of the first initialization voltage line and the driving voltage line is connected to at least one of the plurality of transistors, and the second initialization voltage line and the driving voltage line overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventors: Mi Na Kim, Seul Bee Lee, Kwang-Chul Jung, Yong Jun Jo
  • Patent number: 11574985
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device. The OLED display device includes a substrate in which a pixel area and a non-pixel area are defined, a power line formed on the substrate, at least one insulating film covering the power line, a light-emitting element formed on the insulating film, a connection electrode connected to the power line and formed to extend along an upper surface of the insulating film, and a passivation film having a contact hole through which a portion of the connection electrode is exposed within the non-pixel area. The light-emitting element includes a first electrode, an emissive layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. The second electrode is in direct contact with the connection electrode within the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngju Koh, Woojung Byun, Dongyoon Lee, Sungsoo Kim, Kwangyong Choi
  • Patent number: 11552150
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a pixel area and a transmissive area; a thin-film transistor on the first substrate; a planarization layer on the thin-film transistor; a first light emitting electrode on the planarization layer; a bank covering a part of the first light emitting electrode; a light emitting layer on the first light emitting electrode; and a second light emitting electrode on the light emitting layer and the bank. The transmissive area includes a transmissive hole penetrating the bank and the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Wan Son, Moo Soon Ko, Rae Young Gwak, Jin Seock Ma, Min Jeong Park, Ki Bok Yoo, So La Lee, Jin Goo Jung, Jong Won Chae, Ye Ji Han
  • Patent number: 11526079
    Abstract: The present application provides a backplane unit, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: forming a photoresist layer on an array substrate; performing exposure on at least a portion of the photoresist layer corresponding to a light-emitting element; forming a light-shielding layer on at least a side of the photoresist layer away from the array substrate, wherein the light-shielding layer exposes at least a side portion of the light-emitting element; and laterally stripping the photoresist layer on the light-emitting element with a stripping solution to obtain the backplane unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 11522149
    Abstract: A color-converting substrate including light-emitting areas and a light blocking area surrounding the light-emitting areas, the light-emitting areas including first light-emitting areas configured to emit a first color light, a partition wall including a first opening continuously overlapping the first light-emitting areas and a first portion of the light-blocking area disposed between the first light-emitting areas, a first color-converting layer including a wavelength-converting material and disposed in the first opening to overlap the first light-emitting areas and the first portion of the light-blocking area, and a color filter layer including a portion configured to block the first color light, the color filter layer overlapping the first color-converting layer and the first portion of the light-blocking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hyung Hwang, Jiseong Yang, Seon Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 11508792
    Abstract: In a display region, etching stopper layers are provided between a plurality of inorganic insulating films, openings are formed in the inorganic insulating films located closer to a light-emitting element than the etching stopper layers so as to expose the upper surfaces of the etching stopper layers, and flattening films are provided in the openings such that the openings are filed with the flattening films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tohru Okabe, Ryosuke Gunji, Shinji Ichikawa, Kohji Ariga, Shinsuke Saida, Hiroki Taniyama, Hiroharu Jinmura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Koji Tanimura, Yoshihiro Kohara, Akira Inoue
  • Patent number: 11495649
    Abstract: The application relates to the technical field of display, and discloses a display substrate, a method for preparing the same, and a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoping Zhang, Liman Peng, Qianqian Zhang, Qi Liu
  • Patent number: 11462572
    Abstract: An array substrate comprises a display area and a periphery area; a common electrode is arranged at the display area, and an electrode bus is arranged at a periphery area and is close to the display area. The array substrate further comprises a first electrode pad, a first conductive portion, a second electrode pad, and a second conductive portion. The first electrode pad is arranged at the side, far away from the display area of the periphery area; the first conductive portion is connected with the first electrode pad and the common electrode; the second electrode pad is arranged at the side, far away from the display area of the periphery area; and the second conductive portion is connected to the second electrode pad, and extends to connect with the electrode bus along the direction far away from the first conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhen Zhang, Tingliang Liu
  • Patent number: 11444140
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a display area disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of pixels, a first planarization layer disposed on the substrate, a second planarization layer disposed on the first planarization layer, a pixel-defining layer disposed on the second planarization layer and covering at least one edge of a first electrode of each of the plurality of pixels, a plurality of first holes disposed between the plurality of pixels and spaced apart from the first electrode, and a first etching prevention layer disposed on a bottom surface of each of the first holes and on the first planarization layer. Each of the first holes includes an opening that passes through the second planarization layer and the pixel-defining layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghan Seo, Wooyong Sung, Wooyoung Kim, Seungyong Song, Sunghoon Yang, Kwanhyuck Yoon, Seunggun Chae, Wonwoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11404528
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first area and a second area, main pixel groups, auxiliary pixel groups, first signal lines, and second signal lines, wherein a distance between adjacent ones of the first signal lines in the second area gradually decreases toward outer regions of the second area from a center of the second area, and a distance between adjacent ones of the second signal lines in the second area gradually decreases toward the outer regions of the second area from the center of the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwangjin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11402713
    Abstract: A display device includes: an array substrate; a counter substrate; a liquid crystal layer; and a light source. The array substrate includes: signal lines arranged in a first direction; scanning lines arranged in a second direction; switching elements coupled to the scanning lines and the signal lines; an organic insulating layer covering at least the switching elements; and a metal layer overlapping the organic insulating layer. A region surrounded by the scanning lines and the signal lines has a region having a thickness less than that of the organic insulating layer. The metal layer covers a first slant surface of the organic insulating layer on a side of the organic insulating layer closer to the light source than the switching element is, and a second slant surface of the organic insulating layer on a side of the organic insulating layer farther from the light source than the switching element is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshihide Ohue
  • Patent number: 11398611
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate that includes a bending area, a display active layer disposed on the substrate and that displays an image, a polarization layer disposed on the display active layer, a protective layer that contacts an end of the polarization layer and covers the bending area of the substrate; and an adhesive layer disposed on a boundary between the polarization layer and the protective layer, the adhesive layer extends from the end of the polarization layer toward the bending area by an extension area to overlap a portion of the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung-Ha Jeon, Ki Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 11380730
    Abstract: The invention describes a passive matrix single-color LED display assembly comprising a matrix of row conductor lines and column conductor lines; an array of direct-emitting LED packages, wherein the anode of each LED package is electrically connected to one of the row conductor lines and the cathode of that LED package is connected to one of the column conductor lines; and a driver configured to apply a bias voltage to a row conductor line and to apply a bias voltage to a column conductor line according to an image to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Florent Monestier, Casey Israel
  • Patent number: 11367766
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate, an active layer disposed on the substrate and including a metal oxide-based semiconductor, a gate electrode disposed on the active layer, an insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes disposed on the insulating layer, a light emitting element on the source and drain electrodes, and a gate insulating layer between the active layer and the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer includes first and second gate insulating layers. The first gate insulating layer directly contacts the active layer and has a first amount of nitrogen. The second gate insulating layer is disposed on the first gate insulating layer and has a second amount of nitrogen that is different from the first amount of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokhwan Bang, Jong-In Kim, Kangnam Kim, Woogeun Lee, Sung-Hoon Lim, Soojung Chae