Repairing, Converting Or Salvaging Patents (Class 445/2)
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Publication number: 20130137332Abstract: The present invention discloses a repairing line system, which includes a plurality of packages, a substrate having a plurality of data lines awaiting for repair, two repairing lines, and two connecting lines. The repairing line includes outgoing lines led from the packages and a wire disposed on three sides of the substrate without the packages disposed and coupled to the outgoing lines. The wires insulatively intersect second terminals of the data lines awaiting for repair. The connecting line insulatively intersects the outgoing lines and first terminals of the data lines. The present invention further discloses a repair method of the repairing line system. The repairing line system and the repair method of the present invention utilize the same repairing lines led from different packages to connect with each other for forming whole connected wires, thereby increasing flexibility of the repairing line system in repairing data lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Junbo Xing, Chun Liu
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Publication number: 20130120230Abstract: A flat display panel and a method of repairing the same are proposed. The flat display panel includes a plurality of repairing lines parallel to data lines. The plurality of repairing lines are disposed at one side of a plurality of pixel electrodes one on one. When one of the plurality of data lines is broken, repairing lines form an electrical bypass route for circumventing a gap in the broken data line. Thus, a signal can be normally transmitted to the pixel electrode through the electrical bypass route.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ya-hui Chen, Tsunglung Chang
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Patent number: 8439717Abstract: A device for manufacturing an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, in which a short-circuit defect in the active matrix substrate is detected and repaired, includes a stage (30a) configured to place a test substrate (19) which will become the active matrix substrate, a defective pixel detector (40a) configured to input a test signal to the test substrate (19) placed on the stage (30a), and electrically detect coordinates of a defective pixel in which a short-circuit defect has occurred, and a defect position identifier (50) configured to input the test signal to the test substrate (19) placed on the stage (30a) to cause the defective pixel detected by the defective pixel detector (40a) to generate heat, and sense the heat generation in the defective pixel using far-infrared thermography, thereby identifying a position of the short-circuit defect in the defective pixel.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Yoshimitsu Tajima
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Publication number: 20130115845Abstract: Pre-manufactured electronic displays and, in particular, liquid crystal flat-panel displays, may be cut to a new size and resealed while preserving their originally-manufactured properties. A display may be cut, and the exposed edge of a target portion may be sealed, e.g., to preserve the integrity of the target portion of the display. It may be desirable to cause a sealant to go in between the plates of the panel, e.g., to achieve improved yield, chemical isolation, dimensional integrity, and/or strength of the seal. Apparatus and methods are disclosed where the sealant is injected or otherwise forced into the region between the plates adjacent the exposed edge. This sealing process may achieve more sealant surface contact area inside the panel in between the plates, e.g., to achieve better bonding strength, chemical isolation, and/or improved yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: May 9, 2013Inventor: Lawrence E. Tannas, JR.
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Publication number: 20130102218Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel, and each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a voltage-changing capacitor, wherein a first source electrode on the first switching element and a second source electrode on the second switching element from the first pixel are connected to a data line, the first source electrode and the second source electrode of the second pixel are disconnected from the plurality of data lines, and the two terminals of the voltage-changing capacitor of the second pixel are shorted to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2012Publication date: April 25, 2013Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20130078883Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device includes: identifying a defective pixel which includes an organic EL element having a short defect from among the pixels; applying a reverse bias voltage within a predetermined range to the pixel identified as the defective pixel; applying, for a certain period, a predetermined voltage to the pixel to which the reverse bias voltage is already applied, and measuring light emission luminance or pixel current of the pixel; and performing another repair process on the pixel having a temporal change amount in the measured light emission luminance or pixel current that is greater than or equal to a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2012Publication date: March 28, 2013Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: PANASONIC CORPORATION
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Publication number: 20130072078Abstract: Anodes of a plurality of organic EL elements are connected together. A forward bias voltage relative to the potential of anodes and a reverse bias voltage are alternately applied to cathodes of the plurality of organic EL elements at a predetermined period. The ratio of the time for which the reverse bias voltage is applied and the time for which the forward bias voltage is applied is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: March 21, 2013Applicant: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.Inventor: Yoshikazu Sakaguchi
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Publication number: 20130065472Abstract: A defect detecting method of a display device includes a defect counting process that measuring a feature amount for each partial region of a display device (P32), and counting regions which is determined as a defective portion based on the measured feature amount of the region (P36), a process that stopping a manufacturing line of the display device when a number of defects counted at the defect counting process is greater than a first threshold value (P38, P42), a defect density calculating process that calculating a defect density in a predetermined area when the number of defects counted at the defect counting process is smaller than the first threshold value (P38), and a process that stopping the manufacturing line of the display device when the defect density calculated at the defect density calculating process is higher than a second threshold value (P40, P42).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Nikon CorporationInventor: Nikon Corporation
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Patent number: 8395747Abstract: A method for repairing a glass substrate is a method for repairing a glass substrate (10) having a depression (60) formed in a display region (5). Into the depression (60), plural types of starting material from which a cross-linked epoxy resin or a cross-linked (meth)acrylic resin is made are put together with a photoinitiator, and the starting materials thus put are copolymerized by light irradiation and heat treatment. In the result, the depression (60) in a surface of the glass substrate (10) is repaired by a transparent resin (65) obtained through the copolymerization of the plural types of starting material. Therefore, the glass substrate (10) can be repaired at a low temperature without performing a sintering process.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoritsu Chemical & Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takenori Yoshizawa, Masaya Ueda, Yoshitomo Denpo
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Patent number: 8388394Abstract: In a method of repairing an organic EL display, in which when a foreign particle has contaminated a pixel electrode to cause a defect during manufacture of an organic EL display, it is possible to repair the defect locally and simply without damaging the vicinity of the repaired part of the pixel electrode by the repair. In manufacture of the organic EL display, a defect due to a foreign particle is repaired by detecting the foreign particle that has contaminated the pixel electrode, lowering a fine needle having a hemispherically-shaped tip downward toward the foreign particle, and plastic deforming the foreign particle and part of the pixel electrode together to bury the foreign particle into the pixel electrode. A short circuit due to a foreign particle is prevented by pressing the foreign particle into the pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventor: Kazutoshi Miyazawa
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Publication number: 20130035016Abstract: A process for removing hazardous substances from a LCD display (1) includes incision through off set lines (10) around the front of the panel (3). Top components are then removed to expose the fluorescent tubes (5) which contain hazardous substances. The incisions are parallel to the recessed lips, at a distance in the range of 0 to 20 mm from the recessed lips. The cuts are to a depth of 20 mm to 50 mm. Preferably, at least two incisions are made simultaneously. The fluorescent tubes (5) are crushed after the access operation, by rollers, chains or by plates. During crushing there is suction of the particles and gases which are released, thereby removing the hazardous substances by filtration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: February 7, 2013Inventors: Lisa O'Donoghue, Huw Lewis, Alan Ryan
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Publication number: 20130023178Abstract: Apparatus and methods for resizing COTS AMLCDs or other electronic displays, as well as resized displays made using these apparatus and methods, are provided. The electronic display includes a front plate, a back plate, a perimeter seal spacing the front and back plates apart, and image-generating medium contained in an area between the front and back plates. A target portion of the display may be identified and separated from an excess portion of the display, e.g., by cutting and breaking the plates of the display, thereby creating an exposed edge along the target portion. The plates of the target portion are pressed towards one another, e.g., to stabilize or compress the target portion. An adhesive is applied to the exposed edge, and the pressure is released to draw the adhesive between the plates along the exposed edge.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Inventor: Lawrence E. Tannas, JR.
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Patent number: 8337267Abstract: There are provided an organic electro-luminescence device with filters and a method for repairing the same which are capable of reducing variations in conditions for leak-light transmission during leak-light detection and conditions for transmission of laser light used for repairing, depending on respective types of filters.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Noriyuki Suzuki, Shinsuke Komatsu, Akihisa Nakahashi
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Publication number: 20120309251Abstract: A process and system for taking an ordinary existing flashlight and converting it to an advanced capability flashlight wherein the flashlight can be controlled remotely is disclosed herein. The system employs a relatively low cost method and takes advantage of modular characteristics of existing flashlights. The system additionally employs programmable electronics to the flashlight covered by a polyurethane protection layer to provide functionality in extreme conditions. Different head lamps can be easily switched out to an individual flashlight employing more LED lamps and different wavelengths of light as desired by a user. Additionally, a remote control device is disclosed, wherein the device can further be configured to a rail system of a firearm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Sergei Yur'yevich Mironichev, Christopher D. Mechling
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Publication number: 20120302121Abstract: An apparatus for repair of a defect in an electronic energy control device may include a position indicating means for indicating a position at which to fixedly position a mounting unit relative to a portion of an electronic energy control device including a defect to be repaired, where the device is fixed in position. An imaging and repair assembly of the apparatus has an optical imaging range and a laser repair range. When the mounting unit is mounted to a support surface to fixedly position the mounting unit at the position indicated by the position indicating means and the imaging and repair assembly is attached to the mounting unit, the portion of the electronic energy control device is within the imaging range and the repair range.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Neil L. Sbar, Harvey Kalweit
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Publication number: 20120300165Abstract: A flat display panel and a related repairing method are provided. The flat display panel includes multiple horizontal repair lines parallel to scan lines and multiple vertical repair lines parallel to data lines. The vertical repair lines are disposed on one side of the data lines one to one, and the horizontal repair lines are disposed on one side of the scan lines one to one. When one of the data lines or one of the scan lines is broken, an electrical route formed by a use of the vertical repair lines or the horizontal repair lines detours the broken scan line or data line, so as to deliver signal to pixel electrode normally.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.Inventors: Yizhuang Zhuang, Songxian Wen, Mingfeng Deng
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Publication number: 20120302122Abstract: An apparatus for repair of a defect in an electronic energy control device may include a position indicating means for indicating a position at which to fixedly position a mounting unit relative to a portion of an electronic energy control device including a defect to be repaired, where the device is fixed in position. An imaging and repair assembly of the apparatus has an optical imaging range and a laser repair range. When the mounting unit is mounted to a support surface to fixedly position the mounting unit at the position indicated by the position indicating means and the imaging and repair assembly is attached to the mounting unit, the portion of the electronic energy control device is within the imaging range and the repair range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.Inventors: Neil L. Sbar, Harvey Kalweit
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Publication number: 20120295507Abstract: In a method of repairing an organic EL display, in which when a foreign particle has contaminated a pixel electrode to cause a defect during manufacture of an organic EL display, it is possible to repair the defect locally and simply without damaging the vicinity of the repaired part of the pixel electrode by the repair. In manufacture of the organic EL display, a defect due to a foreign particle is repaired by detecting the foreign particle that has contaminated the pixel electrode, lowering a fine needle having a hemispherically-shaped tip downward toward the foreign particle, and plastic deforming the foreign particle and part of the pixel electrode together to bury the foreign particle into the pixel electrode. A short circuit due to a foreign particle is prevented by pressing the foreign particle into the pixel electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Kazutoshi MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20120287366Abstract: There is provided a method for correcting a defect of a first wiring of a plurality of wirings in a display device, the display device including: a plurality of wirings extending in parallel to one another in a same layer in one gap region sandwiched between two adjacent picture element electrodes; and an upper insulating layer provided to cover the plurality of wirings, the method including the steps of: boring a first through hole and a second through hole in the upper insulating layer in a first portion and a second portion located to sandwich a break area that is the defect, respectively; and forming a repairing conductive film so as to electrically connect a portion of the first wiring exposed in the first through hole and a portion of the first wiring exposed in the second through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2010Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Naoyuki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20120274202Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic EL device, wherein a device which has a cathode, an anode facing the cathode, and an organic layer is disposed between the cathode and the anode is provided, a pulsed laser is transmitted through the cathode and is irradiated to the organic layer, and a conductive part having an electrical resistance value lower than that of the organic layer is formed in the organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2012Publication date: November 1, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: Shinsuke KOMATSU
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Patent number: 8298029Abstract: A method by which negative electron affinity photocathodes (201), single crystal, amorphous, or otherwise ordered, can be made to recover their quantum yield following exposure to an oxidizing gas has been discovered. Conventional recovery methods employ the use of cesium as a positive acting agent (104). In the improved recovery method, an electron beam (205), sufficiently energetic to generate a secondary electron cloud (207), is applied to the photocathode in need of recovery. The energetic beam, through the high secondary electron yield of the negative electron affinity surface (203), creates sufficient numbers of low energy electrons which act on the reduced-yield surface so as to negate the effects of absorbed oxidizing atoms thereby recovering the quantum yield to a pre-decay value.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Inventors: Gregory A. Mulhollan, John C. Bierman
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Publication number: 20120270460Abstract: Laser light is irradiated onto a foreign substance, which is contaminated into an organic layer of an organic EL element, to insulate the periphery of the foreign substance, thereby repairing a defect of the organic EL element that may be caused by the foreign substance. Before the laser light is irradiated onto a pixel containing a foreign substance, the laser light is irradiated onto peripheral pixels around the pixel containing the foreign substance, while shifting a focal position of laser light. The focal position of laser light is defined based on a laser irradiation mark and an emission state of the pixel. The laser light is irradiated with the adjusted focus to insulate a foreign substance section without damaging other portions than the periphery of the foreign substance, thereby making it possible to repair a defect that may be caused by the foreign substance.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventor: KAZUTOSHI MIYAZAWA
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Patent number: 8282435Abstract: A plasma lamp. The lamp includes a housing having a spatial volume defined within the housing. In a specific embodiment, the spatial volume has an inner region and an outer region. The lamp also has a support region coupled to the inner region of the spatial volume and a support body having an outer surface region slidably inserted and disposed within or partially disposed the support region. In a preferred embodiment, the support body has a support length, a support first end, and a support second end. The plasma lamp has a gas-filled vessel coupled to the support first end of the support body. In a preferred embodiment, the gas filled vessel has a transparent or translucent body, an inner surface and an outer surface, a cavity formed within the inner surface. In a preferred embodiment, the cavity is sealed and includes a fill material, which is capable of discharge. The lamp has an rf source operably coupled to at least the first end of the gas-filled vessel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Topanga Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Frederick M. Espiau
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Publication number: 20120244774Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) array is provided that includes applying an energizing signal to at least one of the OLED pixels in the array. The energizing signal exceeds a threshold level. The method also includes reducing the energizing signal and identifying an OLED in the array that continues to remain energized. The method further includes irradiating the identified OLED to degrade the organic material in the OLED. A method of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. The method includes determining an intensity, a time and a wavelength of radiation sufficient to render an OLED of the OLED array inoperative by degrading organic material in the OLED. A system of performing quality control in a manufacturing process of an OLED array is provided. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: EMAGIN CORPORATIONInventor: AMALKUMAR P. GHOSH
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Publication number: 20120231693Abstract: The following depictions are of the retrofit wiring of a fluorescent “strip-light” style fixture for conversion to an LED light. Some of the drawings depict a fixture for use of a single lamp while others depict accommodating multiple lamps. The pattern is essentially the same. The perspective is from inside the fixture looking at the bottoms of the “tombstones” or lamp holders. Notice that there is no ballast included in the depictions. The ballast does not necessarily have to be removed entirely from the fixture, but it may need to be bypassed. There are two basic options of wiring methods used to make the conversion, one for increased safety, the other for economy. The multiple depictions represent the numerous variations of the conversion. FIGS. 1-26 represent wiring for improved safety. FIGS. 27-38 represent wiring for improved economy.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventor: Andrew Russell Mellon
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Patent number: 8262427Abstract: The present disclosure provides a defect correcting apparatus including a defect detecting device configured to detect a defect within a repetitive pattern in a multilayer substrate a defect correcting device configured to correct the defect in the multilayer substrate by a specified defect correcting method, and a control device configured to, when the defect detected by the defect detecting device is detected overlapping a region in which occurrence of an interlayer short-circuit defect is assumed, generate an object corresponding to the defect correcting method for the interlayer short-circuit defect, and controlling the defect correcting device for correcting the defect using the generated object.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Akiko Oka, Gaku Izumi, Tomoaki Honda
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Publication number: 20120190265Abstract: A repairing method for a pixel structure including an active device, a pixel electrode connected with the active device, a bottom electrode disposed under the pixel electrode, upper electrodes disposed between the pixel electrode and the bottom electrode and connected with the pixel electrode, a first dielectric layer disposed between the bottom electrode and the upper electrodes and a second dielectric layer disposed between the upper electrodes and the pixel electrode is provided. The repairing method includes removing a portion of the pixel electrode to electrically isolate the contact region over the upper electrode from the remaining portion of the pixel electrode, wherein a storage capacitor is formed by the reserved region over the upper electrode, the second dielectric layer and the remaining portion of the pixel electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: July 26, 2012Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wei-Kai Huang, Yi-Jen Chen, Tzu-Chieh Lai, Chiung-Pin Wang
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Patent number: 8227977Abstract: A structure for repairing a line defect in which a short can be easily repaired using an adjacent wiring line despite limited repairing space and a method of repairing the defect are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zail Lhee, Keun Kim, Jin-Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20120162980Abstract: A solid state replacement light module for a high intensity discharge light fixture. The module is comprised of an elongated generally planar body having a first side including a plurality of light emitting diodes and a second side including a plurality of heat dissipating fins. The second side further includes an electronic module. The body also includes a hinge mechanism suitable for attachment to the light fixture.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2010Publication date: June 28, 2012Inventor: Matthew Steven Mrakovich
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Publication number: 20120149274Abstract: Disclosed are a data line repair apparatus and a method thereof, employed in a LCD panel having a repair line, and a repair operational amplifier coupled to the LCD panel including a first input end, a second input end and an output end, and the output end and the second input end are both coupled to a data line of the LCD panel and the repair line. The data line repair apparatus comprises a receiving module, receiving image data of a present frame from the data line; an acquiring module, acquiring output data corresponding to the image data of the present frame and image data of a former frame from preserved corresponding relationships of the aforesaid data; and an outputting module, outputting a voltage corresponding to the output data acquired by the acquiring module to the first input end in a scheduled period.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. LTD.Inventors: DENGXIA ZHAO, Poshen Lin
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Publication number: 20120140138Abstract: Methods are provided for sealing edges of resized electronic displays to minimize the size of the seal area as viewed from the front of the display. A target portion of a display is separated from an excess portion, creating an exposing edge. The exposed edge is sealed using a ribbon-like material with adhesive attached across the ends of the plates of the target portion to maintain and seal the gap between the two substrates. It may be desirable to allow two similarly prepared displays to have the resealed edge abutted against each other a minimal mullion between them. The size of the mullion is further minimized by providing pixels to the edge of the substrate being sealed, e.g., such that the active area of the display extends all the way to the edge(s) being abutted together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Lawrence E. Tannas, JR.
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Publication number: 20120105758Abstract: An embodiment of the invention provide a liquid crystal panel comprising a driving chip assembly comprising: a chip lead wiring and a chip repair line, which are overlapped but insulated from each other; an array substrate comprising an array substrate lead wiring and an array substrate repair line, which are overlapped but insulated from each other; wherein the driving chip assembly is mounted on the array substrate which is electrically connected with the corresponding chip lead wiring connection, and the two ends of the chip repair line is electrically connected with the corresponding two ends of the array substrate repair line respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Qin, Zhilong Peng
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Publication number: 20120092601Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a liquid crystal panel capable of repairing a defective portion of an alignment film more easily. Provided is a method for producing a liquid crystal panel, including the step of repairing a defective portion 50 of an alignment film 30 formed on a substrate 12 by use of a repair stamp 60 having repair ink 61 attached thereto. The step of repairing includes step (a) of locating the repair stamp 60 in a zone (repair zone) 55 including the defective portion 50; step (b) of moving the repair stamp 60 from the position (60a) at which the repair stamp 60 has been located in step (a); and step (c) of moving the repair stamp 60 again from a position (60b) to which the repair stamp 60 has been moved in step (b) to the position (60a) at which the repair stamp 60 was located in step (a).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicant: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hitoshi Satoh
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Publication number: 20120077408Abstract: A device for manufacturing an active matrix substrate including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, in which a short-circuit defect in the active matrix substrate is detected and repaired, includes a stage (30a) configured to place a test substrate (19) which will become the active matrix substrate, a defective pixel detector (40a) configured to input a test signal to the test substrate (19) placed on the stage (30a), and electrically detect coordinates of a defective pixel in which a short-circuit defect has occurred, and a defect position identifier (50) configured to input the test signal to the test substrate (19) placed on the stage (30a) to cause the defective pixel detected by the defective pixel detector (40a) to generate heat, and sense the heat generation in the defective pixel using far-infrared thermography, thereby identifying a position of the short-circuit defect in the defective pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2010Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventor: Yoshimitsu Tajima
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Publication number: 20120068621Abstract: A light module include and method for using the same are disclosed. The light module includes a heat-conducting structure and a plurality of LEDs bonded to a head conducting structure. The LEDs are to a first surface of the heat-conducting structure and are mounted on the heat-conducting structure such that at least 50 percent of the heat generated by the LEDs is transferred to the heat-conducting structure. The heat-conducting structure includes a ferromagnetic material and is structure such that the heat-conducting structure bonds magnetically to a heat-dissipating structure with sufficient force to support the light module during the normal operation thereof when the light source is placed against the heat-dissipating structure. The present invention can be utilized for retro-fitting an existing light fixture having an enclosure that includes a ferromagnetic material and plurality of legacy light sources.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Inventor: Calvin B. Ward
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Publication number: 20120071056Abstract: The present disclosure provides a defect correcting apparatus including a defect detecting device configured to detect a defect within a repetitive pattern in a multilayer substrate a defect correcting device configured to correct the defect in the multilayer substrate by a specified defect correcting method, and a control device configured to, when the defect detected by the defect detecting device is detected overlapping a region in which occurrence of an interlayer short-circuit defect is assumed, generate an object corresponding to the defect correcting method for the interlayer short-circuit defect, and controlling the defect correcting device for correcting the defect using the generated object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Akiko Oka, Gaku Izumi, Tomoaki Honda
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Publication number: 20120051048Abstract: A retrofit kit allows retrofitting a non-LED canopy or other light fixture for use with LED lamps. The retrofit procedure removes the original electrical components and replaces them with components for use with LED lamps. The same components may be used to manufacture a new LED light fixture that can be used in the same applications as non-LED light fixtures.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: U.S. LED, Ltd.Inventors: Christiaan Coenraad Joubert Smit, Jerry Douglas Leopold
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Publication number: 20120021663Abstract: A data line repair structure for a liquid crystal display panel is disclosed. The data line repair structure includes a first repair line parallel to the scan line and crossing a first end of the data line; a fourth repair line formed in an oblique line area of the liquid crystal panel, coupled to the first repair line; a second repair line parallel to the data line, coupled to the gate driving chip and the fourth repair line; a third repair line parallel to the scan line, coupled to the second repair line and separated from a second end of the data line; and a floating line connected between the third repair line and the second end of the data line when the data line has a broken point.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: Hannstar Display Corp.Inventors: Kun-Chen Lee, Chia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Chang-Ching Yeh, Hsuan-Chen Liu
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Patent number: 8092268Abstract: The invention provides a method of repairing the pixel structure, and the method includes the following. First, an electrical connection between the current control unit and the power line is cut. The power line is then electrically connected to the redundant active device, so that the current control unit and the redundant active device control the current provided by the power line. The invention provides a method of repairing the organic electro-luminescence display unit, suitable for repairing the above-mentioned organic electro-luminescence display unit, and the method includes the following. First, an electrical connection between the current control unit and the power line is cut. The power line is electrically connected to the redundant active device, so that the current control unit and the redundant active device control the current passing through the organic electro-luminescence layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chih-Wen Yao, Hsin-Hung Lee
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Patent number: 8083561Abstract: A display panel and a method for repairing signal lines thereof are disclosed. The display panel includes at least one shorting bar, switches, and auxiliary repair lines. The switches are electrically coupled respectively to signal lines and the at least one shorting bar. Both ends of each of the auxiliary repair lines overlap one of connections between the switches and the at least one shorting bar. When a signal line is damaged, the method for repairing includes: breaking off each of the connections between each of the switches and the at least one shorting bar by cutting; and welding both ends of one of the auxiliary repair lines which correspond to the damaged signal line with both sides of one of the connections which correspond to the damaged signal line.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.Inventors: Jun-yao Huang, Yin-hsiang Teng, Ren-tsai Hung, Han-chang Chen, Chia-jung Han
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Publication number: 20110309745Abstract: The LED light tube is adapted to replace a fluorescent light tube which is mounted in a fluorescent light tube fixture. These fixtures have first and second socket end mounts and each end mount mechanically accepts a bi-pin or other common connector for the fluorescent light tube. The fluorescent fixture is supplied with a main power line. In the present invention, the main power line may carry 110 to 277 volts. However, the present invention utilizes main power feed only to the first socket end mount of the fluorescent fixture and further maintains an open circuit between the main line power and the second socket end mount. The LED light tube includes an elongated tubular structure substantially the size and length of the fluorescent light tube and extends between the first and second end mounts of the fixture. Within an end region of the tubular structure and adjacent the first tube end mount, an internal power supply converts the main line power to LED bank power.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Inventors: Joel C. Westermarck, Paul Kenny
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Publication number: 20110287682Abstract: The disclosed method is for manufacturing organic EL displays that comprise a substrate and multiple organic EL elements that are disposed in a matrix form on said substrate, and wherein said organic EL elements comprise pixel electrodes that are disposed on said substrate, an organic layer that is disposed on said pixel electrodes and a counter-electrode that is disposed on said organic layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kazutoshi Miyazawa, Yutaka Kuriya
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Patent number: 8062085Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an organic light emitting device capable of repairing a short-circuit between electrodes. The method includes: forming an organic light emitting device including a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode successively on a substrate, and forming a first sealing layer on the second electrode; removing a short-circuited site of the organic light emitting device by irradiating at least the first sealing layer and the second electrode with a laser in the short-circuited site of the organic light emitting device; and forming a second sealing layer in the short-circuited site which has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2008Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Koichi Matsuda
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Publication number: 20110278574Abstract: An active device array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of signal lines, and a repairing structure is provided. The substrate has a display region and a periphery region. The pixels are arranged on the display region of the substrate as an array. The signal lines are electrically connected to the pixels and are respectively extended from the display region to the periphery region. The repairing structure is disposed at the periphery region, and which includes a first repairing line, a second repairing line, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) releasing line, and an ESD protector. The first repairing line is intersected with one ends of the signal lines and is electrically floated. The ESD protector is connected between the second repairing line and the ESD releasing line, and the ESD protector is overlapped with and electrically insulated from the first repairing line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Chi Chuang, Chung-Hung Peng, Tung-Tsun Lin, Ya-Ling Kuo
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Publication number: 20110281489Abstract: Electronic flat panel displays (FPDs) including liquid crystal displays (LCDs) may be resized to meet custom size requirements for applications in aerospace and elsewhere. During the resizing process, pixel line defects may occur in the image due to electrical short circuits at the resized cut edge. Methods for repairing such short circuits are described, including use of mechanical, electrical, chemical, thermal, and/or other means, and any combination thereof, to open the short circuits. The method may be applied to the sealed cut edge to ruggedize the seal, even if image defects are not exhibited initially. The repaired short circuits may be stress tested to ensure the defects will not recur during the life of the display, and the repaired areas may be resealed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventor: Lawrence E. Tannas, JR.
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Publication number: 20110275270Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; a matrix of scan lines and signal lines formed on the substrate; switching elements formed in pixel areas defined by the scan lines and the signal lines crossing each other; a first insulating film formed over the scan lines, the signal lines, and the switching elements; and display elements to be driven by the switching elements. The pixel areas are located in a display area and the first insulating film has openings above the scan lines or the signal lines in an outer area outside of the display area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2010Publication date: November 10, 2011Inventors: Kohji Matsuoka, Takumi Yamaga, Akishige Murakami, Naoyuki Ueda
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Publication number: 20110273491Abstract: The present invention relates to an image display device and a method for repairing a short circuit failure. The present invention is applicable to, for example, an active matrix type image display device using an organic EL device, and a short circuit location between wiring patterns is able to be repaired. In a scanning line WSL or a signal line DTL, a bypass wiring pattern BP for bypassing a region where the signal line DTL and the scanning line WSL intersect with each other is provided. By using the bypass wiring pattern BP, a short circuit location between wiring patterns is repaired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: November 10, 2011Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Yukihito Iida, Takayuki Taneda, Katsuhide Uchino
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Publication number: 20110234077Abstract: A light fixture, comprising a matrix, a plurality of electrical sockets fixedly secured to the matrix and forming a rigid matrix of electrical sockets electrically interconnected in two dimensions. One or more light emitting diode modules are individually removable and replaceable within any individual electrical socket within the matrix. Each individual light emitting diode module includes a base and a light emitting diode, wherein the base is configured and arranged for fitted electrical engagement within the electrical socket.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventor: Deloren E. Anderson
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Publication number: 20110205249Abstract: A repair step of repairing a pixel resulting in a defective bright spot so as to display the pixel in black is included. In the repair step, a drain portion of a TFT of the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot is shorted to a corresponding gate line, and in the pixel resulting in the defective bright spot, a semiconductor layer portion of the TFT is cut to allow electrical isolation between a corresponding source line and the corresponding gate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventors: Hiroshi Yoshida, Mutsumi Nakajima
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Patent number: 8002600Abstract: A method of repairing a defective line of an organic light emitting display device which repairs a short defect occurring between a bidirectional line and an adjacent line includes separating a portion where a short defect occurs from the bidirectional line by cutting a portion of the bidirectional line; and applying a signal toward an end of the cut portion from both sides of the bidirectional line.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Gyu Kang, Keun Kim