Patents Assigned to Hannstar Display Corp.
  • Patent number: 8368834
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display device comprising a bezel, a cell, at least one film, a light bar and a composite backlight module. The composite backlight module comprises a plurality of connecting structures coupled with the bezel for fixing and protecting the cell, a containing space for containing the cell and the film, and a light guide portion for guiding light emitted by the light bar to a light exit surface of the composite backlight module. The composite backlight module is made of a same material by injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Jung Chan, Chia-Feng Teng
  • Patent number: 8368633
    Abstract: A pixel data preprocessing method includes the steps of: inputting a first frame data into a timing controller; performing a differential operation on the first frame data to generate a first frame differential data; writing the first frame differential data into a frame memory with the timing controller; reading a second frame differential data from the frame memory with the timing controller; performing an inverse differential operation on the second frame differential data to generate a second frame data; comparing the first frame data and the second frame data; and outputting a driving data with the timing controller according to a comparison result of comparing the first frame data and the second frame data. The present invention further provides a pixel data preprocessing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Tai Shun Liao, Po Sheng Shi, Chao Hui Wu
  • Patent number: 8363396
    Abstract: A position-shifting structure includes a position-shifting frame and a base. The position-shifting frame includes two lateral wall portions and a handle portion. The two lateral wall portions are correspondingly provided with a notch and a mounting hole each and the notches contain bevel surfaces. The base has a receiving space symmetrically provided with two inward protrusions; and the position-shifting frame is connected to and seated in the receiving space with the mounting holes pivotally engaged with the protrusions. When the object is received in the receiving space, the notches are engaged with two lateral projections of the object. When the handle portion is upward pulled, the bevel surfaces drive the object to move from its initial position in the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yin Wu
  • Patent number: 8339343
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The LCD device comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate. Every two data lines and two scan lines define two pixels. Each pixel comprises a pixel electrode and a transistor, and a biased electrode is arranged under a slot between two pixel electrodes of the two pixels. When positive frame, the voltage of the biased electrode, VE, is greater than the voltage the pixel electrode, VP; when negative frame, the voltage of the biased electrode, VE, is smaller than the voltage the pixel electrode, VP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Chao Chang
  • Patent number: 8339381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a passive optical pen for using with a display device, which comprises a handgrip for being held by a user, a reflector positioned on an end of the handgrip, and a transparent shield covering the reflector. The reflector reflects ambient light propagated from the display device toward the display device. The transparent shield keeps the reflector at a distance from the display device, and collects the ambient light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Shi-Yu Chien, Wei-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 8319935
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a heat-dissipating device of electronic equipment that comprises a housing, a heat source, a speaker, and a vibration film arranged inside the housing. The vibration film will vibrate when receiving the energy transmitted from the speaker, resulting in that the heat convection is accelerated and the heat generated by the heat source is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Ting-Hang Pei
  • Patent number: 8305329
    Abstract: An integrated gate driver circuit receives a plurality of clocks and includes a plurality of driving units cascaded in series. Each driving unit is for driving a load and includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a first switch and a second switch. The first switch has a first terminal coupled to the input terminal, a second terminal coupled to a first node, and a control terminal receiving a first clock, and the first switch is turned on when the first clock is at high level. The second switch has a first terminal receiving a second clock, a second terminal coupled to the output terminal, and a control terminal coupled to the first node, wherein the second clock charges and discharges the load through the second switch when the first node is at high level; wherein the output terminal of each driving unit is coupled to the input terminal of the immediately succeeding driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Yan Jou Chen, Yung Hsin Lu, Chia Hua Yu, Sung Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 8299821
    Abstract: An integrated gate driver circuit includes an output drive circuit and a voltage stabilizing circuit. The voltage stabilizing circuit is configured to stabilize an output voltage outputted by the output drive circuit thereby reducing the ripple of the output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Yan Jou Chen, Hsien Cheng Chang
  • Patent number: 8300002
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit receives a plurality of clock signals in a sequence and includes a plurality of cascaded drive units sequentially outputting an output signal, wherein a first-stage drive unit of the gate driving circuit receives a scan start signal or a scan end signal while a last-stage drive unit thereof receives a scan end signal or a scan start signal; wherein a driving direction of the gate driving circuit is reversed by reversing the sequence of the clock signals and exchanging the scan start signal and the scan end signal. The present invention further provides a driving method of a gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien Cheng Chang, Yan Jou Chen
  • Patent number: 8289695
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a device having electrical terminals includes a bracket and a tray. The bracket has two first protruding portions and two pivoting mechanisms adapted to be connected to a base. The tray is positioned between the bracket and the base and adapted to carry the device having electrical terminals. The tray has a bottom surface and two first protrusions. When the bracket is pivotally connected to the base and when the bracket is rotated so that the first protruding portions slide on the first protrusions, the first protrusions are pushed to move toward the pivoting mechanisms and drive the bottom surface to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Tsung Yin Wu
  • Patent number: 8268538
    Abstract: A method for producing a thin film transistor includes providing a glass substrate; disposing a positive photosensitive coating on the glass substrate; providing a transparent molding plate having a plurality of ladder opaque protrusions that are arranged in accordance with a predetermined pattern and that have at least two different depths; pressing the transparent molding plate into the positive photosensitive coating without contacting the glass substrate; exposing a part of the positive photosensitive coating which is unshielded under the ladder opaque protrusions, with a UV light; separating the transparent molding plate from the glass substrate after the step of exposing; and removing the part of the positive photosensitive coating, which is unshielded under the ladder opaque protrusions and not cured, using a chemical solvent, whereby the thin film transistor is formed in a pattern having more than two different depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: Taiwan TFT LCD Association, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., AU Optronics Corp., Hannstar Display Corp., Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp., Industrial Technology Research Institute, Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Lin-En Chou, Chia-Hao Tsai, Wen-Tung Wang
  • Patent number: 8269751
    Abstract: A photo element includes a photo thin film transistor (TFT), a switch thin film transistor, and a compensation thin film transistor. A bias line provides a bias voltage to the photo TFT. The photo TFT generates a photo-induced current under an illuminated environment. A first switch line provides a voltage to open the switch TFT, and thus the photo-induced current is read out through a readout line. A second switch line provides compensation current to open the compensation TFT. The compensation current applies a reverse-biased stress to the photo TFT; therefore the threshold voltage and sensitivity of the photo TFT can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Ting-Chung Liu, Po-Yang Chen, Hsien-Tang Hu, Chien-Chih Hsiau
  • Patent number: 8264629
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a pixel element. The method comprises: forming a first patterned metal layer within the pixel area; forming an insulation layer on the first patterned metal layer; forming a semiconductor layer on the insulation layer; patterning the semiconductor layer to form bend seed generation portion; and forming a second metal layer to connect the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Tsu-Chiang Chang, Po-Yang Chen, Chao-Hui Wu, Po-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 8264632
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Kun-Chen Lee, Chia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Chang-Ching Yeh, Hsuan-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 8253905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including a substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, wherein the first conductive layer including a first sub-data line and a gate line, the second conductive layer including a source electrode and a common electrode, and the common electrode is disposed opposite to the first conductive electrode, and a method of making the same with five photolithographic and etching processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsin Lu, Yu-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 8242502
    Abstract: A TFT array substrate includes a substrate, at least one gate line and gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and at least one channel component, source electrode, drain electrode and data line. The gate line and gate electrode are disposed on the substrate, wherein both of the gate line and gate electrode have first and second conductive layers, the first conductive layer is formed on the substrate, the first conductive layer contains molybdenum nitride, the second conductive layer is formed on the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer contains copper. The gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate line, gate electrode and the substrate. The channel component is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The source electrode and drain electrode are disposed on the channel component, and data line is disposed on the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Hsien Tang Hu, Chien Chih Hsiao, Chih Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8237879
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display containing a plurality of liquid crystals, a switching element, a plurality of alignment layers and a plurality of electrodes. The switching element comprises a gate, a drain and a source, and the drain/source forms a directional top portion. The gate and the source/drain form a lateral electric field. The alignment layer is disposed on the switching element and corresponds with the directional top portion. The plurality of liquid crystals are operated by the lateral electric field and located above the electrodes and the alignment layers. The alignment direction of plurality liquid crystals is following the directional top portion due to the enhancement of liquid crystal phase transition. Enhancement of the lateral electric field between the plurality of electrodes is helpful to reduce liquid crystal phase transition time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Sweehan J. H. Yang, Po-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 8235573
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide, a mixing light guide plate, and a plurality of light sources. The first light guide comprises a first side surface. The mixing light guide plate comprises an incident surface with anomalous surface and an emergent surface with fog surface. The mixing light guide plate is set on the first side surface. A plurality of light sources disposed corresponding to the incident surface, with light emitted there from and entering the mixing light guide plate through the incident surface then exits the mixing light guide plate through the emergent surface, finally, entering the light guide through the first side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Li Chang
  • Patent number: 8189158
    Abstract: A fringe field switching liquid crystal display apparatus is provided. This apparatus includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode includes a first side edge, a second side edge and plural strips defining plural spacings between the first and the second side edges. Each of the plural strips is formed between two of the plural spacings, and each of the plural spacings has two ends. The second electrode is disposed in a stacked relationship with the first electrode, and includes at least a penetrating vacancy with a projection, which overlaps one of the two ends of one of the plural spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Feng-Wei Kuo, Ko-Ruay Jen, Guang-Shiung Chao, Chia-Hua Yu, I-Fang Wang
  • Patent number: 8179349
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel includes a first switching transistor and a first liquid crystal capacitor, wherein when the first switching transistor is turned on, the first liquid crystal capacitor is biased to a first gray level voltage. The second sub-pixel includes a second switching transistor, a second liquid crystal capacitor, a third switching transistor, a charge sharing capacitor and a fourth switching transistor, wherein when the second switching transistor is turned on, the second liquid crystal capacitor is biased to the first gray level voltage; when the fourth switching transistor is turned on, the charge sharing capacitor is reset to a predetermined voltage; and when the third switching transistor is turned on, the second liquid crystal capacitor and the charge sharing capacitor are charge-shared to a second gray level voltage through the third switching transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventors: Tai Shun Liao, Po Sheng Shi, Chao Hui Wu