Patents Assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corporation
  • Patent number: 12782781
    Abstract: A driving substrate of a display panel includes A driving substrate of a display panel, the driving substrate a pixel element, a plurality of terminals, formed by at least one metal layer and placed outside a pixel region in which the pixel element is placed, that are connected separately to each of a plurality of output signal bumps of a driving circuit, and a plurality of output signal wires extending separately from each of the plurality of terminals to the pixel region. The plurality of output signal wires are placed between adjacent two of the plurality of terminals in planar view. The plurality of output signal wires placed between the adjacent two terminals include two or more output signal wires formed by two or more layers. The two or more output signal wires are disposed to at least partially overlap each other in planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Shinzoh Murakami
  • Patent number: 12787538
    Abstract: A red light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and a red light-emitting layer, the red light-emitting layer includes a compound including Sn (IV) and a chalcogen, a quantum dot, a first compound including Sn (II) and a chalcogen of the same element as the chalcogen, and a chalcogenium ion of the same element as the chalcogen, and a substance amount rate of Sn (II) to Sn (IV) is more than 0% and equal to or less than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Kitano, Kazuki Goto, Ryo Kitamura, Yukio Takenaka
  • Patent number: 12787512
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first R subpixel having a reflective electrode disposed on a second display surface side and a first R light-emitting layer disposed on a first display surface side relative to the reflective electrode; a second R subpixel having a reflective electrodes disposed on the first display surface side and a second R light-emitting layer disposed on the second display surface side relative to the reflective electrode; a first G subpixel having a reflective electrode disposed on the second display surface side and a first G light-emitting layer disposed on the first display surface side relative to the reflective electrode; a second G subpixel having a reflective electrode disposed on the first display surface side and a second G light-emitting layer disposed on the second display surface side relative to the reflective electrode; and a B subpixel having a B light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Tazuko Kitazawa
  • Patent number: 12782784
    Abstract: A display device includes a switching component, a first electrode connected to the switching component, a first line connected to the switching component and included in a lower layer than the first electrode, a second electrode included in an upper layer than the first line and including a reflection layer that reflects light and has an uneven surface, a third electrode included in a layer lower than the first electrode and upper than the first line and disposed to overlap at least the first electrode and the first line and having a common potential, a first insulating film disposed between the first electrode and the third electrode, and a second insulating film included in a layer upper than the first line and lower than the third electrode and having a thickness greater than a thickness of the first insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Ina, Takashi Satoh
  • Patent number: 12777800
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display region; and a picture-frame region provided outside the display region. A trunk wire forming region is provided between a first unit circuit block and a second unit circuit block in the picture-frame region. The trunk wire forming region includes: a first gate-clock-signal trunk wire; a second gate-clock-signal trunk wire; a first constant-voltage trunk wire; a second constant-voltage trunk wire; and a control-signal trunk wire. The trunk wire forming region is provided with: a set signal line; and a dummy element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12775349
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a first insulating layer, a first wiring line located above the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer located above the first wiring line. An opening extending through the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer is formed. The first insulating layer includes a first edge corresponding to an edge of the opening. The second insulating layer includes a second edge corresponding to an edge of the opening. A film thickness of the first edge is thinner than a film thickness of a portion other than the first edge in the first insulating layer, or a film thickness of the second edge is thinner than a film thickness of a portion other than the second edge in the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Masahiko Miwa, Yi Sun, Masaki Fujiwara, Kouhei Kamatani
  • Patent number: 12776250
    Abstract: A display device includes a control circuit and a temperature sensor. The control circuit causes a gate drive circuit to transmit gate signals to a plurality of gate lines during a light-out period which is a period other than a lighting period in one cycle of a vertical synchronization signal. When a temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a first threshold temperature, the control circuit sets a setting number, which is the number of gate lines supplied with the gate signals from the gate drive circuit in one cycle of a horizontal synchronization signal, to a first number that is greater than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Suyama, Hongbing Weng, Shunsuke Noichi
  • Patent number: 12772654
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes the following: a first electrode and a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a functional layer disposed between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer has a first quantum dot portion including a first quantum dot, and a second quantum dot portion including a second quantum dot, and disposed between the first quantum dot portion and the functional layer, and one of the first quantum dot portion and the second quantum dot portion contains halogen elements at a predetermined concentration, and the other of the first quantum dot portion and the second quantum dot portion contains no halogen elements or contains halogen elements at a lower concentration than the predetermined concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Ueta
  • Patent number: 12772666
    Abstract: A display device comprises a bank in which a plurality of holes are formed; and a plurality of light-emitting layers formed in the plurality of holes, wherein, among the plurality of light-emitting layers, a light-emitting layer, which is provided closer to a position in which the plurality of holes are low in density, exhibits a greater emission wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Youhei Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 12772684
    Abstract: In a frame region closer to a display region than a peripheral circuit is a protective element provided along each display wire. The protective element has the following: a first conductive layer composed of a first semiconductor film made of polysilicon; a third semiconductor layer composed of a second semiconductor film made of an oxide semiconductor, and formed on the first conductive layer with a fifth inorganic insulating film interposed therebetween; and a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer composed of a third metal film, formed so as to be spaced from each other, and electrically connecting the first conductive layer to a first source region and a first drain region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12772657
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, a light-emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer made of nickel hydroxide, the hole injection layer being provided between the anode and the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Yang Qu
  • Patent number: 12761497
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, a polarization module placed overlapping the display, the polarization module being configured to actively switch a polarization state between a first polarization state and a second polarization state, and a controller. The controller is configured to generate second image data from first image data, cause the display to display a first image based on the first image data and a second image based on the second image data in a time division manner, and switch the polarization state of the polarization module to the first polarization state in a case in which the first image is displayed and to the second polarization state in a case in which the second image is displayed in synchronization with a timing of the time division.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Kobayashi, Takafumi Miura
  • Patent number: 12757596
    Abstract: A display device includes a resin substrate, a thin film transistor layer, and a light-emitting element layer. A frame region is provided surrounding a display region. A terminal portion is provided at an end portion of the frame region. A bending portion is provided between the display region and the terminal portion. A slit is provided at the bending portion in an inorganic insulating film. A resin filling film is provided at the bending portion. A plurality of lead wiring lines are provided on the resin filling film. Protrusions and recesses, each extending in a direction intersecting an extending direction of the bending portion, are alternately disposed in the extending direction of the bending portion on a surface of the resin filling film. At least one of the plurality of lead wiring lines is provided on a protrusion of the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Masahiko Miwa, Yi Sun, Masaki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 12751162
    Abstract: In a chip mounting portion, a plurality of chip terminals arranged in a row and a plurality of terminal wiring lines corresponding to the plurality of chip terminals, the plurality of terminal wiring lines extending parallel to one another and being electrically connected to the plurality of chip terminals, respectively, are provided. For at least one chip terminal of the plurality of chip terminals, a chip support body is provided at each terminal wiring line with the chip support body overlapping the terminal wiring line corresponding to the at least one chip terminal or an extension line of the terminal wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Shimizu, Shinzoh Murakami
  • Patent number: 12744017
    Abstract: A unit circuit of a gate drive circuit includes first to fourth transistors. The first transistor outputs a drive signal to a gate line. The second transistor is a transistor to which a set signal is inputted and which charges a node. The third transistor is a transistor to which a first reset signal is inputted and which discharges the node to a ground potential. The fourth transistor is a transistor to which a second reset signal supplied at a time point later than the first reset signal is inputted and which discharges the node to a gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yohei Takeuchi, Tatsuya Kawasaki, Kengo Hara, Masafumi Sugino, Hajime Imai
  • Patent number: 12738245
    Abstract: A scanning signal line drive circuit as a GDM circuit is composed of a plurality of cascade-connected unit circuits and is operated by a multi-phase clock signal in which pulses partially overlap. The nth stage unit circuit includes: an internal node; a diode-connected set transistor connected to a set input terminal; a reset transistor including a drain terminal connected to the internal node, a source terminal connected to a reset state voltage terminal, and a gate terminal connected to the reset input terminal; and an output circuit including an output transistor connected to a clock input terminal and a capacitor, a scanning signal G(n?2), a scanning signal G(n+2), and a scanning signal G(n+1) being supplied to the set input terminal, the reset input terminal, and the reset state voltage terminal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Takeuchi, Jun Nishimura, Masaki Maeda, Yoshiharu Hirata, Yoshihito Hara, Tohru Daitoh
  • Patent number: 12736846
    Abstract: A display device includes a second line, a third line, and a first line between the second and the third line, a connection line connected to the first line, a first switching line, a second switching line, a first switching component, a second switching component, and a signal supply section. The first switching component is connected to the first switching line, the second line, and the first line or the connection line. The second switching component is connected to the second switching line, the third line, and the first line or the connection line. The signal supply section is configured to supply an image signal to the connection line and supply a switching signal having a voltage higher than a threshold voltage of the first and second switching components to the first switching line and the second switching line at different timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Masakatsu Tominaga
  • Patent number: 12735667
    Abstract: A cell culture substrate includes a base, a first segment disposed on the base and occupying a part of one surface of the cell culture substrate, and a second segment disposed on the base and occupying another part of the one surface. The second segment is formed of a metal material and thus has a relatively higher surface free energy than the first segment formed of an inorganic material. The second segment is disposed such that a percentage of an area of the second segment in a total area of the first segment and the second segment increases in a gradation direction (first direction) along the one surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chihiro Tachino, Takeshi Hara, Tomoko Teranishi, Satoshi Ihida
  • Patent number: 12737075
    Abstract: A display device with a touch panel starts a first touch detection process within an extension period, and ends the first touch detection process before a normal drive period starts. The display device with a touch panel performs a process of outputting first report data when a length of the extension period is equal to or longer than a predetermined length. The display device with a touch panel performs, after the normal drive period starts, a second touch detection process, a writing process, and a process of outputting second report data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Suehiro, Daiji Kitagawa, Jin Miyazawa, Yousuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12733298
    Abstract: This display device includes a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element connected in series, and a third light-emitting element and a fourth light-emitting element connected in series. The first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element share a second electrode formed in an upper layer above a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer, and the third light-emitting element and the fourth light-emitting element share a fourth electrode formed in an upper layer above a third light-emitting layer and a fourth light-emitting layer. The second electrode is an island-shaped electrode and functions as a cathode of one of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element and an anode of the other, and the fourth electrode is an island-shaped electrode and functions as a cathode of one of the third light-emitting element and the fourth light-emitting element and an anode of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Handa