Patents Assigned to TPO Display Corp.
  • Patent number: 7449697
    Abstract: Organic electroluminescent devices are disclosed. A representative device incorporates a substrate that comprises a control area and a sensitive area. A switch device and a driving device are disposed overlying the control area. A photo sensor is disposed overlying the sensitive area. An OLED element is disposed in the sensitive area and illuminating to the photo sensor. A capacitor is coupled to the photo sensor and the driving device, wherein a photo current corresponding to the brightness of the OLED element is generated in the photo sensor responsive to the OLED element illuminating the photo sensor such that a voltage of the capacitor is adjusted by the photo current to control the current passing through the driving device, thus changing the illumination of the OLED element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Tseng, Du-Zen Peng, Yaw-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 7450208
    Abstract: A representative device comprises a plurality of pixel units configured for use in a vertical alignment liquid crystal display, wherein a first of the pixel units comprises a first substrate, a second substrate and liquid crystal material. The first substrate comprises a pixel layer thereon, wherein the pixel layer comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode, and the pixel electrode in the first of the pixel units has first openings therein. The second substrate comprises a common electrode thereon, wherein the common electrode has second openings therein, and the second openings and the first openings are arranged in an overlying and cross-over relationship with respect to each other. The liquid crystal layer is between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Ruibo Lu, Qi Hong, Shin-Tson Wu
  • Patent number: 7439966
    Abstract: A data driver and a method of driving the data driver are disclosed. A multiplexer receives data signals from a signal source. A control circuit periodically outputs a plurality of control signals to the multiplexer. When the multiplexer receives the control signals, transistors of the multiplexer are turned on for driving different loads with a data signal at different timings or for driving the same load with different signals at different timings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventor: Ya-Hsiang Tai
  • Patent number: 7439947
    Abstract: A LCD panel driving circuit for controlling a LCD panel, the LCD panel comprising display units respectively connected to corresponding data and gate electrodes. The LCD panel driving circuit comprises a data driver, a first gate driver, and a second gate driver. The data driver outputs a video signal to the data electrodes, and determines the video signal polarity according to a polar control signal. The first gate driver is coupled to a first terminal of each gate electrode for output of a pulse signal to the corresponding gate electrodes. The second gate driver is coupled to a second terminal of each gate electrode for output of the pulse signal to the corresponding gate electrodes. The first gate driver and second gate driver determine whether the pulse signal is output according to an external clock signal and an internally shifted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Hong Pin Ko, Jun-Chang Chen
  • Patent number: 7438947
    Abstract: A process for fabricating a color filter. An imprint mask accompanied by a dry etching step is used to replace the conventional wet development process. The present invention attains the advantages of increased pattern uniformity of color elements, improved film flatness of color elements, increased resolution, reduced process time, reduced process cost, and elimination of the use of developing solvent to reduce waste treatment and environmental impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Tan-Ching Yen, Chi-Ming Cheng, Kuang-Lung Kuo
  • Patent number: 7429970
    Abstract: A method of testing a drive circuit including a scan line drive circuit and a data line drive circuit for driving a display is disclosed. The display may include a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, each of said scan lines including an initial terminal coupled to said scan line drive circuit, each of said data lines including an initial terminal coupled to said data line drive circuit. The method includes: coupling each of said scan lines and each of said data lines to a first testing pad and a second testing pad respectively; sending a first testing signal to an input terminal of said scan line drive circuit and sending a second testing signal to an input terminal of said data line drive circuit; and testing at said first testing pad and said second testing pad respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Shan-Hung Tsai, Ming-Hsien Sun
  • Patent number: 7429726
    Abstract: A system for displaying and capturing images is provided. The system includes a display unit, a detection module. The display unit provides a first light according to a scan signal and a data signal. The detection module captures a second light and comprises a photo detection unit, a transformation unit, and a switch unit. The photo detection unit detects intensity of the second light. The transformation unit transforms the light intensity into a voltage signal. The switch unit outputs the voltage signal according to a selection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventor: Kuan-Lin Yeh
  • Patent number: 7427833
    Abstract: A display device has a plurality of pixels, each having a current-driven display element coupled between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, the second conductive layer being coupled to a current supply via a switchable device having a thin film component on a first area of a substrate. Each pixel has a first capacitive device having a first capacitor plate on a second area of the substrate, the first capacitor plate conductively coupled to the thin film component, a second capacitor plate and a first insulating layer between the first capacitor plate and the second capacitor plate. On top of the first capacitive device is a second capacitive device sharing the second capacitor plate, the second capacitive device including a third capacitor plate sharing the second conductive layer, and a second insulating layer between the second capacitor plate and the third capacitor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: David A. Fish, Steven C. Deane, Jason R. Hector, Ian D. French
  • Patent number: 7426002
    Abstract: A transmissive liquid crystal display having two driving matrix modes is disclosed. A first insulating layer, a first lower electrode, a second insulating layer, a second lower electrode and a first alignment film are formed subsequently on a lower substrate with a plurality of transistors fabricated thereon, whereas a first upper electrode, a third insulating layer, a second upper electrode and a second alignment film are formed subsequently on an upper substrate with color filters attached thereon. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched between the first alignment film and the second alignment film. One of the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode is electrically connected to drain areas of transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventor: Chaung-Chi Wang
  • Patent number: 7426001
    Abstract: An LCD module connecting mechanism. An LCD module connecting mechanism for an electronic device comprising an arm disposed in the electronic device and a frame disposed on a side of the LCD module. The arm has a first joining portion disposed on a side thereof. The frame has a second joining portion on a side thereof. The LCD module connects the electronic device by joining the first joining portion and the second joining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Huang Lin
  • Patent number: 7423617
    Abstract: A method for sensing a light emissive element in an active matrix display pixel cell further including a data line connectable to a drive element and to a first electrode of the emissive element. The data line is connected to the anode of the emissive element, and a sensing voltage to reverse bias the emissive element, and detecting any leakage current flowing through the emissive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Andrea Giraldo, Mark Thomas Johnson
  • Patent number: 7420537
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a dummy-loading device thereof are provided. The dummy-loading device is suitable for a liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixel bands. The liquid crystal display comprises an input signal line to receive image data, and a plurality of horizontal switches and a plurality of shift registers connected in series. The shift registers sequentially shift and output a video control signal for conducting the input signal lines and the pixel bands. A dummy-loading device is disposed in the liquid crystal display, comprising a dummy pixel band, a dummy shift register and a dummy horizontal switch on one side of the liquid crystal display, for providing the edge band compensation to resolve unbalanced imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Ya-Hsiang Tai
  • Publication number: 20080198149
    Abstract: To apply the overdriving technique to a display device provided with a gate driver circuit on a glass substrate for improving the liquid crystal response time. A gate driver circuit is formed on a glass substrate of a display panel and includes a plurality of gate driver units that are connected to respective gate lines GL. A control circuit controls the gate driver circuit so that the gate driver units sequentially drive the plurality of gate lines GL. The control circuit drives one gate line GL in a first period in each line period, while driving another gate line GL in a second period in each line period. The control circuit causes a delay in driving each gate line GL in the second period from the driving of each gate line GL in the first period with a delay time equal to the time for a plurality of gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Keitaro YAMASHITA, Yasuyuki Onda
  • Patent number: 7414604
    Abstract: A method and circuit for driving LCD are provided. Because the conventional Vcom inversion drive method cannot be applied in a self-aligned process, the power consumption cannot be reduced when the size of the transistor decreases. The method and circuit provided uses two different AC signals to provide different reference voltages for the storage capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor in a pixel respectively. Therefore, it can be applied to the self-aligned process to reduce the power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Wei Lin, Shih-Chang Chang, Chun-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 7408189
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit (FPC) having testing pads thereon is provided. The FPC comprises a plurality of bonding pads and a plurality of testing pads, wherein each of the testing pads is disposed corresponding to each of the bonding pads, and the testing pads are electrically isolated from the bonding pads. After the bonding pads of the FPC are bonded to pins of a display, the testing pads are electrically connected to the bonding pads on the FPC via the pins of the display. Therefore, the FPC bonding yield can be determined by measuring the electrical property of the testing pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventor: Chia-Cheng Lin
  • Publication number: 20080180617
    Abstract: A system for displaying images including a transflective liquid crystal display panel. The transflective liquid crystal display panel comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, each defined between two adjacent data lines and two adjacent scan lines. The sub-pixel comprises a transparent photoresistant layer on a color filter substrate, a reflective layer on an array substrate opposite and corresponding to the transparent photoresistant layer, a plurality of TFTs on the array substrate driving a plurality of sub-pixel areas sharing the reflective layer, and a liquid crystal layer between the color filter substrate and the array substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: I-Lin Wu, Hao-Chun Lee, Ming-Wei Yu, Yao-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 7405796
    Abstract: An electrode array structure in a pixel area of a fringe field switching mode LCD (FFS-LCD). A comb-shaped common electrode includes a first bar extending in a first direction and a plurality of first teeth extending in a second direction from the first bar, wherein each first tooth comprises a first bone having a plurality of discontinuous first trapezoidal protrusions on each side thereof. A comb-shaped pixel electrode comprises a second bar extending in the first direction and a plurality of second teeth extending in the second direction from the second bar, wherein each second tooth comprises a second bone having a plurality of discontinuous second trapezoidal protrusions on each side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Ruibo Lu, Qi Hong, Shin-Tson Wu
  • Patent number: 7397484
    Abstract: A method of displaying an image including receiving a plurality of corresponding to an image data, wherein each of the plurality of frames includes a plurality of color sub-frames; sequentially displaying the color sub-frames corresponding to a first frame in a first color sequence over time; and displaying the sub-frames corresponding to a second frame following the first frame in a second color sequence over time, wherein the first color sequence is different from the second color sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Chang, Li-Sen Chuang, Dai-Liang Ting
  • Patent number: 7397065
    Abstract: The invention discloses an organic electroluminescent device comprising a pixel element. The pixel element comprises a substrate comprising a control area and a sensitive area, a switch device and a driving device overlying the control area, a photo diode serving as a photo sensor overlying the sensitive area, an OLED element disposed in the sensitive area and illuminating to the photo sensor, and a capacitor coupled to the photo sensor and the driving device. Specifically, a photo current corresponding to a brightness of the OLED element is generated by the photo diode responsive to the OLED element illuminating the photo diode such that a voltage of the capacitor is adjusted by the photo current to control the current passing through the driving device, thus changing the illumination of the OLED element. A method for fabricating the OLED is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Tseng, Du-Zen Peng, Yaw-Ming Tsai
  • Patent number: 7388567
    Abstract: The LCD device includes a pixel circuit and a driving circuit. The pixel circuit comprises thin film transistors serving for driving pixels of the LCD The driving circuit is coupled to the pixel circuit, generating a driving signal for driving the transistors. The gate terminal driving signal of the pixel transistors has a high state and a low state, and the threshold voltage of the transistor is set at a level at zero volt, or depending on whether the transistor is n-type or p-type, between zero volt and the low or high states of the gate terminal driving signal, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: TPO Displays Corp.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Yi Lin, Hsiu-Chi Huang