Patents Examined by Chad M Dicke
  • Patent number: 11910627
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device an improved anode structure and an organic electroluminescent display device using the same are provided. The anode structure has a 3 layers stack structure in which a layer closest to an organic light-emissive layer of the organic light-emitting device is made of a material with a high work function such as 5.1 to 5.3 eV. Thus, hole injection efficiency is improved and occurrence of dark spots is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changeun Kim, Sujeong Lee
  • Patent number: 11869947
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a Gallium-Nitride (GaN) based module, which includes a module substrate, a thinned switch die residing over the module substrate, a first mold compound, and a second mold compound. The thinned switch die includes an electrode region, a number of switch interconnects extending from a bottom surface of the electrode region to the module substrate, an aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier layer over a top surface of the electrode region, a GaN buffer layer over the AlGaN barrier layer, and a lateral two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer realized at a heterojunction of the AlGaN barrier layer and the GaN buffer layer. The first mold compound resides over the module substrate, surrounds the thinned switch die, and extends above a top surface of the thinned switch die to form an opening over the top surface of the thinned switch die. The second mold compound fills the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio C. Costa, Michael Carroll
  • Patent number: 11837461
    Abstract: An object is to reduce leakage current and parasitic capacitance of a transistor used for an LSI, a CPU, or a memory. A semiconductor integrated circuit such as an LSI, a CPU, or a memory is manufactured using a thin film transistor in which a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor which becomes an intrinsic or substantially intrinsic semiconductor by removing impurities which serve as electron donors (donors) from the oxide semiconductor and has larger energy gap than that of a silicon semiconductor. With use of a thin film transistor using a highly purified oxide semiconductor layer with sufficiently reduced hydrogen concentration, a semiconductor device with low power consumption due to leakage current can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Hiroyuki Miyake, Kei Takahashi, Kouhei Toyotaka, Masashi Tsubuku, Kosei Noda, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 11830915
    Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device includes a GaN-based semiconductor layer; and an insulating film provided on a first surface of the GaN-based semiconductor layer, the insulating film containing O atoms, and other constituent atoms other than O. An interface between the GaN-based semiconductor layer and the insulating film has a terminating species which terminates a dangling bond of a Ga atom, the terminating species has an outermost electron shell in which one electron is deficient from an allowed number of outermost electrons, and is an atom or molecule having stronger bond to the Ga atom than a H atom, an amount of Ga—O bonds is greater than an amount of bonds between the Ga atoms and the other constituent atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Ohuchi, Katsunori Ueno
  • Patent number: 11710438
    Abstract: A display data processing method of a display device, a display device, an electronic device, and a storage medium are disclosed. The display data processing method includes: in response to a frequency of the dimming screen being consistent with a frequency of the display screen: determining a first gray-scale value of the first dimming pixel according to a plurality of input gray-scale values in an input image; determining a second gray-scale value of the first dimming pixel according to the first gray-scale value and a noise reduction function, where the noise reduction function is a monotonically increasing function in an interval (0, 1); obtaining a dimming gray-scale value of the first dimming pixel based on the second gray-scale value; and determining a plurality of target gray-scale values corresponding to the plurality of first display pixels according to the plurality of input gray-scale values and the dimming gray-scale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanhui Xi, Tiankuo Shi, Yan Sun, Xiaomang Zhang, Yifan Hou, Xin Duan, Wei Sun, Ming Chen, Yifang Chu, Lingyun Shi
  • Patent number: 11710456
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a display apparatus that can achieve enhancement in display performance of a screen and higher definition. [Solution] There is provided a display apparatus. The drive circuit includes a drive transistor configured to control the light emitting unit, a video signal writing transistor configured to control writing of a video signal, and a capacitative element. In the drive transistor, one source/drain region is connected to a current supply line, another source/drain region is connected to the light emitting unit and a first node of the capacitative element, and a gate electrode is connected to a second node of the capacitative element. In the video signal writing transistor, one source/drain region is connected to a data line, another source/drain region is connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor and the second node of the capacitative element, and a gate electrode is connected to a scanning line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11705046
    Abstract: A data driver includes a multi-channel sample/hold circuit electrically connected between a digital-to-analog converter and a data buffer. The multi-channel sample/hold circuit includes a first sample/hold circuit connected to a first channel and a second sample/hold circuit connected to a second channel. The first sample/hold circuit performs a first drive operation and a second drive operation. The first drive operation includes sampling a data voltage as a buffer input voltage and maintaining the buffer input voltage during an nth horizontal time. The second drive operation includes outputting the buffer input voltage to an output terminal of the buffer during an (n+1)th horizontal time. The second sample/hold circuit performs the second drive operation during the nth horizontal time and performs the first drive operation during the (n+1)th horizontal time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Young Soo Hwang, Joon Chul Goh, Oh Jo Kwon, Ki Duk Kim, Jeong Min Kim, Bong Hyun You, Hyung Min Lee, Seung Hun Choi
  • Patent number: 11705050
    Abstract: A power management integrated circuit includes a flip-flop circuit configured to perform a logic operation on a start clock signal which sets a driving start time point of a gate driving circuit and an on-clock signal which sets an output start time point of the gate driving circuit; a first AND gate circuit configured to receive one among output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate start signal; and a second AND gate circuit configured to receive the other of the output signals of the flip-flop circuit and the start clock signal, to perform an AND logic operation thereon, and to generate a gate reset signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Su Byeon, Cheol Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11699384
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel having a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate, and a power supplier configured to supply a driving voltage to the display panel. The power supplier can include a first converter configured to receive an input voltage supplied from an external system and convert the input voltage into a boost voltage, a second converter configured to convert the boost voltage into the driving voltage, a first feedback unit configured to output a first pulse width modulation (PWM) signal to the first converter so that the boost voltage is proportional to a first reference voltage, and a second feedback unit configured to output a second PWM signal to the second converter so that the driving voltage is proportional to a second reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Jang, Sang-Uk Lee, Taehwa Park, SoonDong Cho, Wonyong Jang
  • Patent number: 11694588
    Abstract: Disclosed are a low power driving system and timing controller for a display device. The low power driving system for a display device may include a timing controller configured to transmit a packet to which one of first option information corresponding to a static pattern or second option information corresponding to a dynamic pattern is applied, and a source driver configured to receive the packet and to perform a low power mode corresponding to the static pattern based on the first option information or adaptive charge sharing corresponding to the dynamic pattern based on the second option information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Seok Seo, Sea Ho Kim, Hae Ju Kim, Je Jin Myoung, Won Sik Chae
  • Patent number: 11694613
    Abstract: A display having an area of non-transparent pixels, an area of transparent pixels, a camera positioned behind the transparent pixels to capture an image when light passes through the transparent pixels, and a display controller for driving the non-transparent pixels at a first brightness and driving the transparent pixels at a second brightness greater than the first brightness during image capture by the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hsing-Hung Hsieh, Kuan-Ting Wu, Dehuei Chen
  • Patent number: 11694641
    Abstract: Systems and methods for preserving a pulse width modulation (PWM) resolution while increasing the frequency of a pulse width modulation (PWM) clock are provided. An electronic display backlight system may include a backlight element and backlight dimming circuitry. The backlight element may be driven according to a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal over a PWM clock cycle equal to a multiple M of a baseline PWM clock frequency associated with a baseline PWM resolution. The backlight dimming circuitry may receive a brightness code of the baseline PWM resolution and generate the PWM signal at least in part by dividing the brightness code by M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Behzad Mohtashemi, Mohammad J Navabi-Shirazi, Feng Guo, Omar Alnaggar, Venkataraman V Iyer, Jingdong Chen, Yang Zhang, Ming Gu, Asif Hussain
  • Patent number: 11694631
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of signal transmitters which are cascade-connected via a carry line to which a carry signal is applied from a previous signal transmitter, and a repair line connected to the plurality of signal transmitters, wherein a signal transmitter includes a circuit part to receive the carry signal from the previous signal transmitter, and charge or discharge a first control node and a second control node, an output part to output a gate signal and a carry signal based on potentials of the first control node and the second control node, and a repair block connected to the repair line and to output a repair gate signal replacing the gate signal and a repair carry signal replacing the carry signal when a logic signal is applied from the repair line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Woong Youn, In June Kim, Min Seon Park
  • Patent number: 11688357
    Abstract: The present invention provides improved driving methods for four particle electrophoretic displays that improves the performance of such displays when they are deployed in low temperature environments and the displays are required to be updated when positioned vertically (i.e., the driving electric fields are substantially perpendicular to the direction of Earth's gravity). Methods are provided for displaying each of the colors at each pixel, as desired, with minimal interference (contamination) from the other particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: E Ink California, LLC
    Inventors: Ning-Wei Jan, Chen-Kai Chiu, Feng-Shou Lin, Chih-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 11682334
    Abstract: A driving controller includes: a grayscale determiner, which determines a current grayscale of input image data, a deterioration time determiner, which determines a first deterioration time for the current grayscale corresponding to an accumulated deterioration degree, a current deterioration degree calculator, which calculates a second deterioration time by summing the first deterioration time and a calculation period, and calculates a current deterioration degree for the current grayscale according to the second deterioration time, and an image compensator, which compensates the input image data based on the current deterioration degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seokha Hong, Joon-Chul Goh, Dongjoon Kwag, Jaesung Bae, Young-Soo Hwang
  • Patent number: 11663941
    Abstract: Eyewear including a projector having a variable feedback loop controlling a forward current delivered to a colored light source. The colored light source is configured to generate a colored light beam to generate a displayed image. The variable feedback loop in one example has a variable resistance to selectively generate a high brightness image when the eyewear is operated outside, or in a high ambient light setting, and to selectively generate a nominal brightness image when the eyewear is operated inside. A controller selectively controls the drive current delivered to the colored light source to control the brightness mode of the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Heger, Gerald Nilles
  • Patent number: 11657755
    Abstract: A display driving circuit configured to drive a display panel to display a video is provided. The display driving circuit includes a compensating circuit and a gamma voltage generating circuit. The compensating circuit is configured to receive a voltage compensating map of each frame of the video and a pixel line address. The compensating circuit determines a voltage compensating value of each pixel line according to the voltage compensating map of each frame and the pixel line address. The compensating circuit generates a compensated gamma curve of each pixel line. The gamma voltage generating circuit is coupled to the compensating circuit. The gamma voltage generating circuit is configured to generate a gamma voltage of each pixel line according to the compensated gamma curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Feng-Ting Pai
  • Patent number: 11653525
    Abstract: A display panel including: a base substrate including first and second surfaces, a display region and a peripheral region; a pixel layer provided on the display region, the pixel layer including a plurality of pixels; a module hole penetrating the display region; a blocking groove in the display region and adjacent to the module hole, the blocking groove being recessed in the base substrate; an encapsulation layer provided on the pixel layer, the encapsulation layer including a first inorganic layer, a second inorganic layer and an organic layer; and a filling member in the blocking groove, the filling member including a same material as the organic layer, wherein the second inorganic layer covers a top surface of the filling member and a top surface of the first inorganic layer adjacent to the top surface of the filling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghan Seo, Hyoungsub Lee, Wooyong Sung
  • Patent number: 11651746
    Abstract: A backlight driving device and an operating method thereof are provided to drive multiple backlight zones of a backlight panel. The backlight driving device includes an interface circuit and a driving circuit. The interface circuit receives main backlight data corresponding to a first backlight zone from a former stage device. The driving circuit drives the first backlight zone according to a main current level in a display refresh period of a backlight frame period, does not drive the first backlight zone in a demotion blur period which is prior to the display refresh period, and drives the first backlight zone according to a compensation current level in a vertical blanking period which succeeds the display refresh period. The driving circuit determines the main current level according to the main backlight data, and the compensation current level is lower than the main current level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Hung-Ho Huang, Kang-Fan Yeh, Po-Hsiang Fang
  • Patent number: 11645986
    Abstract: An image processing device generates backlight data from input image data to control outputs of a plurality of light-emitting regions; corrects the backlight data; generates luminance distribution data for the backlight from the backlight data that is corrected; generates second panel data from an input image data to control aperture ratios of a plurality of pixels; corrects the second panel data; generates luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel from the second panel data that is corrected and the luminance distribution data for the backlight; and generates first panel data from the input image data and the luminance distribution data for the second liquid crystal panel to control aperture ratios of a plurality of picture elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoko Goto, Makoto Shiomi