Patents Examined by Douglas M Menz
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Patent number: 11374192Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible transparent electrode, a flexible display panel, related manufacture methods, and a display device. The flexible transparent electrode includes a graphene body and metal nanowires. At least part of the metal nanowires is inserted into the graphene body to form an interpenetrating body structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhao Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Ruichao Liu, Kai Chen, Yanyun Li, Zeliang Li, Xuelu Wang
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Patent number: 11367771Abstract: A display device of embodiments of the present disclosure may include a substrate including a display area including a plurality of pixel areas, and a non-display area adjacent the display area, a circuit element layer on the substrate, and including a plurality of non-transmission areas in which a plurality of signal lines for transferring signals for driving a pixel are positioned, and a plurality of transmission areas for transmitting light and located between the signal lines in a plan view, a light emitting element layer on the circuit element layer, and including light emitting elements, and a light blocking layer between the substrate and the circuit element layer, and including a plurality of first opening portions overlapping the non-transmission area, and a plurality of second opening portions overlapping the transmission area, wherein one of the non-transmission areas and the transmission area are in each of the pixel areas.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Ryong Lee, Jae Kyoung Kim, Won Sang Park, Jong In Baek, Eun Jin Sung, Jong Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11362305Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. A manufacturing method of a display apparatus includes forming a display module including a first area and including a display panel including lower and upper surfaces opposite each other, a first film under the lower surface of the display panel, a second film on the upper surface of the display panel, and an adhesive layer between the lower surface of the display panel and the first film; weakening an adhesive force of a first adhesive portion of the adhesive layer in the first area to be weaker than an adhesive force of a second adhesive portion of the adhesive layer outside the first area; cutting the first film and the adhesive layer; and removing a portion of the first film and the first adhesive portion from the first area.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taehyun Sung, Kwan-su Kim, Junghoon Han, Kyoungil Min, Hyungu Lee, Junshik Park
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Patent number: 11362160Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material including a display region having a plurality of pixels and a frame region; a lower electrode provided in each of the plurality of pixels; an organic material layer arranged on the lower electrode; an upper electrode arranged on the organic material layer and covering the display region; a conductor portion provided in the frame region and connected to the upper electrode; and a rib provided on the conductor portion, wherein the upper electrode is arranged on the conductor portion via the rib, a first contact portion where the upper electrode and the conductor portion contact each other is located in the frame region, the rib has a side surface located at an opposite side of the first contact portion from the display region, and an end portion of the upper electrode faces the side surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Yuko Matsumoto
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Patent number: 11355585Abstract: A charge control structure is provided for a bipolar junction transistor to control the charge distribution in the depletion region extending into the bulk collector region when the collector-base junction is reverse-biased. The charge control structure comprises a lateral field plate above the upper surface of the collector and dielectrically isolated from the upper surface of the collector and a vertical field plate which is at a side of the collector and is dielectrically isolated from the side of the collector. The charge in the depletion region extending into the collector is coupled to the base as well as the field-plates in the charge-control structure, instead of only being coupled to the base of the bipolar junction transistor. In this way, a bipolar junction transistor is provided where the dependence of collector current on the collector-base voltage, also known as Early effect, can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventors: Edward John Coyne, Alan Brannick, Shane Tooher, Breandán Pol Og Ó hAnnaidh, Catriona Marie O'Sullivan, Shane Patrick Geary
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Patent number: 11355566Abstract: An OLED display panel and the method for manufacturing the same are disclosed in the present invention. The OLED display panel includes an organic film layer, an array layer, an organic light emitting layer, and a package layer disposed on the organic light emitting layer, which are stacked in layers. The organic film layer is provided with a first opening, which is filled with a light-transmitting material to form a light transmission layer. An electronic component area is disposed on one side of the organic film layer away from the package layer and is corresponding to the light transmission layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jing Ni
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Patent number: 11355576Abstract: Provided is a display panel including a substrate layer, an active layer, a first insulating layer, a first metal layer, a second insulating layer, and a second metal layer that are stacked. The second metal layer located in a display area of the display panel comprises a first portion and a second portion, and the second metal layer located in a non-display area of the display panel comprises a third portion, wherein a thickness of the first portion of the second metal layer is less than thicknesses of the second portion and the third portion of the second metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wu Ding, Songshan Li
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Patent number: 11342398Abstract: There are provided wires in a frame area. The wires run parallel to each other in a direction crossing a direction in which a bending portion is extended. An inorganic insulating film has an opening therethrough in the bending portion. A top face of a resin substrate is exposed in the opening. The wires are provided on the inorganic insulating film and on the top face of the resin substrate exposed in the opening. In the opening, the top face of the resin substrate and an end face of the inorganic insulating film make a smaller angle below between the wires than below the wires.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Takao Saitoh, Masaki Yamanaka, Seiji Kaneko, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masahiko Miwa, Yl Sun
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Patent number: 11342393Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an OLED light emitting device, an OLED light emitting device, and an OLED display device. The method for manufacturing an OLED light emitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes forming a pixel defining layer on a substrate, wherein the pixel defining layer comprises a lyophilic material or a lyophobic material and the pixel defining layer comprises a plurality of openings which are spaced apart from each other; forming an anode layer on the substrate and in each opening; adding a preset solvent having a property opposite to that of the lyophilic material or the lyophobic material of the pixel defining layer in an OLED film layer ink; and ink-jet printing the OLED film layer ink on the anode layer and in each opening to form an OLED film layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: HEFEI BOE JOINT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yue Hu, Chinlung Liao, Chienyu Chen
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Patent number: 11329117Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: removing an oxide film on a surface of an amorphous silicon layer by performing a surface cleaning; and forming an active layer by performing a heat treatment on the amorphous silicon layer, where the amorphous silicon layer is changed into crystalline silicon by the heat treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dongsung Lee, Jihwan Kim, Jongoh Seo, Byungsoo So, Dongmin Lee, Yeonhee Jeon, Jonghoon Choi, Byungkyu Son, Seunghyun Jang
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Patent number: 11329120Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate, a pixel structure, a lower blocking member, an upper blocking member, and a metal member. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area. The pixel structure is in the display area on the substrate. The lower blocking member is in the peripheral area on the substrate and surrounds the pixel structure, and includes a first side surface adjacent to the pixel structure, a second side surface, and a top surface. The upper blocking member is on the top surface and the second side surface of the lower blocking member, and constitutes a first blocking structure with the lower blocking member. The metal member is between the first blocking structure and the substrate while making contact with a bottom surface of the upper blocking member on the second side surface of the lower blocking member.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Dae Kim, Jin Seock Kim
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Patent number: 11329100Abstract: A magnetic memory element having a Ru hard mask layer. The use of Ru advantageously allows for closer spacing of adjacent magnetic memory elements leading to increased data density. In addition, the use of Ru as a hard mask reduces parasitic electrical resistance by virtue of the fact that Ru does not oxidize in ordinary manufacturing environments. The magnetic memory element can be formed by depositing a plurality of memory element layers, depositing a Ru hard mask layer, depositing a RIEable layer over the Ru hard mask layer, and forming a photoresist mask over the hard mask layer. A reactive ion etching can be performed to transfer the image of the photoresist mask onto the RIEable layer to form a RIEable mask. An ion etching can then be performed to transfer the image of the RIAable mask onto the underlying Ru hard mask and underlying memory element layers.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Integrated Silicon Solution, (Cayman) Inc.Inventors: Mustafa Pinarbasi, Jacob Anthony Hernandez, Cheng Wei Chiu
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Patent number: 11322566Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display substrate, including: a display area having a contour, at least a portion of the contour having a curved shape, the display area being divided into a plurality of sub-display areas, at least one of the sub-display areas close to an edge of the display area having a contour conformal to the contour of the display area. The at least one sub-display area includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged therein along an extending direction of the contour of the sub-display area.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Shun Zhang, Tingliang Liu, Yonglin Guo
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Patent number: 11309380Abstract: A display panel includes pixels and a driver IC pad area; a driver IC on the driver IC pad area of the display panel; first input pads and first output pads that overlap the driver IC pad area; a flexible printed circuit adjacent to the driver IC pad area on the display panel; first output test pads that overlap the flexible printed circuit, and are respectively extended to the first output pads; and first input extending wires that overlap the flexible printed circuit, are respectively extended to the first input pads, and are between the first output test pads.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Wook Kim, Joong-Soo Moon
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Patent number: 11309524Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area displaying an image and a periphery area. The periphery area is located next to the display area. A first organic insulating layer is disposed on the substrate. The first organic insulating layer includes a valley portion separating the first organic insulating layer from the periphery area. A plurality of organic light-emitting devices is disposed on the substrate. Each of the organic light-emitting devices includes a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode, sequentially disposed over the first organic insulating layer. The second electrode covers the emission layer and the valley portion. A second organic insulating layer is disposed over the first organic insulating layer and incudes a first opening exposing a center portion of the first electrode and a second opening overlapping the valley portion. A capping layer covers the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jieun Lee, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwangmin Kim, Kiwook Kim, Dongsoo Kim, Joongsoo Moon, Hyunae Park, Changkyu Jin
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Patent number: 11302763Abstract: A flexible organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a manufacturing method thereof utilize a deep hole formed in a bending area and an organic film layer having an island structure pattern on the deep hole to allow metal wires to have a longer length for bending and to enlarge a bending surface area of the metal wires in the bending area, thereby reducing the stress applied on the metal wires in bending, mitigating a damage caused by the bending of the metal wires, and extending a lifespan of the display panel in bending.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.Inventor: Jiaxiang Zhao
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Patent number: 11302769Abstract: A display device includes an active area including pixels arranged in a matrix shape, a non-active area disposed at one side of the active area in a first direction and including a pad unit, non-active fanout wirings disposed in the non-active area and connected to the pad unit, signal wirings extending in the first direction to traverse the active area and connected to the pixels, and connection wirings, each at least partially passing through the active area and connecting some of the non-active fanout wirings and some of the signal wirings. Each of the connection wirings include first and third extension portion extending in the first direction, and a second extension portion extending in a second direction, and at least two of the pixels are disposed between corresponding extension portions of two adjacent connection wirings along a direction in which the corresponding extension portions are spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong Won Kim, Hwa Jeong Kim, Ki Ho Bang, Dong Hyun Son
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Patent number: 11302619Abstract: A device structure includes a stacked structure, a dielectric material, and an electrode via. The stacked structure includes a first metal oxide layer, a second metal oxide layer and a metal layer. The second metal oxide layer is opposite to the first metal oxide layer. The metal layer is interposed between the first metal oxide layer and the second metal oxide layer. The dielectric material extends through the first metal oxide layer. The electrode via extends through the dielectric material and electrically connected to the metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.Inventor: Wen Hung Huang
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Organic light-emitting diode display substrate, method of manufacturing the same, and display device
Patent number: 11296182Abstract: An OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are provided. The OLED display substrate includes a base substrate, a conductive pattern, a driving circuit layer, an anode layer, a light-emitting layer and a cathode layer. The driving circuit layer, the anode layer, the cathode layer and the light-emitting layer are arranged at a same side of the base substrate. The conductive pattern is arranged between the base substrate and the driving circuit layer and electrically connected to the cathode layer through a plurality of via holes.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao Zhang, Libin Liu -
Patent number: 11289489Abstract: A capacitor structure including a semiconductor substrate; a dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate; a storage node pad in the dielectric layer; a lower electrode including a bottle-shaped bottom portion recessed into the dielectric layer and being in direct contact with the storage node pad; and a lattice layer supporting a topmost part of the lower electrode, wherein the lattice layer is not directly contacting the dielectric layer, but is directly contacting the topmost part of the lower electrode. The bottle-shaped bottom portion extends to a sidewall of the storage node pad. The bottle-shaped bottom portion has a width that is wider than other portion of the lower electrode.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP., Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng-Yi Chang, Fu-Che Lee, Yi-Wang Zhan, Chieh-Te Chen