Patents Examined by E. Rhett Cheek
  • Patent number: 12082429
    Abstract: A novel light-emitting device is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device with high emission efficiency is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having a long lifetime is provided. Alternatively, a light-emitting device having low driving voltage is provided. A light-emitting device including an EL layer including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a light-emitting layer, and a fourth layer in this order from the anode side is provided. The first layer includes a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The fourth layer includes a seventh organic compound. The first organic compound exhibits an electron-accepting property with respect to the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the second organic compound is from ?5.7 eV to ?5.4 eV. The HOMO level of the seventh organic compound is ?6.0 eV or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tsunenori Suzuki, Takumu Okuyama, Yusuke Takita, Naoaki Hashimoto, Hiromi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa, Toshiki Sasaki, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12082415
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a lower stack structure on the substrate and including lower gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, an upper stack structure on the lower stack structure and including upper gate electrodes stacked apart from each other, a lower channel structure penetrating through the lower stack structure and including a lower channel layer, and a lower channel insulating layer on the lower channel layer the lower channel insulating layer surrounding a lower slit, and an upper channel structure penetrating through the upper stack structure and including an upper channel layer and an upper channel insulating layer on the upper channel layer, the upper channel insulating layer surrounding an upper slit. A width of the lower slit is greater than a width of the upper slit, and a thickness of the lower channel insulating layer is greater than a thickness of the upper channel insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jimo Gu, Bumkyu Kang, Sungmin Hwang
  • Patent number: 12069400
    Abstract: A sensor module comprising: A sensor chip (5) is provided on an upper surface of the substrate (1). A lens (7) is provided above the sensor chip (5) such that a light receiving unit of the sensor chip (5) is positioned in a projection area. A lens cap (8) includes a cap body (8a) surrounding the sensor chip (5) to hold the lens (7), and a cap edge part (8b) protruding outward from a lower end part of the cap body (8a). An ultraviolet-curing type bonding agent (9) bonds the upper surface of the substrate (1) and a lower surface of the lens cap (8). A cutout (10) is provided on an outer side surface of the cap edge part (8b). The bonding agent (9) enters in the cutout (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yutaka Yoneda
  • Patent number: 12065745
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a Pt nanorod electrode array sensor device includes forming planar metal electrodes on a flexible film, co-depositing Pt alloy on the planar metal electrodes via physical vapor deposition, and dealloying the Pt alloy to etch Pt nanorods from the deposited Pt alloy. A Pt nanorod electrode sensor device includes a plurality of porous Pt nanorods on a planar metal electrode forming a sensor electrode. The planar metal electrode is on a flexible substrate. An electrode lead on the flexible substrate extends away from the planar metal electrode. Insulation is around porous Pt nanorods an upon the electrode lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Shadi A. Dayeh, Mehran Ganji
  • Patent number: 12051680
    Abstract: A semiconductor package may include; a first substrate, a first semiconductor chip disposed on the first substrate, an interposer disposed on the first semiconductor chip, a connecter spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip in a first horizontal direction and extending between the first substrate and the interposer, wherein the connecter directly electrically connects the first substrate and the interposer, a capacitor disposed between the connecter and the first semiconductor chip, and a guide pattern including a first guide portion and an opposing second guide portion spaced apart in the first horizontal direction, wherein the first guide portion is disposed between the connecter and the capacitor, the second guide portion is disposed between the capacitor and the first semiconductor chip, and at least part of the capacitor is inserted between the first guide portion and the second guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hwan Kim, Hyung Gil Baek, Young-Ja Kim, Kang Gyune Lee, Sang-Won Lee, Yong Kwan Lee
  • Patent number: 12035556
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a cover plate and a display panel; the cover plate includes a middle plane part, a first edge curved surface part, a second edge covered surface part and a corner curved surface part; the display panel includes a middle part, an edge part and a corner part; the middle part is arranged corresponding to the middle plane part; the edge part includes a first edge part and a second edge part; the first edge part and the first edge curved surface part are arranged correspondingly, and the second edge part and the second edge curved surface part are arranged correspondingly; the corner part and the corner curved surface part are correspondingly arranged; the middle part is in a display area; at least a portion of the edge part and the corner part adjacent to the middle part is in the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinpeng Wang, Xiaolong Zhu, Hengzhen Liang, Fan Li, Wenxiao Niu, Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 12035527
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes preparing a lower structure including an interconnection, forming a first contact plug coupled to the interconnection, and forming an alternating stack of dielectric layers and sacrificial layers over the first contact plug and the lower structure. The method further includes forming an opening that penetrates the alternating stack and exposes the first contact plug, forming a sacrificial plug including a void in the opening, forming a contact hole that exposes the first contact plug by etching a portion of the sacrificial plug, and forming a second contact plug in the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Yoo Hyun Noh
  • Patent number: 11997907
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a pixel circuit, an insulating layer including a contact hole, a lower electrode connected to the pixel circuit via the contact hole, an upper electrode, an organic layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode, a rib formed of an inorganic material and including an aperture, and a partition above the rib. The organic layer includes a first organic layer in contact with the lower electrode via the aperture and a second organic layer located on the partition and spaced apart from the first organic layer. The partition overlaps an entire of the contact hole in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Tabatake