Patents Examined by Ida M. Soward
  • Patent number: 11997901
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel having a display substrate on which a plurality of pad terminals is disposed, and a driving unit having a plurality of driving terminals electrically connected to the plurality of pad terminals. Each of the plurality of pad terminals includes a stepped groove that faces a corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals or each of the plurality of pad terminals includes an opening hole that faces the corresponding driving terminal of the plurality of driving terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoungyong Kim, Seunghwa Ha, Seungsoo Ryu, Sanghyeon Song, Jeongdo Yang, Jungyun Jo, Jeongho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11997868
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a cover plate, a first adhesive layer, a glass layer, a second adhesive layer, and a buffer layer. The first adhesive layer, the glass layer, and the second adhesive layer are sequentially disposed on a side of the cover plate. The glass layer is made of reinforced ultra-thin glass. Peripheral edges of the glass layer are indented with respect to peripheral edges of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer to form an indented region. The buffer layer is disposed in the indented region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng Wang
  • Patent number: 11997873
    Abstract: A light emission element of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least: a base; a recessed portion provided at a surface of the base; a first electrode layer formed at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the recessed portion; an organic layer formed on the first electrode layer at least partially along a shape of a top surface of the first electrode layer; a second electrode layer formed on the organic layer along a shape of a top surface of the organic layer; and a planarization layer formed on the second electrode layer, in which light from the organic layer is emitted to an outside via the second electrode layer and the planarization layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yosuke Motoyama, Reo Asaki
  • Patent number: 11996411
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include stacked forksheet transistor devices, and methods of fabricating stacked forksheet transistor devices. In an example, an integrated circuit structure includes a backbone. A first transistor device includes a first vertical stack of semiconductor channels adjacent to an edge of the backbone. A second transistor device includes a second vertical stack of semiconductor channels adjacent to the edge of the backbone. The second transistor device is stacked on the first transistor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Ying Huang, Gilbert Dewey, Anh Phan, Nicole K. Thomas, Urusa Alaan, Seung Hoon Sung, Christopher M. Neumann, Willy Rachmady, Patrick Morrow, Hui Jae Yoo, Richard E. Schenker, Marko Radosavljevic, Jack T. Kavalieros, Ehren Mannebach
  • Patent number: 11990464
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor integrated circuit device including a plurality of columns of IO cells and having a configuration capable of reducing wiring delays without causing an increase in the area. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a first IO cell column group including an IO cell column closest to a periphery of a chip, and a second IO cell column group including an IO cell column adjacent to the first IO cell column group at the side closer to the core region. At least one of the first IO cell column group or the second IO cell column group includes two or more IO cell columns, and the two or more IO cell columns are aligned in the second direction such that the lower power supply voltage regions face each other or the higher power supply voltage regions face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventor: Toru Matsui
  • Patent number: 11985860
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate, a display element, and an organic insulating layer. The substrate may include a first area, a second area, and a bent area. The bent area may be connected between the first area and the second area, may be bent according to a bending axis, and may be narrower than the first area in a direction parallel to the bending axis. The display element may overlap the substrate. The organic insulating layer may be spaced from the display element, may be arranged at an edge of the substrate, and may only partially overlap a first face of the substrate. A face of the organic insulating layer may be coplanar with a second face of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyongjun Kim
  • Patent number: 11985846
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a display element on the substrate; a capping layer on the display element; and a thin film encapsulation layer on the capping layer, wherein the capping layer includes: a first capping layer on the display element; a second capping layer on the first capping layer, the second capping layer having a refractive index greater than that of the first capping layer; and a third capping layer on the second capping layer, the third capping layer having a refractive index smaller than that of the second capping layer, wherein the second capping layer has a thickness of 30 nanometers (nm) to 60 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dal Ho Kim, Hee Seong Jeong, Won Ju Kwon, Sun Hwa Kim, Hyang Ki Sung, Na Ri Heo, Sang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 11978759
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) stack for a display including a substrate, a first LED stack disposed on the substrate, a second LED stack disposed on the first LED stack, a third LED stack disposed on the second LED stack, a first color filter interposed between the first LED stack and the second LED stack, and a second color filter interposed between the second LED stack and the third LED stack, in which the second LED stack and the third LED stack are configured to transmit light generated from the first LED stack to the outside, and the third LED stack is configured to transmit light generated from the second LED stack to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyeon Chae, Chung Hoon Lee, Seong Gyu Jang, Chang Yeon Kim, Ho Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 11978370
    Abstract: A cover window includes a first layer having a first modulus, a second layer disposed on the first layer and having a second modulus smaller than the first modulus, and a third layer disposed on the second layer and having a third modulus equal to or larger than the first modulus, and in which the third layer includes a nanoparticle-polyurethane complex in which polyurethane is bonded with nanoparticles by a covalent bond. Therefore, the cover window of the present disclosure provides effects that the folding and rolling are possible with excellent surface characteristic and the restorability against the pressing and excellent optical property. A flexible display device may include the cover window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changwoo Chun, Sejin Jang, JooHye Park, Wansoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11968860
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device including a dam structure disposed in a non-display area of a substrate and an alignment mark disposed outside the dam structure. The alignment mark is not covered by, and does not overlap with, the dam structure, because the alignment mark is disposed outside the dame structure. Thus, a scribing process may be performed smoothly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongjin Kim
  • Patent number: 11963393
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a thin film transistor array layer disposed on the substrate, a light emitting device layer disposed on the thin film transistor array layer, a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting device layer, a phase retardation layer disposed within the thin film encapsulation layer, and a linear polarizing layer disposed within the thin film encapsulation layer. By removing a conventional polarizer, a problem in a conventional display panel that disposition of a polarizer limits a thickness of the entire display panel and reduces bending performance of the display panel is solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hanning Yang
  • Patent number: 11961834
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first diode, a second diode, a clamp circuit and a third diode. The first diode is coupled between an input/output (I/O) pad and a first voltage terminal. The second diode is coupled with the first diode, the I/O pad and a second voltage terminal. The clamp circuit is coupled between the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal. The second diode and the clamp circuit are configured to direct a first part of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) current flowing between the I/O pad and the first voltage terminal. The third diode, coupled to the first voltage terminal, and the second diode include a first semiconductor structure configured to direct a second part of the ESD current flowing between the I/O pad and the first voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Lin Peng, Li-Wei Chu, Ming-Fu Tsai, Jam-Wem Lee, Yu-Ti Su
  • Patent number: 11963436
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a main area, a bending area at which the display panel is bendable, and a sub area, in order. The main area includes a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area. The bending area connects the sub area to the main area at the non-display area thereof, and is recessed from outer side surfaces of the main area and the sub area, to define a recess portion of the display panel at the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Wook Kwon, Jeong Seok Lee, Chan Ho Moon, Woo Yong Sung
  • Patent number: 11961424
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate and a flexible substrate layer. The base substrate includes a flat portion and a curved portion extending from the flat portion and curved towards a side of the base substrate facing away a display surface of the display panel. The flexible substrate layer includes a first portion on a side of the base substrate facing the display surface and a second portion on a side of the base substrate facing away from the display surface. The first portion includes a pixel circuit and the second portion includes a signal line electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The display panel further includes a support structure including a support surface facing away from the display surface, the second portion is coupled to the support surface, and a plane of the support surface intersects a plane of the flat portion of the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Biao Gao, Zhao Li, Xiaofei Luo
  • Patent number: 11963380
    Abstract: A display device includes: multiple layers including a display element layer, the multiple layers including a sealing layer for covering the display element layer; and a polarization plate attached to a first layer and a second layer of the multiple layers with an adhesive layer. The multiple layers includes inorganic films and organic films. All of the inorganic films are disposed to avoid an edge area that is at least a part of a peripheral portion of the resin substrate. The polarization plate has an edge above the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer is disposed to avoid the edge area of the resin substrate. The first layer at an edge has an upper surface sloping downward toward the edge area. The second layer has a portion in the edge area of the resin substrate and between the resin substrate and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Odaka
  • Patent number: 11956995
    Abstract: The OLED display includes a flat display area and an edge curved-surface display area; wherein the edge curved-surface display area is provided with an optical film layer, and the optical film layer is configured to reduce a light intensity of emergent light with a preset color in the edge curved-surface display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiangrong Xie, Chao Kong, Kening Zheng, Yamin Yang, Han Nie
  • Patent number: 11950475
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having first and second regions with the second region having a higher resolution than the first region and an electronic module under the first region. The display panel includes first and second emission layers in a first sub-region of the first region with the second emission layer being spaced apart from the first emission layer. The first emission layer has a first light-emitting portion and a second light-emitting portion adjacent to the first light-emitting portion in a first direction, and the second emission layer has a third light-emitting portion and a fourth light-emitting portion adjacent to the third light-emitting portion in the first direction. The first light-emitting portion is inclined from the second light-emitting portion toward a lower surface of the display panel, and the fourth light-emitting portion is inclined from the third light-emitting portion toward an upper surface of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Min Hong, Wonju Kwon, Heeseong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11950445
    Abstract: A foldable display screen includes a display panel, a first optical adhesive layer, a first cover protection layer, a second optical adhesive layer, and a second cover protection layer; the first optical adhesive layer is located on the display panel; the first cover protection layer is located on a side of the first optical adhesive layer away from the display panel; the second optical adhesive layer is located on a side of the first cover protection layer away from the first optical adhesive layer; the second cover protection layer is located on a side of the second optical adhesive layer away from the first cover protection layer. At an operating temperature, an elastic modulus of the second optical adhesive layer is smaller than an elastic modulus of the first optical adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Li, Shiming Shi
  • Patent number: 11948923
    Abstract: A display device including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel is provided. The first sub-pixel includes a first light emitting unit and a first wavelength conversion layer disposed thereon. The first sub-pixel provides a first light emitted from the first light emitting unit and converted by the first wavelength conversion layer. The first light includes a first main-peak and a first sub-peak. The second sub-pixel includes a second light emitting unit and a second wavelength conversion layer disposed thereon. The second sub-pixel provides a second light emitted from the second light emitting unit and converted by the second wavelength conversion layer. The second light includes a second main-peak and a second sub-peak. A first wavelength difference between the first main-peak and the second main-peak is less than 20 nm, and the first wavelength difference is less than a second wavelength difference between the first sub-peak and the second sub-peak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Jui-Jen Yueh, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11950472
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having an active area and an inactive area, the inactive area including a first area adjacent to the active area, a second area in which a pad is disposed, and a bending area disposed between the first area and the second area, wherein a plurality of wirings extending from the second area to the first area are disposed in the bending area, and at least one dummy pattern is in between the plurality of wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeokYoung Lee, JuWon Sun, JeongHwan Park