Patents Examined by Ida M. Soward
  • Patent number: 11793062
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first region, a second region, and a bending region between the first region and the second region, a protective substrate disposed below the substrate in the first region, the second region, and the bending region, a cushion layer disposed below the protective substrate in the first region and the second region, a pixel layer disposed on the substrate in the second region, and a drive chip disposed on the substrate in the first region. The substrate is bent at the bending region such that the first region overlaps the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heechul Jeon
  • Patent number: 11791337
    Abstract: An IC structure includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit includes a first semiconductor fin, a first gate electrode extending across the first semiconductor fin, and a first gate dielectric layer spacing the first gate electrode apart from the first semiconductor fin. The second circuit includes a second semiconductor fin, a second gate electrode extending across the second semiconductor fin, and a second gate dielectric layer spacing the second gate electrode apart from the second semiconductor fin. The third circuit includes a third semiconductor fin, a third gate electrode extending across the third semiconductor fin, and a third gate dielectric layer spacing the third gate electrode apart from the third semiconductor fin. The first gate dielectric layer has a greater thickness than the second gate dielectric layer. The third semiconductor fin has a smaller width than the second semiconductor fin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jhon-Jhy Liaw
  • Patent number: 11785796
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display module having a first non-foldable region, a second non-foldable region, and a foldable region disposed between the first non-foldable region and the second non-foldable region and being foldable about a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a barrier layer disposed adjacent the display module and including: a first portion having a first region overlapping the first non-foldable region, a second region overlapping the foldable region, and a third region overlapping the second non-foldable region; and a second portion extending from at least a portion of the second region of the first portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Hyoyul Yoon
  • Patent number: 11785799
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first barrier layer including a first display area, a second display area including transmission areas, and a non-display area, a first base layer on a lower surface of the first barrier layer, and defining a first opening that overlaps the second display area, a second base layer on an upper surface of the first barrier layer, and defining second openings that respectively overlap the transmission areas, a second barrier layer on an upper surface of the second base layer and defining third openings that overlap the second openings, main pixel electrodes over the second barrier layer in the first display area, and auxiliary pixel electrodes over the second barrier layer in the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Kang, Taewook Kang, Heekyun Shin, Sanghyun Yun
  • Patent number: 11785800
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a polarizing film disposed on the display panel; a touch film disposed on the polarizing film; a light control film disposed on the touch film; a barrier film disposed over the polarizing film; and a cover window disposed on the barrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Ho Jung
  • Patent number: 11785822
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel respectively configured to emit different colors; a first partition wall on a first light-emitting device of the first pixel; and a first color conversion layer corresponding to an emission area of the first pixel. The first partition wall has a first opening corresponding to the first light-emitting device and a first concave portion spaced apart from the first opening in a plan view. The first color conversion layer includes first quantum dots configured to convert incident light into first color light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wonjun Lee, Hyunbae Park, Waljun Kim, Kiwan Ahn, Joosun Yoon, Kilyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 11785795
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device that includes a substrate including a first display region and a second display region adjacent to the first display region, a pixel layer disposed on the substrate and including transmission regions that overlap the first display region, and a protective layer below the substrate. The protective layer includes a first part below the first display region and a second part below the second display region. The first part has a thickness less than a thickness of the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun-Woo Hyung
  • Patent number: 11769533
    Abstract: A semiconductor chip is provided. The semiconductor chip includes a SRAM cell, a logic cell, a signal line and a ground line. The SRAM cell includes a storage transmission gate, a read transmission gate and a latch circuit. The latch circuit is serially connected between the storage and read transmission gates, and includes a first inverter, a second inverter and a transmission gate connected to an output of the first inverter, an input of the second inverter and an output of the storage transmission gate. The logic cell disposed aside the SRAM cell is connected with the SRAM cell by first and second active structures. The signal and ground lines extend at opposite sides of the SRAM and logic cells, and are substantially parallel with the first and second active structures. The SRAM and logic cells are disposed between and electrically connected to the signal and ground lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehiro Fujiwara, Hsien-Yu Pan, Chih-Yu Lin, Yen-Huei Chen, Wei-Chang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11765945
    Abstract: A display device includes a window, a display panel arranged below the window and including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; and a component arranged below the display panel and at least partially overlapping the peripheral area, wherein a black matrix is arranged on a bottom surface of the window in correspondence with an area in the peripheral area other than an area where the component is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungmin Song, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi, Taewoo Kim, Sanghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11765928
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a component area including a transmission area, and display elements disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes grooves corresponding to the transmission area of the component area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seunghoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11765929
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area, a flexible film disposed on the non-display area of the display panel, and a sealing member disposed on an overlapping area of the display panel and the flexible film to cover the flexible film, the flexible film includes a plurality of holes which passes through the flexible film in the overlapping area of the display panel and the flexible film, and the sealing member may be disposed to fill in the plurality of holes. Accordingly, the sealing member is filled in an area between the display panel and the flexible film so that the bonding reliability may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MinSeok Kim, Gyujae Yohn
  • Patent number: 11763701
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a back cover supporting the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel; a roller disposed on a rear surface of the back cover, wherein the display panel and the back cover are wound around or unwound from the roller; a flexible film electrically connected to a pad area of the display panel; and a sealing layer disposed to cover an end of the flexible film. At least some of elements of the display panel including a substrate may be extended beyond the sealing layer. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent cracks in the display panel due to the pressing by the cover plate and the overflow of the sealant, thereby solving the issues of driving failure and reliability of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JiHun Song, Hoiyong Kwon
  • Patent number: 11765951
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base material including a display region and a curved region; a wiring line disposed on the base material and disposed from the display region over the curved region; and a heat dissipating layer formed corresponding to a position at which the wiring line is disposed in the curved region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Naoki Tokuda
  • Patent number: 11758762
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an emission area and non-emission area; and a protective film attached on one surface of the display panel using a photo tunable adhesive, wherein the photo tunable adhesive includes: a light transmitting area corresponding to the emission area; and a light blocking area corresponding to the non-emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HyunJong Noh, KyungSuk Min, Jinhyung Jung, TaeWoon Ko, YoungWook Kim
  • Patent number: 11758792
    Abstract: A display panel is divided into a display area and a camera area. The camera area includes a first through-hole, a first light-transmitting layer, an inorganic layer, a second through-hole, a second light-transmitting layer, and an image acquisition device. The manufacturing method of the display panel includes a rigid substrate providing step, a flexible substrate forming step, a first etching step, a first light- transmitting layer forming step, a first thin-film transistor (TFT) forming step, a second etching step, a second light-transmitting layer forming step, a second TFT forming step, a rigid substrate stripping step, and an image acquisition device disposing step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fuyang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11758772
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display area including pixels; a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a first planarization layer located in the display area and the non-display area; a second planarization layer on the first planarization layer; an organic insulating layer on the second planarization layer; a first dam on the first planarization layer, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the display area; a second dam disposed outside the first dam, including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer, and surrounding the first dam; and a monitoring bank disposed between the display area and the first dam and including the second planarization layer and the organic insulating layer. A thickness of the second planarization layer included in the monitoring bank is less than a thickness of the second planarization layer included in the first dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujin Jeon, Wonse Lee, Sukyoung Kim, Donghyeon Jang
  • Patent number: 11758777
    Abstract: A flexible display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a substrate divided into a display area and a non-display area; a first buffer layer disposed on the substrate; a second buffer layer disposed under the substrate; a support member disposed under the second buffer layer; a transistor and a light emitting element disposed above the first buffer layer in the display area; a conductive layer disposed in the second buffer layer in the non-display area; and a connection member disposed on the first buffer layer in the non-display area and electrically connected to the conductive layer through a contact hole, so that an effect of minimizing luminance unevenness of a display panel due to the use of a polyimide (PI) substrate by grounding and removing charges accumulated in the PI substrate, can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehyeong Kim, JaeSung Lee, Dojin Kim
  • Patent number: 11756943
    Abstract: Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a photonic receiver; and a die coupled to the photonic receiver by interconnects, wherein the die includes a device layer between a first interconnect layer of the die and a second interconnect layer of the die. In still some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a photonic transmitter; and a die coupled to the photonic transmitter by interconnects, wherein the die includes a device layer between a first interconnect layer of the die and a second interconnect layer of the die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shawna M. Liff, Adel A. Elsherbini, Johanna M. Swan
  • Patent number: 11756849
    Abstract: A package includes a die, first conductive structures, second conductive structures, an encapsulant, and a redistribution structure. The die has an active surface and a rear surface opposite to the active surface. The first conductive structures and the second conductive structures surround the die. A shape of the first conductive structures is different a shape of the second conductive structures. The second conductive structures include elliptical columns having straight sidewalls. A distance between the first conductive structure that is closest to the die and the die is greater than a distance between the second conductive structure that is closest to the die and the die. The encapsulant encapsulates the die, the first conductive structures, and the second conductive structures. The redistribution structure is over the die and the encapsulant. The redistribution structure is electrically connected to the die, the first conductive structures, and the second conductive structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Huan Chiu, Chun-Jen Chen, Chen-Shien Chen, Kuo-Chio Liu, Kuo-Hui Chang, Chung-Yi Lin, Hsi-Kuei Cheng, Yi-Jen Lai
  • Patent number: 11758764
    Abstract: A display device includes an electronic panel, a window, an optical sheet, and a stress control member. The electronic panel includes a first non-bending area having a first area overlapping the optical sheet and a second area overlapping at least part of the recessed area, a bending area configured to be bent relative to the first non-bending area, and a second non-bending area extending from the bending area and movable to a position opposing the first non-bending area. The optical sheet is disposed between the electronic panel and the window and having a recessed area defined therein extending toward a center of the optical sheet. The stress control member overlaps with at least a portion of the second area, at least a portion of the bending area, and at least a portion of the second non-bending area, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunji Cha, Wonkyu Kwak, Young-Soo Yoon, Jae Yong Lee, Yun-Kyeong In, Minhee Choi