Patents Examined by J. E. Schoenholtz
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Patent number: 11652096Abstract: A memory cell array includes a first and second memory cell, a first and second word line and a first bit line. The first memory cell is in a first row in a first direction. The second memory cell is in a second row in the first direction, and is separated from the first memory cell in a second direction. The first word line extends in the first direction and is coupled to the first memory cell. The second word line extends in the first direction and is coupled to the second memory cell. The first bit line extends in the second direction and is coupled to the first and second memory cell. The first memory cell corresponds to a five transistor memory cell. The first memory cell includes a first active region having a first length, and a second active region having a second length.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventor: Shih-Lien Linus Lu
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Patent number: 11643325Abstract: A MEMS package including a fixed frame, a moveable platform and elastic restoring members is provided. The moveable platform is moved with respect to the fixed frame. The elastic restoring members are connected between the fixed frame and the moveable platform, and used to restore the moved moveable platform to an original position.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: PIXART IMAGING INC.Inventors: Chih-Ming Sun, Ming-Han Tsai, Yu-Tao Lee
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Patent number: 11647644Abstract: Disclosed are a rollable, slidable, and stretchable cover window and a method of manufacturing the same. The rollable, slidable, and stretchable cover window includes a planar portion formed so as to correspond to a planar region of a rollable, slidable, and stretchable display and a flexible portion formed so as to be connected to the planar portion, the flexible portion being formed so as to correspond to a flexible region of the rollable, slidable, and stretchable display, wherein the rollable, slidable, and stretchable cover window includes a glass substrate and a shock compensation pattern unit formed on the glass substrate, and the shock compensation pattern unit is formed at the flexible portion or is formed at each of the planar portion and the flexible portion, the shock compensation pattern unit having concave-convex-shaped patterns.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Inventors: Kukhyun Sunwoo, Tea Joo Ha, Jong In Park
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Patent number: 11647661Abstract: A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a base substrate including a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region; a first light emitting element in the display region of the base substrate; and a color film structure on a display side of the first light emitting element. The color film structure includes: a first color film, including only a first pixel color film located in the display region; and a second color film, including a second pixel color film located in the display region and at least partially non-overlapping with the first pixel color film, and a first frame color film located in the peripheral region and surrounding the display region.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yunlong Li, Pengcheng Lu, Kui Zhang, Li Liu, Shengji Yang, Kuanta Huang, Xiaochuan Chen, Dacheng Zhang
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Patent number: 11637207Abstract: Semiconductor device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed herein. An exemplary method comprises forming a fin over a substrate, wherein the fin comprises a first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer including different semiconductor materials, and the fin comprises a channel region and a source/drain region; forming a dummy gate structure over the channel region of the fin and over the substrate; etching a portion of the fin in the source/drain region to form a trench therein, wherein a bottom surface of the trench is below a bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer; selectively removing an edge portion of the second semiconductor layer in the channel region such that the second semiconductor layer is recessed; forming a sacrificial structure around the recessed second semiconductor layer and over the bottom surface of the trench; and epitaxially growing a source/drain feature in the source/drain region of the fin.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Pei-Hsun Wang, Chun-Hsiung Lin, Chih-Hao Wang
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Patent number: 11637061Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device including a substrate, a conductive element, an extending element and an insulating layer. The substrate includes an edge, the conductive element is disposed on the substrate, the extending element is disposed corresponding to at least a portion of the conductive element and extends to the edge of the substrate, and the insulating layer separates the conductive element and the extending element.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Chiu-Yuan Huang, Pei-Chieh Chen, Yu-Ting Liu, Tsung-Yeh Ho
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Patent number: 11636785Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate including a folding area, a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area along a first direction, and a first surface in both the folding area and the non-folding area, a light-emitting element layer on the flexible substrate, and a support which faces the light-emitting layer with the flexible substrate therebetween, forms an interface with the first surface of the flexible substrate and is bendable together with the flexible substrate. The support includes a first support corresponding to the folding area, a second support corresponding to the non-folding area, and a through hole extended through the support. The through hole is extended through the first support, and a first portion of the first surface of the flexible substrate is exposed to outside the support by the through hole in the first support.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Jung Hun Noh, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 11631746Abstract: A semiconductor device including a gaseous spacer and a method for forming the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a gate stack over a substrate; forming a first gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack; forming a second gate spacer over the first gate spacer; removing a portion of the second gate spacer, at least a portion of the second gate spacer remaining; removing the first gate spacer to form a first opening; and after removing the first gate spacer, removing the remaining portion of the second gate spacer through the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yen-Ting Chen, Wei-Yang Lee, Feng-Cheng Yang, Yen-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11626572Abstract: In a method of fabricating a cover window, the method includes: forming, on a glass article having a flat upper surface, a mask layer including water glass and a recess portion having a partially recessed upper surface; and etching the mask layer and the glass article to form a cover window having a partially recessed upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byeong Beom Kim, Min Ki Kim, Yu Ri Kim, Hoi Kwan Lee
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Patent number: 11626571Abstract: A display panel, a preparation method thereof and a display device. The display panel has a display area and anon-display area outside the display area. The non-display area includes: a first non-display area close to the display area, a second non-display area located on one side away from the display area, of the first non-display area, and a bent area between the first non-display area and the second non-display area. The bent area includes: a substrate and a first buffer layer located on the substrate. Materials of the first buffer layer include: a first doping element and a first insulation compound. The first doping element is used for improving ductility of the first buffer layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qian Wang, Shiyang Xu
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Patent number: 11626565Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first and second unfolding areas, and a folding area therebetween, a first support member and a second support member disposed on a back surface of the display panel and spaced apart from each other with the folding area therebetween, a first barrier sheet partially fixed to a back surface of the first support member and extending to a back surface of the second support member, and a second barrier sheet partially fixed to the back surface of the second support member, extending to the back surface of the first support member, and covering the first barrier sheet. Each of the first barrier sheet and the second barrier sheet overlaps the first support member, the folding area, and the second support member, and the first barrier sheet is accommodated in a space between the second barrier sheet and the second support member.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jae Chun Park
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Patent number: 11621400Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent substrate, a flexible display substrate and its manufacturing method, and a display device. The transparent substrate serves as a support substrate for manufacturing the flexible display substrate. The transparent substrate is provided with a first surface for supporting the flexible display substrate, and a protrusion made of a transparent material is formed on the first surface. According to the present disclosure, it is able to adjust a shape of a flexible base substrate of the flexible display substrate through the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Rui Cheng, Yuehua Cui
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Patent number: 11616207Abstract: An organic-light-emitting-diode device and a fabricating method thereof, a displaying base plate and a displaying device, wherein the organic-light-emitting-diode device includes a substrate, and an anode layer, an organic functional layer and a cathode layer that are provided in stacking on one side of the substrate, wherein the organic functional layer includes a first functional layer, a second functional layer and a light emitting layer that are provided in stacking, and the first functional layer is provided closer to the anode layer; and a HOMO energy level of the second functional layer is deeper than both of a HOMO energy level of the first functional layer and a HOMO energy level of a host material of the light emitting layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Zhang, Chao Kong, Yifan Yang, Long Chen, Lingjun Dai, De Yuan
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Patent number: 11611051Abstract: A display panel includes a corner area, and the corner area includes a corner display area, a corner edge area, and a corner wiring area between the corner display area and the corner edge area. The corner area includes: a flexible base layer, having a base groove in the corner wiring area and a plurality of first openings in the corner display area; a display function layer formed on the flexible base layer and located in the corner display area, the display function layer having second openings corresponding to the first openings; a peripheral circuit layer, formed on the flexible base layer and located in the corner wiring area, the peripheral circuit layer including one or more peripheral wirings, the orthographic projection of at least part of the peripheral wirings on the flexible base layer is within the base groove.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Jia Zhao, Pinfan Wang, Fangxu Cao
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Patent number: 11605625Abstract: The present technology relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method therefor, a solid-state imaging element and electronic equipment that make it possible to suppress breakdown of a side wall insulating film by charge damage to suppress short-circuiting. The semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present technology includes a first semiconductor substrate on which a given circuit is formed, a second semiconductor substrate, and through electrodes that electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate to each other. The through electrode is formed such that a through-hole is opened through a protection diode structure formed in the first semiconductor substrate, an insulating film is deposited on a side wall of the through-hole, and an electrode material is then filled inside the through-hole in which the insulating film is deposited. The present technology can be applied, for example, to a CMOS image sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Takahashi
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Patent number: 11605678Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a transparent base member, a touch sensor which includes a touch electrode disposed above the transparent base member and a touch protection layer which covers the touch electrode, a black matrix which is disposed below or above the touch sensor and defines a plurality of opening areas, a plurality of color filters which is disposed on the same plane as the black matrix and corresponds to the plurality of opening areas, a first buffer layer disposed above the upper one of the touch sensor and the plurality of color filters, a thin film transistor disposed above the first buffer layer, and an organic light emitting element which is disposed above the thin film transistor and corresponds to the plurality of opening areas.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: HongSik Kim, MinJic Lee, Yeseul Han, JeongOk Jo, Kwanghyun Choi
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Patent number: 11605793Abstract: A stretchable device includes a substrate, the substrate including first regions having a first stiffness and a second region between adjacent first regions and having a second stiffness that is lower than the first stiffness, a unit device array including unit devices on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, and an encapsulant covering the unit device array. The unit device array includes pixel electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions of the substrate, common electrodes isolated on separate, respective first regions and each facing a separate pixel electrode, the stretchable device configured to apply a same voltage to the plurality of common electrodes, and active layers on separate, respective first regions and each between a separate pixel electrode and a separate common electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo Young Kim, Youngjun Yun, Don-Wook Lee
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Patent number: 11600524Abstract: A transistor comprises a substrate, a pair of spacers on the substrate, a gate dielectric layer on the substrate and between the pair of spacers, a gate electrode layer on the gate dielectric layer and between the pair of spacers, an insulating cap layer on the gate electrode layer and between the pair of spacers, and a pair of diffusion regions adjacent to the pair of spacers. The insulating cap layer forms an etch stop structure that is self aligned to the gate and prevents the contact etch from exposing the gate electrode, thereby preventing a short between the gate and contact. The insulator-cap layer enables self-aligned contacts, allowing initial patterning of wider contacts that are more robust to patterning limitations.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Mark T. Bohr, Tahir Ghani, Nadia M. Rahhal-Orabi, Subhash M. Joshi, Joseph M. Steigerwald, Jason W. Klaus, Jack Hwang, Ryan Mackiewicz
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Patent number: 11600602Abstract: A semiconductor power module including an insulating substrate having one surface and another surface, an output side terminal arranged at a one surface side of the insulating substrate, a first power supply terminal arranged at the one surface side of the insulating substrate, a second power supply terminal to which a voltage of a magnitude different from a voltage applied to the first power supply terminal is to be applied, and arranged at another surface side of the insulating substrate so as to face the first power supply terminal across the insulating substrate, a first switching device arranged at the one surface side of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the output side terminal and the first power supply terminal, and a second switching device arranged at the one surface side of the insulating substrate and electrically connected to the output side terminal and the second power supply terminal.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Hayashi, Masashi Hayashiguchi
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Patent number: 11594710Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device that can prevent deformation of a flexible display is provided. A raw material sheet that serves as a metal sheet of the flexible display has a width that is greater than a width of the display body in Y direction and a plurality of holes are provided in a bent area of the raw material sheet over an entire width along a bent section of the display body. The method includes: mounting the display body on the raw material sheet such that the bent section and the bent area are aligned and that the display body avoids the end portions in the Y direction; applying pressure to the display body from a central part of the display body toward a periphery of the display body; and cutting the raw material sheet into a predetermined size.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi