Patents Examined by Jia Pan
  • Patent number: 9645436
    Abstract: A display may have a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. A liquid crystal layer may be located between the color filter layer and the thin-film transistor layer. The color filter layer may have an array of color filter elements on a transparent substrate. The array of color filter elements may include more than three colors. Colored photoimageable polymer layers may be combined to form some of the color filter elements. The color filter may have cyan, magenta, and yellow color filter elements each formed from a respective single layer of cyan, magenta, and yellow polymer and may have blue elements formed by overlapping cyan and magenta polymer, green elements formed by overlapping cyan and yellow polymer, and red elements formed by overlapping magenta and yellow polymer. Filters with white elements may also be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Cheng Chen, Young Cheol Yang, Hiroshi Osawa, Shih Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 9645447
    Abstract: A liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) display apparatus is provided, which includes a silicon substrate, a color filter layer, a first alignment layer, a second alignment layer and a liquid crystal layer. The silicon substrate has pixels arranged in a matrix. Each of the pixels has a tilting angle ranging from about 0 degrees to about 90 degrees and includes a pixel electrode. The color filter layer is disposed on the pixels. The color filter layer has a plurality of color filter units, and each of the color filter units respectively corresponds to one of the pixel electrodes. The first alignment layer is disposed on the color filter layer. The second alignment layer is disposed opposite to the first alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first alignment layer and the second alignment layer. The liquid crystal layer has liquid crystal molecules with negative dielectric anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HIMAX DISPLAY, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsu Chen, Yuet-Wing Li
  • Patent number: 9645435
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a first voltage, a second electrode which is disposed on the first substrate and transmits a second voltage, and a light blocking member overlapping a space between a side of the first electrode and a side of the second electrode which face each other, where the light blocking member has an island shape within a region of a pixel of the plurality of pixels in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Wuk Kim, Sung Jin Hong, Sung In Ro, Ock Soo Son, Eun Je Jang
  • Patent number: 9632368
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display pixel structure and a manufacture method thereof. The liquid crystal display pixel structure comprises: a lower substrate, a passivation layer located on an upper surface of the lower substrate, a pixel electrode located on the passivation layer, an upper substrate, and a common electrode located on a lower surface of the upper substrate; each pixel comprises multi domains; in one pixel, the passivation layer comprises at least two trench structures having different depths, and the pixel electrode uninterruptedly covers on the trench structures, the trench structures having different depths divide the one pixel into different areas to realize that liquid crystals in different areas of the one pixel have different twisted angles under the same driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Feng Zhao, Chungyi Chiu
  • Patent number: 9625754
    Abstract: A backlight assembly outputs light. A display panel receives the light and displays an image. A first adhesive member on an edge of the backlight assembly fixes the backlight assembly to the display panel. The backlight assembly may include a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a reflecting member. The first adhesive member may intervene between the display panel and the reflecting member and may fix the display panel to the reflecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Cheolyong Noh, Kise Lee, Seongsik Choi
  • Patent number: 9618793
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit providing light to the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate on which a thin film transistor is disposed, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a first polarizer disposed on the second substrate having a plurality of metal patterns spaced apart from each other by an interval. The backlight unit faces the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Gun Nam, Kyoung-Tai Han, Dae-Young Lee, Dae-Hwan Jang, Gug-Rae Jo, Atsushi Takakuwa
  • Patent number: 9581865
    Abstract: The invention provides an array substrate and a display device, wherein the array substrate comprises a peripheral line in a frame region of the array substrate through which ultraviolet light is capable to pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kui Lv, Wenjin Fan, Kang Xiang, Xinxia Zhang, Xiao Guo, Fengzhen Lv, Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 9568780
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: first and second display panels facing each other; and a liquid crystal layer between the first display panel and the second display panel and including an alignment assisting agent. The first display panel includes: a first substrate; a first gate line and a second gate line on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other; a data line crossing the first gate line and the second gate line; a shielding electrode on the data line and insulated from the data line; a first electrode electrically connected with the first gate line and the data line; a passivation layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the passivation layer and electrically connected with the second gate line and the shielding electrode. The second display panel includes a third electrode on a second substrate. The second electrode includes a branch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gak Seok Lee, Hyeon Gu Cho
  • Patent number: 9535196
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose a color filter substrate, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel and a display device, and relate to the field of display technology, for preventing the occurrence of a color mixture phenomenon of the display device while ensuring that the display device has high aperture ratio and resolution. The color filter substrate comprises a color filter layer which comprises color filter units with at least two colors and distributed in the form of a matrix, and a black matrix is arranged between two adjacent color filter units; the color filter substrate further comprises: light-shielding bulges located at a part of the area of the black matrix and facing towards an incident light direction, for preventing the occurrence of the color mixture among the color filter units with different colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Yang, Haoyuan Fan, Zailong Mo, Tianlei Shi, Seungyik Park
  • Patent number: 9530804
    Abstract: A display device with excellent display quality is provided. The display device includes a transistor over a first substrate, an inorganic insulating film in contact with the transistor, and an organic insulating film in contact with the inorganic insulating film. The transistor includes a gate electrode over the first substrate, an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, a gate insulating film in contact with one surface of the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The inorganic insulating film is in contact with the other surface of the oxide semiconductor film. The organic insulating film overlaps with the oxide semiconductor film with the inorganic insulating film provided therebetween and is separated. Note that the thickness of the organic insulating film is preferably greater than or equal to 500 nm and less than or equal to 10 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Kubota
  • Patent number: 9519190
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas, a thin film transistor positioned on the substrate, a first insulating layer positioned on the thin film transistor, a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor and positioned on the first insulating layer, a common electrode positioned on the pixel electrode and spaced apart from the pixel electrode by a microcavity, a second insulating layer positioned on the common electrode, a roof layer positioned on the second insulating layer, a thickness of the roof layer being about 4 ?m to about 50 ?m, an injection hole through the common electrode, the second insulating layer, and the roof layer, the injection hole exposing a part of the microcavity, a liquid crystal layer filling the microcavity, and an overcoat on the roof layer and extending into the injection hole, the overcoat sealing the microcavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Tae Chae, Seon Uk Lee, Chung Hyuk Lee, Tae Woo Lim, Don Chan Cho
  • Patent number: 9494822
    Abstract: A FIPEL device used as an illuminating part for a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Vizio Inc
    Inventor: Matthew McRae
  • Patent number: 9482907
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display substrate, an opposite substrate coupled to and facing the display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the display substrate and the opposite substrate. The display substrate includes a gate line extending in a first direction, a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a shielding electrode disposed along the data line covering the data line, a protruding electrode extending from the shielding electrode partially covering the gate line, and a pixel electrode electrically insulated from the shielding electrode and configured to receive a signal from the gate and data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Hun Kwak, Minjung Kang, YiSeop Shim, Chul Huh
  • Patent number: 9477123
    Abstract: This disclosure aims to reduce workloads and material costs when a driving circuit and a flexible wiring board are fixed to a first substrate. A display device includes a display panel having the first substrate. The driving circuit is fixed to the first substrate in a portion other than a display portion with an anisotropic conductive film. The flexible wiring board is fixed to the first substrate at an end of the portion other than the display portion with an anisotropic conductive film. The anisotropic conductive film for fixing the driving circuit and the anisotropic film for fixing the flexible wiring board are the same. The anisotropic conductive film is also formed and hardened in a region other than a region having the driving circuit and the flexible wiring board fixed therein within the portion other than the display portion of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kouichi Inoue, Tomokazu Saitou
  • Patent number: 9477106
    Abstract: The present invention provides an array substrate of LCD display and a manufacturing method thereof, the array substrate comprises a transparent substrate, gate lines and data lines which are disposed on the transparent substrate, wherein the array substrate further comprises: a transparent conducting bar and a gate short-circuit bar which are disposed on the transparent substrate, said transparent conducting bar is disposed below said gate short-circuit bar, said gate short-circuit bar and said data lines are arranged in a same layer. The present invention can avoid the problem of burning the gate short-circuit bar due to the occurrence of static discharge, the electrical defects in the array substrate can be normally detected and repaired in the array test process, thus the qualified product rate of the array substrate of LCD display is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaming Zhu, Liang Sun, Jianfeng Yuan, Seung Moo Rim, Xibin Shao
  • Patent number: 9470921
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit that provides a light to the display panel, a bottom cover that accommodates a portion of the backlight unit, and a chassis frame coupled to the bottom cover and supporting the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JunHee Son
  • Patent number: 9465248
    Abstract: A color filter substrate includes a color material layer that transmits light to generate colors of an image, and a change layer that is formed on a surface of the color material layer on which light is incident or on a surface of the color material layer from which light is emitted, and that has a characteristic in which a portion irradiated with laser light changes into black.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Kenichi Minowa
  • Patent number: 9454041
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal layer, and an inorganic oriented film between the liquid crystal layer and an electrode, in which the inorganic oriented film has a first inorganic oriented film that has a first prismatic structure including silicon oxide, and a second inorganic oriented film that is formed so as to cover at least a portion of the first prismatic structure, and includes nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Matsumoto, Yoshio Taniguchi, Norikazu Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9448443
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes switching elements, transparent pixel electrodes, and a transparent common electrode having a predetermined area overlapped with an upper layer of the transparent pixel electrode through an insulating film and driving liquid crystal with the transparent pixel electrode. In plane view, a shading layer covers at least one part of a conductive pattern where a light leakage occurs in front view by an alignment defect of the liquid crystal near a non-permeable conductive pattern disposed in the display region at the time of black display, and has eaves more protruding than the conductive pattern. The transparent common electrode is provided to overlap with the conductive pattern arranged to overlap with the light-shielding layer having the eaves in a side of the liquid crystal and to protrude compared with the light-shielding layer having the eaves in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Koji Yonemura
  • Patent number: 9429787
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a transparent display unit with improved transmittance. The transparent display unit comprises: an upper substrate comprising an upper transparent electrode and an upper alignment film in sequence from top to bottom; a lower substrate comprising a lower transparent electrode and a lower alignment film in sequence from bottom to top; and at least a colorful holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystal (H-PDLC) layer located between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Miki Kashima