Patents Examined by Phuc T. Dang
  • Patent number: 11695005
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a semiconductor-based structure. A non-limiting example of the semiconductor-based structure includes a fin formed over a substrate. A tunnel is formed through the fin to define an upper fin region and a lower fin region. A gate structure is configured to wrap around a circumference of the upper fin region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Effendi Leobandung
  • Patent number: 11690251
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a driving transistor configured to control current to an organic light-emitting diode from a power voltage line, a compensation transistor configured to diode-connect the driving transistor in response to a voltage applied to a compensation gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a gate insulating layer interposed between a driving active region of the driving transistor and the driving gate electrode, and between a compensation active region of the compensation transistor and the compensation gate electrode. A dielectric constant in a first portion of the gate insulating layer between the driving active region and the driving gate electrode is greater than a dielectric constant in a second portion of the gate insulating layer between the compensation active region and the compensation gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangjin Park, Youngdae Kim, Jeongseon Kim, Sangjin Lee, Ahyeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11688833
    Abstract: A nanostructure fabricated on a semiconductor light-emitting device induces strain in the active region. The active device includes at least one quantum heterostructure, in which the strain changes the extent of Quantum Confined Stark Effect, and thus modifies the wavelength of light emission. By mixing strain relaxation and strain induction effects there is a spectral broadening of the light emission, providing polychromatic light emission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Hoi Wai Choi, Wai Yuen Fu
  • Patent number: 11688734
    Abstract: A three-dimensional stacked integrated circuit (3D SIC) for implementing an artificial neural network (ANN) having a memory die having an array of memory partitions. Each partition of the array of memory partitions is configured to store parameters of a set of neurons. The 3D SIC also has a processing logic die having an array of processing logic partitions. Each partition of the array of processing logic partitions is configured to: receive input data, and process the input data according to the set of neurons to generate output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Tony M. Brewer
  • Patent number: 11683964
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the semiconductor pattern and including a first gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, a second gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, and a third gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and including a first initialization voltage line overlapping the first gate electrode, a scan line overlapping the second gate electrode, and a control signal line overlapping the third gate electrode, where the control signal line is electrically connected to the third gate electrode, the scan line is electrically connected to the second gate electrode, and the first initialization voltage line, the scan line, and the control signal line extend in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Moon Jo, Chong Chui Chai, Jun Hyun Park, An Su Lee
  • Patent number: 11678535
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a first area including a transmission area, a second area, and a third area, the second area and the third area being adjacent to the first area; a first pixel group and a second pixel group each disposed in the first area, the transmission area being disposed between the first pixel group and the second pixel group; first connection lines extending in a first direction and electrically connected to first pixels of the first pixel group; second connection lines extending in the first direction and electrically connected to second pixels of the second pixel group; and third connection lines extending in a second direction and disposed in the third area, the third connection lines being electrically connected to the first connection lines and the second connection lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junghoon Shim, Wonkyu Kwak, Sunghwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11672146
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; and a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first area, a second area, and a third area that are sequentially positioned by dividing the semiconductor layer into three areas in a thickness direction of the semiconductor layer, wherein the semiconductor layer includes polycrystalline silicon, a concentration of fluorine contained in the semiconductor layer has a first peak value in the first area and a second peak value in the third area, and the first peak value of the concentration of the fluorine in the semiconductor layer is about 30% or less of the second peak value of the concentration of the fluorine in the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Bum Han, Moon Sung Kim, Young Gil Park, Soo Im Jeong
  • Patent number: 11665920
    Abstract: A transparent display panel has an auxiliary electrode region including a partition wall whose a width of a top face is larger than that of a bottom face thereof. The auxiliary electrode region is disposed on a line region within a display region. A second electrode of an organic light-emitting element and a VSS voltage connection line is electrically connected to each other via an auxiliary electrode, such that electrical resistance of the second electrode as a transparent electrode is reduced. Further, the auxiliary electrode region is formed on each of a plurality of line regions respectively including VSS voltage connection lines extending across the display region. Thus, a current is fed to each pixel in the display region in a smooth manner, such that luminance distribution across the panel is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soyi Lee, Changsoo Kim, Euitae Kim, Kiseob Shin
  • Patent number: 11659742
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a main display area, a first corner display area, a second corner display area, and a peripheral area, where the second corner display area extends from a corner of the main display area, the first corner display area is disposed between the peripheral area and the second corner display area, and the peripheral area surrounds the main display area, the first corner display area and the second corner display area; a first gate driving circuit arranged on the second corner display area of the substrate; a first line connected to the first gate driving circuit and extending toward the main display area; and a second line connected to the first gate driving circuit and extending toward the first corner display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeonghee Won, Jaemin Shin, Jongho Hong, Jangyeol Yoon
  • Patent number: 11658127
    Abstract: Embodiments include semiconductor packages and method of forming the semiconductor packages. A semiconductor package includes a package substrate on a substrate, a die on the package substrate, and a conductive stiffener over the package substrate and the substrate. The conductive stiffener surrounds the package substrate, where the conductive stiffener has a top portion and a plurality of sidewalls, and where the top portion is directly disposed on the package substrate, and the sidewalls are vertically disposed on the substrate. The semiconductor package also includes the substrate that has a plurality of conductive pads, where the conductive pads are conductively coupled to a ground source. The conductive stiffener may conductively couple the package substrate to the conductive pads of the substrate. The top portion may have a cavity that surrounds the die, where the top portion is directly disposed on a plurality of outer edges of the package substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Eng Huat Goh, Jiun Hann Sir, Khang Choong Yong, Boon Ping Koh, Wil Choon Song, Min Suet Lim
  • Patent number: 11659748
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a transistor, a light emitting element disposed on the transistor and including a first electrode, a second electrode on the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a data line spaced apart from the light emitting element, and a shield electrode disposed at a same level of the first electrode. When viewed in a plan view, the shield electrode overlaps the data line and extends along the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Moo Hong, Sanghyun Jun, Gyeongnam Bang, Seongjun Lee
  • Patent number: 11659730
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes a substrate, a luminescent layer, and an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer includes a plurality of protrusions or a plurality of recesses. The protrusions or the recesses are formed on a side of the encapsulation layer away from the substrate. Because the protrusions are formed from cured ink, a manufacturing process is simple and costs are reduced. Furthermore, the protrusions may increase a ratio of light usage of the display panel and improve display quality of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao He
  • Patent number: 11652071
    Abstract: A substrate for an electronic device may include a first layer, a second layer, and may include a third layer. The first layer may include a capacitive material, and the capacitive material may be segmented into a first section, and a second section. Each of the first section and the second section may include a first surface and a second surface. The second layer may include a first conductor. The third layer may include a second conductor. The first surface of the second section of capacitive material may be directly coupled to the first conductor. The second surface of the second section of the capacitive material may be directly coupled to the second conductor. A first filler region may include a dielectric material and the first filler region may be located in a first gap between the first section of capacitive material and the second section of capacitive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon C Marin, Shivasubramanian Balasubramanian, Rahul Jain, Praneeth Akkinepally, Jeremy D Ecton
  • Patent number: 11652109
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate; a thin-film transistor on the substrate, where the thin-film transistor includes a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor layer with a first insulating layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; and a display element electrically connected to the thin-film transistor. The gate electrode includes a first lower layer and a first upper layer on the first lower layer and including a different material from the first lower layer. The first lower layer has a first thickness from an upper surface of the first insulating layer, and the first upper layer has a second thickness from an upper surface of the first lower layer, where the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyungmin Baek, Hyuneok Shin, Juhyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11653531
    Abstract: A transparent display device is disclosed, which may prevent a short circuit from occurring between first and second capacitor electrodes of a capacitor. The transparent display device includes a substrate provided with a display area including a transmissive area and a non-transmissive area, in which a plurality of subpixels are disposed, and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a driving transistor provided in the non-transmissive area over the substrate, including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and a capacitor provided in the non-transmissive area over the substrate, including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode. The second capacitor electrode is not overlapped with the active layer of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: KiSeob Shin, ChangSoo Kim, EuiTae Kim, Soyi Lee
  • Patent number: 11653538
    Abstract: A display device including a pixel comprises an EVDD driving unit outputting an AC driving voltage swinging between a high potential voltage and a low potential voltage according to voltages of a first control node and a second control node, and a plurality of sub-pixels connected to a data line and a gate line to receive the AC driving voltage by sharing an output node of the EVDD driving unit. Each of the sub-pixels may include a light emitting element, a driving element for supplying a current to the light emitting element according to a gate-source voltage, a switch element turned-on according to a scan signal to connect the data line to the gate of the driving element, and a capacitor connected between a gate and a source of the driving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Min Kim, In Hyo Han, Eun Ji Park
  • Patent number: 11641784
    Abstract: A spin-current magnetization rotational element includes a spin orbit torque wiring extending in a first direction and a first ferromagnetic layer disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the spin orbit torque wiring, the spin orbit torque wiring having a first surface positioned on the side where the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the spin orbit torque wiring has a second region on the first surface outside a first region in which the first ferromagnetic layer is disposed, the second region being recessed from the first region to the second surface side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Sasaki, Yohei Shiokawa
  • Patent number: 11638384
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, a driving unit including a first transistor, and at least one light-emitting element. The first transistor includes a first source electrode and a first drain electrode that are located at a side of the at least one light-emitting element close to the substrate. Each of the at least one light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode that are sequentially stacked. The first electrode is connected to the first drain electrode through a first via, and the first drain electrode is located at a side of the first source electrode close to the substrate. A material of the first drain electrode is different from a material of the first source electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haochi Yu, Feng Lu, Yang Zeng, Lu Lian
  • Patent number: 11631727
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor substrate includes a semiconductor layer disposed on a substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a first electrode that at least partly overlaps the semiconductor layer, wherein the gate insulating layer is disposed between the first electrode and the semiconductor layer, a plurality of thin-film layers disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode that at least partly overlaps the first electrode, wherein the plurality of thin-film layers are disposed between the second electrode and the first electrode, wherein at least one of the plurality of thin-film layers includes amorphous silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keunwoo Kim, Taewook Kang, Doona Kim, Bummo Sung, Dokyeong Lee, Jaehwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11631721
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel. Each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes at least one red sub pixel, a plurality of green sub pixels, and at least one blue sub pixel. The red sub pixels and the blue sub pixels are aligned in a first direction, and the plurality of green sub pixels is disposed between the at least one red sub pixel and at least one blue sub pixel of each pixel. The red sub pixel, the plurality of green sub pixels, and the blue sub pixel of the first pixel form a first group, and the red sub pixel, the plurality of green sub pixels, and the blue sub pixel of the second pixel form a second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: EuiHyun Chung, Yongmin Jeong