Patents by Inventor Chen-Ming Chen

Chen-Ming Chen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250131885
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels that receive control signals from a chain of gate drivers. The pixels can be formed using semiconducting oxide transistors, whereas the gate drivers can be formed using silicon transistor. Each gate driver may include a shift register subcircuit and an output buffer subcircuit. The shift register subcircuit may include a first set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more shift register clock signals. The output buffer subcircuit may include a second set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more output buffer clock signals. The output buffer clock signals can toggle independently from the shift register clock signals. Operated in this way, the shift register clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for stability while the output buffer clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Chen-Ming Chen, Hassan Edrees
  • Publication number: 20250037672
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20240420646
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels that receive control signals from a chain of gate drivers. The pixels can be formed using semiconducting oxide transistors, whereas the gate drivers can be formed using silicon transistor. Each gate driver may include a shift register subcircuit and an output buffer subcircuit. The shift register subcircuit may include a first set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more shift register clock signals. The output buffer subcircuit may include a second set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more output buffer clock signals. The output buffer clock signals can toggle independently from the shift register clock signals. Operated in this way, the shift register clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for stability while the output buffer clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Chen-Ming Chen, Hassan Edrees
  • Patent number: 12154515
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20240127758
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels that receive control signals from a chain of gate drivers. The pixels can be formed using semiconducting oxide transistors, whereas the gate drivers can be formed using silicon transistor. Each gate driver may include a shift register subcircuit and an output buffer subcircuit. The shift register subcircuit may include a first set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more shift register clock signals. The output buffer subcircuit may include a second set of transistors at least partially controlled by one or more output buffer clock signals. The output buffer clock signals can toggle independently from the shift register clock signals. Operated in this way, the shift register clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for stability while the output buffer clock signals can have pulse widths optimized for speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Chen-Ming Chen, Hassan Edrees
  • Publication number: 20240012440
    Abstract: A bandgap circuit with adaptive start-up design is shown, which includes a bandgap core and a start-up circuit. The bandgap core uses paired bipolar transistors (BJTs) to eliminate temperature-sensitive factors and thereby generate a bandgap voltage that is independent of temperature variations. The start-up circuit couples an emitter terminal of a first BJT of the paired BJTs to a power line to start up the bandgap core. The start-up circuit includes a reference BJT that provides a threshold voltage as a reference for disconnecting the power line from the emitter terminal of the first BJT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Chen-Ming CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230080809
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11532282
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20220180819
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor, a data loading transistor, a first capacitor for storing data charge, and a second capacitor. During a data programming phase, the data loading transistor may be activated to load in a data value onto the first capacitor. After the data programming phase, the second capacitor may be configured to receive a lower voltage, which extends a threshold voltage sampling time for the pixel. Configured and operated in this way, the temperature luminance sensitivity of the display can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Zino Lee, Chun-Chieh Lin, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11227536
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic display panel that has a plurality of pixels configured to depict frames of image data. The electronic display also includes display driver circuitry configured to, for a first frame of image data representing first image content, modify a gate-to-source voltage of a transistor of a first pixel of the plurality of pixels to a content-dependent first gate-to-source voltage. Additionally, after modifying the gate-to-source voltage to the first gate-to-source voltage, the display driver circuitry is configured to program the first pixel by modifying the gate-to-source voltage to a gate-to-source programming voltage that differs from the first gate-to-source voltage and is based on image data associated with the pixel from the first frame of the image data. Furthermore, the display driver circuitry is configured to cause the plurality of pixels to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xin Lin, Yun Wang, Chin-Wei Lin, Majid Gharghi, Fan Gui, Chen-Ming Chen, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Alex H. Pai, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Szu Heng Tseng
  • Patent number: 11049457
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels, where each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to a drive transistor and other associated thin-film transistors. The array may be grouped into column pairs, where each column pair includes a first pixel column and a second pixel column that is mirrored with respect to the first pixel column. The drive transistors within each column pair may be formed towards the center of that column pair, whereas the data lines associated with that column pair may be formed along the outer peripheral edges of that column pair. Configured in this way, parasitic coupling between the data lines and any sensitive/floating nodes of the drive transistor may be substantially reduced, which mitigates pixel column crosstalk and ensures luminance uniformity across the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Chen-Ming Chen, Chun-Chieh Lin, Gihoon Choo, Hassan Edrees, Zino Lee
  • Publication number: 20200302856
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic display panel that has a plurality of pixels configured to depict frames of image data. The electronic display also includes display driver circuitry configured to, for a first frame of image data representing first image content, modify a gate-to-source voltage of a transistor of a first pixel of the plurality of pixels to a content-dependent first gate-to-source voltage. Additionally, after modifying the gate-to-source voltage to the first gate-to-source voltage, the display driver circuitry is configured to program the first pixel by modifying the gate-to-source voltage to a gate-to-source programming voltage that differs from the first gate-to-source voltage and is based on image data associated with the pixel from the first frame of the image data. Furthermore, the display driver circuitry is configured to cause the plurality of pixels to emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Xin Lin, Yun Wang, Chin-Wei Lin, Majid Gharghi, Fan Gui, Chen-Ming Chen, Jie Won Ryu, Hyunwoo Nho, Alex H. Pai, Kingsuk Brahma, Junhua Tan, Szu Heng Tseng
  • Patent number: 9645627
    Abstract: A computer stick docking system and a power management method thereof are provided. The computer stick docking system includes a docking station and a computer stick device. The docking station is configured to receive a display device and a computer stick device, including a docking battery and a docking HDMI interface circuit. The computer stick device includes a computer-stick controller and a computer-stick HDMI interface circuit. The computer-stick controller is configured to load an operating system. The computer-stick HDMI interface circuit, coupled to the computer-stick controller, is configured to request battery power information of the docking battery from the docking station after it is powered on and the computer-stick HDMI interface circuit is connected to the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang Lin, Yi-Ting Hu, Yu-Lin Hsieh, Chen-Ming Chen, Chia-Jung Fan, Hsin-Yi Cheng
  • Patent number: 9472580
    Abstract: A pixel array and a display panel are provided. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a data line, a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and the data line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first thin-film transistor. The second thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and the data line. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second thin-film transistor. The orthogonal projection pattern of the first thin-film transistor on XY plane and the orthogonal projection pattern of the second thin-film transistor on XY plane are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Szu-Chieh Chen, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chen-Ming Chen, I-Fang Chen, I-Hsuan Hung, Da-Wei Fan
  • Publication number: 20160266096
    Abstract: A method for preparing a hepatocyte includes the following steps: providing a liver progenitor cell, proliferating the liver progenitor cell in a medium supplemented with nicotinamide, insulin-transferrin-selenium (ITS) and EGF, and inducing the liver progenitor cell into the hepatocyte having a hepatic cord-like structure morphology. In one embodiment, the method further includes providing a pluripotent stem cell and differentiating the pluripotent stem cell into the liver progenitor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Chen-Ming Chen, Wannhsin Chen, Lih-Tao Hsu
  • Publication number: 20160202748
    Abstract: A computer stick docking system and a power management method thereof are provided. The computer stick docking system includes a docking station and a computer stick device. The docking station is configured to receive a display device and a computer stick device, including a docking battery and a docking HDMI interface circuit. The computer stick device includes a computer-stick controller and a computer-stick HDMI interface circuit. The computer-stick controller is configured to load an operating system. The computer-stick HDMI interface circuit, coupled to the computer-stick controller, is configured to request battery power information of the docking battery from the docking station after it is powered on and the computer-stick HDMI interface circuit is connected to the docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Hsin-Liang LIN, Yi-Ting HU, Yu-Lin HSIEH, Chen-Ming CHEN, Chia-Jung FAN, Hsin-Yi CHENG
  • Patent number: 9330622
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines. Each pixel includes a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel. The scan lines and the data lines are coupled to the pixels. Two color sub-pixels in the same row coupled to the same data line are coupled to different scan lines, and all of the second color sub-pixels in the same row are coupled to the same scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yi-Xuan Hung, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chen-Ming Chen, I-Fang Chen, Da-Wei Fan
  • Patent number: 9171641
    Abstract: An Nth shift register unit includes an input circuit, a voltage regulator, and an output circuit. The input circuit is disposed to control a voltage at a control node of the Nth shift register unit according to a first scan signal of an (N?K)th shift register unit or a second scan signal of an (N+K)th shift register unit. The voltage regulator includes a first coupling element coupled to a first clock, a first switch disposed to receive the voltage at the control node and generate a reverse bias for reducing current leakage, and a switch control unit disposed to control the first switch according to the first clock. The output circuit is disposed to output a third scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ling-Ying Chien, Kuang-Hsiang Liu, Chen-Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20150179671
    Abstract: A pixel array and a display panel are provided. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a data line, a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The first thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the first scan line and the data line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first thin-film transistor. The second thin-film transistor is electrically connected to the second scan line and the data line. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second thin-film transistor. The orthogonal projection pattern of the first thin-film transistor on XY plane and the orthogonal projection pattern of the second thin-film transistor on XY plane are substantially the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Szu-Chieh Chen, Yu-Hsin Ting, Chen-Ming Chen, I-Fang Chen, I-Hsuan Hung, Da-Wei Fan
  • Publication number: 20150166952
    Abstract: Cultured hepatocytes with hepatic-cord structure and the applications were disclosed. Also the disclosure performed the method for obtaining the cultured hepatocytes with hepatic-cord structure from pluripotent stem cells and progenitor cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chen-Ming Chen, Wannhsin Chen, Lih-Tao Hsu