Patents by Inventor Ching-Ian Chao

Ching-Ian Chao 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).

  • Patent number: 8026872
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes an electroluminescent panel, and at least one brightness enhanced film. The electroluminescent panel has a plurality of sub-pixels, and at least one illumination surface. The brightness enhanced film is disposed on the at least one illumination surface. The brightness enhanced film has a plurality of micro lenses, and the width of the micro lens is smaller than half of the minimum width of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Shi-Hao Li, Ching-Ian Chao, Jiun-Haw Lee, Mao-Kuo Wei, Hoang-Yan Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Hsuan Ho, Sheng-Chih Hsu
  • Patent number: 7951965
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a phenanthrene derivative having the following structure: wherein Ar1 and Ar2 independently are phenyl, nathphyl, heterocyclic group, polycyclic aromatic or polycyclic heterocyclic group with at least one conjugated substituent. The conjugated substituent can be an electron withdrawing group or electron donating group. The phenanthrene derivatives have semiconductor properties of electron transfer, electroluminescence (EL), and photoluminescence (PL). Intermolecular stacking can be avoided and electron-luminescent emission stability is enhanced when the derivatives are applied as a light-emitting material in organic EL devices due to the presence of the two stereo cyclopentane rings, such as a host compound or a dopant emitting blue light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi Shen Tuan, Zong-Wei Tsai, Ching-Ian Chao, Shyue-Ming Jang, Chia-Kuo Yen
  • Patent number: 7934968
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a pixel structure for use in an electroluminescent panel includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. Three shadow masks having a plurality of first, second, and third openings patterned in an array of T shaped are respectively provided, and three evaporation processes using the three shadow masks are subsequently performed to form a plurality of first subpixel units, second subpixel units and third subpixel units respectively. One first subpixel of the first subpixel unit, one second subpixel of the second subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit, and one third subpixel of the third subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit form a display pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tze-Chien Tsai, Ting-Wen Wu, Li-Wei Shih, Ching-Ian Chao
  • Patent number: 7915804
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence display comprises a substrate having a first and second surface, a plurality of micro-lens formed on the first surface, and a plurality of pixels with sub-pixels formed on the second surface. Particularly, the distance between the sub-pixels within any two adjacent pixels is substantially greater than that between the sub-pixels within the same pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Hsia-Tsai Hsiao, Jiun-Haw Lee, Mao-Kuo Wei, Hoang-Yan Lin
  • Patent number: 7755266
    Abstract: A pixel structure has a substrate, and a first subpixel unit, a second subpixel unit, and a third subpixel unit disposed on the substrate. The first subpixel unit has three first subpixels arranged in a delta formation, the second subpixel unit has three second subpixels arranged in a delta formation, and the third subpixel unit has three third subpixels arranged in a delta formation. One first subpixel of the first subpixel unit, one second subpixel of the second subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit, and one third subpixel of the third subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit form a display pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tze-Chien Tsai, Ting-Wen Wu, Li-Wei Shih, Ching-Ian Chao
  • Publication number: 20100136221
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a pixel structure for use in an electroluminescent panel includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. Three shadow masks having a plurality of first, second, and third openings patterned in an array of T shaped are respectively provided, and three evaporation processes using the three shadow masks are subsequently performed to form a plurality of first subpixel units, second subpixel units and third subpixel units respectively. One first subpixel of the first subpixel unit, one second subpixel of the second subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit, and one third subpixel of the third subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit form a display pixel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Tze-Chien Tsai, Ting-Wen Wu, Li-Wei Shih, Ching-Ian Chao
  • Patent number: 7714503
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent panel includes several sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include at least one first electrode; at least one shadow wall formed at the periphery of the first electrode; at least one first common layer formed on the first electrode; several emission layers independently formed on the first common layer; at least one second common layer formed on the emission layers; and at least one second electrode formed on the second common layer. During the fabricating process, the first, second, and third color evaporation sources are provided independently for forming the first, second, and third color emission layers on the corresponding region of first electrode. The tilt directions of three color evaporation sources and the evaporation angles between the evaporation source and the substrate surface are determined according to the positions and heights of the shadow walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Che-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 7667396
    Abstract: An encapsulation structure of double sided organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposed oppositely; a first organic light emitting device (OLED) disposed on the first substrate; a second OLED disposed on the second substrate; a supporter disposed between the first OLED and the second OLED; and at least a moisture absorption layer disposed at the supporter for absorbing moisture inside the encapsulation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ching-Ian Chao
  • Patent number: 7663299
    Abstract: A full-color organic electroluminescence (OEL) display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of full-color OEL pixel devices in a matrix form as a display frame. Each of the pixel devices is composed of a plurality of sub-pixel regions, corresponding to R, G or B colors. Each of the specific color sub-pixel regions in the pixel device abuts the same specific color sub-pixel region of the adjacent pixel device thereof to form a double-sized emission area. With this arrangement of sub-pixel regions, it is easier to manufacture (a) high-resolution full-color OLED panels by a metal-mask alignment process, and (b) high-resolution full-color PLED panels by an ink-jet printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, WorldLED Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Chun-Te Lu
  • Publication number: 20100033517
    Abstract: A bi-stable display having a plurality of bi-stable light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a driver are provided. The bi-stable LEDs have bi-stable memory characteristics and emit light according to a plurality of specified voltages, wherein the driver is used to apply the specified voltages to the bi-stable LEDs. The driver further has a brightness controller. The brightness controller is used to control the brightness of the bi-stable display by controlling a plurality of durations in which the specified voltages are applied to the bi-stable LEDs for a plurality of frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kuan-Jui HO, Ching-Ian Chao, Chun-Te Lu
  • Patent number: 7619243
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a color organic electroluminescent display involves forming cathode electrodes on a substrate, and forming a first organic semiconductor layer having an electron-injection transporting property on the cathode electrodes. Solutions containing organic light-emitting material that can dissolve portions of the first organic semiconductor layer are patterned on the first organic semiconductor layer. Then, a solvent in the solutions is removed to form regions having second organic semiconductor layers and mixed organic semiconductor layers, wherein the second organic semiconductor layers are formed on the first organic semiconductor layer and are mostly composed of the organic light-emitting material, and the mixed organic semiconductor layers, composed of the organic light-emitting material and material constituting the first organic semiconductor layer, are embedded in the first organic semiconductor layer. Anode electrodes are formed over the first and second organic semiconductor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yuh-Zheng Lee, Ching-Ian Chao, Hsuan-Ming Tsai, Fu-Kang Cheng, Jhih-Ping Lu, Je-Ping Hu, Kuo-Tong Lin
  • Publication number: 20080258608
    Abstract: An organic electro-luminescence display comprises a substrate having a first and second surface, a plurality of micro-lens formed on the first surface, and a plurality of pixels with sub-pixels formed on the second surface. Particularly, the distance between the sub-pixels within any two adjacent pixels is substantially greater than that between the sub-pixels within the same pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Hsia-Tsai Hsiao, Jiun-Haw Lee, Mao-Kuo Wei, Hoang-Yan Lin
  • Publication number: 20080218061
    Abstract: A pixel structure of an organic electroluminescent display panel has a plurality of sub-pixel regions. Each of the sub-pixel regions has a plurality of organic luminescent devices electrically connected in series, and the organic luminescent devices disposed in a same sub-pixel region are disposed between a source electrode of a thin film transistor and a voltage source Vdd.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Hsia-Tsai Hsiao, Hsien-Hsin Yeh
  • Publication number: 20080100540
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display includes an electroluminescent panel, and at least one brightness enhanced film. The electroluminescent panel has a plurality of sub-pixels, and at least one illumination surface. The brightness enhanced film is disposed on the at least one illumination surface. The brightness enhanced film has a plurality of micro lenses, and the width of the micro lens is smaller than half of the minimum width of the sub-pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Shi-Hao Li, Ching-Ian Chao, Jiun-Haw Lee, Mao-Kuo Wei, Hoang-Yan Lin, Kuan-Yu Chen, Yu-Hsuan Ho, Sheng-Chih Hsu
  • Publication number: 20080001525
    Abstract: A color display panel formed with a plurality of pixels in a matrix with a row direction and a column direction, wherein each pixel comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel adjacently aligned along the row direction of the pixel matrix, and a red light emission zone, a green light emission zone and a blue light emission zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Yuan-Chun Wu
  • Publication number: 20080001536
    Abstract: A pixel structure has a substrate, and a first subpixel unit, a second subpixel unit, and a third subpixel unit disposed on the substrate. The first subpixel unit has three first subpixels arranged in a delta formation, the second subpixel unit has three second subpixels arranged in a delta formation, and the third subpixel unit has three third subpixels arranged in a delta formation. One first subpixel of the first subpixel unit, one second subpixel of the second subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit, and one third subpixel of the third subpixel unit adjacent to the first subpixel unit form a display pixel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventors: Tze-Chien Tsai, Ting-Wen Wu, Li-Wei Shih, Ching-Ian Chao
  • Publication number: 20070278933
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent panel includes several sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include at least one first electrode; at least one shadow wall formed at the periphery of the first electrode; at least one first common layer formed on the first electrode; several emission layers independently formed on the first common layer; at least one second common layer formed on the emission layers; and at least one second electrode formed on the second common layer. During the fabricating process, the first, second, and third color evaporation sources are provided independently for forming the first, second, and third color emission layers on the corresponding region of first electrode. The tilt directions of three color evaporation sources and the evaporation angles between the evaporation source and the substrate surface are determined according to the positions and heights of the shadow walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Che-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 7285912
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device with a low reflectivity includes organic electroluminescence layers, a transparent electrode, a thin metal electrode, a control layer, and an auxiliary electrode. The transparent electrode and the thin metal electrode are sited on both sides of the OEL layer, respectively, in order to excite it to emit light. The auxiliary electrode and the thin metal electrode are mostly separated by a control layer. Both the auxiliary electrode and the thin metal electrode are locally connected to maintain electrically connected. Therefore, the control layer is not necessarily conductive and its material selection is not restricted by the requirement of work function matching with adjacent layers. The disclosed OLED device with a low reflectivity does not require a circular polarizer. It can be used for both active-matrix and passive-matrix OLED displays. The reflection of ambient light can be largely reduced to increase the contrast of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, WorldLED Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ching Ian Chao, Chia Kuo Yen, En-Chung Chang
  • Publication number: 20070241674
    Abstract: An OLED apparatus and fabrication method thereof. The apparatus includes a substrate, an OLED device overlying the substrate, a passivation layer overlying the OLED device, and a protective film, thicker than the passivation layer, overlying the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Ian Chao, Hsia-Tsai Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20070159048
    Abstract: Shadow masks capable of full-color process of display elements are provided. An exemplary embodiment of a shadow mask comprises a main body having a plurality of openings formed therethrough. A plurality of recesses formed over the main body, located adjacent to the openings. In an exemplary embodiment, the recesses are respectively defined by a trench formed in the main body and the trench is integrated with the main body. In another exemplary embodiment, the recesses are defined by a plurality of ribs protruding over a surface of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: AU OPTONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Fan-Hsiu Chang, Chung-Wen Ko, Shi-Hao Li, Ching-Ian Chao, Che-Jen Chen