Patents by Inventor Chuan-Jung Lin

Chuan-Jung Lin 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: 11922887
    Abstract: A display may include an array of pixels. Each pixel in the array includes an organic light-emitting diode coupled to associated thin-film transistors. The diode may be coupled to drive transistor circuitry, a data loading transistor, and emission transistors. The drive transistor circuitry may include at least two transistor portions connected in series. The data loading transistor has a drain region connected to a data line and a source region connected directly to the drive transistor circuitry. The data line may be connected to and overlap the drain region of the data loading transistor. The data line and the source region of the data loading transistor are non-overlapping to reduce row-to-row crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shinya Ono, Chin-Wei Lin, Chuan-Jung Lin, Gihoon Choo, Hassan Edrees, Hei Kam, Jung Yen Huang, Pei-En Chang, Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Szu-Hsien Lee, Zino Lee
  • Patent number: 11910654
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and the accompanying cross-talk, the display may include active and/or passive leakage-mitigating structures. The passive leakage-mitigating structures may have an undercut that causes discontinuities in the overlying OLED layers. Active leakage-mitigating structures may include a conductive layer (e.g., a conductive ring) that drains leakage current to ground. Alternatively, the active leakage-mitigating structures may include a gate electrode modulator with a variable voltage that stops the current flow laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Chun Yeh, Jiun-Jye Chang, Doh-Hyoung Lee, Caleb Coburn, Niva A. Ran, Ching-Sang Chuang, Themistoklis Afentakis, Chuan-Jung Lin, Jung Yen Huang, Lei Yuan
  • Patent number: 11211587
    Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and cross-talk, the thickness of at least one of the OLED layers may be reduced. To maintain the optical cavity of the pixels, transparent optical spacer structures may be inserted. Alternatively, the thickness of the anodes can be increased. To accommodate a common prime layer within the OLED layers, the optical spacers or anodes may be separately patterned to have different thicknesses. Grating structures and photonic crystal structures may be embedded as part of the optical spacers to help control emission at selected viewing angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang Ohk Cheon, Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Chen-Yue Li, Chuan-Jung Lin, KiBeom Kim, Nai-Chih Kao, Rui Liu, Wendi Chang
  • Publication number: 20200035951
    Abstract: A display may have an array of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) pixels that each have OLED layers interposed between a cathode and an anode. Voltage may be applied to the anode of each pixel to control the magnitude of emitted light. The conductivity of the OLED layers may allow leakage current to pass between neighboring anodes in the display. To reduce leakage current and cross-talk, the thickness of at least one of the OLED layers may be reduced. To maintain the optical cavity of the pixels, transparent optical spacer structures may be inserted. Alternatively, the thickness of the anodes can be increased. To accommodate a common prime layer within the OLED layers, the optical spacers or anodes may be separately patterned to have different thicknesses. Grating structures and photonic crystal structures may be embedded as part of the optical spacers to help control emission at selected viewing angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kwang Ohk Cheon, Aleksandr N. Polyakov, Chen-Yue Li, Chuan-Jung Lin, KiBeom Kim, Nai-Chih Kao, Rui Liu, Wendi Chang