Patents by Inventor HSIANG-YU LEE

HSIANG-YU LEE 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: 20250098309
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with high aperture ratio includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The driving circuit layer includes a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT), a plurality of gate lines, and plurality of data lines. Each of the gate line is connected to the gates of the TFTs and each of the data lines is connected to the sources or the drains of the TFTs. The area of a semiconductor part of the TFT is at least partially overlapped with the area of one of the gate lines or the area of one of the date lines along a projection direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250098313
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with tapered micro partition structure includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, and an electrophoresis layer. The driving circuit layer, the control electrode layer, and the electrophoresis layer are sequentially arranged on the second face. The electrophoresis layer includes a micro partition structure arranged on the control substrate and made from polymer material. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution. The sectional width of the partition wall decreases with a layer number of a polymer stacks forming the partition wall increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093732
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with color filter structure includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The electrophoresis display further includes a color filter layer between the control substrate and the electrophoresis layer. The first face is the viewing face of the electrophoresis display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093734
    Abstract: A color electrophoresis display with micro partition structure includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, and an electrophoresis layer. The driving circuit layer, the control electrode layer, and the electrophoresis layer are sequentially arranged on the second face. The electrophoresis layer includes a micro partition structure arranged on the control substrate and made from polymer material. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution. The electrophoresis display further includes a color filter layer arranged on bottom of the chamber. The colloidal solution contains charged black particles and/or charged white particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250098312
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The viewing face of the electrophoresis display is on the first face of the control substrate. The aperture ratio of the control substrate in the electrophoresis display, viewed from the first face of the control substrate and toward a display area of the electrophoresis display, is not less than 70%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250098310
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with high aperture ratio includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The driving circuit layer includes a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT), a plurality of gate lines, and plurality of data lines. Each of the gate line is connected to the gates of the TFTs and each of the data lines is connected to the sources or the drains of the TFTs. The sum of the data line width and the gate line width is not larger than 10 ?m. The aperture ratio of the electrophoresis display, viewed from the first face of the control substrate and toward a display area of the electrophoresis display, is not less than 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093694
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with embedded touch sensing includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer with electrophoresis material, and a touch with display driver (TDDI) electrically connected to data lines and common voltage lines. When the electrophoresis display performs touch sensing operation, the TDDI electrically connected plurality ones of the data lines into single a touch transmitting electrode or a single touch receiving electrode, and the TDDI electrically connected plurality ones of the common voltage lines into a single touch receiving electrode or a single touch transmitting electrode. The viewing face of the electrophoresis display is on the first face of the electrophoresis display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093731
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with transparent control electrode includes a transparent control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer having a plurality of transparent control electrodes, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The charges of the transparent control electrodes attract the charged color particles with opposite polarity to the charges of the transparent control electrodes toward a face of the electrophoresis layer near the control electrodes, thus forming image for viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093735
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with micro tenon includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer and a control electrode layer sequentially arranged on the second face, an opposite substrate having a third face opposite to the second face and a fourth face, a micro partition structure formed between the second face and the third face. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution. The electrophoresis display further includes a plurality of micro tenons. Each of the micro tenons is corresponding to a face of the micro partition structure and embedded into one of the chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093727
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with storage capacitor having transparent electrode includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The driving circuit layer includes a plurality of storage capacitors. At least the storage capacitors corresponding to the viewing area of the electrophoresis display have a transparent first electrode, a transparent second electrode and an insulating layer between the transparent first electrode and the transparent second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093729
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display double-side control circuit substrate includes a first control substrate having a first face and a second face, a first driving circuit layer and a first control electrode layer sequentially arranged on the second face, a second control substrate having a third face and a fourth face, a second driving circuit layer and a second control electrode layer sequentially arranged on the third face. The electrophoresis display includes a micro partition structure arranged between the first control substrate and the second control substrate and made from polymer material. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250098311
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with gapped micro partition structure includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, and an electrophoresis layer. The driving circuit layer, the control electrode layer, and the electrophoresis layer are sequentially arranged on the second face. The electrophoresis layer includes a micro partition structure arranged on the control substrate and made from polymer material. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution. Two adjacent partition walls have a gap therebetween and used as yielding space when the electrophoresis display is bent. The area of the gap is not larger than 50% of the area of the partition wall. Or the length of the gap is not longer than 50% of the length of the partition wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250098314
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display with improved micro partition structure includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, and an electrophoresis layer. The driving circuit layer, the control electrode layer, and the electrophoresis layer are sequentially arranged on the second face. The electrophoresis layer includes a micro partition structure arranged on the control substrate and made from polymer material. The micro partition structure includes a plurality of partition walls to define chambers for accommodating a colloidal solution. The height of the partition wall of the micro partition structure is smaller than 25 um.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250093736
    Abstract: An electrophoresis display includes a control substrate having a first face and a second face, a driving circuit layer, a control electrode layer, an electrophoresis layer, and an opposite substrate. The viewing face of the electrophoresis display is on the first face of the control substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN, Chia-Cheng LEI, Kun-Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250012950
    Abstract: A protection film structure with composite hardening layer includes a transparent substrate and at least two tiling layers. The at least two tiling layers includes a first tiling layer, which is arranged on one face of the transparent substrate and includes a plurality of first tiling islands with a gap therebetween, and a second tiling layer, which is arranged on one face of the first tiling layer away from the transparent substrate and includes a plurality of second tiling islands with a gap therebetween. At least one composite hardening layer is arranged between the adjacent tiling layers, and each composite hardening layer includes a first hardening layer and a second hardening layer made from different materials and the material hardness of the first hardening layer is larger than the material hardness of the second hardening layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN
  • Publication number: 20240402395
    Abstract: A protection film structure with bendable touch control layer includes a transparent substrate, at least one composite hardening layer and a touch-control layer. The transparent substrate includes a first face and a second face, where the first face is attached to or faces a display. The at least one composite hardening layer is arranged on the second face facing a user and each includes a first hardening layer and a second hardening layer. The first hardening layer is arranged at outer surface of the composite hardening layer. The touch-control layer is arranged between the first hardening layer and the second hardening layer and includes a plurality of electrode islands. The transparent substrate is a polymer substrate or a super-thin glass substrate with thickness not larger than 200 um.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yu LEE, Shang CHIN, Ping-Tsun LIN
  • Publication number: 20240401189
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for to fabricating memory device channel holes using a doped film layer. One approach may include providing a substrate and forming a vertical stack over the substrate, wherein the vertical stack includes a plurality of alternating material layers. The method may further include forming a channel hole through the vertical stack, forming an oxide-nitride-oxide layer along a sidewall of the channel hole, forming a silicon layer over the oxide-nitride-oxide layer, forming an etch stop layer over the silicon layer, forming a fluorine-doped silicon layer over the etch step layer, and annealing the vertical stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang Yu LEE, Changwoo SUN, Milan PESIC, Pradeep SUBRAHMANYAN
  • Publication number: 20240363150
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for wordline contact formation for 3D NAND devices. Methods may include providing a film stack of alternating first layers and second layers, forming a first lithography mask over the film stack, and performing a first series of alternating lithography and etch processes to form an array of contact opening pairs in the film stack, wherein an opening through the first lithography mask is expanded in a first direction following each etch process, and wherein a depth of the array of contact opening pairs varies in the first direction. The method may further include forming a second lithography mask over the film stack, and performing a second series of alternating lithography and etch processes, wherein an opening through the second lithography mask is expanded in a second direction following each etch process, and wherein the depth of the array of contact opening pairs varies in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang Yu Lee, Pradeep K. Subrahmanyan
  • Publication number: 20240365545
    Abstract: Disclosed are approaches for wordline contact formation for 3D NAND devices. Methods may include providing a film stack of alternating first layers and second layers, forming a first lithography mask over the film stack, and performing a first series of alternating lithography and etch processes to form an array of contact opening pairs in the film stack, wherein an opening through the first lithography mask is expanded in a first direction following each etch process, and wherein a depth of the array of contact opening pairs varies in the first direction. The method may further include forming a second lithography mask over the film stack, and performing a second series of alternating lithography and etch processes, wherein an opening through the second lithography mask is expanded in a second direction following each etch process, and wherein the depth of the array of contact opening pairs varies in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang Yu Lee, Pradeep K. Subrahmanyan
  • Publication number: 20240046966
    Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) NAND memory structure may include material layers arranged in a vertical stack including alternating horizontal insulating layers and wordline layers. The material layers may be etched to form a landing pad. A vertical wordline may extend through one or more of the horizontal wordline layers beneath the landing pad. The vertical wordline may be conductively connected to a top horizontal wordline, and the vertical wordline may be insulated from any of the horizontal wordlines that the vertical wordline extends through beneath the top horizontal wordline. A liner may also be formed over a top horizontal wordline at the landing pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiang Yu Lee, Pradeep K. Subrahmanyan, Takaya Matsushita, Changwoo Sun