Patents by Inventor Hsuan-Chen Liu

Hsuan-Chen Liu 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: 20230288739
    Abstract: A privacy device and a privacy display apparatus are provided. The privacy device includes a first substrate, a first privacy electrode, first to fourth pads, a connection electrode, a second substrate, a liquid-crystal layer, a second privacy electrode, and a sealant. The first privacy electrode and the connection electrode are disposed on the first substrate. The first and second pads are coupled to the first privacy electrode. The third and fourth pads are coupled to the connection electrode. The first and second pads are disposed between the third pad and the fourth pad. The liquid-crystal layer and the sealant are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealant includes multiple conductors. The connection electrode, the sealant, and the second privacy electrode are in a non-display area and overlap with each other along a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Guang-Shiung CHAO, Hsuan-Chen LIU, Ling-Chih KAO
  • Patent number: 11754867
    Abstract: A privacy device and a privacy display apparatus are provided. The privacy device includes a first substrate, a first privacy electrode, first to fourth pads, a connection electrode, a second substrate, a liquid-crystal layer, a second privacy electrode, and a sealant. The first privacy electrode and the connection electrode are disposed on the first substrate. The first and second pads are coupled to the first privacy electrode. The third and fourth pads are coupled to the connection electrode. The first and second pads are disposed between the third pad and the fourth pad. The liquid-crystal layer and the sealant are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealant includes multiple conductors. The connection electrode, the sealant, and the second privacy electrode are in a non-display area and overlap with each other along a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Guang-Shiung Chao, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Ling-Chih Kao
  • Publication number: 20230066074
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a display panel including a first substrate, multiple scan lines, multiple data lines, and multiple pixel structures. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the first substrate and intersect each other. One of the pixel structures includes an active element, a pixel electrode, a capacitor electrode, a common electrode, and a repair pattern. The active element includes a source, a drain, and a gate. The gate is electrically connected to one of the scan lines. The source is electrically connected to one of the data lines. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the drain of the active element. The capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the pixel electrode and extends from the drain. The common electrode overlaps the pixel electrode and the capacitor electrode. The repair pattern overlaps one of the scan lines as well as the common electrode, and the pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Lin Chang, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Cheng-Yen Yeh, Yu-Cheng Lin, Chen-Hao Su
  • Patent number: 11209705
    Abstract: A display panel has an odd-shaped active area and a peripheral area. The display panel includes a substrate, pixel units, gate lines and at least one dummy thin film transistor. The pixel units are disposed on the active area of the substrate. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate, each of the gate lines is coupled to one or more of the pixel units, and the number of pixel units coupled to a first gate line of the gate lines is smaller than the number of pixel units a second gate line coupled to of the gate lines. The dummy thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate, and is coupled to the first gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Hsien-Tang Hu, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 11112641
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region, and the display panel includes a plurality of pixel units including at least one inner pixel unit and at least one first peripheral pixel unit, and a shielding layer. A shape of the display region is non-rectangular. The inner pixel unit is disposed in the display region and includes at least one inner sub-pixel unit. The first peripheral pixel unit is disposed in both the display region and the peripheral region and includes at least one first peripheral sub-pixel unit. At least a part of the shielding layer is disposed in the peripheral region, and the at least a part partially overlaps the first peripheral pixel unit. A structure of the first peripheral pixel unit is different from a structure of the inner pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Chang, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Kun-Tsai Huang
  • Patent number: 10885822
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display panel with the gate driving circuit are provided. The gate driving circuit includes shift registers for providing scan signals to gate lines of the display panel. Each shift register includes a main circuit and a discharge circuit. In the main circuit, a pre-charge unit is coupled to a first node and is configured to output a pre-charge signal to the first node, a pull-up unit is coupled to the first node and a second node and is configured to output an mth stage scan signal of the 1st to Nth stage scan signals to the second node; and a reset unit is coupled to the first node and is configured to receive a reset signal. In the discharge circuit, a pull-down unit is coupled to the first node and the second node and is configured to receive a pull-down control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-Tang Hu, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 10840265
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, first and second sub pixels, first and second gate driving units. The display region includes a first area having first scan lines and first sub pixels and a second area having second scan lines and second sub pixels. A portion of the first sub pixels and a portion of the second sub pixels are respectively electrically connected to the first and second scan line. The first gate driving unit includes a first driving transistor. The second gate driving unit includes a second driving transistor. The number of the first sub pixels driven by the first gate driving unit is less than the number of the second sub pixels driven by the second gate driving unit. The channel width of the first driving transistor is less than the channel width of the second driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan, Chung-Lin Chang
  • Patent number: 10783840
    Abstract: A display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a display medium located between the first substrate and the second substrate is provided. The display panel further includes a plurality of pixel structures, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines electrically connected to the pixel structures, a first driving unit located at a peripheral area, at least one test line, and at least one first pad located at the peripheral area. Each of the data lines has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first driving unit is electrically connected to the first ends of the data lines. The at least one test line is electrically connected to the second ends of at least part of the data lines. The at least one test line is grounded through the at least one first pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Chun Lin, Hsien-Tang Hu, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Publication number: 20200241355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel having a display region and a peripheral region, and the display panel includes a plurality of pixel units including at least one inner pixel unit and at least one first peripheral pixel unit, and a shielding layer. A shape of the display region is non-rectangular. The inner pixel unit is disposed in the display region and includes at least one inner sub-pixel unit. The first peripheral pixel unit is disposed in both the display region and the peripheral region and includes at least one first peripheral sub-pixel unit. At least a part of the shielding layer is disposed in the peripheral region, and the at least a part partially overlaps the first peripheral pixel unit. A structure of the first peripheral pixel unit is different from a structure of the inner pixel unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Chang, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Kun-Tsai Huang
  • Patent number: 10700020
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, and the thin film transistor substrate includes a first substrate, scan lines, data lines, an insulating layer, first thin film transistors, at least one passivation layer and at least one gate driving circuit. The first substrate has an electrostatic protection area and a driving circuit area, and the electrostatic protection area and the driving circuit area are situated in the peripheral region. The scan lines, the data lines and the first thin film transistors are disposed in the display region. The insulating layer includes a gate insulator of the first thin film transistor, and the passivation layer is disposed on the insulating layer. The gate driving circuit is disposed in the driving circuit area. At least one of the passivation layer and the insulating layer are not disposed in the electrostatic protection area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung-Chun Lin, Hsien-Tang Hu, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 10643522
    Abstract: In a shift register, a pre-charge unit is configured to receive a first input signal and output a pre-charge signal to a first node, a pull-up unit is configured to output a scan signal to a second node, and a pull-down unit is configured to receive a pull-down control signal. The pull-down control signal switches from a disable voltage to an enable voltage before the display panel switches from a non-display status to a display status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-Tang Hu, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 10636755
    Abstract: An electronic product includes a substrate and a bonding pad structure. The bonding pad structure is disposed on the substrate, and the bonding pad structure includes a first metal layer, a first insulating layer, at least one first connecting hole and a transparent conductive layer. The first metal layer and the first insulating layer are disposed on the substrate. The first connecting hole is situated in the first insulating layer, and the first connecting hole exposes a portion of the first metal layer. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first insulating layer, and the transparent conductive layer has a first edge and a second edge opposite to the first edge, wherein the transparent conductive layer is electrically connected to the first metal layer through the first connecting hole. A spacing between the first edge and the first connecting hole is greater than or equal to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chen Liu, Yu-Tuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 10615183
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of first metal line segments and a shielding layer. The second substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The first metal line segments are disposed on the first substrate and extend along a first direction, wherein at least one of the first metal line segments includes a first alignment part and a first trace part, a width of the first alignment part is larger than a width of the first trace part, and the first alignment parts are arranged along a second direction. The shielding layer is disposed on the second substrate, and the shielding layer includes a plurality of first alignment structures, wherein one of the first alignment parts is aligned with one of the first alignment structures in a normal vector of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Chang, Hsuan-Chen Liu
  • Publication number: 20200058242
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region, first and second sub pixels, first and second gate driving units. The display region includes a first area having first scan lines and first sub pixels and a second area having second scan lines and second sub pixels. A portion of the first sub pixels and a portion of the second sub pixels are respectively electrically connected to the first and second scan line. The first gate driving unit includes a first driving transistor. The second gate driving unit includes a second driving transistor. The number of the first sub pixels driven by the first gate driving unit is less than the number of the second sub pixels driven by the second gate driving unit. The channel width of the first driving transistor is less than the channel width of the second driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan, Chung-Lin Chang
  • Publication number: 20190377234
    Abstract: A display panel has an odd-shaped active area and a peripheral area. The display panel includes a substrate, pixel units, gate lines and at least one dummy thin film transistor. The pixel units are disposed on the active area of the substrate. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate, each of the gate lines is coupled to one or more of the pixel units, and the number of pixel units coupled to a first gate line of the gate lines is smaller than the number of pixel units a second gate line coupled to of the gate lines. The dummy thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate, and is coupled to the first gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Chia-Hua YU, Sung-Chun LIN, Hsien-Tang HU, Hsuan-Chen LIU, Chien-Ting CHAN
  • Patent number: 10481448
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel units, an electrode line surrounding the pixel units, at least one gate driver coupled with the pixel units via a plurality of gate lines, and at least one electrostatic discharge protection circuit coupled with the at least one gate driver and the electrode line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: HANNSTAR DISPLAY (NANJING) CORPORATION, HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hua Yu, Sung-Chun Lin, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Publication number: 20190340969
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display panel with the gate driving circuit are provided. The gate driving circuit includes shift registers for providing scan signals to gate lines of the display panel. Each shift register includes a main circuit and a discharge circuit. In the main circuit, a pre-charge unit is coupled to a first node and is configured to output a pre-charge signal to the first node, a pull-up unit is coupled to the first node and a second node and is configured to output an mth stage scan signal of the 1st to Nth stage scan signals to the second node; and a reset unit is coupled to the first node and is configured to receive a reset signal. In the discharge circuit, a pull-down unit is coupled to the first node and the second node and is configured to receive a pull-down control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Hsien-Tang HU, Hsuan-Chen LIU, Chien-Ting CHAN
  • Patent number: 10466559
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first substrate, a thin-film transistor, a second insulation layer, a first transparent conduction layer and a second substrate. The thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode formed on the first substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate electrode, a first insulation layer located between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and an electrode layer including a source electrode and a drain electrode. The source electrode covers a portion of the semiconductor layer. The drain electrode covers a portion of the semiconductor layer. The second insulation layer covers the thin-film transistor. The first transparent conduction layer is formed on the second insulation layer. An opening is formed in the first transparent conduction layer along a fringe of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chung-Lin Chang
  • Patent number: 10453409
    Abstract: The present invention provides a driving circuit and a display device. The driving circuit is disposed on a substrate of the display device. The driving circuit includes thin film transistors (TFTs), a capacitor and clock signal lines. Each of the TFTs includes a gate, a source and a drain. The capacitor is coupled to at least one of the TFTs, and includes a first and a second electrode. The material of the first and the second electrode includes a transparent conductive material. The clock signal lines extend along a first direction. The source and the drain of at least two of the TFTs respectively extend along a second direction. The angle between the first direction and the second direction is between 80 degrees and 100 degrees. At least a partial structure of the capacitor is located in a gap between adjacent ones of the TFTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Tean-Sen Jen, Sung-Chun Lin, Hsuan-Chen Liu, Chien-Ting Chan
  • Patent number: 10431552
    Abstract: In a display panel, multiple first alignment patterns are disposed in a non-display area on a first substrate, and each first alignment pattern includes a first portion and a second portion connected to each other. Multiple second alignment patterns are disposed in the non-display area on a second substrate, and each of the second alignment patterns includes a third portion and a fourth portion. There is a first length difference between the length of each first portion along a first direction and the length of the corresponding third portion along the first direction, and the first length differences are different from each other. There is a second length difference between the length of each second portion along a second direction and the length of the corresponding fourth portion along the second direction, and the second length differences are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: HannStar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Chung-Lin Chang, Hsuan-Chen Liu