Patents by Inventor Huan Lin
Huan 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).
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Publication number: 20110115996Abstract: In a transflective liquid crystal display having a transmission area and the reflection area, the transmissive electrode is connected to a switching element to control the liquid crystal layer in the transmission area, and the reflective electrode is connected to the switching element via a separate capacitor to control the liquid crystal layer in the reflection area. The separate capacitor is used to shift the reflectance in the reflection area toward a higher voltage end in order to avoid the reflectance inversion problem. In addition, an adjustment capacitor is connected between the reflective electrode and a different common line. The adjustment capacitor is used to reduce or eliminate the discrepancy between the gamma curve associated with the transmittance and the gamma curve associated with the reflectance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Jenn-Jia Su, Chih-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20110096283Abstract: An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, alignment protrusions and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes pixel units arranged in an array. Each of the pixel units has at least one reflection area and one transmittance area. The first substrate has concaves in the reflection areas. The second substrate is above the first substrate. The first substrate or the second substrate has at least one padding layer in the reflection area. The alignment protrusions having approximately the same height are disposed on the second substrate and located in centers of each of the reflections and the transmittance areas. In the reflection area, a group of the alignment protrusions are in the concaves to keep a gap from the first substrate. The other group of the alignment protrusions outside of the concaves contact with the first substrate directly.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7928528Abstract: The invention provides an LCD panel with main slits corresponding to alignment protrusions. The gate lines are shielded by the electrode portion and do not overlap the main slits. Because the gate line and the major slits do not overlap, the liquid crystal molecule arrangement of the liquid crystal layer is not affected by the operating voltage of the gate line.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7929093Abstract: A pixel structure including an active device and a pixel electrode is provided. The pixel electrode is electrically connected with the active device and has a plurality of alignment domains. Each of the alignment domains of the pixel electrode has one group of alignment slits parallel with one another, wherein each group of the alignment slits includes a plurality of first alignment slits with a first length and the first alignment slits are majority of each group of the alignment slits. At least one group of the alignment slits includes at least a second alignment slit with a second length longer than the first length of the first alignment slits.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Sung-Kao Liu, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7903213Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device incorporating the same are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a first base, a dielectric layer and a storage capacitor. The storage capacitor includes a reflective electrode. The dielectric layer covers at least part of the storage capacitor. The second substrate is substantially paralleled to the first substrate. The second substrate includes a second base, a black matrix and a common electrode. The black matrix corresponds to the storage capacitor. The black matrix includes an opening corresponding to the reflective electrode. The opening is provided to let an outside light enter into the liquid crystal display panel such that the reflective electrode reflects the outside light to provide a light source to the liquid crystal display panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Ching-Yu Tsai, Mu-Jen Su, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7884901Abstract: An LCD panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, alignment protrusions and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes pixel units arranged in an array. Each of the pixel units has at least one reflection area and one transmittance area. The first substrate has concaves in the reflection areas. The second substrate is above the first substrate. The first substrate or the second substrate has at least one padding layer in the reflection area. The alignment protrusions having approximately the same height are disposed on the second substrate and located in centers of each of the reflections and the transmittance areas. In the reflection area, a group of the alignment protrusions are in the concaves to keep a gap from the first substrate. The other group of the alignment protrusions outside of the concaves contact with the first substrate directly.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7872723Abstract: An LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed above the first substrate, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the first substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixel sets arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each sub-pixel set includes a plurality of sub-pixels electrically connected to the signal lines, each sub-pixel set has a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and each spacer form a region in each corresponding sub-pixel set, wherein the area of the sub-pixel with the region is substantially greater than the area of other sub-pixels, and the effective display area of the sub-pixel with the region is substantially equal to the effective display area of other sub-pixels.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2010Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan-Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7872713Abstract: A pixel structure disposed on a substrate and electrically connected to a scan line and a data line is provided. The pixel structure has a reflective area and includes a common line, a semiconductor lower electrode, an upper electrode, a patterned dielectric layer, a reflective electrode and an active device. The semiconductor lower electrode electrically connected to the common line is disposed on the substrate within the reflective area. The upper electrode is disposed above and electrically isolated from the semiconductor lower electrode. The patterned dielectric layer with the micro-bumps is disposed on the upper electrode and exposes a part of the upper electrode. The reflective electrode is disposed on the patterned dielectric layer and the part of the upper electrode. Besides, the reflective electrode is electrically connected to the upper electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line, the data line and the reflective electrode.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cho-Yan Chen, Seok-Lyul Lee, Tun-Chun Yang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7868976Abstract: In a transflective liquid crystal display having a transmission area and the reflection area, the transmissive electrode is connected to a switching element to control the liquid crystal layer in the transmission area, and the reflective electrode is connected to the switching element via a separate capacitor to control the liquid crystal layer in the reflection area. The separate capacitor is used to shift the reflectance in the reflection area toward a higher voltage end in order to avoid the reflectance inversion problem. In addition, an adjustment capacitor is connected between the reflective electrode and a different common line. The adjustment capacitor is used to reduce or eliminate the discrepancy between the gamma curve associated with the transmittance and the gamma curve associated with the reflectance.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Jenn-Jia Su, Chih-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20100315583Abstract: This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode formed over the switch, a plane organic layer formed over the date line and the pixel area and having no overlapping with the shielding electrode, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode and the plane organic layer in the pixel area, wherein the first portion is overlapped with the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween, and the second portion overlays the plane organic layer and has no overlapping with the data line.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Hung Shih, Wei-Ming Huang, Chih-Hung Lin, Yu-Cheng Chen, Yi-Hui Li, Tsan-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20100315569Abstract: This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a shielding electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the scan line, the data line and the switch, where the first portion is overlapped with the switch and the second portion is overlapped with the data line, and a pixel electrode having a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and formed over the shielding electrode in the pixel area, where the first portion is overlapped with the first portion of the shielding electrode so as to define a storage capacitor therebetween and the second portion has no overlapping with the second portion of the shielding electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2009Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICSInventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Hung Shih, Wei-Ming Huang
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Publication number: 20100301345Abstract: An array substrate and method for manufacturing the same is provided, wherein a data line is composed of first and second segments connected by a contact pad. First and second insulation layers are disposed between the first segment of the data line and a shielding electrode. In addition, the first insulation layer is disposed between the second segment of the data line and a gate line in their overlapping area. Accordingly, the coupling effect between the conductive layers can be reduced. For example, the RC delay problem due to parasitic capacitance between the shielding electrode and the data line is solved. As a result of the design of the two insulator layers between the first segment of the data line and the shielding electrode, the shorting between the conductive layers can also be simultaneously solved and the product yield can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Hung Shih, Wei-Ming Huang
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Patent number: 7834354Abstract: A pixel structure of a fringe field switching liquid crystal display (FFS-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the pixel structure are provided. Compared to the conventional method of using seven photolithography-etching processes for manufacturing a pixel structure, the method of the present invention uses only six photolithography-etching processes that save manufacturing costs and time. Furthermore, the pixel structure thereby only comprises two insulating layers, and thus, the light transmittance thereof can be increased in comparison to the conventional pixel structure comprising three insulating layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2008Date of Patent: November 16, 2010Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Hsiang-Lin Lin, Ching-Huan Lin
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Publication number: 20100277662Abstract: The invention provides an LCD panel with main slits corresponding to alignment protrusions. The gate lines are shielded by the electrode portion and do not overlap the main slits. Because the gate line and the major slits do not overlap, the liquid crystal molecule arrangement of the liquid crystal layer is not affected by the operating voltage of the gate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 7817215Abstract: A pixel element includes a transistor, a pixel electrode and a storage capacitor. The transistor is a switch device of the pixel element. A data signal is applied to the pixel electrode by switching the transistor. The storage capacitor includes the first electrode and the second electrode. Several holes are formed on a surface of the first electrode. Therefore, layers disposed over the first electrode duplicate the shape of the holes, so that the layers have rough surfaces, for increasing the reflectivity.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Ching-Yu Tsai, Ching-Huan Lin
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Publication number: 20100259701Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided. The LCD includes a display panel and a voltage supply device (VSD). The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially perpendicularly with the scan lines, and a plurality of pixels. The pixels are respectively electrically connected with the corresponding data line and the corresponding scan line, and are arranged in an array. Each of the pixels includes a common line and a compensation line, wherein the common line is located in the transparent area to receive a common voltage, and the compensation line is located in the reflection area to receive a stable voltage. The VSD is coupled to the compensation line of each of the pixels for continuously and correspondingly providing the stable voltage to the compensation line of each of the pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Hsiang-Lin Lin, Shih-Chia Hsu, Sheng-Chao Liu, Kuang-Hsiang Liu
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Publication number: 20100225862Abstract: An LCD panel including a first substrate, a second substrate disposed above the first substrate, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the first substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixel sets arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each sub-pixel set includes a plurality of sub-pixels electrically connected to the signal lines, each sub-pixel set has a spacer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and each spacer form a region in each corresponding sub-pixel set, wherein the area of the sub-pixel with the region is substantially greater than the area of other sub-pixels, and the effective display area of the sub-pixel with the region is substantially equal to the effective display area of other sub-pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2010Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan-Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Publication number: 20100220082Abstract: The present invention relates to a shift register having a plurality of stages electrically coupled to each other in series. Each stage includes a first and second TFT transistor. The first TFT transistor has a get electrically coupled to the output of the immediately prior stage, a drain electrically coupled to the boost point of the stage, and a source configured to receive one of the first and second control signals. The second TFT transistor has a get electrically coupled to the output of the immediately next stage, a drain and a source electrically coupled the drain and the source of the first transistor, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2010Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Ching-Huan Lin, Sheng-Chao Liu, Kuan-Chun Huang, Chih-Hung Shih
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Patent number: 7781857Abstract: The invention provides an LCD panel with main slits corresponding to alignment protrusions. The gate lines are shielded by the electrode portion and do not overlap the main slits. Because the gate line and the major slits do not overlap, the liquid crystal molecule arrangement of the liquid crystal layer is not affected by the operating voltage of the gate line.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 24, 2010Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Ching-Huan Lin, Chih-Ming Chang
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Patent number: D636424Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignees: Brickcom Corporation, Gemtek Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yu-Huan Lin