Patents by Inventor Jiro YANASE
Jiro YANASE 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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Patent number: 11741908Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, a power supply line, and an extra voltage supply line different from the power supply line and the data line. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, a storage capacitor between a gate terminal of the driving transistor and the power supply line, a first switching transistor between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor, a second switching transistor between a source terminal of the driving transistor and the data line, and a third switching transistor between the source terminal of the driving transistor and the extra voltage supply line. The third switching transistor supplies a signal voltage different from the data signal to the driving transistor from the extra voltage supply line.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
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Publication number: 20230267889Abstract: A driving transistor is configured to control driving current for the light-emitting element. A first capacitive element and a second capacitive element are connected in series between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. A first switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between a data line and an intermediate node located between the first capacitive element and the second capacitive element. A second switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the gate and a drain of the driving transistor. A third switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the intermediate node and a reference power line. A fourth switching transistor is configured to switch supply/non-supply of driving current from the driving transistor to the light-emitting element. A fifth switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between an anode of the light-emitting element and a reset power line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Jiro YANASE, Yojiro MATSUEDA
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Patent number: 11676539Abstract: A driving transistor is configured to control driving current for the light-emitting element. A first capacitive element and a second capacitive element are connected in series between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. A first switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between a data line and an intermediate node located between the first capacitive element and the second capacitive element. A second switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the gate and a drain of the driving transistor. A third switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the intermediate node and a reference power line. A fourth switching transistor is configured to switch supply/non-supply of driving current from the driving transistor to the light-emitting element. A fifth switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between an anode of the light-emitting element and a reset power line.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda
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Patent number: 11594178Abstract: A light-emission control switch transistor and a threshold compensation switch transistor are transistors having different conductivity types. Gate potentials at the light-emission control switch transistor and the threshold compensation switch transistor are controlled using a first control signal. A gate potential at the data signal switch transistor is controlled using a second control signal. A control circuit selects rows sequentially. in a selected one of the rows, the light-emission control switch transistor is maintained off, the threshold compensation switch transistor is maintained on, and the data signal switch transistor is maintained off in a first period. In the selected row, the light-emission control switch transistor is maintained on, the threshold compensation switch transistor is maintained off, and the data signal switch transistor is maintained on in a second period after the first period.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yojiro Matsueda, Jiro Yanase
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Publication number: 20230026192Abstract: A second display region has a lower pixel density than a first display region. A third metal layer is located upper than a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The occupancy of the third metal layer in the second display region is lower than the occupancy in the first display region. In a pixel unit, the first metal layer includes a first electrode region to control an amount of electric current in a driving transistor, the second metal layer includes a second electrode region and a third electrode region to supply current to the driving transistor, and the third metal layer includes a main region to form a capacitor included in a capacitive element to store a control voltage for the driving transistor, and an island region surrounded by the main region with a gap and interconnected with a lower electrode region by a via region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Jiro YANASE
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Publication number: 20230024280Abstract: A driving transistor is configured to control driving current for the light-emitting element. A first capacitive element and a second capacitive element are connected in series between a gate and a source of the driving transistor. A first switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between a data line and an intermediate node located between the first capacitive element and the second capacitive element. A second switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the gate and a drain of the driving transistor. A third switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between the intermediate node and a reference power line. A fourth switching transistor is configured to switch supply/non-supply of driving current from the driving transistor to the light-emitting element. A fifth switching transistor is configured to switch connection/disconnection between an anode of the light-emitting element and a reset power line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Jiro YANASE, Yojiro MATSUEDA
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Patent number: 11495180Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, and a monitoring circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, and a first switching transistor disposed between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor. The first switching transistor switches between supplying and not supplying the light-emitting element with electric current from the driving transistor. The monitoring circuit monitors a signal at a monitoring point located between the driving transistor and the first switching transistor in the pixel circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
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Patent number: 11455961Abstract: A driver is configured to maintain a threshold compensation transistor to be ON to write a threshold compensation voltage to a storage capacitor in a threshold compensation period, and write a data signal to the storage capacitor in a data write period after the threshold compensation period. A pulse width of control signal is twice or more as long as the data write period. The driver circuit is configured to turn ON a first transistor with a start edge of a first control signal pulse before the data write period starts, maintain the first transistor to be ON and turn ON a second transistor with a start edge of a second control signal pulse to start the data write period, and turn OFF the first transistor with an end edge of the first control signal pulse to end the data write period.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masamichi Shimoda, Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda
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Publication number: 20220208119Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, a power supply line, and an extra voltage supply line different from the power supply line and the data line. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, a storage capacitor between a gate terminal of the driving transistor and the power supply line, a first switching transistor between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor, a second switching transistor between a source terminal of the driving transistor and the data line, and a third switching transistor between the source terminal of the driving transistor and the extra voltage supply line. The third switching transistor supplies a signal voltage different from the data signal to the driving transistor from the extra voltage supply line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Genshiro KAWACHI, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
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Publication number: 20220208122Abstract: A driver is configured to maintain a threshold compensation transistor to be ON to write a threshold compensation voltage to a storage capacitor in a threshold compensation period, and write a data signal to the storage capacitor in a data write period after the threshold compensation period. A pulse width of control signal is twice or more as long as the data write period. The driver circuit is configured to turn ON a first transistor with a start edge of a first control signal pulse before the data write period starts, maintain the first transistor to be ON and turn ON a second transistor with a start edge of a second control signal pulse to start the data write period, and turn OFF the first transistor with an end edge of the first control signal pulse to end the data write period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Masamichi SHIMODA, Jiro YANASE, Yojiro MATSUEDA
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Publication number: 20220199013Abstract: A light-emission control switch transistor and a threshold compensation switch transistor are transistors having different conductivity types. Gate potentials at the light-emission control switch transistor and the threshold compensation switch transistor are controlled using a first control signal. A gate potential at the data signal switch transistor is controlled using a second control signal. A control circuit selects rows sequentially. in a selected one of the rows, the light-emission control switch transistor is maintained off, the threshold compensation switch transistor is maintained on, and the data signal switch transistor is maintained off in a first period. In the selected row, the light-emission control switch transistor is maintained on, the threshold compensation switch transistor is maintained off, and the data signal switch transistor is maintained on in a second period after the first period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yojiro MATSUEDA, Jiro Yanase
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Patent number: 11139804Abstract: A circuit includes a flip-flop included in a multi-stage shift register and a control element. The flip-flop includes an output field-effect transistor, a first field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply one of a high potential and a low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor, and a second field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply the other one of the high potential and the low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor. The control element is configured to operate to make an electric current flow between the gate and a power supply in the opposite direction of an off-leakage current from at least either one of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor in a period where the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are off.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka
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Patent number: 11107399Abstract: A display device includes power lines, first driving transistors on a first side of each of the power lines, second driving transistors on a second side of each of the power lines, light-emitting elements of a first color, a second color and a third color. A first driving transistor of a first power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the first power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a second power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color. A second driving transistor of the second power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a third power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the third power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda, Yoshihiro Nonaka
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Publication number: 20210210021Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit on the substrate, and a monitoring circuit. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current supplied to a light-emitting element, and a first switching transistor disposed between the light-emitting element and the driving transistor. The first switching transistor switches between supplying and not supplying the light-emitting element with electric current from the driving transistor. The monitoring circuit monitors a signal at a monitoring point located between the driving transistor and the first switching transistor in the pixel circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2021Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
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Patent number: 10971076Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line on the substrate, the data line being configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit, a monitoring line on the substrate, the monitoring line being different from the data line, and a monitoring circuit. The monitoring circuit is configured to monitor a signal at a monitoring point on a path of the data signal with the monitoring line, and supply a correction signal in place of the data signal to the pixel circuit via the monitoring line and the monitoring point in response to detection of transmission failure of the data signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Genshiro Kawachi, Masamichi Shimoda, Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase
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Publication number: 20200389157Abstract: A circuit includes a flip-flop included in a multi-stage shift register and a control element. The flip-flop includes an output field-effect transistor, a first field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply one of a high potential and a low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor, and a second field-effect transistor configured to operate to supply the other one of the high potential and the low potential to the gate of the output field-effect transistor. The control element is configured to operate to make an electric current flow between the gate and a power supply in the opposite direction of an off-leakage current from at least either one of the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor in a period where the first field-effect transistor and the second field-effect transistor are off.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicant: Tianma Japan, Ltd.Inventors: Jiro YANASE, Masamichi SHIMODA, Yoshihiro NONAKA
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Publication number: 20200335044Abstract: A display device includes a pixel circuit on a substrate, a data line on the substrate, the data line being configured to transmit a data signal for the pixel circuit, a monitoring line on the substate, the monitoring line being different from the data line, and a monitoring circuit. The monitoring circuit is configured to monitor a signal at a monitoring point on a path of the data signal with the monitoring line, and supply a correction signal in place of the data signal to the pixel circuit via the monitoring line and the monitoring point in response to detection of transmission failure of the data signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: October 22, 2020Applicant: TIANMA JAPAN, LTD.Inventors: Genshiro KAWACHI, Masamichi SHIMODA, Yoshihiro NONAKA, Jiro YANASE
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Publication number: 20200035156Abstract: A display device includes power lines, first driving transistors on a first side of each of the power lines, second driving transistors on a second side of each of the power lines, light-emitting elements of a first color, a second color and a third color. A first driving transistor of a first power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the first power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a second power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color. A second driving transistor of the second power line drives a light-emitting element of the second color. A first driving transistor of a third power line drives a light-emitting element of the first color. A second driving transistor of the third power line drives a light-emitting element of the third color.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: January 30, 2020Inventors: Jiro YANASE, Yojiro MATSUEDA, Yoshihiro NONAKA
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Patent number: 10483482Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus that compensates a drive transistor threshold to attain a highly precise structure. The display apparatus comprises a light emitting element including a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a pixel circuit including a capacitor and a drive transistor letting current according to voltage of the capacitor flow in the light emitting element. The pixel circuit stops supply of current to the light emitting element while connecting the capacitor to the first electrode.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Nonaka, Jiro Yanase, Kenichi Takatori
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Patent number: 10438532Abstract: An object is to provide a display device of an organic light emitting type suppressing luminance unevenness. The display device includes: a pixel including an organic light emitting element and a pixel circuit that controls a current supplied to the organic light emitting element; a first wiring 41 and a second wiring 42 supplying a first signal used for controlling the pixel circuit to the pixel circuit; and a third wiring 43 suppling a second signal used for controlling the pixel circuit to the pixel circuit. The first wiring 41 to the third wiring 43 are arranged inside an area in which the pixel circuit is arranged in a first direction, and the third wiring 43 is arranged between the first wiring 41 and the second wiring 42.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Tianma Japan, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Yanase, Yojiro Matsueda, Yoshihiro Nonaka