Patents by Inventor Ronald S. Cok

Ronald S. Cok 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: 20230132981
    Abstract: An interpolated flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, pixel controllers disposed in a controller array over the display substrate, and pixels disposed in a pixel array over the display substrate. Each pixel controller is connected to one or more control lines and is operable to output pixel information. Each pixel is operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from a pixel controller. The pixel array is larger than the controller array, each pixel is connected to at least one pixel controller, and at least some pixels are interpolated pixels connected to at least two pixel controllers and are operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from the at least two pixel controllers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20230131998
    Abstract: A printed structure includes a substrate comprising a substrate surface, a substrate circuit disposed in or on in a circuit area of the substrate surface, a substrate post protruding from the substrate surface exterior to the circuit area, and a component having a component top side and a component bottom side opposite the component top side. The component bottom side can be disposed on the substrate post and adhered to the substrate surface forming an air gap between the component bottom side and the substrate circuit. The substrate post can comprise a substrate post material that is a cured adhesive. Some embodiments comprise a substrate electrode and the component comprises an electrically conductive connection post extending from the component bottom side toward the substrate in electrical contact with the substrate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: David Gomez, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11637540
    Abstract: A suspended device structure comprises a substrate, a cavity disposed in a surface of the substrate, and a device suspended entirely over a bottom of the cavity. The device is a piezoelectric device and is suspended at least by a tether that physically connects the device to the substrate. The tether has a non-linear centerline. A wafer can comprise a plurality of suspended device structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Lei Liu, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11626856
    Abstract: A suspended device structure comprises a substrate, a cavity disposed in a surface of the substrate, and a device suspended entirely over a bottom of the cavity. The device is a piezoelectric device and is suspended at least by a tether that physically connects the device to the substrate. The tether has a non-linear centerline. A wafer can comprise a plurality of suspended device structures. A device structure can comprise a device over a sacrificial portion or cavity and a tether with a tether opening extending to the sacrificial portion or cavity. The tether or tether opening can have a T shape. The tether can have a tether length at least one third as large as a device length and the device can have a device length at least twice as large as a device width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Raja Fazan Gul, Lei Liu, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230106427
    Abstract: A white-light-emitting inorganic light-emitting-diode (iLED) structure comprises first iLEDs electrically connected in series, each first iLED emitting a different color of light from any other first iLED when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs, and a second iLED electrically connected to one of the first iLEDs, the second iLED emitting the same color of light as the one of the first iLEDs when electrical power is provided to the first iLEDs. The second iLED can be electrically connected in series or in parallel with the one of the first iLEDs. Such iLED structures can be used at least in displays, lamps, and indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Alexander Meitl, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230085815
    Abstract: A suspended device structure comprises a substrate, a cavity disposed in a surface of the substrate, and a device suspended entirely over a bottom of the cavity. The device is a piezoelectric device and is suspended at least by a tether that physically connects the device to the substrate. The tether has a non-linear centerline. A wafer can comprise a plurality of suspended device structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Lei Liu, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230093573
    Abstract: A micro-device structure includes a substrate having a substrate surface and a substrate contact disposed on or in the substrate surface, a cavity extending into the substrate from the substrate surface, a micro-device disposed in the cavity, the micro-device comprising a micro-device contact, a planarization layer disposed over at least a portion of the substrate, and an electrode disposed at least partially over or on the planarization layer and electrically connected to the micro-device contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11600744
    Abstract: A transfer-printable (e.g., micro-transfer-printable) device source wafer comprises a growth substrate comprising a growth material, a plurality of device structures comprising one or more device materials different from the growth material, the device structures disposed on and laterally spaced apart over the growth substrate, each device structure comprising a device, and a patterned dissociation interface disposed between each device structure of the plurality of device structures and the growth substrate. The growth material is more transparent to a desired frequency of electromagnetic radiation than at least one of the one or more device materials. The patterned dissociation interface has one or more areas of relatively greater adhesion each defining an anchor between the growth substrate and a device structure of the plurality of device structures and one or more dissociated areas of relatively lesser adhesion between the growth substrate and the device structure of the plurality of device structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Brook Raymond, Christopher Andrew Bower, Matthew Meitl, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11592933
    Abstract: A display with integrated touch screen includes pixels distributed in an array of rows or pixels connected by row wires and columns of pixels connected by column wires defining a display area on a display substrate. The pixels can comprise mutually exclusive subarrays of pixels forming clusters. Each cluster can be independently controlled and can comprise a touch controller for sensing touches. Each pixel can include one or more micro-iLEDs. A first row wire can be driven with a display signal at the same time the touch controller senses one or more second row wires different from the first row wire. The touch controller can sense multiple row wires at a time or can receive a control signal at a frequency of no less than one MHz on a row wire. In some embodiments, the touch controller comprises a capacitance circuit in an integrated circuit separate from the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Murat Ozbas, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230059174
    Abstract: A stamp for micro-transfer printing includes a support having a support surface and posts disposed on the support surface. Each post has a distal end extending away from the support. The post has a post surface on the distal end. The post surface is a structured surface comprising spatially separated ridges that extend in a ridge direction entirely across the post surface and can be operable to form multiple delamination fronts when a first side of a micro-device is in contact with the post surface, a second side of the micro-device is in contact with a target surface of a target substrate, and the support is moved in a horizontal direction parallel to the target substrate surface. The post surface or ridges can be rectangular or non-rectangular with opposing edges having different lengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ken G. Purchase, Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230055746
    Abstract: A dual-pixel-driver display includes pixels distributed in an array of rows and columns defining a display area and a dual-pixel driver disposed within the display area. Ones of the pixels are grouped in mutually exclusive first and second pixel clusters. The dual-pixel driver comprises a driver input, a first driver output, and a second driver output. The first driver output and the second driver output are both commonly responsive to the driver input. The first driver output drives the pixels in the first pixel cluster and the second driver output drives the pixels in the second pixel cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Murat Ozbas, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20230058681
    Abstract: A micro-device structure includes a substrate having a substrate surface and a substrate contact disposed on or in the substrate surface, a cavity extending into the substrate from the substrate surface, a micro-device disposed in the cavity, the micro-device comprising a micro-device contact, a planarization layer disposed over at least a portion of the substrate, and an electrode disposed at least partially over or on the planarization layer and electrically connected to the micro-device contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: António José Marques Trindade, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11588075
    Abstract: An interpolated flat-panel display comprises a display substrate, pixel controllers disposed in a controller array over the display substrate, and pixels disposed in a pixel array over the display substrate. Each pixel controller is connected to one or more control lines and is operable to output pixel information. Each pixel is operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from a pixel controller. The pixel array is larger than the controller array, each pixel is connected to at least one pixel controller, and at least some pixels are interpolated pixels connected to at least two pixel controllers and are operable to emit light in response to pixel information received from the at least two pixel controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Publication number: 20230037480
    Abstract: A current-selectable light-emitting-diode (LED) display includes pixels distributed in an array of rows and columns. The pixels are grouped in mutually exclusive clusters and cluster controllers are connected to each pixel in a cluster of pixels to control the pixels in the cluster to emit light. Each cluster controller comprises a selectable current source. Each of the selectable current sources can include cluster current sources that are responsive to a current-select signal to enable one or more of the cluster current sources. The pixels can include micro-LEDs and the cluster controller can be disposed between the micro-LEDs. The display can be disposed on a display substrate with signal wires. The signal wires can include separate wire segments that are electrically connected through regeneration circuits that regenerate the signals. The display can be an information display or a backlight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Murat Ozbas, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Christopher Andrew Bower, Lee B. Baker, Robert R. Rotzoll, Mike C. Chiu, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11568796
    Abstract: A current-selectable light-emitting-diode (LED) display includes pixels distributed in an array of rows and columns. The pixels are grouped in mutually exclusive clusters and cluster controllers are connected to each pixel in a cluster of pixels to control the pixels in the cluster to emit light. Each cluster controller comprises a selectable current source. Each of the selectable current sources can include cluster current sources that are responsive to a current-select signal to enable one or more of the cluster current sources. The pixels can include micro-LEDs and the cluster controller can be disposed between the micro-LEDs. The display can be disposed on a display substrate with signal wires. The signal wires can include separate wire segments that are electrically connected through regeneration circuits that regenerate the signals. The display can be an information display or a backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Murat Ozbas, Matthew Alexander Meitl, Christopher Andrew Bower, Lee B. Baker, Robert R. Rotzoll, Mike C. Chiu, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11568803
    Abstract: An active-matrix display with passive-matrix pixel clusters includes pixel clusters each having a cluster controller and a display controller operable to provide pixel data to the cluster controllers. Each pixel cluster includes pixels disposed in an array of N rows (N>=2) and M columns (M>=1), (N+1) memory banks, and a cluster controller operable to control the pixels and memory banks. Each memory bank is operable to store pixel data for a row of pixels. The cluster controller is operable to input pixel data for a row of pixels and store the pixel data in an input memory bank of the (N+1) memory banks and output stored pixel data from one or more output memory banks of the (N+1) memory banks that are not the input memory bank to control corresponding one or more rows of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Publication number: 20230017617
    Abstract: A stacked electronic component comprises a stack of three or more print layers. Each print layer has an area less than any print layers beneath the print layer in the stack. Each print layer comprises a dielectric layer and a functional layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The functional layer comprises an exposed conductive portion that is not covered with a dielectric layer of any of the print layers and each exposed conductive portion is nonoverlapping with any other exposed conductive portion. A patterned electrode layer is coated on at least a portion of the stack and defines one or more electrodes. Each electrode of the one or more electrodes in electrical contact with an exclusive subset of the exposed conductive portions. The functional layers can be passive conductors forming capacitors, resistors, inductors, or antennas, or active layers forming electronic circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11552034
    Abstract: A component includes a plurality of electrical connections on a process side opposed to a back side of the component. Each electrical connection includes an electrically conductive multi-layer connection post protruding from the process side. A printed structure includes a destination substrate and one or more components. The destination substrate has two or more electrical contacts and each connection post is in contact with, extends into, or extends through an electrical contact of the destination substrate to electrically connect the electrical contacts to the connection posts. The connection posts or electrical contacts are deformed. Two or more connection posts can be electrically connected to a common electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Carl Prevatte, Christopher Bower, Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Meitl
  • Patent number: 11538849
    Abstract: A multi-LED structure comprises a first LED and a separate second LED disposed on a common multi-LED native substrate. The LEDs each comprise a common first layer having a cantilever portion and a base portion and a common second layer having a light-emitting emission portion disposed only over the base portion. An LED electrode electrically connects the first LED to the second LED. The cantilever portion extends in a direction different from the base portion or a length of the cantilever portion is less than a distance between the emission portions of the first and second LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Matthew Alexander Meitl
  • Patent number: 11528808
    Abstract: A method of printing comprises providing a component source wafer comprising components, a transfer device, and a patterned substrate. The patterned substrate comprises substrate posts that extend from a surface of the patterned substrate. Components are picked up from the component source wafer by adhering the components to the transfer device. One or more of the picked-up components are printed to the patterned substrate by disposing each of the one or more picked-up components onto one of the substrate posts, thereby providing one or more printed components in a printed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: David Gomez, Christopher Andrew Bower, Raja Fazan Gul, António José Marques Trindade, Ronald S. Cok