Patents by Inventor Sheng Feng Huang

Sheng Feng Huang 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).

  • Patent number: 11900893
    Abstract: A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Akihiro Iwatsu, Cheng-Min Wu, Kuanfeng Lee
  • Publication number: 20240014281
    Abstract: Provided are a semiconductor device and a method of forming the same. The semiconductor device includes: at least one gate structure having a first side and a second side opposite to each other; a first source/drain (S/D) feature disposed at the first side of the at least one gate structure; a second S/D feature disposed at the second side of the at least one gate structure; a first metal-to-drain/source (MD) contact disposed on the first S/D feature; and a second MD contact disposed on the second S/D feature, wherein a contact area between the first MD contact and the first S/D feature is greater than a contact area between the second MD contact and the second S/D feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Kam-Tou Sio, Jiann-Tyng Tzeng, Shang-Wei Fang, Chun-Yen Lin
  • Publication number: 20230386413
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a first transistor, a second transistor and a conductor. The first transistor is disposed on the substrate and comprises an oxide semiconductor layer. The second transistor is disposed on the substrate and comprises a silicon semiconductor layer. The conductor is electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer and the silicon semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Chien-Feng SHIH
  • Publication number: 20230361759
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes a first driving circuit and a first inverter. The second unit is adjacent to the first unit. The second unit includes a second driving circuit. The first inverter is electrically connected to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Kung-Chen Kuo, Yi-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20230335057
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate, a load element, a power supply circuit, and a compensation circuit. The substrate includes an active area and a peripheral area. The peripheral area is adjacent to the active area. The load element is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the active area. The power supply circuit is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the active area. The power supply circuit is electrically connected to the load element. The compensation circuit is disposed on the substrate and disposed in the peripheral area. The compensation circuit compensates the power supply circuit and/or the load element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 11763751
    Abstract: A display device includes a gate driving circuit and a driving circuit. The gate driving circuit outputs a clock signal. The driving circuit receives the clock signal for driving a display unit and comprises two transistors. Wherein one of the two transistors is an oxide transistor and the other one of the two transistors is a silicon transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Chien-Feng Shih
  • Publication number: 20230275090
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first cell in a first row, wherein the first row extends in a first direction, the first cell having a first cell height measured in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The semiconductor device further includes a second cell in the first row, wherein the second cell has a second cell height measured in the second direction, the second cell height is less than the first cell height. The second cell includes a first active region having a first width measured in the second direction, and a second active region having a second width measured in the second direction, wherein the second width is different from the first width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jiann-Tyng TZENG, Kam-Tou SIO, Shang-Wei FANG, Chun-Yen LIN, Sheng-Feng HUANG, Yi-Kan CHENG, Lee-Chung LU
  • Patent number: 11475827
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a pixel array and a first driving circuit. The pixel array is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of sub-pixel rows. The first driving circuit is disposed on the substrate and located on one side of the pixel array. The first driving circuit includes a plurality of demultiplexer circuits and a plurality of switching circuits. The demultiplexer circuits include a first demultiplexer circuit. The switching circuits include a first switching circuit. The first switching circuit is coupled to the first demultiplexer circuit, and the first demultiplexer circuit is coupled to at least three of the plurality of sub-pixel rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Syuan-Ruei Siao, Chien-Feng Shih, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Publication number: 20220059035
    Abstract: A display device includes a gate driving circuit and a driving circuit. The gate driving circuit outputs a clock signal. The driving circuit receives the clock signal for driving a display unit and comprises two transistors. Wherein one of the two transistors is an oxide transistor and the other one of the two transistors is a silicon transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Chien-Feng SHIH
  • Patent number: 11183123
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a shift unit and a switch unit. The shift unit receives a start input signal, a first clock input signal and a second clock input signal to generate an enable output signal. The switch unit is connected to the shift unit and receiving the enable output signal. The switch unit outputs a third clock signal based on the enable output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Chien-Feng Shih
  • Publication number: 20210312879
    Abstract: A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Akihiro IWATSU, Cheng-Min WU, Kuanfeng LEE
  • Publication number: 20210225257
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a pixel array and a first driving circuit. The pixel array is disposed on a substrate and includes a plurality of sub-pixel rows. The first driving circuit is disposed on the substrate and located on one side of the pixel array. The first driving circuit includes a plurality of demultiplexer circuits and a plurality of switching circuits. The demultiplexer circuits include a first demultiplexer circuit. The switching circuits include a first switching circuit. The first switching circuit is coupled to the first demultiplexer circuit, and the first demultiplexer circuit is coupled to at least three of the plurality of sub-pixel rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Syuan-Ruei Siao, Chien-Feng Shih, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 11069313
    Abstract: A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Akihiro Iwatsu, Cheng-Min Wu, Kuanfeng Lee
  • Publication number: 20210082331
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device including a panel. The panel includes a display area, a first peripheral area and a plurality of driving units. The display area includes a plurality of odd-numbered gate lines and a plurality of even-numbered gate lines. The first peripheral area is disposed adjacent to the display area. The driving units are disposed in the first peripheral area and include a first driving unit group and a second driving unit group. The first driving unit group includes N driving units which correspond to N gate lines among first 2N of the odd-numbered gate lines or to N gate lines among first 2N of the even-numbered gate lines, wherein N is a positive integer greater than 1. The second driving unit group is disposed adjacent to the first driving unit group and includes 2P driving units which respectively correspond to P odd-numbered gate lines and P even-numbered gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Wu, Wen-Tsai Hsu, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10852867
    Abstract: A touch display device at least including a gate driver is provided. The gate driver at least includes a pull-up control circuit, a pull-down control circuit and a pull-up output circuit. The pull-up control circuit sets the voltage level of a first node to a first voltage level. The pull-down control circuit is configured to set the voltage level of the first node to a second voltage level and includes a first transistor receiving an operation voltage. The second voltage level is lower than the first voltage level. The pull-up output circuit generates a scan signal according to the voltage level of the first node. During a first display period and a second display period, the operation voltage is equal to a first gate voltage. During a touch-sensing period, the operation voltage is equal to a second gate voltage that is lower than the first gate voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Wu, Wei-Kuang Lien, Wen-Tsai Hsu, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10770017
    Abstract: A display device including a panel having a gate driver is provided. The gate driver includes a multi-stage shift register. The N-th stage shift register includes a control module, a leakage compensation module, and an output module. The control module has a first terminal for receiving a first signal from the (N?M)-th stage shift register and a second terminal electrically connected to a node for transmitting a first signal to the node. The leakage compensation module has a third terminal electrically connected to the compensation voltage and a fourth terminal electrically connected to the node. The output module has a fifth terminal electrically connected to the node for receiving the first signal, and a sixth terminal for outputting a second signal of the N-th stage shift register for driving at least some parts of the pixel array. The compensation voltage charges the node during a touch sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Wu, Wen-Tsai Hsu, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 10679560
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel array, multiple data lines, and multiple gate lines. The pixel array includes multiple pixel units. The data lines are coupled to the pixel array. The gate lines are coupled to the pixel array. One of the pixel units includes a switch circuit, a display unit, and a first voltage level shifting circuit. The switch circuit is coupled to one of the data lines and one of the gate lines. The first voltage level shifting circuit is coupled between the switch circuit and the display unit and configured to adjust the voltage level of a data driving signal provided by the data line to the display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Cheng-Shen Pan, Cheng-Min Wu, Li-Wei Sung
  • Publication number: 20190371247
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a shift unit and a switch unit. The shift unit receives a start input signal, a first clock input signal and a second clock input signal to generate an enable output signal. The switch unit is connected to the shift unit and receiving the enable output signal. The switch unit outputs a third clock signal based on the enable output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Chien-Feng SHIH
  • Publication number: 20190340987
    Abstract: A driver circuit which includes an output circuit and a control circuit coupled to the output circuit. The driver circuit includes a pull-up transistor with a silicon semiconductor layer. The control circuit includes a first transistor with an oxide semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng HUANG, Akihiro IWATSU, Cheng-Min WU, Kuanfeng LEE
  • Patent number: 10438539
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a shift unit and a switch unit. The shift unit receives a start input signal, a first clock input signal and a second clock input signal to generate an enable output signal. The switch unit is connected to the shift unit and receiving the enable output signal. The switch unit outputs a third clock signal based on the enable output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sheng-Feng Huang, Chien-Feng Shih