Patents by Inventor Wen-Chun Wang
Wen-Chun Wang 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: 11550176Abstract: A display device, including a first polarizing film, a pixel array module, a second polarizing film, and a first electronically controlled phase retardation module, is provided. The pixel array module is disposed in overlap with the first polarizing film. The second polarizing film is disposed in overlap with the pixel array module. The first electronically controlled phase retardation module includes a first liquid crystal layer, two first alignment layers, and two first conductive layers. The first liquid crystal layer and the first alignment layers are disposed between the first conductive layers. The second polarizing film is located between the pixel array module and the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. One of the first polarizing film and the second polarizing film directly contacts one of the first conductive layers of the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. The display device has a switchable viewing angle and is thinner and lighter.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ming-Chuan Chih, Wen-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20220397714Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a circuit substrate, a light-emitting layer, a polarizing layer, a quarter waveplate, and a bandpass polarizing reflective layer. The light-emitting layer includes a plurality of first light-emitting structures. The first light-emitting structures have a first peak emission wavelength. The polarizing layer is located on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the circuit substrate. The quarter waveplate is disposed between the polarizing layer and the light-emitting layer and overlaps the light-emitting layer and the polarizing layer. The bandpass polarizing reflective layer is disposed between the quarter waveplate and the light-emitting layer and includes a first bandpass polarizing reflective pattern overlapping the first light-emitting structures. A reflectance of the bandpass polarizing reflective pattern for light with a wavelength in a first wavelength range is greater than 20%. The first wavelength range is the peak emission wavelength ±10 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang
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Patent number: 11526038Abstract: A viewing angle limiting device, including a polymer substrate and a plurality of dye molecules, is provided. The dye molecules are dispersedly arranged in the polymer substrate. The dye molecules have a first absorption coefficient in a thickness direction of the polymer substrate. The dye molecules have a second absorption coefficient in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A ratio of the first absorption coefficient to the second absorption coefficient is between 10 and 1000. A manufacturing method of the viewing angle limiting device and a display device including the viewing angle limiting device are also provided. The display device, the viewing angle limiting device, and the manufacturing method thereof provided by the invention have a large viewing angle filtering effect and have higher light transmittance in a viewing angle direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin
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Publication number: 20220373162Abstract: A light source module includes at least one light-emitting element, a first optical layer, a penetrating light selection layer, a second optical layer, a light splitting layer, and a wavelength conversion layer. The light-emitting element is configured to provide a beam with a wavelength falling within a first wavelength band. An exit angle at which the beam exits the first optical layer is greater than an incident angle at which the beam is incident to the first optical layer. The penetrating light selection layer may allow light with a wavelength falls within a second wavelength band to pass through and has corresponding transmittance for light with a wavelength falling within the first wavelength band and is incident at different incident angles. An exit angle at which the beam exits the second optical layer is less than an incident angle at which the beam is incident to the second optical layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chih-Jen Tsang, Chung-Wei Huang
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Publication number: 20220276522Abstract: A display apparatus is provided, including at least one viewing angle limiting device, a display panel, and a light polarization converter disposed between the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The light polarization converter includes first regions and second regions alternately arranged. Light beams passing through the first regions and the second regions respectively have a first light polarization direction and a second light polarization direction. The light polarization converter is overlapped with the at least one viewing angle limiting device and the display panel. The viewing angle limiting device includes light-absorbing molecules. The light-absorbing molecules have a first absorption coefficient in a thickness direction of the viewing angle limiting device and a second absorption coefficient in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A ratio of the first absorption coefficient to the second absorption coefficient is greater than 1.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 11402676Abstract: A viewing angle switchable display apparatus including a display panel, an electrically controlled viewing angle switching device, an electrically controlled light scattering switching device, and a backlight module is provided. The electrically controlled viewing angle switching device includes two first transparent substrates, two first transparent conductive layers, a liquid crystal layer, and a first polarizer located on a side of the electrically controlled viewing angle switching device which is far away from the display panel. The liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules, and optical axes of the liquid crystal molecules are parallel or perpendicular to a transmission axis of the first polarizer. The electrically controlled light scattering switching device is located between the display panel and the backlight module and includes two second transparent substrates, two second transparent conductive layers, and an electronically controlled polymer material layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Ping-Yen Chen, Hsiung-Chun Hsu, Chien-Hui Lee
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Publication number: 20220223536Abstract: Semiconductor structures and method of forming the same are provided. A semiconductor structure according to the present disclosure includes a contact feature in a dielectric layer, a passivation structure over the dielectric layer, a conductive feature over the passivation structure, a seed layer disposed between the conductive feature and the passivation structure, a protecting layer disposed along sidewalls of the conductive feature, and a passivation layer over the conductive feature and the protecting layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Tzy-Kuang Lee, Chih-Hsien Lin, Ching-Hung Kao, Yen-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20220181528Abstract: A display device, including a circuit substrate, a light-emitting layer, a quarter-wave plate, and a band-pass polarizing layer, is provided. The light-emitting layer is disposed on the circuit substrate and has light-emitting structures, which are electrically connected to the circuit substrate and include first light-emitting structures, which have a first main light-emitting wavelength. The quarter-wave plate is disposed in overlap with the light-emitting structures and is located between the band-pass polarizing layer and the light-emitting layer. The band-pass polarizing layer includes at least one first band-pass polarizing pattern, which have a first absorption axis. The first wavelength range is the first main light-emitting wavelength ±10 nm. An average transmittance of the first band-pass polarizing patterns to light with a wavelength outside the first wavelength range and a polarization direction parallel to the first absorption axis is less than 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yu-Fan Chen
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Publication number: 20220004054Abstract: A display device, including a first polarizing film, a pixel array module, a second polarizing film, and a first electronically controlled phase retardation module, is provided. The pixel array module is disposed in overlap with the first polarizing film. The second polarizing film is disposed in overlap with the pixel array module. The first electronically controlled phase retardation module includes a first liquid crystal layer, two first alignment layers, and two first conductive layers. The first liquid crystal layer and the first alignment layers are disposed between the first conductive layers. The second polarizing film is located between the pixel array module and the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. One of the first polarizing film and the second polarizing film directly contacts one of the first conductive layers of the first electronically controlled phase retardation module. The display device has a switchable viewing angle and is thinner and lighter.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ming-Chuan Chih, Wen-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20210349335Abstract: A viewing angle limiting device, including a polymer substrate and a plurality of dye molecules, is provided. The dye molecules are dispersedly arranged in the polymer substrate. The dye molecules have a first absorption coefficient in a thickness direction of the polymer substrate. The dye molecules have a second absorption coefficient in a direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. A ratio of the first absorption coefficient to the second absorption coefficient is between 10 and 1000. A manufacturing method of the viewing angle limiting device and a display device including the viewing angle limiting device are also provided. The display device, the viewing angle limiting device, and the manufacturing method thereof provided by the invention have a large viewing angle filtering effect and have higher light transmittance in a viewing angle direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin
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Patent number: 11112553Abstract: A light source module includes an optical plate, a light source and a dimming liquid crystal panel. The dimming liquid crystal panel includes a first driving substrate, a second driving substrate and a liquid crystal material layer. The first driving substrate includes a first substrate and a common electrode. The second driving substrate includes a second substrate, independent electrodes, first signal pads, first wires, dummy wires and a transparent insulation layer. The first wires and dummy wires are disposed on the second substrate and covered by the transparent insulation layer, the first wires are exposed from the transparent insulation layer, the independent electrodes are insulated from each other, disposed on the transparent insulation layer and overlap the first wires and the dummy wires, and each independent electrode is electrically connected to one first signal pad via one first wire. A display device having the light source module is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Yi-Hsing Peng, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Chih-Jen Tsang
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Publication number: 20210263352Abstract: A display device includes a view angle switching module and a display module. The view angle switching module includes a first polarizer and a view angle adjustment layer. The display module and the view angle switching module are overlapped. The display module includes a display layer and a second polarizer. The view angle adjustment layer is located between the first polarizer and the second polarizer. An average degree of polarization of the first polarizer for light with a wavelength falling within a first wavelength band is less than an average degree of polarization of the second polarizer for the light with the wavelength falling within the first wavelength band. The display device may provide a privacy function and images with good image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin
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Publication number: 20210055582Abstract: A viewing angle control device including a plurality of first polarizing portions and a plurality of transmissive portions is provided. The first polarizing portions are arranged along a first direction and extended in a second direction. The transmissive portions and the first polarizing portions are alternately arranged. Each of the first polarizing portions has a width in the first direction and a height in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. A ratio of the height to the width of the first polarizing portion is greater than 1. A display apparatus adopting the viewing angle control device is also provided. The viewing angle control device and the display apparatus provided herein have a filter effect at a large viewing angle, improved light transmittance in the viewing angle direction, and excellent anti-peeping performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang
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Publication number: 20210048697Abstract: A view angle control structure and a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus at least includes the view angle control structure, which includes first and second polarizing layers, first and second substrates and a polarization adjusting layer. The first and second polarizing layers are sequentially disposed on a transmission path of a light beam. The first and second substrates are sequentially disposed on the transmission path of the light beam and located between the first and second polarizing layers. At least one of the first and second substrates has a birefringence. The polarization adjusting layer is disposed on the transmission path of the light beam and located between the first and second substrates for changing a polarization state of the light beam according to an applied voltage. The view angle control structure and the display apparatus of the invention are excellent in anti-peeping effect, slimness and image quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Chung-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang
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Patent number: 10782466Abstract: A backlight module includes a light guide plate, a light source, a prism sheet and a reflective structure. The light guide plate includes a light emitting surface, a bottom surface opposite to the light emitting surface, a light incident surface connected with the light emitting surface and the bottom surface and a plurality of micro structures located on the bottom surface or the light emitting surface. The light source is disposed beside the light incident surface of the light guide plate. The prism sheet is disposed above the light emitting surface of the light guide plate, and includes a plurality of prisms facing the light emitting surface. The reflective structure is disposed under the bottom surface of the light guide plate. The reflective structure has a characteristic of changing its reflectivity according to a control signal applied thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Wen-Chun Wang, Chong-Yang Fang, Shih-Yi Lin, Chin-Ku Liu
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Publication number: 20200284965Abstract: A light source module includes an optical plate, a light source and a dimming liquid crystal panel. The dimming liquid crystal panel includes a first driving substrate, a second driving substrate and a liquid crystal material layer. The first driving substrate includes a first substrate and a common electrode. The second driving substrate includes a second substrate, independent electrodes, first signal pads, first wires, dummy wires and a transparent insulation layer. The first wires and dummy wires are disposed on the second substrate and covered by the transparent insulation layer, the first wires are exposed from the transparent insulation layer, the independent electrodes are insulated from each other, disposed on the transparent insulation layer and overlap the first wires and the dummy wires, and each independent electrode is electrically connected to one first signal pad via one first wire. A display device having the light source module is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: YI-HSING PENG, WEN-CHUN WANG, CHUNG-YANG FANG, CHIH-JEN TSANG
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Patent number: 10663777Abstract: A viewing angle switchable display module includes an organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel, a viewing angle switchable device disposed on the OLED panel, and a quarter wave plate disposed between the OLED panel and the viewing angle switchable device. The viewing angle switchable device includes an absorptive polarizer, a reflective polarizer, and an electrically controlled viewing angle switching element. A transmission axis of the reflective polarizer is parallel to a transmission axis of the absorptive polarizer. The electrically controlled viewing angle switching element is disposed between the absorptive polarizer and the reflective polarizer and includes two conductive layers and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin, Jen-Wei Yu
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Patent number: 10641936Abstract: A composite film including a first polarizing film, at least one second polarizing film, and at least one first phase compensation film is provided. The first polarizing film has a first transmission axis. Each second polarizing film has a second transmission axis parallel to the first transmission axis. The at least one first phase compensation film is disposed between the first polarizing film and the at least one second polarizing film. Each first phase compensation film has a first optical axis. An orthographic projection of the first optical axis on the first polarizing film is parallel to an axial direction of the first transmission axis, and a first included angle between the first optical axis and the first polarizing film is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. A display device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Chi-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 10429679Abstract: A display device includes a backlight module generating an emitting light having a first light distribution pattern, a switchable single-axis diffuser and a display panel. The first light distribution pattern has a light intensity exceeding a predetermined value within a first view angle range in a first direction. When the switchable single-axis diffuser is switched to a transparent mode, the emitting light passes through the switchable single-axis diffuser and maintains the first light distribution pattern. When the switchable single-axis diffuser is switched to a diffusion mode, the emitting light passes through the switchable single-axis diffuser and converts to a second light distribution pattern having the luminous intensity exceeding the predetermined value within a range of a second view angle in a first direction. The second view angle range is larger than the first view angle range.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Chong-Yang Fang, Wen-Chun Wang, Hsiung-Chun Hsu
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Publication number: 20190265522Abstract: A viewing angle switchable display module includes an organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel, a viewing angle switchable device disposed on the OLED panel, and a quarter wave plate disposed between the OLED panel and the viewing angle switchable device. The viewing angle switchable device includes an absorptive polarizer, a reflective polarizer, and an electrically controlled viewing angle switching element. A transmission axis of the reflective polarizer is parallel to a transmission axis of the absorptive polarizer. The electrically controlled viewing angle switching element is disposed between the absorptive polarizer and the reflective polarizer and includes two conductive layers and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: Coretronic CorporationInventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yang-Ching Lin, Jen-Wei Yu