Patents by Inventor Wenjun HOU

Wenjun HOU 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: 11239299
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The array substrate includes a substrate having first regions for forming pixels and second regions located between the first regions, light shielding portions located within portions of the second regions adjacent to the first regions on the substrate, and pixel defining portions located within the second regions. At least a side surface of the light shielding portion adjacent to the first region is not covered by the pixel defining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 11239292
    Abstract: Provided are an array substrate, a display panel, a display apparatus and a preparation method therefor. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate; and multiple pixel units arranged on one side of the base substrate, each of the pixel units comprising: a thin-film transistor and an electroluminescent structure, and a shading structure located between the thin-film transistor and the base substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor comprises: an active layer located on one side, away from the base substrate, of the shading structure; the electroluminescent structure comprises: first electrodes for driving the pixel units; and one of the shading structure and the active layer is a same-layer structure fabricated by the same mask plate as the first electrodes so as to reduce the number of mask procedures required in preparation of an array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiangbo Chen, Youngsuk Song, Wenjun Hou, Lei Zhao, Guoying Wang
  • Publication number: 20210399256
    Abstract: Disclosed is an array substrate including a base substrate, and a first electrode, a pixel define layer, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode which are sequentially disposed on the base substrate. The pixel define layer has a plurality of openings each having two opposite surfaces. The two opposite surfaces include a first surface proximal to the base substrate and a second surface distal from the base substrate. The second surface is coplanar with a surface of the pixel define layer distal from the base substrate. An orthographic projection of the second surface on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of the first surface on the base substrate. The pixel define layer includes a pixel define body and an electrode repairing material layer. The electrode repairing material layer is disposed on a side of the pixel define body, and repairs the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Publication number: 20210384265
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to display technologies. An array substrate may include a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units arranged in alternating manner. Each of the plurality of first pixel units may include a first plurality of subpixels, each of the first plurality of subpixels comprising a functional stack that has a thickness of from 180 to 360 nm. Each of the plurality of second pixel units may include a second plurality of subpixels, each of the second plurality of subpixels comprising a functional stack that has a thickness of from 80 to 140 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Publication number: 20210376016
    Abstract: A display substrate and preparation method thereof, an ink-jet printing method and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a display area, a peripheral area, and a pixel definition layer; the pixel definition layer including: a display pixel definition region and an assistant pixel definition region surrounding the display pixel definition region; the display pixel definition region includes a plurality of first pixel definition units; the assistant pixel definition region includes a plurality of second pixel definition units, and opening areas of the second pixel definition units are respectively greater than those of the first pixel definition units; the display pixel definition region is in the display area, the assistant pixel definition region is in the peripheral area, the plurality of first pixel definition units is configured to form display pixels, and the plurality of second pixel definition units is configured to form assistant pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun HOU
  • Publication number: 20210359042
    Abstract: A display panel, a fabrication method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a substrate; a pixel defining layer located on the substrate, the pixel defining layer including: a plurality of openings and a bank enclosing each opening, the bank including a notch; and a first electrode, located at a bottom of each opening and extending into the notch, wherein with respect to a plane where the substrate is located, a height of the first electrode is less than or equal to a maximum height of the notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun HOU
  • Publication number: 20210335932
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel includes: a base substrate; one or more thin-film transistor (TFT) structures provided over the base substrate; a planarization layer provided over the TFT structures; anodes provided on an upper surface of the planarization layer; a pixel defining layer provided over the planarization layer defining a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each anode includes an upper surface being exposed in each of the pixel regions; an organic functional layer provided over the anodes; and a cathode provided over the organic functional layer; wherein a sheet resistance of the portion of the anodes that is proximal to the pixel defining layer is smaller than a sheet resistance of the portion of the anodes that is opposite from the pixel defining layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun HOU
  • Publication number: 20210313406
    Abstract: There is provided an organic light-emitting diode including: a pixel defining layer on a substrate and having a plurality of openings for defining pixel regions, wherein each pixel region is a region including one pixel therein; a plurality of first pixel electrodes on the substrate and in the plurality of openings, respectively, each first pixel electrode being at a peripheral portion of a corresponding opening adjacent to the pixel defining layer; and a plurality of second pixel electrodes on the substrate and in the plurality of openings, respectively, each second pixel electrode being at a central portion of the corresponding opening. Each first pixel electrode is between the pixel defining layer and a corresponding second pixel electrode, and the plurality of first pixel electrodes and the plurality of second pixel electrodes are in a same layer. Each first pixel electrode includes a shape memory alloy material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Wenjun HOU
  • Publication number: 20210257416
    Abstract: A substrate and a preparation method thereof, a display panel and a preparation method thereof, and a display device are provided. The substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region positioned in a periphery of the display region and used for sealing, the substrate includes: a base substrate; an insulating layer, arranged on a side of the base substrate and positioned in the display region and the peripheral region for sealing; and a plurality of pixel units, positioned on the insulating layer corresponding to the display region, and in the peripheral region, at least one groove is disposed on a side of the insulating layer which faces away from the base substrate, a side of the groove which is away from the base substrate is open, and a depth direction of the groove is perpendicular to the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li SUN, Wenjun HOU, Chengyuan LUO
  • Publication number: 20210249489
    Abstract: A pixel defining layer, a manufacturing method therefor, and a display panel are provided. The pixel defining layer comprises a first sub-defining layer, a light absorbing layer, and a second sub-defining layer sequentially stacked on a substrate. The light absorbing layer is used for absorbing light for exposing the first sub-defining layer. An orthographic projection of the light absorbing layer on the substrate covers the outer edge of an orthographic projection of the first sub-defining layer on the substrate away from the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 11075353
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an organic light-emitting diode display panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device, and relates to the field of display technologies. The organic light-emitting diode display panel comprises: a base substrate; a pixel defining layer and a plurality of first electrodes on the base substrate, wherein the pixel defining layer defines, on the base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixel regions arranged in an array, one of the first electrodes is located in each of the sub-pixel regions, and the work function of a middle portion of the first electrode is less than the work function of a peripheral portion; an organic light-emitting layer on each of the first electrodes; and a second electrode electrically connected to the organic light-emitting layer, wherein the first electrode is an anode and the second electrode is a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 11038109
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an organic light-emitting display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device, and the method for fabricating an organic light-emitting display panel includes: providing a substrate; and forming light-emitting layers sequentially in opening regions of sub-pixels in different colors, wherein at least one of sub-pixels other than a sub-pixel with a largest area is a first sub-pixel, and sub-pixels other than the first sub-pixel are second sub-pixels; and forming a light-emitting layer for the first sub-pixel includes: jetting a solvent for dissolving a light-emitting material in at least one of the second sub-pixels in which no light-emitting layer is formed, and jetting ink including the solvent, and a light-emitting material corresponding to the first sub-pixel in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying Cui, Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 11037998
    Abstract: A pixel defining layer, a pixel structure, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel defining layer includes: a plurality of pixel defining patterns arranged in a row direction and a column direction, each of the pixel defining patterns having an opening. In the row direction, the openings in at least two adjacent pixel defining patterns have different sizes in the row direction, and adjacent openings of the pixel defining patterns in the same row have equal minimum distances (a, b, c) in the row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 11011705
    Abstract: A pixel defining layer is disclosed including a display area and a non-display area located at a periphery of the display area, wherein the display area includes pixel units, and the non-display area includes dummy pixel units arranged outside one or more corners of the display area. A display panel, a display device, a method of fabricating a pixel defining layer, and a method of fabricating the display panel are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Publication number: 20210143190
    Abstract: A condensation assembly includes a condensation plate and a plurality of sumps. The condensation plate includes a plate body and a plurality of protrusions on a surface of the plate body, and the plurality of protrusions are spaced apart. The plurality of sumps are disposed at a side of the plurality of protrusions away from the plate body. Each sump of the plurality of sumps is disposed opposite to at least one of the plurality of protrusions, and has an opening facing the at least one protrusion disposed opposite to the sump. There is a gap between the plurality of sumps and the condensation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Chunjing HU, Wenjun HOU
  • Patent number: 11004917
    Abstract: A pixel defining layer, a display substrate and manufacturing method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The pixel defining layer includes: a lyophilic material layer disposed on a base substrate, and a lyophobic material layer disposed at a side of the lyophilic material layer away from the base substrate. An orthographic projection of a surface of the lyophobic material layer close to the base substrate on the base substrate is within an orthographic projection of a surface of the lyophilic material layer away from the base substrate on the base substrate. The lyophilic material layer is made of a lyophilic material having attractability to a solution with organic electroluminescent materials dissolved, and the lyophobic material layer is made of a lyophobic material having repellency to the solution with organic electroluminescent materials dissolved. The pixel defining layer reduces the influence on the uniformity of the films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenjun Hou
  • Publication number: 20210126023
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display substrate, a display substrate and a display panel are provided. The method of manufacturing a display substrate includes: infiltrating an etching point of a film group with an etching solution, to form an infiltration groove at the etching point of a film group; and patterning a remaining part of the film group at the infiltration groove, to obtain a via hole penetrating the remaining part of the film group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Hongda Sun, Wenjun Hou
  • Publication number: 20210118967
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the array substrate, a display panel and a display apparatus. The array substrate of the present disclosure includes a substrate and a pixel definition layer on the substrate, the pixel definition layer includes a base structure on the substrate, the base structure defines a plurality of openings on the substrate, each of the plurality of openings corresponds to one pixel region; and at least one protrusion structure provided on the base structure, wherein the at least one protrusion structure protrudes towards a direction away from the substrate, and the at least one protrusion structure has hydrophobic property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventor: Wenjun HOU
  • Patent number: 10964776
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a pixel defining structure, a display panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device. The pixel defining structure includes: a first pixel defining layer with a first opening, located on a substrate, wherein the first pixel defining layer includes a first portion formed by a first hydrophilic-hydrophobic material and a second portion formed by a second hydrophilic-hydrophobic material, projections of the first portion and the second portion on a surface of the substrate are substantially not overlapped, a side surface of the first pixel defining layer facing the first opening includes a first side surface formed by the first hydrophilic-hydrophobic material and a second side surface formed by the second hydrophilic-hydrophobic material, and the first hydrophilic-hydrophobic material has a different hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity from that of the second hydrophilic-hydrophobic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunjing Hu, Wenjun Hou
  • Patent number: 10964758
    Abstract: A pixel unit, a display panel, a display device and a method of manufacturing a pixel unit. The pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit, each sub-pixel unit includes a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode stacked on a substrate. An emission lifespan of the emission layer of the first sub-pixel unit is smaller than that of the emission layer of the second sub-pixel unit. An area of an orthographic projection of the emission layer of the first sub-pixel unit on the substrate is equal to that of the emission layer of the second sub-pixel unit on the substrate. An area of an orthographic projection of the first electrode of the first sub-pixel unit on the substrate is greater than an area of an orthographic projection of the first electrode of the second sub-pixel unit on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang Yan, Wenjun Hou, Juanjuan You, Donghui Yu, Chunjing Hu, Yongqi Shen, Dongfang Yang