Patents by Inventor Xiaofang GU

Xiaofang GU 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: 11410586
    Abstract: A display device and driving method thereof and a manufacturing method of a display substrate involve an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; and a number of display sub-pixels arranged in a matrix on the base substrate. Each individual display sub-pixel includes: a pixel electrode; a first common electrode; and a second common electrode; wherein the first common electrode and the second common electrode are insulated from each other; and wherein the pixel electrode is configured to interact respectively with the first common electrode and the second common electrode so as to conduct one or more display operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghui Zhang, Xiaoye Ma, Guodong Liu, Xiaofang Gu, Ruifang Du, Huan Ni, Zhenyu Han
  • Patent number: 11348951
    Abstract: A display substrate includes an active area; and a gate-driver-on-array (GOA) circuit area, wherein the active area includes a display pixel area and a dummy pixel area located in the periphery of the display pixel area, and wherein the GOA circuit area includes at least one dummy GOA circuit having an output terminal connected to a pixel electrode of at least one dummy pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruifang Du, Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Donghui Zhang, Yuxiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11295647
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drift control circuit, a drift control method, a gate driving unit, a gate driving method and a display device. The drift control circuit includes: a first drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the second pull-down module to be coupled to a first control voltage terminal, which is configured to input a first voltage to the first pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module; and a second drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the first pull-down module to be coupled to a second control voltage terminal, which is configured to input the first voltage to the second pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ruifang Du, Xiaoye Ma, Xiaofang Gu, Donghui Zhang, Guodong Liu
  • Publication number: 20210407354
    Abstract: A display device and driving method thereof and a manufacturing method of a display substrate involve an array substrate and manufacturing method thereof. The array substrate includes: a base substrate; and a number of display sub-pixels arranged in a matrix on the base substrate. Each individual display sub-pixel includes: a pixel electrode; a first common electrode; and a second common electrode; wherein the first common electrode and the second common electrode are insulated from each other; and wherein the pixel electrode is configured to interact respectively with the first common electrode and the second common electrode so as to conduct one or more display operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghui ZHANG, Xiaoye MA, Guodong LIU, Xiaofang GU, Ruifang DU, Huan NI, Zhenyu HAN
  • Patent number: 11164895
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes: a gate metal layer, disposed on the substrate and the gate metal layer including a grounding wire located in the peripheral region; a gate insulating layer, at least covering the gate metal layer; and a conductive layer structure, disposed over the gate insulating layer and including an auxiliary grounding wire located in the peripheral region, wherein the auxiliary grounding wire is connected to the grounding wire. The present disclosure can prevent ESD more effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Xiping Wang
  • Patent number: 11121045
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting an ultra-small defect on a wafer surface, film layer having ultra-small defect that causes abnormalities on the surface of the film layer; form a photoresist pattern with a pattern defect; etching the film layer according to the photoresist pattern to form a film layer pattern with an enlarged defect; and scanning the film layer pattern by using a defect scanner to capture the enlarged defect. In this method, enlarging the size of the ultra-fine particle defect through the exposure defocusing principle; or by adding the photomask consisting of the repeating units, using the repetition pattern as the exposure pattern and combing with the repeating cell to cell comparison method, the capture ability of the detection machine is further improved. Therefore, it can be detected by amplifying the defects of ultrafine particles which cannot be detected by conventional methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Xianghua Hu, Gaoyu Wang, Guangzhi He, Xiaofang Gu, Qiliang Ni
  • Patent number: 11081042
    Abstract: A gate driving unit includes a shift register including a forward input sub-circuit and a backward input sub-circuit, and a forward-backward scanning controller. The forward-backward scanning controller transmits a first clock signal provided by the first clock signal terminal to the forward input sub-circuit and the backward input sub-circuit for forward scanning, and transmits a second clock signal provided by the second clock signal terminal to the forward input sub-circuit and the backward input sub-circuit for backward scanning. The forward input sub-circuit transmits a signal provided by the forward-backward scanning controller to the pull-up node under control of an enabling signal provided by the forward scanning input terminal, and the backward input sub-circuit transmits the signal provided by the forward-backward scanning controller to the pull-up node under control of an enabling signal provided by the backward scanning input terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Ruifang Du, Donghui Zhang, Guodong Liu
  • Publication number: 20210151471
    Abstract: A display substrate includes an active area; and a gate-driver-on-array (GOA) circuit area, wherein the active area includes a display pixel area and a dummy pixel area located in the periphery of the display pixel area, and wherein the GOA circuit area includes at least one dummy GOA circuit having an output terminal connected to a pixel electrode of at least one dummy pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Ruifang DU, Xiaofang GU, Xiaoye MA, Donghui ZHANG, Yuxiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210142712
    Abstract: A shift register unit includes: an input circuit, a reset circuit, and an output circuit; a first pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the first and second pull-down control nodes, and the pull-down node according to the pull-up node, a second pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit a second power signal to the first pull-down control node according to the second power signal, transmit the second power signal to the second pull-down control node according to the first pull-down control node, and transmit the second power signal to the pull-down node according to the second pull-down control node, and a pull-down circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the pull-up node and the signal output end according to the pull-down node. The present disclosure may ensure the normal output of the signal and improve the ability of reducing noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Xiaofang Gu, Tingting Zhao, Xiaoye Ma, Rui Ma
  • Patent number: 10984700
    Abstract: A shift register unit includes: an input circuit, a reset circuit, and an output circuit; a first pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the first and second pull-down control nodes, and the pull-down node according to the pull-up node, a second pull-down control circuit, configured to transmit a second power signal to the first pull-down control node according to the second power signal, transmit the second power signal to the second pull-down control node according to the first pull-down control node, and transmit the second power signal to the pull-down node according to the second pull-down control node, and a pull-down circuit, configured to transmit the first power signal to the pull-up node and the signal output end according to the pull-down node. The present disclosure may ensure the normal output of the signal and improve the ability of reducing noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei Wang, Xiaofang Gu, Tingting Zhao, Xiaoye Ma, Rui Ma
  • Patent number: 10984879
    Abstract: A shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit configured to transmit an input signal to a pull-up node; an output circuit configured to transmit a clock signal to an output signal terminal under control of a voltage at the pull-up node; a first reset circuit configured to reset the pull-up node to a first level under control of a first reset signal; a first pull-down control circuit configured to control levels at the pull-up node and the output signal terminal under control of a first control signal; and a first voltage control circuit electrically connected to a second control signal terminal, and configured to control a voltage signal waveform at the first pull-down node under control of a second control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Ruifang Du, Donghui Zhang, Guodong Liu
  • Publication number: 20210065611
    Abstract: A gate driving unit includes a shift register including a forward input sub-circuit and a backward input sub-circuit, and a forward-backward scanning controller. The forward-backward scanning controller transmits a first clock signal provided by the first clock signal terminal to the forward input sub-circuit and the backward input sub-circuit for forward scanning, and transmits a second clock signal provided by the second clock signal terminal to the forward input sub-circuit and the backward input sub-circuit for backward scanning. The forward input sub-circuit transmits a signal provided by the forward-backward scanning controller to the pull-up node under control of an enabling signal provided by the forward scanning input terminal, and the backward input sub-circuit transmits the signal provided by the forward-backward scanning controller to the pull-up node under control of an enabling signal provided by the backward scanning input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaofang GU, Xiaoye MA, Ruifang DU, Donghui ZHANG, Guodong LIU
  • Publication number: 20210057289
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for detecting an ultra-small defect on a wafer surface, film layer having ultra-small defect that causes abnormalities on the surface of the film layer; form a photoresist pattern with a pattern defect; etching the film layer according to the photoresist pattern to form a film layer pattern with an enlarged defect; and scanning the film layer pattern by using a defect scanner to capture the enlarged defect. In this method, enlarging the size of the ultra-fine particle defect through the exposure defocusing principle; or by adding the photomask consisting of the repeating units, using the repetition pattern as the exposure pattern and combing with the repeating cell to cell comparison method, the capture ability of the detection machine is further improved. Therefore, it can be detected by amplifying the defects of ultrafine particles which cannot be detected by conventional methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation
    Inventors: Xianghua Hu, Gaoyu Wang, Guangzhi He, Xiaofang Gu, Qiliang Ni
  • Publication number: 20210013231
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes: a gate metal layer, disposed on the substrate and the gate metal layer including a grounding wire located in the peripheral region; a gate insulating layer, at least covering the gate metal layer; and a conductive layer structure, disposed over the gate insulating layer and including an auxiliary grounding wire located in the peripheral region, wherein the auxiliary grounding wire is connected to the grounding wire. The present disclosure can prevent ESD more effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Xiping Wang
  • Publication number: 20200335022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drift control circuit, a drift control method, a gate driving unit, a gate driving method and a display device. The drift control circuit includes: a first drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the second pull-down module to be coupled to a first control voltage terminal, which is configured to input a first voltage to the first pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the first pull-down module; and a second drift control sub-circuit configured to, during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module, control first electrodes of pull-down transistors included in the first pull-down module to be coupled to a second control voltage terminal, which is configured to input the first voltage to the second pull-down module during noise releasing performed by the second pull-down module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Ruifang DU, Xiaoye MA, Xiaofang GU, Donghui ZHANG, Guodong LIU
  • Publication number: 20200027515
    Abstract: A shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit configured to transmit an input signal to a pull-up node; an output circuit configured to transmit a clock signal to an output signal terminal under control of a voltage at the pull-up node; a first reset circuit configured to reset the pull-up node to a first level under control of a first reset signal; a first pull-down control circuit configured to control levels at the pull-up node and the output signal terminal under control of a first control signal; and a first voltage control circuit electrically connected to a second control signal terminal, and configured to control a voltage signal waveform at the first pull-down node under control of a second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Xiaoye Ma, Ruifang Du, Donghui Zhang, Guodong Liu
  • Patent number: 10261635
    Abstract: A touch substrate includes a base substrate and at least one driving electrode chain and at least one sensing electrode chain each of which is arranged parallel to each other on the base substrate. Each driving electrode chain includes a plurality of driving electrodes which are connected in series, and each sensing electrode chain includes a plurality of sensing electrodes which are connected in series. The driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes are made of a metal conductor, and a plurality of light transmissive regions are provided in each of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes made of the metal conductor. The touch substrate can be touched and controlled normally and can transmit light normally, while the surface resistance of each of the driving electrodes and/or the sensing electrodes therein is decreased greatly. Thus, the power consumption and production cost of the touch substrate is further decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 9990079
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a photosensitive array substrate, an optical touch screen including the photosensitive array substrate, and a display device including the optical touch screen. The photosensitive array substrate includes a plurality of gate lines for providing a gate line scanning signal, a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of touch sensing read lines, and a plurality of photosensitive sensing units coupled to the gate lines, the common electrodes, and the touch sensing read lines for providing corresponding touch sensing control signals over the touch sensing read lines based on an intensity of external light shined on the photosensitive sensing units and controlled by the gate line scanning signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO. LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiaofang Gu
  • Patent number: 9898991
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register, a gate driver and a display device capable of eliminating voltage coupled noise at an output terminal. The shift register comprises a pulling-up unit, a clock control unit, a resetting unit, an inverting unit and a pulling-down unit; the pulling-up unit is connected with a shift trigging signal terminal, a high level signal terminal and the resetting unit; the clock control unit is connected with the pulling-up node, a clock signal terminal and the pulling-down unit; the resetting unit is connected with a reset signal terminal, a low level signal terminal, the pulling-up node and the output terminal; the inverting unit is connected with the high and low level signal terminals, the pulling-up node and the pulling-down unit; the pulling-down unit is connected with the pulling-up node, the pulling-down node, the low level signal terminal, the shift trigging signal terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Gu, Tong Yang, Rui Ma, Ming Hu
  • Patent number: 9721674
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a GOA unit and a method for driving the same, a GOA circuit and a display device. The embodiments of the preset disclosure relate in particular to the field of display manufacture. The GOA unit specifically comprises: a first node control module and a second node control module, wherein the first node control module is connected to a first control node, an input signal terminal, a first clock signal terminal, and an output signal terminal, wherein the second node control module is connected to a reset signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a third clock signal terminal, a first level terminal, the output terminal, and the first control node. The embodiment of the present disclosure may simplify the structure of a GOA circuit and be used for display manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaofang Gu