Patents by Inventor Xingyao ZHOU

Xingyao ZHOU 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: 12159004
    Abstract: A touch panel includes first touch-electrodes and second touch-electrodes, and a bezel region includes first wires and second wires. Each of the first wires is electrically connected a respective one of the first touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective first connection end, and each of the second wires is electrically connected a respective one of the second touch-electrodes in a one-to-one correspondence through a respective second connection end. First connection ends of at least two adjacent first sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the second direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the first direction, and/or second connection ends of at least two adjacent second sub-touch-electrodes located at a central position of the touch region in the first direction are located at a same side of the touch region in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Qibing Wei, Yingying Wu, Peng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Wei Liu
  • Publication number: 20240386821
    Abstract: Provided is a display mother board including a plurality of sub-regions. At least two sub-regions are arranged in a first direction. The sub-region includes a display panel including a display region, a wiring region and a step region arranged in the first direction, and test pads. The display panel includes a first panel edge, which is an edge of the step region and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The test pads are located on a side of the first panel edge adjacent to the display region. The sub-region includes at least one first pad group each including a plurality of test pads arranged in a direction different from the second direction. Also provided are a display panel formed by cutting the display mother board and a display apparatus including the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Qibing WEI, Peng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240355293
    Abstract: A method for driving a display panel and a display apparatus. In the display panel, each pixel circuit includes an emitting control circuit, a drive transistor, and a first switch circuit, and each display frame includes a first bias adjustment stage. The method includes: controlling, in the first bias adjustment stage, the first switch circuit to transmit the first voltage signal to the terminal of the drive transistor. A duty ratio of an effective level of an emitting control signal in a first display frame of the display panel is different from the duty ratio of the effective level of the emitting control signal in a second display frame of the display panel. The first voltage signal in the first bias adjustment stage of the first display frame is not equal to the first voltage signal in the first bias adjustment stage of the second display frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yana GAO, Gaojun HUANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240329769
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a touch control display apparatus, touch display panel includes: display region and first border region, first border region includes first outer edge; first touch electrodes are at least located in the display region; contact electrodes at least are located in first border region, the contact electrodes are respectively electrically connected to first touch electrodes. The first border region includes sub-regions in extension direction of first border region. Different numbers of contact electrodes are arranged in different sub-regions. The contact electrodes include at least one electrode sub-portion. The at least one electrode sub-portion of contact electrode is located in one of the sub-regions. The contact electrodes include edge contact electrode adjacent to first outer edge. In at least one of sub-regions, line width of electrode sub-portion of edge contact electrode is minimum value in line widths of all of electrode sub-portions in sub-region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Qibing WEI, Peng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240321211
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a drive circuit, a data write circuit and a bias compensation circuit. The operation process of the pixel circuit includes a data write stage, a first bias compensation stage and a second bias compensation stage. In the data write stage, the data write circuit is turned on, and a data voltage terminal writes a data voltage signal to a first terminal of the drive circuit. In the first bias compensation stage, the data write circuit is turned on, and the data voltage terminal writes the data voltage signal to the first terminal of the drive circuit. In the second bias compensation stage, the bias compensation circuit is turned on, and a bias compensation voltage terminal writes a bias adjustment voltage signal to the first terminal of the drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yana GAO, Xingyao ZHOU, Kang YANG, Mengmeng ZHANG, Gaojun HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240312401
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided according to the present disclosure. First multiplexers are arranged on a second side of an active area. Less wiring is arranged in a chip bonding area in a border area, and therefore wires can be easily arranged in the chip bonding area in the border area, facilitating a narrow border of the display apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian KUANG, Qingxia WANG, Xingyao ZHOU, Yana GAO, Gaojun HUANG, Mengmeng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240315103
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display panel comprising a display layer and a touch layer arranged on a side of the display layer. The display layer includes a plurality of subpixels and a plurality of pixel openings. The plurality of subpixels includes first color subpixels and second color subpixels. The plurality of pixel openings includes first color pixel openings and second color pixel openings. A first color subpixel corresponds to a first color pixel opening. A second color subpixel corresponds to a second color pixel opening. An area of the first color pixel opening is larger than an area of the second color pixel opening. The touch layer includes a plurality of touch electrodes insulated from each other, and the plurality of touch electrodes includes a plurality of electrically connected metal grids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Qibing WEI, Peng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12087227
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a method for driving a display panel, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a light-emitting element, a pixel driver circuit, and a control circuit. The pixel driver circuit includes a driver transistor and a first light emission control switch. A working mode of the display panel includes a first mode. In the first mode, a working cycle of the pixel driver circuit includes a data writing phase and at least one data holding phase subsequent to the data writing phase. The data writing phase includes at least one first light-emitting period. The data holding phase includes at least one second light-emitting period. The control circuit controls a duration of a first one of the at least one first light-emitting period in the data writing phase to be less than a duration of one of the at least one second light-emitting period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Kuang, Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yana Gao
  • Patent number: 12087238
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a driving method for a display panel. The display panel includes multiple levels of shift registers which are cascaded, a clock signal line and a trigger signal line. The display panel comprises a current display mode which comprises a current FPS, a current trigger signal and a current clock signal, where the current FPS is the same as a refresh frequency of the current trigger signal. The display panel further comprises a reference display mode which comprises a reference FPS, a reference trigger signal and a reference clock signal. An effective action duration of the current trigger signal comprises a first stage, and in the first stage, a pulse width of the current clock signal is the same as a pulse width of the reference clock signal. The current FPS is less than a reference FPS in the reference display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd, Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 12087226
    Abstract: Display panel and driving method thereof, and display device are provided. The display panel includes sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a data input module, a threshold compensation module, and a bias adjustment module. First electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the data input module and the bias adjusting module. First terminal of the data input module is connected to a data signal, a second terminal of the data input module is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor. First terminal of the bias adjustment module is connected to a bias adjustment signal, a second terminal of the bias adjustment module is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor. The threshold compensation module is connected between a gate of the driving transistor and a second electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Gaojun Huang, Yana Gao, Xueqi Tian, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 12069919
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area and at least two non-display areas arranged adjacently along a first direction. The display area at least partially surrounds the non-display areas. Each non-display area includes at least one light-transmitting area and a wiring area, and the wiring area at least partially surrounds the at least one light-transmitting area. The display area includes pixel circuits and driving signal lines electrically connected with the pixel circuits. A driving signal line includes a first segment in the display area, a first connection line located in the wiring area, and a second segment located between the at least two non-display areas that are arranged adjacently. The first segment is connected to the second segment through the first connection line and the first segment is at least located at a side of the at least two non-display areas that are arranged adjacently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Qibing Wei, Peng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Gaojun Huang, Lilian Kuang
  • Publication number: 20240274052
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a display area. The display panel includes pixel circuits located in the display area. Each pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a voltage regulating module that is configured to adjust a node voltage of the driving transistor by a voltage provided by one voltage regulating signal line of voltage regulating signal lines. The pixel circuits have data refresh frequencies including first and second frequencies. The first frequency is greater than the second frequency. When one pixel circuit performs data refreshing at the first frequency, one voltage regulating signal line is configured to provide a first voltage, and when one pixel circuit performs data refreshing at the second frequency, one voltage regulating signal line is configured to provide a second voltage not equal to the first voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Xingyao ZHOU, Yana GAO, Kang YANG, Wei LIU, Qijun YAO
  • Publication number: 20240266366
    Abstract: A flexible display panel and a flexible display device are provided. The flexible display panel has a display region and a non-display region and includes an inorganic layer and a signal lead-out line. In an embodiment, the non-display region includes a bending region and a binding region. In an embodiment, the bending region is located between the display region and the binding region. In an embodiment, the inorganic layer is located in the display region and the non-display region. In an embodiment, the blank region includes at least one first blank region, and a portion of the inorganic layer located in one of the at least one first blank region includes at least one first stress groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Qibing WEI, Peng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11996027
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a display area. The display panel includes pixel circuits located in the display area. Each pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a voltage regulating module that is configured to adjust a node voltage of the driving transistor by a voltage provided by one voltage regulating signal line of voltage regulating signal lines. The pixel circuits have data refresh frequencies including first and second frequencies. The first frequency is greater than the second frequency. When one pixel circuit performs data refreshing at the first frequency, one voltage regulating signal line is configured to provide a first voltage, and when one pixel circuit performs data refreshing at the second frequency, one voltage regulating signal line is configured to provide a second voltage not equal to the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Yana Gao, Kang Yang, Wei Liu, Qijun Yao
  • Patent number: 11990084
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of light-emitting pixels arranged in an array, a first shift register unit and a second shift register unit, wherein the first shift register unit is connected to data writing transistors in an ith row and an (i+1)th row and configured to provide a first controlling signal for the two adjacent rows of pixel circuits, and the data writing transistor is turned on in response to the first controlling signal; the second shift register unit is connected to threshold compensating transistors in the ith row and an (i?1)th row, and configured to provide a second controlling signal for the two adjacent rows of pixel circuits, and the threshold compensating transistor is turned on in response to the second controlling signal; and wherein a first turn-on period of the data writing transistor is partially overlapped with a second turn-on period of the threshold compensating transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li
  • Publication number: 20240161700
    Abstract: A display method is applied to a display apparatus including a display panel, a display driver chip, and a microprocessor. The display method includes outputting, by the display panel, a scanning-done signal of a first frame image generated after scanning rows of pixel circuits of the display panel; after the microprocessor or the display driver chip receives the scanning-done signal, writing, by the display driver chip, initial data of a second frame image provided by the microprocessor and outputting, by the display driver chip, display data of the second frame image to the display panel based on the initial data; or outputting, by the display driver chip, the display data of the second frame image to the display panel in response to the scanning-done signal, the display data being generated based on the initial data provided by the microprocessor. The second frame image follows the first frame image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Chenguang SUN, Xinyang LI, Zhenqiang LI, Xingyao ZHOU, Yana GAO, Shuai YANG
  • Publication number: 20240161671
    Abstract: The method includes, in a low-frequency driving mode where a keeping phase is arranged between two active phases, providing a light-emitting control signal with a duty cycle of a % to a pixel circuit during the active phase; and performing first and second switches on the light-emitting control signal during the keeping phase. The first switch is performed before the second switch. Panel brightness at the first switch is higher than panel brightness at the second switch. The duty cycle of the light-emitting control signal is b % after the second switch. b>a. A total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal within one frame after the first switch is between a total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal with the duty cycle of a % and a total duration of active levels of the light-emitting control signal with the duty cycle of b % within one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Chenguang SUN, Xingyao ZHOU, Yana GAO, Shuai YANG, Mengmeng ZHANG, Jian KUANG
  • Patent number: 11961477
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a driving method are provided. The pixel driving circuit includes: a first power signal terminal receiving a first voltage signal and a second power signal terminal receiving a second voltage signal; a driving transistor configured to provide a driving current in a light-emitting stage; a light-emitting component, connected in series between the driving transistor and the second power signal terminal and configured to emit light in response to the driving current; a light-emitting controller connected in series between the first power signal terminal and the light-emitting component; and a bias unit, electrically connected between the third node and a second output terminal of a light-emitting control circuit, and in response to a first control signal, configured to transmit a first signal outputted by the light-emitting control circuit to a third node to adjust a bias state of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240081110
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display area and at least two non-display areas arranged adjacently along a first direction. The display area at least partially surrounds the non-display areas. Each non-display area includes at least one light-transmitting area and a wiring area, and the wiring area at least partially surrounds the at least one light-transmitting area. The display area includes pixel circuits and driving signal lines electrically connected with the pixel circuits. A driving signal line includes a first segment in the display area, a first connection line located in the wiring area, and a second segment located between the at least two non-display areas that are arranged adjacently. The first segment is connected to the second segment through the first connection line and the first segment is at least located at a side of the at least two non-display areas that are arranged adjacently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Qibing WEI, Peng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU, Gaojun HUANG, Lilian KUANG
  • Patent number: 11925076
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a base substrate as well as, at a side of the base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, a power bus, a plurality of first power lines extending along a column direction and a plurality of second power lines extending along a row direction, where each of the plurality of first power lines is electrically connected to the plurality of the sub-pixels arranged along the column direction, and the plurality of first power lines and the plurality of second power lines are electrically connected in overlapping regions of vertical projection on the base substrate. The display panel further includes a plurality of connection units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Zhe Zhao, Shuai Yang, Yue Li, Xingyao Zhou, Mengmeng Zhang