Patents by Inventor Yi-Fan NIU

Yi-Fan NIU 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).

  • Publication number: 20190067638
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an encapsulation layer structure including a first organic layer, an inorganic thin film, and a second organic layer. The first organic layer has a bottom surface and a first wavy surface opposite to the bottom surface. The first wavy surface has a plurality of peak portions and a plurality of valley portions, and the peak portions and valley portions are alternately arranged with each other. The inorganic thin film is conformally disposed on the first wavy surface of the first organic layer, and the inorganic thin film has a second wavy surface opposite to the first wavy surface. The second organic layer is over the second wavy surface of the inorganic thin film. This encapsulation layer structure may prevent the penetration of oxygen and moisture effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ching-Yu HUANG, Ming-Hsiang LAI, Ying-Hung CHUANG, Yi-Fan NIU, Wen-Cheng CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160336354
    Abstract: A display panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, a display medium and a sealant. The active device array substrate includes a substrate, an active device array, a passivation layer and an enhancement layer. A material of the enhancement layer is different from a material of the passivation layer. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the active device array substrate. The display medium is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate. The sealant is disposed between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate and surrounds the display medium. An end of the sealant directly contacts the enhancement layer, and a material of the enhancement layer is the same as a material of the sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Yi-Wen Chiu, Yen-Wei Liu, Ji-Yi Chiou, Ming-Hsiang Lai, Sheng-Fa Liu, Ching-Yu Huang, Yi-Fan Niu
  • Publication number: 20150357548
    Abstract: A method for forming a thermoelectric film having a micro groove includes the following steps: A) forming a plurality of parallel sacrificing wires by electrospinning, a diameter of each sacrificing wire being 100-500 nm; B) coating a thermoelectric film having a thickness of 80-200 nm on a part of a surface of each sacrificing wire; and C) removing the sacrificing wires from the thermoelectric films and thus obtaining the thermoelectric films each having the micro groove, a radio side of each thermoelectric film being open to the surroundings. The thermoelectric films finally prepared can have higher size uniformity without the disadvantage of catalyst residual. Further, the thermoelectric films each have a size smaller than the mean free path of phonons in one dimension, and thus the thermoelectric properties of the thermoelectric films can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Sheng-Wei LEE, Yi-Fan NIU, Pei-Wen LI, Cheng-Lun HSIN, Chung-Jen TSENG