Patents by Inventor Yuan-Chih Tsai

Yuan-Chih Tsai 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: 20240087879
    Abstract: A method includes performing a plasma activation on a surface of a first package component, removing oxide regions from surfaces of metal pads of the first package component, and performing a pre-bonding to bond the first package component to a second package component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Xin-Hua Huang, Ping-Yin Liu, Hung-Hua Lin, Hsun-Chung Kuang, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Lan-Lin Chao, Chia-Shiung Tsai, Xiaomeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20150316828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrophoretic display, which includes a first substrate, an electrophoretic layer, a second substrate, a stress controlling layer and an adhesive layer. The first substrate includes at least one active device and at least one pixel electrode electrically coupled to the active device. The electrophoretic layer is disposed above the pixel electrode. The second substrate is disposed above the electrophoretic layer. The stress controlling layer is formed on a lower surface of the second substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the surface stressed layer and the electrophoretic layer, and is in contact with the stress controlling layer and the electrophoretic layer. The adhesion between the stress controlling layer and the adhesive layer is about 75% to 125% of the adhesion between the electrophoretic layer and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan LAI, Yi-Ching WANG, Yuan-Chih TSAI, Chi-Tsan SHEN, Lee-Tyng CHEN
  • Patent number: 9116411
    Abstract: A display device includes an active element array substrate, a display layer and a transparent shock absorption layer. The display layer is disposed on the active element array substrate. The transparent shock absorption layer is disposed on the display layer. The transparent shock absorption layer is formed by curing liquid adhesive material. A manufacturing method of display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chih Tsai, Chi-Ming Wu, Ming-Sheng Chiang, Hung-Yi Tsai, Jen-Shiun Huang, Ta-Nien Luan, Wen-Chang Lu, Lee-Tyng Chen, You-Chi Tsai
  • Patent number: 9101076
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel and a plurality of curving-restricting structures. The display panel has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite thereto. The display surface has a visible region and an outer region surrounding the visible region. The curving-restricting structures is disposed on at least one of the outer region of the display surface and the bottom surface of the display panel. Each curving-restricting structure has a top surface and at least a slanted side wall. The top surfaces of adjacent curving-restricting structures are spaced with each other, and the slanted side walls of adjacent curving-restricting structures face each other. When the flexible display device are curved to a predetermined extent, adjacent curving-restricting structures may resist against with each other to prevent the display panel from being unduly curved to be damaged, and thus a use reliability of the flexible display device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: E INK HOLDING INC.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Hsiao, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Ted-Hong Shinn
  • Patent number: 8976517
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shell, a display module and a cushion. The shell includes a bottom plate and a top plate. The top plate defines an opening. The display module is disposed in the shell and faces the opening. The display module is spaced from the bottom plate of the shell. The cushion is disposed between the display module and the bottom plate of the shell, and brought into contact with the display module for cushioning the display module when an external force is applied to the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Wan-Tien Chen, Ming-Sheng Chiang, Wen-Chang Lu, Hung-Yi Tsai, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Chu-Kuang Tseng, Chi-Ming Wu, Jen-Shiun Huang, Tsung-Ting Lee, Chen-Fa Tsai
  • Patent number: 8797302
    Abstract: In a flexible display panel and a fabricating method thereof, the flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate, a plurality of electro-phoretic pixel units, a plurality of electro-wetting pixel units, a transparent protective layer and a driving circuit. The electro-phoretic pixel units and the electro-wetting pixel units are formed in a first displaying area and a second displaying area of the flexible substrate respectively. The transparent protective layer is formed on the electro-phoretic pixel units and the electro-wetting pixel units, and the driving circuit is formed in the non-displaying area of the flexible substrate and electrically connected to the electro-phoretic pixel units and the electro-wetting pixel units. The flexible display panel may display static pictures through the electro-phoretic pixel units and display animation through the electro-wetting pixel units. Therefore, the flexible display panel has both the abilities for saving power and displaying animation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn, Yi-Ching Wang, Yuan-Chih Tsai
  • Patent number: 8766962
    Abstract: In a bistable display device having a driver circuit, the driver circuit has multiple electrical ports for electrically connecting to external circuits. The electric potential difference between any two neighboring ports is less than 10 volts so that electrical punch-through caused by great electric potential difference and short distance between the electrical ports is substantially avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn, Chi-Ming Wu, Yuan-Chih Tsai
  • Patent number: 8665513
    Abstract: An electro-phoretic display device includes a first substrate, an active elements array, a driving circuit, a conductive flexible board, an electro-phoretic layer and a second substrate. The first substrate has a first surface defining a display area and a circuit area, and a second surface. The active elements array is disposed within the display area and the driving circuit is disposed within the circuit area and electrically connected to the active elements array. The conductive flexible board is partially disposed at the first substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The electro-phoretic layer and the second substrate are sequentially disposed on the active elements array and the driving circuit. A fabricating method of electro-phoretic display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Hsiao, Tzu-Ming Wang, Kai-Cheng Chuang, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Chi-Ming Wu, Jen-Shiun Huang, Yung-Sheng Chang
  • Patent number: 8625060
    Abstract: A reflective display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a reflective substrate, a display layer and a transparent gluing layer. The transparent gluing layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the display layer and the refractive indices of the transparent gluing layer and of the transparent substrate are substantially the same. Therefore, the energy loss of light can be reduced at the interface between the transparent gluing layer and the transparent substrate, so the brightness of the image displayed by the reflective display apparatus may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ching Wang, Yuan-Chih Tsai
  • Patent number: 8520180
    Abstract: A display device includes an array substrate, a display medium layer, a transparent layer and a sealant. The array substrate has a first region and a second region surrounding the first region. The display medium layer is disposed on the array substrate and located in the first region. The transparent layer with an upper surface is disposed on the display medium layer. The upper surface has a display region and a predetermined sealing region surrounding the display region. The sealant is formed on the array substrate and located in the second region. Also, the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer. In addition, a method for fabricating the display device is also provided. Since the sealant surrounds the transparent layer and the display medium layer and covers the predetermined sealing region of the transparent layer, the packaging performance of the above display device may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Chih Tsai, Ted-Hong Shinn, Yi-Ching Wang
  • Patent number: 8482836
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer, a first protecting layer, and at least one light-pervious polymer film. The display layer is arranged on the flexible substrate. The first protecting layer is arranged on the display layer. The at least one light-pervious polymer film is arranged on the first protecting layer. The light-pervious polymer film is used to protect the flexible display device from being damaged by external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Nien Luan, You-Chi Tsai, Ming-Sheng Chiang, Chi-Ming Wu, Hung-Yi Tsai, Jen-Shiun Huang, Wen-Chang Lu, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Lee-Tyng Chen
  • Publication number: 20130027853
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shell, a display module and a cushion. The shell includes a bottom plate and a top plate. The top plate defines an opening The display module is disposed in the shell and faces the opening The display module is spaced from the bottom plate of the shell. The cushion is disposed between the display module and the bottom plate of the shell, and brought into contact with the display module for cushioning the display module when an external force is applied to the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: WAN-TIEN CHEN, MING-SHENG CHIANG, WEN-CHANG LU, HUNG-YI TSAI, YUAN-CHIH TSAI, CHU-KUANG TSENG, CHI-MING WU, JEN-SHIUN HUANG, TSUNG-TING LEE, CHEN-FA TSAI
  • Patent number: 8331013
    Abstract: An electro-phoretic display device includes a first substrate, an active elements array, a driving circuit, a conductive flexible board, an electro-phoretic layer, a second substrate and a sealant layer. The first substrate has a first surface defining a display area and a circuit area, and a second surface. The active elements array is disposed within the display area and the driving circuit is disposed within the circuit area and electrically connected to the active elements array. The conductive flexible board is partially disposed at the first substrate and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The electro-phoretic layer and the second substrate are sequentially disposed on the active elements array and the driving circuit. The sealant layer is interposed between the second substrate and the conductive flexible board to seal the electro-phoretic layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. A fabricating method of electro-phoretic display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Hsiao, Tzu-Ming Wang, Kai-Cheng Chuang, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Chi-ming Wu, Jen-Shiun Huang, Yung-Sheng Chang
  • Publication number: 20120307343
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrophoretic display, which includes a first substrate, an electrophoretic layer, a second substrate, a stress controlling layer and an adhesive layer. The first substrate includes at least one active device and at least one pixel electrode electrically coupled to the active device. The electrophoretic layer is disposed above the pixel electrode. The second substrate is disposed above the electrophoretic layer. The stress controlling layer is formed on a lower surface of the second substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed between the surface stressed layer and the electrophoretic layer, and is in contact with the stress controlling layer and the electrophoretic layer. The adhesion between the stress controlling layer and the adhesive layer is about 75% to 125% of the adhesion between the electrophoretic layer and the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: E INK HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan LAI, Yi-Ching WANG, Yuan-Chih TSAI, Chi-Tsan SHEN, Lee-Tying CHEN
  • Patent number: 8305514
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The flexible display panel includes a display body and a peripheral circuit. The peripheral circuit is adjacent to the display body, and the FPCB is connected to the peripheral circuit. The FPCB includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is connected between the peripheral circuit and the second portion. Bending modulus of the first portion is lower than that of the second portion. The flexible display apparatus has better reliability. Another flexible display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn, Yu-Sheng Lin, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Chi-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 8289719
    Abstract: A flexible display module includes a flexible display panel and at least one flexible circuit board. The flexible display panel includes a flexible plastic substrate, a first driving circuit layer, a display layer and a second driving circuit layer. The thickness of the flexible plastic substrate is smaller than 30 micrometers. The first driving circuit layer having a view area and a peripheral circuit area is disposed on the flexible plastic substrate. The display layer is disposed on the first driving circuit layer and corresponding to the view area. The second driving circuit area is disposed on the display layer. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the peripheral circuit area through an anisotropic conductive film. In addition, a method of manufacturing a flexible display module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ted-Hong Shinn, Yi-Ming Chiu, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Yi-Ching Wang
  • Publication number: 20120212797
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display layer, a first protecting layer, and at least one light-pervious polymer film. The display layer is arranged on the flexible substrate. The first protecting layer is arranged on the display layer. The at least one light-pervious polymer film is arranged on the first protecting layer. The light-pervious polymer film is used to protect the flexible display device from being damaged by external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ta-Nien Luan, You-Chi Tsai, Ming-Sheng Chiang, Chi-Ming Wu, Hung-Yi Tsai, Jen-shiun Huang, Wen-Chang Lu, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Lee-Tyng Chen
  • Patent number: 8243053
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a flexible panel body and at least one integrated circuit driver (IC driver). The flexible panel body has a first end surface, a second end surface, a plurality of side surfaces and at least one convex cambered surface. The first end surface has a display area. The second end surface is opposite to the first end surface. Each of the side surfaces connects the first end surface and the second end surface. Each adjacent two of the side surfaces connect each other. The convex cambered surface connects adjacent two of the side surfaces and connects the first end surface and the second end surface. The IC driver is disposed at the flexible panel body, located outside the display area, and adjacent to the convex cambered surface. In addition, another flexible display panel having a gravity-changing device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Tzu-Ming Wang, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Ted-Hong Shinn
  • Publication number: 20120081650
    Abstract: A reflective display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a reflective substrate, a display layer and a transparent gluing layer. The transparent gluing layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the display layer and the refractive indices of the transparent gluing layer and of the transparent substrate are substantially the same. Therefore, the energy loss of light can be reduced at the interface between the transparent gluing layer and the transparent substrate, so the brightness of the image displayed by the reflective display apparatus may be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ching Wang, Yuan Chih Tsai
  • Publication number: 20120081849
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel and a plurality of curving-restricting structures. The display panel has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite thereto. The display surface has a visible region and an outer region surrounding the visible region. The curving-restricting structures is disposed on at least one of the outer region of the display surface and the bottom surface of the display panel. Each curving-restricting structure has a top surface and at least a slanted side wall. The top surfaces of adjacent curving-restricting structures are spaced with each other, and the slanted side walls of adjacent curving-restricting structures face each other. When the flexible display device are curved to a predetermined extent, adjacent curving-restricting structures may resist against with each other to prevent the display panel from being unduly curved to be damaged, and thus a use reliability of the flexible display device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Po-Wen HSIAO, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Ted-Hong Shinn