Patents Issued in January 3, 2017
  • Patent number: 9537074
    Abstract: An optical device substrate includes metal plates and insulating layers formed between the metal plates. Each insulating layer includes a cured insulating layer formed by curing insulating material and an anodized layer merged with each metal plate, the anodized layer formed by anodizing a first metal and a second metal of each metal plate. The first metal and the second metal include a first anodized layer and a second anodized layer, respectively, and are electrically insulated by interfaces including a first interface formed between the first metal and the first anodized layer, a second interface formed between the first anodized layer and the cured insulating layer, a third interface formed between the cured insulating layer and the second metal and a fourth interface formed between the second anodized layer and the second metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Point Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Myung Nam, Tae Hwan Song, Young Chul Jun
  • Patent number: 9537075
    Abstract: The graphite structure includes a plurality of domains of graphite where a layer body of graphene sheets is curved in domelike, wherein the plurality of domains are arranged in plane, and the domains adjacent each other are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daiyu Kondo, Shintaro Sato, Taisuke Iwai
  • Patent number: 9537076
    Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion module has a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 2, a plurality of second electrodes 4, and connectors 42. The plurality of thermoelectric conversion elements 2 are n-type elements, connected in series. The connector 42 is formed as a single unit with the second electrodes 4 and separate from the first electrodes 3. A receptor 33 that accepts the tip of the connector 42 is provided to each of the first electrodes 3. Six element rows 6 of five thermoelectric conversion elements 2 aligned along the X axis are arrayed along the Y axis. The receptors 33 are configured to accept connectors 42 of the same shape whether electrically connecting the thermoelectric conversion elements 2 within the element rows 6 or electrically connecting between adjacent element rows 6. The first electrodes 3 and second electrodes 4 are all the same shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Nippon Thermostat Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Suda, Junichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9537077
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device and method based on creating a structure of nanoclusters in a composite metal and insulator material by co-depositing the metal and insulator material and irradiating the composite material to create nanoclusters of metal within the composite material. In one variation, the composite material may be continuously deposited and concurrently irradiated. A further variation based on a multilayer structure having alternate layers of metal/material mixture. The alternate layers have differing metal content. The layer structure is irradiated with ionizing radiation to produce nanoclusters in the layers. The differing metal content serves to quench the nanoclusters to isolate nanoclusters along the radiation track. The result is a thermoelectric device with a high figure of merit. In one embodiment, the multilayer structure is fabricated and then irradiated with high energy radiation penetrating the entire layer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Fayetteville State University
    Inventor: Daryush Ila
  • Patent number: 9537078
    Abstract: A manufacturing process of the thermoelectric conversion element is provided, wherein the system using semiconductor process technology to the construction of the thermoelectric conversion element nanoscale thermoelectric effect to increase, and the use of different type and surface state of the sample to increase the thermoelectric conversion element thermoelectric figure of merit. Through the use of a specific thickness of deposition of nanostructures on a nanoscale roughening of the substrate cannot affect the conductivity of thermoelectric materials under, and also can improve the Seebeck coefficient and lower thermal conductivity in order to significantly enhance the thermoelectric figure of merit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mei-Feng Lai, Zung-Hang Wei, Hao-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 9537079
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device, among a +C plane on a +Z axis side of a piezoelectric thin film and a ?C plane on a ?Z axis side of the piezoelectric thin film, the ?C plane on the ?Z axis side of the piezoelectric thin film is etched. Thus, ?Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film on which epitaxial growth is possible are exposed. Ti is epitaxially grown on the ?Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film in the ?Z axis direction such that the crystal growth plane thereof is parallel to the ?Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film. Al is then epitaxially grown on the surface of the Ti electrode in the ?Z axis direction such that the crystal growth plane thereof is parallel to the ?Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Korekiyo Ito, Takashi Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 9537080
    Abstract: A system for driving a piezoelectric load includes a direct current (DC) voltage source and a bi-directional DC-to-DC converter having a primary side coupled to the DC voltage source and a secondary side and comprising a control input configured to receive a first control signal configured to control conversion of a first voltage on the primary side of the bi-directional DC-to-DC converter to a second voltage on the secondary side of the bi-directional DC-to-DC converter. The driver system also includes a capacitor coupled to the secondary side of the bi-directional DC-to-DC converter and configured to remove a DC offset of the second voltage and includes a reactive load having a first terminal coupled to the capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the secondary side of the bi-directional DC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ramanujam Ramabhadran, John Stanley Glaser
  • Patent number: 9537081
    Abstract: To provide a lead-free piezoelectric material having a high and stable piezoelectric constant in a wide operating temperature range. The piezoelectric material contains a perovskite type metal oxide having the general formula (1), Mn, Mg, (Ba1-xCax)a(Ti1-y-zSnyZrz)O3??(1) (wherein x is in the range of 0.050?x?0.200, y is in the range of 0.010?y?0.040, and z is in the range of 0?z?0.040, provided that x?0.375(y+z)+0.050, and a is in the range of 0.9925+b?a?1.0025+b) wherein the amount b (mol) of Mn on a metal basis per mole of the metal oxide is in the range of 0.0048?b?0.0400, and the Mg content on a metal basis per 100 parts by weight of the metal oxide is 0.100 parts by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kanako Oshima, Hiroshi Saito, Tatsuo Furuta, Takanori Matsuda, Shunsuke Murakami
  • Patent number: 9537082
    Abstract: In a piezoelectric ceramic which has an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure in which constituent elements are Li, Na, K, Nb, and O, a Li3NbO4 crystal phase is intentionally deposited on a piezoelectric ceramic having an alkali-containing niobate-based perovskite structure, whereby sintering becomes possible at about 1000° C. rather than at the normally required sintering temperature of 1050° C. or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Hatano, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Yutaka Doshida
  • Patent number: 9537083
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric composition containing a major component that is a perovskite-type oxide which is represented by the general formula ABO3, which contains no Pb, and which has A-sites containing Bi, Na, and K and B-sites containing Ti. The Ti is partly substituted with a transition metal element Me that is at least one selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, Fe, and Co. The content of Bi and the transition metal element Me in the perovskite-type oxide, which is the major component, is 6 mole percent to 43 mole percent in terms of Biu1MeO3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Masai, Masamitsu Haemori, Masahito Furukawa, Junichi Yamazaki, Kouhei Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 9537084
    Abstract: A specific region of a polylactic acid sheet is heated by a microwave. To allow the polylactic acid sheet to exhibit piezoelectricity in the thickness direction of the polylactic acid sheet, a high voltage is applied to the heated polylactic acid sheet in the thickness direction of the polylactic acid sheet, and thereby the screw axes of at least a part of the polylactic acid molecules are relatively aligned with the thickness direction. Then the polylactic acid sheet is rapidly cooled, and thereby the polylactic acid molecules are immobilized. The same step is executed for other regions of the polylactic acid sheet, and thereby piezoelectricity is imparted to a wide area of the polylactic acid sheet in the thickness direction. The resultant piezoelectric sheet is capable of exhibiting a high piezoelectricity in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Yoshihiro Tajitsu
  • Patent number: 9537085
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an electromechanical transducer film includes applying a precursor solution on a support substrate, heating the substrate at a first temperature to form a ceramic thin-film in amorphous state, applying a sol-gel solution onto the ceramic thin-film, and heating the ceramic thin-film at a second temperature to form an electromechanical transducer thin-film in amorphous state. The method further includes heating the ceramic and transducer thin-films at a third temperature to thermally decompose an organic substance in the sol-gel solution and form a unitary thin-film, processing the unitary thin-film to form a patterned unitary thin-film, modifying an area on which the patterned film is not formed, discharging the sol-gel solution onto a surface of the patterned film by a liquid discharge head to apply the sol-gel solution to the surface of the patterned film, and heating the patterned film at a fourth temperature to crystallize the patterned film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Shimofuku, Atsushi Takeuchi, Osamu Machida
  • Patent number: 9537086
    Abstract: A technique relates to a linear magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device. A linear magnetic tunnel junction structure includes a non-magnetic tunnel barrier on top of a reference layer and a free layer on top of the non-magnetic tunnel barrier, where the linear magnetic tunnel junction structure is in a line. Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) devices are formed of the reference layer, the non-magnetic tunnel barrier, and the free layer, each of the MRAM devices are in the line. Self-aligned contacts are formed on top of the linear magnetic tunnel junction structure, and the self-aligned contacts individually define the MRAM devices. The self-aligned contacts are separated from one another in the line. Bottom conductive vias are underneath the linear magnetic tunnel junction structure. The bottom conductive vias abut the reference layer of the linear magnetic tunnel junction structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anthony J. Annunziata, Rohit Kilaru
  • Patent number: 9537087
    Abstract: A nanoscale tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) sensor comprising an in-plane-magnetized reference layer and a free layer comprising interfacial perpendicular anisotropy, wherein the free layer comprises a sensing layer for sensing resistance as a function of applied magnetic field and is tunable to vary the direction of the sensing layer magnetization to be in-plane, canted, or out-of-plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Pedram Khalili Amiri, Zhongming Zeng, Kang L. Wang
  • Patent number: 9537088
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a magnetic tunnel junction comprising magnetic reference material having an iridium-containing region between a multi-layer stack and a polarizer region. Some embodiments include a magnetic tunnel junction having a conductive first magnetic electrode which contains magnetic recording material, a conductive second magnetic electrode spaced from the first electrode and which contains magnetic reference material, and a non-magnetic insulator material between the first and second electrodes. The magnetic reference material of the second electrode includes a first region containing a stack of cobalt alternating with one or more of platinum, palladium and nickel; includes an iridium-containing second region over the first region; and includes a cobalt-containing third region over the second region. The third region is directly against the non-magnetic insulator material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Harms, Wei Chen, Sunil S. Murthy
  • Patent number: 9537089
    Abstract: A graphene-based magnetic tunnel junction is disclosed. The magnetic tunnel junction can enhance the tunnel magnetoresistance ratio and a device including the magnetic tunnel junction. The magnetic tunnel junction includes: a pinned layer; a free layer; and a graphene with segmented potentials configured between the pinned layer and the free layer. The magnetic tunnel junction may be a series or parallel connection of the above-mentioned basic form. The device including a magnetic tunnel junction may be a magnetic random access memory bit cell, a magnetic tunnel junction transistor device, a magnetic field sensor, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wen-Jeng Hsueh, Chang-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 9537090
    Abstract: A method of making a spin-torque transfer magnetic random access memory device (STT MRAM) device includes forming a tunnel barrier layer on a reference layer; forming a free layer on the tunnel barrier layer, the free layer comprising a cobalt iron boron (CoFeB) alloy layer and an iron (Fe) layer; and performing a sputtering process to form a metal oxide layer on the Fe layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Guohan Hu
  • Patent number: 9537091
    Abstract: Memory cells and methods of forming the same and devices including the same. The memory cells have first and second electrodes. An amorphous semiconductor material capable of electronic switching and having a first band gap is between the first and second electrodes. A material is in contact with the semiconductor material and having a second band gap, the second band gap greater than the first band gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chandra Mouli, Roy Meade
  • Patent number: 9537092
    Abstract: Integrated circuits and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. An integrated circuit includes a lower electrode overlying a substrate, an insulating layer overlying the lower electrode, and an upper electrode overlying the insulating layer. The lower electrode, the insulating layer, and the upper electrode form a stack having a side surface. A phase change spacer is adjacent to the side surface, where the phase change spacer is electrically connected to the lower electrode and the upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Zou, Alex See, Shyue Seng Tan
  • Patent number: 9537093
    Abstract: A memory structure is disclosed. The memory structure comprises a phase change material layer, a first electrode, a second electrode, and conductive spacers. The second electrode and the first electrode are electrically connected to an upper surface and a lower surface of the phase change material layer respectively. The conductive spacers are separated from each other and on side surfaces of the phase change material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Erh-Kun Lai, Hsiang-Lan Lung
  • Patent number: 9537094
    Abstract: A memory cell and method including a first electrode formed through a first opening in a first dielectric layer, a resistive layer formed on the first electrode, a spacing layer formed on the resistive layer, a second electrode formed on the resistive layer, and a second dielectric layer formed on the second electrode, the second dielectric layer including a second opening. The first dielectric layer formed on a substrate including a first metal layer. The first electrode and the resistive layer collectively include a first lip region that extends a first distance beyond the first opening. The second electrode and the second dielectric layer collectively include a second lip region that extends a second distance beyond the first opening. The spacing layer extends from the second distance to the first distance. The second electrode is coupled to a second metal layer using a via that extends through the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yang Chang, Hsia-Wei Chen, Chin-Chieh Yang, Kuo-Chi Tu, Wen-Ting Chu, Yu-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 9537095
    Abstract: Precursors for use in depositing tellurium-containing films on substrates such as wafers or other microelectronic device substrates, as well as associated processes of making and using such precursors, and source packages of such precursors. The precursors are useful for deposition of Ge2Sb2Te5 chalcogenide thin films in the manufacture of nonvolatile Phase Change Memory (PCM), by deposition techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Entegris, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Stender, Chongying Xu, Tianniu Chen, William Hunks, Philip S. H. Chen, Jeffrey F. Roeder, Thomas H. Baum
  • Patent number: 9537096
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an organic EL element capable of shortening the film formation time while suppressing an increase in the blur width; and an organic EL display device. The method is for producing an organic EL element by scanning vapor deposition, in which one or more vapor deposition sources each are provided with ejection orifices that face the respective openings of a limiting plate, and the ejection orifices facing the same opening are spaced from each other to give a sum of distributions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Katsuhiro Kikuchi, Shinichi Kawato, Takashi Ochi, Yuhki Kobayashi, Masahiro Ichihara, Eiichi Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9537097
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate for an organic electrode device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic electronic device. An exemplary substrate of the invention, if an organic light emitting element is formed on an upper part of the substrate, can obtain luminance with high emission and uniformity by efficiently controlling the surface resistance of an electrode even when the device is configured into larger sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Keun Lee, Kyoung Sik Moon, Seong Soo Jang, Yong Sik Ahn, Jung Doo Kim, Min Choon Park, Jung Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 9537098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a substrate for an organic electrode device, a manufacturing method thereof, and an organic electronic device. An exemplary substrate of the invention, if an organic light emitting element is formed on an upper part of the substrate, can obtain luminance with high emission and uniformity by efficiently controlling the surface resistance of an electrode even when the device is configured into larger sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Keun Lee, Kyoung Sik Moon, Seong Soo Jang, Yong Sik Ahn, Jung Doo Kim, Min Choon Park, Jung Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 9537099
    Abstract: A polymer having two different sets of repeat units consisting essentially of: Additionally, in the polymer R1 can be selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups and combinations thereof. In the polymer, n and m can be greater than 1. In the polymer, x and y can be different from each other and independently selected from the group consisting of: an alkoxy group, a substituted alkoxy group, an aryl group, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, where y=1-3, where y=0-12, where R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups, and aryl groups, where R3 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups, and aryl groups, where R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups, and aryl groups, —NR6R7 where R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups, and aryl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Kathy Woody, Hui Huang, Ting He
  • Patent number: 9537100
    Abstract: A process of polymerizing f with wherein the stoichiometric ratio of f?(g+h) and f, g and h are not equal to 0. This process can also have R1 selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups and combinations thereof. Additionally, x and y can be different from each other and can be independently selected from the group consisting of: alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, where y=1-3, where y=0-12, where R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, where R3 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, where R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups, —NR6R7 where R6 and R7 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Kathy Woody, Hui Huang, Ting He
  • Patent number: 9537101
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a composition containing a polymer oroligomer (A) having a repeating unit with hole transport properties and also having a thienylgroup which may have a substituent, and an initiator (B), wherein the solubility of the composition is capable of being changed by applying heat, light, or both heat and light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeaki Funyuu, Naoki Asano, Kenichi Ishitsuka
  • Patent number: 9537102
    Abstract: A low-molecular-weight fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound may have a compact planar structure in which seven or more rings are fused together, and thereby exhibits high charge mobility, and furthermore, enables the use of a deposition process or a room-temperature solution process when applied to devices, therefore realizing improved processibility. An organic thin film and electronic device may include the fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Il Park, Bang Lin Lee, Jong Won Chung, Ji Young Jung
  • Patent number: 9537103
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an organic material is represented by the following formula(A), the organic EL device employing the material as light emitting host or dopant of emitting layer, hole blocking layer(HBL), electron blocking layer(EBL), electron transport layer(ETL) and hole transport layer (HTL) can display good performance. wherein A represents a substituted or unsubstituted fused ring hydrocarbon units with two to three rings, m represents an integer of 0 to 10, G, Rs and R1 to R3 are the same definition as described in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventor: Feng-Wen Yen
  • Patent number: 9537104
    Abstract: A condensed-cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting diode including the condensed-cyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Jung, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Jin-O Lim, Sang-Hyun Han, Eun-Jae Jeong, Soo-Yon Kim, Jun-Ha Park, Eun-Young Lee, Chang-Ho Lee, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9537105
    Abstract: The present invention describes indenocarbazole derivatives having electron- and hole-transporting properties, in particular for use in the emission and/or charge-transport layer of electroluminescent devices or as matrix material. The invention furthermore relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds according to the invention and to electronic devices comprising same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Christof Pflumm, Arne Buesing, Amir Hossain Parham, Teresa Mujica-Fernaud, Holger Heil, Philipp Stoessel
  • Patent number: 9537106
    Abstract: Donor-acceptor compounds with nitrogen containing polyaromatics as the acceptor with emission originated from the charge transfer (CT) state is disclosed. The donor-acceptor compound is provided that has the structure of Formula 1 shown below: wherein X1 to X12 is independently selected from the group consisting of C—R and N, wherein at least one of X1 to X12 is N, wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, deuterium, halide, alkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroalkyl, arylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, amino, silyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl, heteroalkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, acyl, carbonyl, carboxylic acids, ester, nitrile, isonitrile, sulfanyl, sulfinyl, sulfonyl, phosphino, and combinations thereof; and at least one of the R comprises a donor group with at least two electron-donating nitrogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Raymond Kwong, Sui Tung Lam, Chi Hang Lee
  • Patent number: 9537107
    Abstract: Provided are a light emitting device material which contains a compound having a carbazole skeleton of a specific structure and which makes it possible to achieve a light emitting device having both high luminance efficiency and durability; and a light emitting device using the light emitting device material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Nagao, Shinichi Matsuki, Daisaku Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Tominaga
  • Patent number: 9537108
    Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the same. In Formula 1, R1 to R8 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C60 alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C3 to C60 cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C2 to C60 heteroaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C60 aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C60 condensed polycyclic group, with the proviso that R2 is not wherein X is O, S, or Se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Yon Kim, Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Jun-Ha Park, Hye-Jin Jung, Eun-Young Lee, Sang-Hyun Han, Jin-O Lim, Eun-Jae Jeong, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9537109
    Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting element which has high emission efficiency and a long lifetime and is driven at low voltage. The light-emitting element includes an EL layer between a pair of electrodes. The EL layer includes a compound which gives a first peak at a m/z of around 266.10 in a mass spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroki Suzuki, Satoshi Seo, Sachiko Kawakami, Tsunenori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9537110
    Abstract: An organic compound represented by formula (1) or formula (2) that is easy to synthesize, and has excellent chemical stability, semiconductor characteristics (high carrier mobility) and high solubility in a solvent. in formula (1), X is oxygen, sulfur or selenium; n is 0 or 1; R1 to R3 are hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons, aryl, pyridyl, furyl, thienyl, thiazolyl or the like. However, except for a case where X is selenium, a case where all of R1 to R3 are simultaneously hydrogen is excluded, and a case where X is sulfur and all of R1 are simultaneously butyl is also excluded. In formula (2), X is oxygen, sulfur or selenium; n is 0 or 1; R1 to R2 are hydrogen, alkyl having 1 to 20 carbons, aryl, pyridyl, furyl, thienyl, thiazolyl or the like; however, a case where all of R1 to R2 are simultaneously hydrogen is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Takeya, Toshihiro Okamoto, Tauto Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9537111
    Abstract: A specific material for organic electroluminescence device having m-phenylene skeleton in its molecule realizes a highly heat-resistant and long lifetime organic electroluminescence device capable of driving at low voltage with high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nakano, Masaki Numata, Hideaki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9537112
    Abstract: This application discloses a new family of inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductor bulk materials built on periodic nanostructured 2D layers of ZnS that emit bright white light with high quantum efficiency. These ZnS-based crystalline inorganic-organic hybrid semiconductors have well defined and precisely controllable crystal structure and composition. Their optical emission properties, including intensity, quantum yield, and color quality, can be systematically tuned by varying the composition of both inorganic and organic components. Methods for preparing these materials, use of these materials as a new type of single-phased white light emitting phosphors, and their applications in making WLED devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
    Inventors: Jing Li, Mojgan Roushan
  • Patent number: 9537113
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device with improved thermal reliability is disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, and an organic light emitting device that includes a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer including a first host, a second host, and a dopant, and a second electrode sequentially stacked on the substrate. The first host and the second host have different glass transition temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Hee Lee, Eun-Jung Park
  • Patent number: 9537114
    Abstract: An organic EL light emitting device includes a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode film formed on the substrate, a positive electrode contact portion in contact with a part of the transparent electrode film and electrically connected therewith, an insulating layer formed on the transparent electrode film such that the an insulating layer covers a portion excluding a light emitting part, an organic light emitting layer formed on the transparent electrode film and on the insulating layer, a negative electrode film formed on the organic light emitting layer, a negative electrode contact portion in contact with at least a part of the negative electrode film and electrically connected therewith, and a protective layer for separating and electrically insulating the positive electrode contact portion and the transparent electrode film from the negative electrode contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NEC LIGHTING, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9537115
    Abstract: An OLED package structure and a display device are provided. The OLED package structure has an OLED substrate including an OLED component; and a package substrate including an active metal film. A sealed chamber is formed by using a sealant to bond the OLED substrate and the package substrate, and the OLED component and the active metal film are positioned in the sealed chamber. The life time of the OLED component and the display device can be increased by absorbing residual oxygen in the package structure and external penetrating oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Wei Yu
  • Patent number: 9537116
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel light emitting devices including AMOLED displays, based on transparent OLED architecture, where a laminated nanostructured light extraction film can produce axial and integrated optical gains as well as improved angular luminance and color. Generally, the transparent AMOLED displays (100) with laminated sub-micron extractors (110a-c) include: (a) an extractor (110a) on a transparent substrate (112a) for light outcoupling on both sides of the transparent device (120); or (b) an extractor (110b) on a reflective film (112b) for providing light outcoupling off the bottom side of the bottom-emitting (BE) AMOLED (120); or (c) an extractor (110c) on a light absorbing film (112c) for providing outcoupling off the bottom side of the BE AMOLED (120) combined with improved ambient contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Sergey Lamansky, Ghidewon Arefe, Keith L. Behrman, Steven J. McMan, Jonathan A. Anim-Addo, William A. Tolbert
  • Patent number: 9537117
    Abstract: The invention relates to dimeric copper(I) complexes according to formula A, in particular as emitters in optoelectronic devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) and other devices wherein: Cu: Cu(I), X: Cl, Br, I, SCN, CN, and/or alkynyl and P?N: a phosphine ligand substituted with a N-heterocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: CYNORA GMBH
    Inventors: Hartmut Yersin, Uwe Monkowius, Thomas Hofbeck
  • Patent number: 9537118
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate including a display region displaying an image and a peripheral region surrounding the display region, a plurality of pad wires formed in the peripheral region of the substrate, and a plurality of bumps formed between the plurality of pad wires. The organic light emitting diode display blocks or relieves impact which is generated when a temporary upper protective film is half-cut and applied to a plurality of pad wires or an insulating layer by forming a plurality of bumps between the plurality of pad wires, thus preventing a damage to the pad wires or the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 9537119
    Abstract: An ink printing process employs per-nozzle droplet volume measurement and processing software that plans droplet combinations to reach specific aggregate ink fills per target region, guaranteeing compliance with minimum and maximum ink fills set by specification. In various embodiments, different droplet combinations are produced through different print head/substrate scan offsets, offsets between print heads, the use of different nozzle drive waveforms, and/or other techniques. Optionally, patterns of fill variation can be introduced so as to mitigate observable line effects in a finished display device. The disclosed techniques have many other possible applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.
    Inventors: Nahid Harjee, Lucas D. Barkley, Christopher R. Hauf, Eliyahu Vronsky, Conor F. Madigan
  • Patent number: 9537120
    Abstract: A polymer battery module packaging sheet includes, as essential components, a base layer (61), an aluminum layer (62), chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) coating the opposite surfaces of the aluminum layer (62), and an innermost layer (63). The chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) are formed by processing the opposite surfaces of the aluminum layer (62) by a phosphate treatment method. The base layer (61) and the innermost layer (63) are bonded to the chemical conversion coatings (64a, 64b) of the aluminum layer (62) with adhesive layers (65a, 65b), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yamashita, Masataka Okushita, Kazuki Yamada, Rikiyama Yamashita, Hiroshi Miyama, Youichi Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9537121
    Abstract: A secondary battery and a secondary battery pack, the secondary battery including a case; an electrode assembly inside the case; a cap plate coupled with the case, the cap plate having an inner side facing an inside of the case and an outer side facing an outside of the case; a flexible collecting tab electrically connected with the electrode assembly and extending through the cap plate from the inner side to the outer side thereof; and, a terminal plate outside of the case and adjacent to the outer side of the cap plate, the flexible collecting tab being electrically connected with the terminal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbH
    Inventor: Dukjung Kim
  • Patent number: 9537122
    Abstract: A fixing sheet adapted for fixing a battery to a body of an electronic apparatus is provided. The fixing sheet includes a structure layer having a first portion, a second portion and a split line. The first portion is adapted to be adhered to the battery. The second portion is structurally connected to the first portion and adapted to be adhered to the body. The split line is located at a common border of the first portion and the second portion. The first portion is capable of being forced relative to the second portion once the battery is forced relative to the body, so as to separate the first portion and the second portion along the split line. An electronic apparatus having the fixing sheet is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Kai Lin, Chih-Hao Huang
  • Patent number: 9537123
    Abstract: An electrical storage device includes a housing structure having battery unit housing portions each for housing a battery unit and an attaching object, a plurality of connectors attached to the attaching object, and conductive members connecting between the connectors. The connectors are attached to the attaching object on the battery unit housing portion side. The conductive members connect between the adjacent ones of the connectors on the battery unit housing portion side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Takeshi Ebisawa