Patents Issued in March 7, 2023
  • Patent number: 11598988
    Abstract: An opposing substrate as a substrate for an electro-optical device includes a transparent base member and a light shielding portion disposed on a region between pixels on the base member. The light shielding portion includes a first reflective film and a second reflective film that is disposed to overlap the first reflective film and has a reflection rate lower than that of the first reflective film, and a first protective film that covers the first reflective film is provided between the first reflective film and the second reflective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Tsuchiya, Takehiro Ono, Yusuke Kinoe, Yoshitaka Hama, Yasushi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11598989
    Abstract: A backlight unit including: a base substrate in which a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area are defined; a wiring layer including: a lower conductive layer disposed on the base substrate; an intermediate conductive layer disposed on the lower conductive layer; and an upper conductive layer disposed on the intermediate conductive layer; a light emitting element disposed on the wiring layer in the light emitting area; a connection member electrically connecting the light emitting element and the wiring layer, the connection member contacting the intermediate conductive layer of the wiring layer and the light emitting element; a backlight flexible substrate electrically connected to the wiring layer in the non-light emitting area; and a pad connection member electrically connecting the wiring layer and the backlight flexible substrate in the non-light emitting area, the pad connection member contacting the upper conductive layer of the wiring layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Duk Sung Kim, Jung Hyun Kwon, Jae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11598990
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a direct type backlight module (1) and a display device. The direct type backlight module (1) includes: a back plate (10) including a body (110) and a side plate (120) protruding around an edge of the body (110), the body (110) and the side plate (120) are enclosed to form a receiving cavity (100), and a back surface of the body (110) is partially recessed towards the receiving cavity (100) to form a mounting groove (130); and a rear housing (20), covering the mounting groove (130), a back surface of the rear housing (20) is flush with an edge of the mounting groove (130) of the body (110). The direct type backlight module (1) overcomes the defect in the conventional display device that the rear housing protrudes from the back plate, causing uneven thickness of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN TCL NEW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaocheng Huang, Shaojun Cai, Jianjun Sun
  • Patent number: 11598991
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is formed by arraying a plurality of pixels 10, and the pixel 10 includes a first substrate 20, a second substrate 50, a first electrode 120 formed on the first substrate 20, a second electrode 52 formed on the second substrate 50, and a liquid crystal layer 60. A pretilt angle is provided to a liquid crystal molecule 61, and the first electrode 120 is formed of a transparent conductive material layer and a foundation layer 150 including a plurality of projecting portions 130 and recessed portions 140. A first transparent conductive material layer 135 connected to a first power feeding unit is formed on a projecting portion top surface 151 of the foundation layer 150, and a second transparent conductive material layer 145 connected to a second power feeding unit is formed on a recessed portion bottom surface 152 of the foundation layer 150.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Shunichi Suwa, Masashi Miyakawa, Chikashi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11598992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display that can reduce occurrence of quality problems and improve adhesive strength between substrates. The present invention is a liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a seal. The first substrate includes a shift register monolithically formed on an insulating substrate, a plurality of bus lines, a first end, and a display region. The shift register includes a plurality of multistage-connected unit circuits and wiring connected to the plurality of unit circuits, and is arranged in a region between the first end and the display region. At least one of the unit circuits includes a clock terminal, an output terminal, an output transistor, a second transistor, and a bootstrap capacitor. The output transistor and the bootstrap capacitor are arranged in a region between the first end and one of the wiring and the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takahiro Mori
  • Patent number: 11598993
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first signal line and a second signal line adjacent to each other along a first direction, an organic insulating film located on the first signal line and the second signal line, and a first spacer located on the organic insulating film and a second substrate opposing the first substrate and including a second spacer opposing the first spacer. The organic insulating film has a through-hole between the first signal line and the second signal line in plan view. The first spacer is provided to overlap the through-hole in plan view and filling the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Morikazu Nomura, Yoshitaka Ozeki, Toru Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11598994
    Abstract: A display device including a first display substrate including a switching element disposed on a first base, a height difference generation pattern disposed on the switching element to overlap with the switching element, a color filter layer disposed on the height difference generation pattern and covering the height difference generation pattern, an organic layer disposed on the color filter layer and including a protruding part overlapping the height difference generation pattern, and a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer, electrically connected to the switching element, and not overlapping the protruding part; a second display substrate including a second base facing the first base; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second display substrates; and a column spacer disposed between a first surface of the second base facing the first base and the organic layer and overlapping the protruding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sae Ron Park, Jung Hyun Ahn
  • Patent number: 11598995
    Abstract: A beam shaping device (1; 31) comprising first (3; 33) and second (4; 37) optically transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer (2; 36) sandwiched there between, and first (5; 34) and second (6; 35) electrodes arranged on a side of the liquid crystal layer (2; 36) facing the first substrate (3; 34). The beam shaping device (1; 31) is controllable between beam-shaping states, each permitting passage of light through the beam-shaping device in a direction perpendicular thereto. The beam shaping device (1; 31) is configured in such a way that application of a voltage (V) across the first (5; 34) and second (6; 35) electrodes results in an electric field having a portion essentially parallel to the liquid crystal layer (2; 36) in a segment thereof between neighboring portions of the electrodes (5, 6; 34; 35) and extending substantially from the first substrate (3; 34) to the second (4; 35) substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties van Bommel, Thomas Caspar Kraan, Leon Hendrikus Christiaan Kusters, Siebe Tjerk DeZwart, Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn
  • Patent number: 11598996
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a light-adjusting glass and a smart vehicle window. The light-adjusting glass has a transmittance adjustment region and an encapsulation region; the light-adjusting glass includes: a first and second substrates opposite to each other, and a dye liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates in the transmittance adjustment region, and a frame sealant in the encapsulation region; the first substrate includes a first base and a first electrode layer on a side of the first base proximal to the dye liquid crystal layer; the second substrate includes a second base and a second electrode layer on a side of the second base proximal to the dye liquid crystal layer; a conductive structure is provided in the frame sealant; a first and second voltage transmission structures electrically insulated from each other are on the first base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongliang Yuan, Xiaojuan Wu, Yong Zhang, Limin Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Qi Zheng, Yao Bi, Xuan Zhong, Zhangxiang Cheng, Donghua Zhang, Jiaxing Wang, Ce Wang, Jian Wang, Yanchen Li
  • Patent number: 11598997
    Abstract: A liquid crystal apparatus includes a scan line extending in a ±X direction, a data line extending in a ±Y direction that intersects with the ±X direction, a TFT having a semiconductor layer in which, at a position overlapping with the scan line in plan view, one source drain region and a channel region extend along the ±X direction, and at a position overlapping with the data line in plan view, another source drain region extends along the ±Y direction, and a first upper capacitance element and a second upper capacitance element provided at a position overlapping with the data line, so as to overlap with the other source drain region in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yohei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 11598998
    Abstract: The application provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes: gate lines, data lines, the gate lines and the data lines being arranged to intersect to define sub-pixels, every multiple sub-pixels in a same row constituting a pixel unit; and common electrode lines, each of the common electrode lines is between adjacent two of the gate lines. The display substrate further includes common voltage input line groups intersecting with the common electrode lines. Common voltage input lines in different groups are electrically connected to different ones of the common electrode lines, respectively; and an orthographic projection of every N columns of pixel units on a substrate covers an orthographic projection of a corresponding one of the common voltage input line groups on the substrate, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunping Long
  • Patent number: 11598999
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device that is an electro-optical device includes: a transistor including a semiconductor layer extending along a Y axis extending direction that is a first direction, a light shielding region that is a light shielding layer including a first extending portion extending along the first direction, and a wide portion overlapping a channel region of the semiconductor layer and provided wider than the first extending portion, an interlayer insulation layer provided with an opening in a region overlapping the light shielding region, and a capacitance element including a first capacitance electrode provided in the opening of the interlayer insulation layer and including a protruding portion protruding over the interlayer insulation layer, and a second capacitance electrode provided to cover the protruding portion of the first capacitance electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Koga
  • Patent number: 11599000
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display panel includes scanning lines, signal lines, a pixel switching element, a pixel electrode, and a first control switch including first control switching elements. Each of the first control switching elements is composed of a transistor and includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. The scanning lines electrically connected to the gate electrodes of the first control switching elements are different from each other. The drain electrodes of the first control switching elements are electrically bundled and are connected to power source voltage output terminal of the first control switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hirondo Nakatogawa, Yoshiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11599001
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a controller controlling the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first region and a second region. The controller controls a first opening mode of transmitting light through the first region and the second region, and a second opening mode of making a quantity of light transmitted through the first region smaller than a quantity of light transmitted through the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Akio Takimoto, Toshiki Kaneko, Takuo Kaitoh, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11599002
    Abstract: A vehicle display device using a hetero electrochromic film includes: a projector configured to project a predetermined image onto at least one of a windshield and a window of a vehicle; a hetero electrochromic film disposed on at least one of the windshield and the window; and a controller configured to drive the projector and the hetero electrochromic film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11599003
    Abstract: Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 108 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventor: Sridhar Karthik Kailasam
  • Patent number: 11599004
    Abstract: A privacy film includes a first conductive layer; an emitting angle limiting spacer layer on the first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on a side of the emitting angle limiting spacer layer away from the first conductive layer; and a plurality of light diffuser particles in a space between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. The emitting angle limiting spacer layer includes a plurality of spacers defining a plurality of light emitting regions. The second conductive layer is spaced apart from the first conductive layer by a first distance. A maximum height of the plurality of spacers relative to a surface of the first conductive layer facing the second conductive layer is less than the first distance. The second conductive layer is spaced apart from a surface of a respective one of the plurality of spacers facing the second conductive layer by a second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinhong Zhang, Wencheng Luo, Wei Chen, Meilong Hu, Wenqi Quan, Xinyu Wang, Shikang Ge
  • Patent number: 11599005
    Abstract: A multi-section optical modulator and related method are disclosed wherein two waveguide arms traverse a plurality of successive modulating sections. A differential drive signal is applied separately to each waveguide arm of each modulating sections in synchronism with the transmission of light along the waveguide arms, effecting a dual differential driving of each section. By suitably selecting the number of modulating sections and the section length, a high modulation bandwidth and a high modulation efficiency may be achieved simultaneously for a given peak-to-peak voltage swing of the drive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Christopher Williams, Mostafa Ahmed, Alexander Rylyakov, Richard C. Younce, Yang Liu, Ran Ding, Abdelrahman Ahmed
  • Patent number: 11599006
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure include the use of a topological system including an array of coupled ring resonators that exhibits topological edge states to generate frequency combs and temporal dissipative Kerr solitons. The topological edge states constitute a travelling-wave super-ring resonator causing generation of at least coherent nested optical frequency combs, and self-formation of nested temporal solitons that are robust against defects in the array at a mode efficiency exceeding 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
    Inventors: Sunil Mittal, Mohammad Hafezi
  • Patent number: 11599007
    Abstract: Devices disclosed herein feature a Wide camera with a Wide field of view (FOVw), a folded Tele camera with a Tele field of view (FOVT) smaller than the FOVw and including an optical path folding element (OPFE). The device may be configured to rotate the OPFE to thereby shift FOVT relative to FOVw in response to recognition of an object or subject of interest detected in FOVw or FOVT. The device can have high resolution in this overlapping FOV either by fusing the Wide and Tele images or by capturing and saving the Tele image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Corephotonics Ltd.
    Inventors: Gal Shabtay, Ephraim Goldenberg, Eran Kali, Noy Cohen, Gil Avraham, Ruthy Katz
  • Patent number: 11599008
    Abstract: A camera matte box electrically controls an adjustable lens filter. The camera matte box includes a body, at least one adjustable flap, a filter holder, a changeable lens adapter, and an electrical filter control module. The electrical filter control module adjusts a position of the adjustable filter according to a command received using a communication interface. The filter holder removably holds the adjustable filter and a non-adjustable filter in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TILTA INC.
    Inventors: Wenping Zeng, Kefeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11599009
    Abstract: An image sensor attached to a printed circuit board is installed in a camera. A holder includes first and second rails comprising first and second printed circuit boards, respectively, and the holder is fastened to a lens mount of the camera. The holder may be fastened to captively hold the image sensor, and the image sensor may be resiliently supported when captively held. A gripper grasps the image sensor proximate to the holder and aligns the image sensor to an aligned position of the image sensor relative to the lens mount. The image sensor may be moved to the aligned position after directing an image toward the image sensor to produce a processed image for determining relative alignment. The printed circuit board is soldered to the first and/or second printed circuit board such that the holder fixedly holds the image sensor so it is unmovable in its aligned position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Lucid Vision Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Bull, Alexander Rybolov, Roderick A. Barman, Masahiro Takada
  • Patent number: 11599010
    Abstract: A camera includes a lens-camera communication controller and an adapter-camera communication controller. The camera-lens communication channel includes a first data communication channel used during a data communication and a first notification channel used for a notification of a timing of a communication via the first data communication channel. The camera-adapter communication channel includes a second data communication channel used during the data communication and a second notification channel used for a notification of a timing of a communication via the second data communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Junji Shigeta
  • Patent number: 11599011
    Abstract: A camera mounting system may include first and second self-standing post assemblies. The first post assembly may include a first post including a first tube extending between bottom and top ends of the first post, and a first base attached to the bottom end of the first post. The second post assembly may include a second post including a second tube extending between bottom and top ends of the second post, a second base attached to the bottom end of the second post, a tension device attached to the second post, and a cable configured to extend between the first and second posts and including a first end portion configured to removably attach to the first post assembly and a second end portion attached to the tension device. The tension device may be configured to adjust tension of the cable between the second post and the first post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Gerardo Antonio Andrade Russian
  • Patent number: 11599012
    Abstract: A connecting device of an accessory by which improvement in mechanical strength is compatible with arrangements of many connection terminals. The connecting device is detachably attachable to an accessory shoe device of an electronic apparatus. An engagement member is attachable to the accessory shoe device by sliding in a first direction. A holding member is fixed to the engagement member by fastening members. A connecting plug has connection terminals and is arranged at a front part in the first direction of the holding member. The fastening members are arranged at positions that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction that perpendicularly intersects with the first direction. A width of the holding member is shorter than a width of the engagement member in the second direction, and the connection terminals are arranged in an area between the positions of the fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshinobu Okano
  • Patent number: 11599013
    Abstract: A projector assembly includes a light emitting diode (LED) array, wherein the LED array has an array axis, wherein the LED array includes a plurality of LEDs arranged along the array axis, and wherein the plurality of LEDs are individually addressable. The projector assembly includes a rotatable actuator supporting the LED array, wherein the rotatable actuator has a rotation axis, and wherein the rotation axis and the array axis are parallel. The projector assembly includes a collimator positioned in optical communication with the LED array for collimating light emitted from the plurality of LEDs and a set of imaging optics positioned in optical communication with the collimator for focusing collimated light and forming a first image of the LED array at a distance, wherein the first image includes a first axis corresponding to the array axis and a second axis orthogonal to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Magic Leap, Inc.
    Inventor: Fahri Yaras
  • Patent number: 11599014
    Abstract: A projection direction change device includes a mirror that reflects light emitted from a projection lens unit of a projector, a mirror support part that rotatably supports the mirror around a first axis and a second axis, a first drive part that rotary drives the mirror around the first axis, and a second drive part that rotary drives the mirror around the second axis. An intersecting point of the first and second axes is positioned closer to the projection lens unit than a geometric barycenter of the mirror is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki Abe, Ken Mashitani, Junji Masumoto
  • Patent number: 11599015
    Abstract: A projector system including an awning bar having an awning bar body having a length extending between a first end and a second end. The projector system includes a projector having a projection lens. The projector is attachable to the awning bar along the length. The awning bar is configured to attach to a portion of an awning canopy such that the projection lens is located below the awning canopy when the awning canopy is in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Kalil, Peter Kalil
  • Patent number: 11599016
    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition (PVD) chamber and a method of operation thereof are disclosed. Chambers and methods are described that provide a chamber comprising an upper shield with two holes that are positioned to permit alternate sputtering from two targets. A process for improving reflectivity from a multilayer stack is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Vibhu Jindal, Wen Xiao, Sanjay Bhat
  • Patent number: 11599017
    Abstract: An optical proximity correction method includes extracting first patterns from a pattern mask, performing lithography on at least a part of the first patterns to form first-first patterns, forming the first-first patterns at positions where the first patterns are formed, and performing correction on the pattern mask on which the first-first patterns are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Yong Lee, Seo Rim Moon, Kyung Jae Park, Soo Ryong Lee, Kang-Min Jung
  • Patent number: 11599018
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a pellicle characterized by including a pellicle film and a pellicle frame, in which the pellicle film is stretched on the pellicle frame, and the pellicle film is an annealed pellicle film, and to provide a method for producing a pellicle by stretching a pellicle film on a pellicle frame, including the step of annealing the pellicle film alone before stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame, annealing the pellicle after stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame, or annealing the pellicle film alone and the pellicle both before and after stretching the pellicle film on the pellicle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akinori Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11599019
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure there is provided a method for forming an EUVL pellicle, the method comprising: coating a carbon nanotube, CNT, membrane, and mounting the CNT membrane to a pellicle frame, wherein coating the CNT membrane comprises: pre-coating CNTs of the membrane with a seed material, and forming an outer coating on the pre-coated CNTs, the outer coating covering the pre-coated CNTs, the forming of the outer coating comprising depositing a coating material on the pre-coated CNTs by atomic layer deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Marina Timmermans, Cedric Huyghebaert, Ivan Pollentier, Elie Schapmans, Emily Gallagher
  • Patent number: 11599020
    Abstract: A method of preparing a metal nanoparticle can include depositing an ink on a substrate using nanolithography to form a polymer reactor, wherein the ink comprises at least one metalloporphyrin functionalized polymer comprising a metal ion, porphyrin, and a polyethylene oxide polymer; and thermally annealing the polymer nanoreactor under conditions sufficient to form the nanoparticle. The thermal annealing can include a first stage that includes annealing the polymer nanoreactor at a temperature of about 100° C. to about 350° C. for a time sufficient to aggregate the metal ions in the polymer reactor, and a second stage that includes annealing the aggregated polymer nanoreactor at a temperature of about 500° C. to about 600° C. for a time sufficient to reduce the metal ion and decompose a polymer component of the polymer nanoreactor to thereby form the metal nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chad A. Mirkin, Pengcheng Chen, Yuan Liu, Jingshan Du
  • Patent number: 11599021
    Abstract: Provided herein are photoresist compositions and methods for fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. A photoresist composition may include an organometallic material, a fluorine-containing material, and an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Inpria Corporation
    Inventors: Chawon Koh, Tsunehiro Nishi, Brian Cardineau, Sangyoon Woo, Jason Stowers, Soo Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11599022
    Abstract: Stabilized precursor solutions can be used to form radiation inorganic coating materials. The precursor solutions generally comprise metal suboxide cations, peroxide-based ligands and polyatomic anions. Design of the precursor solutions can be performed to achieve a high level of stability of the precursor solutions. The resulting coating materials can be designed for patterning with a selected radiation, such as ultraviolet light, x-ray radiation or electron beam radiation. The radiation patterned coating material can have a high contrast with respect to material properties, such that development of a latent image can be successful to form lines with very low line-width roughness and adjacent structures with a very small pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Inpria Corporation
    Inventors: Jason K. Stowers, Alan J. Telecky, Douglas A. Keszler, Andrew Grenville
  • Patent number: 11599023
    Abstract: There is provided a highly sensitive colorant-containing photosensitive resin composition for use in the formation of organic EL element barrier ribs. In one embodiment, the photosensitive resin composition for an organic EL element barrier rib comprises: (A) a binder resin; (B) at least one low molecular weight organic compound having a molar volume of 130 cm3/mol or less and being selected from the group consisting of aromatic carboxylic acids and compounds each having a plurality of phenolic hydroxyl groups; (C) a radiation sensitive compound; and (D) a colorant selected from the group consisting of black dyes and black pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kentaro Furue, Yuki Miyaishi
  • Patent number: 11599024
    Abstract: A photopolymerizable resin composition includes a first layer and a second layer; and a barrier layer disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the barrier layer includes one or more of SiNx, SiOx, SiON, Mo, a Mo oxide, Cu, a Cu oxide, Al, an Al oxide, Ag, and a Ag oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoon Kang, Yong-Hoon Yang, Yang-Ho Jung, Seon Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 11599025
    Abstract: Provided is a resin material for forming an underlayer film which is used to form a resist underlayer film used in a multi-layer resist process, the resin material including a cyclic olefin polymer (I), in which a temperature at an intersection between a storage modulus (G?) curve and a loss modulus (G?) curve in a solid viscoelasticity of the resin material for forming an underlayer film which is as measured under conditions of a measurement temperature range of 30° C. to 300° C., a heating rate of 3° C./min, and a frequency of 1 Hz in a nitrogen atmosphere in a shear mode using a rheometer is higher than or equal to 40° C. and lower than or equal to 200°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kawashima, Takashi Oda, Koji Inoue
  • Patent number: 11599026
    Abstract: A method of dispensing a fluid in a semiconductor manufacturing process includes providing a substrate, positioning a nozzle above the substrate, and determining a cross-sectional shape of the nozzle. The method also includes configuring the nozzle to have the determined cross-sectional shape and applying the fluid to the substrate through the nozzle with the determined cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Chang Cheng, Chi-Hung Liao
  • Patent number: 11599027
    Abstract: A lithographic apparatus and associated method of controlling a lithographic process. The lithographic apparatus has a controller configured to define a control grid associated with positioning of a substrate within the lithographic apparatus. The control grid is based on a device layout, associated with a patterning device, defining a device pattern which is to be, and/or has been, applied to the substrate in a lithographic process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Wim Tjibbo Tel, Hans Erik Kattouw, Valerio Altini, Bearrach Moest
  • Patent number: 11599028
    Abstract: Methods and arrangement for clamping substrates to a support using adhesive material area disclosed. The method comprises providing a support comprising a first surface defining a plane; applying adhesive material on at least portions of the first surface; and placing the substrate onto the adhesive material, wherein the adhesive material forms a plurality of support locations supporting the substrate. Preferably the adhesive material is cured at least partly during the application of a substantially uniformly distributed force to the substrate in the direction of the support. The arrangements comprise a support comprising a first surface, for supporting the substrate via adhesive material, whereby the first surface defines a plane. Preferably it also comprises an arrangement for providing electromagnetic radiation, thermal energy, and/or a chemical substance to the adhesive material, and an arrangement for providing a substantially uniformly distributed force to the substrate in the direction of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventor: Marc Smits
  • Patent number: 11599029
    Abstract: Provide are a reticle transfer device and an exposure system. The reticle transfer device includes a bearing member, a light source, a light detector and a controller. The bearing member is configured to bear the reticle, and the light source is configured to emit irradiation light to the reticle and form reflected light. The light detector is configured to obtain the reflected light and generate a light detection signal. The controller is configured to determine whether particulate matter exists on a surface of the reticle based on the light detection signal. The reticle transfer device can determine whether particulate matter exists on the surface of the reticle in real time based on the light detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Zicheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11599030
    Abstract: A droplet catcher system of an EUV lithography apparatus is provided. The droplet catcher system includes a catcher body, a heat transfer part, a heat exchanger, and a controller. The catcher body has an outer surface. The heat transfer part is directly attached to the outer surface of the catcher body. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the heat transfer part. The controller is electrically coupled to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Yu Tu, Po-Chung Cheng, Hsiao-Lun Chang, Li-Jui Chen, Han-Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 11599031
    Abstract: A target debris collection device for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light source apparatus, includes a baffle body extending within an EUV vessel between a collector and an outlet port of the EUV vessel to allow EUV light reflected from the collector to pass through an internal transmissive region thereof, a discharge plate provided in a first end portion of the baffle body adjacent to the collector to collect the target material debris on an inner surface of the baffle body, a guide structure to guide the target material debris collected in the discharge plate to a collection tank, and a first heating member provided in the guide structure to prevent the target material debris from being solidified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghyup Kim, Ho Yu, Jeonggil Kim, Minseok Choi
  • Patent number: 11599032
    Abstract: Aspects of disclosure provide a method for attaching wiring connections to a component using both design and field measured data of the component to produce accurate wiring connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Uwe Hollerbach, Thomas L. Laidig
  • Patent number: 11599033
    Abstract: Three-dimensional printing methods and systems use a derived geometry and aligns anisotropic inclusions in any orientation at any number of discrete volumetric sections. Structural, thermal, or geometry-based analyses are combined with inclusion alignment computations and print preparation methods and provided to 3D printers to produce composite material parts that meet demanding geometric needs as well as enhanced structural and thermal requirements. In one example, optimal inclusion alignment vectors associated with a section of the object are calculated based on specifications for the object, segmenting a three-dimensional model of the object into layer slices, grouping each section within each layer slice having similar alignment vectors and combining the groupings and generating printing instructions for the object according to the grouped alignment vectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3DFortify, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Shores, Joshua J. Martin, Randall M. Erb
  • Patent number: 11599034
    Abstract: An electrophotographic photosensitive member that has an electroconductive support and a photosensitive layer on the electroconductive support, and reduces image failures. The surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a cured product of a composition of: a charge transporting compound having a specific polymerizable functional group; a polytetrafluoroethylene particle having a specific primary particle diameter; and a polymer having specific structural units and having weight average molecular weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Tokimitsu, Naoto Kameyama, Eileen Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11599035
    Abstract: A toner having a toner particle including a toner base particle and an organosilicon polymer coating the toner base particle, wherein when S1 (?m2) is a total area of a non-coated part not coated with the organosilicon polymer on an outermost surface of the toner particle, S2 (?m2) is a total area of a coated part coated with the organosilicon polymer on the outermost surface of the toner particle, and SA1 (?m2) is a total of areas of non-coated part domains D1 with an area of not more than 0.10 ?m2 in size in the non-coated part not coated with the organosilicon polymer, formulae (1) and (2) below are satisfied. 0.45?[S2/(S1+S2)]?0.65??(1) (SA1/S1)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhei Terui, Takeshi Tsujino, Junya Asaoka, Yuu Sasano, Koki Inoue, Shohei Yamashita, Shota Amano
  • Patent number: 11599036
    Abstract: A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax, wherein the toner particle contains an organosilicon polymer as given by formula (1) below; R1—SiO3/2??(1), in formula (1), R1 is an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbons; in a cross section of the toner particle observed using a transmission electron microscope, in terms of a distance A from the centroid of the cross section of the toner particle to a contour of the cross section, the organosilicon polymer is present in a region that is not more than 80% of the distance A from the centroid; and an absolute value of a difference between an SP value of the organosilicon polymer and an SP value of the wax is not more than 0.70 (cal/cm3)1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Koki Inoue, Yoshihiro Nakagawa, Junya Asaoka, Yuu Sasano, Yuhei Terui, Kenta Katayama
  • Patent number: 11599037
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyer that conveys a recording medium supporting an image; a softener that softens the image; and a powder applicator that applies powder to the surface of the softened image, in which the applied powder adheres to a range that is narrower in a width direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer than a maximum width of the image to be supported by the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventor: Atsuto Hirai