Patents Issued in June 20, 2023
  • Patent number: 11683927
    Abstract: A method used in forming integrated circuitry comprises forming conductive line structures having conductive vias laterally between and spaced longitudinally along immediately-adjacent of the conductive line structures. First insulating material is formed laterally between immediately-adjacent of the conductive vias. Second insulating material is formed directly above the first insulating material and directly above the conductive vias. The second insulating material comprises silicon, carbon, nitrogen, and hydrogen. A third material is formed directly above the second insulating material. The third material and the second insulating material comprise different compositions relative one another. The third material is removed from being directly above the second insulating material and the thickness of the second insulating material is reduced thereafter. A fourth insulating material is formed directly above the second insulating material of reduced thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishigami, Kentaro Hyodo
  • Patent number: 11683928
    Abstract: The present application discloses a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a substrate comprising an array area and a peripheral area adjacent to the array area; word line structures positioned in the array area; a word line hard mask layer positioned on the array area; a word line protection layer positioned on the word line hard mask layer; a gate electrode layer positioned on the peripheral area and separated from the word line hard mask layer and the word line protection layer; a peripheral protection layer positioned on the to gate electrode layer; and a first hard mask layer positioned over the array area and the peripheral area. A horizontal distance between the word line protection layer and the gate electrode layer is greater than or equal to three times of a thickness of the first hard mask layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Chen, Mao-Ying Wang, Yu-Ting Lin, Lai-Cheng Tien
  • Patent number: 11683929
    Abstract: Embodiments herein describe techniques for a semiconductor device including a capacitor and a transistor above the capacitor. A contact electrode may be shared between the capacitor and the transistor. The capacitor includes a first plate above a substrate, and the shared contact electrode above the first plate and separated from the first plate by a capacitor dielectric layer, where the shared contact electrode acts as a second plate for the capacitor. The transistor includes a gate electrode above the substrate and above the capacitor; a channel layer separated from the gate electrode by a gate dielectric layer, and in contact with the shared contact electrode; and a source electrode above the channel layer, separated from the gate electrode by the gate dielectric layer, and in contact with the channel layer. The shared contact electrode acts as a drain electrode of the transistor. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Travis W. Lajoie, Abhishek Sharma, Van H. Le, Chieh-Jen Ku, Pei-Hua Wang, Jack T. Kavalieros, Bernhard Sell, Tahir Ghani, Juan Alzate Vinasco
  • Patent number: 11683930
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising a memory region and a logic region; forming a memory gate in or on the memory region; forming a plurality of first poly-silicon gates on the memory region and surrounding the memory gate; and forming a plurality of second poly-silicon gates on the logic region simultaneously with the formation of the first poly-silicon gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Da-Zen Chuang, Pin-Hsiu Hsieh, Chih-Chung Sun
  • Patent number: 11683931
    Abstract: The semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure including first material films stacked, but spaced apart from each other, in a slimming region, the first material films being stacked in a step structure in the slimming region, a contact hole exposing a portion of the first material films formed in different layers in the slimming region, and a plurality of material films that are applied and etched to electrically connect one of the material layers to a peripheral circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Han Na Goh, Jae Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 11683932
    Abstract: A method used in forming a memory array comprising strings of memory cells comprises forming a stack comprising vertically-alternating first tiers and second tiers. The stack comprises laterally-spaced memory-block regions that have horizontally-elongated trenches there-between. Channel openings extend through the first tiers and the second tiers in the memory-block regions. Channel material of channel-material strings is formed in the channel openings and the channel material is formed in the horizontally-elongated trenches. The channel material is removed from the horizontally-elongated trenches and the channel material of the channel-material strings is left in the channel openings. After removing the channel material from the horizontally-elongated trenches, intervening material is formed in the horizontally-elongated trenches laterally-between and longitudinally-along immediately-laterally-adjacent of the memory-block regions. Other embodiments, including structure independent of method, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Hopkins, Alyssa N. Scarbrough
  • Patent number: 11683933
    Abstract: Numerous embodiments for reading a value stored in a selected memory cell in a vector-by-matrix multiplication (VMM) array in an artificial neural network are disclosed. In one embodiment, an input comprises a set of input bits that result in a series of input pulses applied to a terminal of the selected memory cell, further resulting in a series of output signals that are summed to determine the value stored in the selected memory cell. In another embodiment, an input comprises a set of input bits, where each input bit results in a single pulse or no pulse being applied to a terminal of the selected memory cell, further resulting in a series of output signals which are then weighted according to the binary bit location of the input bit, and where the weighted signals are then summed to determine the value stored in the selected memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Hieu Van Tran, Steven Lemke, Vipin Tiwari, Nhan Do, Mark Reiten
  • Patent number: 11683934
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device with improved operation performance and reliability, and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The nonvolatile memory device includes a substrate, a peripheral circuit structure on the substrate, a mold structure including a plurality of insulating patterns and a plurality of gate electrodes stacked alternately on the peripheral circuit structure, a channel structure penetrating the mold structure, a first impurity pattern in contact with first portions of the channel structure and having a first conductivity type, on the mold structure, and a second impurity pattern in contact with second portions of the channel structure and having a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, on the mold structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Young-Jin Jung, Bong Tae Park, Ho Jun Seong
  • Patent number: 11683935
    Abstract: A NOR flash memory comprising a memory cell having a three-dimensional structure for saving power consumption is provided. The flash memory of the present invention includes a pillar part, a charge accumulating part, an insulating part, a control gate and a selecting gate. The pillar part extends in a vertical direction from a surface of a substrate and includes a conductive semiconductor material. The charge accumulating part is formed by surrounding the pillar part. The insulating part is formed by surrounding the pillar part. The control gate is formed by surrounding the charge accumulating part. The selecting gate is formed by surrounding the insulating part. One end of the pillar part is electrically connected to a bit line via a contact hole and another one end of the pillar part is electrically connected to a conductive region formed on the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Masaru Yano
  • Patent number: 11683936
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory structure and method of manufacturing a semiconductor memory structure are provided. The semiconductor memory structure includes alternatively arranged stacking portions and cell regions. Each cell region includes two ferroelectric layers formed along the adjacent stacking portions; and at least one central portion disposed between the ferroelectric layers and including a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure separated by a channel isolation structure as well as two semiconductor layers formed along the ferroelectric layers. The first conductive structure includes a contact portion and an extension portion. The contact portion is disposed between the semiconductor layers. The extension portion extends from the contact portion to the channel isolation structure and is separated from the semiconductor layers through dielectric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Meng-Han Lin, Chia-En Huang
  • Patent number: 11683937
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for on-die formation of single-crystal semiconductor structures are described. In some examples, a layer of semiconductor material may be deposited above one or more decks of memory cells and divided into a set of patches. A respective crystalline arrangement of each patch may be formed based on nearly or partially melting the semiconductor material, such that nucleation sites remain in the semiconductor material, from which respective crystalline arrangements may grow. Channel portions of transistors may be formed at least in part by doping regions of the crystalline arrangements of the semiconductor material. Accordingly, operation of the memory cells may be supported by lower circuitry (e.g., formed at least in part by doped portions of a crystalline semiconductor substrate), and upper circuitry (e.g., formed at least in part by doped portions of a semiconductor deposited over the memory cells and formed with a crystalline arrangement in-situ).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery Brandt Hull, Anish A. Khandekar, Hung-Wei Liu, Sameer Chhajed
  • Patent number: 11683938
    Abstract: A magnetic field controlled transistor circuit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel including a magneto-resistive material. The channel is arranged between the first and second electrodes and electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes. The transistor circuit further includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a control layer including an electrically conductive material. The control layer is arranged between the third and fourth electrodes and electrically coupled to the third and fourth electrodes. In addition, an insulating layer including an insulating material is provided. The insulating layer is arranged between the channel and the control layer and configured to electrically insulate the channel from the control layer. A related method for operating a transistor circuit and a corresponding design structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Cezar Bogdan Zota, Bernd W. Gotsmann
  • Patent number: 11683939
    Abstract: A memory apparatus includes a first electrode having a spin orbit material. The memory apparatus further includes a first memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a first dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the first memory device. The memory apparatus further includes a second memory device on a portion of the first electrode and a second dielectric adjacent to a sidewall of the second memory device. A second electrode is on and in contact with a portion of the first electrode, where the second electrode is between the first memory device and the second memory device. The second electrode has a lower electrical resistance than an electrical resistance of the first electrode. The memory apparatus further includes a first interconnect structure and a second interconnect, each coupled with the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin Buford, Angeline Smith, Noriyuki Sato, Tanay Gosavi, Kaan Oguz, Christopher Wiegand, Kevin O'Brien, Tofizur Rahman, Gary Allen, Sasikanth Manipatruni, Emily Walker
  • Patent number: 11683940
    Abstract: A variable resistance memory device and a method of manufacturing the same, the variable resistance memory device including a substrate including a first memory region and a second memory region; a plurality of first memory cells on the first memory region; and a plurality of second memory cells on the second memory region, wherein each of the first memory cells includes a first resistance element and a selection element, each of the second memory cells includes a second resistance element, and a maximum value of a variable resistance of the second resistance element is less than a maximum value of a variable resistance of the first resistance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dongkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11683941
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure may include two vertical transport field effect transistors comprising a top source drain, a bottom source drain, and an epitaxial channel and a resistive random access memory between the two vertical transport field effect transistors, the resistive random access memory may include an oxide layer, a top electrode, and a bottom electrode, wherein the oxide layer may contact the top source drain of the two vertical field effect transistor. The top source drain may function as the bottom electrode of the resistive random access memory. The semiconductor structure may include a shallow trench isolation between the two vertical transport field effect transistors, the shallow trench isolation may be embedded in a first spacer, a doped source, and a portion of a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Reznicek, Karthik Balakrishnan, Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, Takashi Ando
  • Patent number: 11683942
    Abstract: A memory device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a logic circuit in which a plurality of wiring layers including layers that are different in wiring pitches is stacked; and a memory element that is provided between the plurality of wiring layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Sumino, Masayuki Tazaki, Hideyuki Fukata
  • Patent number: 11683943
    Abstract: A memory device including a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a resistance change region provided between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a first region provided between the resistance change region and the first conductive layer, the first region including a first element selected from the group consisting of niobium, vanadium, tantalum, and titanium, and a second element selected from the group consisting of oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium, the first region having a first atomic ratio of the first element to the second element; and a second region provided between the first region and the resistance change region, the second region including the first element and the second element, the second region having a second atomic ratio of the first element to the second element, the second atomic ratio being smaller than the first atomic ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Kioxia Corporation
    Inventors: Tsunehiro Ino, Yukihiro Nomura, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Koji Usuda
  • Patent number: 11683944
    Abstract: A laminate which allows to obtain an organic thin-film solar cell having excellent output characteristics and transparency is provided. The laminate as above has a titanium oxide layer that is disposed on the member serving as a light-transmissive electrode layer and serves as an electron transport layer. The titanium oxide layer has a thickness of not less than 1.0 nm and not more than 200.0 nm. The titanium oxide layer contains indium oxide and metallic indium, InOx/Ti is not less than 0.50 and not more than 20.00 in atomic ratio, and InM/Ti is less than 0.100 in atomic ratio, where an elemental titanium content is represented by Ti, an indium oxide content is represented by InOx, and a metallic indium content is represented by InM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: JFE Steel Corporation, National University Corporation Hokkaido University
    Inventors: Mikito Suto, Hiroyuki Masuoka, Akira Matsuzaki, Hiroki Habazaki, Hikaru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11683945
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a driving transistor, a first insulation layer, a first electrode and a second insulation layer. The driving transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes a gate electrode, and the gate electrode projects a first projection profile on the substrate. The first insulation layer is disposed on the driving transistor. The first electrode is disposed on the first insulation layer, and projects a second projection profile on the substrate. The second insulation layer is disposed on the first electrode and the first insulation layer. The second insulation layer has an opening, the opening exposes a portion of the first electrode, and the opening projects a third projection profile on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Hsien Wu, Yu-Sheng Tsai, Kuan-Feng Lee, Chandra Lius
  • Patent number: 11683946
    Abstract: A transparent display device includes a substrate in which a sub-pixel having an organic light emitting diode and an auxiliary sub-pixel adjacent to the sub-pixel and having an auxiliary organic light emitting diode are placed, wherein the organic light emitting diode includes a 1-1 electrode in which a transparent conductive layer and a reflective layer are laminated, and the auxiliary organic light emitting diode includes a 1-2 electrode in which the transparent conductive layer is extended and provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seongku Lee
  • Patent number: 11683947
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include a substrate, a first pixel electrode on the substrate, a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer having an opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the portion of the first pixel electrode exposed by the opening, a hole injection layer on the second pixel electrode, the hole injection layer including a metal oxide, an organic light emitting layer on the hole injection layer; and a common electrode on the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungjoo Kwon, Hyuneok Shin, Juhyun Lee
  • Patent number: 11683948
    Abstract: An organic EL element includes a pixel electrode, a light emitting function layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, an electron injection layer formed on the light emitting function layer, and a counter electrode that is formed on the electron injection layer and that has semi-transmissive reflectivity, in which the counter electrode contains a reductive material that reduces material of the electron injection layer and Ag with atomic ratio of 75% or more, and an adsorption layer is formed on the counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koya Shiratori, Yuki Hanamura, Tsutomu Asakawa
  • Patent number: 11683949
    Abstract: A flexible cover window includes a lower glass substrate including a first lower glass substrate; a second lower glass substrate, the first lower glass substrate and the second lower glass substrate being spaced apart from each other; an upper glass substrate that is disposed above the lower glass substrate and is thinner than the lower glass substrate; and an adhesive member disposed between the lower glass substrate and the upper glass substrate and extending between the first lower glass substrate and the second lower glass substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongjin Hwang, Minsang Koo, Kyungman Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Minhoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11683950
    Abstract: A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes: an opening area; a display area surrounding the opening area; at least one isolation ring, wherein at least a part of the at least one isolation ring is located between the display area and the opening area, and the at least one isolation ring surrounds the opening area; and a drainage structure extending from a sidewall of an isolation ring in the at least one isolation ring along a straight line passing through a center of the isolation ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bei Wang, Jia Zhao, Xiaobo Du, Haidong Wu, Huameng Liu
  • Patent number: 11683951
    Abstract: A display panel is provided, the display panel including: a substrate including: a front display area; a first side display area; a second side display area; a corner display area between the first side display area and the second side display area; and an intermediate display area between the front display area and the corner display area; an intermediate display element including a pixel electrode in the intermediate display area; a lower layer between the substrate and the pixel electrode, the lower layer including a groove; and a dam portion on the lower layer and extending to define a boundary between the intermediate display area and the corner display area, wherein the groove includes a first groove and a second groove, the first groove extending in parallel with the dam portion, and the second groove extending in a direction crossing a direction in which the dam portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungmin Kim, Junhyeong Park, Jaemin Shin, Byeonghee Won
  • Patent number: 11683952
    Abstract: There has been a problem that difference in refractive index between an opposite substrate or a moisture barrier layer provided thereover, and air is maintained large, and light extraction efficiency is low. Further, there has been a problem that peeling or cracking due to the moisture barrier layer is easily generated, which leads to deteriorate the reliability and lifetime of a light-emitting element. A light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode, an electroluminescent layer, a transparent electrode, a passivation film, a stress relieving layer, and a low refractive index layer, all of which are stacked sequentially. The stress relieving layer serves to prevent peeling of the passivation film. The low refractive index layer serves to reduce reflectivity of light generated in the electroluminescent layer in emitting to air. Therefore, a light-emitting element with high reliability and long lifetime and a display device using the light-emitting element can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisao Ikeda, Hiroki Ohara, Makoto Hosoba, Junichiro Sakata, Shunichi Ito
  • Patent number: 11683953
    Abstract: A display, a jig and a method for making the display, and a terminal equipment are provided. The display includes a display body. Further, at least one side wall of the display body is provided with a waterproof coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haitao Shao, Rui Li, Yuanjing Wang, Zhenhua Shi
  • Patent number: 11683954
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate and a first insulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending area. The first insulation layer includes a first unevenness disposed over the bending area. The first unevenness includes two or more steps in at least a portion of the first unevenness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyekyung Park
  • Patent number: 11683955
    Abstract: Provided are a light absorber represented by Formula 1 and an organic electroluminescence device including a light absorption layer including the light absorber: In Formula 1, X1 is O or S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghyun Han, Jongwoo Kim, Eunjae Jeong, Youngkook Kim, Seokhwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 11683956
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that displays an image and including a first display area, in which a plurality of first pixels is disposed, and a second display area which is adjacent to the first display area and in which a plurality of second pixels is disposed and a gate driving block which overlaps the second display area and transmits driving signals to the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels. Each of the plurality of first pixels includes a first shielding layer. Each of the plurality of second pixels includes a second shielding layer. A first common voltage is applied to the first shielding layer, and a second common voltage having a voltage level different from a voltage level of the first common voltage is applied to the second shielding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pilsuk Lee, Yoomin Ko, Sunho Kim, Juchan Park
  • Patent number: 11683957
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided, and the display panel includes an array substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel circuits, a plurality of reference signal lines and a plurality of pixel connecting semiconductor portions. The plurality of pixel circuits is arranged in an array in a row direction and a column direction, each pixel circuit includes a pixel driving semiconductor portion which includes two fixed potential nodes, and the row direction intersects the column direction. The fixed potential nodes are electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of reference signal lines. Two fixed potential nodes adjacent in a first direction are electrically connected by one of the plurality of the pixel connecting semiconductor portions, and the first direction is parallel to a plane where the array substrate is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongbo Zhou, Huangyao Wu
  • Patent number: 11683958
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline semiconductor layer which includes a first electrode, a channel, and a second electrode of a driving transistor disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer; a gate electrode of the driving transistor which is disposed on the first gate insulating layer and overlaps the channel; a lower first scan line disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode and on the lower first scan line; a first lower boost electrode disposed on the second gate insulating layer; a first interlayer-insulating layer disposed on the first lower boost electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first interlayer-insulating layer and including a first upper boost electrode overlapping the first lower boost electrode; and a first connection electrode connecting the gate electrode and the first upper boost electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Chan Lee, Beom Soo Park, Wang Jo Lee, Jae Bum Cho, Jae Ik Lim
  • Patent number: 11683960
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a thin film transistor disposed in a display area of a substrate and a display device in the display area that is electrically connected to the thin film transistor, an encapsulation layer that protects the display device, at least one through portion formed in the display area that vertically penetrates the substrate and a plurality of layers stacked on the substrate, and a first groove and a second groove that are spaced apart from each other and that surround the at least one through portion. A flow-restriction portion is disposed in a region between the first groove and the second groove that protrudes upwards from the substrate and confines an organic encapsulation layer of the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoungsub Lee, Wooyong Sung, Junghan Seo
  • Patent number: 11683961
    Abstract: A transparent display device may optimize arrangement areas of a plurality of signal lines and circuit areas, and may prevent a luminance difference from occurring between subpixels for emitting light of the same color. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with transmissive areas, a first non-transmissive area provided between the transmissive areas in a first direction, and a second non-transmissive area provided between the transmissive areas in a second direction, first signal lines provided along the first non-transmissive area in the first non-transmissive area and extended from an overlapping area, in which the first non-transmissive area and the second non-transmissive area cross each other, in a direction crossing the first direction, and second signal lines provided along the second non-transmissive area in the second non-transmissive area and extended from the overlapping area in a direction crossing the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehee Ko, Sunyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11683962
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer including an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area; a display circuit layer including a pixel circuit at the active area of the base layer, and a driving circuit at the non-active area, the driving circuit to supply a driving signal to the pixel circuit; and a display element layer on the display circuit layer and including light emitting elements to emit light. The non-active area includes a valley area formed by removing a portion of an organic insulation layer at the display circuit layer, the driving circuit includes a buffer transistor to output the driving signal, and the buffer transistor includes a control electrode and a semiconductor layer overlapping the valley area in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngjin Cho, Jisu Na, Joong-Soo Moon, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11683963
    Abstract: An anisotropic conductive film includes a conductive layer; a first resin insulating layer over a first surface of the conductive layer; and a second resin insulating layer over a second surface of the conductive layer, wherein the conductive layer comprises a plurality of conductive particles and a nano fiber connecting the plurality of conductive particles to each other, each of the plurality of conductive particles comprising a plurality of needle-shaped protrusions having a conical shape, and wherein the first resin insulating layer and the second resin insulating layer comprise a same material and have different thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Inventors: Chungseok Lee, Donghee Park, Cheolgeun An, Jihoon Oh, Euiyun Jang, Jeongho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11683964
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor pattern disposed on the substrate, a first conductive layer disposed on the semiconductor pattern and including a first gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, a second gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, and a third gate electrode having an island-shaped structure, and a second conductive layer disposed on the first conductive layer and including a first initialization voltage line overlapping the first gate electrode, a scan line overlapping the second gate electrode, and a control signal line overlapping the third gate electrode, where the control signal line is electrically connected to the third gate electrode, the scan line is electrically connected to the second gate electrode, and the first initialization voltage line, the scan line, and the control signal line extend in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Moon Jo, Chong Chui Chai, Jun Hyun Park, An Su Lee
  • Patent number: 11683965
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first connection line in the display area, the first connection line comprising a first portion extending along a first column of the display area and in the first column, a third portion extending along a second column of the display area and in the second column, and a second portion connecting the first portion to the third portion; and a second connection line in the peripheral area and connected to the third portion of the first connection line and a data line in a third column of the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinyeng Kang, Taewoo Kim, Taehoon Yang, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11683966
    Abstract: A capacitor includes an active layer, a gate insulation layer on the active layer, a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer, an interlayer insulating layer on the gate electrode, and a first electrode on the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the active layer through at least one contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang-Hai Jin, Jae-Beom Choi, Se-Hun Park, Jae-Seol Cho
  • Patent number: 11683967
    Abstract: Provided is a tiled display device including a first sub-display panel on which a plurality of unit pixels is formed, and a second sub-display panel on which a plurality of unit pixels is formed, and located adjacent to the first sub-display panel, wherein each of the unit pixels includes a display element for emitting colored light, and a plurality of sub-pixels having a pixel circuit for driving the display element, and wherein an arrangement order of sub-pixels in the unit pixels corresponding to a current row, and an arrangement order of the sub-pixels in the unit pixels corresponding to a previous row or a next row, are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hee Shin, Sunkwun Son, Nahyeon Cha
  • Patent number: 11683968
    Abstract: A diode display includes a substrate having a first island and a second island spaced apart from each other, a first pixel disposed on the first island, and a second pixel disposed on the second island. The first pixel includes a first base layer, a first transistor on the first base layer, a first light emitting element electrically connected to the first transistor, and a first encapsulation layer covering the first light emitting element. The second pixel includes a second base layer, a second transistor on the second base layer, a second light emitting element connected to the second transistor, and a second encapsulation layer covering the second light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Hong, Won Il Choi, Hye Jin Joo, Won Sang Park, Mu Gyeom Kim, Man Sik Myeong, Hyo Yul Yoon
  • Patent number: 11683969
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a through module hole defined in an active area and includes a first sensing pattern and a second sensing pattern spaced apart from each other in one direction with the module hole disposed therebetween. A third sensing pattern and a fourth sensing pattern are spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the one direction with the module hole disposed therebetween. A first connection line extends along a portion of the module hole and connects the first sensing pattern acid the second sensing pattern to each other. A second connection line extends along a portion of the module hole and connects the third sensing pattern and the fourth sensing pattern to each other. The first connection line and the second connection line are disposed on the same layer and are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyungsu Lee, Il-Joo Kim, Jong-Hwa Kim, Jeongyun Han
  • Patent number: 11683970
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a hole area, a display area around the hole area, and a non-display area around the display area, a first-first insulating layer disposed in the hole area, sensing electrodes disposed on the display area, a crack detection pattern disposed on the first-first insulating layer in the hole area, a crack detection line disposed on the non-display area, and a connection pattern disposed in a first sensing electrode of the sensing electrodes disposed on the display area to be insulated from the sensing electrodes, and connected to the crack detection pattern and the crack detection line, the first sensing electrode being disposed between the hole area and the non-display area. An edge of the first-first insulating layer disposed at a boundary between the display area and the hole area has a step structure of at least two steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunyoung Kim, Jong-Ryuk Park, Gyeongnam Bang, Kwangsik Lee, Jiyoun Lee
  • Patent number: 11683971
    Abstract: An OLED display panel may include a substrate, an OLED light emitter on the substrate and configured to emit light, and a visible light sensor on the substrate and configured to detect at least a portion of the emitted light based on reflection of the portion of the emitted light from a recognition target. The visible light sensor is in a non-light emitting region adjacent to the OLED light emitter so as to be horizontally aligned with the OLED light emitter in a horizontal direction extending parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, or between the substrate and a non-light emitting region adjacent to the OLED light emitter such that the visible light sensor is vertically aligned with the non-light emitting region in a vertical direction extending perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Park, Sung Young Yun, Gae Hwang Lee, Yong Wan Jin, Chui Joon Heo
  • Patent number: 11683972
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device using laser etching including: a first light-emitting layer forming step for depositing a first light-emitting layer on an surface of a hole transport layer deposited on an upper surface of an anode substrate; a first light-emitting device forming step for etching the first light-emitting layer to form a first light-emitting device; a second light-emitting layer depositing step for depositing a second light-emitting layer on a region including the upper surface of the hole transport layer; a second light-emitting device forming step for etching the second light-emitting layer to form a second light-emitting device; a third light-emitting layer depositing step for depositing a third light-emitting layer on a region including the upper surface of the hole transport layer; and a third light-emitting device forming step for etching the third light-emitting layer to form a third light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Kyonggi University Industry & Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Sang Hyun Ju
  • Patent number: 11683973
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a device including a carrier plate, and a die including a mating surface with a patterned thin film of metal or metal oxide surface bonded to the carrier plate using a solder preform with voids that overlay the patterned thin film on the die, where the oxide surface is disposed opposite a moat in a mating surface of the carrier plate, and where the voided regions remain free of solder when the solder is reflowed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory McGraw, William E. Quinn, Steven Buswell
  • Patent number: 11683975
    Abstract: An etchant composition includes an inorganic acid compound of about 8 wt % to about 15 wt %, a sulfonic acid compound of about 2.5 wt % to about 8 wt %, a sulfate compound of about 6 wt % to about 14 wt %, an organic acid compound of about 40 wt % to about 55 wt %, a metal or metal salt of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.06 wt %, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jonghee Park, Jinseock Kim
  • Patent number: 11683976
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a base layer including device counterparts and bridges, the bridges being located around the device counterparts and connecting the device counterparts to each other, an inorganic insulating layer located over the base layer and having openings exposing at least a portion of at least one of the bridges, organic layers filling the openings, wires located over the organic layers, display devices located over the device counterparts, and encapsulation films each of which has a form of an island to correspond to a corresponding one of the device counterparts, each of the encapsulation films including a first inorganic encapsulation film covering a corresponding one of the display devices, an organic encapsulation film located over the first inorganic encapsulation film, and a second inorganic encapsulation film covering the organic encapsulation film and contacting the first inorganic encapsulation film outside of the organic encapsulation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woongsik Kim, Junhyeong Park, Minwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11683977
    Abstract: A substrate including a self-supporting tri-layer stack is described. The tri-layer stack includes first and second outer layers and a biaxially oriented layer disposed between and in direct contact with the first and second outer layers. The biaxially oriented layer may include a first polyester having greater than 45 mole percent naphthalate units and greater than 45 mole percent ethylene units. Each of the first and second outer layers includes a second polyester which may include 40 to 50 mole percent naphthalate units, at least 25 mole percent ethylene units, and 10 to 25 mole percent of branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen A. Johnson, Derek W. Patzman, Richard Y. Liu, John F. Van Derlofske, III, Kristopher J. Derks, Victor Ho, Kevin T. Huseby
  • Patent number: 11683978
    Abstract: An organic molecule having a structure of Formula I for the application in optoelectronic devices: wherein m is an integer from 1 to 2; n is an integer from 0 to 4; o is an integer from 0 to 2; with the sum (m+n+o) being an integer from 1 to 5; and X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, CN and CF3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sebastian Dück