Convertible Shape (e.g., Flexible) Or Circuit (e.g., Breadboard) Patents (Class 174/254)
  • Patent number: 11659652
    Abstract: A resin substrate includes an insulating base material including opposing first and second main surfaces, at least one of which is parallel or substantially parallel to each of an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction. The insulating base material is divided into first and second sections arranged in the X-axis direction. The first section includes, when evenly divided into three in a Z-axis direction, a first region closest to the first main surface, a second region closest to the second main surface, and a third region between the first region and the second region. A degree of resin molecular orientation in the first region in the Y-axis direction is greater than a degree of resin molecular orientation in the second section of the insulating base material in the Y-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Takada
  • Patent number: 11653451
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible circuit board includes a base film including a bending area and a plurality of signal wires formed over the bending area of the base film. At least one through-hole is defined in the base film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Cheol Ahn
  • Patent number: 11653442
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first transmission line provided on an insulating base, a first ground conductor, a notch portion that exposes a part of the first ground conductor, a conductor provided in the notch portion and electrically connected to the first ground conductor, and a first electrode exposed on a main surface of the insulating base facing a flexible board and electrically connected to the first transmission line. The flexible board includes a second transmission line provided on an insulating sheet, a second ground conductor, a second electrode exposed on a main surface of the insulating sheet facing the printed circuit board and connected to the second transmission line, and a third electrode exposed on the main surface of the insulating sheet and connected to the second ground conductor. The conductor and the third electrode are connected by solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Lumentum Japan, Inc.
    Inventor: Daisuke Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11647678
    Abstract: An integrated device package sized and shaped to fit in a small space, such as within a body lumen or cavity of a human patient, is disclosed. The integrated device package includes a package substrate and integrated device dies. The first and second integrated device dies are angled relative to one another about the longitudinal axis by a fixed non-parallel angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
    Inventors: David Frank Bolognia, Christopher W. Hyde, Jochen Schmitt, Vikram Venkatadri
  • Patent number: 11635456
    Abstract: The present application describes a waveform processor for control of quantum mechanical systems. The waveform processor may be used to control quantum systems used in quantum computation, such as qubits. According to some embodiments, a waveform processor includes a first sequencer configured to sequentially execute master instructions according to a defined order and output digital values in response to the executed master instructions, and a second sequencer coupled to the first sequencer and configured to generate analog waveforms at least in part by transforming digital waveforms according to digital values received from the first sequencer. The analog waveforms are applied to a quantum system. In some embodiments, the waveform processor further includes a waveform analyzer configured to integrate analog waveforms received from a quantum system and output results of said integration to the first sequencer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Nissim Ofek, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Robert J. Schoelkopf, III
  • Patent number: 11621307
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate including a display region including a pixel region and a peripheral region surrounding the pixel region. A pad region is spaced apart from the display region, and a bending region is disposed between the display region and the pad region. A plurality of pixel structures are disposed in the pixel region on the substrate. A touch screen structure is disposed on the pixel structures. A plurality of touch screen wirings are disposed in the bending region on the substrate. The touch screen wirings are electrically connected the touch screen structure. A connection structure is in the pad region. The connection structure electrically connects touch screen wirings to each other. A same touch sensing signal is applied to touch screen wirings that are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Joong-Soo Moon
  • Patent number: 11604103
    Abstract: A stress sensing assembly includes: a stretchable substrate and at least one stress sensing line. The stress sensing line is disposed over the stretchable substrate and includes: rigid segments and flexible conductive segments. The rigid segments are separated from each other. Each of the flexible conductive segments is disposed between two adjacent rigid segments of the rigid segments and directly contacts the sidewalls of the two adjacent rigid segments of the rigid segments, and the Young's modulus of one of the flexible conductive segments is smaller than the Young's modulus of one of the rigid segments. A display device including stress sensing assembly is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Ying Ke
  • Patent number: 11602050
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a proximal end portion; a left strip portion and a right strip portion that extend in the rear direction from the proximal end portion; and conductive paths, a portion of which is provided spanning from the proximal end portion to the left strip portion, and another portion of which is provided spanning from the proximal end portion to the right strip portion. In portions of the conductive path in the left strip portion and the right strip portion, strip side connecting portions that are electrically connected to electrode terminals of electricity storage devices are provided. In the left strip portion, a deformation portion that deforms to increase the distance between the left strip portion and the right strip portion is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Takahashi, Shinichi Takase, Hideaki Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11596061
    Abstract: In a stretchable wiring member having a relatively hard portion, such as a contact point, there is provided a solution to malfunction of the stretchable wiring member caused by stress generated at a boundary between the hard portion and a flexible portion. A stretchable wiring member includes a flexible substrate having stretchability, a stretchable wiring line disposed along the flexible substrate and configured to be stretched in association with stretching deformation of the flexible substrate, and a hard member that is harder than the flexible substrate. The flexible substrate has an extension layer portion interposed between the hard member and the stretchable wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEKISUI POLYMATECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaya Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11581196
    Abstract: A semiconductor package and a method of forming the semiconductor package are provided. The method includes providing a first substrate, forming a wiring structure containing at least two first wiring layers, disposing a first insulating layer between adjacent two first wiring layers, and patterning the first insulating layer to form a plurality of first through-holes. The adjacent two first wiring layers are electrically connected to each other through the plurality of first through-holes. The method also includes providing at least one semiconductor element each including a plurality of pins. In addition, the method includes disposing the plurality of pins of the each semiconductor element on a side of the wiring structure away from the first substrate. Further, the method includes encapsulating the at least one semiconductor element, and placing a ball on a side of the wiring structure away from the at least one semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SHANGHAI AVIC OPTO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuhui Peng, Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui, Feng Qin, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 11574971
    Abstract: An electronic panel including a base layer, a signal line disposed on the base layer, and an insulating layer disposed on the base layer and including an open edge that contacts the signal line and defines an open area, the open area exposing a portion of the base layer and an end portion of the signal line when viewed in a plan view, in which the insulating layer has a first thickness at a first point spaced apart from the open edge, and a second thickness greater than the first thickness at a second point disposed farther away from the open edge than the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minji Lee, Hyungjun An, Jeongoh Jin
  • Patent number: 11536594
    Abstract: A sensor component for a transmission of a motor vehicle is provided. The sensor component includes a printed circuit board having a first printed circuit board region and a second printed circuit board region. The first printed circuit board region is delimited from the second printed circuit board region by a milled groove and is angled with respect to the second printed circuit board region along the milled groove. A sensor, such as a magnetoresistive sensor or a Hall sensor, is arranged in or on the first printed circuit board region. A pre-assembly arrangement and a method for producing such a sensor component are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Rietsch, Andreas Plach, Stephan Bandermann, Thomas Schmidt, Andreas Albert, Klaus Scharrer, Bernd Seitz, Jens mEnke
  • Patent number: 11523501
    Abstract: A stretchable electronic device includes a substrate, a plurality of electronic elements, and a conductive wiring. The electronic elements and the conductive wiring are disposed on the substrate, and the conductive wiring is electrically connected to the electronic elements. The conductive wiring is formed by stacking an elastic conductive layer and a non-elastic conductive layer. A fracture strain of the elastic conductive layer is greater than a fracture strain of the non-elastic conductive layer, and the non-elastic conductive layer includes a plurality of first fragments which are separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Tsung-Ying Ke, Chun-Nan Chen, Zih-Shuo Huang
  • Patent number: 11516920
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electromechanical structure, including producing conductors on a flat film; estimating a strain a plurality of locations of the flat film will undergo during formation thereof into a three-dimensional film; attaching electronic elements on the flat film at selected locations of the plurality of locations of the flat film, wherein the estimated strain of the selected locations of the plurality of locations is less than the estimated strain in other locations of the plurality of locations; forming the flat film into the three-dimensional film; and injection molding material on the three-dimensional film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Mikko Heikkinen, Jarmo Sääski, Jarkko Torvinen, Paavo Niskala, Mikko Sippari, Pasi Raappana, Antti Keränen
  • Patent number: 11516904
    Abstract: Provided are flexible hybrid interconnect circuits and methods of forming thereof. A flexible hybrid interconnect circuit comprises multiple conductive layers, stacked and spaced apart along the thickness of the circuit. Each conductive layer comprises one or more conductive elements, one of which is operable as a high frequency (HF) signal line. Other conductive elements, in the same and other conductive layers, form an electromagnetic shield around the HF signal line. Some conductive elements in the same circuit are used for electrical power transmission. All conductive elements are supported by one or more inner dielectric layers and enclosed by outer dielectric layers. The overall stack is thin and flexible and may be conformally attached to a non-planar surface. Each conductive layer may be formed by patterning the same metallic sheet. Multiple pattern sheets are laminated together with inner and outer dielectric layers to form a flexible hybrid interconnect circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CelLink Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Coakley, Malcolm Parker Brown, Jose Juarez, Emily Hernandez, Joseph Pratt, Peter Stone, Vidya Viswanath, Will Findlay
  • Patent number: 11503705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light source support of an automotive vehicle. The light source support comprises: a first non-flexible part adapted to be mounted with a plurality of first electronic components; and a second non-flexible part adapted to be mounted with a plurality of second electronic components. The light source support further comprises a flexible arm adapted to join the first non-flexible part and the second non-flexible part to form the light source support, which is twistable and rotatable. The first non-flexible part and the second non-flexible part are joined in a non-axial manner by the flexible arm such that a longitudinal axis of the first non-flexible part is not parallel to a longitudinal axis of the second non-flexible part when the first non-flexible part is joined with the second non-flexible part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mauricio Velazquez Sanchez, Julien Hemon
  • Patent number: 11503716
    Abstract: A wiring circuit board assembly sheet is partitioned by a product region in which a plurality of wiring circuit boards serving as products are disposed in alignment and a margin region surrounding the product region with the margin region having a first area adjacent to the product region and a second area located at the opposite side of the product region with respect to the first area. The wiring circuit board assembly sheet includes a dummy wiring circuit board disposed in at least a portion of the first area and smaller than the wiring circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Taniuchi, Ryohei Kakiuchi, Naoki Shibata, Yasunari Oyabu
  • Patent number: 11503713
    Abstract: An antenna substrate includes: a first substrate including an antenna pattern disposed on an upper surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a first planar surface, an area of which is smaller than an area of a planar surface of the first substrate; and a flexible substrate connecting the first and second substrates to each other and bent to allow the first planar surface of the second substrate to face a side surface of the first substrate, which is perpendicular to the upper surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Il Kim, Young Sik Hur, Won Wook So, Yong Ho Baek
  • Patent number: 11500489
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a flexible circuit board and a manufacturing method therefor, and a display device. The flexible circuit board includes a main body sub-circuit board and a bridge sub-circuit board; The main body sub-circuit board includes a first substrate, as well as a first bridge connection end, a second bridge connection end, a first wiring portion, and a second wiring portion disposed on the first substrate The bridge sub-circuit board includes a second substrate, as well as a third bridge connection end, a fourth bridge connection end, and a third wiring portion used for a first functional wiring, all disposed on the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ren Xiong, Qiang Tang, Huiqiang Song
  • Patent number: 11503720
    Abstract: Flexible devices including conductive traces with enhanced stretchability, and methods of making and using the same are provided. The circuit die is disposed on a flexible substrate. Electrically conductive traces are formed in channels on the flexible substrate to electrically contact with contact pads of the circuit die. A first polymer liquid flows in the channels to cover a free surface of the traces. The circuit die can also be surrounded by a curing product of a second polymer liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Saagar Shah, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Ankit Mahajan, Lyudmila A. Pekurovsky, Jessica Chiu, Jeremy K. Larsen, Kara A. Meyers, Teresa M. Goeddel, Thomas J. Metzler, Jonathan W. Kemling, Richard J. Pokorny, Benjamin R. Coonce, Chad M. Amb, Thomas P. Klun
  • Patent number: 11483929
    Abstract: An optical module includes: an optical sub-assembly; and a flexible substrate including an insulating film, an interconnection pattern, and a spacer layer, the flexible substrate being connected to the optical sub-assembly. The insulating film has some projections, the projections protruding from a basic area in a first direction, the projections being arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the insulating film having a flat shape with a recess between an adjacent pair of the projections. The interconnection pattern includes some pads in the basic area on a first surface of the insulating film, the pads being arranged in the second direction. The pads include some first pads adjacent to the respective projections, the pads including at least one second pad adjacent to the recess. The spacer layer is on the first surface and at each of the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: CIG PHOTONICS JAPAN LIMITED
    Inventor: Daisuke Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11477882
    Abstract: A stretchable substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a first modulus region which has a first modulus, a second modulus region which is located in a plane direction with respect to the first modulus region and has a second modulus higher than the first modulus, and a third modulus region which is located between the first modulus region and the second modulus region and has an interface modulus which gradually changes between the first modulus and the second modulus, wherein the interface modulus of the third modulus region may be constant in the thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Sang Il Kim, Mun Pyo Hong, Bo Sung Kim, Ho Won Yoon, Kyung Uk Ha, Yun O Im
  • Patent number: 11470231
    Abstract: One embodiment of a camera module may comprise: a lens barrel provided with at least one lens; a holder to which the lens barrel is coupled; a printed circuit board coupled on the bottom of the holder to face the lens; an adhering portion coupling the holder and the printed circuit board; an opening portion opening a portion of a first space formed through the coupling of the printed circuit board and the holder; and a housing coupled with the holder, wherein a second space separated from the first space may be formed through the coupling of the holder and the housing, and the opening portion may communicate the first space with the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myoung Jin An
  • Patent number: 11470728
    Abstract: A multilayer board includes a flexible substrate including insulating layers stacked and a pair of through-holes penetrating the insulating layers, and an interlayer connecting conductor in an opposing region in which the pair of through-holes opposes each other in a plan view of the insulating layers viewed from a stacking direction. A cross section of the flexible substrate taken in a lateral direction passing through the pair of through-holes and the interlayer connecting conductor and the stacking direction has a U or S shape. In the cross section, a curvature radius of an inner region located between the pair of through-holes is larger than a curvature radius of an outer region adjacent to the pair of through-holes on an outer side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 11464108
    Abstract: A flexible substrate includes a base substrate layer; and two patter layers laminated together on the front- and back-sides of the flexible substrate, on which electric circuit lines are printed each. In order to reduce a stress generated in the flexible substrate when it is folded and soldered to an optical communication semiconductor package, the flexible substrate has a thickness-wise concavely deformed portion in a lengthwise middle portion thereof. Also to reduce the stress, the flexible substrate having the deformed portion further has end sections and a middle section formed in its longitudinal direction, and the widths of the end sections are larger than that of the middle section, and the flexible substrate having the deformed portion further has holes and holes respectively formed near the side edges of a lengthwise middle section thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shinjiro Nishizu
  • Patent number: 11457527
    Abstract: Provided is a shielded printed wiring board that exhibits excellent connection stability even when having a through-hole with a small opening area, and enables a high degree of freedom in circuit design. The shielded printed wiring board 1 according to the present invention includes a printed wiring board 10, an insulating layer 22, and a conductive adhesive layer 21 disposed between the printed wiring board 10 and the insulating layer 22. The printed wiring board 10 includes a base 11, a circuit pattern 13 disposed on the base, and an insulating protective layer 14 covering the circuit pattern 13. The shielded printed wiring board has a through-hole 23 for external grounding that vertically penetrates the insulating layer 22 and the conductive adhesive layer 21. The conductive adhesive layer 21 has an extension 21a extending toward the inside of the through-hole 23 as compared with the insulating layer 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Haruna, Shirou Yamauchi, Hiroshi Tajima, Sougo Ishioka
  • Patent number: 11452200
    Abstract: An antenna carrier includes a flexible circuit board, the flexible circuit board comprising: a first dielectric formed to include a width direction and a length direction; a first signal line positioned on one side in the width direction of an upper surface or a lower surface of the first dielectric; a second signal line spaced apart from the first signal line to the other side in the width direction and positioned on the upper surface or the lower surface of the first dielectric; a second dielectric positioned on one side in the width direction above the first dielectric and having the first signal line positioned below the second dielectric; a third dielectric spaced apart from the second dielectric to the other side in the width direction and positioned below the first dielectric, and having the second signal line positioned above the third dielectric; a first ground; and a second ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: GIGALANE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Pil Kim, Byung Yeol Kim, Ik Soo Kim, Hee Seok Jung
  • Patent number: 11452215
    Abstract: A method for producing a wiring circuit board includes a first step of preparing a wiring circuit board assembly sheet including a support sheet, a plurality of wiring circuit boards supported by the support sheet, and a joint connecting the support sheet to the plurality of wiring circuit boards, having flat-shaped one surface and the other surface facing one surface at spaced intervals thereto in a thickness direction, and having a thin portion in which the other surface is recessed toward one surface and a second step of forming a burr portion protruding toward the other side in the thickness direction and cutting the thin portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Sasaoka, Naoki Shibata, Yasunari Oyabu
  • Patent number: 11449108
    Abstract: The present description relates to flexible hinges and hinged devices. One example device includes a first portion and a second portion. The example also includes a relieved flexible hinge rotatably securing the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Han Li
  • Patent number: 11445618
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flexible circuit board includes providing a first laminated structure, the first laminated structure including two first wiring boards, a first adhesive layer sandwiched between the two first wiring boards, and a first conductive structure. The first conductive structure penetrates the two first wiring boards and the first adhesive layer and electrically connects the two first wiring boards. The first adhesive layer defines a first opening, the first opening includes a first edge away from the first conductive structure. The first laminated structure is cut along the first edge and then the two first wiring boards are unfolded. A flexible circuit board manufactured by such method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, GARUDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao-Cai Li, Biao Li, Hao-Wen Zhong
  • Patent number: 11445610
    Abstract: A PCB assembly includes a second PCB disposed adjacent to a first PCB and have a second hole facing a first hole, an upper plate disposed at an upper of the first and second hole and have a third hole disposed at the upper of the first hole and a fourth hole disposed at the upper of the second hole, a holder disposed at a lower of the first and second hole and have a lower plate having a fifth hole disposed at the lower of the first hole and a sixth hole disposed at the lower of the second hole, a first fixing screw penetrating through the third first, and fifth hole, and a second fixing screw penetrating through the fourth, second and sixth hole, and the lower plate includes a protrusion penetrating through the second PCB coupling the first PCB and the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SOLUM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Min Seo, Yong Jae Kim, Dae Hyun Jang
  • Patent number: 11432404
    Abstract: A FPC board and a method for manufacturing the same and an OLED display device are provided. The FPC board includes a substrate, a first wire layer disposed on one side of the substrate, a circuit board terminal disposed at an edge on one side of the substrate and connected to the first wire layer, and a first protective layer covering the first wire layer. The thickness of the circuit board terminal is larger than the sum of the thicknesses of the first wire layer and the first protective layer. When the FPC board is connected to the OLED panel, one side of the base substrate on which the panel terminal is provided is opposite to one side of the substrate on which the circuit board terminal is provided, such that the base substrate overlaps with the substrate to connect the circuit board terminal and the panel terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventors: Rui Xiong, Jiangkun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11419219
    Abstract: A method for modifying an elongate structure including providing a fluid deposited onto the substrate, the fluid containing a dispersion of electrically polarizable nanoparticles and applying an AC voltage across a portion of the elongate structure so as to cause an alternating electric current to pass through the narrow section such that a break in the elongate structure is formed at the narrow section, the break being defined between a first broken end and a second broken end of the elongate structure, and then cause, when the break is formed, an alternating electric field to be applied to the fluid such that a plurality of the nanoparticles contained in the fluid are assembled to form a continuation of the elongate structure extending from the first broken end towards the second broken end so as to join the first and second broken ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: XTPL S.A.
    Inventors: Piotr Kowalczewski, Aneta Wiatrowska, Michal Dusza, Filip Granek
  • Patent number: 11419212
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit and a manufacturing method thereof, an electronic device module and an electronic device are provided. The flexible printed circuit includes a main sub-circuit board and a bridge sub-circuit board; the main sub-circuit board includes a first substrate, and a first bridge end, a second bridge end, a first wiring portion, and a second wiring portion on the first substrate; the bridge sub-circuit board includes a second substrate, and a third bridge end, a fourth bridge end, and a third wiring portion on the second substrate, the third bridge end and the fourth bridge end are electrically connected by the third wiring portion, and the bridge sub-circuit board is configured to be mounted on the main sub-circuit board by electrically connecting the third bridge end and the fourth bridge end to the first bridge end and the second bridge end, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren Xiong, Qiang Tang
  • Patent number: 11412613
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit and a manufacture method thereof, an electronic device module and an electronic device are provided. The flexible printed circuit includes a main sub-circuit board and a transfer sub-circuit board. The main sub-circuit board includes a first transfer terminal, a first wiring portion and a second wiring portion; and the transfer sub-circuit board includes a second transfer terminal and a third wiring portion, and the third wiring portion electrically connects a first group of second contact pads with a second group of second contact pads of the second transfer terminal. The transfer sub-circuit board is configured to be mounted on the main sub-circuit board by electrically connecting the first group of second contact pads to the first group of first contact pads and electrically connecting the second group of second contact pads to the second group of first contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ren Xiong, Qiang Tang
  • Patent number: 11406020
    Abstract: Methods are provided for manufacturing flat devices to be used for forming a shape-retaining non-flat device by deformation of the flat device. Based on the layout of a non-flat device, a layout of a flat device is designed. A method for designing the layout of such a flat device is provided, wherein the method includes inserting mechanical interconnections between pairs of elements to define the position of the elements on a surface of the non-flat device, thus leaving zero or less degrees of freedom for the location of the components. Based on the layout of a flat device thus obtained, the flat device is manufactured and next transformed into the shape-retaining non-flat device by means of a thermoforming process, thereby accurately and reproducibly positioning the elements at a predetermined location on a surface of the non-flat device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: IMEC VZW
    Inventors: Jan Vanfleteren, Frederick Bossuyt, Bart Plovie
  • Patent number: 11396985
    Abstract: LED board interconnect schemes for illuminable assemblies are provided. Multiple LED boards may form a partial perimeter along an illuminable assembly. The multiple LED boards and interconnects must fit within a limited width and height of the illuminable assembly. In some implementations, an interconnect board and spring connectors are used to provide a low-profile electrical interconnection while maintaining co-planarity of the LEDs across the LED boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Illumina, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Elliot Sinofsky, Michael Justin Wright, Lim Peng Huay, Low Hong Yeap, Voon Yeow Seng
  • Patent number: 11399435
    Abstract: A device that includes a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), a package coupled to the flexible PCB, a first antenna device coupled to the flexible PCB, and a second antenna device coupled to the flexible PCB. The first antenna device is configured to transmit and receive a first signal having a first frequency. The second antenna device is configured to transmit and receive a second signal having a second frequency. The first antenna device may be coupled to a second surface of the flexible PCB, and the second antenna device is coupled to the second surface of the flexible PCB. The first antenna device may be coupled to a second surface of the flexible PCB, and the second antenna device is coupled to a first surface of the flexible PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaehyun Yeon, Suhyung Hwang, Rajneesh Kumar, Jeahyeong Han
  • Patent number: 11367825
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a core substrate including core material and having opening, thermoelectric elements including P-type and N-type thermoelectric elements such that the thermoelectric elements are accommodated in the opening, a first build-up layer including a first resin insulating layer on first surface of the core substrate and an outermost first resin insulating layer on the first resin insulating layer, and a second build-up layer including a second resin insulating layer on second surface of the core substrate and an outermost second resin insulating layer on the second resin insulating layer. The outermost first resin insulating layer is formed to have thermal conductivity that is higher than thermal conductivities of the first resin insulating layer and the core material, and the outermost second resin insulating layer is formed to have thermal conductivity that is higher than thermal conductivities of the second resin insulating layer and the core material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hirotaka Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11355528
    Abstract: A display device includes: a bending region including a bending peripheral opening passing through the first interlayer insulating film and the first gate insulating film and a bending opening in the bending peripheral opening and passing through the second interlayer insulating film and the buffer layer to expose the substrate, a first sidewall of the bending peripheral opening includes a side surface of the first interlayer insulating film and a side surface of the first gate insulating film, the second interlayer insulating film covers the first sidewall of the bending peripheral opening, the bending opening includes a second sidewall including a side surface of the buffer layer and a portion of a side surface of the second interlayer insulating film arranged with the side surface of the buffer layer, and the first via layer fills the bending opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jay Bum Kim, Myeong Ho Kim, Kyoung Seok Son, Seung Jun Lee, Seung Hun Lee, Jun Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 11340530
    Abstract: The instant disclosure includes an implanting apparatus and a method thereof. The implanting apparatus has a chuck configured to carry a substrate is rotated a number of times at an angle during ion implantation. In this way, masks used during semiconductor fabrication is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: XIA TAI XIN SEMICONDUCTOR (QING DAO) LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Moo Choi, Sung-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 11343908
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gen Yukawa
  • Patent number: 11335631
    Abstract: A power delivery device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a package device, and a chip connecting device. The PCB is configured to receive a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage. The package device is coupled to the PCB, and includes a bump array. The chip connecting device is coupled to the bump array of the package device, and configured to output a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage. The bump array includes first bumps and second bumps. The first bumps are configured to transmit the first reference voltage. The second bumps are configured to transmit the second reference voltage. The first bumps and the second bumps are disposed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: GLOBAL UNICHIP CORPORATION, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Fan Yang, Yuan-Hung Lin, Yu-Cheng Sun, Hung-Chang Kuo, Yung-Yang Liang
  • Patent number: 11326025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamideimide copolymer and a colorless and transparent polyamideimide copolymer film. The polyamideimide copolymer according to the present invention enables to provide a polyamideimide film having improved UV shielding function while exhibiting excellent scratch resistance and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bi Oh Ryu, Soon Yong Park, Young Ji Tae, Young Seok Park, Kwan Yeol Paek
  • Patent number: 11330699
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to methods and apparatus for power distribution. The apparatus can include a power distribution network for a plurality of integrated circuits (IC). According to embodiments, the power distribution network includes a plurality of overlapping power/ground (PG) plane segments and one or more non-overlapping PG (no-PG) plane segments. Each overlapping-PG plane segment is separated from another overlapping-PG plane segment by at least one no-PG plane segment. The no-PG plane segments can include at least one of a multilayered power (P) plane segment with no ground reference of any PG plane and a multilayered ground (G) plane segment with no power reference of any PG plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: San Diego State University Research Foundation, Kyocera International, Inc., Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Arif Ege Engin, Gerardo Aguirre, Klaus-Dieter Lang, Ivan Ndip
  • Patent number: 11326030
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a polyamide-imide film which is transparent and exhibits superior mechanical properties such as surface hardness, etc. and a method of preparing the same. The polyamide-imide film a copolymer of an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, and an aromatic dicarbonyl compound, wherein the aromatic diamine and the aromatic dianhydride forms an imide unit; the aromatic diamine and the aromatic dicarbonyl compound forms an amide unit; and the amide unit accounts for 50-70 mol % of 100 mol % of the units of the copolymer, thereby exhibiting transparency and superior mechanical properties including surface hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Lee, Dong Jin Lim, Jae In Ahn, Jong Ho Lee, Sang Il Kim, Sun Hwan Kim, Dae Sung Oh, Dawoo Jeong
  • Patent number: 11329007
    Abstract: A wiring structure includes a conductive structure, a surface structure and at least one through via. The conductive structure includes at least one dielectric layer and at least one circuit layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The surface structure is disposed adjacent to a top surface of the conductive structure. The through via extends through the surface structure and extending into at least a portion of the conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Wen Hung Huang, Yan Wen Chung, Huei-Shyong Cho
  • Patent number: 11320952
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate having an operation face, a sensor part provided at a sensor face of the substrate, and a wire led out from the sensor part to the sensor face to be connected to an external connection part. The sensor part and the wire are covered by an insulation layer. A cutout is provided to the insulation layer to expose a part of the wire to which the external connection part is connected. An insulation part is provided to cover the external connection part, the insulation layer and the wire located at the cutout. The touch panel can reliably prevent static electricity generated at the operation face during panel operation from entering the sensor part via the wire and the external connection part and causing electrostatic destruction of a bridge and such of the sensor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Futaba Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Kato, Shigeharu Shirahama
  • Patent number: 11324126
    Abstract: A component carrier with a rigid portion, a flexible portion, a cavity defining the flexible portion next to the rigid portion, and at least one step in a transition portion between the rigid portion and the flexible portion in the cavity is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Bund
  • Patent number: 11316286
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connector comprising an electrical connector body, a conductive adhesive layer, and a connecting cable. The electrical connector body comprises a plurality of electrical connecting conductors. The conductive adhesive layer covers the plurality of electrical connecting conductors. The connecting cable comprises a plurality of cables. One end of each of the cables comprises a conductive pin. The conductive pin of each of the cables is disposed on the conductive adhesive layer. The conductive pin of each of the cables forms an electrical connection path with the corresponding electrical connecting conductor. The plurality of electrical connection paths is individually separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Feng, ZhiYong Li, ZhongYuan Lai