With Particular Phosphor Or Electrode Material Patents (Class 313/503)
  • Patent number: 11158770
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component and a lighting apparatus are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes a carrier having an upper side and an underside opposite the upper side, an optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the upper side of the carrier, the semiconductor chip configured to emit primary radiation during operation via one or more sides. The component further includes a first conversion layer having an inorganic phosphor on the semiconductor chip, the first conversion layer covering at least all radiation-emitting sides of the semiconductor chip not facing the carrier and a solid body in which an organic phosphor is distributed, wherein the solid body is arranged and fastened on the carrier and is at least in indirect contact with the carrier, and wherein the solid body is spaced from the radiation-emitting sides of the semiconductor chip at least by the first conversion layer and/or by the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GMBH
    Inventors: Britta Göötz, Frank Singer
  • Patent number: 11152598
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display device includes a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate; a passivation layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a plurality of metallic patterns disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the passivation layer; a reflective electrode disposed conforming to the shapes of the plurality of metallic patterns and a top surface of the passivation layer and including a plurality of protruding portions; an overcoat layer disposed on the passivation layer and the reflective electrode and including an opening configured to expose a top surface of each of the plurality of protruding portions; a first electrode disposed on the reflective electrode and the overcoat layer and electrically connected to the reflective electrode; an light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Choi, Won-Hoe Koo, Woo-Ram Youn
  • Patent number: 11152582
    Abstract: The present application relates to a laminate and a method for preparing the same. The present application provides a laminate, including: a substrate; a first layer provided on the substrate; a second layer which is provided on the first layer and has an overhang structure with a width which is larger than that of the first layer; a conductive layer which is provided on the substrate and the second layer, in which the conductive layer provided on the substrate is electrically shorted from the conductive layer provided on the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Kyun Moon, Minsoo Kang
  • Patent number: 11148510
    Abstract: A shading device comprises: a shading member formed using a dimming glass plate capable of changing light transmittance, the shading member having a plate shape; a display apparatus being capable of transmitting light and disposed on a surface of the shading member, the surface being to face an operator during use of the shading member, in such a manner that a display portion faces the operator; an image pickup device to pick up, as an image, a region which an opposite surface of the surface faces, and generate image pickup data; a data processing circuit to generate display image data to be displayed on the display portion during use of the shading member, based on the image pickup data generated by the image pickup device; and a switch to change light transmittance of the dimming glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11133441
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device, comprising: a light emitting element including a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 440 nm or more and 470 nm or less; a first fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 480 nm or more and 518 nm or less; a second fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 510 nm or more and less than 590 nm and having an x value of the chromaticity coordinate in CIE1931 in a range of 0.27 or more and 0.40 or less; and a third fluorescent material having a light emission peak wavelength in a range of 590 nm or more and 670 nm or less. The light emitting device is capable of reducing the human eye fatigue and having a light emission spectrum with excellent visual work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushige Fujio, Sadakazu Wakui
  • Patent number: 11133443
    Abstract: A light emitting device package includes a mounting substrate including first and second lower electrode portions separated by a first groove, first and second upper electrode portions separated by a second groove connected to the first groove and disposed on the first and second lower electrode portions respectively, and an insulation support member filling the first groove, a light emitting device mounted on the first and second upper electrode portions of the mounting substrate, a double phosphor film covering an upper surface of the light emitting device, including a phosphor layer and a barrier layer sequentially stacked on each other, and having a thickness of 200 ?m or less, and a sealing member on the mounting substrate covering the light emitting device and the double phosphor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-Goo Kang, Young-Kyung Kim, Young-Ho Park, Jong-Won Park, Seog-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 11127888
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultra-high color rendering white light-emitting device including a semiconductor LED chip that emits a violet wavelength range of light with an emission peak at 380 nm to 430 nm, and a phosphor layer distributed in a transparent resin layer that emits light when excited by an excitation wavelength of the violet LED chip, wherein the phosphor layer includes a first phosphor having an emission peak at 450-470 nm, a second phosphor having an emission peak at 510-550 nm, a third phosphor having an emission peak at 550-590 nm, a fourth phosphor having an emission peak at 630-660 nm, and a fifth phosphor having an emission peak at 660-730 nm, and the ultra-high color rendering white light-emitting device has Ra that is equal to or higher than 98 and less than 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: ALLIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Uk An, Jeong Bin Bae, Jai Gon Shim
  • Patent number: 11121336
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are organic photosensitive optoelectronic devices comprising two electrodes in superposed relation; a mixed photoactive layer located between the two electrodes, wherein the mixed photoactive layer comprises at least one donor material having a HOMO energy and at least one acceptor material having a LUMO energy, wherein the at least one donor material and the at least one acceptor material form a mixed donor-acceptor heterojunction; a photoactive layer adjacent to and interfacing with the mixed photoactive layer, wherein the photoactive layer comprises a material having a LUMO energy within 0.3 eV of the LUMO energy of the at least one acceptor material or a HOMO energy within 0.3 eV of the HOMO energy of the at least one donor material; and a buffer layer adjacent to and interfacing with the mixed photoactive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Jeramy D. Zimmerman, Xin Xiao
  • Patent number: 11114589
    Abstract: Provided is a fluoride phosphor that has a good external quantum efficiency and is suitable for stably producing white LEDs. The fluoride phosphor has a composition represented by a general formula (1) and a repose angle of 30° or more and 60° or less. general formula: A2M(1-n)F6:Mn4+n (1), wherein 0<n?0.1, the element A is one or more alkali metal elements including at least K, and the element M is a simple substance of Si, a simple substance of Ge, or a combination of Si and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Ichikawa, Ryosuke Kondo, Hideyuki Emoto
  • Patent number: 11107862
    Abstract: A pixel unit including a substrate; a first light emitting device, a second light emitting device and a third light emitting device on the substrate; and a light absorbing layer at a light exiting side of the first light emitting device or a light exiting side of the second light emitting device. The first light emitting device is configured to emit light of a first color, the second light emitting device is configured to emit light of a second color, the third light emitting device is configured to emit light of a third color. A degree of attenuation of the light of the first color caused by a microcavity effect of the first light emitting device and a degree of attenuation of the light of the second color caused by a microcavity effect of the second light emitting device are smaller than a degree of attenuation of the light of the third color caused by a microcavity effect of the third light emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weilong Zhou
  • Patent number: 11106299
    Abstract: A touch display device includes a substrate defining an active area and a non-active area around the active area; a touch pad in the non-active area; a plurality of signal lines; a signal line insulation layer; first electrodes; at least one noise reduction electrode on the signal line insulation layer and in a portion other than the area corresponding to the first electrodes; a second electrode over the plurality of first electrodes and the at least one noise reduction electrode; an encapsulation layer on the second electrode; touch lines on the encapsulation layer and connected to the touch pad; and touch electrodes on the encapsulation layer and electrically connected to at least one touch line. The encapsulation layer has a sloped surface between the touch pad and the touch electrodes, and the touch lines are arranged on the sloped surface of the encapsulation layer having a corresponding slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HwiDeuk Lee, Yangsik Lee
  • Patent number: 11101251
    Abstract: An optoelectronic component includes a carrier, wherein the carrier includes a surface, reflective barriers are formed over the surface of the carrier, the reflective barriers divide the surface of the carrier into pixels, each pixel respectively includes at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip arranged on the surface of the carrier, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip is configured to emit electromagnetic radiation, the optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes an upper side, the upper side faces away from the surface of the carrier, and a reflective covering is arranged on the upper side of the optoelectronic semiconductor chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: OSRAM OLED GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Brick, Christopher Wiesmann, Ulrich Streppel, David Racz, Christopher Kölper, Georg Roßbach
  • Patent number: 11089737
    Abstract: A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: VALOYA OY
    Inventor: Lars Aikala
  • Patent number: 11084358
    Abstract: A shading device comprises: a shading member formed using a dimming glass plate capable of changing light transmittance, the shading member having a plate shape; a display apparatus being capable of transmitting light and disposed on a surface of the shading member, the surface being to face an operator during use of the shading member, in such a manner that a display portion faces the operator; an image pickup device to pick up, as an image, a region which an opposite surface of the surface faces, and generate image pickup data; a data processing circuit to generate display image data to be displayed on the display portion during use of the shading member, based on the image pickup data generated by the image pickup device; and a switch to change light transmittance of the dimming glass plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 11081529
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a display device for suppressing reflected light includes a driving circuit and a display region which includes a plurality of pixels. In one example embodiment, the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel having a first light emitting element which includes a first light emitting portion having a first layer surface. In one example embodiment, first pixel includes a second light emitting element which includes a second light emitting portion having a second, different layer surface. In one example embodiment, the first pixel includes a third light emitting element which includes a third light emitting portion having a third, different layer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Sagawa
  • Patent number: 11075355
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit (140) is formed over a first surface (102) of a substrate (100). A first terminal (112) and a second terminal (132) are formed on the first surface (102) of the substrate (100), and are electrically connected to the light-emitting unit (140). A sealing layer (200) is formed over the first surface (102) of the substrate (100), and seals the light-emitting unit (140). In addition, the sealing layer (200) does not cover the first terminal (112) and the second terminal (132). A cover layer (210) is formed over the sealing layer (200), and is formed of a material different from that of the cover layer (210). In at least a portion of a region located next to the first terminal (112) and a region located next to the second terminal (132), a portion of an end of the cover layer (210) protrudes from the sealing layer (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: PIONEER CORPORATION, TOHOKU PIONEER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotsugi Hatakeyama, Shinsuke Tanaka, Shinji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11069755
    Abstract: A display panel includes a flexible electrochromic substrate comprising a first flexible substrate layer, a second flexible substrate layer opposing to the first flexible substrate layer and an electrochromic part disposed between the first and second flexible substrate layers and configured to discolor in response to a driving signal, a transistor layer disposed on the flexible electrochromic substrate, the transistor layer comprising a plurality of transistors and an organic light emitting diode layer disposed on the flexible electrochromic substrate on which the transistor layer is disposed, the organic light emitting diode layer comprising a plurality of organic light emitting diodes connected to the plurality of transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventors: Seung-Ho Jung, Chaun-Gi Choi, Yo-Seoph Ko, Ji-Hun Ryu, Tae-Kyung Ahn, Joo-Hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 11063188
    Abstract: A light emitting device that is capable of achieving excellent color rendering property is provided. The light emitting device contains a light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength within a range of 430 nm or more and 470 nm or less, and a fluorescent member. The fluorescent member contains a first fluorescent material that contains an Eu-activated alkaline earth aluminate, a second fluorescent material that contains a Mn-activated fluorogermanate, a third fluorescent material that contains a Ce-activated rare earth aluminate, and a fourth fluorescent material that contains an Eu-activated silicon nitride having Al and at least one of Sr and Ca.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenji Asai
  • Patent number: 11053161
    Abstract: A multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet and its preparation method, and a light-emitting device. The preparation method for the multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet includes: mixing a first optical functional material, a glass powder and an organic carrier to obtain a first slurry, and mixing a second optical functional material, the glass powder and the organic carriers to obtain a second slurry; coating the first slurry on a first substrate, and drying it at a first temperature so that at least some of the organic carrier is volatilized, to obtain a first functional layer, the first temperature being lower than a softening point of the glass powder; coating the second slurry on the surface of the first functional layer, to obtain a second functional layer; and sintering the first substrate on which the functional layers are coated at a second temperature, to obtain the multi-layer glass phosphor powder sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: APPOTRONICS CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Li, Yanqing Deng, Zifeng Tian
  • Patent number: 11056550
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display module. The display panel includes a light emitting device. The light emitting device includes an anode electrode layer, a cathode electrode layer, and at least two light emitting layers, and at least one auxiliary electrode layer. The at least two light emitting layers are disposed between the anode electrode layer and the cathode electrode layer. Each auxiliary electrode layer is disposed between two adjacent light emitting layers. The at least one auxiliary electrode layer, the anode electrode layer, and the cathode electrode layer are separated from each other. The light emitting layers are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junjie Wu
  • Patent number: 11056654
    Abstract: A carbazole-based compound and an organic light-emitting device including the carbazole-based compound, the compound being represented by one of the following Formulae 1 to 3:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong-Suk Kim, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Soung-Wook Kim, Jae-Hong Kim, Moon-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11050044
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a display and a light sensor that receives light that passes through the display. The display includes features that increase the amount of light that passes through the display. The features may be translucency enhancement features that allow light to pass directly through the display onto a light sensor mounted behind the display or may include a light-guiding layer that guides light through the display onto a light sensor mounted along an edge of the display. The translucency enhancement features may be formed in a reflector layer or an electrode layer for the display. The translucency enhancement features may include microperforations in a reflector layer of the display, a light-filtering reflector layer of the display, or a reflector layer of the display that passes a portion of the light and reflects an additional portion of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Paul S. Drzaic, Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 11048092
    Abstract: A head-mounted display to be mounted on a head of the user includes a display panel to display an image, a lighting device to supply light to the display device, the lighting device including at least one light source including a blue light emitting element emitting blue light, and a red phosphor to emit red light when excited by the blue light from the blue light emitting element, the red phosphor including a complex fluoride red phosphor and a nitride red phosphor having a content ratio smaller than that of the complex fluoride red phosphor, a lighting controller to control driving of the light source in synchronization with the image display by the display device so that a one-frame display period in the display device includes a turn-on period and a turn-off period, and a lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tokumi Hayashi, Kenichi Hatsuda, Seitaro Akagawa, Takeshi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 11041122
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a wavelength-converting composition as defined by R3-x-y-zAx+yMzSi6-w1Alw1O3x+y+w1N11-7x/3-y-w1?2-2x/3, with ? being vacancies of the structure that are filled by oxygen atoms with 0<x?3, ?3?y<3, 0<z<1,0?w1?6, 0?x+y, x+y+z?3, 11?7/3x?y?w1?0, and 3x+y+w1?13. R is selected from the group comprising trivalent La, Gd, Tb, Y, Lu; A is selected from the group comprising bivalent Ca, Mg, Sr, Ba, and Eu; and M is selected from the group comprising trivalent Ce, Pr and Sm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Lumileds LLC
    Inventors: Peter Josef Schmidt, Dajana Durach, Wolfgang Schnick
  • Patent number: 11036120
    Abstract: A projector includes a light source unit, a spatial light modulator configured to control light from the light source unit for each pixel to form an optical image, and a projection optical system configured to project the optical image formed by the spatial light modulator onto a target. The light source unit includes a solid-state light source and a wavelength convertor. The solid-state light source is configured to emit first light, the first light including blue light with a peak wavelength in a range of 430 to 470 nm, inclusive, and green light with a peak wavelength in a range of 480 to 550 nm, inclusive. The wavelength convertor contains a red phosphor including Ce as a luminescent center that is configured to emit second light upon receiving the green light. The second light has a spectrum with a peak wavelength of 600 to 700 nm, inclusive. The red phosphor contains a nitride or an oxynitride as a host material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nagao, Mitsuru Nitta, Yasuhisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11034888
    Abstract: Provided are an aluminate fluorescent material, a light emitting device, and a method for producing an aluminate fluorescent material. The aluminate fluorescent material, having an aluminate composition containing: at least one alkaline earth metal element selected from the group consisting of Ba, Sr, and Ca; Mn; and optionally Eu and/or Mg, wherein the fluorine content in the aluminate fluorescent material is 100 ppm or more and 7,000 ppm or less, and the average particle diameter of the aluminate fluorescent material, which is measured according to a Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, is 8 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Nishimata, Tomokazu Yoshida, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 11035551
    Abstract: An apparatus including at least one light emitting diode (LED) module, configured to generate visible light; and at least one component comprising a compound comprising elements of neodymium fluoride and a dopant to lower a refractive index of the compound as compared to neodymium fluoride, the compound configured with the LED module to provide a desired light spectrum by filtering the visible light generated by the LED module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Savant Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qing Yi, Jianmin He, Chuan Lin, Zhiyong Wang, James Edward Murphy, Dengke Cai, Xiaoyong Wu
  • Patent number: 11023083
    Abstract: A touch panel includes first touch electrodes, second touch electrodes, and third touch electrodes. The first touch electrodes include sub electrodes spaced apart from one another in a first direction. The second touch electrodes extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second touch electrodes are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The third touch electrodes extend in the second direction and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction. The third touch electrodes are shaped differently than the second touch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A-Ra Jo, Sang-Hyun Lim, Chang-Sub Jung, Jae-Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 11011733
    Abstract: A display device may include first and second regions connected to each other. When viewed in a plan view, the first and second regions may have a curved edge and a rectilinear edge, respectively. When viewed in a sectional view, a side surface of the first region may include a center region having a rectilinear shape and a side surface of the second region may include a center region having a curved shape. In some embodiments, the side surface of the first region has a first roughness, and a side surface of the second region has a second roughness that is smoother than the first roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jaekyung Go, Yongseung Park, Chanyoung Park, Danbi Choi, Soukjune Hwang, Hyunmin Hwang
  • Patent number: 11013115
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display panel motherboard and a manufacturing method of a display panel. The display panel motherboard includes a rigid substrate; a flexible substrate; and a liquid-philicity adjustable layer provided between the rigid substrate and the flexible substrate, wherein the liquid-philicity adjustable layer bonds the flexible substrate to the rigid substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanjie Xu
  • Patent number: 10996499
    Abstract: An information display system can include a dynamic panel, including a first surface that faces a user and a second surface generally parallel to the first surface, configured to present a variably reflective surface to the user. The information display system can include a display panel, including a third surface that faces the second surface and a fourth surface generally parallel to the third surface, configured to display information to a user. The information display system can include an activation sensor, configured to enable the system upon interaction with the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: KEITH ROSENBLUM
    Inventor: Keith Rosenblum
  • Patent number: 10991776
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a pixel defining layer, a spacer, an auxiliary electrode, and an organic light emitting diode. The substrate includes a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area adjacent to the light emitting area. The pixel defining layer is disposed on the non-light emitting area of the substrate. The spacer is disposed on the pixel defining layer. The auxiliary electrode is disposed on the spacer. The organic light emitting diode is disposed on the substrate, and at least a portion thereof is disposed in the light emitting area. The organic light emitting diode includes a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the pixel electrode and including an organic light emitting layer, and an opposite electrode disposed on the intermediate layer and electrically connected to the auxiliary electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunae Kim, Jaesik Kim, Jaeik Kim, Yeonhwa Lee, Joongu Lee, Sehoon Jeong, Mijung Han
  • Patent number: 10982139
    Abstract: Provided is a fluoride phosphor that has a good external quantum efficiency and is suitable for stably producing white LEDs. The fluoride phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula (1), a bulk density of 0.80 g/cm3 or more, and a mass median diameter (D50) of 30 ?m or less: general formula: A2M(1-n)F6:Mn4+n (1), wherein 0<n?0.1, the element A is one or more alkali metal elements including at least K, and the element M is a simple substance of Si, a simple substance of Ge, or a combination of Si and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Ichikawa, Ryosuke Konda, Hideyuki Emoto
  • Patent number: 10981938
    Abstract: Disclosed are polycyclic aromatic compounds that can be employed in various organic layers of organic electroluminescent devices. Also disclosed are organic electroluminescent devices including the polycyclic aromatic compounds. The organic electroluminescent devices are highly efficient and long lasting and have greatly improved luminous efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SFC Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SungHoon Joo, Ji-Hwan Kim, Byung-sun Yang, Hyeon Jun Jo, Sungeun Choi, Su-jin Kim, Bong-Ki Shin
  • Patent number: 10984717
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which is connected to a scan line, a data line, a first power line and a second power line, and includes a light-emitting diode. A voltage applied to an anode of the light-emitting diode is higher than a voltage applied to a cathode in a first operation period, and a voltage applied to the anode of the light-emitting diode is lower than a voltage applied to the cathode in at least a part of a second operation period different from the first operation period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10982141
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a phosphor composition, a light-emitting device package comprising the same, and a lighting apparatus and, more particularly, to a phosphor composition comprising a first phosphor, excited by an excitation light source, for emitting a first wavelength range of light, a second phosphor, excited by the excitation light source, for emitting a second wavelength range of light, and a third phosphor, excited by the excitation light source, for emitting a third wavelength range of light. The light emitted from the phosphor composition exhibits an increased intensity of light in a blue-green wavelength region with the consequent improvement of color rendering index and a shortened wavelength of light in a red wavelength region with the consequent improvement of luminous flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Wook Moon, Jin Sung Kim, Woo Seuk Song, Seung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10978515
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic electroluminescent display panel and a fabrication method thereof. The organic electroluminescent display panel includes: a first base substrate and a second base substrate, a plurality of first organic electroluminescent units disposed at intervals from each other on a side of the first base substrate facing the second base substrate; and a plurality of second organic electroluminescent units disposed at intervals from each other on a side of the second base substrate facing the first base substrate. The plurality of first organic electroluminescent units is spaced apart from the plurality of second organic electroluminescent units in a direction perpendicular to an extending plane of the first base substrate. An orthographic projection of each first organic electroluminescent unit on the second base substrate at least partially overlaps with a corresponding second organic electroluminescent unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zongxiang Li, Xi Chen, Liqing Yao, Jiamin Liao, Dahai Li
  • Patent number: 10957876
    Abstract: A first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element that have a resonance structure that causes output light from a light-emission functional layer to resonate between a reflective layer and a semi-transmissive reflective layer, and a pixel definition layer, and in which an aperture part is formed to correspond to each of the first light-emitting element and the second light-emitting element, are formed on a base. A first interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the first light-emitting element and a second interval between the reflective layer and the semi-transmissive reflective layer in the second light-emitting element are different, and a film thickness of the pixel definition layer is less than a difference between the first interval and the second interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoichi Nozawa, Atsushi Amano, Takeshi Koshihara, Akio Fukase, Shinichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 10950585
    Abstract: An LED-filament includes a light-transmissive substrate; a first array of LED chips on a front face of the substrate; a second array of LED chips on the front face of the substrate; a first photoluminescence arrangement covering the first array of LED chips; and a second photoluminescence arrangement covering the second array of LED chips; where the first array of LED chips and the first arrangement generate light of a first color temperature and the second array of LED chips and the second arrangement generate light of a second color temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intematix Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Qun Li, Gang Wang, Jun-Gang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10947450
    Abstract: Provided is a fluoride phosphor that has a good external quantum efficiency and is suitable for stably producing white LEDs. The fluoride phosphor having a composition represented by a general formula (1), a bulk density of 0.80 g/cm3 or more, and a mass median diameter (D50) of 30 ?m or less: general formula: A2M(1-n)F6:Mn4+n (1), wherein 0<n?0.1, the element A is one or more alkali metal elements including at least K, and the element M is a simple substance of Si, a simple substance of Ge, or a combination of Si and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayoshi Ichikawa, Ryosuke Konda, Hideyuki Emoto
  • Patent number: 10944071
    Abstract: A an organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a first substrate, a display unit having a plurality of organic light-emitting devices that is formed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed on the display unit, and a filler included between the first substrate and the second substrate. The organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode formed on the first substrate, an intermediate layer that is disposed on the first electrode and includes an organic emission layer, and a porous second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Wook Kang
  • Patent number: 10943959
    Abstract: An optical system may include equipment with a housing that is configured to receive external equipment such as a cellular telephone. The external equipment may include a display. To control the persistence of the display, the optical system may include a light modulating layer. The light modulating layer may switch between a transparent state in which display image light is passed through the light modulating layer to reach the viewer and an opaque state in which display image light is blocked by the light modulating layer from reaching the viewer. The light modulating layer may be placed in the transparent state for a portion of each display frame and the opaque state for the remaining portion of each display frame. The light modulating layer may be formed in the housing of the equipment that receives the external equipment or may be formed with the external equipment directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron L. Holsteen, Chaohao Wang, Cheng Chen, Jun Li, Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Xiaokai Li, Young Cheol Yang, Zhibing Ge
  • Patent number: 10942590
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions; a first electrode arranged on each of the pixel regions of the substrate; an organic layer arranged on the first electrode; a second electrode including a plurality of second electrode patterns each at least partially overlapping respective ones of the pixel regions and arranged on the organic layer; and a plurality of sensing lines spaced apart from the first electrode on the same plane or layer as the first electrode, the sensing lines being connected to respective ones of the second electrode patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Han Jeong, Ha Da Chang, Hyoung Wook Jang
  • Patent number: 10930709
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a pixel for an image sensor includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel stacked on top of the first subpixel. Each of the first and second subpixels include a polygon shape. Each of the first and second subpixels include a photodetector layer, a transparent cathode layer, and a transparent anode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Mark A. Lamkin
  • Patent number: 10923666
    Abstract: A hole transporting material comprises a conductive polymer coil, and a plurality of transition metal oxide particles, which suspended and dispersed in the conductive polymer coil. Wherein the transition metal oxide particles are formed in the conductive polymer coil by a sol-gel reaction. The invention also disclosed a method of manufacturing a hole transporting material and an organic photodiode. The hole transporting material of the present invention can has a good match with an electron donor material of an active layer, so that the organic photodiode including the hole transporting material said above can have better power conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Chang, Nai-Wei Teng
  • Patent number: 10921697
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion element includes a first phosphor region and a second phosphor region. The second phosphor region is disposed in a thickness direction of the first phosphor region and has a phosphor particle with a particle size different from a particle size of a phosphor particle positioned in the first phosphor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Ikeda, Makoto Maeda, Yusaku Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10920138
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a red phosphor having improved luminance. A further object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting device having higher luminance by using the red phosphor. There is provided a phosphor having the main crystal phase represented by the general formula: MAlSiN3 in which the M element(s) represent one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba, the main crystal phase being composed of only CaAlSiN3 or having the same crystal structure as that of CaAlSiN3, and some of the M element(s) being substituted with an Eu element, wherein the phosphor contains W (tungsten) in an amount of 3 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less, based on the total mass of the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro Watanabe, Yusuke Takeda
  • Patent number: 10910452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for alleviating color shift of a display panel at a large viewing angle. The panel includes a sub-pixel array formed by R, G, B sub-pixels, and black matrix areas located between the sub-pixels. The method includes providing, above the sub-pixel array, an optical grating that is parallel with the sub-pixel array. The optical grating includes transparent areas and non-transparent areas. The non-transparent areas are provided above the black matrix areas. The optical grating is configured as such that when a sub-pixel is observed at a large viewing angle, light transmitted through the sub-pixel is partially blocked by the non-transparent areas of the optical grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian He, Shen Sian Syu
  • Patent number: 10910526
    Abstract: Provided is a light emitting device including a first light emitting element having a light emission peak wavelength of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, a second light emitting element having a different light emission peak wavelength from the first light emitting element of 400 nm or more and 490 nm or less, a first fluorescent material that is a Ce-activated aluminate fluorescent material and excited by at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength of 500 nm or more and 540 nm or less, and a second fluorescent material that is excited by at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element and emits light having a light emission peak wavelength of 600 nm or more and 680 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Amiya, Shoji Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 10910581
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light-emitting diode comprising an emission layer and an electron transport layer stack of at least two electron transport layers, wherein a first electron transport layer and a second electron transport layer comprises at least one matrix compound, wherein—the matrix compound or compounds of the first electron transport layer is/are different to the matrix compound or compounds of the second electron transport layer; and in addition, —the first electron transport layer comprises a dopant of a lithium halide and/or lithium organic complex; and—the second electron transport layer is free of a dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Novaled GmbH
    Inventors: Bodo Wallikewitz, Carsten Rothe