Dielectric Mirror (i.e., In Devices Excited Other Than By Photoconductive Layer) Or Transflector Patents (Class 349/114)
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Patent number: 12066720Abstract: Disclosed are an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel provided by the embodiment of the present application comprises an array substrate. The array substrate eliminates the main electrode of the buffer area, or eliminates the main electrode of the buffer area and then sets a protruding part and adds DBS electrodes on the array substrate. The pretilt angle conflict between two adjacent areas is reduced, thereby preventing the problem of mutual obstruction when the liquid crystal molecules twist, thereby improving dark clusters and solving the problem of uneven display.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yanan Wang
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Patent number: 12066711Abstract: Provided are a back light unit structure, a display panel and a display apparatus. The back light unit structure includes a light source, and a first substrate and a second substrate which are opposite to each other; the first substrate includes a reflective structure; the second substrate includes a light guide plate and a light selection layer that are stacked; the light selection layer is located at a side of the light guide plate near the reflective structure, and a refractive index of the light selection layer is smaller than that of the light guide plate; the light selection layer is provided with a plurality of light acquiring holes penetrating through the light selection layer; the light source is located at an end of the light guide plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qian Wang, Wenqing Zhao, Qingxun Zhang
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Patent number: 12055824Abstract: A display device according to the present disclosure includes first and second substrates transmitting visible light, light emitting pixels, a first internal layer, a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode reflecting visible light, and second to fourth electrodes transmitting visible light. The light emitting pixels independently emit light. The liquid crystal layer is located between the first and second substrates. The first electrode is located between at least one of the light emitting pixels and the liquid crystal layer. The second electrode is located between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate without overlapping the first electrode in plan view. The third electrode is located between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate while overlapping the first electrode in plan view. The fourth electrode is located between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate while overlapping the second electrode in plan view.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Ken Shiiba
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Patent number: 12038661Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes: a base substrate; and multiple subpixels provided at the base substrate, at least one of the multiple subpixels including a reflective electrode, wherein the reflective electrode at least includes a first reflective electrode and a second reflective electrode insulated and spaced apart from each other, the first reflective electrode is provided with a first through hole, the second reflective electrode is provided with a second through hole, and an area of the first through hole is different from an area of the second through hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xianglei Qin, Jian Lin, Yong Zhang, Zhichao Yang, Limin Zhang, Zepeng Sun, Liangzhen Tang, Zhilong Duan, Honggui Jin, Yashuai An, Lingfang Nie, Jian Wang, Xuechao Song, Li Tian, Jing Pang
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Patent number: 12025821Abstract: Disclosed are a filter unit, a color film structure, a display panel, and a display device. The filter unit includes a color resist aperture. The color resist aperture is configured to accommodate a color resist. At least part of edges of an opening of the color resist aperture have equal distances to a geometric center of the opening. The structure of the color resist aperture of the filter unit is improved, such that at least part of edges of an opening of the color resist aperture have equal distances to the geometric center of the opening.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Wang, Xiangdong Qin, Zhao Li
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Patent number: 11971633Abstract: An electrode structure includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged separately from each other; and a plurality of dielectric layers laminated in a first direction with respect to the plurality of pixel electrodes, in which the plurality of dielectric layers includes: a first dielectric layer that spreads over the plurality of pixel electrodes in a direction intersecting with the first direction; and a second dielectric layer that includes dielectric material having a refractive index higher than that of the first dielectric layer, sandwiches the first dielectric layer together with the plurality of pixel electrodes, and has a slit at a position overlapping space between pixel electrodes adjacent when viewed from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Sakairi, Tomoaki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okazaki, Keiichi Maeda, Chiho Araki, Katsunori Dai, Shunsuke Narui, Kunihiko Hikichi, Kouta Fukumoto, Toshiaki Okada, Takuma Matsuno, Yuu Kawaguchi, Yuuji Adachi, Koichi Amari, Hideki Kawaguchi, Seiya Haraguchi, Takayoshi Masaki, Takuya Fujino, Tadayuki Dofuku, Yosuke Takita, Kazuhiro Tamura, Atsushi Tanaka
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Patent number: 11971620Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a display panel and an electronic device. The display panel may include an array substrate and an opposing substrate. The array substrate includes scan lines, data lines, a first blocking wall and a second blocking wall. The first blocking wall and the second blocking wall are respectively arranged on opposite sides of at least one of the scan lines, and each of the first blocking wall and the second blocking wall includes a first blocking layer arranged in a same layer as the scan lines and a second blocking layer arranged in a same layer as the data lines. The distance between the first blocking layer and the scan line in a first direction is smaller than the distance between the second blocking layer and the scan line in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignees: WUHAN BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Hu, Yuanhui Guo, Xia Shi, Yujie Gao
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Patent number: 11953788Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate located closer to an observer than the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, and performs display in a twisted vertical alignment mode. Each pixel includes a reflective region where display is performed in a reflection mode. The first substrate includes a reflective electrode including a portion located in the reflective region, and a first vertical alignment film. The second substrate includes a second vertical alignment film. The liquid crystal layer includes a liquid crystal material having negative dielectric anisotropy, and a chiral agent. The reflective electrode includes silver or a silver alloy. The reflective region includes a plurality of liquid crystal domains in which reference alignment azimuths of liquid crystal molecules are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Sharp Display Technology CorporationInventor: Hiroyuki Hakoi
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Patent number: 11943957Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a transmission area and a pixel area, and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area; a display element disposed corresponding to the pixel area, the display element including a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer; a hydrophobic layer disposed corresponding to the transmission area; and a plurality of fine particles disposed on the hydrophobic layer, the plurality of fine particles and the opposite electrode including a same material.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jaeik Kim, Hyejin Gwark, Jungsun Park, Heemin Park, Yongsub Shim, Yeonhwa Lee, Joongu Lee, Jongbeom Hong
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Patent number: 11921309Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first protective layer and a second protective layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the polarizer, and the second protective layer includes a positive C retardation layer, the positive C retardation layer having a thickness of about 10 ?m or less, an index of refraction of about 1.50 to about 1.55, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 150° C. to about 250° C.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: A Ra Jo, Beom Deok Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, Seong Hoon Lee, Seung Mi Shin, Wan Taek Hong
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Patent number: 11914237Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a first pixel circuit disposed apart from the driver in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a second pixel circuit separated further from the driver than the first pixel circuit in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode overlapping the driver in plan view, a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel circuit in plan view, a first relay line electrically connecting the first pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode to each other, and a second relay line electrically connecting the second pixel circuit and the second pixel electrode to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Akihiko Saitoh
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Patent number: 11914252Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate and containing a polymer and a liquid crystal molecule, and a light emitting module provided along a side surface of the second transparent substrate. At least one of the first substrate and the second substrate includes first light-shielding portions arranged in a first direction. When a width of each of the first light-shielding portions in the first direction is defined as Lx, and an interval of the adjacent first light-shielding portions in the first direction is defined as Sx, a duty ratio Dx shown by Lx/(Sx+Lx) is less than or equal to 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
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Patent number: 11881539Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Lan Yu, Benjamin D. Briggs, Tyler Sherwood, Raghav Sreenivasan
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Patent number: 11871611Abstract: A display unit includes a plurality of pixels, a reflector layer, and an auxiliary electrode. Each of the plurality of pixels has a first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode in this order. The organic layer and the second electrode are provided on the first electrode. The organic layer includes a light-emitting layer. The reflector layer has a light-reflecting surface around each of the pixels. The auxiliary electrode is provided on the reflector layer and is projected from an upper end of the light-reflecting surface. The auxiliary electrode has a portion which is exposed from the organic layer, and the exposed portion is covered with the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Daisuke Ueda
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Patent number: 11862083Abstract: An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have a pixel array that produces images. A display cover layer may overlap the pixel array. The display cover layer may have a planar central area surrounded by a peripheral edge area with a curved cross-sectional profile. From an on-axis viewing angle, an image on the pixel array is fully viewable through the planar central area and the peripheral edge area. From an off-axis viewing angle, the image is partly viewable through the peripheral edge area and not through the central area. To avoid an undesired color cast in the partly viewable image seen through the peripheral edge area of the display cover layer, the display may be provided with color cast compensation structures such as a guest-host liquid crystal layer that exhibits an anisotropic colored light absorption characteristic, a diffuser layer, and/or other optical structures.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sameer Pandya, Daniel J. Barrett, Erik G. de Jong, James P. Landry, David A. Doyle, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Jung Yun Seuh, Yi Qiao
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Patent number: 11846846Abstract: A display panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT array substrate and the opposite substrate. The TFT array substrate includes a first substrate. The opposite substrate includes a second substrate. The display panel further includes a first viewing-angle improving layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first viewing-angle improving layer adjoins one film layer on the first substrate or the second substrate. The first viewing-angle improving layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate so that the first viewing-angle improving layer can be a stacked part manufactured integratedly with other film layers of the display panel. Thus, manufacture of the first viewing-angle improving layer can overcome a size limitation of a mold in a nanoimprinting technology, effectively improving a large-viewing-angle-display effect of a large-size display panel.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuan Shao, Ji Li, Fang Tan, Jiacong Guo, Guang Zeng, Yue Wang
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Patent number: 11822752Abstract: Display panel is provided and includes substrate; conductive member that is arranged on substrate, and that configures input position detecting electrodes in display region; mounting terminal in mounting region existing in peripheral region that is outside display region; peripheral wiring lines disposed in peripheral region, peripheral wiring lines each having first end electrically connected to mounting terminal and second end connected to one of input position detecting electrodes; first light blocking layer arranged on substrate so as to overlap at least a part of peripheral wiring lines; and second light blocking layer arranged between substrate and peripheral wiring line, wherein first light blocking layer overlaps at least a part of second light blocking layer so as to partly sandwich peripheral wiring lines between first and second light blocking layers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Yoshikatsu Imazeki
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Patent number: 11808964Abstract: A front light module applied to full lamination includes a display, a front light guide plate, a light-emitting unit, a transparent medium, and a cover layer. The front light guide plate is located over the display and includes a micro-structure. The micro-structure is recessed from an upper surface of the front light guide plate. The light-emitting unit is adjacent to the front light guide plate. The transparent medium is located over the front light guide plate. A space is located between the front light guide plate and the transparent medium. The cover layer is located over the transparent medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Yu-Shan Shen, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Chien-Ming Chu, Hui-Ying Chiang
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Patent number: 11796845Abstract: According to one embodiment, a louver includes a first transparent substrate, a first organic insulating film provided on an inner surface side of the first transparent substrate, and including a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, a first reflective layer provided along the first inclined surface, and a second reflective layer provided along the second inclined surface. The first reflective layer includes a first reflective surface. The second reflective layer includes a second reflective surface. An interval between the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface increases with distance from the first transparent substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.Inventors: Yasuhiro Takahashi, Jin Hirosawa
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Patent number: 11782315Abstract: A system includes a spatial light modulator comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spatial light modulator is characterized by a first retardation and a first phase retardation and has a first slow axis for light propagation. A voltage source is configured to apply a drive voltage to the spatial light modulator and the first retardation of the spatial light modulator is a function of the drive voltage. A retarder is positioned external to the spatial light modulator and is characterized by a second retardation and a second phase retardation. The retarder includes a second slow axis for light propagation. The second retardation has a value such that all illumination wavelengths in a set of illumination wavelengths are above or below a phase retardation value of 0.25. The set of illumination wavelengths includes at least one illumination wavelength in each of at least three different color spectrums.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
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Patent number: 11782306Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first light-transmitting substrate; a second light-transmitting substrate disposed so as to face the first light-transmitting substrate; a liquid crystal layer comprising polymer dispersed liquid crystals between the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate; and a multilayered film on an outer surface or surfaces of at least one of the first light-transmitting substrate and the second light-transmitting substrate, the multilayered film being configured to reflect light from the first light-transmitting substrate or the second light-transmitting substrate, and absorb light from outside the first light-transmitting substrate or the second light-transmitting substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Manabu Mizuno
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Patent number: 11768412Abstract: There is provided a display substrate, including gate lines and data lines, which define pixel units, each pixel unit includes a pixel electrode, at least some pixel units are provided with a conductive bridge line in a same layer as the pixel electrode; in the pixel unit with the conductive bridge line, a first hollow structure is on a first side of a first or second end part of the pixel electrode, an end of the conductive bridge line is in the first hollow structure, a second hollow structure is on a second side of the first end part, an absolute value of a difference between parasitic capacitances respectively formed between the pixel electrode and the data lines on two sides of the pixel electrode and closest thereto is less than or equal to a preset capacitance difference value. A display panel and a display device are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chunxu Zhang, Ke Dai, Haipeng Yang, Yuntian Zhang, Xiaoting Jiang, Min Cheng
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Patent number: 11768430Abstract: An active or passive PDLC projection screen comprising: at least two transparent metalized or non-metalized polymer supports; at least one layer of liquid crystal dispersions located between said at least two transparent metalized polymer supports; electrical components to control the behavior of said PDLC projection screen; wherein said PDLC projection screen have a total light transmittance Tt of about 70 to 90%, a diffusion transmittance Dt of about 0 to 10%, a clarity C of 90 to 97% and a haze value H of about 0 to 3%, measured in accordance with either ASTM D 1003-13, ISO 13468-1:1996 or ISO 13468-2:1999; further wherein said PDLC projection screen is manufactured by methods of release sheets support.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: GAUZY LTD.Inventors: Hassan-Ali Hakemi, Adrian Lofer, Eyal Peso, Dana Gal-Fuss, Koby Kfir
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Patent number: 11754886Abstract: Increasing resolution of liquid crystal displays may result in small distances between adjacent liquid crystal display pixels. This tight pixel spacing may reduce transmission through the liquid crystal display pixels and may result in cross-talk between the liquid crystal display pixels. To increase transmission and, correspondingly, display efficiency, a reflective layer may be included in the liquid crystal display. The reflective layer recycles backlight that may otherwise be absorbed, improving transmittance and efficiency. To reduce color shift and color mixing caused by cross-talk, the pixels may have their pixel electrodes arranged in a zigzag layout. Each pixel electrode may have a height that is less than or equal to the total height of the pixel divided by two. The pixel electrodes in a given row are also alternatingly coupled to first and second gate lines. This zigzag layout results in an increased distance between adjacent pixel electrodes, mitigating pixel cross-talk.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Yuechen Wu, Xiaokai Li, Cheng-Ho Yu, Zhibing Ge
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Patent number: 11744108Abstract: A display apparatus including two lines is provided. The two lines may extend in a first direction. A light-emitting device may be disposed between the two lines. Each line may be bent or extended in the direction of the device substrate which supports the light-emitting device. Thus, in the display apparatus, mixing of light emitted to the outside through the device substrate may be prevented. Therefore, in the display apparatus, the quality of realized image may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Joo Lee, Jung-Ho Bang, Jung-Sun Beak, Sun-Mi Lee, Tae-Hwan Kim, Hyeon-Chul Im
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Patent number: 11733565Abstract: A system includes a spatial light modulator comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The spatial light modulator is characterized by a first retardation and a first phase retardation and has a first slow axis for light propagation. A voltage source is configured to apply a drive voltage to the spatial light modulator and the first retardation of the spatial light modulator is a function of the drive voltage. A retarder is positioned external to the spatial light modulator and is characterized by a second retardation and a second phase retardation. The retarder includes a second slow axis for light propagation. The second retardation has a value such that all illumination wavelengths in a set of illumination wavelengths are above or below a phase retardation value of 0.25. The set of illumination wavelengths includes at least one illumination wavelength in each of at least three different color spectrums.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
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Patent number: 11703725Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a pixel circuit disposed to be apart from the driver in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode disposed to overlap the pixel circuit in a plan view and to be electrically connected to the pixel circuit, a second pixel electrode disposed to overlap the driver in a plan view and to be closer to an outer edge of a display area than the first pixel electrode, and a relay line disposed between the pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode and between the driver and the second pixel electrode, the relay line electrically connecting the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventor: Masaya Tamaki
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Patent number: 11695019Abstract: The semiconductor device includes a driver circuit portion including a driver circuit and a pixel portion including a pixel. The pixel includes a gate electrode layer having a light-transmitting property, a gate insulating layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer each having a light-transmitting property provided over the gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer covering top surfaces and side surfaces of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer and provided over the gate electrode layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween, a conductive layer provided over part of the oxide semiconductor layer and having a lower resistance than the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer, and an oxide insulating layer in contact with part of the oxide semiconductor layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Masashi Tsubuku, Kengo Akimoto, Miyuki Hosoba
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Patent number: 11668986Abstract: An array substrate is provided. One of a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer in the array substrate includes at least one slit electrode. The slit electrode is disposed between two adjacent data leads in the array substrate, and includes an electrode connecting portion and a plurality of first strip-shaped sub-electrodes. The electrode connecting portion includes a first connecting section parallel to and adjacent to the data lead. A width of the first strip-shaped sub-electrode gradually decreases along a direction going away from the first strip-shaped sub-electrode, and a distance between two adjacent first strip-shaped sub-electrodes in a direction parallel to an extending direction of the first connecting section gradually increases along the direction going away from the first connecting section.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zheng Fang, Pengxia Liang, Ge Shi, Song Yang, Yujie Liu, Jiahui Han, Yanliu Sun, Hyunsic Choi, Hongpeng Li
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Patent number: 11650449Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of first electrodes disposed on a side, close to the second substrate, of the first substrate and spaced apart at intervals, a first dielectric layer for planarizing the plurality of first electrodes, a second dielectric layer disposed on a side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the first dielectric layer, a light shielding portion disposed on the side, close to the liquid crystal layer, of the second substrate, and a control circuit configured to apply a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the liquid crystal layer is in a first state or a second state.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Wenqu Liu, Qi Yao, Feng Zhang, Zhijun Lv, Liwen Dong, Xiaoxin Song, Zhao Cui, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Jifeng Tan, Xiandong Meng
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Patent number: 11644715Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and a vertical alignment-type liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes a backplane circuit, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the backplane circuit, a first reflective electrode provided on the first interlayer insulating layer and including a first region located in each of pixels and a second region located between any two adjacent pixels, a second interlayer insulating layer covering the first reflective electrode, and a pixel electrode provided on the second interlayer insulating layer in each pixel. The pixel electrode is electrically connected with the backplane circuit in first and second contact holes formed in the first and second interlayer insulating layers. The first substrate further includes a second reflective electrode provided on the second interlayer insulating layer so as to overlap the first contact hole as seen in a direction normal to a display surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Satoh, Takahiro Sasaki, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Ming Ni
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Patent number: 11644711Abstract: A color filter, a display panel, and a display device are provided. The color filter includes a substrate, a plurality of color resistors, and a color blocking layer. The plurality of color resistors are arranged in a matrix on the substrate. Two adjacent color resistors have an interval in-between. The color blocking layer is placed in the interval. A transparent structure is placed on each of the color resistors. This could reduce the transmission loss of the light and thus raises the incident/outgoing light efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: JRD Communication (Shenzhen) LTD.Inventors: Ke Lin, Zhuwei Qiu, Yafang Xi, Panwei Xiong
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Patent number: 11640080Abstract: A reflective display panel and a display device are provided. The reflective display includes: a first liquid crystal cell including a first substrate and a second substrate oppositely arranged to each other, and a first liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixel units on the first substrate, where each pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit; an optical structure, arranged at a light-emitting side of the first liquid crystal cell and covering the pixel units.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yanni Liu, Hui Wang, Huijuan Yu, Yang Xue
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Patent number: 11630353Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a switching element provided on the substrate and including a relay electrode, a first electrode provided further away from the substrate than the switching element, a first insulating film provided on the first electrode and having a first thickness, a second electrode provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second electrode and having a second thickness and a third electrode provided on the second insulating film and supplied with a same potential as that of the first electrode. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Yoshitaka Ozeki, Seiji Uejima, Nobutaka Ozaki
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Patent number: 11630360Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The transistor includes a first gate electrode on a first substrate, a second gate electrode having a region overlapping the first gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, a first insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer between the oxide semiconductor layer and the second gate electrode, and a first oxide conductive layer and a second oxide conductive layer disposed between the first insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer and disposed with the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode sandwiched from both sides. The pixel electrode is disposed between the first and the second insulating layer; the common electrode is disposed a region overlapping with the pixel electrode and on the second insulating layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MIKUNI ELECTRON CORPORATIONInventor: Sakae Tanaka
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Patent number: 11626457Abstract: A display device having improved image quality characteristics including a substrate including a transmission area and an emission area defined by a pixel-defining layer; a display element including a pixel electrode at least partially exposed by the pixel-defining layer, an intermediate layer arranged on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode arranged on the intermediate layer; a thin film encapsulation layer arranged on the display element, the thin film encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and at least one organic encapsulation layer; and an external light-absorbing layer at least partially overlapping the emission area and arranged on the thin film encapsulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyangyul Kim, Jaehong Kim, Hyunho Jung, Sunhwa Kim, Hyomin Kim, Heeseong Jeong
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Patent number: 11614651Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a reflection-type liquid crystal panel in which a first substrate provided with a reflective layer and a second substrate having light-transmissivity face each other via a liquid crystal layer. In the liquid crystal device, a ?/4 phase difference plate is arranged in an optical path in which light incident from the second substrate side is reflected by the reflective layer and emitted from the second substrate side, and a phase difference compensation layer such as a C plate and O plate provided integrally with the liquid crystal panel is provided in the optical path. The ?/4 phase difference plate is an inorganic material film provided on a second end surface facing the second substrate in the polarized light separating element. The phase difference compensation layer is an inorganic material film provided on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the liquid crystal layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Osamu Nakajima
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Patent number: 11609641Abstract: A multi-state keyboard function row is provided. A plurality of representations can be formed on an insert of the multi-state keyboard function row. An assembly of the multi-state keyboard function row can be configured to cause either a first set of the representations or a second set of the representations to be visible to a user. A brightness of the representations may also be controlled based on a brightness of ambient light.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Duck Soo Choi, Nicholas DiLoreto, Joseph McDonald, Jeff Reed, Mark Schwager, Myungkee Yoon
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Patent number: 11609467Abstract: An anti-stress liquid crystal display structure and a manufacturing method are provided. The anti-stress liquid crystal display structure includes a first substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors, a second substrate, a plurality of pillar-shaped supporting elements, and a liquid crystal layer. The plurality of thin film transistors have a protection layer and include at least one first protruding part and at least one first concave part. One end of each of the pillar-shaped supporting elements is connected to the second substrate, and other end of each of the pillar-shaped supporting elements includes at least one second protruding part and at least one second concave part and is disposed on the protection layer of each of the thin film transistors. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Jing Chen
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Patent number: 11599001Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a camera, a first polarizer, a second polarizer, a liquid crystal panel, and a controller controlling the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel includes a first region and a second region. The controller controls a first opening mode of transmitting light through the first region and the second region, and a second opening mode of making a quantity of light transmitted through the first region smaller than a quantity of light transmitted through the second region.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Japan Display Inc.Inventors: Akio Takimoto, Toshiki Kaneko, Takuo Kaitoh, Kazuhiro Nishiyama, Hiroyuki Kimura
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Patent number: 11586067Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to form a pixel material in a semiconductor substrate. The methods may include forming a lithographic mask overlying the semiconductor substrate. The lithographic mask may include a window. The method may include forming a via in the semiconductor substrate by a dry etch process through the window. The method may also include forming the pixel material by depositing a fill material in the via.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Lan Yu, Benjamin D. Briggs, Tyler Sherwood, Raghav Sreenivasan
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Patent number: 11587987Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate; an array layer, disposed on the substrate; a light-emitting structure layer, disposed on the side of the array layer away from the substrate and including a plurality of sub-pixels, including first and second sub-pixels of a same color. The display panel includes first adjustment units and second adjustment units, disposed on the light-emitting structure layer. The first adjustment units are in one-to-one correspondence with the first sub-pixels, and vertical projections of each first adjustment unit and the corresponding first sub-pixel at least partially overlap. The second adjustment units are in one-to-one correspondence with the second sub-pixels, and vertical projections of each second adjustment unit and the corresponding second sub-pixel at least partially overlap. Light beams with a same phase, after passing through a first adjustment unit and a second adjustment unit, have a non-zero phase difference.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yang Zeng
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Patent number: 11573452Abstract: Processing methods may be performed to forming a pixel material in a semiconductor structure. The methods may include forming a sacrificial hardmask overlying an uppermost layer of an optical stack of the semiconductor structure, the uppermost layer having a thickness. The methods may include forming a via through the sacrificial hardmask in the optical stack by a first etch process unselective to a metal layer of the semiconductor structure. The methods may include filling the via with a fill material, wherein a portion of the fill material extends over the sacrificial hardmask and contacts the metal layer. The methods may include removing a portion of the fill material external to the via by a removal process selective to the fill material. The methods may also include removing the sacrificial hardmask by a second etch process selective to the sacrificial hardmask while maintaining the thickness of the uppermost layer.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventors: Lan Yu, Benjamin D. Briggs, Tyler Sherwood, Raghav Sreenivasan
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Patent number: 11561397Abstract: A head-up display (HUD) device includes a plurality of backlight units (BLUs); a base including a base plate and a base body, the base plate being configured to support the plurality of BLUs, and the base body protruding upward from the base plate; a head detachably connected to the base; a sheet of glass disposed on an upper side of the head; and a thin film transistor disposed on a top surface of the sheet of glass, wherein the head includes a material with a higher thermal conductivity than the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Samjintech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chanhee Lee, Young Bae Seo, Yoonsun Choi, Jinho Lee
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Patent number: 11557637Abstract: A light emitting device includes a transistor, a light reflection layer, a first insulation layer that includes a first layer thickness part, a second layer thickness part, and a third layer thickness part, a pixel electrode that is provided on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer that covers a peripheral section of the pixel electrode, a light emission functional layer, a facing electrode, and a conductive layer that is provided on the first layer thickness part. The pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode which is provided in the first layer thickness part, a second pixel electrode which is provided in the second layer thickness part, and a third pixel electrode which is provided in the third layer thickness part. The first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode are connected to the transistor through the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Koshihara, Ryoichi Nozawa
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Patent number: 11543574Abstract: A wave plate 1 according to an embodiment includes a first birefringent substrate 10 including a first main surface and an optical axis 13 in a first direction; a second birefringent substrate 20 disposed over the first birefringent substrate 10 and including a second main surface and an optical axis 23 in a second direction; and a third birefringent substrate 30 disposed over the second birefringent substrate 20 and including a third main surface and an optical axis 33 in a third direction. The first birefringent substrate 10 and the second birefringent substrate 20 are made of the same kind of birefringent material. The first main surface, the second main surface, and the third main surface are disposed in parallel to one another. The first direction and the second direction are parallel to the first main surface and the second main surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.Inventors: Kengo Ogawa, Shinya Yamada, Hiroaki Yokota
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Patent number: 11537007Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a display panel; and a color conversion layer positioned on the display panel, wherein the color conversion layer includes a scattering layer including a color conversion media layer and scatterers.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Inventors: Kwang Keun Lee, Young Min Kim, Hae Il Park, Seon-Tae Yoon, Jun Han Lee
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Patent number: 11531231Abstract: A display device including: a first substrate; a transflective layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate; a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the transflective layer; a capping layer disposed on the wavelength conversion layer; a first polarizing layer disposed on the capping layer; and a second polarizing layer disposed on the other surface of the first substrate. The first polarizing layer and the second polarizing layer have different polarization directions.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seon Tae Yoon, Jung Hyun Kwon, Ki Soo Park, Hae Il Park, Moon Jung Baek
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Patent number: 11513380Abstract: Embodiments of a dual-sided transparent display panel are presented herein. One embodiment comprises a first layer of electro-optic material, the first layer of electro-optic material including an outer surface and an inner surface; a second layer of electro-optic material, the second layer of electro-optic material including an outer surface and an inner surface; a waveguide disposed between the inner surface of the first layer of electro-optic material and the inner surface of the second layer of electro-optic material; one or more light sources disposed along an edge of the waveguide that is perpendicular to the inner and outer surfaces of the first and second layers of electro-optic material; a first grating coating adjacent to the outer surface of the first layer of electro-optic material; and a second grating coating adjacent to the outer surface of the second layer of electro-optic material.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventor: Sean P. Rodrigues
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Patent number: 11489036Abstract: A display panel includes: a substrate including a component area, and a display area surrounding the component area, the component area including a first area, and a second area surrounding the first area; a plurality of first display elements at the display area; a plurality of pixel groups spaced from each other in an island shape at the first area, each of the plurality of pixel groups including a plurality of second display elements; a plurality of transmission areas adjacent to the plurality of pixel groups at the first area; and a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction and electrically connected to the plurality of first display elements, the plurality of first wirings detouring around the first area at the second area.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongwon Chae, Moosoon Ko, Sunghoon Moon, Sewan Son, Yongje Jeon, Jingoo Jung