Dielectric Mirror (i.e., In Devices Excited Other Than By Photoconductive Layer) Or Transflector Patents (Class 349/114)
  • Patent number: 12261219
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the substrate, a gate insulation layer disposed on the ferroelectric layer, metal particles disposed in the gate insulation layer, and a gate electrode layer disposed on the gate insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Won Tae Koo, Jae Gil Lee
  • Patent number: 12253766
    Abstract: A plurality of pixel electrodes each forming one pixel are provided on a TFT substrate. A size of a pixel electrode located at a boundary portion between a non-rectangular active area and a frame region, which is an area outside the active area, is smaller than a size of a pixel electrode not located at the boundary portion. In such a configuration, a voltage is always applied to the plurality of pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Imai, Yasuyoshi Kaise, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Fumikazu Shimoshikiryoh
  • Patent number: 12256620
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a light emitting diode layer on the substrate and including light emitting diodes which emit light, a color filter layer on the light emitting diode layer and including color filters corresponding to the light emitting diodes, an overcoat layer on the color filter layer and including a colorant, and a window on the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunggyu Lee, Hong-Jo Park, Beohmrock Choi
  • Patent number: 12230643
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes scanning lines, signal lines, pixels, a pixel electrode, a common electrode including a stem portion and branch portions, and a third wiring line, wherein a region where each pixel electrode and the first scanning line overlap is larger than a region where the respective pixel electrode and the second scanning line overlap, a width of the first region of the third wiring lines is less than a width of the scanning lines, and the branch portions of the common electrode extend from the stem portion along the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Toshiharu Matsushima, Shunichi Kimura
  • Patent number: 12230644
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention includes: an insulating substrate; a gate line disposed on the insulating substrate and including a gate pad portion; a data line insulated from and crossing the gate line, and including a source electrode and a data pad portion; a drain electrode facing the source electrode; an organic insulating layer disposed on the data line and the drain electrode, and including a first contact hole; a common electrode disposed on the organic insulating layer, and including a second contact hole; a passivation layer disposed on the common electrode, and including a third contact hole; and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer, and being in contact with the drain electrode, in which the third contact hole is disposed to be adjacent to one surface of the first contact hole for improvement of an aperture ratio and a stable electrode connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Park, Jun Ho Song, Jean Ho Song, Jae Hak Lee
  • Patent number: 12228827
    Abstract: The displacement between a TFT substrate and a counter substrate and the cut of an alignment film caused by a columnar spacer are prevented. A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate including a scanning line extending in a first direction, a picture signal line extending in a second direction, a pixel electrode formed in a region surrounded by the scanning line and the picture signal line, and a common electrode formed as opposed to the pixel electrode through an insulating film; a counter substrate disposed as opposed to the TFT substrate and having a spacer; and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates. A common metal interconnection is formed to cover the picture signal line or the scanning line, and stacked on the common electrode. A through hole is formed on the common metal interconnection. The tip end of the spacer is disposed inside the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masateru Morimoto, Saori Sugiyama, Motoharu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12216365
    Abstract: An array substrate includes: a first substrate; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a plurality of thin film transistors; and a plurality of reflective electrodes. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines define a plurality of sub-pixel regions. A thin film transistor is located in a sub-pixel region. A reflective electrode is located in the sub-pixel region and electrically connected to the thin film transistor in the same sub-pixel region. Each reflective electrode has a border including a plurality of first sub-borders extending in a first direction, a plurality of second sub-borders extending in a second direction, and a plurality of chamfer borders each connecting a first sub-border and a second sub-border that are adjacent; and an intersection of extension lines of the first sub-border and the second sub-border is located outside the border of the reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiguo Wang, Jian Sun, Jiantao Liu, Xiaoyan Yang
  • Patent number: 12216372
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to apply a sufficient electrical field to a liquid crystal material in a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display device typified by an FFS type. In a horizontal electrical field liquid crystal display, an electrical field is applied to a liquid crystal material right above a common electrode and a pixel electrode using plural pairs of electrodes rather than one pair of electrodes. One pair of electrodes includes a comb-shaped common electrode and a comb-shaped pixel electrode. Another pair of electrodes includes a common electrode provided in a pixel portion and the comb-shaped pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Kimura, Hideki Uochi
  • Patent number: 12204191
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display panel includes a first region and a second region, and a transmittance of the first region is greater than a transmittance of the second region; the liquid-crystal display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels; the plurality of sub-pixels include a first-color sub-pixel and a second-color sub-pixel, a transmittance of the first-color sub-pixel is greater than a transmittance of the second-color sub-pixel, and an area of the first-color sub-pixel is greater than an area of the second-color sub-pixel; and the plurality of sub-pixels further include a first-region sub-pixel and a second-region sub-pixel that have a same color, the first-region sub-pixel is located within the first region, the second-region sub-pixel is located within the second region, and a thickness of a color-resistance layer of the first-region sub-pixel is less than or equal to a thickness of a color-resistance layer of the second-region sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingyu Wang, Zhe Li, Zhidan Sun, Ruiqi Pan, Dan Lei, Zhengyuan Teng, Peng Li, Xiaoji Li, Taeyup Min, Hailin Qin
  • Patent number: 12197064
    Abstract: A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display includes color filters having a quantum dot and scattering particles and liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity, a distance between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer being sized to minimize display deterioration due to parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Byung Park, Sung Sik Yun, Jong Hyuk Kang, Hae Il Park, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12140844
    Abstract: A display device having a first region, a second region, and a third region set between the first region and the second region is provided. The display device includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a first signal line. The first sub-pixel is arranged in the first region. The second sub-pixel is arranged in the second region, the area of the first sub-pixel is larger than the area of the second sub-pixel. The first signal line is arranged in the first region and the third region, and is electrically connected to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel. At least a part of the first signal line extends in the first direction in the first region. At least another part of the first signal line extends in the second direction in the third region. The first direction is different from the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: You-Cheng Lu, Chia-Hao Tsai, Ming-Jou Tai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng, Yung-Hsun Wu
  • Patent number: 12124215
    Abstract: An image output device of the disclosure facilitates enlargement of a stereoscopic image and includes a spatial light modulator, an image irradiation unit, and an address light irradiation unit. The spatial light modulator includes a main surface, a back surface, and pixels, reflects light emitted to the main surface, and modulates a phase of the light for each pixel. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with light including an optical image. The address light irradiation unit irradiates the back surface with address light including a diffraction grating pattern. Each pixel of the spatial light modulator changes a phase modulation amount according to the intensity of the address light from a back surface. The address light irradiation unit dynamically change a diffraction grating pattern's direction on the back surface. The image irradiation unit irradiates the main surface with the optical image corresponding to the diffraction grating pattern's direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Hirose, Yoshitaka Kurosaka, Yuu Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 12100789
    Abstract: A display device, including a circuit substrate, a light-emitting layer, a quarter-wave plate, and a band-pass polarizing layer, is provided. The light-emitting layer is disposed on the circuit substrate and has light-emitting structures, which are electrically connected to the circuit substrate and include first light-emitting structures, which have a first main light-emitting wavelength. The quarter-wave plate is disposed in overlap with the light-emitting structures and is located between the band-pass polarizing layer and the light-emitting layer. The band-pass polarizing layer includes at least one first band-pass polarizing pattern, which have a first absorption axis. The first wavelength range is the first main light-emitting wavelength±10 nm. An average transmittance of the first band-pass polarizing patterns to light with a wavelength outside the first wavelength range and a polarization direction parallel to the first absorption axis is less than 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Ping-Yen Chen, Wen-Chun Wang, Chung-Yang Fang, Yu-Fan Chen
  • Patent number: 12066711
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Wang, Wenqing Zhao, Qingxun Zhang
  • Patent number: 12066720
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yanan Wang
  • Patent number: 12055824
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ken Shiiba
  • Patent number: 12038661
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 12025821
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Wang, Xiangdong Qin, Zhao Li
  • Patent number: 11971633
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: 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
  • Patent number: 11971620
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Hu, Yuanhui Guo, Xia Shi, Yujie Gao
  • Patent number: 11953788
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hakoi
  • Patent number: 11943957
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaeik Kim, Hyejin Gwark, Jungsun Park, Heemin Park, Yongsub Shim, Yeonhwa Lee, Joongu Lee, Jongbeom Hong
  • Patent number: 11921309
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A Ra Jo, Beom Deok Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, Seong Hoon Lee, Seung Mi Shin, Wan Taek Hong
  • Patent number: 11914237
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masaya Tamaki, Akihiko Saitoh
  • Patent number: 11914252
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventor: Kentaro Okuyama
  • Patent number: 11881539
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Lan Yu, Benjamin D. Briggs, Tyler Sherwood, Raghav Sreenivasan
  • Patent number: 11871611
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Ueda
  • Patent number: 11862083
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11846846
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Shao, Ji Li, Fang Tan, Jiacong Guo, Guang Zeng, Yue Wang
  • Patent number: 11822752
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Imazeki
  • Patent number: 11808964
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: DARWIN PRECISIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Shan Shen, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Chien-Ming Chu, Hui-Ying Chiang
  • Patent number: 11796845
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Takahashi, Jin Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 11782315
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
  • Patent number: 11782306
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroki Sugiyama, Kentaro Okuyama, Manabu Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11768430
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GAUZY LTD.
    Inventors: Hassan-Ali Hakemi, Adrian Lofer, Eyal Peso, Dana Gal-Fuss, Koby Kfir
  • Patent number: 11768412
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunxu Zhang, Ke Dai, Haipeng Yang, Yuntian Zhang, Xiaoting Jiang, Min Cheng
  • Patent number: 11754886
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Chyuan Fan Jiang, Yuechen Wu, Xiaokai Li, Cheng-Ho Yu, Zhibing Ge
  • Patent number: 11744108
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Joo Lee, Jung-Ho Bang, Jung-Sun Beak, Sun-Mi Lee, Tae-Hwan Kim, Hyeon-Chul Im
  • Patent number: 11733565
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas William Melena, Terry James Scheffer
  • Patent number: 11703725
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Masaya Tamaki
  • Patent number: 11695019
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakakura, Yoshiaki Oikawa, Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichiro Sakata, Masashi Tsubuku, Kengo Akimoto, Miyuki Hosoba
  • Patent number: 11668986
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zheng Fang, Pengxia Liang, Ge Shi, Song Yang, Yujie Liu, Jiahui Han, Yanliu Sun, Hyunsic Choi, Hongpeng Li
  • Patent number: 11650449
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: 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
  • Patent number: 11644715
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Satoh, Takahiro Sasaki, Hiroyuki Hakoi, Ming Ni
  • Patent number: 11644711
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: JRD Communication (Shenzhen) LTD.
    Inventors: Ke Lin, Zhuwei Qiu, Yafang Xi, Panwei Xiong
  • Patent number: 11640080
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanni Liu, Hui Wang, Huijuan Yu, Yang Xue
  • Patent number: 11630353
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ozeki, Seiji Uejima, Nobutaka Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11630360
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MIKUNI ELECTRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sakae Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11626457
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyangyul Kim, Jaehong Kim, Hyunho Jung, Sunhwa Kim, Hyomin Kim, Heeseong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11614651
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Osamu Nakajima