Insulating Layer Patents (Class 349/138)
  • Patent number: 9519196
    Abstract: To prevent a phenomenon that an alignment film material is difficult to flow into the through-hole where a diameter of a through-hole for connecting between a pixel electrode and a source electrode is reduced. A liquid crystal display device comprising a TFT substrate having pixels each including a common electrode formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film formed so as to cover the common electrode, a pixel electrode having a slit and formed on the interlayer insulating film, a through-hole formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, and a source electrode electrically conducted to the pixel electrode via the through-hole. A taper angle at a depth of D/2 of the through-hole is equal to or more than 50 degrees. The pixel electrode covers part of a side wall of the through-hole but does not cover the remaining part of the side wall of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Toshimasa Ishigaki, Hidehiro Sonoda, Sumito Ueta
  • Patent number: 9519187
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a patterned insulating layer and a patterned electrode layer. The patterned insulating layer includes a first area and a second area, and the patterned electrode layer includes a third layer and a fourth layer. The first area has a plurality of bar-shaped structures, the third area is a block electrode, and the fourth area is composed of a plurality of first bar-shaped electrodes. The third area is disposed opposite to the first area such that the third area is protruded according to the bar-shaped structures thereby forming a plurality of second bar-shaped electrodes. The fourth area is disposed opposite to the second area such that the first bar-shaped electrodes are formed on the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Tien-Lun Ting, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9507225
    Abstract: The present invention includes: switching elements (5) in respective sub-pixels (P); an interlayer insulating film covering the switching elements (5); a first transparent electrode (18a) on the interlayer insulating film, the first transparent electrode (18a) having openings (18c) for each sub-pixel (P); an inorganic insulating film covering the first transparent electrode (18a); and a plurality of second transparent electrodes (20a) on the inorganic insulating film, each of the second transparent electrodes (20a) being connected to one of the switching elements (5) through the respective openings (18c) in the first transparent electrode (18a). The respective second transparent electrodes (20a) have a line-and-space pattern (F) constituted of line-shaped line parts (L) and spaces (S), the spaces (S) not overlapping the respective openings (18c) in the first transparent electrode (18a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Nakazawa, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 9500923
    Abstract: Discussed are a liquid crystal display device and a method of fabricating the same in which a single common line is formed at the center of a substrate, which results in an enhanced aperture ratio and transmittance. The liquid crystal display device includes a single common line located at a center of a substrate; a first group of unit pixels located in a right portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line and a second group of unit pixels located in a left portion of the substrate on the basis of the common line, each unit pixel defined by a plurality of gate lines and data lines orthogonally intersecting each other; and a plurality of thin film transistors formed at a right side of the respective unit pixels of the first group and at a left side of the respective unit pixels of the second group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyuck Choi
  • Patent number: 9488889
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. At least one of the pixels includes a thin film transistor disposed on a first insulating substrate, an insulating layer overlapping the thin film transistor, and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer. A contact hole is formed through the insulating layer to expose a first electrode of the thin film transistor, the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode through the contact hole, and the pixel electrode has a single-layer in an area where the contact hole is formed and a double-layer on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongjo Kim, Yoonho Khang, Sehwan Yu, Jungkyu Lee, Jong chan Lee, Jiseon Lee, Sanggab Kim, Shin Il Choi
  • Patent number: 9466813
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kato, Kaichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 9461179
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having stable electric characteristics is provided. The transistor includes first to third oxide semiconductor layers, a gate electrode, and a gate insulating layer. The second oxide semiconductor layer has a portion positioned between the first and third oxide semiconductor layers. The gate insulating layer has a region in contact with a top surface of the third oxide semiconductor layer. The gate electrode overlaps with a top surface of the portion with the gate insulating layer positioned therebetween. The gate electrode faces a side surface of the portion in a channel width direction with the gate insulating layer positioned therebetween. The second oxide semiconductor layer includes a region having a thickness greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than 8 nm. The length in the channel width direction of the second oxide semiconductor layer is less than 60 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Shinpei Matsuda, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9461265
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device substrate, a display device substrate manufacturing method, a display device, a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device manufacturing method and an organic electroluminescent display device that allow suppressing faults derived from occurrence of gas and/or bubbles in a pixel region. The present invention is a display device substrate that comprises: a photosensitive resin film; and a pixel electrode, in this order, from a side of an insulating substrate. The display device substrate has a gas-barrier insulating film, at a layer higher than the photosensitive resin film, for preventing advance of a gas generated from the photosensitive resin film, or has a gas-barrier insulating film, between the photosensitive resin film and the pixel electrode, for preventing advance of gas generated from the photosensitive resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 9448444
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first insulation substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode including a first subregion electrode disposed on the insulating layer and a second subregion electrode disposed below the insulating layer, and a second subpixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer, wherein a first voltage is applied to the first subpixel electrode and a second voltage is applied to the second subpixel; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate and configured to receive a common voltage, wherein the second subregion electrode overlaps a portion of the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dan Bi Yang, Hyo Sik Kim, Ki Chul Shin, Jae Hoon Jung, Min Ju Han, Ji Phyo Hong
  • Patent number: 9448442
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of a display device, a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having a back surface, a substrate having a front surface opposing the back surface, a display functional layer arranged between the substrate and the substrate, and a sealing section SL that adhesively fixes the substrates around the display functional layer in a plan view. The sealing section SL includes a member PS extending along an outer edge of the display functional layer and sealing materials adjacently arranged on both sides of the member PS and continuously surrounding the periphery of the display functional layer in a plan view. The member PS includes a plurality of portions PS1 having a height TK1 and a plurality of portions PS2 arranged among the plurality of portions PS1 and having a height TK2 smaller than the height TK1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hideki Shiina
  • Patent number: 9423646
    Abstract: A display device includes a light providing assembly to provide light, and a display panel to display an image using the light. The display panel includes a first substrate (FS), a second substrate (SS), a liquid crystal layer (LCL), a polarizing plate (PP), a first optical element (FOE), and a second optical element (SOE). The FS includes a pixel region (PR) and a non-PR (NPR) adjacent to the PR. The SS faces the FS. The LCL is disposed between the FS and SS. The PP is disposed between the FS and LCL, and includes grid polarizing layers. The FOE is disposed between the FS and PP, and is configured to redirect a fraction of the light propagating toward the NPR in a first direction. The SOE is disposed between the FOE and PP, and is configured to redirect the fraction of light propagating in the first direction toward the PR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Gun Nam, Takakuwa Atsushi, GugRae Jo, Dae-Young Lee, Daehwan Jang
  • Patent number: 9417496
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Yosuke Hyodo, Hidehiro Sonoda, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 9411198
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode disposed on an insulating substrate; a plurality of microcavities disposed over the pixel electrode; a plurality of liquid crystal injection holes connected to the plurality of microcavities that form a path through which a liquid crystal is injected; a common electrode that covers the microcavities; a partition wall structure that divides the plurality of liquid crystal injection holes; and a roof layer disposed over the common electrode that covers the common electrode and the microcavities, and comprises an organic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Woo Lim, Jong Seong Kim, Kyung Tae Chae
  • Patent number: 9406737
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a first substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and a patterned metal layer disposed on the second insulating layer and comprising plural conductive lines, wherein an opening region is located between two adjacent conductive lines to expose the second insulating layer, and a thickness of the second insulating layer under the conductive lines of the patterned metal layer is larger than that exposed from the opening region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuang-Pin Chao, Yun-Sheng Chen, Ming-Chien Sun
  • Patent number: 9395588
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a transparent electrode, an array substrate and a liquid crystal display device. The transparent electrode includes a first-domain display region and a second-domain display region that are adjacent to each other, openings are respectively formed in the first-domain display region and the second-domain display region of the transparent electrode so that the transparent electrode has a first slit extending in a first direction in the first-domain display region and a second slit extending in a second direction different from the first direction in the second-domain display region. Additional openings are further formed at a region between the first-domain display region and the second-domain display region of the transparent electrode, so that a third slit extending in a third direction and a fourth slit extending in a fourth direction different from the third direction are formed at this region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Honglin Zhang, Hebin Zhao, Sha Liu, Ting Dong, Dan Wang
  • Patent number: 9366896
    Abstract: A semiconductor layer of a transistor is formed of an oxide semiconductor film including a crystal part. An organic resin film covering the transistor is formed. By treatment such as drying treatment on the organic resin film in a cell process, variations in the threshold voltage of the oxide semiconductor transistor due to moisture can be suppressed. A common electrode faces a pixel electrode. The common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed over the organic resin film with an insulating film provided therebetween. Therefore, a capacitor can be provided to a liquid crystal element if a pixel does not include a wiring for a storage capacitor. An antistatic electrode is provided on the outer side of a color filter substrate and the capacitance between the antistatic electrode and the common electrode is utilized, so that the liquid crystal display device can be used as a touch panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Akio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9360715
    Abstract: The present invention provides an FFS-mode liquid crystal display device which can prevent trace unevenness during white screen display. The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including: a pair of substrate; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the pair of substrates, wherein one of the pair of substrates includes a scanning signal line, a data signal line, pixel electrodes with a comb-tooth portion, a plate-like common electrode, and an interlayer insulating film provided between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode, the comb-tooth portion of each of the pixel electrodes includes a straight portion and a bent portion, the bent portion is provided at least at one end of the comb-tooth portion, and the interlayer insulating film is thinner at a position overlapping with the bent portion than at a position overlapping with the straight portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Morishita, Takehiko Sakai, Shogo Nishiwaki, Masashi Chino, Masatoshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 9362314
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; and plural thin film transistor (TFT) units, an insulating layer, a pixel electrode and an alignment layer sequentially disposed thereon. The TFT units comprise a gate insulating layer, an active layer and source and drain electrodes; the insulating layer has contact vias to expose the drain electrodes of the TFT units; and the pixel electrode is disposed on the insulating layer and extents to the contact vias to electrically connect with the drain electrodes. Herein, a side wall of at least one of the contact vias has a first inclined portion at a first direction and a second inclined portion at a second direction, the first direction is different from the second direction, and an inclination of the pixel electrode on the first inclined portion is different from that on the second inclined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsu-Kuan Hsu, Kuo-Hao Chiu, Hsia-Ching Chu, Peng-Cheng Huang, Ming Chien Sun
  • Patent number: 9348178
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device each of which exhibits a sufficiently high response speed and an excellent transmittance. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes a first substrate; a second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates, the first substrate and the second substrate each comprising an electrode, the electrode of the second substrate including a pair of comb-shaped electrodes and a planar electrode, the liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules which are inclined from an orthogonal direction to the main faces of the substrates between the pair of comb-shaped electrodes in a plan view of the main faces of the substrates when a voltage lower than a threshold voltage is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Iori Aoyama, Takao Imaoku, Yuichi Iyama, Takatomo Yoshioka, Kazuhiko Tsuda
  • Patent number: 9335594
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and liquid crystal. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes, a peripheral circuit and a dummy wiring. The peripheral circuit and the dummy wiring are provided outside a pixel area in which the pixel electrodes are arranged. The second substrate is opposed to the first substrate through the liquid crystal. The second substrate includes a translucent conductive film that is provided on an opposite side of the second substrate to a side where the liquid crystal is present. The dummy wiring is located on an outer peripheral side of the substrates than the peripheral circuit and is provided independently of the peripheral circuit in terms of circuit. The dummy wiring is grounded outside the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Segawa, Masaaki Aota, Tomohide Onogi, Hiroshi Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9329447
    Abstract: A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate facing the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, and the non-display area includes a first non-display area disposed adjacent to a side portion of the display area and a second non-display area other than the first non-display area. The first non-display area overlaps the opposite substrate. The array substrate and the opposite substrate have the same or substantially the same area and a wire member is disposed under the array substrate to be connected to an external circuit module. Accordingly, the display panel does not need an extra space for the wire member, and thus the non-display area is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Jung, Young Gu Kim, Byoung-Hun Sung, Baekkyun Jeon
  • Patent number: 9305985
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a first substrate including a display area, a display unit formed in the display area and including an insulating layer, and a second substrate formed over the display layer. A sealant material is interposed between the first and second substrates and substantially seals the first and second substrates to each other. At least one hole is formed in a first portion of the insulating layer and at least one recess is formed in a second portion of the insulating layer. The sealant is substantially filled in the hole and the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9298042
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to enhance transmissivity and the luminance of a screen in an IPS liquid crystal display device. To achieve the object, in the IPS liquid crystal display device according to the present invention, a counter electrode is formed flatly and solidly on an organic passivation film, a pixel electrode having a slit is formed on the counter electrode via an interlayer insulation film, and an alignment film the orientation of which is controlled by optical orientation is formed on the pixel electrode. The transmissivity is enhanced by also making the inside of the contact hole function as a transmissible area for image formation by applying optical orientation to the alignment film in the contact hole to result in enhancement of the luminance of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Noboru Kunimatsu, Takeshi Sato, Masaki Matsumori
  • Patent number: 9293513
    Abstract: Failure light emission of an EL element due to failure film formation of an organic EL material in an electrode hole 46 is improved. By forming the organic EL material after embedding an insulator in an electrode hole 46 on a pixel electrode and forming a protective portion 41b, failure film formation in the electrode hole 46 can be prevented. This can prevent concentration of electric current due to a short circuit between a cathode and an anode of the EL element, and can prevent failure light emission of an EL layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Konuma, Junya Maruyama
  • Patent number: 9288902
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes a light-blocking glass substrate; a negative photosensitive insulating layer formed on the glass substrate; and a circuit pattern formed on the glass substrate and embedded in the negative photosensitive insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sil Kim, Sung Han Kim, Sa Yong Lee, Jin Ho Hong, Yong Il Kwon, Sang Hyun Shin, Keun Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 9274633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of reducing the number of steps and material costs and a method of producing the liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal display device (100) of the present invention includes a liquid crystal display panel (105); and a touch panel (106). Out of the liquid crystal display panel (105) and the touch panel (106), one panel serves as a reference for alignment between the liquid crystal display panel (105) and the touch panel (106) and the other panel is aligned with the one panel. The other panel is provided with a second alignment mark that is aligned with a first alignment mark of the one panel. The second alignment mark is constituted by a transparent member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsunori Misaki
  • Patent number: 9274368
    Abstract: A COA substrate and its fabrication method as well as a display device are disclosed. The method includes steps of: forming a TFT (10) on a base substrate (1); forming a color film layer (6) pattern on the base substrate (1) having the TFT (10) formed thereon; forming a pattern which includes a color film via hole (5) on the color film layer (6) through a patterning process, the patterning process includes an ashing process; and forming a pattern comprising a pixel electrode (7) on the base substrate (1). The pixel electrode (7) is electrically connected to a drain electrode (12) of the TFT (10) by way of the color film via hole (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guanbao Hui
  • Patent number: 9274387
    Abstract: Pixel electrodes each include a pixel plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a pixel wall portion rising up from the pixel plane portion. Common electrodes each include a common plane portion expanded along a surface of the substrate, and a common wall portion rising up from the common plane portion so as to face the pixel wall portion. Each of the compartment areas has the pixel wall portion on one of right and left sides in the lateral direction, and has the common wall portion on the other of the right and left sides. Molecules of the liquid crystal material are tilted up from the pixel wall portions in a direction of the common wall portion by the electric field. The respective pixel wall portions of the adjacent compartment areas are positioned on opposite sides to each other in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takato Hiratsuka, Osamu Itou, Daisuke Sonoda, Toshimasa Ishigaki
  • Patent number: 9268190
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a pixel structure, a manufacturing method of a pixel structure, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The pixel structure includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of pixel units formed by intersecting the plurality of data lines with the plurality of scan lines. A pixel unit corresponds to one of the plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of scan lines. The pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a TFT. The pixel electrode includes a plurality of slits having corners. The pixel electrode of the pixel unit in a row is electrically connected to a TFT of a pixel unit in a preceding adjacent row of the pixel electrode of the pixel unit, and the corner of the pixel electrode close to the TFT extends toward the thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignees: Shanghai AVIC Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yao Lin, Dandan Qin, Zhaokeng Cao, Yinghua Mo
  • Patent number: 9257674
    Abstract: An OLED display includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting element formed on the substrate and including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode; and an encapsulation layer formed on the substrate while covering the organic light emitting element. The encapsulation layer includes an organic layer and an inorganic layer, and a protrusion and depression structure is formed in an interface between the organic layer and the inorganic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: So-Young Lee, Yoon-Hyeung Cho, Min-Ho Oh, Byoung-Duk Lee, Yong-Tak Kim, Sang-Hwan Cho, Yun-Ah Chung, Seung-Yong Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9250491
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device, a common electrode is formed on an organic passivation film, an interlayer insulating film is formed on the common electrode, a pixel electrode with a slit is formed on the interlayer insulating film, and a through hole is formed in the organic passivation film and the interlayer insulating film, so that the pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of a TFT through the through hole. Further, the taper angle around the upper base of the through hole is smaller than the taper angle around the lower base. Thus, the alignment film material can easily flow into the through hole when the diameter of the through hole is reduced to connect the pixel and source electrodes, preventing display defects such as uneven brightness due to the absence of the alignment film or due to the alignment film irregularity around the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Yosuke Hyodo, Hidehiro Sonoda, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 9252163
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, it is provided an array substrate including a pad area, signal lines arranged on the substrate, conductive connection lines arranged at least on the pad area and directly connected to a flexible circuit, and conductive connection lines arranged at least on the pad area and directly connected to a flexible circuit. The conductive connection lines may be connected to the signal lines through a via hole, and may include a first wire and a second wire electrically connected to each other. The second wire may be arranged in such a manner that a contact area between the conductive connection lines and the flexible circuit is not less than a predetermined threshold when the flexible circuit is displaced in a first direction relative to the first wire. The first direction may be substantially perpendicular to an extending direction of the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xingxing Song, Chaohuan Hsu, Zhengwei Chen, Zhenfei Cai
  • Patent number: 9245910
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is an array substrate that can effectively prevent an oxide conductive film and a silicon nitride film on the oxide conductive film from peeling without deteriorating reliability. A method for manufacturing the array substrate includes a surface treatment step and a nitride film forming step. In the surface treatment step, by plasma discharge, the oxide conductive film is cleaned without being reduced, and surface layers of the insulating film layer not covered by the oxide conductive film and portions of the insulating film layer in the regions covered by the oxide conductive film are etched to form recesses leading to portions under the oxide conductive film. In the nitride film forming step, successively from the surface treatment step, the silicon nitride film is formed by plasma CVD so as to cover the recesses and the oxide conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasunori Fukumoto, Toshihide Jinnai, Koji Sato
  • Patent number: 9240422
    Abstract: A TFT array substrate, a fabrication method thereof and a display device. The TFT array substrate, comprising: gate lines (19), data lines (20) and a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit comprises: a common electrode line (11), a gate insulating layer (16), a passivation layer (17) and a pixel electrode (12) in this order, wherein a backup common electrode line (41) is disposed at a position between the gate insulating layer (16) and the passivation layer (17) and opposite to the common electrode line (11), the backup common electrode line (41) is electrically insulated from the data line (20). The TFT array substrate with this structure can avoid the short circuit between the pixel electrode (12) and the common electrode line (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Mi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9229283
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a switching element, a protecting layer, an organic layer, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The switching element is on the base substrate, and includes a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The protecting layer is on the switching element, and includes a first hole exposing the drain electrode. The organic layer is on the protecting layer, and includes a second hole which exposes a side surface of the protecting layer which defines the first hole and exposes a top surface of the protecting layer which is adjacent to the side surface of the protecting layer. The first pixel electrode is on the organic layer. The second pixel electrode overlaps the first pixel electrode, and is electrically connected to the drain electrode via the first and second holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun-Jong Yeo, Yu-Gwang Jeong, Hong-Kee Chin, Sang-Gab Kim, Jeong-Min Park, Ji-Young Park
  • Patent number: 9223170
    Abstract: Disclosed a color filter substrate for a liquid crystal display device performing an ordinary display for a gray scale display and a dynamic display for a bright display, which includes a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive film formed above the transparent substrate, a black matrix formed above the transparent substrate and having pixel regions which are openings partitioned into polygonal pixel shapes respectively having two parallel sides, a first transparent resin layer formed so as to cover portions corresponding to the two parallel sides of the black matrix, a color layer formed above the pixel regions, and a second first transparent resin layer formed above the color layer and having a linear depression passing a center of the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Hibayashi, Kenzo Fukuyoshi
  • Patent number: 9224824
    Abstract: This thin film transistor substrate is provided with: a drain electrode that is formed on an insulating film, and comprises copper; an interlayer insulating film formed on the drain electrode; and a pixel electrode that is formed in the contact hole, which is formed in the insulating film and the interlayer insulating film, and on the interlayer insulating film, and is electrically connected to the drain electrode via the contact hole. In a plan view of the contact hole, the drain electrode is formed inside part of the contact hole in such a manner that part of the drain electrode and part of the outer periphery of the contact hole are overlapping, and part of the pixel electrode and the drain electrode are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kibou Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9190524
    Abstract: An active matrix substrate (20a) includes: an insulating substrate (10a); a first thin film transistor (5a) including a first gate electrode (11b) located on the insulating substrate (10a) and a first oxide semiconductor layer (13a) having a first channel region (Ca); a second oxide semiconductor layer (13b) including a second gate electrode (11c) located on the insulating substrate (10a) and having a second channel region (Cb); a second gate insulating film (17) covering the first oxide semiconductor layer (13a) and the second semiconductor layer (13b); and a third gate electrode (25) located on the second gate insulating film (17) and facing the first channel region (Ca) and the second channel region (Cb) with the second gate insulating film (17) interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tadayoshi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9182635
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a pair of substrates that are bonded together with a sealing member having a closed loop shape that is formed around a display region with a space maintained from the display region; and a liquid crystal layer that is disposed between the pair of substrates so as to maintain a cell gap of a predetermined thickness, wherein, between the display region and the sealing member, a cell thick area, in which a cell gap larger than the cell gap of the display region is formed, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 9176344
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a switching element disposed on the first substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the switching element and supplied with a data voltage; an opposing electrode disposed on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules. The pixel electrode includes a cutout and a liquid crystal direction controller that are alternately disposed. The cutout and the liquid crystal direction controller divide the pixel electrode into a plurality of sub-regions, and inclination directions of the liquid crystal molecules are different according to the plurality of sub-regions when the pixel electrode is supplied with the data voltage. The liquid crystal direction controller is concave downward or convex upward with respect to a surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youn-Hak Jeong, Hee-Hwan Lee, Keun-Chan Oh, Jae-Jin Lyu, Yoon-Sung Um
  • Patent number: 9147717
    Abstract: An organic EL display device includes: thin film transistors that are arranged in respective pixels within a display area which are arranged in a matrix; a planarization film that is formed over the thin film transistor and made of an organic insulating material; contact electrodes that are connected to drains or sources of the respective thin film transistors through contact holes formed within the planarization film; contact hole planarization films that are arranged over the respective contact electrodes with which the contact holes are embedded, and made of an organic insulating material; a lower electrode that is formed to be electrically connected onto the contact electrodes, and formed over the contact hole planarization film; and an organic layer that is arranged over the lower electrode to cover the overall display area, and formed of a plurality of organic material layers including a light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masamitsu Furuie, Toshihiro Sato, Mitsuhide Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 9140948
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel with enhanced image quality is disclosed. The liquid crystal display panel has a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to gate line and data line, a plurality of pixel electrodes, and floating electrode(s). The floating electrode extends along the data line to prevent light leakage and vertical crosstalk. Throughout the whole liquid crystal display panel, the floating electrode is electrically interconnected to lessen vertical crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Woon Chang, Yeong-Keun Kwon
  • Patent number: 9116405
    Abstract: A display device according to the present invention includes a first substrate, a driving portion formed on the first substrate, a plurality of signal lines formed on the first substrate to transmit signals to the driving portion, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a conductive member formed on the second substrate, wherein the driving portion overlaps with the conductive member, and the signal lines are disposed at a position outside a region of overlap of the conductive member. Accordingly, the capacitances between the signal lines may be substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Il Ahn, Seung-Soo Baek, Seong-Young Lee, Kee-Bum Park
  • Patent number: 9086587
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thickness of a passivation layer overlapping signal lines is larger than a thickness of portion of the passivation layer not overlapping signal lines. A spacer may be formed to overlap the signal lines. In an aperture region of the LCD, a thickness of the passivation layer between a common electrode and a pixel electrode is relatively small, and therefore, it may be possible to prevent reduction in the intensity of the electric field between the common electrode and the pixel electrode. Since thickness of the passivation layer may be relatively large, it may be possible to prevent a signal delay of common voltage. A spacer may be formed overlapping signal lines with relatively thick passivation layer. The spacer may have a small height. Cell gap may be adjusted to be uniform, and prevent reduction in aperture ratio of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyung-Soon Park, Il Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 9063379
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a recess portion recessed into the first substrate from the surface of a common electrode and a first alignment barrier protruded from the recess portion in an area corresponding to at least a portion of an end portion of a first alignment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Swae-Hyun Kim, Je Hyeong Park, YoungGoo Song, Kipyo Hong, Sunghee Hong, Sang Woo Whangbo
  • Patent number: 9041888
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device substrate, a display device substrate manufacturing method, a display device, a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device manufacturing method and an organic electroluminescent display device that allow suppressing faults derived from occurrence of gas and/or bubbles in a pixel region. The present invention is a display device substrate that comprises: a photosensitive resin film; and a pixel electrode, in this order, from a side of an insulating substrate. The display device substrate has a gas-barrier insulating film, at a layer higher than the photosensitive resin film, for preventing advance of a gas generated from the photosensitive resin film, or has a gas-barrier insulating film, between the photosensitive resin film and the pixel electrode, for preventing advance of gas generated from the photosensitive resin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Moriwaki
  • Patent number: 9041889
    Abstract: The disclosed technology discloses an array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel. The array substrate comprises: a base substrate; a gate line and a data line formed on the base substrate, the gate line and the data line defining a plurality of pixel regions; and a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed in each pixel region; and an insulating layer provided between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The first electrode layer, the insulating layer and the second electrode layer are laminated on the base substrate in this order. The first electrode layer is provided with a plurality of first apertures therein, and the first electrode layer comprises a plurality of first electrode portions located between the plurality of first apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinli Ma, Yan Li, Qiangtao Wang, Wenbing Li
  • Publication number: 20150138494
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a device substrate includes forming a surface modifying layer on a process substrate. The surface modifying layer has a different hydrophobicity from that of the process substrate. The process substrate is disposed on a carrier substrate. The surface modifying layer is disposed between the process substrate and the carrier substrate. A device is formed on the process substrate. The process substrate is separated from the carrier substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: TaeHwan KIM, Myeonghee Kim, Youngbae Kim, Jong Seong Kim, Myunghwan Park, Jonghwan Lee
  • Patent number: 9036124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes an upper substrate; a lower substrate having gate and data lines, with exposing a part of the lower surface of the upper substrate; a sealant for adhering the upper substrate to the lower substrate; a panel driver connected to the part of a lower surface of the upper substrate; a pad formed on the lower substrate, for applying a signal to the gate and data lines; and a connection part formed on the upper substrate, for connecting the pad and the panel driver. Accordingly, the thickness of the display device decreases, and a step height is not formed at a front surface of the display device, whereby the present invention can obtain an aesthetic design effect in that the front surface of the display device is shown as one structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHyung Jo, JongSin Park
  • Publication number: 20150131017
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate that includes a display area in which pixels are arranged and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, and a sealing member disposed in the non-display area to attach the second substrate to the first substrate. The first substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of inorganic insulating layers disposed on the base substrate in the non-display area, and an organic layer disposed on the inorganic insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungin RO, HyunWuk KIM, Ock Soo SON, Jeanho SONG, Eunje JANG