Interdigited (comb-shaped) Electrodes Patents (Class 349/141)
  • Patent number: 10942407
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to control the color temperature of white exhibited by a liquid crystal display device. White is produced when light waves emitted through pixels associated with three colors of red, green, and blue have maximum intensities. The amounts of light emitted through the respective pixels are controlled by differentiating the shapes of the pixel electrodes disposed at the respective pixels from one another. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. Otherwise, the shapes of interceptive films disposed at the respective pixels are differentiated from one another in order to control light waves emitted through the respective pixels. Thus, the color temperature of white is controlled. The interceptive film may be shaped like the pixel electrode. Otherwise, the interceptive film may be realized with an interceptive pattern other than that of the pixel electrode or one of openings bored in a black matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuko Mori, Munenori Motooka, Ryutaro Oke, Kazunori Ojima, Kikuo Ono
  • Patent number: 10942406
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate including a pixel region constructed with pixels, includes: gate signal lines provided in the pixel region and extending in a first direction; gate lead-out lines provided in the pixel region and extending in a second direction; a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode provided in each of the pixels; a common electrode provided across the pixels; and a common line electrically connected to the common electrode. The gate signal lines and the gate lead-out lines are connected to each other through a first contact hole at at least one of a plurality of intersections of the gate signal lines and the gate lead-out lines, and the common line covers the first contact hole in planar view of the thin film transistor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruhisa Nakagawa, Tetsuya Kawamura
  • Patent number: 10942410
    Abstract: A display device includes a bottom substrate including a display area and a non-display area around the display area, a thin film transistor region in the display area, the thin film transistor region including a plurality of thin film transistors and a plurality of pixel electrodes each electrically connected to a respective one of the thin film transistors, a top substrate facing the bottom substrate with the thin film transistor region therebetween, a seal in the non-display area to surround the thin film transistor region, the seal being configured to bond the bottom substrate to the top substrate, a wiring group between the seal and the bottom substrate, the wiring group including a plurality of conductive lines spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval, and a light-scattering layer between the seal and the top substrate, the light-scattering layer including light-scattering particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghee Shin, Yoomi Ra, Hyungjin Song, Soohong Cheon
  • Patent number: 10942400
    Abstract: A liquid crystal includes first and second substrates, the first substrate including intersecting data lines and scan lines. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched therebetween. Also, a plurality of sub-pixels districted by data lines and gate lines, and arranged along the long-axis and the short-axis directions in a matrix. A pixel electrode in the sub-pixels includes a central portion. A common electrode including linear electrodes arranged along the data lines and disposed with gaps therebetween. Sub-pixels are bent at the center portion, such that the linear electrodes or the gaps in both sides of the sub-pixels are inclined in opposite directions with respect to the long-axis direction. At least one of the linear electrodes or at least one of the gaps has a bent portion at the central portion of the respective pixel electrode. The common electrode is provided on liquid crystal layer side over the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Takao Atarashiya, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Patent number: 10935866
    Abstract: An electrophoretic device for switching between a transparent and non-transparent mode comprises a fluid and particles, electrodes for moving said particles, and various further elements, as well as uses thereof, in particular as a window blind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ELSTAR DYNAMICS PATENTS B.V.
    Inventor: Romaric Mathieu Massard
  • Patent number: 10930229
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of liquid crystal pixels, wherein the liquid crystal panel is configured to display a same picture in two adjacent frames; a driving module disposed on the non-display area, wherein the driving module is used to respectively provide each liquid crystal pixel with a same polarity pixel voltage of different levels in the two adjacent frames so as to deflect liquid crystal molecules of each liquid crystal pixel, and in each frame of the two adjacent frames, the level of the pixel voltage of each liquid crystal pixel is different from the level of the pixel voltage of the adjacent liquid crystal pixels in front, back, left or right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Jen Chen
  • Patent number: 10930679
    Abstract: Thin film transistors (TFTs) including a channel and source/drain that comprise an oxide semiconductor. Oxide semiconductor within the source/drain may be more ordered than the oxide semiconductor within the channel. The localized increased order of the oxide semiconductor may reduce TFT access resistance while retaining good channel gating properties. In some embodiments, order within the source or drain templates from order in adjacent contact metallization. Contact metal at the interface of the oxide semiconductor may be chosen to promote grain growth in the oxide semiconductor during deposition of the oxide semiconductor, or through solid phase epitaxy of the oxide semiconductor subsequent to deposition. Where TFT circuitry is integrated into the BEOL of a CMOS FET IC fabrication process, an EOL forming gas anneal may be employed to both passivate CMOS FETs and crystalize a source/drain of the TFTs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert Dewey, Abhishek A. Sharma, Shriram Shivaraman, Van H. Le, Ravi Pillarisetty, Tahir Ghani
  • Patent number: 10928695
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to display panels for head-mountable devices. A display panel may include a left-eye pixel array and a right-eye pixel array that are each rotated with respect to a horizontal defined by a straight line connecting the centers of the arrays. The rotated pixel arrays each include data lines and scan lines that extend at oblique angles relative to the horizontal. A liquid crystal layer of the display panel may include liquid crystal molecules having a default orientation at an oblique angle relative to both the data lines and the scan lines of both of the rotated pixel arrays. The rotated pixel arrays may each include pixel circuits arranged along the data lines and scan lines, each pixel circuit including a transparent electrode oriented at an oblique angle relative to both the scan lines and the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Dong Chen
  • Patent number: 10921667
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first common electrode, a second common electrode separated from the first common electrode in a first direction and a first metal wiring extending in the first direction and overlapping the first common electrode and the second common electrode. The first metal wiring is located between the first common electrode and the second common electrode, and the first metal wiring includes a first end portion overlapping one of the first common electrode and the second common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Daichi Hosokawa, Naoyuki Obinata, Masakatsu Kitani
  • Patent number: 10908467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method for repairing the same, and a display panel. The array substrate includes gate lines extending in a first direction, and data lines and common electrode lines extending in a second direction. The gate lines intersect with the common electrode lines and the data lines to define pixel units. Every two adjacent pixel units at two sides of a common electrode line constitute a pixel unit group. Common electrodes of two pixel units in a pixel unit group are each connected to a common electrode line therebetween. The array substrate further includes a repairing structure including a first repairing line, a second repairing line at two sides of a data line, respectively, and a middle line intersecting with the data line and connecting a first point of the first repairing line and a second point of the second repairing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lang Hu, Kaiqiang Li, Yang Yu, Chaolei Wang, Nannan Rong, Yaohua Jiang, Qiulin Wu, Baohao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10901255
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device that is not influenced by a noise in obtaining positional information can be provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode with a first insulating film interposed therebetween. The pixel electrode and the common electrode partly overlap with each other. The liquid crystal display device further includes a second substrate provided with a pair of electrodes, a resin film covering the pair of electrodes, and a conductive film on the resin film. The pair of electrodes partly overlap with each other with a second insulating film interposed therebetween. The liquid crystal display device further includes a liquid crystal layer between the conductive film on the second substrate side and the pixel electrode and the common electrode on the first substrate side. A predetermined potential is supplied to the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Tanabe, Takahiro Fukutome, Koji Moriya, Daisuke Kurosaki, Masakatsu Ohno
  • Patent number: 10902805
    Abstract: A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure includes a scan line and a data line, an active device, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode. The active device is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device. The common electrode is disposed to overlap with the pixel electrode. The common electrode is coupled to the pixel electrode to form a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor. The first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor commonly use the pixel electrode as an upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hung-Che Lin, Cheng-Han Tsao, Sheng-Ju Ho, Shang-Jie Wu
  • Patent number: 10886304
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and an application of the array substrate are provided. The array substrate comprises a substrate and a data line above the substrate, the data line comprising a first surface closest to the substrate and parallel to a bottom surface of the substrate. The array substrate further comprises a light shielding layer above the substrate, and the light shielding layer is configured to cover the data line, such that at least a portion of the data line in the display area of the array substrate is not exposed. When the array substrate is applied to a display device, the amount of light leakage at the data line can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Huang, Yoonsung Um, Shi Shu
  • Patent number: 10877323
    Abstract: A pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode and a plurality of second pixel electrodes. Each of the second pixel electrodes includes a first sub-branch and a second sub-branch, one end of the second sub-branch is connected to the first pixel electrode, and the opposite end is connected to the first sub-branch. The first width of the first sub-branch is different from the second width of the second sub-branch. By changing a width of a branch at a junction with a trunk portion, it is possible to effectively control black stripes, thereby improving liquid crystal efficiency and a transmittance of a liquid crystal display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wu Cao
  • Patent number: 10877327
    Abstract: A pixel structure including an active device, a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. The first electrode includes a main portion, first branch portions, a first auxiliary portion and a second auxiliary portion. The second electrode includes second branch portions and a peripheral portion. The main portion extends in a first direction. The first branch portions and the second branch portions cross with the main portion and are arranged alternately in the first direction. Each first branch portion has a first end and a second end located on two opposite sides of the main portion respectively. The first auxiliary portion is connected to the first ends of the first branch portions. The second auxiliary portion is connected to the second ends of the first branch portions. The first auxiliary portion and the second auxiliary portion of the first electrode overlap the peripheral portion of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Cheng, Min-Hsuan Chiu, Syuan-Ling Yang, Seok-Lyul Lee
  • Patent number: 10871692
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of scan lines and signal lines on one of a pair of substrates arranged to be opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, the scan lines and signal lines extending in different directions; and an orientation film, pixel electrode, insulating layer and common electrode, the orientation film being rubbed in a rubbing direction having a given inclination with respect to a pixel arrangement direction. The pixel electrode is partitioned by the scan lines and signal lines and has subpixels made up of first and second regions. The first region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a first direction with respect to the rubbing direction. The second region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a second direction with respect to the rubbing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Hideyuki Omori
  • Patent number: 10868047
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixel unit. Each of the pixel unit includes a thin-film-transistor, and the thin-film-transistor includes a gate electrode and a drain electrode; the drain electrode includes a first drain electrode portion, a second drain electrode portion and a first connection portion; and an orthographic projection of the first drain electrode portion on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the base substrate are spaced apart, and an orthographic projection of the second drain electrode portion on the base substrate and the orthographic projection of the gate electrode on the base substrate at least partially overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiujie Su, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 10847102
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first data line and a second data line extending along a first direction; a first pixel including a first pixel transistor and a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first data line; and a second pixel including a second pixel transistor and a second pixel electrode, the second pixel being spaced apart from the first pixel in the first direction and electrically connected to the second data line, wherein the first pixel electrode may include: a first main pixel electrode; and a first compensation electrode overlapping the first data line on a plane, wherein a portion of the second pixel transistor may overlap the first main pixel electrode on a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Seulbee Lee
  • Patent number: 10838276
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines that intersect each other on a substrate and define a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of common electrodes and pixel electrodes that are alternately disposed within the sub-pixels, a first thin film transistor comprising a first gate electrode connected to the gate line, a first source electrode connected to the data line, and a first drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode, a first common line applied with a first common voltage, and a second thin film transistor comprising a second gate electrode connected to the gate line, a second source electrode connected to the first common line, and a second drain electrode connected to the common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ChanHo Lee, JaeHyung Jo
  • Patent number: 10838237
    Abstract: An electro-active lens is presented which utilizes a surface relief structures and an electro-active material, with a change in refractive index facilitating the change in optical properties. A molded structure and a liquid crystal are used to form a diffractive lens. In addition to the classical approach of utilizing diffractive optics and multiple Fresnel zones to form a lens, an additional structure is placed between Fresnel zones in order to improve the diffraction efficiency across the visible spectrum, and reduce chromatic aberration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: e-Vision Smart Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony Van Heugten, Harry Milton
  • Patent number: 10824266
    Abstract: There is provided a touch screen-integrated display device. The touch screen-integrated display device includes: a substrate including an active area including a plurality of subpixels and a non-active area; a gate line and a data line to define one subpixel; a thin-film transistor disposed in subpixel; a first electrode electrically connected to a source electrode of the thin-film transistor; and a second electrode disposed to be overlapped with the first electrode with a protective layer interposed therebetween, and further includes a pad connection layer configured to connect the line pad and the signal supply pad in the non-active area. Thus, it is possible to reduce a contact resistance between the signal supply pad and the line pad and also possible to suppress damage to the pad connection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyuhan Yoon, Jungwoo Han
  • Patent number: 10809579
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a pixel electrode on the first substrate and including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode which are separated from each other; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a common electrode on the second substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the first subpixel electrode includes a first plate-shaped portion and a plurality of first branch electrodes extended from the first plate-shaped portion, the second subpixel electrode includes a second plate-shaped portion surrounds the first branch electrodes and a plurality of second branch electrodes extended from the second plate-shaped portion, and a difference between a first voltage applied to the first subpixel electrode and a common voltage applied to the common electrode is larger than a difference between a second voltage applied to the second subpixel electrode and the common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Sun Chang, Cheol Shin, Jae-Soo Jang, Ki Chul Shin, Jang Wi Ryu, Ho Kil Oh, Ka Eun Kim, Se Hyun Lee, Hyo Ju Jung
  • Patent number: 10802329
    Abstract: A color filter, a display apparatus, and a method for preparing the color filter. The color filter comprises: a substrate, black matrices formed on the substrate; color layers formed on the substrate, wherein the color layers comprise red pixel layers (R), green pixel layers (G), blue pixel layers (B), and transparent pixel layers (W); a planarization layer (OC) formed above the color layers and the black matrices; and columnar layers (PS) formed on the planarization layer (OC) and located above the black matrices. The transparent pixel layers (W) are covered in the red pixel layers (R), the green pixel layers (G) and the blue pixel layers (B) by the red pixel layers (R), the green pixel layers (G) and the blue pixel layers (B), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: TUNGHSU (KUNSHAN) DISPLAY MATERIAL CO., LTD., TUNGHSU OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TUNGHSU GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yihau Shiau
  • Patent number: 10802353
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to FFS technology is provided, which sufficiently provides a common electrode with common electric potential and improves an aperture ratio of pixels. A pixel electrode is formed of a first layer transparent electrode. A common electrode made of a second layer transparent electrode is formed above the pixel electrode interposing an insulation film between them. The common electrode in an upper layer is provided with a plurality of slits. The common electrode extends over all the pixels in a display region. An end of the common electrode is disposed on a periphery of the display region and connected with a peripheral common electric potential line that provides a common electric potential Vcom. There is provided neither an auxiliary common electrode line nor a pad electrode, both of which are provided in a liquid crystal display device according to a conventional art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomohide Onogi, Yasuo Segawa
  • Patent number: 10802320
    Abstract: The present display device includes a liquid crystal panel having a liquid crystal layer between an array substrate and a facing substrate. The array substrate has an electrode layer having an upper electrode and a lower electrode facing each other in a Z direction, and an opening including a plurality of slits extending in an X direction is formed in the upper electrode and the lower electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided on the electrode layer, liquid crystal molecules in vicinity regions on one side and the other side of the opening which face each other in a width direction of each slit are oriented as rotating in reverse to each other, and the facing substrate has a conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Patent number: 10795218
    Abstract: A display substrate may include a base substrate having a plurality of pixel areas; and a pixel electrode in each of the pixel areas. The pixel electrode may include a vertical stem portion extending in a first direction; a horizontal stem portion extending from the vertical stem portion in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a plurality of main branch portions extending from at least one of the vertical stem portion and the horizontal stem portion in an inclined manner; and a sub-branch portion extending from at least one of the plurality of main branch portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyusu Ahn, Haeryeong Park, Dongil Yoo
  • Patent number: 10782571
    Abstract: The disclosure provides the COA-type array substrate, which is realized by all or part of the outer edge of the color-resisting units are located on the first metal layer and/or the second metal layer, which is used for padding to reduce the topography difference at the outer edge position of the color-resisting units, so that the thickness of the photoresist coated on which is reduced to be easily removed by the exposure and development when the transparent conductive layer is patterned; in addition, both the first metal layer and the second metal layer have a reflective property, so that the exposure effect can be enhanced and the photoresist coated on which; the COA-type array substrate of the disclosure can eliminate or reduce the metal oxide residue at which through the above two effects and prevent the electrical signal of the pixel electrode from being uncontrollable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wu Cao
  • Patent number: 10784329
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a thin-film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode; a data line in a layer different from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode, wherein the data line is configured to transmit a data signal; and a shield layer between the data line and a component of the thin-film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yangwan Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Jaedu Noh, Jaeyong Lee
  • Patent number: 10782556
    Abstract: A display device in which ambient light reflections, for example, from IPS or FFS type displays are reduced by a circular polariser (e.g., linear polariser combined with external quarter waveplate) to make the light circular polarized, as it traverses the multiple reflective layers between the polariser and LC layer, and then an internal quarter waveplate converts the light back to linear polarisation before it enters the LC, so the display can operate as normal, while the circular polariser absorbs unwanted reflections of ambient light from within the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Nathan James Smith, Kiyoshi Minoura, Akira Sakai, Yuichi Kawahira
  • Patent number: 10781992
    Abstract: To facilitate lead wiring layout corresponding to an increase in the number of individual electrodes of the liquid crystal element in a vehicle headlamp system. The vehicle headlamp system that selectively performs light irradiation towards the periphery of its own vehicle includes a light source, a liquid crystal element, and a lens. The liquid crystal element includes a plurality of first individual electrode parts, a plurality of second individual electrode parts, and a first lead wiring part. The first lead wiring part includes a plurality of first individual wirings each of which is connected to one of the plurality of first individual electrode parts, and a plurality of second individual wirings each of which is connected to one of the plurality of second individual electrode parts and arranged through a gap formed between the adjacent first individual electrode parts in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Toko, Tomohide Mano, Hiroshi Tozuka
  • Patent number: 10782568
    Abstract: The invention discloses an alignment method of a liquid crystal display panel including the following steps: assembling a color filter substrate, an array substrate and a liquid crystal layer into a liquid crystal display panel; applying a first alignment voltage to a common electrode line layer of the array substrate, applying a second alignment voltage to a common electrode layer of the color filter substrate, and a predetermined voltage difference existed between the first alignment voltage and the second alignment voltage; performing alignment to the liquid crystal layer of the liquid crystal display panel by the predetermined voltage difference, to make liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer arranged with a preset tilt angle; and irradiating the liquid crystal layer with an ultraviolet ray. The effect of alignment can be improved, the dependence of liquid crystal alignment on the data line can be reduced, and improves the product yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Lv, Pojen Chiang
  • Patent number: 10777585
    Abstract: To provide a display device with excellent display quality, in a display device including a signal line, a scan line, a transistor, a pixel electrode, and a common electrode in a pixel, the common electrode is included in which an extending direction of a region overlapping with the signal line differs from an extending direction of a region overlapping with the pixel electrode in a planar shape and the extending directions intersect with each other between the signal line and the pixel electrode. Thus, a change in transmittance of the pixel can be suppressed; accordingly, flickers can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Ryo Hatsumi
  • Patent number: 10775673
    Abstract: The present application provides a pixel structure and an array substrate. The pixel structure includes: a pixel structure, which includes: an electronic switching device; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the electronic switching device, in which the pixel electrode includes a plurality of sub-pixel electrode regions, and the transmittances of the plurality of sub-pixel electrode regions are different; a gate line disposed on a lateral side of the pixel electrode and electrically connected to the electronic switching device; and a data line disposed on another lateral side of the pixel electrode and electrically connected to the electronic switching device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED, CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zeyao Li
  • Patent number: 10768491
    Abstract: An array substrate and a manufacture method thereof, a display panel and a display device. The array substrate includes pixel units. Each pixel unit includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode, which are respectively includes first pixel electrode strips and first common electrode strips that are arranged substantially in parallel in parallel in a first direction, each first common electrode strip overlaps at least one first pixel electrode strip. Each pixel unit includes at least one pixel unit sub-area, which has a sub-area symmetry axis, the first pixel electrode strip and the first common electrode strip are respectively arranged with respect to the sub-area symmetry axis symmetrically. On either side of the sub-area symmetry axis, the first common electrode strip is farther away from or closer to the sub-area symmetry axis than the at least one first pixel electrode strip that the each first common electrode strip overlaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Jungho Park, Heecheol Kim, Jaikwang Kim
  • Patent number: 10768495
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of video lines and a plurality of scanning lines provided over an insulating base material; a light shielding film overlapping with the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines; a pixel electrode and a common electrode provided in a sub-pixel region surrounded by the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines in plan view; a liquid crystal layer driven by an electric field generated between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a first insulating layer provided between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The common electrode is provided between the first insulating layer and the liquid crystal layer, and has an opening overlapping with the plurality of video lines and the plurality of scanning lines and overlapping with the pixel electrode. In a light transmission region surrounded by the light shielding film, a shape of the pixel electrode is a linear shape without a branching portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Mitsutaka Okita
  • Patent number: 10762820
    Abstract: System and method for improving displayed image quality of an electronic display that displays a first image frame by applying a first voltage to a display pixel and a second image frame directly before the first image frame by applying a second voltage to the display pixel. A display pipeline is communicatively coupled to the electronic display and receives first image data corresponding with the first image frame, where the image data includes a first grayscale value corresponding with the display pixel. Additionally the display pipeline determines an inversion balancing grayscale offset based at least in part on the first grayscale value when polarity of the first voltage and polarity of the second voltage are the same and determines magnitude of the first voltage by applying the inversion balancing grayscale offset to the first grayscale value to reduce likelihood of a perceivable luminance spike when displaying the first image frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher P. Tann, Taesung Kim, Sandro H. Pintz
  • Patent number: 10754207
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate; and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the upper and lower substrates. The lower substrate includes a pixel electrode, a first auxiliary capacitance electrode, and a second auxiliary capacitance electrode for one pixel, and one or two auxiliary capacitance lines for one pixel line including pixels. The two auxiliary capacitive electrodes are electrically connected to different auxiliary capacitance lines. Each of the first auxiliary capacitance electrode and the second auxiliary capacitance electrode and the pixel electrode overlap each other in a plan view. The first auxiliary capacitance electrode and the second auxiliary capacitance electrode differ from each other in shape in a display region of each of the pixels. The shape of the first auxiliary capacitance electrode in a first pixel is identical to the shape of the second auxiliary capacitance electrode in a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yosuke Iwata, Mitsuhiro Murata, Takuma Tomotoshi, Satoshi Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10739652
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed, which includes: a substrate including a display region and a border region; plural scan lines disposed on the display region; plural data lines disposed on the display region, crossing with the scan lines to define plural pixel units and including adjacent first and second data lines; a first common line disposed on the display region and crossing with the data lines; and a first common pad disposed in one of the pixel units on the display region, electrically connecting to the first common line, and disposed between the first and second data line, wherein first and second minimum distances between the first common pad and the first and second data lines are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Ling Yu, Chun-Liang Lin, Chia-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 10725345
    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: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Masateru Morimoto, Saori Sugiyama, Motoharu Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10712621
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, the pixel electrode including a first stem electrode that extends in a first direction, a second stem electrode that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and intersects with the first stem electrode, a plurality of branch electrodes, the branch electrodes extending obliquely to the first direction and the second direction from the first stem electrode and the second stem electrode, a first connection electrode that connects distal ends of some of the branch electrodes to each other, extends in the first direction and intersects with the second stem electrode, and a first edge electrode that is connected to one distal end of the second stem electrode and extends in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hyun Lee, Hak Sun Chang, Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 10705397
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a plurality of scan lines and signal lines on one of a pair of substrates arranged to be opposed to each other with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, the scan lines and signal lines extending in different directions; and an orientation film, pixel electrode, insulating layer and common electrode, the orientation film being rubbed in a rubbing direction having a given inclination with respect to a pixel arrangement direction. The pixel electrode is partitioned by the scan lines and signal lines and has subpixels made up of first and second regions. The first region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a first direction with respect to the rubbing direction. The second region has a plurality of slit-shaped openings having a given inclination in a second direction with respect to the rubbing direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Hideyuki Omori
  • Patent number: 10698277
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device, a liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device which have a wide viewing angle and in which the number of manufacturing steps, the number of masks, and manufacturing cost are reduced compared with a conventional one. The liquid crystal display device includes a first electrode formed over an entire surface of one side of a substrate; a first insulating film formed over the first electrode; a thin film transistor formed over the first insulating film; a second insulating film formed over the thin film transistor; a second electrode formed over the second insulating film and having a plurality of openings; and a liquid crystal over the second electrode. The liquid crystal is controlled by an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 10690974
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor substrate having a pixel region and a frame region, and a color filter substrate. The frame region includes a first metal wire that surrounds the outside of the pixel region, and a second metal wire that is formed so as to surround the outside of the first metal wire. The first metal wire has at least one slit at an area overlapping with a seal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kitajima, Ryouhei Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10684521
    Abstract: A display device including: a first substrate; a gate line extending along a first direction on the first substrate; a data line disposed on the first substrate, insulated from the gate line, and extending along a second direction that intersects the first direction; a gate electrode protruding from the gate line; a source electrode extending from the data line; a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode; and a storage electrode spaced apart from the gate line and the gate electrode. The drain electrode includes a first overlap portion overlapping the gate electrode and a second overlap portion overlapping the storage electrode, and the second overlap portion overlaps at least a part of the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghee Shin, Hyungjin Song, Byoungsun Na, Yoomi Ra, Soohong Cheon
  • Patent number: 10684517
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display device includes an island-shaped first semiconductor film 102 which is formed over a base insulating film 101 and in which a source 102d, a channel forming region 102a, and a drain 102b are formed; a first electrode 102c which is formed of a material same as the first semiconductor film 102 to be the source 102d or the drain 102b and formed over the base insulating film 101; a second electrode 108 which is formed over the first electrode 102c and includes a first opening pattern 112; and a liquid crystal 110 which is provided over the second electrode 108.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 10670930
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display preventing a light leakage is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes gate lines and data lines disposed to cross over each other, a common line crossing over the data lines and disposed in parallel with the gate lines, a dummy data line crossing over the gate lines and disposed in parallel with the data lines, a dummy pixel electrode disposed in a dummy area formed by an outermost data line of the data lines, the dummy data line and first and second gate lines adjacent to each other among the gate lines; a pixel electrode disposed in a pixel area between first and second data lines adjacent to each other among the data lines and the first and second gate lines; and a common electrode disposed to overlap the pixel electrode and the dummy pixel electrode. The dummy pixel electrode is connected to the common line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seonghun Jeong, Hyuck Choi, Haye Kim, Minkyu Chun, Kangil Kim
  • Patent number: 10663814
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes pixel electrodes and a common electrode. The common electrode is disposed to overlap the pixel electrodes. A wire is connected to the common electrode. The common electrode includes a first region and a second region. The first region includes first openings. The second region includes second openings. The second region is located farther away from a point of connection with the wire than the first region. The second openings are smaller in area than the first openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Szu-Chi Huang, Junichi Morinaga, Katsuya Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10656482
    Abstract: A channel layer is formed of an oxide semiconductor. A first insulating film is provided on the channel layer, a source line, and a drain electrode, and includes a drain contact hole which reaches the drain electrode. A pixel electrode is provided on the first insulating film, includes a connection conductive layer which is connected to the drain electrode by the drain contact hole, and is formed of a transparent conductive material. The pixel electrode is covered with a second insulating film. A common electrode is provided on the second insulating film, includes an opening which faces the pixel electrode in a thickness direction, and is formed of a transparent conductive material. A metal layer, in conjunction with a part of the common electrode, forms a laminated structure, and includes a light-shield part which overlaps the channel layer at least partially in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Kawabuchi, Naruhito Hoka, Kazushi Yamayoshi, Akihiko Hosono, Kenichi Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 10656481
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a display panel that includes four sides. One of the four sides has a cut edge. The display panel includes a display region in which an image is to be displayed; a non-display region that surrounds the display region and that includes a non-light transmitting layer that restricts light transmission therethrough; and a plurality of slits disposed in the non-light transmitting layer. An edge of the non-light transmitting layer is co-planar with the cut edge. The plurality of slits are parallel to the cut edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Ootsu, Hiroaki Iwato
  • Patent number: 10649287
    Abstract: In this display device, an electrode layer for an upper electrode and a lower electrode is formed on an array substrate via a dielectric film, one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode is a pixel electrode, the other thereof is a common electrode, and an opening portion for generating horizontal electric field in a liquid crystal layer is formed in accordance with a shape of the electrode layer in a plan view. A CF substrate has a light-shielding film (BM) including a lateral BM portion. The opening portion has a plurality of slits in an X direction, and an end portion of an outermost slit in a Y direction is concealed by the lateral BM portion overlapped in a Z direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima