Formed As Walls (e.g., Between Pixels) Or Integral With Substrate Patents (Class 349/156)
  • Patent number: 10649268
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device, comprising: an opposed substrate and an array substrate opposite to the opposed substrate, as well as a liquid crystal layer provided between the opposed substrate and the array substrate, and recess structures which are provided in at least one of the opposed substrate and the array substrate and provided at the side facing the liquid crystal layer. The display panel has a display region, a non-visual region surrounding the display region, and a sealant region surrounding the non-visual region. The recess structures are provided at corners of the non-visual region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Chongqing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jingyu Wang, Jungho Park
  • Patent number: 10642108
    Abstract: This invention relates to a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal device, including a substrate layer; a neutralized first electrode layer formed on the substrate layer; a polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer formed on the first electrode layer; a neutralized second electrode layer formed on the polymer-dispersed liquid crystal layer; and a substrate layer formed on the second electrode layer, and to a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Jin Woo, Mi-Kyoung Kim, Jung-Sun You
  • Patent number: 10627666
    Abstract: A display panel, manufacturing method and display device are provided. The display panel includes: multiple pixel units arranged in an array, each including first sub-pixel and white sub-pixel; and color-film substrate. The color-substrate includes basis substrate and color resist layer formed on the basis substrate, wherein the color resist layer at least includes first color resist in first color resist region and compensating color resist in second color resist region, first and second color resist regions respectively corresponding to first and second sub-pixels. The color-film substrate further includes photo spacer located on one side of color resist layer away from basis substrate, orthographic projection of photo spacer on a plane where display panel is located overlaps orthographic projection of first color resist on this plane, and orthographic projection of photo spacer on this plane overlaps orthographic projection of compensating color resist on this plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donghua Li, Xiaoli Wei, Ling Wu, Boping Shen, Xiufeng Zhou
  • Patent number: 10600815
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first basement, a scanning line and a signal line, arranged in a display area, a switching element arranged in the display area and electrically connected to the scanning line and the signal line, and a first conductive layer arranged in a periphery region surrounding the display area and formed from a material different from that of the scanning line, a second substrate including a second basement opposing the first conductive layer and spaced therefrom, and a second conductive layer, and includes a first hole which penetrates the second basement, and a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer via the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Gen Koide
  • Patent number: 10571766
    Abstract: A display panel a first display substrate including a non-display area in which a driving circuit and a light shielding layer are disposed, and a display area in which a pixel electrode connected to the driving circuit is disposed, a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first display substrate and the second display substrate. The driving circuit includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a first branch electrode connected to the first transistor, a second branch electrode connected to the second transistor and overlapping with the first branch electrode in a direction parallel to a surface of the first display substrate, and a connection electrode connecting the first and second branch electrodes disposed on different layers from each other. The light shielding layer overlaps with the first and second transistors and exposes the first and second branch electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doyeong Park, Seongyoung Lee, Seulbee Lee
  • Patent number: 10564483
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, and a sealing member formed in a peripheral portion of at least one of the substrates. The method includes forming the sealing member, disposing the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, and bonding the first substrate to the second substrate. In forming the sealing member, a ring-shaped portion that seals the liquid crystal layer inside the sealing member, a first sealing layer and a second sealing layer that face each other to be separated from each other are formed. In the bonding of the first substrate to the second substrate, a junction portion is formed in which the first and second sealing layers are pressed and joined outside the sealing member so as to form the ring-shaped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoichi Momose, Satoshi Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 10558095
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel each displaying a different color. A first data line is positioned between the first pixel and the second pixel, and a second data line is positioned between the second pixel and the third pixel. A first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode are respectively positioned in the first, second, and third pixels. An interval between the first pixel electrode and the first data line is larger than an interval between the second pixel electrode and the first data line. An interval between the second pixel electrode and the second data line is smaller than an interval between the third pixel electrode and the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jeong Huh, Dong Wook Kim, Sung Jin Hong
  • Patent number: 10557191
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vapor deposition mask (100) including a resin layer (10), and a magnetic metal body (20) formed on the resin layer (10), the method including the steps of: (A) providing a magnetic metal body (20) having at least one first opening (25); (B) providing a substrate (60); (C) forming a resin layer (10) by applying a solution including a resin material or a varnish of a resin material on a surface of a substrate (60), and then performing a heat treatment thereon; (D) securing the resin layer (10) formed on the substrate (60) on the magnetic metal body (20) so as to cover the at least one first opening (25); (E) forming a plurality of second openings (13) in a region of the resin layer (10) that is located in the at least one first opening (25) of the magnetic metal body (20); and (F) after the step (E), removing the substrate (60) from the resin layer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventors: Koshi Nishida, Susumu Sakio, Katsuhiko Kishimoto
  • Patent number: 10558091
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoya Sugano, Takamitsu Kamada
  • Patent number: 10545363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device having an integral self-capacitance touch sensor, which can enhance a display property and touch performance by reducing parasitic capacitance and resistance, comprising: a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines that are arranged on a first substrate to cross each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes that are connected to the plurality of gate lines and data lines; a plurality of common and touch electrodes, each of which is formed to overlap some of the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a plurality of routing wires connected to the plurality of common and touch electrodes, respectively, to extend parallel to each other, wherein the plurality of routing wires overlap the data lines with a first insulation film therebetween for covering the data lines, or overlap the gate lines that cross the data lines, and the common and touch electrodes are connected to the routing wires, respectively, through contact holes formed through a second insulatio
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Soo Hwang, Min Su Kim
  • Patent number: 10539833
    Abstract: The present invention prevents the shaving of an alignment film caused by a columnar spacer in a liquid crystal display device of an IPS method using photo-alignment. A plinth higher than a pixel electrode is formed at a part where a columnar spacer formed over a counter substrate touches a TFT substrate. When an alignment film of a double-layered structure is applied over the pixel electrode and the plinth, the thickness of the alignment film over the plinth reduces by a leveling effect. When photo-alignment is applied in the state, a photodegraded upper alignment film over the plinth disappears and a lower alignment film having a high mechanical strength remains. As a result, it is possible to prevent the shaving of the alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimatsu, Masaki Matsumori, Hidehiro Sonoda, Yasushi Tomioka, Toshiki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10539820
    Abstract: A touch-panel liquid-crystal display device in one embodiment includes a metal line formed on a thin-film transistor array substrate, a gap column spacer and a push column spacer on a portion of a color filter array substrate that corresponds to an intersection of gate and data lines of the thin-film transistor array substrate, and a liquid-crystal layer between the thin-film transistor array substrate and the color filter array substrate. The gap column spacer and the push column spacer have the same height and the gap column spacer is located on the metal line, which facilitates an exposure process, minimizes generation of foreign substances when printing an alignment layer, and enables adjustment of the optimum amount of liquid crystals when liquid-crystal dotting is performed. The push column spacer is located on the metal line when the device can be pushed or bent by external force, and thus increases panel rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Duk Song, Chi-Hyuck Park, Jin-Woo Choi, Sung-Ho Kim, Woo-Seock Lee, Haruhisa Iida
  • Patent number: 10528198
    Abstract: A display panel and the like with a novel structure are provided. In the display panel, a first functional layer includes a pixel circuit and a first insulating film. A second functional layer includes a coloring film and a second insulating film. The first insulating film and the second insulating film each have a thickness of 0.5 ?m to 3 ?m and a Young's modulus of 3 GPa to 12 GPa. A sealing material is provided between a first base and a second base. A structure body is provided between the first base and the second base, and keeps a predetermined gap between the first and second bases. A pixel is surrounded by the first base, the second base, and the sealing material. A display element in the pixel is electrically connected to a pixel circuit and overlaps with a coloring film and a liquid crystal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Hirakata, Koichi Takeshima, Takayuki Ohide, Kenji Shinozaki, Kanpei Kojima
  • Patent number: 10514568
    Abstract: A color filter substrate and a curved surface display device are disclosed. The technical field of display is related to. Dark stripes appearing at a position corresponding to a central line of a sub pixel region can be eliminated, and a display effect of the curved display device can be improved. The color filter substrate includes a first light shading region corresponding to a gate line and a data line of an array substrate; and a second light shading region corresponding to a central line of a sub pixel region of the array substrate. A width of the second light shading region is larger than a width of the central line of the sub pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10516057
    Abstract: An electrowetting display device is presented. The device includes a support plate and a plurality of pixel walls over the support plate. The plurality of pixel walls are associated with an electrowetting pixel. The device includes a switch over the support plate. The switch includes a first terminal. The device includes an electrode over the support plate. The electrode is electrically connected to the first terminal of the switch. The electrode defines a notch region extending from a first end of the electrode towards a first pixel wall in the plurality of pixel walls. The device includes an insulated notch structure that includes a dielectric layer. The insulated notch structure is over at least a portion of the switch and at least a portion of the notch region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Toru Sakai, Abhishek Kumar
  • Patent number: 10509272
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus includes the display panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other, the first substrate comprises a pixel electrode, the second substrate comprises a common electrode, and the common electrode is formed with an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongfei Cheng, Jianbo Xian, Xueguang Hao, Yuxin Zhang, Yong Hu
  • Patent number: 10475969
    Abstract: A color converter and a method of manufacturing a color converter are provided. The color converter includes: a base substrate; a wavelength conversion pattern layer including a plurality of wavelength conversion layers disposed on the base substrate to be spaced apart from each other, and an overcoat layer disposed on the wavelength conversion pattern layer to cover at least a part of the wavelength conversion pattern layer, wherein the overcoat layer has an upper surface having a higher flatness than a lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You Young Jin, Jang Soo Kim, Jae Cheol Park, Wang Su Hong
  • Patent number: 10473986
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate having gate lines and data lines arranged thereon, the gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, the data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; a counter substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and liquid crystals put between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. Columnar spacers are formed on the counter substrate. Pedestals are formed on portions of the TFT substrate, the portions corresponding to the columnar spacers. A convex portion and a concave portion are present at the top end of the columnar spacer. The pedestal is formed corresponding to the concave portion. The concave portion is opened at the ends thereof and connected to the lateral side of the columnar spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yosuke Hyodo, Toshiki Kaneko, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10459276
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including a light transmitting area and a light blocking area, a gate conductor configured to transfer gate signals and a data conductor configured to transfer data voltages, the gate conductor and the data conductor disposed on the first substrate, a color filter disposed on the gate conductor, a black column spacer disposed on the color filter and corresponding to the light blocking area, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which in the light blocking area, the color filter includes a step, the black column spacer overlaps the color filter including the step, and the black column spacer includes spacers having the same thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Pyo Hong, Jun Seok Lee, Sang Woo Whangbo
  • Patent number: 10451926
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the substrates, and a display region. A hole portion is formed in the display region. A first seal portion is formed to surround the display region. A second seal portion is formed to surround the hole portion. The first and the second seal portions seal the liquid crystal. The second seal portion has a first end portion on the liquid crystal side and a second end portion on the opposite side of the liquid crystal side. A sealing material is present in the first end portion. A sealing material is present in the second end portion. A wall-like spacer is formed between the first and the second end portions to surround the hole portion. The wall-like spacer defines the gap between the first and the second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Junko Nagasawa, Hideki Shiina
  • Patent number: 10429696
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including a plurality of unit regions positioned at a display area in a plan view; a liquid crystal layer opposing the first substrate; a unit electrode portion positioned on a first surface of the first substrate at one unit region; a lower dam positioned at a peripheral area positioned around the display area in the plan view; and a protrusion positioned corresponding to the unit region in the plan view. The lower dam and protrusion are positioned between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and protruded toward the liquid crystal layer. The protrusion enclosing a portion around the unit region with respect to a center of the unit region in the plan view. The lower dam and the protrusion are positioned at a same layer and include the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Keun Kim, Min Wook Park
  • Patent number: 10401614
    Abstract: A system and method for an electrowetting display device are presented. The electrowetting display device includes a first support plate and a second support plate, A plurality of pixel walls associated with an electrowetting pixel are formed over the first support plate. A color filter is over the electrowetting pixel. The color filter allows propagation of visible light of a first color and prevents propagation of visible light of a second color. In an embodiment, the color filter includes a layer of light-absorbing photoresist that is patterned into a first plurality of regions and a second plurality of regions. Each region in the first plurality of regions has a first optical density and each region in the second plurality of regions has a second optical density so that the color filter has a non-uniform optical density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Sridhar Guntaka, Toru Sakai, Karel Johannes Gerhardus Hinnen
  • Patent number: 10394088
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The second substrate includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to each other. The third surface is arranged adjacent to the first surface. The first substrate includes a main photo spacer, a first sub photo spacer, and a second sub photo spacer formed thereon. The main photo spacer, the first sub photo spacer, and the second sub photo spacer have ends that are adjacent to the third surface and are spaced from the third surface by different distances. The liquid crystal display panel has an enhanced displaying quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yuejun Tang
  • Patent number: 10379405
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a counter substrate having a glass substrate, a color layer on the glass substrate, an overcoating layer on the color layer, and a counter protrusion and a counter wall protrusion on the overcoating layer. The counter protrusion is located in an image display region. The counter wall protrusion is located in a peripheral region enclosing the image display region. The counter protrusion and the counter wall protrusion are of substantially a same height. A first protrusion distance from the glass substrate to a top of the counter protrusion is shorter than a second protrusion distance from the glass substrate to a top of the counter wall protrusion. According to the liquid crystal display device configured as above, an outer periphery of a display panel does not bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Ryota Takasaki, Yusuke Morita, Hirofumi Funakoshi
  • Patent number: 10377949
    Abstract: To show a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound, to exhibit excellent persistence characteristics and display unevenness characteristics, a liquid crystal display device including such a composition, and an optical device. To show a liquid crystal composition containing the polymerizable compound and satisfying at least one of characteristics such as high maximum temperature, low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy and large specific resistance; and an AM device having characteristics such as a small persistence ratio, a short response time, a low threshold voltage, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio and a long service life. The liquid crystal composition contains as a first component a polymerizable monomer that has a capability of a hydrogen bond donor and can form a hydrogen bond with an alignment film surface, or an oligomer, a prepolymer or a polymer of the monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Fujita, Yoshimasa Furusato
  • Patent number: 10371990
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate having a display region where pixels each having a TFT and a pixel electrode are formed in a matrix, a counter substrate having a display region where color filters of three colors are formed in a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate being bonded together with a sealing material in a seal portion at a periphery, and liquid crystal sealed between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate by the seal material. In the display region, a first insulation film, a first alignment film, a first columnar spacer, an overcoat film, a first color filter among the color filters of three colors are stacked in this order between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Tomoya Sugano, Takamitsu Kamada
  • Patent number: 10353520
    Abstract: A display device with a capacitive touch panel including a liquid crystal display having a polarizing plate disposed on a top surface thereof; and a capacitive touch panel which is disposed in front of the liquid crystal display such that a gap is provided between the touch panel and the polarizing plate, and has an outer edge which is fixed to the liquid crystal display via an adhesive layer therebetween. The touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a conductive layer which is provided on the side of the liquid crystal display of the transparent substrate, and a protective sheet which is laminated on the conductive layer via an adhesive layer, and a surface of the protective sheet opposed to the liquid crystal display is an irregular surface having minute irregularities, and the irregular surface has a surface roughness of 1.5 nm to 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Oji Holdings Corporation
    Inventors: Emi Takakusagi, Sakura Miyazaki, Satoru Matsubayashi
  • Patent number: 10338425
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and its display panel are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a PDLC layer and a plurality of gridwall structures. The first substrate and the second substrate are opposite to each other. The PDLC layer and the plurality of gridwall structures are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The plurality of gridwall structures are spaced from each other and disposed in the PDLC layer. Each gridwall structure includes a transparent gridwall and a film structure covering the surface of the transparent gridwall. The refractivity of any two adjacent film layers of the first to Nth are different, and the reflectivity of one surface of the film structure facing the transparent gridwall is higher than the reflectivity of one surface of the film structure facing away from the transparent gridwall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HUIZHOU CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Fan
  • Patent number: 10303031
    Abstract: An electro-optic element is provided that includes a first substantially transparent substrate having first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The second surface has a first electrically conductive layer and a second substantially transparent substrate has third and fourth surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The third surface includes a second electrically conductive layer. At least one of the first and second substantially transparent substrates includes a polymer. A primary seal is positioned such that the primary seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity. The electro-optic medium is variably transmissive such that the electro-optic medium is operable between generally clear and darkened states. A polymeric barrier is disposed between the first electrically conductive layer and the electro-optic medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventor: William L. Tonar
  • Patent number: 10295869
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a first substrate that comprises a first base substrate, an insulating layer located on the first base substrate, and a barrier layer located on the insulating layer; a second substrate that faces the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a first spacer that is located between the first substrate and the second substrate and is in contact with the first substrate, wherein the first substrate further comprises a second spacer that is located on the barrier layer and overlaps with the first spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Seul Ki Kim, Seung Ha Choi, Yun Seok Han, Kap Soo Yoon, Jeong Uk Heo
  • Patent number: 10288948
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide a spacer, a liquid crystal display panel and a display device, and the spacer can ensure that it has a relative stability in the case of being under the action of an external force. The spacer comprises a first body and a second body disposed opposite to each other, one side of the first body close to the second body comprises at least one protrusion structure, and one side of the second body close to the first body comprises at least one groove structure, wherein the at least protrusion structure and the at least one groove structure match each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Qing Miao
  • Patent number: 10288928
    Abstract: Provided are a photomask and a method of manufacturing a color filter substrate. This belongs to the field of display technologies, and can be used to simplify manufacturing process of the color filter substrate and improve manufacturing efficiency of the color filter substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Chuang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10268067
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display substrate comprising a base substrate having at least a first region, a second region adjacent to the first region, a third region adjacent to the second region and spaced apart from the first region by the second region on one side, and a black matrix region; a black matrix in the black matrix region on the base substrate comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns intersecting each other; a first color filter layer in a first region and extending into the black matrix region, the first color filter layer overlapping with the black matrix throughout the plurality of columns of the black matrix; a second color filter layer in the second region; and a third color filter layer in the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Anxin Dong, Huifang Yuan, Bin Li, Sangman Yuk, Tao Zhu, Haibin Yin, Jian Chen, Qun Fang, Wenhao Tang
  • Patent number: 10254590
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a first alignment film, and a sealant, wherein the first alignment film is an optical alignment film, the sealant includes an epoxy resin not having an acrylate skeleton and a resin having an acrylate skeleton, a storage elastic modulus of the sealant is greater than or equal to 1.0×107 Pa and less than or equal to 1.5×109 Pa, and at least a part of the sealant is in contact with the first alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimatsu, Toshiyuki Higano, Midori Tsukane, Kazuhiro Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 10203569
    Abstract: An array substrate including a substrate, a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines disposed on the substrate, which intersect to define a plurality of pixel units, a common electrode including a planar shape disposed above the pixel units, a plurality of strip slits are disposed within a region of the common electrode that corresponds to the pixel units, major axes of a plurality of the strip slits corresponding to the same row of pixel units are parallel to each other, extension lines of the major axes of the strip slits corresponding to a row of the pixel units intersect extension lines of the major axes of the strip slits corresponding to an adjacent row of the pixel units; wherein, a first angle is defined between the major axis of one of the strip slits and a direction perpendicular to the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: Xiamen Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Binyi Zheng, Poping Shen, Ling Wu, Zhaodong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10203564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal module and a display device. The array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units includes at least three pixel sub-units; each of the pixel sub-units includes at least one electric field unit group; the electric field unit group includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode; the first pixel sub-unit includes a first electric field unit group; the second pixel sub-unit includes a second electric field unit group corresponding to the first electric field unit group; the third pixel sub-unit includes a third electric field unit group corresponding to the first electric field unit group; the first electric field unit group, the second electric field unit group and the third electric field unit group have different electric field intensities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jiaoming Lu
  • Patent number: 10199546
    Abstract: A micro-transfer color-filter device comprises a color filter, an electrical conductor disposed in contact with the color filter, and at least a portion of a color-filter tether attached to the color filter or structures formed in contact with the color filter. In certain embodiments, a color filter is a variable color filter electrically controlled through one or more electrodes and can be responsive to heat, electrical current, or an electrical field to modify its optical properties, such as color, transparency, absorption, or reflection. In certain embodiments, A color-filter device includes connection posts and can be provided in or on a source wafer suitable for micro-transfer printing. In some embodiments, a color-filter device is disposed on a device substrate and can include a control circuit for controlling the color filter. An array of micro-transfer color-filter devices can be disposed on a display substrate in order to form a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: X-Celeprint Limited
    Inventors: Ronald S. Cok, Christopher Andrew Bower, Robert R. Rotzoll, Mark Willner
  • Patent number: 10197857
    Abstract: The present invention prevents the shaving of an alignment film caused by a columnar spacer in a liquid crystal display device of an IPS method using photo-alignment. A plinth higher than a pixel electrode is formed at a part where a columnar spacer formed over a counter substrate touches a TFT substrate. When an alignment film of a double-layered structure is applied over the pixel electrode and the plinth, the thickness of the alignment film over the plinth reduces by a leveling effect. When photo-alignment is applied in the state, a photodegraded upper alignment film over the plinth disappears and a lower alignment film having a high mechanical strength remains. As a result, it is possible to prevent the shaving of the alignment film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Noboru Kunimatsu, Masaki Matsumori, Hidehiro Sonoda, Yasushi Tomioka, Toshiki Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10185184
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a TFT substrate having gate lines and data lines arranged thereon, the gate lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, the data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; a counter substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and liquid crystals put between the TFT substrate and the counter substrate. Columnar spacers are fainted on the counter substrate. Pedestals are formed on portions of the TFT substrate, the portions corresponding to the columnar spacers. A convex portion and a concave portion are present at the top end of the columnar spacer. The pedestal is formed corresponding to the concave portion. The concave portion is opened at the ends thereof and connected to the lateral side of the columnar spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tomioka, Noboru Kunimatsu, Yosuke Hyodo, Toshiki Kaneko, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 10185191
    Abstract: A panel carrier includes a substrate, a die-attach region, a short sidewall, and a conductor. The die-attach region is on a top substrate surface of the substrate for supporting the LCoS panel. The short sidewall is on a first side of the die-attach region and has a top sidewall surface at a first height above the top substrate surface exceeding 0.4 millimeters and an aperture spanning the top sidewall surface and the top substrate surface. The conductor at least partially fills the aperture for electrically connecting to the conductive layer. A method for mechanically and electrically connecting a LCoS panel to a panel carrier having a short sidewall includes electrically connecting a transparent conductive layer of the LCoS panel to a conductive material, within the short sidewall, with a conductive adhesive having a thickness, between the transparent conductive layer and the short sidewall, less than two-hundred micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: En-Chi Li, Chi-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 10180601
    Abstract: The present application discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display apparatus. The liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter substrate, and an array substrate, formed opposite and space apart from the color filter substrate, and a photo spacer disposed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate, a side of the array substrate toward the color filter substrate is set up a contact hole, a side of the color filter substrate toward the array substrate is disposed a projection, the height of the projection is larger than the height of the photo spacer, and the top of the projection is inserted into the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Qipei Zhang, Caiqin Chen
  • Patent number: 10088710
    Abstract: A substrate and a photoelectric display device including the substrate are provided. The substrate includes a display region and seal material disposed in a periphery thereof. The substrate further includes a trapping buffer region which is disposed between the display region and the seal material and receives photoelectric display media. By providing the trapping buffer region, impact on the seal material by the excessive photoelectric display media can be mitigated or eliminated when the photoelectric display device is subjected to an external force or is flexed. The life time of the seal material is prolonged. A leakage of the photoelectric display media is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbo Li, Xinyin Wu, Yong Qiao, Hongfei Cheng, Pan Li, Jianbo Xian
  • Patent number: 10083994
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates provide a flexible display panel and a display device. The flexible display panel includes: a flexible substrate; an inorganic layer disposed on the flexible substrate; and signal lines which are arranged in parallel along a first direction and located within the inorganic layer; wherein the signal lines are electrically connected with the display units and extend along a second direction to the wiring area; the inorganic layer includes a signal line spacing area and signal line covering areas; on a plane where the flexible substrate is located, an orthographic projection of the signal line spacing area does not overlap projections of the signal lines, and orthographic projections of the signal line covering areas cover the signal lines; in a direction perpendicular to the flexible substrate, a top end of the signal line spacing area is higher than top ends of the signal line covering areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHANGHAI TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xu Qian
  • Patent number: 10078243
    Abstract: A display device that is suitable for high definition and a method for manufacturing thereof are provided. The display device includes a reflective liquid crystal element. A liquid crystal layer has a first portion overlapping with a reflective electrode that reflects visible light and blocks ultraviolet light, and a second portion overlapping with a region between two adjacent reflective electrodes. The first portion contains a monomer and liquid crystal and the second portion contains a polymer obtained by polymerization of the monomer. In the second portion, the polymer constitutes the framework of a columnar partition wall which bonds a pair of substrates to each other. The partition wall can be formed in a self-aligned manner by using the reflective electrode as a light-blocking mask at the irradiation with light. The polymer is positioned to fit a depression portion of an insulating layer over which the reflective electrode is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kubota, Masaru Nakano
  • Patent number: 10054823
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other at their periphery by a sealant, with liquid crystal sealed between the first substrate and a second substrate, and has a display region. The first substrate is formed, between the sealant and an end portion of the display region, with a wall that partitions the liquid crystal into a portion on the display region side and a portion on the sealant side. A gap exists between the tip of the wall and the second substrate side. In the liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal portion that has been contaminated is restrained from moving into the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Nobuko Fukuoka, Yusuke Morita, Kazuya Daishi
  • Patent number: 10042207
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device having excellent display quality, with reduced string-like defects that occur in display pixels. The liquid crystal display panel of the present invention includes multiple spacers between a pair of substrates, wherein the spacers are arranged such that an inter-spacer distance between adjacent spacers in a longitudinal direction is different from an inter-spacer distance between adjacent spacers in a transverse direction, and an angle formed between a line connecting the spacers with a shorter inter-spacer distance and an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules at a voltage lower than a threshold voltage in the liquid crystal layer is 20° or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isamu Miyake, Koichi Miyachi
  • Patent number: 10036925
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a display panel which includes a TFT array substrate and a CF substrate arranged as opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal held therebetween; and a front panel which is adhered to a front surface side of the display panel with a resin layer interposed therebetween. A display region of the display panel is provided with main spacers formed on the CF substrate and making contact with the TFT array substrate, and sub-spacers formed on the CF substrate and not reaching the TFT array substrate. A ratio of a total contact area of the main spacers and the TFT array substrate with respect to an area of the display region of the liquid crystal panel is equal to or smaller than 0.02%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Yonemura, Hiroshi Umeda
  • Patent number: 10032809
    Abstract: A display device comprising a first substrate and a second substrate opposing one another, a thin film transistor and a color filter disposed on the first substrate, a planarization layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter and a light blocking portion disposed on the planarization layer, the light blocking portion defining a pixel area, wherein the planarization layer comprises a first protrusion and a second protrusion, wherein the first protrusion is disposed in an area in which the light blocking portion is disposed, wherein the second protrusion is spaced apart from the first second protrusion, and wherein the light blocking portion comprises a first light blocking pattern disposed on the first protrusion, and the first light blocking pattern contacts the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeongmin Park, Junhong Park, Yangho Jung, Jihyun Kim, Kyoungheon Lee
  • Patent number: 10014349
    Abstract: A solid state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate where photoelectric conversion regions for converting light into charges are arranged per pixel planarly arranged; an organic photoelectric conversion film laminated at a light irradiated side of the semiconductor substrate via an insulation film and formed at the regions where the pixels are formed; a lower electrode formed at and in contact with the organic photoelectric conversion film at a semiconductor substrate side; a first upper electrode laminated at a light irradiated side of the organic photoelectric conversion film and formed such that ends of the first upper electrode are substantially conform with ends of the organic photoelectric conversion film when the solid state image sensor is planarly viewed; and a film stress suppressor for suppressing an effect of a film stress on the organic photoelectric conversion film, the film stress being generated on the first upper electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Joei, Kaori Takimoto
  • Patent number: 10012871
    Abstract: An LCD panel and an LCD apparatus are provided. The LCD panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of supporters disposal between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to support the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of liquid crystals filling a space formed by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the plurality of supporters, a plurality of buffers disposed between adjacent supporters, and a black matrix disposed on the second substrate. The plurality of the supporters includes a plurality of first supporters and a plurality of second supporters. In a direction perpendicular to at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, a second supporter has a height smaller than a first supporter, and a buffer has a height smaller than the first supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binyi Zheng, Ling Wu, Poping Shen