In Active Matrix With Separate Dedicated Capacitor Line Patents (Class 349/39)
  • Patent number: 10747067
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a substrate, a switching element provided on the substrate and including a relay electrode, a first electrode provided further away from the substrate than the switching element, a first insulating film provided on the first electrode and having a first thickness, a second electrode provided on the first insulating film, a second insulating film provided on the second electrode and having a second thickness and a third electrode provided on the second insulating film and supplied with a same potential as that of the first electrode. The second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ozeki, Seiji Uejima, Nobutaka Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10706353
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a data storage circuit, a weight storage circuit, and an operation circuit. The data storage circuit stores, according to a preset control instruction, gray-scale value data of an image in a first preset time period; the weight storage circuit stores a data weight corresponding to the gray-scale value data in the first preset time period; the operation circuit carries out an operation on the gray-scale value data and the data weight in the first preset time period and outputs first data; the data storage circuit further stores the first data according to the preset control instruction in a second preset time period; the weight storage circuit further stores the data weight corresponding to the first data in the second preset time period; the operation circuit carries out an operation on the first data and the data weight in the second time period and outputs second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INTELLIFUSION TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen Jiang
  • Patent number: 10620492
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing an array substrate, an array substrate and a display device. The method includes: disposing, on a substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in an array; depositing a first transparent electrode layer on the substrate and processing the first transparent electrode layer by using a first pattern process, so as to form a plurality of first electrodes connected with drains of the film transistors, and a connecting electrode connecting adjacent ones of the first electrodes; disposing a functional structure on a side of the first transparent electrode layer that is away from the substrate; and processing the connecting electrode by using a second pattern process and disconnecting the connecting electrode, so as to form a convex connection on an edge of the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Su, Xiaofei Yang, Xu Liu, Xinghua Li
  • Patent number: 10585319
    Abstract: A display device with less light leakage and excellent contrast is provided. A display device having a high aperture ratio and including a large-capacitance capacitor is provided. A display device in which wiring delay due to parasitic capacitance is reduced is provided. A display device includes a transistor over a substrate, a pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a signal line electrically connected to the transistor, a scan line electrically connected to the transistor and intersecting with the signal line, and a common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode and the signal line with an insulating film provided therebetween. The common electrode includes stripe regions extending in a direction intersecting with the signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Hatsumi, Daisuke Kubota, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 10571757
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Wan Woo, Min Wook Park, Young Goo Song, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10559235
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a first pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying three primary colors respectively; and a second pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying two colors selected among the three primary colors and a predetermined color other than the three primary colors, wherein, in the first pixel, the size of the display surface of a sub-pixel for displaying a specific color included in the three primary colors as a specific color missing from the second pixel is larger than each of the sizes of the display surfaces of the two other sub-pixels for displaying the two other primary colors respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Matsui, Akira Sakaigawa, Masaaki Kabe, Kenta Seki
  • Patent number: 10553616
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The array substrate includes a substrate, a buffer layer, an active layer, a gate insulating layer with a second via hole, a gate, an interlayer insulating layer with a first via hole, a source electrode contacting the active layer through the first and second via holes, a planarization layer with a third via hole, a common electrode with a fourth via hole and a passivation layer sequentially disposed on the substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the passivation layer contacts the active layer through a fifth via hole passing through the fourth and third via holes, the interlayer insulating layer, and the gate insulating layer. According to present disclosure, static electricity generated in manufacturing is effectively prevented from being transferred to the active layer to cause Electro-Static discharge, which further improves the product quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhandong Zhang
  • Patent number: 10539841
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Wan Woo, Min Wook Park, Young Goo Song, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10522098
    Abstract: A reflective color electrophoresis display device includes a plurality of sub-pixel structures, and each of the sub-pixel structures includes a columnar body, an electronic ink layer, two electrodes and a rotation control unit. The columnar body includes at least one spacer radially disposed to divide the columnar body into at least two portions. The electronic ink layer is disposed over one of the at least two portions of the columnar body, and the electronic ink layer contains two different color particles. The two electrodes electrically connect the electronic ink layer to control movement of the two different color particles. The rotation control unit is configured to control rotation of the columnar body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Po-Yuan Lo, Tai-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 10522568
    Abstract: It is an object to manufacture and provide a highly reliable display device including a thin film transistor with a high aperture ratio which has stable electric characteristics. In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a thin film transistor in which a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor film, a heat treatment for reducing moisture and the like which are impurities and for improving the purity of the oxide semiconductor film (a heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed. Further, an aperture ratio is improved by forming a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer using conductive films having light transmitting properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Masayuki Sakakura
  • Patent number: 10483294
    Abstract: An array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a gate electrode layer, an active layer and a source-drain electrode layer that are disposed on a substrate. The substrate comprises a storage capacitance region thereon II. In the storage capacitance region II, projections of the gate electrode layer and the active layer on the substrate are at least partially overlapped, and projections of the active layer and the source-drain electrode layer on the substrate are at least partially overlapped. The array substrate can effectively increase the storage capacitance without increasing an area occupied by the storage capacitance region, which is advantageously to reduce a pixel area and increase PPI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaodi Liu, Gang Wang
  • Patent number: 10481487
    Abstract: A mask is provided for fabrication of a common electrode on an array substrate and includes a central portion, a first portion, and a second portion. The first portion is connected to the central portion and extends in a first direction. The second portion is connected to the central portion and extends in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction intersect each other. A first notch is formed in an interfacing site of the first portion and the central portion. A second notch is formed in an interfacing site of the second portion and the central portion. The second notch is connected to and in communication with the first notch to collectively form a first recessed zone. The mask helps reduce the potential risk of displaying defects appearing in a liquid crystal display panel using the array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Liyang An, Xiangyang Xu
  • Patent number: 10453986
    Abstract: Solar cells are manufactured from P-type doped monocrystalline or polycrystalline silicon ingots by sawing wafers and applying an N-type doping. The wafers can be improved by etching them, especially in a plasma assisted process, with fluorine, carbonyl fluoride, SF6 or NF3. Hereby, the surface is roughened so that the degree of light reflection is reduced, cracks caused from the sawing operation are prevented from proliferation, and glass-like phosphorus-containing oxide coatings caused by phosphorus doping are removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SOLVAY FLUOR GMBH
    Inventor: Marcello Riva
  • Patent number: 10446633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transparent OLED display and a manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method of the transparent OLED display forms an active layer and a first storage capacitor electrode in the same process. The first storage capacitor electrode is made of the transparent metal oxide semiconductor material. A second storage capacitor electrode is manufactured by two photolithography processes so the second storage capacitor electrode is made of only a transparent conductive oxide material. A storage capacitor region where the first storage capacitor electrode and the second storage capacitor electrode are located is a transparent region. Thus, light transmittance and transparent display effect of the transparent OLED display is enhanced. Further, a terminal located in a peripheral region is formed and only made of the transparent conductive oxide material to prevent it from being corroded by water and oxygen. It enhances service life of the transparent OLED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaosong Liu, Jangsoon Im
  • Patent number: 10437119
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a first display panel; and a second display panel opposing to the first display panel. Each of the first and second display panel includes a plurality of source lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of pixel electrodes electrically connected to corresponding one of the thin film transistors. In a second display panel, at least two thin film transistors are electrically connected to a same second source line and a same second gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuko Mori, Teruhisa Nakagawa, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Katsuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10409117
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; and pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate, each of the pixel electrodes including: a stem including a first stem and a second stem perpendicularly crossing each other; and a plurality of branch electrodes extending from the stem, wherein one of the first stem of and the second stem of each pixel electrode has a different width corresponding to a location of pixel electrodes on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Dispiay Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Hwa Lee, Kwang-Chul Jung, Mee-Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 10381454
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide methods of forming a capacitor with high capacitance and low leakage as well as a good interface control for thin film transistor (TFT) applications. In one embodiment, a thin film transistor structure includes a capacitor formed in a thin film transistor device. The capacitor further includes a common electrode disposed on a substrate, a dielectric layer formed on the common electrode and a pixel electrode formed on the dielectric layer. An interface protection layer formed between the common electrode and the dielectric layer, or between the dielectric layer and the pixel electrode. A gate insulating layer fabricated by a high-k material may also be utilized in the thin film transistor structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: PATTERSON + SHERIDAN LLP
    Inventors: Xuena Zhang, Dong-Kil Yim, Wenqing Dai, Harvey You, Tae Kyung Won, Hsiao-Lin Yang, Wan-Yu Lin, Yun-chu Tsai
  • Patent number: 10317752
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device comprises a first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate comprises subpixels, first and second common electrodes, and a pixel electrode. Each of the subpixels comprises an axial area, branch areas, and gap areas. The second edge comprises concave portions. The axial and branch areas are areas in which the second common electrode is not present, and the pixel electrode is present. The gap areas are areas in which the second common electrode is present. The concave portions are areas in which the second common electrode and the pixel electrode are not present, and the first common electrode is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Toshiharu Matsushima
  • Patent number: 10310306
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and apparatus which includes a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit. The first pixel unit includes a first thin film transistor, a first charging capacitor, a second charging capacitor. One side of the first charging capacitor is connected the drain of the first thin film transistor. the other side of the first charging capacitor is connected the second charging capacitor; the second pixel unit includes a second thin film transistor; the drain of the second thin film transistor is connected to the other side of the first charging capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sikun Hao
  • Patent number: 10254864
    Abstract: A display of an electric device includes a plurality of separated transparent electrode blocks, which are configured to provide one or more of supplemental features such as touch recognition. Signal paths between the transparent electrode blocks and the driver for the supplemental feature are implemented with a plurality of conductive lines placed under positioned under one or more planarization layers. The conductive lines implementing the signal paths are routed across the display area, directly toward a non-display area where drive-integrated circuits are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Sang Kim, SangWoon Kim, Heonkwang Park, SiHyun Kim, Sewan Lee
  • Patent number: 10254580
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate covering the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; and a light blocking member disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, the light blocking member disposed in a curved area and defining a display area and a non-display area. The plurality of pixels includes a first pixel outside the curved area; and a second pixel in the curved area, and a pixel electrode of the first pixel has a different shape from a shape of a pixel electrode of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changil Tae, Seungjun Yu, Younggoo Song
  • Patent number: 10216019
    Abstract: A method and apparatus performed by an electronic device for operating a display assembly of the electronic device includes a display assembly having an externally-lit display with first and second polarizing layers and a backlighting source. The first polarizing layer is positioned between the backlighting source and the second polarizing layer. The display assembly also includes a self-lit display positioned between the first and second polarizing layers of the externally-lit display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Xiaodong Xun
  • Patent number: 10199394
    Abstract: Provided is a display device with high display quality. The display device includes a transistor over a substrate, an inorganic insulating film over the transistor, an organic insulating film over the inorganic insulating film, a capacitor electrically connected to the transistor, and a pixel electrode over the organic insulating film. The transistor includes a gate electrode over the substrate, an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, a gate insulating film in contact with one surface of the oxide semiconductor film, and a pair of conductive films in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. The capacitor includes a metal oxide film over the gate insulating film, the inorganic insulating film, and a first light-transmitting conductive film over the inorganic insulating film. The pixel electrode is formed of a second light-transmitting conductive film and in contact with one of the pair of conductive films and the first light-transmitting conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Miyake, Masahiro Katayama
  • Patent number: 10186212
    Abstract: An electrowetting display device may comprise rows and columns of pixels. Each of the pixels may include a thin film transistor (TFT) that is switchable to select each of the pixels using active matrix addressing. The electrowetting display device may further comprise source lines connected to the TFT of each of the pixels; gate lines connected to the TFT of each of the pixels; and a supplemental capacitor disposed between each of the gate lines and a ground and having a capacitance approximately equal to an equivalent capacitance of a group of pixels that are interconnected with one another on one of the gate lines, wherein the group of pixels are a subset of the rows and columns of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Ramos Carneiro, Pavel Novoselov
  • Patent number: 10175535
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display apparatus which has a reduced area of a dark line generated when light is transmitted through a pixel region, and excellent transmittance of light and image quality. The liquid crystal display apparatus has two substrates which respectively have an electrode and a photo alignment film sequentially formed on respective one surfaces, and are disposed so that the one surfaces thereof face to each other, wherein a liquid crystal layer including a vertical alignment type liquid crystal material is interposed between the photo alignment films; a plurality of pixel regions formed on the substrate in a matrix shape in a plane direction of the substrate; and at least two liquid crystal domains which are included in each pixel region, and have standard alignment directions different from each other defined by the photo alignment films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Sakai Display Products Corporation
    Inventor: Mitsuaki Hirata
  • Patent number: 10156942
    Abstract: An in-cell touch screen and a display device, a touch electrode pattern is disposed on a side of the opposite substrate (100) facing the array substrate (200); a data line (210) and a gate line (220) are disposed on a side of the array substrate (200) facing the opposite substrate (100), the data line (210) and the gate line (220) intercross and are mutually insulated from each other; and a common electrode layer (230) is disposed on a layer where the gate line and the data line are located; and an orthographic projection of the common electrode layer (230) on the array substrate (200) covers orthographic projections of the gate line (220) and the data line (210). The in-cell touch screen can avoid various display problems and touch problems caused by insufficient time periods in a time division driving manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiayang Zhao, Yinglong Huang
  • Patent number: 10152912
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first data driver, a second data driver, and a first capacitor. The display panel is connected to a plurality of data lines. The first data driver is connected to first data lines among the plurality of data lines, and is configured to perform a first charge sharing for the first data lines. The second data driver is connected to second data lines among the plurality of data lines, and is configured to perform a second charge sharing for the second data lines. The first capacitor is connected to the first data driver and the second data driver. Each of the first and second charge sharings is performed using the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun-Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 10134781
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has an insulating surface provided with a transistor and a capacitor. The transistor includes a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film overlapping with the gate electrode, a gate insulating film between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film, and a first conductive film serving as a pair of electrodes in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. An oxide insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, a metal oxide film over the oxide insulating film, and a second conductive film serving as a pixel electrode which is in an opening in the metal oxide film and is in contact with the first conductive film are provided. The capacitor includes a film having conductivity over the gate insulating film, the second conductive film, and the metal oxide film provided between the film having conductivity and the second conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Junichi Koezuka, Masahiro Katayama, Masami Jintyou
  • Patent number: 10126860
    Abstract: A touch display panel. The touch display panel includes a first substrate; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of gate lines. The touch display panel also includes a plurality of subpixel regions arranged in an array defined by the plurality of data lines and the plurality of gate lines on the first substrate, each subpixel region including a common electrode pattern; a plurality of touch-driving electrodes, each formed by electrically connected common electrode patterns corresponding to at least one row of subpixel regions; and a plurality of touch-sensing electrodes. The plurality of touch-driving electrodes and the touch-sensing electrodes are for detecting a touch motion on the touch display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Rui Xu, Lei Wang, Changfeng Li, Hongjuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10127871
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix in a display area; a scanning line that is coupled with pixels arranged in a row direction in the display area and is supplied with a scan signal; a signal line that is coupled with pixels arranged in a column direction in the display area and is supplied with a pixel signal; a common electrode that is commonly coupled with the pixels and is supplied with a common voltage; and a detection circuit that detects a transient potential variation component that is synchronized with the pixel signal and is superimposed on the common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Yosuke Toyoshima, Kensuke Shioda
  • Patent number: 10120243
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display capable of reducing a texture by increasing a liquid crystal control ability. The liquid crystal display includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. The first electrode includes a horizontal extension forming a boundary between adjacent subregions and a vertical extension connected to the horizontal extension, and the horizontal extension includes a portion which has a largest width at a position proximate to the vertical extension, and which has a smaller width at a position farther from the vertical extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kee-Bum Park, Dong Hee Shin, Kyung Ho Kim, Ho Kyung Kim, Yoo Mi Ra
  • Patent number: 10120250
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device serves as an electro-optical device and includes, on a base member of an element substrate, a first shield layer disposed between a gate electrode and a drain electrode of a TFT, and a second shield layer provided between the drain electrode and a data line serving as a signal line. A first holding capacitor is configured by part of the drain electrode, the first dielectric layer, and the second shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro Izawa, Satoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 10096629
    Abstract: A semiconductor device (1001) includes a thin-film transistor (101) including a gate electrode (3), an oxide semiconductor layer (7), a gate insulating layer (5), a source electrode (9s), and a drain electrode (9d); a metal oxide layer (8) including a conductor region (70c) and formed from an oxide film from which the oxide semiconductor layer (7) is also formed; an interlayer insulating layer (13) covering the thin-film transistor and the metal oxide layer (8); and a transparent conductive layer (15) disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the drain electrode, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer (7) and the metal oxide layer (8) contain indium, tin, and zinc, and the transparent conductive layer (15) overlaps at least a portion of the conductor region (70c) with the interlayer insulating layer (13) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Seiji Kaneko, Yutaka Takamaru, Yohsuke Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 10082715
    Abstract: A conductive element includes: a first conductive film; a second conductive film connected to the first conductive film; a first insulating film covering the first conductive film and disposed in a layer below the second conductive film, the first insulating film having a contact hole exposing at least an edge face of the first conductive film and thereby connecting the second conductive film to the first conductive film; a second insulating film disposed in a layer above the second insulating film so as to straddle the contact hole; and a third conductive film disposed in a layer above the second conductive film with the second insulating film between the second and third conductive films, the third conductive film having a conductive film opening that contains a location overlapping the edge face of the first conductive film in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kuniaki Okada, Seiichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 10018858
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, one line on the substrate, the one line extending from a peripheral region through a display region, pixels on the display region, the pixels being connected to the one line, an outer line on the peripheral region, the outer line being connected to the one line during a short circuit test process that detects a position of a short circuit defect, an electrostatic protection resistor on the peripheral region, the electrostatic protection resistor being connected to the outer line, a pad on the peripheral region, the pad being connected to the outer line through the electrostatic protection resistor, a short circuit test signal being applied to the pad during the short circuit test process, and a bypass line connecting a node between the pad and the electrostatic protection resistor to the outer line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyong-Tae Park
  • Patent number: 10007158
    Abstract: A method to repair a data line in a thin film transistor array panel includes, if the data line is disconnected at a disconnection portion, irradiating a laser on at least one side of the disconnected portion of the data line to short the data line and a storage electrode, and irradiating the laser to separate a portion shorted to the data line among the storage electrode to be disconnected. The storage electrode includes a first portion overlapping the data line between two adjacent gate lines and a second portion connected to the first portion and enclosing an edge of a pixel area except for a region where the first portion is formed. Two adjacent pixel areas are defined by the two adjacent gate lines and two adjacent data lines, and the storage electrode is branched between pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Woong Chang, Ho-Kyoon Kwon, Shin-Tack Kang
  • Patent number: 10007133
    Abstract: To provide a highly reliable liquid crystal display device including flexible substrates and a crystalline oxide semiconductor film for a backplane. The device includes a flexible first substrate, a flexible second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the substrates with a sealing member. The first substrate is provided with a layer including a transistor, an organic resin film over the transistor, a pixel electrode and a common electrode over the organic resin film, which partly overlap with each other with an insulating film provided therebetween, and an alignment film thereover. The transistor includes a crystalline oxide semiconductor film as a semiconductor layer where a channel is formed. Drying treatment is performed on the layer before the liquid crystal layer is sealed between the substrates, and steps from the drying treatment to sealing of the liquid crystal layer are performed without exposure to the air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yoshiharu Hirakata, Daisuke Kubota, Akio Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9966033
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a detection device for a display panel. The detection device includes twelve signal source input terminals for inputting a detection signal, and twelve shorting bars corresponding to the signal source input terminals one on one. One end of the shorting bar is connected to the corresponding signal source input terminal, and the other end of the shorting bar is connected to a corresponding data line on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Siyang Liu
  • Patent number: 9941261
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed adjacent to the first substrate and partially covering the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises a second arc edge and a second side, and the second arc edge connects to the second side; a driving unit disposed on a part of the first substrate uncovered with the second substrate; and a compensation panel disposed on the driving unit and comprising a third arc edge and a third side, wherein the third arc edge connects to the third side, wherein the third side corresponds to the second side, and the third arc edge corresponds to the second arc edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: INNOLUX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng-Min Wu, Chien-Feng Shih, Sheng-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 9941309
    Abstract: To provide a semiconductor device including a capacitor whose charge capacity is increased without reducing the aperture ratio. The semiconductor device includes a transistor including a light-transmitting semiconductor film, a capacitor where a dielectric film is provided between a pair of electrodes, an insulating film provided over the light-transmitting semiconductor film, and a light-transmitting conductive film provided over the insulating film. In the capacitor, a metal oxide film containing at least indium (In) or zinc (Zn) and formed on the same surface as the light-transmitting semiconductor film in the transistor serves as one electrode, the light-transmitting conductive film serves as the other electrode, and the insulating film provided over the light-transmitting semiconductor film serves as the dielectric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Miyake, Hideaki Shishido, Jun Koyama, Daisuke Matsubayashi, Keisuke Murayama
  • Patent number: 9933676
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel (100) includes a pair of substrates (10, 30); a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the pair of substrates; and a sealing member (42) provided so as to surround the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of pixels (P1, P2) are provided in a matrix in a region surrounded by the sealing member. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an oxide semiconductor TFT (5) provided in one substrate (10) of the pair of substrates; and a pixel electrode (19) provided in the one substrate and connected with the oxide semiconductor TFT. Each of the plurality of pixels is configured such that when the oxide semiconductor TFT is switched from an on-state to an off-state, a level of a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer by use of the pixel electrode is shifted in a negative direction by a pull-in voltage ?Vd.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuatsu Ito, Tadayoshi Miyamoto, Seiichi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9905585
    Abstract: A semiconductor device in which the aperture ratio and which includes a capacitor with increased charge capacity is provided. A semiconductor device in which the number of masks used in a manufacturing process is reduced and the manufacturing costs are reduced is also provided. An impurity is contained in a light-transmitting semiconductor film so that the semiconductor film functions as one of a pair of electrodes in a capacitor. The other pair of electrodes is formed using a light-transmitting conductive film such as a pixel electrode. Further, a scan line and a capacitor line are provided on the same surface and in parallel to each other. An opening reaching the capacitor line and an opening reaching a conductive film which can be formed in the formation of a source electrode or a drain electrode of the transistor can be formed concurrently in an insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroyuki Miyake
  • Patent number: 9881548
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes at least one first data line, at least one second data line, a plurality of driving transistors, and a plurality of light emitters. Each driving transistor has a driving gate electrode connected to the at least one first data line and the at least one second data line, and the light emitters are respectively connected to the driving transistors. Emission regions of the light emitter do not overlap the at least one first data line, the at least one second data line, and the driving transistors. A shielding portion overlaps an end of the at least one first data line and an end of the at least one second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Park, Jeong Hwan Kim, Sun Park, Chun Gi You
  • Patent number: 9880438
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel regions. Each of the pixel regions includes a thin-film transistor, a transparent conductive pixel electrode connected to the thin-film transistor, a first common electrode, a first insulating film disposed between the pixel electrode and the first common electrode, a second insulating film, a second common electrode that includes a plurality of slits, and a third insulating film. A space between two closely adjacent boundaries of a pair of pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the plurality of gate lines overlaps the first common electrode and the second common electrode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kikuo Ono, Daisuke Kajita, Ryutaro Oke
  • Patent number: 9837476
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a first electrode around a center point of a virtual tetragon, e.g., a virtual square; second electrodes around a first vertex and a second vertex diagonal to the first vertex of the virtual square, the second electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; third electrodes around a third vertex and a fourth vertex of the virtual square, the third electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; a pixel defining layer partially on the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes, and partially exposing the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes; and four spacers disposed as islands on the pixel defining layer and corresponding to four sides of the virtual square.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ok-Kyung Park, Su Yeon Yun
  • Patent number: 9818351
    Abstract: A LCD includes the sub-pixels arranged at least in two adjacent rows. The sub-pixels of the same color are interleaved with each other along the column direction. When the LCD displays a pure color frame, within the even-number arranging periods of the sub-pixels arranged along the column direction, a number of the sub-pixels of the same color being applied with the data signals having positive polarity are the same with the sub-pixels of the same color being applied with the data signals having negative polarity. In this way, the common electrode coupling caused by the transition of the data signals may be avoided. This eliminates the flicker issues and enhances the display performance of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tien-hao Chang, Siyang Liu
  • Patent number: 9817283
    Abstract: A display, includes: a substrate; first signal lines (FSLs) disposed on the substrate and extending in substantially a first direction; a gate insulating layer (GIL) disposed on the FSLs; a first electrode disposed on the GIL; a thin film transistor (TFT) connected to a FSL of the FSLs and including the GIL and the first electrode; a pixel electrode (PE) extending in substantially the first direction, connected to the TFT, and configured to receive a data voltage from the TFT; a common electrode (CE) overlapping with at least a portion of the PE; and a first insulating layer disposed between the PE and CE. One of the PE and the CE has a planar shape and the other includes branch electrodes overlapping with the planar shape and extending substantially parallel to the FSL. At least a portion of the CE overlaps with at least a portion of the FSL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk-Sung Kim, Bong-Jun Lee, Sung Man Kim, Seul Ki Kim, Jin Yun Kim, Dong Wuuk Seo, Min Hee Son
  • Patent number: 9798207
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of array substrates, an array substrate, and a display panel are disclosed. The manufacturing method of the array substrate includes: forming a first electrode and a gate electrode on a substrate in sequence; forming an insulation layer, a semiconductor layer and a dielectric layer on the substrates in sequence and forming a first through hole, a second through hole and a third through hole; forming a source electrode, a drain electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode on the dielectric layer, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode connect to the semiconductor layer respectively, the second electrode connects to the first electrode and the third electrode connects with the drain electrode. In this way, the number of the masks needed during the manufacturing process is decreased. In addition, the manufacturing process is simplified and the cost is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yutong Hu
  • Patent number: 9780331
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a scan line formed over a substrate, a data line formed over the substrate, and a driving voltage line configured to receive a driving voltage. The data line and driving voltage line cross the scan line and are electrically insulated from the scan line. A switching transistor is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line and includes a switching drain electrode. A driving transistor includes a driving source electrode electrically connected to the switching drain electrode and a driving gate electrode including a first storage electrode. A storage line includes a second storage electrode overlapping the first storage electrode. An OLED is electrically connected to the driving transistor, the second storage electrode including an extension at least partially overlapping the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Chae Han Hyun, Mi Hae Kim, Myeong Hee Seo, Ki Myeong Eom, Ji-Eun Lee
  • Patent number: RE47431
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the substrate, a plurality of data lines intersecting the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors and arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the pixel electrodes includes a first side parallel to each gate line and a second side being shorter than the first side, the second side being formed next to the first side, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes that are adjacent to each other in a column direction are connected to different data lines from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim