Organic Semiconductor Material Patents (Class 257/40)
  • Patent number: 11997921
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting device including: an anode; a cathode; and a light emitting light provided between the anode and the cathode, in which a first organic material layer including a composition which includes a compound of Chemical Formula 1 or a cured product thereof is included between the light emitting layer and the anode, and a second organic material layer including a composition which includes a copolymer of Chemical Formula 2 or a cured product thereof is included between the first organic material layer and the light emitting layer, Wherein all the variables are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dowon Lim, Ji Hoon Kim, Juhwan Kim, Donghwan Lee, Jaesoon Bae, Jaechol Lee, Songrim Jang, Doowhan Choi, Keunsoo Lee, Jumin Lee
  • Patent number: 11997926
    Abstract: Provided is a heterocyclic compound of Chemical Formula 1: wherein X1 is CR1 or N, X2 is CR2 or N, X3 is CR3 or N, X4 is CR4 or N, Y1 is CR5 or N, Y2 is CR6 or N, Y3 is CR7 or N, Y4 is CR8 or N, Z1 is CR9 or N, Z2 is CR10 or N, Z3 is CR11 or N, and Z4 is CR12 or N, wherein X1 to X4, Y1 to Y4 and Z1 to Z4 are not N at the same time; and at least one of R1 to R12 is Chemical Formula 2: wherein A1 is O, S or Se; L1 is a direct bond, or a substituted or unsubstituted arylene or heteroarylene group; at least one of Ar1 and Ar2 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, and the rest is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group; and the rest are the same as or different from each other, and each independently is hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxyl, carbonyl, ester, imide, amide, or a substituted or unsubstituted: alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthioxy, arylthioxy, alkylsulfoxy, arylsulfoxy, alkenyl, silyl, boron, amine, arylphosphine oxide, aryl, or heteroa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jungoh Huh, Miyeon Han, Dong Hoon Lee, Dong Uk Heo, Jae Tak Lee, Junghoon Yang, Heekyung Yun
  • Patent number: 11997877
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display panel are provided. A driving circuit layer of the array substrate includes a low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor and a low temperature polycrystalline oxide thin film transistor which are electrically connected with each other. A hydrogen blocking layer is formed on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of an oxide active layer of the low temperature polysilicon thin film transistor. The hydrogen blocking layer can block hydrogen ions in other film layers to invade the oxide active layer and avoid that device characteristics are drifted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huihui Zhao, Hao Peng
  • Patent number: 11997889
    Abstract: Frame wiring lines are provided in a frame region, a flattening film in which a frame-shaped slit is formed in the frame region is provided in the display region and the frame region, a plurality of first electrodes constituting light-emitting elements are provided on the flattening film, and conductive layer made of the same material and formed in the same layer as those of each of the plurality of first electrodes are provided covering at least end faces of the frame wiring lines exposed from the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Taniyama, Ryosuke Gunji, Shinsuke Saida, Shinji Ichikawa, Tohru Okabe, Kohji Ariga, Akira Inoue, Yoshihiro Kohara, Koji Tanimura, Yoshihiro Nakada, Hiroharu Jinmura
  • Patent number: 11997912
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a thin-film transistor unit, and a light-emitting unit. The flexible substrate includes a display area has a first area, a peripheral area which is adjacent to the display area, and a first penetrating portion corresponding to the first area. The thin-film transistor unit is in the display area and at least a portion of the peripheral area. The thin-film transistor unit includes a thin-film transistor and an insulation layer and has a second penetrating portion at a location corresponding to the first penetrating portion. The light-emitting unit is on the thin-film transistor unit and includes a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer including an emission layer, and a counter electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jonghyun Yun, Junyoung Kim, Seunggyu Tae, Jongmoo Huh, Kwangsoo Lee, Sangcheon Han
  • Patent number: 11997881
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus including: a substrate; a pixel circuit disposed over the substrate and comprising a thin film transistor and a storage capacitor; an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit; a bridge electrode disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit through a contact hole formed in the insulating layer; a pixel electrode disposed over the insulating layer and electrically connected to the bridge electrode; a pixel definition layer disposed over the pixel electrode and including an opening overlapping a portion of the pixel electrode; an opposite electrode over the pixel electrode; and an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, wherein the pixel electrode does not overlap the contact hole of the insulating layer in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhee Lee, Minyeul Ryu
  • Patent number: 11996042
    Abstract: Various examples are provided related to compensating brightness of a display using a vertical organic light emitting transistor that suppresses variations in brightness over a long period of time and a display. In one example, a method includes applying a voltage for brightness inspection to a gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, measuring a current flowing through a current supply line through which the current is supplied to a source electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor by the application of the voltage for brightness inspection to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor to be corrected, and determining a corrected value of the voltage to be applied to the gate electrode of the vertical organic light emitting transistor based on a value of the current and characteristic information of the vertical organic light emitting transistor stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: MATTRIX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Katsui, Bo Liu, Maxime Lemaitre
  • Patent number: 11996038
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate, drive circuits, pixel circuits, and line groups. The drive circuits and the pixel circuits are arranged on the base substrate. The drive circuits provide control signals for the pixel circuits. The pixel circuits provide drive currents for light-emitting elements of the display panel. The drive circuits include a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit. The signal line groups include a first signal line group and a second signal line group. The first signal line group includes M signal lines that provide signals for the first drive circuit. The second signal line group includes N signal lines that provide signals for the second drive circuit, M?1, and N?1. The first drive circuit includes S1 level shift registers extending along a first direction. The second drive circuit includes S2 level shift registers extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fenxiang Zou, Jieliang Li
  • Patent number: 11997869
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. A first organic layer of the display panel forms a first barrier portion in a transition area. A first metal layer forms a second barrier portion in the transition area. The second barrier portion covers an upper surface and a first side surface of the first barrier portion, and extends away from the first side surface and beyond a boundary of the upper surface of the first barrier portion, so as to form an undercut structure. Therefore, the problem that in conventional OLED products, water and oxygen gas are easily transmitted from outside of the display panel to inside using the emission layer is alleviated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dan Bai, Yu Zhao
  • Patent number: 11996039
    Abstract: A display panel. The display panel includes a base substrate, drive circuits, pixel circuits, and signal line groups. The drive circuits and the pixel circuits are arranged on the base substrate. The drive circuits provide control signals for the pixel circuits. The pixel circuits provide drive currents for light-emitting elements of the display panel. The drive circuits include a first drive circuit and a second drive circuit. The signal line groups include a first signal line group and a second signal line group. The first signal line group includes M signal lines that provide signals for the first drive circuit. The second signal line group includes N signal lines that provide signals for the second drive circuit, M?1, and N?1. The first drive circuit includes S1 level shift registers extending along a first direction. The second drive circuit includes S2 level shift registers extending along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fenxiang Zou, Jieliang Li
  • Patent number: 11996041
    Abstract: A pixel includes a plurality of transistors and an organic light emitting diode, in which the transistors include a first transistor to control an amount of current flowing to the organic light emitting diode and additional transistors are connected to the first transistor or the organic light emitting diode, the first transistor is a Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor, and one or more of the other transistors are oxide semiconductor transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Han Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 11991898
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can include a back cover, a display panel disposed on the back cover, a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, a barrier film disposed on the polarizing plate, and a side film which has one end disposed between the back cover and the display panel and another end disposed between the polarizing plate and the barrier film to enclose side surfaces of the display panel and the polarizing plate. Therefore, the moisture permeation into the polarization layer is delayed, which in turn improves the reliability of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JiHun Song, Hoiyong Kwon
  • Patent number: 11990087
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display area, a second display area, and a transition display area there-between. The first display area includes a plurality of first sub-display areas, the second display area includes a plurality of second sub-display areas, and the transition display area includes at least one sub-transition area. A first sub-display area of the plurality of first sub-display areas, a second sub-display area of the plurality of second sub-display areas and a sub-transition area include a same number of light-emitting elements. Number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the at least one sub-transition area is greater than number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the plurality of first sub-display areas and is smaller than number of pixel circuits for driving each light-emitting element in one of the plurality of second sub-display areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center of Advanced Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiao Chi, Lulu Pan, Shaorong Yu
  • Patent number: 11991921
    Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: M(L1)n1(L2)n2??Formula 1 wherein groups M, L1, L2, n1, and n2 are the same as they are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Whail Choi, Seungyeon Kwak, Yoonhyun Kwak, Ohyun Kwon, Hyeonho Choi, Kyuyoung Hwang, Sangdong Kim, Youngjae Park
  • Patent number: 11991903
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a substrate and a plurality of insulating layers, a transistor layer, and a light emitting device layer on the substrate, and including a display area in which an image is displayed, the display area including a first display area and a second display area, and a light receiving device positioned behind the display panel and overlapping the first display area. In the display device, the first display area includes at least one non-transmissive area in which transistors and light emitting devices are located, and at least one transmissive area through which external light is transmitted to the light receiving device. The substrate or at least one insulating layer includes at least one hole or at least one uneven portion in a portion overlapping the transmissive area in the first display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YuHo Jung, DukYoung Jeong
  • Patent number: 11991917
    Abstract: A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The display panel includes a first flexible layer, a first barrier layer disposed on the first flexible layer, and a second flexible layer disposed on the first barrier layer. Wherein, a material of the first barrier layer includes silicon oxide and silicon nitride, a mass ratio of silicon oxide to silicon nitride is 3x:7y, and x=1 to 4 and y=1 to 4. The present disclosure can improve adhesion between the two flexible layers by disposing the barrier layer between the two flexible layers, thereby allowing a flexible substrate to have an ability to block water and oxygen, good adhesion, bending performance, high-temperature and high-humidity resistance, and optical transmittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Linbo Ke
  • Patent number: 11984459
    Abstract: An array substrate and an OLED display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, a first film layer set and a second film layer set. A bending area of the array substrate has a first trench throughout the first film layer set and a second trench throughout the second film layer set. The first film layer set close to the second film layer set has a blocking part having an etching opening corresponding to the first trench. The etching opening is throughout the blocking part. A bottom of the etching opening connects to a top of the first trench. A bottom of the second trench connects to a top of the blocking part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Liang, Liang Ma, Xuyang Liu
  • Patent number: 11985845
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an encapsulation structure, an encapsulation method and a display apparatus. The encapsulation structure includes at least two encapsulation structure layers that cover an outer side of a device to be encapsulated, at least one of the at least two encapsulation structure layers includes an inorganic layer and an organic layer that are superimposed. The inorganic layer comprises a first sub-inorganic layer and a second sub-inorganic layer that are superimposed, a first opening is in the first sub-inorganic layer, a second opening is in the second sub-inorganic layer, and an elastic structure is disposed in each of the first opening and the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chengjie Qin, Tao Wang, Song Zhang
  • Patent number: 11985839
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device may include: an anode; a cathode; an organic layer between the anode and the cathode and including an emission layer; and a first exciton quenching layer between the anode and the emission layer and in direct contact with the emission layer. The emission layer may include a host and a dopant, the first exciton quenching layer may include a first quenching material, and the host, the dopant, and the first quenching material may each satisfy Equations 1-1 and 1-2: T1(Q1)?T1(H)??Equation 1-1 T1(Q1)?T1(D)??Equation 1-2 wherein, in Equations 1-1 and 1-2, T1(Q1) indicates a lowest excited triplet energy level of the first quenching material, T1(H) indicates a lowest excited triplet energy level of the host, and T1(D) indicates a lowest excited triplet energy level of the dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokgyu Yoon, Hyosup Shin
  • Patent number: 11985863
    Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode disposed on a substrate, a pixel defining layer exposing at least a part of the first electrode and disposed on the substrate, a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the light emitting layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode, wherein the pixel defining layer includes an overlapping area overlapping the first electrode and a non-overlapping area not overlapping the first electrode, the overlapping area includes a first overlapping area spaced apart from the first electrode and facing the first electrode, and the encapsulation layer is at least partially disposed in a space between the first electrode and the pixel defining layer in the first overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Yong Sung, Chan Ho Moon, Jung Han Seo, Seung Yong Song
  • Patent number: 11985894
    Abstract: Provided are a compound capable of improving the light-emitting efficiency, stability, and lifespan of an element; an organic electronic element using same; and an electronic device thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DUK SAN NEOLUX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Min Jin, Hyun Ju Song, Junggeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11985875
    Abstract: A display panel is disclosed that includes a substrate, a first initialization voltage line, and a second initialization voltage line. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area. The first initialization voltage line is arranged in the display area and includes a first vertical voltage line and a first horizontal voltage line. The second initialization voltage line includes a second vertical voltage line and a second horizontal voltage line overlapping the first horizontal voltage line in a plan view. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub-pixel configured to emit light of a first color, and a second sub-pixel configured to emit light of a second color. The first initialization voltage line is configured to transmit a first initialization voltage to one electrode of a light-emitting diode of the first sub-pixel. The second initialization voltage line is configured to transmit a second initialization voltage to one electrode of a light-emitting diode of the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwangmin Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11984455
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate including a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area positioned at a periphery of the display area; a plurality of pixels positioned at the display area; a plurality of data lines connected with the plurality of pixels; and a crack detecting line positioned at the non-display area, wherein the crack detecting line includes: a plurality of unit connectors extending in a first direction, wherein the first direction is parallel to an extending direction of a side of the substrate nearest to the unit connectors; and a plurality of wiring portion units connected to each other through the plurality of unit connectors, wherein the number of wiring portion units is an even number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hey Jin Shin, Won Kyu Kwak, Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11983039
    Abstract: A display device includes a curved plastic substrate, a display element layer over a first surface of the plastic substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer over the display element layer, a light absorption layer curved in conformity with the plastic substrate, the light absorption layer being over a second surface of the plastic substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, a cushion layer over a fourth surface of the light absorption layer, a third surface of the light absorption layer facing the plastic substrate, and the fourth surface of the light absorption layer being opposite the third surface, and an electrostatic shielding layer over the cushion layer, at least one of the cushion layer and the electrostatic shielding layer has a cut pattern in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaechun Park, Woosong Kim, Kyujin Cho
  • Patent number: 11985867
    Abstract: A display substrate has a plurality of pixel island regions arranged at intervals and a plurality of bridge regions connecting the plurality of pixel island regions, and includes an opening being disposed between any two adjacent bridge regions. At least one bridge region of the plurality of bridge regions including a first region and two second regions located on two sides of the first region, one second region of the two second regions being connected to one pixel island region adjacent thereto, and another region of the two second regions being connected to one pixel island region adjacent thereto. A stiffness of a portion of the display substrate located in the first region being less than a stiffness of a portion of the display substrate located in each second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangxu Cao, Pinfan Wang, Jing Yang
  • Patent number: 11985855
    Abstract: A light emitting display device including a first pixel including a first driving transistor, a first input transistor, a first initialization transistor, a first storage capacitor, and a first light emitting diode (LED); and a second pixel including a second driving transistor, a second input transistor, a second initialization transistor, a second storage capacitor, and a second light emitting diode (LED. The first pixel further includes a first gate electrode connecting member connecting a first gate electrode of the first driving transistor and the first input transistor; the second pixel further includes a second gate electrode connecting member connecting a second gate electrode of the second driving transistor and the second input transistor; the first light emitting diode (LED) includes a first anode; the second light emitting diode (LED) includes a second anode; and the first gate electrode connecting member does not overlap the second anode in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Soo Lee, Bo Yong Chung, Tak-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11985852
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, the display panel includes a flexible substrate with a curve region, the curve region has a Gauss curvature K1, the Gauss curvature K1 is not equal to zero, a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the flexible substrate, and a plurality of light emitting units disposed on the flexible substrate and driven by the thin film transistors, the flexible substrate at least has an opening in the curve region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11985853
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first display area and a second display area, wherein the display panel includes: a base substrate; a plurality of first repeating units arranged on the base substrate in an array and located in the first display area, each of the first repeating units including at least a first sub-pixel; a plurality of second repeating units arranged on the base substrate in an array and located in the second display area, each of the second repeating units including at least a second sub-pixel, wherein a color of light emitted by the first sub-pixel is the same as a color of light emitted by the second sub-pixel; a pixel defining layer disposed on the base substrate and located in both the first display area and the second display area, wherein the pixel defining layer includes a first opening located in the first display area and a second opening located in the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngyik Ko, Chi Yu, Wei Zhang, Yu Zhang, Weiyun Huang
  • Patent number: 11985888
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) comprises an anode; a cathode; and a light emitting layer, disposed between the anode and the cathode; wherein the light emitting layer comprises at least one luminescent compound; and wherein the transition dipole moment of the at least one luminescent compound is oriented parallel to the surface of the light emitting layer. A method of fabricating a light emitting layer, comprises the steps of providing a substrate; depositing less than 2 nm of a template material on the substrate; and depositing a composition comprising at least one light emitting compound on the template material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Stephen R. Forrest, Jongchan Kim
  • Patent number: 11985878
    Abstract: Embodiments of a display device are described. A display device includes first and second sub-pixels. The first sub-pixel includes a first light source having a multi-layer stack and a first substrate configured to support the first light source. The multi-layer stack includes an organic phosphor film or a quantum dot (QD) based phosphor film configured to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength. The first substrate includes a first control circuitry configured to independently control the first light source. The second sub-pixel includes a second light source and a second substrate configured to support the second light source. The second light source has a microLED or a miniLED configured to emit a second light having a second peak wavelength that is different from the first peak wavelength. The second peak wavelength can be in the blue wavelength region of the visible spectrum. The second substrate includes a second control circuitry configured to independently control the second light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.
    Inventors: Jesse R. Manders, Brian H. Berkeley
  • Patent number: 11985892
    Abstract: A light-emitting device with high outcoupling efficiency is provided. In the light-emitting device including a light-emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, a low refractive index layer containing an organic compound and an inorganic compound is provided between the light-emitting layer and an anode or between the light-emitting layer and a cathode, and the low refractive index layer has a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.80 at a wavelength of light extracted from the light-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeyoshi Watabe, Ryohei Yamaoka, Satoshi Seo, Nobuharu Ohsawa
  • Patent number: 11980078
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes: a substrate, a first display area in which a plurality of main sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a second display area in which a basic unit is arranged, the basic unit including an auxiliary light-emitting area, in which a plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are arranged on the substrate, and a transmission portion, wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels includes a pixel electrode on the substrate, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer, wherein intermediate layers of auxiliary sub-pixels for emitting light of a same color from among the plurality of auxiliary sub-pixels are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwon Chae, Moosoon Ko, Jinseock Ma, Sunghoon Moon, Sewan Son, Sangshin Lee, Yongje Jeon, Jingoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11977422
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a display device, and an electronic device. The display panel comprises a panel main body. The panel main body comprises a first portion, a second portion and a bendable third portion, and the third portion is located between the first portion and the second portion. A reinforcement layer is provided on a first face of the first portion to make a stiffness of the first portion higher than a stiffness of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaxiang Wang, Binfeng Feng, Yangyang Cai, Yanli Wang, Xinqi Lin, Chao Zhang, Wei Gong
  • Patent number: 11976201
    Abstract: Provided is a resin film including: a resin containing a polymer; a hygroscopic particle dispersed in the resin and having a primary particle diameter of 40 nm or more and 80 nm or less and a refractive index of 1.2 or more and 3.0 or less; and an organic solvent-soluble dispersant. Preferably the resin is a silicon-containing resin. Preferably the silicon-containing resin is a silicon-containing thermoplastic resin. Preferably the silicon-containing thermoplastic elastomer contains a graft polymer having a silicon-containing group as the polymer. An organic electroluminescent device including the resin film is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Inoue
  • Patent number: 11980074
    Abstract: A display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of sub-pixels, at least one group of contact pads, and a first insulation layer. The base substrate includes a display region and a bonding region located at one side of the display region. At least one group of contact pads includes a plurality of contact pads, at least one of the plurality of contact pads includes a first contact pad metal layer and a second contact pad metal layer, the second contact pad metal layer covers an edge of the first contact pad metal layer. The first insulation layer is located in gaps between the plurality of contact pads and covers edges of the plurality of contact pads, and is configured to expose surfaces of the plurality of contact pads facing away from the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Du, Xiangdan Dong, Hongwei Ma, Jun Yan, Bo Cheng, Biao Liu
  • Patent number: 11980059
    Abstract: Provided are an array substrate and a manufacturing method of an array substrate and a display panel and device. The array substrate includes a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor, the first transistor includes a first active layer, the second transistor includes a second active layer, and the first active layer and the second active layer both include silicon. The array substrate further includes a first-type inorganic layer and a second-type inorganic layer and a first via hole. The first via hole is located above the first active layer and at least penetrates through the second-type inorganic layer. Concentration of hydrogen ions in the first active layer is less than concentration of hydrogen ions in the second active layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Yuan
  • Patent number: 11980092
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer that has a refractive index that is higher than that of the first capping layer, in order to improve the light extraction efficiency compared with an organic EL element including a capping layer constituted by a single layer. The present invention provides an organic electroluminescent element at least including an anode, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, a cathode, and a capping layer arranged in this order, wherein the capping layer has a structure constituted by two layers consisting of a first capping layer and a second capping layer, a refractive index of the second capping layer is higher than a refractive index of the first capping layer throughout a wavelength range from 450 to 650 nm, and the second capping layer contains an arylamine compound having a specific structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD., SFC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Hirayama, Shunji Mochizuki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shuichi Hayashi, Young-hwan Park
  • Patent number: 11980060
    Abstract: A display device includes a first lower electrode disposed on a base substrate, a first upper electrode disposed on the first lower electrode, overlapping the first lower electrode in a plan view, including a silicon semiconductor, and constituting a first capacitor together with the first lower electrode, a second lower electrode disposed on the first upper electrode, and a second upper electrode disposed on the second lower electrode, overlapping the second lower electrode in a plan view, including an oxide semiconductor, and constituting a second capacitor together with the second lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeongho Kim, Yeonhong Kim, Jaybum Kim, Kyoung Seok Son, Sunhee Lee, Seungjun Lee, Seunghun Lee, Jun Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 11980052
    Abstract: A metasurface includes a substrate with a first surface area having first surface energy, and a second surface area formed to surround the first surface area and having second surface energy less than the first surface energy, a polymer layer provided on the substrate at a position corresponding to the first surface area and including a polymer material and a metal reflective layer provided on the polymer layer and having a phase modulation surface including metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Lee, MyongJong Kwon, Wonjae Joo
  • Patent number: 11974474
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving transistor configured to control an amount of electric current flowing to the organic light-emitting diode from a power line, a compensation transistor configured to diode-connect the driving transistor in response to a voltage applied to first and second compensation gate electrodes of the compensation transistor, and a gate insulating layer between the compensation gate electrodes and a compensation active region of a compensation transistor. A layer structure of the gate insulating layer between the first compensation gate electrode and the compensation active region is different from a layer structure of the gate insulating layer between the second compensation gate electrode and the compensation active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaehwan Chu, Keunwoo Kim, Taewook Kang, Doona Kim, Sangsub Kim, Bummo Sung, Dokyeong Lee, Yongsu Lee
  • Patent number: 11974487
    Abstract: A display device includes: a light-emitting substrate including a base substrate having a non-display area and a display area that surrounds the non-display area; an input sensing unit disposed on the light-emitting substrate; and a hole penetrating front and rear surfaces of each of the light-emitting substrate and the input sensing unit, wherein the light-emitting substrate includes a plurality of recesses, the non-display area includes a hole area which overlaps with the hole, a recess area in which the plurality of recesses are disposed and surrounds the hole area, and a peripheral area which surrounds the recess area, and the input sensing unit includes a plurality of first sensor members overlapping the display area and a first connector connecting the first sensor members and overlapping the groove area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jun Jang, Sung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11974392
    Abstract: A circuit board and a display device are provided. The circuit board has a device area and a peripheral area surrounding the device area. The circuit board includes a substrate, a metal layer, a first insulating layer, an adhesive layer, and an adhesive overflow detection line. The metal layer, the first insulating layer, and the adhesive layer are disposed at a same side of the substrate. The metal layer and the first insulating layer cover at least a part of the peripheral area. The metal layer is disposed between the first insulating layer and the substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed at a side of the first insulating layer away from the substrate and in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Li, Long Chen, Lvshui Tan
  • Patent number: 11974452
    Abstract: A protection film for an electronic device includes an adhesive layer including a first surface to which an electronic device is attached, and a film layer which contacts a second surface of the adhesive layer and includes at least one member, where a thickness of the adhesive layer satisfies Inequality 1: z?(5.1x+57.4)·ln(y)?(14.7x+140.5), where z is the thickness of the adhesive layer in terms of micrometers, x is a modulus of a member of the film layer which directly contacts the adhesive layer in terms of gigapascals, and y is a total thickness of the film layer in terms of micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Eun Oh, Jai Ku Shin, Han Sun Ryou, So Dam Ahn, Jang Doo Lee
  • Patent number: 11974445
    Abstract: A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency. The light-emitting element includes a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The LUMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the LUMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the first organic compound is lower than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The HOMO level of the guest material is higher than the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The energy difference between the LUMO level of the guest material and the HOMO level of the guest material is larger than the energy difference between the LUMO level of the first organic compound and the HOMO level of the second organic compound. The guest material has a function of converting triplet excitation energy into light emission. The first organic compound and the second organic compound form an exciplex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Seo, Tatsuyoshi Takahashi, Takeyoshi Watabe, Satomi Mitsumori
  • Patent number: 11974444
    Abstract: There is provided a solid-state image sensor, a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a solid-state image sensor capable of improving characteristics. There is provided a solid-state image sensor including a stacked structure that includes a semiconductor substrate, a first photoelectric converter provided above the semiconductor substrate and converting light into charges, and a second photoelectric converter provided above the first photoelectric converter and converting light into charges, where the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter include a photoelectric conversion stacked structure in which a common electrode, a photoelectric conversion film, and a readout electrode are stacked so that the first photoelectric converter and the second photoelectric converter are in a line-symmetrical relationship with each other with a vertical plane perpendicular to a stacking direction of the stacked structure as an axis of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SONY CORPORATION, SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Togashi, Iwao Yagi, Masahiro Joei, Fumihiko Koga, Kenichi Murata, Shintarou Hirata, Yosuke Saito, Akira Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11974463
    Abstract: An array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes a node connecting line in a same layer as a respective voltage supply line, connected to a first capacitor electrode and a semiconductor material layer. An orthographic projection of a first anode on a base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of a node connecting line in a respective first subpixel. An orthographic projection of a second anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective second subpixel. An orthographic projection of a third anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective third subpixel. An orthographic projection of a fourth anode on the base substrate at least partially overlaps with an orthographic projection of the node connecting line in a respective fourth subpixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Siyu Wang, Yi Zhang, Qian Ma, Junxiu Dai
  • Patent number: 11974473
    Abstract: A display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a pixel defining layer and at least one photo spacer. The pixel defining layer is disposed on the base substrate and includes a plurality of openings, the at least one photo spacer is disposed on a side of the pixel defining layer away from the base substrate. A distance from any point at a bottom of the at least one photo spacer contacting the pixel defining layer to an upper edge of a side wall of the plurality of openings is greater than or equal to 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Du, Xiangdan Dong, Qi Liu, Fan He, Bo Zhang
  • Patent number: 11973085
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate and transistors disposed on the substrate. At least one of the transistors includes a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The gate insulating layer includes first contact holes and second contact holes. The gate electrode is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The first electrode is disposed on the gate electrode, has a first side away from the gate electrode, and contacts the semiconductor layer through the first contact holes. The second electrode is disposed on the gate electrode, has a second side away from the gate electrode, and contacts the semiconductor layer through the second contact holes. The first contact holes have first edges away from the gate electrode. A minimum distance between the first side and the gate electrode is less than a minimum distance between the first edge of one of the first contact holes and the gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Jou Tai, Chia-Hao Tsai, Yi-Shiuan Cherng
  • Patent number: 11974477
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area, a driving circuit area, a driving wire area, and a sealing area. The display panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of light-emitting devices disposed on the first substrate in the display area, a gate driver disposed on the first substrate in the driving circuit area and supplying a signal for driving the light-emitting device, a plurality of wires disposed on the first substrate in the driving wire area and transmitting a clock signal to the gate driver, and an organic structure disposed on the first substrate in the driving wire area, the plurality of wires include a scan clock signal wire for transmitting a scan clock signal, and a sensing clock signal wire for transmitting a sensing clock signal, and the scan clock signal wire and the sensing clock signal wire do not overlap the organic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Hun Seo, Joo Sun Yoon, Woo Sik Jun, Yun-Mo Chung
  • Patent number: RE49965
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device having high transmittance with respect to external light and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate; a plurality of pixels formed on the substrate, each of the pixels including a first region that emits light and a second region that transmits external light; a plurality of thin film transistors disposed in the first region of each pixel; a plurality of first electrodes disposed in the first region of each pixel and electrically connected to the thin film transistors, respectively; a second electrode formed opposite to the plurality of first electrodes and comprising a plurality of transmission windows corresponding to the second regions; and an organic layer formed between the first electrodes and the second electrode. The transmission windows can be formed in the second electrode, that is, a cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung-Hee Park, Joo-Hyeon Lee, Jin-Koo Chung