Au Optronics Corporation

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Comp. Ltd.

Energy Pass Incorporation

Energy Pass, Inc.

Ming-Wei Lin

Ming-Hsing Tsai

Wen-Hui Lee

Ke-Horng Chen

Ming-Hsien Lee

Pin-Miao Liu

Shih-Wei Wang

Shih-Wei Chou

Yu-Huei Lee

Yung-Hsiang Lan

Ming-Chang Hsu

Kung-Cheng Lin

Chih-Chieh Lin

Ming-Hsuan Yu

Pao-Yu Huang

Ping-Ching Huang

Wei-Chan Wu

Ching Long Lin

Ching-Liang Lin

Robert Yung-His Tsu

A flexible display module includes a first light-transmissive layer and a first display layer. The first light-transmissive layer includes a display surface. The first light-transmissive layer has a first width in a second direction. The first display layer is disposed below the first light-transmissive layer. The first display layer has a second width in the second direction. The first display layer includes a circuit layer. The flexible display module is configured to be bent along an axis, the axis extends along a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction, and the first width is greater than the second width. A line width of the circuit layer more close to a periphery of the display surface is less than a line width of the circuit layer more close to an inner area of the display surface.

Flexible display module

The foldable display panel includes a substrate and a pixel array. The substrate has a surface and display and periphery areas thereon. The periphery area is on at least one side of the display area, and has first and second bonding areas. The first and second bonding areas are at opposite first and second sides of the periphery area, respectively. The first and second bonding areas are spaced apart by a first distance along a first direction. The substrate has a foldable line passing through a center of the display area between the first and the second bonding areas. The first and second sides are on two sides of the foldable line. The pixel array is on the display area and overlaps the foldable line. The pixel array is between the first and second sides and includes sub pixel units arranged in an array.

Foldable display panel

A device substrate includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of first bonding pads, a plurality of second bonding pads, a plurality of first leads, and a plurality of second leads. The first and second bonding pads are separated from each other. The first bonding pads are arranged in a first column. The second bonding pads are arranged in a second column. The first and second leads respectively overlap the first and second bonding pads. The first lead includes a first extension portion and a first branch portion. The first extension portion extends from the first column to the second column. The first branch portion is connected to an end of the first extension portion close to the second column. An angle is present between the first extension portion and the first branch portion.

Device substrate

A battery condition estimating apparatus for a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells connected in series includes an analog channel switching circuit and a battery gas gauge circuit. The analog channel switching circuit has a plurality of input ports and an output port, wherein the input ports are coupled to the battery cells via a plurality of analog channels, respectively, and the analog channel switching circuit is arranged to couple the output port to a selected input port of the input ports for allowing the output port Nto be coupled to a selected battery via a selected analog channel. The battery gas gauge circuit is coupled to the output port of the analog channel switching circuit, and used for estimating a battery condition of the battery pack by monitoring the selected battery cell via the selected analog channel.

Apparatus and method for estimating battery condition of battery pack by solely monitoring one selected battery cell

A current mode buck-boost converter has an input terminal, an output terminal, and an output capacitor coupled to the output terminal. The input terminal is used to receive an input voltage, and the output terminal is for producing the output voltage. The current mode buck-boost converter comprises a voltage converter and a control circuit. The voltage converter comprises an inductor. The control circuit is for detecting the current passing through the inductor to determine the electric energy transmitted to the output terminal by the voltage converter. Accordingly, the current mode buck-boost converter has fast response, and the electrical energy can be recycled and stored to the voltage source when the current mode buck-boost converter operates in down-tracking process.

Current mode buck-boost converter

An electrochemical plating apparatus and method for facilitating uniform current distribution across a wafer during loading into an ECP (electrochemical plating) apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a bath container for containing a bath solution, an anode provided in the bath container, a cathode ring for supporting a wafer in the bath container and a current source electrically connected to the anode and the cathode ring. According to the method, a voltage potential is applied to the cathode ring as it is immersed into the solution and prior to immersion of the wafer in the solution, thereby facilitating a substantially uniform plating current across the wafer upon immersion of the wafer.

Uniform current distribution for ECP loading of wafers

Narrow trenches in a substrate tend to fill more rapidly than wide trenches This results in a non-planar surface once all trenches have been filled. The present invention solves this problem by performing the electro-deposition in two steps. The plating bath used during the first step, is optimized for filling narrow trenches while the plating bath used during the second step, is optimized for filling wide trenches. The net result is a final layer having a planar surface, with all trenches being properly filled.

Method to improve planarity of electroplated copper

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Ming-Wei Lin