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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Applicants:
Chun-yi Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-hung Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Inventors:
Chun-Yi Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Chih-Hung Su, Hsinchu, TW;
Assignee:
AU Optronics Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 51/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and devices are disclosed for detecting undesired moisture for a luminescence display device. A moisture detector is encapsulated between two shields with one or more display elements, and has a layer of metal placed in a predetermined location close to the display elements that does not affect an operation thereof, wherein the undesired moisture is detected by monitoring one or more moisture-affected material characteristics thereof.