ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,324, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thin film transistor and display device including the same" was invented by Seung-Min Lee (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer, a first upper hydrogen blocking layer on the gate insulating layer and having a positive hydrogen formation energy, a first upper hydrogen capturing layer on the first upper hydrogen blocking layer corresponding to a central portion of the semiconductor layer and having a negative hy...