US Patent Issued to Sharp on March 4 for "Light-emitting device including a light-emitting diode and a protective diode and display device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,459, issued on March 4, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).

"Light-emitting device including a light-emitting diode and a protective diode and display device" was invented by Yoshihiro Ueta (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This light-emitting device includes: a light-emitting diode including a light-emitting layer of quantum dots or an organic light-emitting material; and a protection diode located adjacent to, and connected in parallel with, the light-emitting diode, wherein the protection diode is operated in reverse bias to protect the light-emitting diode."

The patent was filed on Aug. 23, 2019, under Applicat...