ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,720, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Array substrate and manufacturing method for the same" was invented by Meilan Bo (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a manufacturing method for the array substrate. The manufacturing method includes: forming a light-shielding layer, a source, and a drain on the substrate by using a first photomask; forming a semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer, and a gate which are laminated on the source, the drain, and light-shielding layer by using a second photomas...