Patents by Inventor Bohwa KIM

Bohwa KIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11569269
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor material, and a second thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a second semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor material, wherein a surface roughness of the first semiconductor layer is increased by plasma treatment. A method of manufacturing the display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaebum Han, Bohwa Kim, Younggil Park, Junghwa Park, Nari Ahn, Sooim Jeong
  • Publication number: 20220045148
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a circuit with improved characteristics and including a thin-film transistor includes a first interlayer insulating layer arranged on a substrate, a first semiconductor layer arranged on the first interlayer insulating layer and including an oxide semiconductor material, a first gate electrode arranged on the first semiconductor layer, a second interlayer insulating layer arranged on the first gate electrode, and a first electrode layer arranged on the second interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer through a first contact hole penetrating the second interlayer insulating layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes an opening corresponding to the first contact hole, and the first electrode layer contacts an inner surface of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bohwa KIM, Younggil PARK, Minuk KIM, Sungwook WOO, Nari AHN
  • Publication number: 20210375950
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided which may include a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a first thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a first semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor material, and a second thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate and including a second semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor material, wherein a surface roughness of the first semiconductor layer is increased by plasma treatment. A method of manufacturing the display apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaebum HAN, Bohwa KIM, Younggil PARK, Junghwa PARK, Nari AHN, Sooim JEONG