Patents by Inventor Il-Gon Kim

Il-Gon 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: 9530350
    Abstract: A display panel includes a gate line extending in a column direction, a data line extending in a row direction, a pixel including a switching transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a voltage applier connected to a gate line of a present stage. The voltage applier to apply a voltage after conversion of the gate-on voltage to a gate-off voltage has started. The voltage is closer to the gate-on voltage than the gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Joon-Chul Goh, Jang Mi Kang, Sung Hwan Kim, Il Gon Kim, Sang Hyeon Song, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9472154
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of pixels which is arranged in a pixel column and a pixel row, a gate line which is connected to pixels in a same pixel row, a first data line which is connected to pixels in a same pixel column, and a second data line which is connected to remaining pixels except for the pixels connected to the first data line among the pixels in the same pixel column. Two odd-numbered pixel rows and two even-numbered pixel rows are alternately driven so that a charge period of the pixel may be extended by 2H. In addition, a kickback difference between the odd-numbered pixel row and the even-numbered pixel row may be decreased so that a display quality may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Jae Hwang, Il-Gon Kim, Mee-Hye Jung, Se-Hyoung Cho, Jang-Mi Kang, Hee-Rim Song, Bong-Hyun You
  • Publication number: 20160252783
    Abstract: A display device includes: an insulating layer positioned on a first insulating substrate; a pixel electrode including a first subregion electrode applied with a first voltage and positioned beneath the insulating layer, a first subpixel electrode which includes a second subregion electrode positioned on the insulating layer, and a second subpixel electrode which is positioned on the insulating layer and applied with a second voltage; a second insulating substrate facing the first insulating substrate; and a common electrode positioned under the second insulating substrate and applied with a common voltage, wherein one pixel area is divided into a first part in which the second subregion electrode is positioned, a second part in which the first subregion electrode and a portion of the second subpixel electrode overlap each other, and a third part which does not overlap the first subregion electrode in the second subpixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: In-Jae HWANG, Mee Hye JUNG, Jang Mi KANG, Il Gon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160246132
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower panel having a pixel electrode including at least one unit pixel electrode; an upper panel having a common electrode including at least one unit common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper panels. The unit pixel electrode includes an at least approximately diagonally oriented and parallelogram-shaped center electrode, and further includes a plurality of branches extending from the center electrode, and the common electrode includes an opening extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction of bending of the LCD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Se Hyoung CHO, Sang Hyeon SONG, Il Gon KIM, Mee Hye JUNG
  • Publication number: 20160247430
    Abstract: There are provided a display device capable of detecting a defect of a scan driver. The display device includes pixels positioned in regions demarcated by scan lines and data lines, a scan driver including a plurality of stages connected to the scan lines, an inspection unit connected to the stages to detect whether the stages are defective, and including first transistors turned on when a control signal is supplied, and a timing controller supplying the control signal, wherein the timing controller detects a position of a defective stage by reducing a period during which the control signal is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Dong Woo Kim, Kyung Hoon Kim, Il Gon Kim, Kang Moon Jo
  • Publication number: 20160231633
    Abstract: A display panel includes a high pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in a first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, a low pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in the first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in the second direction, a data line which extends in the second direction, a high storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the high pixel electrode, and a low storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the low pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Se-Hyoung CHO, Il-Gon KIM, Mee-Hye JUNG
  • Patent number: 9406264
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines; and a gate signal supply line connected with at least two gate lines among the plurality of gate lines. At least three data lines among the plurality of data lines are between two pixels adjacent to each other in a row direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Mi Kang, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Il Gon Kim, Pong Ok Park
  • Publication number: 20160219706
    Abstract: A display device including a flexible substrate that includes a display part to display an image; a driving integrated chip (IC) that supplies a driving voltage to the display part; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) attached to an outer side portion of the substrate; and a printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the FPC, the PCB transferring the driving voltage to the driving IC through the FPC, wherein the FPC includes attachment parts at ends thereof, the attachment parts of the FPC being attached to pad parts at the outer side portion of the substrate and to pad parts of the PCB, and the attachment parts include slits therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kang Moon JO, Se Hyoung CHO, Kyung-Hoon KIM, Dong Woo KIM, IL Gon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160218116
    Abstract: A display device includes: a gate electrode, a gate line, and data lines on a substrate, the data lines in a same layer as the gate line; a gate insulating layer on the gate line; a semiconductor member on the gate insulating layer; an etch stopper layer on the semiconductor member and the gate insulating layer; a first passivation layer on the etch stopper layer; a source electrode on the first passivation layer and the etch stopper layer and connected to the data lines; a drain electrode on the etch stopper layer; a common electrode on the first passivation layer and separated from the source electrode and the drain electrode; a second passivation layer on the source electrode, the drain electrode and the common electrode; and a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer and connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kang Moon JO, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Il Gon Kim, Se Hyoung Cho
  • Publication number: 20160216800
    Abstract: In a display device, a driving element is disposed on a rear substrate, and a passivation layer covers the driving element. A pixel electrode is disposed on the passivation layer and is connected to the driving element. An organic emission layer is disposed on the pixel electrode and is configured to emit tight toward the rear substrate. A common electrode is disposed on the organic emission layer. A touch electrode is disposed between the rear substrate and the passivation layer, and it forms a capacitive component when an external touch occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Se Hyoung CHO, Kyung-Hoon KIM, Kang Moon JO, Dong Woo KIM, Il Gon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160209954
    Abstract: A touch sensor including first touch electrode lines extending in one direction and second touch electrode lines extending in a diagonal direction sloped with respect to the first touch electrode lines. A first touch electrode line intersects a second touch electrode line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Se Hyoung CHO, Il Gon Kim, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Sang Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20160163633
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display unit with a first area and a second area, first gate lines on the first area and the second area that extend in a first direction in the first area and in a third direction in the second area, while sections extending in the first direction and in a second direction are repeated, and second gate lines on the second area that extend in the third direction while sections extending in the first direction and in the second direction are repeated. The second gate line includes a plurality of sub gate lines that extend in the second direction in the second area, and one end of each of the plurality of sub gate lines is connected to one end of each of the plurality of second gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: JUN KI JEONG, Kwang Chul Jung, Il Gon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160147122
    Abstract: A display device may include a transistor, which includes a first transistor electrode and a second transistor electrode. The display device may further include a pixel electrode, which is electrically connected to the second transistor electrode. The display device may further include a data line, which is electrically connected to the first transistor electrode, wherein the data line includes a bent structure. The display device may further include a light blocking member, which includes a light blocking portion, wherein the light blocking portion extends perpendicular to a section of the data line, and wherein the light blocking portion overlaps both the transistor and the bent structure without overlapping the section of the data line in a direction perpendicular to the light blocking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: In-Jae HWANG, Mee Hye JUNG, Hyun Joon KIM, Il Gon KIM
  • Patent number: 9343009
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes a display panel and a power supply. The power supply applies a first power supply voltage and a second power supply voltage to a first power supply voltage line. The first power supply voltage line includes a first extension, a second extension, and third extension. The first extension is disposed along a first direction from the first side portion to the second side portion. The first extension has a width that gradually decreases along the first direction. The second extension is disposed along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The third extension is disposed along a third direction that is opposite to the first direction. The third extension has a width that gradually decreases along the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se-Hyoung Cho, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Dong-Woo Kim, Il-Gon Kim, Kang-Moon Jo
  • Publication number: 20160133216
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines extending in a first diagonal direction of a display area, and a plurality of vertical lines extending in a vertical direction, the gate lines comprising a plurality of first gate lines disposed in a first sub-area of the display area, a plurality of second gate lines disposed in a second sub-area of the display area, a plurality of third gate lines disposed in a third sub-area of the display area, the third gate lines respectively connected to the vertical lines, and a gate driver disposed in the first peripheral area in which the data driver is disposed and configured to provide at least one of the first, second and third sub-areas with a gate signal different from a reference gate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Hee-Rim SONG, Kwang-Chul JUNG, Il-Gon KIM, Se-Young SONG
  • Publication number: 20160116805
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including pixel areas, a second substrate including a common electrode, the second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the first substrate includes data lines disposed on a side of each pixel area, a first pixel electrode having a hexagonal shape disposed on the pixel areas, a shielding electrode overlapping the data line, the shielding electrode disposed on the same layer as the first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode disposed on the first pixel electrode, and a first distance between the shielding electrode and a first side of the first electrode disposed on a first pixel area of the pixel areas is greater than a second distance between a second side of the first electrode and the shielding electrode disposed on a second pixel area of the pixel areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jang-Mi KANG, Mee-Hye Jung, Cheol-Gon Lee, Il-Gon Kim
  • Publication number: 20160116804
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate comprising a pixel area a first pixel electrode on the pixel area and a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel electrode; a second substrate including a common electrode and facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first pixel electrode includes first and second sides parallel to a side of the pixel area; third and fourth sides respectively extending from first ends of the first and second sides, inclined with respect to the first and second sides and parallel to each other; and fifth and sixth sides parallel to each other, and connecting the second and first sides with the third and fourth sides, respectively. An acute angle between each of the third to sixth sides, with respect to the first and second sides, exceeds about 135 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Jang-Mi KANG, Mee-Hye JUNG, In-Jae HWANG, Il-Gon KIM
  • Patent number: 9318065
    Abstract: A display panel includes a high pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in a first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, a low pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in the first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in the second direction, a data line which extends in the second direction, a high storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the high pixel electrode, and a low storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the low pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hyoung Cho, Il-Gon Kim, Mee-Hye Jung
  • Publication number: 20160055818
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driver including a plurality of stages which transmits a gate voltage to the gate lines, where first to fourth clock signals and first to fourth inverted clock signals having phases opposite to phases of the first to fourth clock signals, respectively, are sequentially input to each repetition unit of the stages, where each repetition unit is defined by eight consecutive stages, a carry signal output by a j-th stage is transmitted to a (j+4)th stage, and a carry signal output by the (j+4)th stage is transmitted to the j-th stage, where j is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon KIM, Il Gon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160035294
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate; a plurality of gate lines arranged in a row direction on the first substrate; a plurality of data lines arranged in a column direction intersecting the row direction; and a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of pixel areas defined by the gate and data lines, the plurality of pixels comprising at least a first pixel and a second pixel repectively disposed in a first pixel area and a second pixel area that are immediately adjacent to each other. Each of the first and second pixels comprises a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate and data lines, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The data lines are disposed-apart by different distances from each other in the column direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Il Gon Kim, Sun Hwa Lee