Patents by Inventor Joo-Soo Lim

Joo-Soo Lim 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: 8454847
    Abstract: A method of lifting off includes forming a first material layer on a substrate; forming a photoresist pattern including first and second holes and on the first material layer; patterning the first material layer using the photoresist pattern as a patterning mask to form a material pattern having first and second grooves within the material pattern, the first and second grooves corresponding to the first and second holes, respectively; forming a second material layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the photoresist pattern and the first and second grooves; and removing the photoresist pattern and the second material layer on the photoresist pattern at the same time, wherein a portion of the material pattern between the first and second grooves and portions of the material pattern at sides of the first and second grooves constitute a line as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Joo-Soo Lim, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8456601
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode of the gate line, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating layer and ohmic contact layers on the active layer, and source and drain electrodes over the ohmic contact layers, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, a data line electrically connected to the source electrode and crossing the gate line, a common electrode spaced apart from the pixel electrode, and a passivation layer directly between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and directly between the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hyo-Uk Kim, Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Byung-Chul Ahn, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 8400600
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device includes in a first mask process, forming a first mask pattern group including a gate line, a gate electrode connected to the gate line and a common line parallel to the gate line that have a first conductive layer group structure having at least double conductive layers. A second mask process forms a gate insulating film on the first mask pattern group and a semiconductor pattern thereon. A third mask process forms a third mask pattern group including a data line, a source electrode connected to the data line and a drain electrode opposite the source electrode that have a second conductive layer group structure having at least double conductive layers, and a protective film interfacing with the third mask pattern group on the gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Joo Soo Lim, Byung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 8377265
    Abstract: A method of forming an inorganic insulating layer on a substrate comprises supplying a mixed gas between the substrate and a target, and generating a plasma between the substrate and the target. The target comprises a silicon-based material. The method further comprises depositing a plurality of ions from the plasma on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hong-Sik Kim, Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Byung-Chul Ahn, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 8330910
    Abstract: A transflective type LCD device and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which an aperture ratio of a reflective part is improved, and manufacturing process is simplified by decreasing the number of masks for forming contact holes. The transflective type LCD device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other, defining a plurality of pixel regions; a thin film transistor at a crossing point of the gate and data lines; a lower storage electrode formed by one portion of a preceding gate line, and an upper storage electrode above the lower storage electrode having a gate insulating layer in between; a transmitting electrode in contact the upper storage electrode; and a reflective electrode in contact with the transmitting electrode in the reflective part of the pixel region wherein the transmitting electrode is in between the reflective electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Guk Kim, Won Seok Kang, Joo Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 8294855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transflective thin film transistor substrate and method of fabricating the same that is adaptive for simplifying its process. The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates; a gate line on the first substrate; a gate insulating film on the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic insulating film on the gate line, the data line and the thin film transistor, and having a transmission hole in the pixel area; a pixel electrode on the organic insulating film of the pixel area via the transmission hole and connected to the thin film transistor; and a reflective electrode on the pixel electrode having a same edge part as the pixel electrode or an edge part located at inner side from an edge part of the pixel electrode and exposing the pixel electrode of the transmission hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Soo Lim, Woong Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8241935
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a liquid crystal display device having a concave reflector includes forming a switching element on a substrate, the switching element comprising a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, forming a first insulating layer on the substrate including the switching element, forming a plurality of photoresist patterns on the first insulating layer, patterning the first insulating layer to have a concave surface by using the photoresist patterns as masks, and forming a reflector on the first insulating layer having the recessed uneven surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Nam Jeong, Hye-Young Kim, Joo-Soo Lim, Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20120142245
    Abstract: A transflective type LCD device and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which an aperture ratio of a reflective part is improved, and manufacturing process is simplified by decreasing the number of masks for forming contact holes. The transflective type LCD device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other, defining a plurality of pixel regions; a thin film transistor at a crossing point of the gate and data lines; a lower storage electrode formed by one portion of a preceding gate line, and an upper storage electrode above the lower storage electrode having a gate insulating layer in between; a transmitting electrode in contact the upper storage electrode; and a reflective electrode in contact with the transmitting electrode in the reflective part of the pixel region wherein the transmitting electrode is in between the reflective electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Dong Guk KIM, Won Seok Kang, Joo Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 8179505
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a black matrix on a first substrate to divide a pixel area having a reflection area and a transmission area; a color layer in the transmission area of the pixel area provided by the black matrix; and a non-color layer in the reflection area of the pixel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Joo Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 8115894
    Abstract: A transflective type LCD device and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, in which an aperture ratio of a reflective part is improved, and manufacturing process is simplified by decreasing the number of masks for forming contact holes. The transflective type LCD device includes a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other, defining a plurality of pixel regions; a thin film transistor at a crossing point of the gate and data lines; a lower storage electrode formed by one portion of a preceding gate line, and an upper storage electrode above the lower storage electrode having a gate insulating layer in between; a transmitting electrode in contact the upper storage electrode; and a reflective electrode in contact with the transmitting electrode in the reflective part of the pixel region wherein the transmitting electrode is in between the reflective electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Guk Kim, Won Seok Kang, Joo Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 8110830
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same that is capable of decreasing the number of usage of exposure masks to reduce the process time and the process costs and excessively etching a passivation film below a photoresist pattern to easily perform a lift-off process of the photoresist pattern are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Soo Lim, Hyun Seok Hong, Chang Bin Lee
  • Patent number: 8064024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transflective thin film transistor substrate and method of fabricating the same. A liquid crystal display device according to the present invention includes: a gate line crossing a data line with a gate insulating film there between to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic film on the gate line, the data line and the thin film transistor, having a transmission hole passing through the gate insulating film in the pixel area; a pixel electrode on the organic film via the transmission hole and connected to the thin film transistor; and a reflective electrode having an edge part different from an edge part of the pixel electrode on the pixel electrode and exposing the pixel electrode of the transmission hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Soo Lim, Woong Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20110281386
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode of the gate line, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating layer and ohmic contact layers on the active layer, and source and drain electrodes over the ohmic contact layers, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, a data line electrically connected to the source electrode and crossing the gate line, a common electrode spaced apart from the pixel electrode, and a passivation layer directly between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and directly between the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hyo-Uk Kim, Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Byung-Chul Ahn, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 8045077
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes: providing an array substrate and a color filter substrate facing the array substrate; forming a gate electrode and a gate line formed of a first conductive film on the array substrate through a first masking process; forming a second conductive film pattern at an upper portion of the gate electrode, a storage capacitor preliminary pattern at a partial upper region of the gate electrode and a data line substantially crossing the gate line to define a pixel region, the second conductive film pattern, the storage capacitor preliminary pattern and the data line being formed of a second conductive film through a second masking process; forming an opaque insulation film surrounding the data line; forming a transparent third conductive film on the entire surface of the array substrate with the opaque insulation film interposed therebetween; patterning the second conductive film pattern and a third conductive film through a third masking process to form a so
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hee-Young Kwack
  • Patent number: 8045078
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device, including: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, the thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate line, a semiconductor layer whose boundary is within the gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the data line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; a passivation pattern covering the data line and the thin film transistor; and a pixel electrode extending from the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hwan Kim, Hyo-Uk Kim, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Publication number: 20110250532
    Abstract: A method of lifting off includes forming a first material layer on a substrate; forming a photoresist pattern including first and second holes and on the first material layer; patterning the first material layer using the photoresist pattern as a patterning mask to form a material pattern having first and second grooves within the material pattern, the first and second grooves corresponding to the first and second holes, respectively; forming a second material layer on an entire surface of the substrate including the photoresist pattern and the first and second grooves; and removing the photoresist pattern and the second material layer on the photoresist pattern at the same time, wherein a portion of the material pattern between the first and second grooves and portions of the material pattern at sides of the first and second grooves constitute a line as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Joo-Soo Lim, Hong-Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8031312
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a thin film transistor including a gate electrode of the gate line, a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode, an active layer on the gate insulating layer and ohmic contact layers on the active layer, and source and drain electrodes over the ohmic contact layers, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode, a data line electrically connected to the source electrode and crossing the gate line, a common electrode spaced apart from the pixel electrode, and a passivation layer directly between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and directly between the source and drain electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Soo Lim, Hyo-Uk Kim, Hee-Young Kwack, Hyun-Seok Hong, Byung-Chul Ahn, Byoung-Ho Lim
  • Patent number: 8013969
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate for applying a horizontal electric field and a fabricating method thereof for simplifying a process are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Joo Soo Lim, Byung Ho Park
  • Patent number: 8008139
    Abstract: A simplified method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Soo Lim, Hee Young Kwack
  • Patent number: 7990510
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a simplified manufacturing process is disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a gate line and a common line having a first conductive layer group having at least double conductive layers. A common electrode is formed by an extension of at least one transparent conductive layer of a common line. A portion of the common electrode is formed of one conductive layer of the first conductive layer group, while a remaining portion of the common electrode is formed of the first conductive layer group. The gate line, a source electrode and a drain electrode have a second conductive layer group having at least double conductive layers, and the pixel electrode is formed by an extension of at least one transparent conductive layer of the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Chul Ahn, Joo Soo Lim, Byung Ho Park