Patents by Inventor Kwang-Min Kim

Kwang-Min 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).

  • Publication number: 20240112948
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, includes: forming a first gate structure and a second gate structure on a substrate; forming a deep trench isolation (DTI) hard mask on the first and second gate structures; forming a deep trench isolation disposed between the first gate structure and the second gate structure; depositing a first undoped oxide layer in the deep trench isolation; performing a first etch-back process on the first undoped oxide layer to remove a portion of the undoped oxide layer; depositing a first deep trench isolation (DTI) gap-fill layer on a remaining portion of the undoped oxide layer, and performing a second etch-back process on the first DTI gap-fill layer; depositing a second DTI gap-fill layer to seal the deep trench isolation, and forming a planarized second DTI gap-fill layer by a planarization process; and depositing a second undoped layer on the planarized second DTI gap-fill layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: KEY FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Il KIM, Yang Beom KANG, Sang Min HAN, Seong Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240105099
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to a data driving device for driving pixels of a display panel. In the data driving device, two adjacent DACs can have different gate loads for the same gray level value so that the fluctuation of the gate load according to the gray level value is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da Sol WON, Kwang Myung KANG, Yong Min KIM, Dong Keun SONG, Jung Min CHOI, Seon Ho HONG
  • Publication number: 20240099103
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area, a peripheral area disposed outside the display area, and a sealing area disposed outside the peripheral area, a first base substrate, a second base substrate facing the first base substrate, a color filter layer disposed under the first base substrate, a bank layer disposed under the color filter layer, and a sealing member disposed between the bank layer and the second base substrate in the sealing area. The bank layer includes bank patterns defining an opening disposed at least in the sealing area, and the sealing member fills the opening. Each of the bank patterns includes a first surface adjacent to the color filter layer and a second surface opposite to the first surface and adjacent to the sealing member. A width of the second surface is greater than a width of the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: KWANG-MIN LEE, JUNHWI LIM, MIN-UK KIM, HO-YONG SHIN, SEON UK LEE, KANG SOO HAN
  • Publication number: 20240085088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and particularly, to a refrigerator characterized by comprising: a main body which includes an outer casing and an inner casing, wherein the outer casing has an opening formed in a back panel thereof, and the inner casing is provided within the outer casing and provides, in an upper part thereof, an ice-making compartment and a refrigerator compartment, and a freezer compartment in a lower part thereof; an evaporator casing which is provided between the outer casing and the inner casing and forms an installation space in communication with the ice-making compartment and the opening; an evaporator which is installed in the installation space via the opening and provides cold air to the ice-making compartment; and an insulating cover which opens and closes the opening. Accordingly, the evaporator can be installed from the outside of the back panel of the main body, thus allowing the installation space of the evaporator casing to remain securely sealed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: WINIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Min KIM, Sung-Ik CHANG, Kwang Jin JOO
  • Publication number: 20240086603
    Abstract: A method of reinforcement learning of a neural network device for generating a verification vector for verifying a circuit design comprising a circuit block includes inputting a test vector to the circuit block, generating one or more rewards based on a coverage corresponding to the test vector, the coverage being determined based on a state transition of the circuit block based on the test vector, and applying the one or more rewards to a reinforcement learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: In HUH, Jeong-hoon KO, Hyo-jin CHOI, Seung-ju KIM, Chang-wook JEONG, Joon-wan CHAI, Kwang-II PARK, Youn-sik PARK, Hyun-sun PARK, Young-min OH, Jun-haeng LEE, Tae-ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20240081061
    Abstract: A volatile memory device and a nonvolatile memory device are provided. Provided is a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of insulating patterns alternately stacked on top of each other in a first direction, an information storage film formed along a sidewall of a trench, wherein the trench extends through the plurality of gate electrodes and the insulating patterns in the first direction, and a semiconductor pattern formed on the information storage film, wherein the semiconductor pattern is made of polycrystalline silicon composed of a first monocrystalline silicon and a second monocrystalline silicon, wherein a metal silicide is present in a grain boundary between the first monocrystalline silicon and the second monocrystalline silicon, wherein the metal silicide is absent in each of the first monocrystalline silicon and the second monocrystalline silicon except for the grain boundary therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Yeon KIM, Si Yeong YANG, Chae Ho KIM, Kwang Min PARK
  • Patent number: 11923580
    Abstract: Stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a stainless base material; and a passive film formed on the stainless base material, wherein a Cr/Fe atomic weight ratio in a 1 nm or less thickness region of the stainless base material, which is adjacent to an interface between the stainless and the passive film, is 0.45 or more. Therefore, by modifying the surface of the stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, a low interface contact resistance and a good corrosion resistance can be obtained, and a separate additional process such as precious metal coating can be removed, such that manufacturing costs are reduced and productivity can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kwang Min Kim, Jong Hee Kim, Ki Hoon Jo, Bo Sung Seo
  • Patent number: 11915652
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels in a non-quadrangular display area and a plurality of first driving circuits and a plurality of second driving circuits in a peripheral area of the display area. Each of the pixels is connected to a first signal line in a first direction and a second signal line in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the first driving circuits outputs a first signal to the first signal line of a corresponding one of the pixels. Each of the second driving circuits outputs a second signal to the second signal line of a corresponding one of the pixels. The number of second driving circuits between neighboring first driving circuits is different depending on a position in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Kwang-Min Kim, Byoung Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 11899869
    Abstract: An input sensing unit including a plurality of first electrodes, which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Kwang-min Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11893941
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device may include a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a first data line, a second data line, a defect sensing line, a first input pad, and a static electricity discharge element. The substrate may include a display area and a peripheral area neighboring each other. The plurality of pixels may be positioned on the display area and may include a first pixel and a second pixel. The first data line may be electrically connected to the first pixel. The second data line may be electrically connected to the second pixel and may be electrically isolated from the first data line. The defect sensing line may be positioned on the peripheral area. The first input pad may be electrically connected to the defect sensing line. The static electricity discharge element may be electrically connected through the defect sensing line to the first input pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Min Kim, Seung-Kyu Lee, Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11862063
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Shin, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20230411405
    Abstract: A display device includes a transistor disposed on a substrate and including a first active pattern, a second active pattern electrically connected to the transistor, a first line disposed on the second active pattern, and a second line disposed under the second active pattern and partially overlapping the first line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: KWANG-MIN KIM, KIWOOK KIM, WONKYU KWAK, DO YEON HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230389385
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: TAE HOON KWON, WON KYU KWAK, KWANG-MIN KIM, HEY JIN SHIN, SEUNG-KYU LEE
  • Publication number: 20230320134
    Abstract: A display panel includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels which emits light of different colors from each other, and a light blocking element disposed on the pixel unit and blocking a portion of light emitted from each of the plurality of pixels. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a pixel circuit, a first light emitting element electrically connected to the pixel circuit, and a second light emitting element electrically connected to the pixel circuit, where the second light emitting element emits light of a same color as light emitted from the first light emitting element. The light blocking element blocks a portion of light emitted from the first light emitting element and traveling in a first direction, and blocks a portion of light emitted from the second light emitting element and traveling in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: KIWOOK KIM, KWANG-MIN KIM, DO YEON HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230301146
    Abstract: A display device includes a transistor, a first pixel electrode connected to the transistor, a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode and connectable to the first pixel electrode by a global transistor, a connection pattern of the global transistor, the connection pattern contacting the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, an insulation film on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode and the connection pattern, and a signal line of the global transistor, on the insulation film and crossing the connection pattern, in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: DO YEON HWANG, KWANG-MIN KIM, KIWOOK KIM
  • Patent number: 11758785
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel including a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad and a second pad on the pad area of the substrate, and a chip-on-film package over the pad area of the substrate with the first pad and the second pad in between, the chip-on-film package including an insulation layer, a first wiring on an upper surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the first pad, and a second wiring on a lower surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad. A first signal having alternating voltage levels may be applied to the first wiring, and a second signal having a constant voltage level may be applied to the second wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheolhwan Eom, Kwang-Min Kim, Hyeaweon Shin, Sang Joon Ryu, Hyungjun An, Minji Lee, Yul Kyu Lee, Jeahyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230276679
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel and an input sensor. Mesh lines of the input sensor may include first mesh lines extending in a first direction and second mesh lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first mesh lines and the second mesh lines may cross each other at a plurality of cross points. In a unit region of the sensing electrode, first cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines, and second cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Joong-Soo MOON, Kwang-Min KIM, Yangwan KIM, Keunsoo LEE, Youngjin CHO
  • Patent number: 11690268
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kwon, Won Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Hey Jin Shin, Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11690270
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel and an input sensor. Mesh lines of the input sensor may include first mesh lines extending in a first direction and second mesh lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The first mesh lines and the second mesh lines may cross each other at a plurality of cross points. In a unit region of the sensing electrode, first cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines, and second cutting points may be defined in the first mesh lines and the second mesh lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong-Soo Moon, Kwang-Min Kim, Yangwan Kim, Keunsoo Lee, Youngjin Cho
  • Publication number: 20230176670
    Abstract: An input sensing unit including a plurality of first electrodes, which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jisu NA, Kwang-min KIM, Kiwook KIM, Yangwan KIM