Patents by Inventor Sang-Uk Lim

Sang-Uk 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: 11164517
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes an organic light-emitting diode, a switching transistor, a first light emission control transistor, and a driving transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes an anode and a cathode for receiving a reference voltage. The switching transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving an nth scan signal and a source electrode for receiving a data signal, and is an NMOS transistor. The first light emission control transistor includes a gate electrode for receiving a light emission control signal, and is configured to turn on upon receiving the light emission control signal to determine a timing of flow of a driving current to the organic light-emitting diode, and is a PMOS transistor. The driving transistor is connected to the switching transistor and the first light emission control transistor and provides the driving current to the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Sangjin Jeon, Dongwoo Kim, Sang-uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20210293771
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, first to third transistors, a storage capacitor, and a first capacitor. The second transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first scan signal, a first electrode receiving a data signal, and a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a second scan signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode receiving a power voltage and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The first capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode receiving the power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: DONGWOO KIM, SUNGHWAN KIM, KYOUNGJU SHIN, CHEOL-GON LEE, SANG-UK LIM
  • Publication number: 20210192990
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first light emitting diode (LED) and a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to a first power source voltage providing a driving voltage to an anode of the first light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode (LED); and a second pixel including a second light emitting diode (LED) and a second capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first power source voltage providing the driving voltage to an anode of the second light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the second light emitting diode (LED), wherein capacitance of the second capacitor is less than capacitance of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hee KIM, Il-Joo KIM, Sang-Uk LIM
  • Patent number: 11030953
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, first to third transistors, a storage capacitor, and a first capacitor. The second transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first scan signal, a first electrode receiving a data signal, and a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a second scan signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode receiving a power voltage and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The first capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode receiving the power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Kyoungju Shin, Cheol-gon Lee, Sang-uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20210104197
    Abstract: A scan driver for a display device includes a plurality of stages outputting scan signals. A first stage of the plurality of stages includes first to sixth transistors connected to a first carry clock line, a carry line, a previous carry line, and a second carry clock line. In a first frame period, the second carry clock line is configured to receive a second carry clock signal having at least one pulse with substantially the same phase as at least one of first pulses of a first carry clock signal to be applied to the first carry clock line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Yang Hwa CHOI, Bo Yong CHUNG, Tak Young LEE, Sang Uk LIM
  • Patent number: 10957264
    Abstract: A display apparatus with improved aperture ratio and light transmittance is presented. The apparatus has a pixel group that includes a first pixel including first and second sub-regions, a second pixel including third and fourth sub-regions, and a third pixel including fifth and sixth sub-regions. The first, second, and third pixels are sequentially arranged in a first direction and at least two sub-regions of the first, third, and fifth sub-regions have different widths in the first direction. The second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions are sequentially arranged in the first direction, and at least one sub-region of the second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions expands toward an adjacent sub-region in the first direction and has a width greater than a width of the other sub-regions of the second, fourth, and sixth sub-regions in the same pixel group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Sunhwa Lee, Kwang-chul Jung, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20210074786
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; an active pattern disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a driving gate electrode; a second insulating layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and having a first storage electrode; a third insulating layer; a third conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer and having a second storage electrode; and a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, wherein the second storage electrode overlaps the first storage electrode via the third insulating layer to form a first capacitor, the first storage electrode overlaps the driving gate electrode via the second insulating layer to form a second capacitor, and the driving gate electrode, the first storage electrode, and the second storage electrode at least partially overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Jin Jeon, Cheol-Gon Lee, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Patent number: 10943515
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first light emitting diode (LED) and a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to a first power source voltage providing a driving voltage to an anode of the first light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode (LED); and a second pixel including a second light emitting diode (LED) and a second capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first power source voltage providing the driving voltage to an anode of the second light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the second light emitting diode (LED), wherein capacitance of the second capacitor is less than capacitance of the first capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hee Kim, Il-Joo Kim, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20210056910
    Abstract: A stage and a scan driver having the same. The stage outputs a scan signal and a sensing signal to a scan line and a sensing line, respectively. The stage includes a first controller configured to control a voltage of a sensing node and a driving node based on first to third control signals and a carry signal of the stage and another stage connected to the stage, a second controller configured to control a voltage of an inversion driving node based on a first carry clock signal, the voltage of the driving node, and the third control signal, and a first output buffer configured to output a second carry clock signal or a second low potential power as the carry signal in correspondence with the voltage of the driving node and the inversion driving node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Bo Yong CHUNG, Tak Young LEE, Sang Uk LIM
  • Publication number: 20200410934
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes a pixel having a switching transistor turned on by a scan signal received from a scan line and which transmits a data signal received from a data line to a first node, a driving transistor connected between the first node and a second node and through which a driving current corresponding to the data signal flows, a storage capacitor including one end connected to a power supply and another end connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, an OLED emitting light by the driving current, and a light emission control transistor connected between the second node and an anode of the OLED and which is turned on by an light emission control signal and transmits the driving current to the OLED. The switching transistor may be an n-type transistor, and the light emission control transistor is a p-type transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Jin JEON, Sang-Uk LIM
  • Patent number: 10847595
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; an active pattern disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a driving gate electrode; a second insulating layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and having a first storage electrode; a third insulating layer; a third conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer and having a second storage electrode; and a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, wherein the second storage electrode overlaps the first storage electrode via the third insulating layer to form a first capacitor, the first storage electrode overlaps the driving gate electrode via the second insulating layer to form a second capacitor, and the driving gate electrode, the first storage electrode, and the second storage electrode at least partially overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Jeon, Cheol-Gon Lee, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Patent number: 10783832
    Abstract: A scan driver, includes a plurality of stage circuits, each of which includes a driving circuit unit providing an output signal and an inverter inverting the output signal of the driving circuit unit and generating a scan signal, in which the inverter includes a first transistor and a second transistor, which are complementarily operated, the first transistor is a P-type polysilicon transistor, and the second transistor is an N-type oxide semiconductor transistor. A display device may include the scan driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ju Shin, Cheol Gon Lee, Sang Uk Lim, Chang Yong Jeong
  • Patent number: 10777133
    Abstract: An OLED display device includes a pixel having a switching transistor turned on by a scan signal received from a scan line and which transmits a data signal received from a data line to a first node, a driving transistor connected between the first node and a second node and through which a driving current corresponding to the data signal flows, a storage capacitor including one end connected to a power supply and another end connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, an OLED emitting light by the driving current, and a light emission control transistor connected between the second node and an anode of the OLED and which is turned on by an light emission control signal and transmits the driving current to the OLED. The switching transistor may be an n-type transistor, and the light emission control transistor is a p-type transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Jeon, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20200265782
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels Includes an organic light emitting diode, first to third transistors, a storage capacitor, and a first capacitor. The second transistor includes, a gate electrode receiving a first scan signal, a first electrode receiving a data signal, and a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a second scan signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode receiving a power voltage and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor, The first capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode receiving the power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: DONGWOO KIM, SUNGHWAN KIM, KYOUNGJU SHIN, CHEOL-GON LEE, SANG-UK LIM
  • Patent number: 10650739
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, first to third transistors, a storage capacitor, and a first capacitor. The second transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a first scan signal, a first electrode receiving a data signal, and a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the first transistor. The third transistor includes a gate electrode receiving a second scan signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode receiving a power voltage and a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The first capacitor includes a first electrode connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor and a second electrode receiving the power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Kim, Sunghwan Kim, Kyoungju Shin, Cheol-Gon Lee, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Patent number: 10535313
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes: a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines, wherein the pixels include pixels h-th row pixels (h is a natural number) and (h+1)-th row pixels, which are adjacent to each other in the second direction, with a (k+1)-th gate line (k is a natural number) therebetween among the gate lines; and a first pixel displaying a first color and connected to the (k+1)-th gate line among the h-th row pixels and a second pixel displaying the first color and connected to the (k+1)-th gate line among the (h+1)-th row pixels are spaced apart from each other in the first direction and receive different polarities of data voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seokha Hong, Taejin Kim, Ahyoung Son, Bonghyun You, Jai-Hyun Koh, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Publication number: 20190393291
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate; an active pattern disposed on the substrate; a first insulating layer; a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer and having a driving gate electrode; a second insulating layer; a second conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer and having a first storage electrode; a third insulating layer; a third conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer and having a second storage electrode; and a light-emitting element disposed on the third conductive layer, wherein the second storage electrode overlaps the first storage electrode via the third insulating layer to form a first capacitor, the first storage electrode overlaps the driving gate electrode via the second insulating layer to form a second capacitor, and the driving gate electrode, the first storage electrode, and the second storage electrode at least partially overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Jin JEON, Cheol-Gon LEE, Sang-Uk LIM
  • Publication number: 20190266928
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first light emitting diode (LED) and a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to a first power source voltage providing a driving voltage to an anode of the first light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode (LED); and a second pixel including a second light emitting diode (LED) and a second capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first power source voltage providing the driving voltage to an anode of the second light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the second light emitting diode (LED), wherein capacitance of the second capacitor is less than capacitance of the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Jong Hee KIM, Il-Joo KIM, Sang-Uk LIM
  • Patent number: 10317745
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element electrically connected to a gate line and that extends in a first direction and electrically connected to a data line that extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, an insulation layer disposed on the first switching element, a shielding electrode disposed on the insulation layer and a pixel electrode that partially overlap the shielding electrode. The shielding electrode includes a first portion that overlaps the data line and extends in the second direction and a second portion that overlaps the gate line and extends in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Mi Kang, Mee-Hye Jung, In-Jae Hwang, Sung-Hwan Kim, Il-Gon Kim, Sang-Uk Lim
  • Patent number: 10261358
    Abstract: Provided are a liquid crystal display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a liquid crystal display panel including white pixels and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of color filters positioned on the first substrate and representing different colors from each other, in which at least two of the plurality of color filters overlap with each other on the first substrate to form an overlapping portion, and the overlapping portion forms a first spacer; a transparent filter positioned on the first substrate and positioned in a transmitting area of a white pixel; and a second spacer including the same material as the transparent filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Sun Na, Hee June Kwak, Seok Kyu Yoon, Sang-Uk Lim, Seung Soo Baek, Seong Young Lee, Wan-Soon Im