Patents by Inventor Tae-Kyung Yim

Tae-Kyung Yim 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: 10649251
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a curved liquid crystal display is provided. The method includes forming a first display panel including a plurality of first patterns, forming a second display panel including a plurality of second patterns, assembling the first display panel and the second display panel, filling a liquid crystal between the assembled first and second display panels to form a flat liquid crystal display, and curving the flat liquid crystal display in a first direction to form the curved liquid crystal display. The first patterns and the second patterns are mismatched in the flat liquid crystal display, and the first patterns and the second patterns are matched in the curved liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Hyun-Ho Kang, Young Goo Song, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Sang-Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 10466548
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate including a first base substrate, a first sub-pixel electrode, which is disposed on a first surface of the first base substrate, a passivation layer, which is disposed on the first sub-pixel electrode, and a second sub-pixel electrode, which is disposed on the passivation layer and partially overlaps the first sub-pixel electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the second sub-pixel electrode includes a first portion, which is apart from the first surface of the first base substrate by a first distance, and a second portion, which is apart from the first surface of the first base substrate by a second distance which is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Yim, Su Wan Woo, Yeo Geon Yoon, Nak Cho Choi
  • Patent number: 10396105
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, a first switching element disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element and comprising a red color filter, a green color filter, a blue color filter and a white color filter alternately disposed on the plurality of sub-pixels, respectively, a column spacer disposed on the color filter and comprising the same material as that of the white color filter, an insulation layer disposed on the color filter and the column spacer and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Cheol Lee, Hyung-June Kim, Wan-Soon Im, Tae-Kyung Yim, Joon-Gun Chong, Jong-Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 10371993
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display includes a first panel having a pixel electrode including crossed stem parts, a plurality of fine branch parts extending from the crossed stem parts, and fine slits positioned between fine branch parts adjacent to each other, a second panel having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first panel and the second panel. Misalignment between the first panel and the second lower panel is determined and a pitch, which is a sum of a width of the fine branch part and a width of the fine slit, gradually increases from a region having a small misalignment toward a region having a large misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho Kang, O Sung Seo, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang-Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 10288966
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, a middle layer including a transparent conductive material, and an upper layer including copper, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, and an upper layer including the transparent conductive material, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line and the pixel electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Tae Kyung Yim, Hyun-Ho Kang, Hyung June Kim
  • Patent number: 10229935
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode including a first vertical stem portion and a first horizontal stem portion that is disposed perpendicular to the first vertical stem portion at an end of the first vertical stem portion, and a second subpixel electrode including a second vertical stem portion and a second horizontal stem portion that is disposed perpendicular to the second vertical stem portion at an end of the second vertical step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Hyun-Ho Kang, Young Goo Song, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Sang Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 10133130
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device comprising, a substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel electrode includes first cutout portions, which are disposed along edges of the pixel electrode, and second cutout portions, which are disposed closer than the first cutout portions to a center of the pixel electrode, and each of the second cutout portions includes first and second extensions, which extend in different directions and are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Park, Jang Il Kim, Su Wan Woo, Yeo Geon Yoon, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 10062345
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a curved liquid crystal panel assembly. The curved liquid crystal panel assembly includes: a lower panel including a first linear polarizer having a first polarization axis; an upper panel including a second linear polarizer having a second polarization axis, the second polarization axis cross the first polarization axis in a plan view; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. An angle formed by a first polarization axis and a second polarization axis does not meet at a right angle in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Yim, Hyun Ho Kang, O Sung Seo, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang Myoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9995972
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a second insulation substrate; and a common electrode. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode including a first horizontal stem portion and a first vertical stem portion perpendicular thereto at one end of the first horizontal stem portion and a second subpixel electrode including a second vertical stem portion and a second horizontal stem portion perpendicular thereto at one end of the second horizontal stem portion, a plurality of regions in which arrangements of liquid crystal molecules are respectively different are divided by the first horizontal stem portion, the first vertical stem portion, the second horizontal stem portion, and the second vertical stem portion, and each of the plurality of regions has a longest vertical length of less than about 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Hyun-Ho Kang, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang-Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Publication number: 20180011378
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device comprising, a substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the pixel electrode includes first cutout portions, which are disposed along edges of the pixel electrode, and second cutout portions, which are disposed closer than the first cutout portions to a center of the pixel electrode, and each of the second cutout portions includes first and second extensions, which extend in different directions and are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Keun Woo PARK, Jang Il KIM, Su Wan WOO, Yeo Geon YOON, Tae Kyung YIM
  • Patent number: 9846339
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate on which a pixel region is defined, a first sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the substrate, an insulating layer on the first sub-pixel electrode, a second sub-pixel electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer, a floating electrode in the pixel region on the insulating layer and disconnected from the second sub-pixel electrode, a liquid crystal layer on the second sub-pixel electrode and the floating electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer. The floating electrode includes first to fourth floating electrodes in first to fourth quadrants of the pixel region, respectively. The first to fourth floating electrodes are separated from one another, and the first sub-pixel electrode partially overlaps the second sub-pixel electrode and the first to fourth floating electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho Kang, Hae Ryeong Park, Yong Jo Kim, Dong Il Yoo, Tae Kyung Yim, Nak Cho Choi
  • Publication number: 20170345848
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, a first switching element disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element and comprising a red color filter, a green color filter, a blue color filter and a white color filter alternately disposed on the plurality of sub-pixels, respectively, a column spacer disposed on the color filter and comprising the same material as that of the white color filter, an insulation layer disposed on the color filter and the column spacer and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Hyoung-Cheol LEE, Hyung-June KIM, Wan-Soon IM, Tae-Kyung YIM, Joon-Gun CHONG, Jong-Hak HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170323607
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a curved liquid crystal panel assembly. The curved liquid crystal panel assembly includes: a lower panel including a first linear polarizer having a first polarization axis; an upper panel including a second linear polarizer having a second polarization axis, the second polarization axis cross the first polarization axis in a plan view; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. An angle formed by a first polarization axis and a second polarization axis does not meet at a right angle in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Tae Kyung YIM, Hyun Ho KANG, O Sung SEO, Seung Jun YU, Ha Won YU, Ki Kyung YOUK, Yeo Geon YOON, Sang Myoung LEE
  • Patent number: 9805678
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a display device including red pixels, blue pixels, green pixels, and white pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines, wherein the red pixels, the blue pixels, and the green pixels are disposed to longitudinally extend in a vertical direction, and the white pixels are disposed to longitudinally extend in a horizontal direction below or above the red pixels, the blue pixels, and the green pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan-Soon Im, Hyoung Cheol Lee, Tae Kyung Yim, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9768206
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, a first switching element disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a color filter layer disposed on the switching element and comprising a red color filter, a green color filter, a blue color filter and a white color filter alternately disposed on the plurality of sub-pixels, respectively, a column spacer disposed on the color filter and comprising the same material as that of the white color filter, an insulation layer disposed on the color filter and the column spacer and a pixel electrode disposed on the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Cheol Lee, Hyung-June Kim, Wan-Soon Im, Tae-Kyung Yim, Joon-Gun Chong, Jong-Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9746724
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a display panel including: a lower display substrate on which a plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed in a matrix and data lines extend in a column direction between adjacent pixel electrodes; an upper display substrate on which a common electrode is disposed; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower display substrate and the upper display substrate and including liquid crystal molecules. The display panel includes a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel including pixels having different colors, and each pixel including one of the pixel electrodes. A gap between neighboring unit pixels is larger than a gap between neighboring pixel electrodes within each unit pixel, and a data line positioned between the neighboring unit pixels has a portion having a width larger than that of a data line positioned between the neighboring pixel electrodes within each unit pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Kyung Youk, Hyun-Ho Kang, O Sung Seo, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang-Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 9734782
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a curved liquid crystal panel assembly. The curved liquid crystal panel assembly includes: a lower panel including a first linear polarizer having a first polarization axis; an upper panel including a second linear polarizer having a second polarization axis, the second polarization axis cross the first polarization axis in a plan view; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. An angle formed by a first polarization axis and a second polarization axis does not meet at a right angle in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Yim, Hyun Ho Kang, O Sung Seo, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sang Myoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9733502
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a curved display device in which occurrences of black mura are prevented or otherwise reduced. The curved display device according to the exemplary embodiment includes a curved display panel displaying images; a rear surface cover covering and supporting a rear surface of the curved display panel; and a flexible front surface chassis supporting the curved display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myoung Lee, Hyun-Ho Kang, O Sung Seo, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Yeo Geon Yoon, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Publication number: 20170227824
    Abstract: A curved liquid crystal display includes a first panel having a pixel electrode including crossed stem parts, a plurality of fine branch parts extending from the crossed stem parts, and fine slits positioned between fine branch parts adjacent to each other, a second panel having a common electrode, and a liquid crystal layer between the first panel and the second panel. Misalignment between the first panel and the second lower panel is determined and a pitch, which is a sum of a width of the fine branch part and a width of the fine slit, gradually increases from a region having a small misalignment toward a region having a large misalignment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho KANG, O Sung SEO, Seung Jun YU, Ha Won YU, Ki Kyung YOUK, Yeo Geon YOON, Sang-Myoung LEE, Tae Kyung YIM
  • Publication number: 20170205651
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, a middle layer including a transparent conductive material, and an upper layer including copper, a pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and includes a lower layer including titanium, and an upper layer including the transparent conductive material, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line and the pixel electrode, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: O Sung SEO, Tae Kyung YIM, Hyun-Ho KANG, Hyung June KIM