Abstract: An OLED display includes a substrate member, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate member, a pixel defining layer on the substrate member, the pixel defining layer including a pixel defining part and a plurality of light scattering spacer parts, the pixel defining part including a plurality of openings corresponding to and exposing the pixel electrodes, and the light scattering spacer parts protruding upward from the pixel defining part away from the substrate member, an organic light emitting layer on the pixel electrodes, a first common electrode on the organic light emitting layer, at least a portion of the first common electrode being on the pixel defining layer to overlap the light scattering spacer parts, a transmissive film on the first common electrode, and a second common electrode on the transmissive film.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 17, 2012
Assignee:
Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Hee-Seong Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong
Abstract: A method for forming a minute pattern includes depositing a material layer on a semiconductor substrate having a conductive region, forming a first mask layer on the material layer, forming a recess region in the first mask layer, performing layer processing to form a first mask pattern in the recess region, and etching the material layer to form a material layer pattern.
Abstract: A CMOS image sensor may include an active pixel sensor array and a noise canceller array corresponding to the active pixel sensor array. A method of operating such an CMOS image sensor may involve generating a varying reference signal that mirrors noise external to the active pixel sensor array, outputting the varying reference signal to the noise canceller array, and using the varying reference signal in the noise canceller array to cancel noise both internal to and external to the active pixel sensor array.
Abstract: A laser irradiation apparatus for bonding a first substrate to a second substrate using bonding members and a method of manufacturing a display device using the same, the laser irradiation apparatus including a stage on which the first substrate is mounted, bonding members disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a laser oscillating member configured to irradiate a laser beam onto the bonding members, and a temperature maintaining member co-operating with the first substrate to maintain a temperature of the first substrate at a predetermined temperature.
Abstract: A microscope includes optics configured to direct beams onto an object including a reflective material, a detector configured to receive a field spectrum formed by beams reflected by the object, and a calculator configured to reconstruct an image of the object from the field spectrum detected by the detector.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2008
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Dong-wan Kim, Dong-gun Lee, Sung-min Huh
Abstract: In a method of forming a conductive layer structure and a method of manufacturing a recess channel transistor, a first insulating layer and a first conductive layer are sequentially formed on a substrate having a first region a second region and the substrate is exposed in a recess-forming area in the first region. A recess is formed in the recess-forming-area by etching the exposed region of the substrate. A second insulating layer is conformally formed on a sidewall and a bottom of the recess. A second conductive layer pattern is formed on the second insulating layer to fill up a portion of the recess. A spacer is formed on the second conductive layer pattern and on the second insulating layer on the sidewall of the recess. A third conductive layer pattern is formed on the second conductive layer pattern and the spacer to fill up the recess.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 15, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 29, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jong-Chul Park, Chan-Mi Lee, Sang-Sup Jeong
Abstract: A data driver includes a shift register circuit configured to receive a first clock signal, a second clock signal, and a start signal, and to sequentially provide a sampling signal, a conversion circuit configured to receive the first clock signal, the second clock signal, and the sampling signal, and to sequentially provide a conversion signal, a sampling latch circuit configured to store data according to the sampling signal and the conversion signal, and a holding latch circuit configured to receive the data from the sampling latch circuit in response to first and second enable signals, and to provide a first data signal or a second data signal to data lines corresponding to the received data.
Abstract: A semiconductor device capable of reducing a thickness, an electronic product employing the same, and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes preparing a semiconductor substrate having first and second active regions. A first transistor in the first active region includes a first gate pattern and first impurity regions. A second transistor the second active region includes a second gate pattern and second impurity regions. A first conductive pattern is on the first transistor, wherein at least a part of the first conductive pattern is disposed at a same distance from an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate as at least a part of the second gate pattern. The first conductive pattern may be formed on the first transistor while the second transistor is formed.
Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device includes a semiconductor substrate including a main chip region and a pad region, a multi-layer pad structure on the pad region of the semiconductor substrate, a redistribution pad through the semiconductor substrate and in contact with a bottom surface of the multi-layer pad structure, the redistribution pad being electrically connected to the multi-layer pad structure, a trench belt through the semiconductor substrate and surrounding the redistribution pad, the trench belt electrically isolating the redistribution pad and a portion of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the redistribution pad, and a connection terminal on the redistribution pad, the connection terminal electrically connecting the redistribution pad to an external source.
Abstract: A light diffusion film includes a thermoplastic resin, a surface of the light diffusion film has a roughness (Ra) of about 0.5 to about 3 ?m and a height distribution index (HDI) of about 3 to about 8 ?m, and the light diffusion film has a retardation of not more than about 25 nm.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 4, 2008
Date of Patent:
November 22, 2011
Assignee:
Cheil Industries, Inc.
Inventors:
Jin Woo Lee, Chang Gyu Im, Bang Duk Kim, Sun Hong Park, Sei Jin Oh
Abstract: A fuel processor having a movable burner, a method of operating the fuel processor, and a fuel cell system having the fuel processor. The fuel processor includes a combustion chamber, a reformer burner, a portion of which is partially disposed inside the combustion chamber, a reformer which is heated by heat transfer from the combustion chamber, and a burner-moving apparatus that moves the reformer burner with respect to the combustion chamber. The method of operating the fuel processor includes determining the load on and a plurality of temperatures within the fuel processor and moving the reformer burner depending upon such information.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Hyun-chul Lee, Soon-ho Kim, Doo-hwan Lee, Kang-hee Lee
Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, including a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to generate and supply scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver adapted to generate and supply data signals to the data lines, an optical sensor adapted to generate an optical sensor signal to correspond to an intensity of light, and a data conversion unit adapted to compare a predetermined reference value with the optical sensor signal so as to generate a selection signal for selecting one of at least three modes. The data conversion unit may be adapted to store an input image data or a changing data changed from the input image data to correspond with the selection signal. The data driver may generate the data signals to correspond to the input image data or the changing data stored in the data conversion unit.
Abstract: A method for operating an image capture device having a sensor with an array of first and second pixels includes capturing an image a plurality of times with the second pixels to produce a corresponding second image signal, the second pixels being white pixels, capturing the image a single time with the first pixels to produce a corresponding first image signal, inputting selecting signals to the sensor via a row driver to obtain the first and second image signals from the first and second pixels, respectively, and converting the first and second image signals to respective digital values via an analog-to-digital converter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 9, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Ju-Seop Park, Gun-Hee Han, Seog-Heon Ham
Abstract: A filler for filling a gap includes a hydrogenated polysiloxazane having an oxygen content of about 0.2 to about 3 wt %. A chemical structure of the hydrogenated polysiloxazane includes first, second, and third moieties represented by the following respective Chemical Formulas 1-3: The third moiety is on a terminal end of the hydrogenated polysiloxazane, and an amount of the third moiety is about 15 to about 35% based on a total amount of Si—H bonds in the hydrogenated polysiloxazane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 2010
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Cheil Industries, Inc.
Inventors:
Sang-Hak Lim, Hui-Chan Yun, Dong-Il Han, Taek-Soo Kwak, Jin-Hee Bae, Jung-Kang Oh, Sang-Kyun Kim, Jong-Seob Kim
Abstract: An integrated micro-optical system includes at least two wafers with at least two optical elements provided on respective surfaces of the at least two wafers, at least one of the two optical elements being a spherical lens. The resulting optical system presents a high numerical aperture. One of the optical elements may be a refractive element formed in a material having a high index of refraction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 23, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Digitaloptics Corporation East
Inventors:
Michael R. Feldman, Alan D. Kathman, William H. Welch
Abstract: Provided are an additive to an electrode for a fuel cell that is a proton conductive compound having at least one phosphate group, an electrode for a fuel cell including the same, a method of manufacturing the electrode for a fuel cell, and a fuel cell using the electrode. The additive to an electrode for a fuel cell improves the durability of a fuel cell and reduces the amount of phosphoric acid discharged during operation of the fuel cell by fixing the phosphoric acid. Accordingly, a fuel cell having improved efficiency may be prepared using the additive because of improved proton conductivity and durability.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 6, 2007
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Myung-jin Lee, Suk-gi Hong, Myung-dong Cho
Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, including a pixel portion having a plurality of pixels connected to scan lines and data lines, a scan driver adapted to generate and supply scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver adapted to generate and supply data signals to the data lines, an optical sensor adapted to generate an optical sensing signal according to an intensity of light, and a data converter adapted to store input image data or changed data from the input image data corresponding with the optical sensing signal. The data driver may be adapted to generate the data signal corresponding to the input image data or the changed data.
Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT), including a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel region, a source region, and a drain region, a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor layer, and source and drain electrodes in contact with the source and drain regions of the oxide semiconductor layer, respectively, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer has a GaInZnO (GIZO) bilayer structure including a lower layer and an upper layer, and the upper layer has a different indium (In) concentration than the lower layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2011
Assignee:
Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jong-Han Jeong, Jae-Kyeong Jeong, Yeon-Gon Mo, Hui-Won Yang
Abstract: An OLED display and a driving method of an inspection circuit are provided. The OLED display may include a data driver, a scan driver, a driving transistor, a switching transistor, an organic light emitting diode, and an inspection circuit. The data driver and scan driver may apply a data signal and a scan signal. The driving transistor may generate a current corresponding to a voltage supplied to a first electrode and a control electrode. The switching transistor may apply the data signal to the driving transistor. The organic light emitting diode may be electrically connected to the driving transistor. The inspection circuit may include a three-phase inverter circuit having an input and an output terminal. The input terminal may supply a first power voltage to the output terminal when the output terminal decides an output signal regardless of a signal input to the input terminal.
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including forming a plurality of gate structures on a substrate, the gate structures each including a hard mask pattern stacked on a gate conductive pattern, forming an insulating layer pattern between the gate structures at least partially exposing a top surface of the hard mask pattern, forming a trench that exposes at least a top surface of the gate conductive pattern by selectively removing the hard mask pattern, and forming a silicide layer on the exposed gate conductive pattern.