Patents by Inventor Bong Kyun Kim

Bong Kyun 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).

  • Patent number: 8093594
    Abstract: A display substrate includes an insulating substrate, a thin film transistor, a contact electrode, and a pixel electrode. The thin film transistor includes a control electrode, a semiconductor pattern, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The control electrode is on the insulating substrate. The semiconductor pattern is on the control electrode. The first electrode is on the semiconductor pattern. The second electrode is spaced apart from the first electrode on the semiconductor pattern. The contact electrode includes a contact portion and an undercut portion. The contact portion is electrically connected to the second electrode to partially expose the semiconductor pattern. The undercut portion is electrically connected to the contact portion to cover the semiconductor pattern. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second electrode through the contact portion of the contact electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, Hong-Sick Park, Joo-Ae Youn, Sun-Young Hong, Bong-Kyun Kim, Won-Suk Shin, Doo-Hee Jung, Byeong-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 8084184
    Abstract: A composition for removing a photoresist includes a) an amine compound having a cyclic amine and/or a diamine, b) a glycol ether compound, c) a corrosion inhibitor and d) a polar solvent. The composition further includes a stripping promoter. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing an array substrate using the composition for removing a photoresist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, Hong-Sick Park, Sun-Young Hong, Bong-Kyun Kim, Byeoung-Jin Lee, Byung-Uk Kim, Jong-Hyun Jeong, Suk-Il Yoon, Sung-Gun Shin, Soon-Beom Huh, Se-Hwan Jung, Doo-Young Jang
  • Patent number: 8067767
    Abstract: A display substrate according to the present invention comprises a gate line formed on a substrate, a data line, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line respectively and pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, wherein a channel of the thin film transistor is formed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and, a layer where the channel is formed includes an oxide semiconductor pattern. ON current of thin film transistor of the display substrate can be increased without loss of aperture ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pil-Sang Yun, Do-Hyun Kim, Byeong-Beom Kim, Bong-Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8058114
    Abstract: A gate line includes a first seed layer formed on a base substrate and a first metal layer formed on the first seed layer. A first insulation layer is formed on the base substrate. A second insulation layer is formed on the base substrate. Here, a line trench is formed through the second insulation layer in a direction crossing the gate line. A data line includes a second seed layer formed below the line trench and a second metal layer formed in the line trench. A pixel electrode is formed in a pixel area of the base substrate. Therefore, a trench of a predetermined depth is formed using an insulation layer and a metal layer is formed through a plating method, so that a metal line having a sufficient thickness may be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang-Soo Kim, Hong-Long Ning, Bong-Kyun Kim, Hong-Sick Park, Shi-Yul Kim, Chang-Oh Jeong, Sang-Gab Kim, Jae-Hyoung Youn, Woo-Geun Lee, Yang-Ho Bae, Pil-Sang Yun, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sun-Young Hong, Ki-Won Kim, Byeong-Jin Lee, Young-Wook Lee, Jong-In Kim, Byeong-Beom Kim, Nam-Seok Suh
  • Publication number: 20110256485
    Abstract: An etchant composition that allows simplification and optimization of semiconductor manufacturing process is presented, along with a method of patterning a conductive layer using the etchant and a method of manufacturing a flat panel display using the etchant. The etchant includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, and an acetate compound in addition to water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Bong-Kyun KIM, Hong-Sick Park, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sun-Young Hong, Ji-Sun Lee, Byeong-Jin Lee, Kui-Jong Baek, Tai-Hyung Rhee, Yong-Sung Song
  • Publication number: 20110226727
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a metal wiring etchant. A metal wiring etchant according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes ammonium persulfate, an organic acid, an ammonium salt, a fluorine-containing compound, a glycol-based compound, and an azole-based compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-Seok SUH, Sun-Young HONG, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Bong-Kyun KIM, Hong-Sick PARK, Jean-Ho SONG, Wang-Woo LEE, Do-Won KIM, Sang-Woo KIM, Won-Guk SEO, Hyun-Cheol SHIN, Ki-Beom LEE, Sam-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20110204370
    Abstract: Provided are a thin-film transistor (TFT) substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device including the same. The TFT substrate includes a gate electrode formed on a substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor pattern formed on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern, a drain electrode formed on the oxide semiconductor pattern to face the source electrode, and a pixel electrode formed on the gate insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Kap-Soo Yoon, Woo-Geun Lee, Bong-Kyun Kim, Sung-Hoon Yang, Ki-Won Kim, Hyun-Jung Lee
  • Publication number: 20110206829
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stripping composition and a stripping method capable of easily stripping a color resist or an organic insulating film formed on a substrate to reuse the substrate when defects are found during a process of forming the color filter or organic insulating film on the substrate. In one embodiment, the stripping composition includes about 0.5 to about 45 wt % of hydroxide compound, about 10 to about 89 wt % of alkyleneglycolalkylether compound, about 5 to about 45 wt % of alkanolamine compound, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt % of inorganic salt compound. Advantageously, the stripping process can be performed without damaging a thin film transistor of a bottom substrate while removing the color resist or organic insulating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Ji Sun LEE, Hong Sick PARK, Jong Hyun CHOUNG, Sun Young HONG, Bong Kyun KIM, Byeong Jin LEE, Byung Uk KIM, Jong Hyun JEONG, Suk Il YOON, Seong Bae KIM, Sung Gun SHIN, Soon Beom HUH, Se Hwan JUNG, Doo Young JANG
  • Patent number: 7985982
    Abstract: An etchant composition that allows simplification and optimization of semiconductor manufacturing process is presented, along with a method of patterning a conductive layer using the etchant and a method of manufacturing a flat panel display using the etchant. The etchant includes nitric acid, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, and an acetate compound in addition to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Kyun Kim, Hong-Sick Park, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sun-Young Hong, Ji-Sun Lee, Byeong-Jin Lee, Kui-Jong Baek, Tai-Hyung Rhee, Yong-Sung Song
  • Patent number: 7968507
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stripping composition and a stripping method capable of easily stripping a color resist or an organic insulating film formed on a substrate to reuse the substrate when defects are found during a process of forming the color filter or organic insulating film on the substrate. In one embodiment, the stripping composition includes about 0.5 to about 45 wt % of hydroxide compound, about 10 to about 89 wt % of alkyleneglycolalkylether compound, about 5 to about 45 wt % of alkanolamine compound, and about 0.01 to about 5 wt % of inorganic salt compound. Advantageously, the stripping process can be performed without damaging a thin film transistor of a bottom substrate while removing the color resist or organic insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Sun Lee, Hong Sick Park, Jong Hyun Choung, Sun Young Hong, Bong Kyun Kim, Byeong Jin Lee, Byung Uk Kim, Jong Hyun Jeong, Suk Il Yoon, Seong Bae Kim, Sung Gun Shin, Soon Beom Huh, Se Hwan Jung, Doo Young Jang
  • Patent number: 7968000
    Abstract: An etchant composition is provided. The etchant composition includes about 40 to about 65 wt % of phosphoric acid, about 2 to about 5 wt % of nitric acid, about 2 to about 20 wt % of acetic acid, about 0.1 to about 2 wt % of a compound containing phosphate, about 0.1 to about 2 wt % of a compound simultaneously containing an amino group and a carboxyl group, and a remaining weight percent of water for the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Joo Choi, Bong-Kyun Kim, Byeong-Jin Lee, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sun-Young Hong, Nam-Seok Suh, Hong-Sick Park, Ky-Sub Kim, Seung-Yong Lee, Joon-Woo Lee, Young-Chul Park, Young-Jun Jin, Seung-Jae Yang, Hyun-Kyu Lee, Sang-Hoon Jang, Min-Ki Lim
  • Publication number: 20110151631
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate and a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor substrate comprises forming a gate line and a data line intersecting each other with a gate insulating layer interposed and defining a pixel area on the substrate, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, and a stepped-structure occurring pattern overlapping at least one of the gate line and the data line; forming a passivation layer having a stepped-structure portion formed by the stepped-structure occurring pattern on the substrate; forming a photoresist pattern having a second stepped-structure portion corresponding to the stepped-structure portion on the passivation layer; patterning the passivation layer using the photoresist pattern as a mask; forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate; and removing the photoresist pattern where the transparent conductive layer is covered by a stripper penetrating through the stepped-structure portion of the photoresist pattern an
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Jong Hyun CHOUNG, Hong Sick PARK, Sun Young HONG, Bong Kyun KIM, Bong Kyu SHIN, Won Suk SHIN, Byeong Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20110133193
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a gate line, a gate insulating layer that covers the gate line, a semiconductor layer that is disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and drain electrode that are disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer that covers the data line and drain electrode and has a contact hole that exposes a portion of the drain electrode, and a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole. The data line and drain electrode each have a double layer that includes a lower layer of titanium and an upper layer of copper, and the lower layer is wider than the upper layer, and the lower layer has a region that is exposed. The gate insulating layer may have a step shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Jean-Ho SONG, Shin-Il Choi, Sun-Young Hong, Shi-Yul Kim, Ki-Yeup Lee, Jae-Hyoung Youn, Sung-Ryul Kim, O-Sung Seo, Yang-Ho Bae, Jong-Hyun Choung, Dong-Ju Yang, Bong-Kyun Kim, Hwa-Yeul Oh, Pil-Soon Hong, Byeong-Beom Kim, Je-Hyeong Park, Yu-Gwang Jeong, Jong-In Kim, Nam-Seok Suh
  • Patent number: 7956393
    Abstract: A composition for a photoresist stripper and a method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate are provided according to one or more embodiments. In one or more embodiments, the composition includes about 5-30 weight % of a chain amine compound, about 0.5-10 weight % of a cyclic amine compound, about 10-80 weight % of a glycol ether compound, about 5-30 weight % of distilled water, and about 0.1-5 weight % of a corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, Bong-Kyun Kim, Hong-Sick Park, Sun-Young Hong, Young-Joo Choi, Byeong-Jin Lee, Nam-Seok Suh, Byung-Uk Kim, Suk-Il Yoon, Jong-Hyun Jeong, Sung-Gun Shin, Soon-Beom Huh, Se-Hwan Jung, Doo-Young Jang, Sun-Joo Park, Oh-Hwan Kweon
  • Patent number: 7945247
    Abstract: A device and a method for using a history menu on a mobile terminal that has a history data base for storing a history of executions of contents, which allows easy execution of recently used menu or content are provided. The method includes extracting, upon execution of content on the mobile terminal, content information pertaining to the executed content, storing the extracted content information in the history database, displaying, if a history key is input, content information stored in the history database and executing, upon selecting one of the displayed content information, content corresponding to the selected content information. The method allows display of a list of contents using a call key while enabling a user to execute content upon selection, thus making it easier for the user to re-execute recently used contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Soek Nam, Bong Kyun Kim, Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7901965
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate and a method of manufacturing the thin film transistor substrate comprises forming a gate line and a data line intersecting each other with a gate insulating layer interposed and defining a pixel area on the substrate, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, and a stepped-structure occurring pattern overlapping at least one of the gate line and the data line; forming a passivation layer having a stepped-structure portion formed by the stepped-structure occurring pattern on the substrate; forming a photoresist pattern having a second stepped-structure portion corresponding to the stepped-structure portion on the passivation layer; patterning the passivation layer using the photoresist pattern as a mask; forming a transparent conductive layer on the substrate; and removing the photoresist pattern where the transparent conductive layer is covered by a stripper penetrating through the stepped-structure portion of the photoresist pattern an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Choung, Hong Sick Park, Sun Young Hong, Bong Kyun Kim, Bong Kyu Shin, Won Suk Shin, Byeong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 7888148
    Abstract: A thin film panel includes a substrate, a gate line formed on the substrate, a gate insulating layer formed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer, a data line, including a source electrode, and a drain electrode formed on the gate insulating layer or the semiconductor layer, and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, wherein at least one of the gate line and the data line and drain electrode includes a first conductive layer made of a molybdenum Mo-niobium Nb alloy and a second conductive layer made of a copper Cu-containing metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Sick Park, Bong-Kyun Kim, Chang-Oh Jeong, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sun-Young Hong, Won-Suk Shin, Byeong-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20110014737
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array and method of manufacturing the same include a pixel electrode formed of a transparent conductive layer on a substrate, a gate line formed of the transparent conductive layer and an opaque conductive layer on the substrate, a gate electrode connected to the gate line and formed of the transparent conductive layer and an opaque conductive layer on the substrate, a gate insulating layer which covers the gate line and the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer to overlap the gate electrode, a data line which intersects the gate line, a source electrode connected to the data line to overlap a part of the semiconductor layer, and a drain electrode connected to the pixel electrode to overlap a part of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Hong-Sick Park, Joo-Ae Youn, Bong-Kyun Kim, Won-Suk Shin, Byeong-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20100291722
    Abstract: An etchant includes about 0.1 percent by weight to about 30 percent by weight of ammonium persulfate (NH4)2S2O8, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of an inorganic acid, about 0.1 percent by weight to about 10 percent by weight of an acetate salt, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 5 percent by weight of a fluorine-containing compound, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 5 percent by weight of a sulfonic acid compound, about 0.01 percent by weight to about 2 percent by weight of an azole compound, and a remainder of water. Accordingly, the etchant may have high stability to maintain etching ability. Thus, manufacturing margins may be improved so that manufacturing costs may be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Bong-Kyun Kim, Jong-Hyun Choung, Byeong-Jin Lee, Sun-Young Hong, Hong-Sick Park, Shi-Yul Kim, Ki-Beom Lee, Sam-Young Cho, Sang-Woo Kim, Hyun-Cheol Shin, Won-Guk Seo
  • Patent number: 7824972
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate that has reduced production cost and defect rate is presented. The thin film transistor substrate includes a gate wiring line formed on an insulating substrate and including a gate electrode, a data wiring line formed on the gate wiring line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode, a passivation layer pattern formed on parts of the data wiring line other than the drain electrode and a pixel region, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode. The pixel electrode includes zinc oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-hyun Choung, Byeong-jin Lee, Hong-sick Park, Sun-young Hong, Bong-kyun Kim, Won-suk Shin