Patents by Inventor Byung-Du Ahn

Byung-Du Ahn 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: 9470978
    Abstract: A passivation layer solution composition is provided. A passivation layer solution composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an organic siloxane resin represented by Chemical Formula 1 below. In Chemical Formula 1, R is at least one substituent selected from a saturated hydrocarbon or an unsaturated hydrocarbon having from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms, and x and y may each independently be from 1 to about 200, and wherein each wavy line indicates a bond to an H atom or to an x siloxane unit or a y siloxane unit, or a bond to an x siloxane unit or a y siloxane unit of another siloxane chain comprising x siloxane units or y siloxane units or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Du Ahn, Seung Ho Yeon, Sei-Yong Park, Mi-Hyae Park, Bu Sop Song, Tae Gweon Lee, Jun Hyun Park, Je Hun Lee, Jae Woo Park
  • Patent number: 9449990
    Abstract: Provided is a thin film transistor which is provided with an oxide semiconductor thin film layer and has a threshold voltage that does not change much due to light, a bias stress or the like, thereby exhibiting excellent stress stability. A thin film transistor of the present invention is provided with a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer composed of a single layer which is used as a channel layer, an etch stopper layer to protect a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a source-drain electrode, and a gate insulator layer arranged between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The metal elements constituting the oxide semiconductor layer comprise In, Zn and Sn. The hydrogen concentration in the gate insulator layer in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is controlled to 4 atomic % or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: KOBE STEEL, LTD., Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Miki, Shinya Morita, Hiroshi Goto, Hiroaki Tao, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim, Jin Hyun Park, Yeon Hong Kim
  • Publication number: 20160211384
    Abstract: In an oxide for a semiconductor layer of a thin film transistor according to the present invention, wherein metal elements constituting the oxide are In, Zn, and Sn, an oxygen partial pressure is 15% by volume or more when depositing the oxide in the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistor, and a defect density of the oxide satisfies 7.5×1015cm?3 or less, and a mobility satisfies 15 cm2/Vs or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: BYUNG DU AHN, GUN HEE KIM, YEON-HONG KIM, JIN HYUN PARK, SHUJI KOSAKA, KAZUSHI HAYASHI
  • Patent number: 9391211
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide compositions for a solution process, electronic devices fabricated using the same, and fabrication methods thereof. An oxide nano-structure is formed using a sol-gel process. An oxide thin film transistor is formed using the oxide nano-structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Kim, Woong Hee Jeong, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20160181281
    Abstract: A display panel comprises a substrate, a gate line, a data line insulated from the gate line, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode group formed on the substrate, a gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode group, an active layer formed on the gate insulating film to at least partially overlap the gate electrode group and a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the active layer so as to be spaced apart from each other, wherein the gate electrode group includes a first gate electrode formed on the substrate, a second gate electrode formed on the first gate electrode, and an insulating layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, and wherein the first gate electrode has reflectivity higher than that of the second gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Dae Young LEE, Byung Du AHN, Jung Gun NAM, Gug Rae JO
  • Patent number: 9324882
    Abstract: A thin film transistor containing at least, a gate electrode, a gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer, source-drain electrode and a passivation film, in this order on a substrate. The oxide semiconductor layer is a laminate containing a first oxide semiconductor layer (IGZTO) and a second oxide semiconductor layer (IZTO). The second oxide semiconductor layer is formed on the gate insulating film, and the first oxide semiconductor layer is formed between the second oxide semiconductor layer and the passivation film. The contents of respective metal elements relative to the total amount of all the metal elements other than oxygen in the first oxide semiconductor layer are as follows; Ga: 8% or more and 30% or less; In: 25% or less, excluding 0%; Zn: 35% or more to 65% or less; and Sn: 5% or more to 30% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Goto, Aya Miki, Tomoya Kishi, Kenta Hirose, Shinya Morita, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim, Yeon Hong Kim
  • Patent number: 9299474
    Abstract: There is provided an oxide for semiconductor layers of thin-film transistors, which oxide can provide thin-film transistors with excellent switching characteristics and by which oxide favorable characteristics can stably be obtained even after the formation of passivation layers. The oxide to be used for semiconductor layers of thin-film transistors according to the present invention includes Zn, Sn, and Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Morita, Aya Miki, Yumi Iwanari, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Satoshi Yasuno, Jae Woo Park, Je Hun Lee, Byung Du Ahn
  • Patent number: 9257563
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the semiconductor layer and facing each other, a floating metal layer between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a passivation layer covering the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the floating metal layer. The floating metal layer is electrically floating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Byung Du Ahn, Jung Hwa Kim, Ji Hun Lim, Je Hun Lee, Dae Hwan Kim, Hyun Kwang Jung
  • Publication number: 20150372148
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide compositions for a solution process, electronic devices fabricated using the same, and fabrication methods thereof. An oxide nano-structure is formed using a sol-gel process. An oxide thin film transistor is formed using the oxide nano-structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Kim, Woong Hee Jeong, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20150348494
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel coupled to a first scan line and a first data line. The first pixel includes a switching transistor including a control terminal connected to the first scan line and an input terminal connected to the first data line, and is turned on by an on-scan signal, a first transistor including a first control terminal connected to the first scan line, a first input terminal connected to the first data line, and a first output terminal connected to the first control terminal; and a second transistor including a second control terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second input terminal receiving a base voltage, and a second output terminal connected to the second control terminal. The first and second transistors respectively convert light into first and second currents outputted respectively to the first and second output terminals in response to an off-scan signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Ji Hun Lim, Hyun Jae Na, Dong Hwan Shim, Byung Du Ahn
  • Patent number: 9188867
    Abstract: A passivation layer solution composition is provided. A passivation layer solution composition according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an organic siloxane resin represented by Chemical Formula 1 below. In Chemical Formula 1, R is at least one substituent selected from a saturated hydrocarbon or an unsaturated hydrocarbon having from 1 to about 25 carbon atoms, and x and y may each independently be from 1 to about 200, and wherein each wavy line indicates a bond to an H atom or to an x siloxane unit or a y siloxane unit, or a bond to an x siloxane unit or a y siloxane unit of another siloxane chain comprising x siloxane units or y siloxane units or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Du Ahn, Seung Ho Yeon, Sei-Yong Park, Mi-Hyae Park, Bu Sop Song, Tae Gweon Lee, Jun Hyun Park, Je Hun Lee, Jae Woo Park
  • Patent number: 9190523
    Abstract: An oxide semiconductor includes a first material including at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc (Zn) and tin (Sn), and a second material, where a value acquired by subtracting an electronegativity difference value between the second material and oxygen (O) from the electronegativity difference value between the first material and oxygen (O) is less than about 1.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KOBE STEEL, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Du Ahn, Je Hun Lee, Sei-Yong Park, Jun Hyun Park, Gun Hee Kim, Ji Hun Lim, Jae Woo Park, Jin Seong Park, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Aya Miki, Shinya Morita, Tomoya Kishi, Hiroaki Tao
  • Patent number: 9178073
    Abstract: This oxide for a semiconductor layer of a thin-film transistor contains Zn, Sn and In, and the content (at %) of the metal elements contained in the oxide satisfies formulas (1) to (3) when denoted as [Zn], [Sn] and [In], respectively. [In]/([In]+[Zn]+[Sn])??0.53×[Zn]/([Zn]+[Sn])+0.36 (1) [In]/([In]+[Zn]+[Sn])?2.28×[Zn]/([Zn]+[Sn])?2.01 (2) [In]/([In]+[Zn]+[Sn])?1.1×[Zn]/([Zn]+[Sn])?0.32 (3) The present invention enables a thin-film transistor oxide that achieves high mobility and has excellent stress resistance (negligible threshold voltage shift before and after applying stress) to be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd., Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Miki, Shinya Morita, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Satoshi Yasuno, Jae Woo Park, Je Hun Lee, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 9159839
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a gate electrode disposed on a substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor disposed on the gate insulating layer, source electrode overlapping a portion of the oxide semiconductor, a drain electrode overlapping another portion of the oxide semiconductor; and a buffer layer disposed between the oxide semiconductor and the source electrode and between the oxide semiconductor and the drain electrode. The buffer layer comprises tin as a doping material. A weight percent of the doping material is greater than approximately 0% and less than or equal to approximately 20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun Hee Kim, Jin Hyun Park, Kyoung Won Lee, Byung Du Ahn, Jee-Hun Lim, Jun Hyung Lim
  • Patent number: 9147022
    Abstract: A method for calculating values of parameters of a TFT includes calculating a set of simulated current-voltage (I-V) values using state-density-functions over an entire energy band in a band gap of an amorphous semiconductor of the TFT. The method further includes comparing the set of simulated I-V values with a set of measured I-V values of the TFT to determine a value of a parameter of the TFT. The method may further include calculating values of an acceptor state-density-function gA using a set of electrostatic capacity-voltage (C-V) values of the TFT measured according to a frequency. The method may further include determining values of a donor state-density-function gD and values of an interface state-density-function Dit over the entire energy band in the band gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Je-Hun Lee, Byung-Du Ahn, Sei-Yong Park, Jun-Hyun Park, Jae-Woo Park, Dae-Hwan Kim, Sung-Chul Kim, Yong-Woo Jeon
  • Publication number: 20150255278
    Abstract: A thin film transistor including a gate electrode; an active layer insulated from the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode that are insulated from the gate electrode and are electrically connected to the active layer; a first etch stopper layer that is formed of an insulation material and contacts a portion of the active layer located between areas of the active layer that are electrically connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode; a second etch stopper layer on the first etch stopper layer, the second etch stopper layer being formed of an insulation material of a same type as the insulation material used to form the first etch stopper layer, the second etch stopper layer having a higher density than the first etch stopper layer; and a third etch stopper layer on the second etch stopper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Byung-Du AHN, Tae-Young KIM, Yeon-Gon MO
  • Publication number: 20150249159
    Abstract: Provided is a thin film transistor wherein the shape of a protrusion formed on the interface between an oxide semiconductor layer and a protection film is suitably controlled, and stable characteristics are achieved. This thin film transistor is characterized in that: the thin film transistor has an oxide semiconductor layer formed of an oxide containing at least In, Zn and Sn as metal elements, and a protection film directly in contact with the oxide semiconductor layer; and the maximum height of a protrusion formed on the oxide semiconductor layer surface directly in contact with the protection film is less than 5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Tao, Takeaki Maeda, Aya Miki, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Byung Du Ahn, So Young Koo, Gun Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 9123818
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide compositions for a solution process, electronic devices fabricated using the same, and fabrication methods thereof. An oxide nano-structure is formed using a sol-gel process. An oxide thin film transistor is formed using the oxide nano-structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Kim, Woong Hee Jeong, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20150243793
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, an oxide semiconductor layer, an oxide buffer layer, a protective layer, and source and drain electrodes. The gate electrode is formed on a substrate. The gate insulating layer is formed on the substrate. The oxide semiconductor layer is formed on the gate insulating layer and includes a source, a channel and a drain region. The oxide buffer layer is formed on the oxide semiconductor layer, and has a carrier concentration lower than that of the oxide semiconductor layer. The protective layer is formed on the oxide buffer layer and the gate insulating layer, and has contact holes formed therein so that the oxide buffer layer in the source and drain regions are exposed therethrough. The source and drain electrodes are coupled with the oxide buffer layer in the source and drain regions through the contact holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Woong-Hee Jeong, Sun-Kwang Kim, Hyeon-Sik Kim, Byung-Du Ahn, Chaun-Gi Choi
  • Publication number: 20150228674
    Abstract: Provided is a thin film transistor which is provided with an oxide semiconductor thin film layer and has a threshold voltage that does not change much due to light, a bias stress or the like, thereby exhibiting excellent stress stability. A thin film transistor of the present invention is provided with a gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor layer composed of a single layer which is used as a channel layer, an etch stopper layer to protect a surface of the oxide semiconductor layer, a source-drain electrode, and a gate insulator layer arranged between the gate electrode and the channel layer. The metal elements constituting the oxide semiconductor layer comprise In, Zn and Sn. The hydrogen concentration in the gate insulator layer in direct contact with the oxide semiconductor layer is controlled to 4 atomic % or lower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.), Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya Miki, Shinya Morita, Hiroshi Goto, Hiroaki Tao, Toshihiro Kugimiya, Byung Du Ahn, Gun Hee Kim, Jin Hyun Park, Yeon Hong Kim