Patents by Inventor Chong-Chul Chai

Chong-Chul Chai 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).

  • Publication number: 20210057506
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, and including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a third transistor, and an initialization voltage line disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second transistor of the first pixel and the second transistor of the second pixel are connected to the initialization voltage line. The first, second, and third transistors of the first pixel and the first, second, and third transistors of the second pixel are symmetrical with respect to the initialization voltage line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: KANG MOON JO, YOUNG WAN SEO, CHONG CHUL CHAI
  • Publication number: 20210027701
    Abstract: A pixel including: a light-emitting element; a first transistor including a first electrode coupled to a power source and a second electrode coupled to the light-emitting element; a first capacitor between a second and a third node; a second transistor between the third node and a data line and turned on by a scan signal; a third transistor between a first node and the second node and turned on by a first control signal; a fourth transistor between the power source and the third node and turned on by a second control signal; a fifth transistor between the power source and the first electrode of the first transistor and turned on by an emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light-emitting element and turned on by a previous emission control signal; and a second capacitor between the power source and the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Hyun PARK, Bon Yong KOO, Yu Jin LEE, Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20210027702
    Abstract: A pixel including a light emitter; a first transistor including first and second electrodes respectively connected to power and the light emitter, the first transistor controlling, driving current a first capacitor between a second and third node; a second transistor between the third node and data line and turned on by a scan signal; a third transistor between a first and second node, and turned on by a control signal; a fourth transistor between power and the third node, and turned on by a emission control signal; a fifth transistor between power and the first electrode, and turned on by the emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitter, and turned on by another emission control signal; and a second capacitor between power and the first node, wherein the fourth, fifth and sixth transistors turn-on/off at least four times in a non-emission period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Hyun PARK, Bon Yong KOO, Yu Jin LEE, Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200403030
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first electrode including a first electrode surface extending in a first direction and a second electrode surface connected to one end of the first electrode surface and extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, a second electrode including a third electrode surface extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first electrode surface and facing the first electrode surface, and a fourth electrode surface extending in the second direction and spaced apart from the second electrode surface and facing the second electrode surface, and at least one light emitting element between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a first light emitting element between the first electrode surface and the third electrode surface and a second light emitting element between the second electrode surface and the fourth electrode surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yu Jin LEE, Kyung Bae KIM, Ji Hye LEE, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200403129
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer; a pixel circuit layer on the base layer; and a display element layer on the pixel circuit layer. The pixel circuit layer includes a lens pattern at a recess between the display element layer and the base layer, the display element layer includes a light emitting element, and at least a portion of the light emitting element overlaps with the lens pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Ji Hye LEE, Kyung Bae KIM, Yu Jin LEE, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200403131
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate and pixels. The substrate includes: a display area including pixel areas, each including a first area and a second area; and a non-display area enclosing at least one side of the display area. The pixels are disposed on the pixel areas, each pixel including light emitting elements. Each pixel further includes: a pixel circuit part disposed on the first area and including at least one transistor and at least one capacitor; and a display element part disposed on the second area and including an emission area to emit light. Each of the pixel circuit part and the display element part has a multi-layer structure including one or more conductive layers and one or more insulating layers. At least one layer of the pixel circuit part and at least one layer of the display element part are disposed in a same layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Kyung Bae Kim, Mee Hye Jung, Chong Chul Chai
  • Publication number: 20200320936
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first voltage line receiving a first driving signal and a first node, a first transistor comprising a control electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second voltage line receiving a first power source signal and a second electrode connected to a second node, an organic light emitting diode comprising an anode electrode connected to the second node and a cathode electrode receiving a second power source signal, a second capacitor connected between an m-th data line and the second node (wherein, ‘m’ is a natural number) and a second transistor comprising a control electrode connected to an n-th scan line (wherein, ‘n’ is a natural number), a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Chong-Chul CHAI, Oh-Kyong KWON, Nack-Hyeon KEUM, Kyong-Hwan OH, Young-Wan SEO, Yong-Koo HER, In-Jae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200312252
    Abstract: A display device includes a data driving circuit disposed in a non-display area and including output terminals for outputting a data voltage to the data-lines, a first fan-out line disposed in the non-display area and including a first end connected to an output terminal corresponding to a data line in a first-area of a display area and a second end connected to a first contact portion disposed in an area adjacent to an end of the data driving circuit, a second fan-out line disposed in the non-display-area and including a first end connected to an output terminal corresponding to a data-line in a second area of the display-area and a second end connected to the data-line in the second-area, and a bypass fan-out line disposed in the non-display area and the display area and including a first end connected to the first contact portion and a second end connected to the data-line in the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Minjae JEONG, Gyung Soon PARK, Chong Chul CHAI, Jaeyong JANG
  • Publication number: 20200302840
    Abstract: A method of testing a display panel including a pixel coupled to first, second, and third power lines, a data line, scan lines, an emission control line, and a test line, the method includes: applying a first power supply voltage to the first power line; applying a test voltage having a turn-on voltage level to the second power line; applying a scan signal having a turn-on voltage level sequentially to the scan lines and an emission control signal having a turn-on voltage level to the emission control line; applying a gate signal to the test line to turn on a test transistor coupled between two electrode of a light emitting element included in the pixel; measuring a sensing voltage output through the data line; and determining whether the pixel is defective, based on a voltage level of the measured sensing voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hyun Joon KIM, Jun Ki JEONG, Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Kyung Bae KIM, Seung Chan LEE, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200279532
    Abstract: A pixel includes first, second, and third transistors, first and second capacitors, and an organic light emitting diode. The first transistor has a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode that receives a first power voltage, and a second electrode connected to a second node. The second transistor has a gate electrode that receives a scan signal, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to a third node. The third transistor has a gate electrode that receives a common control signal, a first electrode connected to the third node, and a second electrode connected to the second node. The organic light emitting diode has a first electrode connected to the second node and a second electrode that receives a second power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyun PARK, Young-Wan SEO, An-Su LEE, Bo-Yong CHUNG, Kang-Moon JO, Chong-Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200273397
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting diode including a first conductivity-type semiconductor, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor; a first voltage line to which a first voltage is applied; a second voltage line to which a second voltage is applied; a first transistor including a source electrode electrically connected to the first voltage line and a drain electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting diode and to the first conductivity-type semiconductor; a second transistor including a drain electrode electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor and a source electrode electrically connected to a data line to apply a data signal; a capacitor electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first electrode; and a third transistor including a source electrode electrically connected to the second voltage line and a drain electrode electrically connected to the first electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Min Jae JEONG, Kyung Bae KIM, Chong Chul CHAI, Kyung Hoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20200258938
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a pixel; a scan line for supplying a scan signal to the pixel; a data line for supplying a data signal to the pixel; a first power line for supplying a first driving power source to the pixel; a second power line for supplying a second driving power source to the pixel; and a third power line for supplying a ground voltage to the pixel. The pixel includes: first and second electrodes spaced apart from each other on the substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements, each of the light emitting elements having first and second end portions in a length direction thereof and being arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first switch electrically connected between the third power line and the first electrode. The first switch is configured to be turned on by a control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Chong Chul CHAI, Kyung Bae KIM, Mee Hye JUNG, Jin Oh KWAG, Min Jae JEONG
  • Patent number: 10733938
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first voltage line receiving a first driving signal and a first node, a first transistor comprising a control electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second voltage line receiving a first power source signal and a second electrode connected to a second node, an organic light emitting diode comprising an anode electrode connected to the second node and a cathode electrode receiving a second power source signal, a second capacitor connected between an m-th data line and the second node (wherein, ‘m’ is a natural number) and a second transistor comprising a control electrode connected to an n-th scan line (wherein, ‘n’ is a natural number), a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chong-Chul Chai, Oh-Kyong Kwon, Nack-Hyeon Keum, Kyong-Hwan Oh, Young-Wan Seo, Yong-Koo Her, In-Jae Hwang
  • Patent number: 10720107
    Abstract: A display device having a frame period including reset, compensation, relay, emission, and initialization periods. Each pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode having an anode coupled to a second node and a electrode coupled to a second power source; a first transistor between a first power source and the second node, and a gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second transistor between the first node and the second node; a third transistor between the first power source and a third node; a fourth transistor between a fourth node and the third node; a fifth transistor between a data line and the fourth node; a sixth transistor between a third power source and the second node; a first capacitor between the third node and the first node; and a second capacitor coupled the fourth node and the third power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kim, Bo Yong Chung, Yeon Kyung Kim, Chong Chul Chai
  • Publication number: 20200227505
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate in which an opening is defined, a first disconnected line disposed on the substrate, the first disconnected line extending along a first direction and including a first disconnected portion and a second disconnected portion, and the first disconnected portion and the second disconnected portion being disconnected from each other by the opening, and a first bypass line disposed on the substrate in a different layer from the first disconnected line, the first bypass line bypassing the opening and connecting the first disconnected portion and the second disconnected portion to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hyeongseok KIM, Minjoo KIM, Seulgi KIM, Soohyun MOON, Jaeyong JANG, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20200227502
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of intersection areas of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines. Each of the pixels includes a storage capacitor configured to store a data voltage, at least one target transistor having one end electrically connected to a current path of the storage capacitor, an organic light emitting layer, and a first electrode of an OLED formed over the organic light emitting layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode extension configured to block at least a portion of the target transistor from light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hee Rim Song, Mu Kyung Jeon, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 10706784
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes an output circuit configured to supply, to a first output terminal, a first clock signal supplied to a second input terminal or to supply a voltage of a second power source supplied to a second power input terminal, in response to voltages of a first node and a second node, an input circuit configured to control voltages of a third node and a fourth node in response to a shift pulse or a gate start pulse supplied to a first input terminal, a third clock signal supplied to a third input terminal, and a fourth clock signal supplied to a fourth input terminal, and a first driver configured to control the voltages of the first and second nodes in response to both the third clock signal and the voltages of the third and fourth nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Kim, Bon Yong Koo, Sun Kwang Kim, Chong Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 10700146
    Abstract: A pixel includes first through fourth transistors and storage capacitor. The first transistor controls an amount of current flowing from a first driving power source to a second driving power source, via an organic light-emitting diode, based on a voltage of a first node. The second transistor is coupled between a first electrode of the first transistor and the first node, and is turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The third transistor is coupled between a second electrode of the first transistor and a reference power source, and is turned on when the scan signal is supplied. The fourth transistor is coupled between an anode electrode of the organic light-emitting diode and a data line, and is turned on when the scan signal is supplied. The storage capacitor is coupled between the first node and the anode electrode of the organic light-emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
    Inventors: Chong Chul Chai, Oh Kyong Kwon, Nack Hyeon Keum, Kyong Hwan Oh, Bo Yong Chung, An Su Lee
  • Publication number: 20200203587
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels; an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane; a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode; a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power source; and a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line to receive the first driving power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Kyung Bae KIM, Min Jae JEONG, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Patent number: 10665166
    Abstract: A pixel for a display panel includes first and second transistors, first and second capacitors, and an organic light emitting diode. The first transistor has a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a first power source, and a second electrode connected to a second node. The second transistor has a gate electrode connected to a scan line, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the second node. The organic light emitting diode has a first electrode connected to the second node and a second electrode connected to a second power source. The first capacitor has a first electrode connected to a third power source and a second electrode connected to the first node. The second capacitor has a first electrode connected to a data line and a second electrode connected to the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyun Park, Young-Wan Seo, An-Su Lee, Bo-Yong Chung, Kang-Moon Jo, Chong-Chul Chai