Patents by Inventor Dong-Sung Lee

Dong-Sung Lee 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: 20220102447
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer for a display device includes the steps of forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate, cleaning the amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam to form a polycrystalline silicon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Dong-Sung LEE, Seo Jong OH, Byung Soo SO, Dong-min LEE
  • Patent number: 11282872
    Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a laser generator configured to generate a first laser beam proceeding along a first direction, and an inversion module configured to convert the first laser beam to a second laser beam proceeding along the first direction, the inversion module including a splitter configured to form a reflected laser beam by partially reflecting the first laser beam, and a transmitted laser beam by partially transmitting the first laser beam, and a prism configured to reflect the reflected laser beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Min Lee, Ji-Hwan Kim, Jongoh Seo, Byung Soo So, Dong-Sung Lee, Jonghoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220082732
    Abstract: A cover window includes a base layer; a first coating layer on the base layer; and a second coating layer on the first coating layer. The first coating layer directly contacts a first part of an upper surface of the base layer and exposes a second part of the upper surface of the base layer, the upper surface of the base layer consists of the first part and the second part, and the second coating layer directly contacts the second part of the upper surface of the base layer exposed by the first coating layer, and an upper surface of the first coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Hyun KO, Hyun Seung SEO, Dong Sung LEE, Yong Kyu KANG, Hui Yeon SHON, Hyun Kyung YUN
  • Publication number: 20220045105
    Abstract: A display device may include a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate, and a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor may include an active pattern including polycrystalline silicon, a gate insulation layer disposed on the active pattern, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation layer. An average value of grain sizes of the active pattern may be in a range of about 400 nm to about 800 nm. An RMS value of a surface roughness of the active pattern may be about 4 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer may include cleaning an amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam having an energy density of about 440 mJ/cm2 to about 490 mJ/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Sung LEE, Jongoh SEO, Byung Soo SO, Dong-min LEE, Yeon Hee JEON, Jonghoon CHOI
  • Patent number: 11227764
    Abstract: A laser irradiation method includes a first scanning wherein a laser beam is scanned in a first region having a width in the X direction and a length in the Y direction by moving a laser irradiation area on the surface of the substrate along the Y direction using a spot laser beam, and a second scanning wherein laser beam is scanned in a second region having a width in the X direction and a length in the Y direction by moving a laser irradiation area on the surface of the substrate along the Y direction using the spot laser beam. A center of the second region is spaced apart from a center of the first region in the X direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Okumura, Jongjun Baek, Dong-Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20210405265
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window includes providing a base substrate and a protective film each including an upper surface and a lower surface, providing the upper surface of the protective film removably attached to the lower surface of the base substrate, providing a processed base substrate and a processed protective film by removing portions of the base substrate and the protective film to provide an exposed upper surface of the processed protective film which is closer to the lower surface thereof than the upper surface thereof, providing a first surface protection layer on both the upper surface of the processed base substrate and the exposed upper surface of the processed protective film, and providing the processed protective film separated from the processed base substrate to provide the window which is attachable to a display device and includes the processed base substrate having the first surface protection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: DONG-SUNG LEE, YONGKYU KANG, JIHYUN KO, HYUNSEUNG SEO, HUI YEON SHON, HYUNKYUNG YUN
  • Patent number: 11183515
    Abstract: A display device may include a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate, and a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor may include an active pattern including polycrystalline silicon, a gate insulation layer disposed on the active pattern, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation layer. An average value of grain sizes of the active pattern may be in a range of about 400 nm to about 800 nm. An RMS value of a surface roughness of the active pattern may be about 4 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer may include cleaning an amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam having an energy density of about 440 mJ/cm2 to about 490 mJ/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Sung Lee, Jongoh Seo, Byung Soo So, Dong-min Lee, Yeon Hee Jeon, Jonghoon Choi
  • Patent number: 11171000
    Abstract: A laser crystallization system includes a transfer part that transfers a substrate on which an amorphous silicon thin film is deposited into a chamber, a laser irradiation part that irradiates an excimer laser to the substrate for crystallization of the amorphous silicon thin film in the chamber, a stage that supports the substrate in the chamber, a measuring part that measures a light transmittance value of the substrate, and a controller that controls the laser irradiation part to irradiate the excimer laser to the substrate when the light transmittance value is equal to or lower than a reference transmittance value and controls the laser irradiation part not to irradiate the excimer laser to the substrate when the light transmittance value is higher than the reference transmittance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongoh Seo, Jonghoon Choi, Ji-Hwan Kim, Byung Soo So, Dong-Min Lee, Dong-Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11164919
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer for a display device includes the steps of forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate, cleaning the amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam to form a polycrystalline silicon layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Sung Lee, Seo Jong Oh, Byung Soo So, Dong-min Lee
  • Patent number: 11145703
    Abstract: A display device may include a substrate, a first layer on the substrate, the first layer including a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, a second layer on the first layer, an active pattern on the second layer, the active pattern overlapping only the first portion of the first layer, a gate electrode on the active pattern, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate electrode and connected to the active pattern, a first electrode connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode, a pixel defining layer on the first electrode, the pixel defining layer having an opening portion exposing at least a portion of the first electrode, an emission layer in the opening portion on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongoh Seo, In Cheol Ko, Byung Soo So, Dong-min Lee, Dong-Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20210289648
    Abstract: A cover window includes a base member which includes a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and a side surface connecting the top surface and the bottom surface to each other, a first hard coating layer on the top surface of the base member, and a protection layer in direct contact with at least a portion of the side surface of the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dong-Sung LEE, Yongkyu KANG, Jihyun KO, Hyunseung SEO, Hui yeon SHON, Hyunkyung YUN, Changmoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210277280
    Abstract: A cover window includes a base layer. A first hard coating layer is disposed on a first side of the base layer. A second hard coating layer is disposed on the first hard coating layer. The first hard coating layer comprises an acryl-based organic-inorganic material and the second hard coating layer comprises a silicon-based or epoxy-based organic-inorganic material or the first hard coating layer comprises the silicon-based or the epoxy-based organic-inorganic material and the second hard coating layer comprises the acryl-based organic-inorganic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hyun Seung SEO, Hui Yeon SHON, Yong Kyu KANG, Ji Hyun KO, Hyun Kyung YUN, Dong-Sung LEE, Chang Moo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210215902
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a micro lens assembly including: a base; a support inserted into the base to be movable in an optical axis direction; a driver for auto focus adjustment configured to move the support in the optical axis direction; a lens unit inserted into the support to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction and including a lens barrel to which a lens part is coupled; a driver for optical image stabilization configured to move the lens unit in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction; a plurality of ball bearings arranged between the support and the base for the support to be movable with respect to the base in the optical axis direction; and a plurality of connection members configured to connect the lens unit and the support to each other for the lens unit to be movable with respect to the support and formed of an elastic nonconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Dae Soon LIM, Hak Ku YOON, Myung Won CHOI, Dong Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20210132329
    Abstract: An auto focusing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a base having an accommodation groove; a lens carrier provided in the accommodation groove of the base; a magnet provided on one surface of the lens carrier; a coil provided to the base so as to face the magnet; a main ball accommodation part formed in a corner of one side of the inner surface of the base facing the magnet on the lens carrier; a sub-ball accommodation part which is provided on the inner surface of the base, on which the main ball accommodation part is not formed, and which supports the other surface of the lens carrier, on which the magnet is not provided; a guide protrusion which is provided on the lens carrier at one side of the magnet and which protrudes toward the main ball accommodation part; and a plurality of balls provided between the main ball accommodation part and the guide protrusion and between the sub-ball accommodation part and the other surface of the lens carrier, wherein one ball is provided between the
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: MICRO ACTUATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Soon LIM, Hak Ku YOON, Myung Won CHOI, Dong Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20210136908
    Abstract: A cover window includes a base layer including a first flat portion and a first bending portion bent from a first end of the first flat portion and a coating layer including a first coating portion disposed on the first flat portion and a second coating portion disposed on the first bending portion and having a thickness less than a thickness of the first coating portion. A first end of the second coating portion has a thickness greater than a thickness of a second end of the second coating portion, and the first end of the second coating portion is closer to the first coating portion than the second end of the second coating portion is.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hyunseung SEO, Jihyun KO, Dong-Sung LEE, Changmoo LEE, JONGHWAN CHO
  • Publication number: 20210122669
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a window includes preparing a base material layer, forming a first hard coating layer on the base material layer, and forming a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer. The forming of the second hard coating layer is performed in an environment having an oxygen concentration of about 0.01% to about 0.1%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Dong-Sung LEE, Hyunseung SEO, Hui yeon SHON, Hyunkyung YUN, Changmoo LEE, JONGHWAN CHO, Yongkyu KANG, Jihyun KO
  • Patent number: 10901172
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera lens assembly having a lens part and a lens carrier for moving the lens part such that the same moves forward and backward in the direction of an optical axis. The disclosed camera lens assembly comprises: a base part; a lens carrier disposed to be slidable along a direction of an optical axis in the base part; and an automatic focal point adjustment driving part having one portion installed to the base part and the remaining portion installed to the lens carrier, to drive the lens carrier to move forward and backward along the direction of the optical axis by means of an electromagnetic force, wherein a part of the lens carrier and a part of the base part are convex-concave-coupled to each other, and a plurality of bearings are arranged on the convex-concave-coupled portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: MICRO ACTUATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung-won Choi, Dae-soon Lim, Hak-ku Yoon, Dong-sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20200388493
    Abstract: A laser crystallization system includes a transfer part that transfers a substrate on which an amorphous silicon thin film is deposited into a chamber, a laser irradiation part that irradiates an excimer laser to the substrate for crystallization of the amorphous silicon thin film in the chamber, a stage that supports the substrate in the chamber, a measuring part that measures a light transmittance value of the substrate, and a controller that controls the laser irradiation part to irradiate the excimer laser to the substrate when the light transmittance value is equal to or lower than a reference transmittance value and controls the laser irradiation part not to irradiate the excimer laser to the substrate when the light transmittance value is higher than the reference transmittance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongoh SEO, Jonghoon CHOI, Ji-Hwan KIM, Byung Soo SO, Dong-min LEE, Dong-Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20200328237
    Abstract: A laser apparatus includes a laser generator configured to generate a first laser beam proceeding along a first direction, and an inversion module configured to convert the first laser beam to a second laser beam proceeding along the first direction, the inversion module including a splitter configured to form a reflected laser beam by partially reflecting the first laser beam, and a transmitted laser beam by partially transmitting the first laser beam, and a prism configured to reflect the reflected laser beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Dong-min LEE, Ji-Hwan KIM, Jongoh SEO, Byung Soo SO, Dong-Sung LEE, Jonghoon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20200303424
    Abstract: A display device may include a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate, and a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor may include an active pattern including polycrystalline silicon, a gate insulation layer disposed on the active pattern, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation layer. An average value of grain sizes of the active pattern may be in a range of about 400 nm to about 800 nm. An RMS value of a surface roughness of the active pattern may be about 4 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer may include cleaning an amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam having an energy density of about 440 mJ/cm2 to about 490 mJ/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Sung LEE, Jongoh SEO, Byung Soo SO, Dong-min LEE, Yeon Hee JEON, Jonghoon CHOI