Patents by Inventor Donghwan Shim

Donghwan Shim 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: 20190245161
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate and a display area over the substrate. The display area includes a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes each including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode. A first power supply line is located outside the display area and is configured to supply power to the plurality of organic light-emitting diodes. A protective portion is disposed on an end of the first power supply line facing away from the display area. An encapsulation unit includes a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer. The encapsulation unit is positioned in the display area. A dam unit is arranged between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer. The dam unit is disposed on an end of the organic encapsulation layer facing away from the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Seungmin LEE, Taehyun KIM, Donghwan SHIM, Jungkyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20190115415
    Abstract: A display device that can improve transmittance of a sensor area that overlaps a display area includes a substrate that includes a display area in which a plurality of pixels are disposed, a sensor area in the display area, the sensor area overlapping a sensor, and a wiring connection area between the display area and the sensor area; a first wiring and a second wiring disposed in the display area and that extend in a first direction and are connected to the plurality of pixels; and a third wiring disposed in the sensor area and that extends in the first direction, wherein the third wiring is connected to the second wiring and overlaps the first wiring in a plan view. The third wiring is spaced apart from the first wiring with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jonghyun Choi, Seunghwan Cho, Donghwan Shim
  • Publication number: 20190088733
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area including a main display area and an edge display area extended directly from a side of the main display area, and a peripheral area outside the display area and including a pad area through which electrical signals are applied to the display area; and in the peripheral area, a plurality of wirings between the display area and the pad area and through which the electrical signals are transmitted from the pad area to the display area, the plurality of wirings including: a first wiring through which an electrical signal is transmitted from the pad area to the main display area, and a second wiring through which an electrical signal is transmitted from the pad area to the edge display area, where an electrical resistance per unit length of the first wiring is greater than that of the second wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi, Kyunghoon Kim, Donghwan Shim, Seonyoung Choi
  • Publication number: 20190081270
    Abstract: An OLED display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; an organic light emitting element including a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; a first conductive line at the non-display area of the substrate; a first organic layer on the first conductive line; a second conductive line on the first organic layer and connected to the first conductive line; a second organic layer on the second conductive line; and a third conductive line on the second organic layer and connected to the second conductive line. The third conductive line is connected to the second electrode. The first electrode is at the display area of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Taehyun Kim, Seungmin Lee, Seonyoung Choi, Sangho Park, Donghwan Shim, Jungkyu Lee, Seunghwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20190081127
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate. The substrate includes a front surface display portion. A first side surface display portion is bent from a first side of the front surface display portion. A second side surface display portion is bent from a second side of the front surface display portion. A corner display portion extends from the first side surface display portion and the second side surface display portion. The substrate has a through hole defined by the front surface display portion and the corner display portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: DONGHWAN SHIM, Taehyun Kim, Sangho Park, Seungmin Lee, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20190074859
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal cover. The portable terminal cover includes a plurality of transparent side surfaces configured to cover a plurality of side surface display parts of a portable terminal and a front surface configured to cover a top surface display part of the portable terminal and connected to at least one side surface of the side surfaces and thereby to confirm an image provided on the side surface display parts while protecting the side surface display parts of the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Sungchul KIM, Jonghyuk LEE, Donghwan SHIM
  • Patent number: 10181480
    Abstract: A thin film transistor “TFT”) substrate includes a substrate, an active layer over the substrate, and first and second TFTs over the substrate. The active layer includes: a first drain region, a first channel region and a first source region, which function as a drain, a channel and a source of the first TFT: a first lightly doped region between the first drain region and the first channel region: a second lightly doped region between the first channel region and the first source region: and a second drain region, a second channel region and a second source region, which function as a drain, a channel and a source of the second TFT. An impurity concentration at the second drain or source region is lower than an impurity concentration at the first drain or source region and higher than an impurity concentration at the first or second channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangho Park, Gyungsoon Park, Heerim Song, Donghwan Shim, Jungkyu Lee, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10050100
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area displaying an image and a peripheral area outside the display area, a main wiring and an auxiliary wiring disposed in an identical layer in the peripheral area, the main wiring being disposed closer to the display area than the auxiliary wiring, a dam configured to cover at least a part of the main wiring, the auxiliary wiring being spaced apart from the dam, and a connecting wiring configured to connect the main wiring to the auxiliary wiring, and a thin-film encapsulation layer configured to seal the display area and the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungkyu Lee, Donghwan Shim, Taehyun Kim, Sangho Park, Seungmin Lee, Seunghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9985081
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display that includes a substrate comprising a pixel area, a thin film transistor arranged within the pixel area, a wiring electrically connected to the a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor and the wiring, a pixel electrode arranged over the insulating layer, a pixel-defining layer having an opening that exposes the pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode and an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the insulating layer having a first region that is overlapped by the pixel electrode and a second region that is not overlapped by the pixel electrode, the second region being thicker than the first region to reduce parasitic capacitance between the opposite electrode and the wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Seungmin Lee, Sangho Park, Donghwan Shim, Suyeon Sim, Joosun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180120977
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel (DP) and a sensor unit on the DP. The sensor unit includes: a first conductive layer (CL) including a first bridge (FB); a second CL disposed on the first CL, the second CL including first sensor portions (FSPs) spaced apart from each other and arranged in a first direction; a first insulating layer (IL) disposed between the first CL and the second CL, the first IL including through-holes (THs) extending between the FB and the FSPs overlapping the FB; and contact electrodes (CEs) filling spaces defined by a bridge top surface of the FB exposed by the THs, insulating sidewalls of the first IL defining the THs, and sensor bottom surfaces of the FSPs facing the FB. A cross-section, which is perpendicular to a top surface of the DP, of each of the CEs has a polygonal shape of five or more sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Donghwan SHIM, Taehyun Kim, Seungmin Lee, Seung-hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20180102502
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate having a display area in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area outside the display area; a thin film encapsulation layer at the display area, the thin film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer that are stacked; a dam at the peripheral area; and an organic material detection part outside the dam, the organic material detection part including at least one detector. The first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer extend from the display area to the peripheral area, and the first inorganic encapsulation layer has an opening that corresponds to at least a portion of the organic material detection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Taehyun Kim, Seungmin Lee, Donghwan Shim, Jungkyu Lee, Seunghwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20170373094
    Abstract: A thin film transistor “TFT”) substrate includes a substrate, an active layer over the substrate, and first and second TFTs over the substrate. The active layer includes: a first drain region, a first channel region and a first source region, which function as a drain, a channel and a source of the first TFT: a first lightly doped region between the first drain region and the first channel region: a second lightly doped region between the first channel region and the first source region: and a second drain region, a second channel region and a second source region, which function as a drain, a channel and a source of the second TFT. An impurity concentration at the second drain or source region is lower than an impurity concentration at the first drain or source region and higher than an impurity concentration at the first or second channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sangho Park, Gyungsoon Park, Heerim Song, Donghwan Shim, Jungkyu Lee, Seunghwan Cho, Jonghyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20170323936
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area displaying an image and a peripheral area outside the display area, a main wiring and an auxiliary wiring disposed in an identical layer in the peripheral area, the main wiring being disposed closer to the display area than the auxiliary wiring, a dam configured to cover at least a part of the main wiring, the auxiliary wiring being spaced apart from the dam, and a connecting wiring configured to connect the main wiring to the auxiliary wiring, and a thin-film encapsulation layer configured to seal the display area and the peripheral area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jungkyu LEE, Donghwan SHIM, Taehyun KIM, Sangho PARK, Seungmin LEE, Seunghwan CHO
  • Patent number: 9711578
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) circuit panel comprises a substrate and first and second patterned multi-layer structures formed over the substrate. The first patterned multi-layer structure is to provide a driving TFT and a storage capacitor, and comprises: a semiconductor layer, a first electrode over the semiconductor layer, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode and insulated from the first electrode, a storage insulating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a driving gate insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the first electrode. The second patterned multi-layer structure is spaced from the first multi-layer structure, and comprises: a lower patterned insulating layer, a patterned conductive layer and a top patterned insulating layer. An organic insulating material is filled between the first and second patterned multi-layer structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Dohyun Kwon, Donghwan Shim, Suyeon Sim, Minjung Lee, Sungeun Lee, Iljeong Lee, Jungkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9698210
    Abstract: A display device and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a first line extending in a first direction, a second line extending in a second direction, and a storage capacitor electrically connected to at least one of the first line and the second line. The first line includes a first metal pattern layer extending in the first direction, an intermediate insulating layer formed over the first metal pattern layer, and a second metal pattern layer formed over the first metal pattern layer and the intermediate insulating layer. The second metal pattern layer extends in the first direction. The first line also includes a third metal pattern layer electrically connecting the first metal pattern layer to the second metal pattern layer via a contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Dohyun Kwon, Taehyun Kim, Donghwan Shim, Sungeun Lee, Iljeong Lee
  • Publication number: 20170141172
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display that includes a substrate comprising a pixel area, a thin film transistor arranged within the pixel area, a wiring electrically connected to the a thin film transistor, an insulating layer covering the thin film transistor and the wiring, a pixel electrode arranged over the insulating layer, a pixel-defining layer having an opening that exposes the pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode and an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode, the insulating layer having a first region that is overlapped by the pixel electrode and a second region that is not overlapped by the pixel electrode, the second region being thicker than the first region to reduce parasitic capacitance between the opposite electrode and the wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Seungmin Lee, Sangho Park, Donghwan Shim, Suyeon Sim, Joosun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170053975
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a driving circuit that includes a driving transistor and a storage capacitor electrically connected to the driving transistor. The driving transistor includes a driving active layer and a first electrode, the first electrode insulated from the driving active layer and disposed over at least a portion of the driving active layer. The storage capacitor includes a first capacitor including the first electrode and a second electrode facing the first electrode and a second capacitor comprising the second electrode and a third electrode facing the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Seunghwan Cho, Sangho Park, Donghwan Shim, Kiwan Ahn, Joosun Yoon
  • Patent number: 9553203
    Abstract: A display panel includes a base substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral area, a semiconductor layer disposed on a portion of the base substrate, a display element disposed in the pixel area, and a thin film transistor which controls the display element and includes an input electrode, an output electrode and a control electrode, in which the semiconductor layer includes a first portion disposed on the input electrode of the first thin film transistor, a second portion disposed on the output electrode of the first thin film transistor, and a third portion which connects the first portion and the second portion, overlaps the control electrode of the first thin film transistor, and defines a channel of the first thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Cho, Yoonho Khang, Hyunjae Na, Youngki Shin, Donghwan Shim
  • Patent number: 9437667
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a substrate including a display area displaying an image via a plurality of pixels and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The device also includes a first line and a second line in the display area. The display device also includes a first connection line and a second connection line in the non-display area, wherein the first and second connection lines are respectively connected to the first and second lines and extend in different directions to cross each other. The display device also includes an insulating layer formed over the substrate and including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion corresponding to the display area and the second portion corresponds to a crossing area where the first and second connection lines cross each other, the thickness of the first and second portions are different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohyun Kwon, Taehyun Kim, Donghwan Shim, Suyeon Sim, Minjung Lee, Sungeun Lee, Jungkyu Lee, Seunghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 9431472
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including at least one wiring configured to receive an electrical signal and a storage capacitor formed on the same layer as the wiring. The wiring includes a first conductive pattern layer, an intermediate insulation pattern layer, and a second conductive pattern layer that are sequentially stacked. The first and second conductive pattern layers are electrically connected to each other through a first via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungkyu Lee, Dohyun Kwon, Taehyun Kim, Donghwan Shim, Minjung Lee, Seunghwan Cho