Patents by Inventor Doo Na Kim

Doo Na 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: 12295169
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element disposed on a substrate, a first transistor which controls a driving current flowing in the light emitting element, a second transistor which supplies a data voltage to a gate electrode of the first transistor, a first-third transistor and a second-third transistor connected in series between the gate and drain electrodes of the first transistor, a first charge injection layer adjacent to a drain electrode of the first-third transistor electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor on a semiconductor region of the first-third transistor, and a second charge injection layer adjacent to a source electrode of the second-third transistor integrally formed with the drain electrode of the first transistor on a semiconductor region of the second-third transistor. A charge injection area of the first charge injection layer is greater than a charge injection area of the second charge injection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Hye Na Kwak, Doo Na Kim, Sang Sub Kim, Bum Mo Sung
  • Patent number: 12256571
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first channel portion, a second channel portion, a connecting portion disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion, and electrode regions, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel portion and a second gate electrode overlapping the second channel portion, signal lines disposed on the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of electrode regions of the semiconductor layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and the first channel portion and the second channel portion of the semiconductor layer each have a first width greater than a second width of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Bit Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Keun Woo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Sang Sub Kim, Do Kyeong Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Patent number: 12217694
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels connected to gate lines and data lines; a gate driver to supply a gate signal to the gate lines; and a data driver to supply a data signal to the data lines. The gate driver includes: a first transistor including a first active layer at a first layer; and a second transistor including a second active layer at a second layer on the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Doo Na Kim, Yun Jung Oh, Yong Su Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Publication number: 20240355828
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of reducing a dead space area while improving current driving capability of pull-up and pull-down transistors. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a substrate having a display area and a non-display area; pixels arranged in the display area of the substrate; and a gate driving circuit disposed in the non-display area of the substrate and connected to a transistor of the pixel. The gate driving circuit includes a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor. At least one of the pull-up and pull-down transistors includes a plurality of sub-transistors including a plurality of gate electrodes, and wherein the sub-transistors shares at least one of the gate electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Keun Woo KIM, Doo Na KIM, Sang Sub KIM, Bum Mo SUNG
  • Patent number: 12112705
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, a first dual gate transistor, a first capacitor, and a compensation transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes first and second terminals. The driving transistor generates the driving current and includes a first terminal to which a first power supply voltage is applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light-emitting diode, and a gate terminal. The first dual gate transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the driving transistor and includes first and second sub-transistors. The first capacitor includes a first electrode to which the first power supply voltage is applied, and a second electrode connected to a first node that connects the first and second sub-transistors to each other. The compensation transistor includes a terminal connected between the second electrode and the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanbit Kim, Taewook Kang, Doo-Na Kim, Sangsub Kim, Yunjung Oh, Dokyeong Lee, Jaehwan Chu
  • Publication number: 20240332321
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element disposed on a substrate, a first transistor which controls a driving current flowing in the light emitting element, a second transistor which supplies a data voltage to a gate electrode of the first transistor, a first-third transistor and a second-third transistor connected in series between the gate and drain electrodes of the first transistor, a first charge injection layer adjacent to a drain electrode of the first-third transistor electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor on a semiconductor region of the first-third transistor, and a second charge injection layer adjacent to a source electrode of the second-third transistor integrally formed with the drain electrode of the first transistor on a semiconductor region of the second-third transistor. A charge injection area of the first charge injection layer is greater than a charge injection area of the second charge injection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Keun Woo KIM, Hye Na KWAK, Doo Na KIM, Sang Sub KIM, Bum Mo SUNG
  • Publication number: 20240266354
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate, a first active pattern disposed on the substrate and including a first channel region, a second channel region spaced apart from each other, and a first common conductive region positioned between the first channel region and the second channel region, a second active pattern disposed on the substrate, spaced apart from the first active pattern, and including a third channel region, a fourth channel region spaced apart from each other, and a second common conductive region positioned between the third channel region and the fourth channel region, a first gate layer disposed on the first and second active patterns and including a first electrode overlapping the first active pattern, and a second gate layer disposed on the first gate layer and including a second electrode overlapping the second active pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: KEUNWOO KIM, DOO-NA KIM, SANGSUB KIM, BUMMO SUNG, SANGGUN CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240145483
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first channel portion, a second channel portion, a connecting portion disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion, and electrode regions, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel portion and a second gate electrode overlapping the second channel portion, signal lines disposed on the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of electrode regions of the semiconductor layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and the first channel portion and the second channel portion of the semiconductor layer each have a first width greater than a second width of the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Han Bit KIM, Mee Jae KANG, Keun Woo KIM, Doo-Na KIM, Sang Sub KIM, Do Kyeong LEE, Jae Hwan CHU
  • Publication number: 20240121984
    Abstract: A display device including a pixel electrode, and a pixel circuit electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The pixel circuit includes a first transistor including sub-transistors electrically connected to each other through a first common node, a second transistor including sub-transistors electrically connected to each other through a second common node, a first electrode electrically connecting the first common node with the second common node, and a second electrode disposed to overlap the first electrode and electrically connected to a direct current power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Bit KIM, Keun Woo KIM, Doo Na KIM, Sang Sub KIM, Chan Yeob SEOL, Jae Hwan CHU, Sang Gun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240079420
    Abstract: A display device includes a transistor including an active layer including first and second active areas, where the first active area includes a first drain area, a source area, and a first channel area between the source area and the first drain area, and the second active area includes the source area, a second drain area, and a second channel area between the source area and the second drain area, a gate insulating layer on the active layer, first and second charge layers at an interface between the first channel area and the gate insulating layer and at an interface between the second channel area and the gate insulating layer, where the first charge layer is adjacent to the source area, and the second charge layer is adjacent to the first and second drain areas and has a charge opposite to a charge of a first charge layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KEUNWOO KIM, TAEWOOK KANG, DOO-NA KIM, HANBIT KIM, JIYEONG SHIN, JUN HYUNG LIM
  • Publication number: 20240029655
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, a first dual gate transistor, a first capacitor, and a compensation transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes first and second terminals. The driving transistor generates the driving current and includes a first terminal to which a first power supply voltage is applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light-emitting diode, and a gate terminal. The first dual gate transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the driving transistor and includes first and second sub-transistors. The first capacitor includes a first electrode to which the first power supply voltage is applied, and a second electrode connected to a first node that connects the first and second sub-transistors to each other. The compensation transistor includes a terminal connected between the second electrode and the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: HANBIT KIM, TAEWOOK KANG, DOO-NA KIM, SANGSUB KIM, YUNJUNG OH, DOKYEONG LEE, JAEHWAN CHU
  • Patent number: 11881487
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, and including a first channel portion, a second channel portion, a connecting portion disposed between the first channel portion and the second channel portion, and electrode regions, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate conductor disposed on the first insulating layer and including a first gate electrode overlapping the first channel portion and a second gate electrode overlapping the second channel portion, signal lines disposed on the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to at least one of electrode regions of the semiconductor layer, an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and the first channel portion and the second channel portion of the semiconductor layer each have a first width greater than a second width of the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Bit Kim, Mee Jae Kang, Keun Woo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Sang Sub Kim, Do Kyeong Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11810511
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, a first dual gate transistor, a first capacitor, and a compensation transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes first and second terminals. The driving transistor generates the driving current and includes a first terminal to which a first power supply voltage is applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light-emitting diode, and a gate terminal. The first dual gate transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the driving transistor and includes first and second sub-transistors. The first capacitor includes a first electrode to which the first power supply voltage is applied, and a second electrode connected to a first node that connects the first and second sub-transistors to each other. The compensation transistor includes a terminal connected between the second electrode and the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanbit Kim, Taewook Kang, Doo-Na Kim, Sangsub Kim, Yunjung Oh, Dokyeong Lee, Jaehwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11727882
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a capacitor connected between a first voltage line and a first node; a light emitting diode including a first electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a second voltage line; a first transistor; a second transistor; a third transistor including a first electrode connected to the first node, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate electrode to receive a first scan signal; a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to the first node, a second electrode connected to a third voltage line to receive a third voltage, and a gate electrode to receive a second scan signal; and a compensation transistor including a first electrode connected to the first node, a second electrode connected to a fourth voltage line to receive a compensation voltage, and a gate electrode to receive a compensation control voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanbit Kim, Meejae Kang, Keunwoo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Sangsub Kim, Do Kyeong Lee, Jaehwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11617289
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel including a pixel driving transistor and a pixel switching transistor, the pixel driving transistor including a first active layer including a first channel area having a first length, a first gate insulating layer on the first active layer, a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode above the first gate electrode, the pixel switching transistor including a second active layer including a second channel area having a second length that is shorter than the first length, a second gate insulating layer on the second active layer, a second gate electrode on the second gate insulating layer, a second source and a second drain electrode above the second gate electrode, and wherein the pixel driving transistor and the pixel switching transistor each include a P-MOS transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keunwoo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Meejae Kang, Thanh Tien Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11615744
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device comprises a substrate, and a plurality of sub-pixels disposed on the substrate and including alight emitting element and a sub-pixel circuit driving the light emitting element. The sub-pixel circuit comprises a driving transistor controlling a driving current flowing through the light emitting element, a first transistor and a second transistor connected in series between a first node, which is a drain electrode of the driving transistor, and a second node, which is a gate electrode of the driving transistor, to receive the same scan signal, and a gate auxiliary electrode disposed on a gate electrode of the first transistor or the second transistor. The gate auxiliary electrode is connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor or the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventors: Keun Woo Kim, Tae Wook Kang, Doo Na Kim, Han Bit Kim, Jae Seob Lee, Jae Hwan Chu
  • Patent number: 11600229
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first electrode and a second electrode connected to a first node, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor including a gate electrode that receives a data write gate signal, a first electrode that receives a data voltage, and a second electrode connected to the second node, a third transistor connected between the first node and the third node, a fourth transistor connected between the first node and an initialization voltage input terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, an eighth transistor t connected to the third transistor and the fourth transistor, and an organic light emitting diode including an anode and a cathode receiving a second power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hanbit Kim, Meejae Kang, Keunwoo Kim, Doo-Na Kim, Sangsub Kim, Dokyeong Lee, Jaehwan Chu
  • Publication number: 20230067920
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving transistor, a first dual gate transistor, a first capacitor, and a compensation transistor. The organic light-emitting diode includes first and second terminals. The driving transistor generates the driving current and includes a first terminal to which a first power supply voltage is applied, a second terminal connected to the first terminal of the organic light-emitting diode, and a gate terminal. The first dual gate transistor is connected between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the driving transistor and includes first and second sub-transistors. The first capacitor includes a first electrode to which the first power supply voltage is applied, and a second electrode connected to a first node that connects the first and second sub-transistors to each other. The compensation transistor includes a terminal connected between the second electrode and the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: HANBIT KIM, TAEWOOK KANG, DOO-NA KIM, SANGSUB KIM, YUNJUNG OH, DOKYEONG LEE, JAEHWAN CHU
  • Publication number: 20220415255
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first capacitor connected between a first electrode and a second electrode connected to a first node, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node, a first electrode connected to a second node, and a second electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor including a gate electrode that receives a data write gate signal, a first electrode that receives a data voltage, and a second electrode connected to the second node, a third transistor connected between the first node and the third node, a fourth transistor connected between the first node and an initialization voltage input terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, an eighth transistor t connected to the third transistor and the fourth transistor, and an organic light emitting diode including an anode and a cathode receiving a second power supply voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: HANBIT KIM, MEEJAE KANG, KEUNWOO KIM, DOO-NA KIM, SANGSUB KIM, DOKYEONG LEE, JAEHWAN CHU
  • Patent number: 11450722
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first semiconductor layer on a first buffer layer, and including a first active layer; a first gate insulating layer on the first semiconductor layer, and covering the first active layer; a first conductive layer on the first gate insulating layer, and including a first gate electrode; a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer, and including a first source/drain electrode; a first interlayer insulating layer on the first conductive layer; a second semiconductor layer on the first interlayer insulating layer, and including a second active layer; a second gate insulating layer on the second semiconductor layer, and covering the second active layer; and a third conductive layer on the second gate insulating layer, and including a second gate electrode and a second source/drain electrode. The first gate insulating layer and the second gate insulating layer include different insulating materials from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Lid.
    Inventors: Doo Na Kim, Keun Woo Kim, Tae Wook Kang, Do Kyeong Lee, Yong Su Lee, Jae Hwan Chu, Kwang Hyun Kim, Yeoung Keol Woo, Yung Bin Chung