Patents by Inventor Eun-ah Kim

Eun-ah 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: 8242692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a manufacturing method thereof. The OLED display includes a substrate member that includes a plurality of pixel areas. A thin film transistor (TFT) is formed on the substrate member and includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. A planarization layer is formed on the TFT and includes a contact hole through which the drain electrode is partially exposed. A pixel electrode is formed on the planarization layer and is connected to the drain electrode of the TFT through the contact hole. A pixel defining layer is formed on the planarization layer and has a through opening. Light scattering spacers are formed on the pixel defining layer to scatter reflected light and may have various shapes and dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Seong Jeong, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Soon-Ryong Park
  • Patent number: 8237354
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is provided. The OLED display includes: a substrate member; an OLED that includes a pixel electrode that is formed on the substrate member, an organic light emitting layer that is formed on the pixel electrode, and a transflective common electrode that is formed on the organic light emitting layer; an encapsulation thin film that is formed on the transflective common electrode; and a touch panel that includes a first touch conductive layer that is formed on the encapsulation thin film and that is formed with a transflective metal film, a glass substrate that is formed on the first touch conductive layer, and a second touch conductive layer that is formed on the glass substrate. In some embodiments, the transflective common electrode has reflectivity of less than 50%. Some of the external light is thus reflected again to the first touch conductive layer and back to the transflective common electrode and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Noh-Min Kwak, Hee-Seong Jeong, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong, Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Chul Jeon
  • Patent number: 8223095
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device having a pixel unit to test pixels, wherein the organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a display unit located on the substrate; a plurality of first scan lines located in the display unit; and a second scan line located in the display unit and separated from the first scan lines, wherein a plurality of pixel units, except one test pixel unit located in at least one corner of the display unit, are electrically connected to the first scan lines, and the test pixel unit that is not connected to the first scan lines is electrically connected to the second scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 8212242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an OLED display, and an OLED display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate member, an OLED including a first electrode formed on the substrate member, an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer, and a cover layer formed on the second electrode and covering the OLED. The cover layer includes a cover main body and a corner-cube pattern formed on an opposite side of a side that faces the second electrode among both sides of the cover main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Chul Jeon, Noh-Min Kwak, Hee-Seong Jeong, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20120162938
    Abstract: A flat display panel is disclosed. In one embodiment, the flat display panel includes i) a first substrate on which a display unit is formed, ii) a second substrate formed to face the first substrate, iii) a resin layer formed on the second substrate; a window formed on the resin layer, iv) a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a spacer formed between the window and the first end of the FPC. A first end of the FPC is combined with the second substrate, and a second end of the FPC is combined with the first substrate, so that the first substrate and the second substrate are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Sun Kim, Eun-Ah Kim, Min-Su La
  • Patent number: 8198802
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the OLED display includes i) an OLED comprising i) a first electrode, ii) an organic emission layer formed on the first electrode, and iii) a second electrode formed on the organic emission layer, ii) a dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) formed over the second electrode of the OLED, iii) a first polarizing plate formed on the DBEF, iv) a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layer formed on the first polarizing plate, v) a phase delay plate that is a ΒΌ wavelength plate formed on the CLC layer and vi) a second polarizing plate formed on the phase delay plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Hee-Seong Jeong, Woo-Suk Jung, Noh-Min Kwak, Chul-Woo Jeong, Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8193703
    Abstract: An OLED display includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor and an OLED, and a second substrate on the first substrate and including a corner-cube pattern facing the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Chul Jeon, Woo-Suk Jung, Soon-Ryong Park, Eun-Ah Kim, Chul-Woo Jeong, Hee-Seong Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20120127091
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes: i) a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area, ii) a touch panel disposed corresponding to the display area on the display panel, iiii) a connecting portion extending from an edge of the touch panel to an edge of the display panel and iv) a window disposed on the touch panel, and including a window main body covering the display area and the peripheral area and a black matrix portion covering the peripheral area. The device may further include a resin layer disposed between the window and the touch panel and cured with light and a reinforcing tape attached to the peripheral area of the display panel and attached between the connecting portion and the display panel, and having a groove recessed corresponding to the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hye-Sun Kim, Eun-Ah Kim
  • Publication number: 20120108420
    Abstract: A toxin immobilization particle and method of fabrication is provided that includes a polysulfide-rubber polymer coated activated carbon particle that provides enhanced toxin adsorption. A porous activated carbon particle have a size range up to 2 mm is used. The polysulfide-rubber polymer coated activated carbon particle includes a polymer-dose range of up to 1.64 grams of sulfur per gram of activated carbon particles, where the toxins can include mercury, PCBs, chlorinated pesticides or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The method of forming the toxin immobilization particle includes condensing a polymer in a sulfide mixture to form a polysulfide-rubber polymer compound and coating an activated carbon particle with the polysulfide-rubber polymer. The levels of sulfur loading in the toxin immobilization particles are controlled by the polymer dose during the coating process, where the polysulfide polymer coated activated carbon particle provides enhanced toxin adsorption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Richard G. Luthy, Eun Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 8169386
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. In one embodiment, the display includes 1) an organic light emitting diode comprising i) a pixel electrode, ii) an organic emission layer formed on the pixel electrode, and iii) a common electrode formed on the organic emission layer, 2) a dual brightness enhancement film formed over the common electrode of the organic light emitting diode, 3) a first phase delaying plate formed on the dual brightness enhancement film, 4) a corner cube film formed on the first phase delaying plate, 5) a second phase delaying plate formed on the corner cube film and a 6) polarizing plate formed on the second phase delaying plate, wherein at least one of the elements 2)-5) is configured to reduce reflection of external light incident onto the polarizing plate and/or reduce the loss of light emitted from the organic emission layer before outputting the emitted light through the polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Hee-Seong Jeong, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Chul Jeon, Noh-Min Kwak, Eun-Ah Kim, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong, Jae-Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20120080664
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the organic light emitting display apparatus including a lower substrate having power lines in a non-display region that is outside a display region whereon an image is realized; and a functional layer formed between the power lines and an encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Tae-Kyu Kim, Young-Hee An, Jae-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8148894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an OLED display. In some embodiments, the OLED display may employ combinations of linear polarization, circular or elliptical polarization, and phase delay in order to suppress reflection from external light while minimizing the loss of emitted light from the OLED display. For example, the OLED in the display includes a stack having a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode, a DBEF formed on the OLED, a first polarizing plate formed on the DBEF, a second polarizing plate formed on the first polarizing plate, and a plurality of phase delay plates formed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Seong Jeong, Hee-Chul Jeon, Chul-Woo Jeong, Jae-Yong Kim, Eun-Ah Kim, Noh-Min Kwak, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8143782
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display that can avoid or reduce scratched wires and dark spot defects. The organic light emitting display includes a pixel substrate having an organic light emitting element formed on a pixel region and wires having pads formed around the pixel region, a passivation layer formed on the organic light emitting element and the wires, and an encapsulation substrate formed on the pixel substrate to protect the pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 8138669
    Abstract: A double-emission organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device to display images on both sides includes two substrates each having an independently-drivable OLED bonded to each other to prevent breakage due to external pressure and decrease power consumption. The OLED display device includes a first substrate, a first OLED disposed on the first substrate and having at least one first emission layer, a conductive layer disposed on the first OLED, a second OLED disposed on the conductive layer and having at least one second emission layer, and a second substrate disposed on the second OLED. Alternatively, the OLED display device includes a sealant disposed along edges of the first and second substrates to bond the first substrate to the second substrate, and a conductive filler disposed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 8125143
    Abstract: An OLED display includes a pixel electrode on a substrate, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, a first common electrode on the organic emission layer, a transmission layer on the first common electrode, a second common electrode on the transmission layer, a selective reflective layer on the second common electrode, a polarizing plate on the selective reflective layer, and a phase delay plate between the polarizing plate and the second common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Hee-Seong Jeong, Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Chul-Woo Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8098008
    Abstract: An OLED display includes a substrate member, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate member, a pixel defining layer on the substrate member, the pixel defining layer including a pixel defining part and a plurality of light scattering spacer parts, the pixel defining part including a plurality of openings corresponding to and exposing the pixel electrodes, and the light scattering spacer parts protruding upward from the pixel defining part away from the substrate member, an organic light emitting layer on the pixel electrodes, a first common electrode on the organic light emitting layer, at least a portion of the first common electrode being on the pixel defining layer to overlap the light scattering spacer parts, a transmissive film on the first common electrode, and a second common electrode on the transmissive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Hee-Seong Jeong, Noh-Min Kwak, Soon-Ryong Park, Woo-Suk Jung, Joo-Hwa Lee, Chul-Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 8093603
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a pixel electrode, a pixel defining film, a light absorbing layer pattern, an organic light emitting layer and a common electrode. The pixel electrode is formed on the substrate, and the pixel defining film formed on the substrate has an opening to expose the pixel electrode. The light absorbing member divides the opening into a plurality of sub-emitting areas within the opening of the pixel defining film. The organic light emitting layer is formed on the pixel electrode, and the common electrode is formed on the organic light emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Suk Jung, Soon-Ryong Park, Hee-Seong Jeong, Chul-Woo Jeong, Hee-Chul Jeon, Eun-Ah Kim, Noh-Min Kwak, Joo-Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 8084940
    Abstract: An OLED display including: a first substrate; an opposing second substrate; an organic light-emitting unit disposed on a side of the first substrate that faces the second substrate; a driving circuit disposed on a side of the second substrate that faces the first substrate and connected to the organic light-emitting unit; and a filter. The organic light-emitting unit includes that is an anode, a cathode, and an organic emission layer disposed therebetween. The organic emission layer includes a blue emission layer a yellow emission layer. The filter is to convert light from the yellow emission layer into red light and green light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah Kim, Mu-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20110297942
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light-emitting display device includes: a lower substrate including a display area and a non-display area, the lower substrate further including a power supply wiring unit disposed in the non-display area, the power supply wiring unit including at least one power supply wiring extending along an edge of the display area; an encapsulation substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface facing the lower substrate; a cavity formed into the inner surface of the encapsulation substrate in a region over the power supply wiring unit such that the cavity overlaps at least part of the power supply wiring when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the encapsulation substrate; and a polarizing plate disposed on the outer surface of the encapsulation substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah KIM, Won-Kyu KWAK, Tae-Kyu KIM, Young-Hee AN
  • Patent number: 8058783
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the OLED device includes 1) an organic light emitting element configured to emit light, 2) a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC) layer formed over the organic light emitting element and configured to selectively transmit or reflect circularly polarized light and 3) a translucent metal layer formed on the CLC layer and configured to partially transmit and partially reflect incoming light. According to at least one embodiment, the OLED can suppress reflection of external light while minimizing loss of light generated from the organic emission layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ryong Park, Hee-Seong Jeong, Woo-Suk Jung, Noh-Min Kwak, Chul-Woo Jeong, Eun-Ah Kim, Hee-Chul Jeon, Joo-Hwa Lee