Patents by Inventor Gi-heon Kim

Gi-heon 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: 8047849
    Abstract: Provided are a braille display device using an electrorheological fluid and a method for manufacturing the same. The braille display device includes: a base body in which a plurality of insulating reception grooves are formed; a first electrode arranged below the base body; an electrorheological fluid received in the reception groove; a microcapsule having an electrophoresis particle which is dispersed in the electrorheological fluid; a second electrode arranged above the microcapsule; a braille pin installed above the second electrode; and a braille pin protection film arranged above the braille pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Deok Ahn, Seung Youl Kang, Chul Am Kim, Ji Young Oh, In Kyu You, Gi Heon Kim, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Patent number: 8049953
    Abstract: Provided is a microcapsule patterning method for patterning electrophoretic microcapsules on a substrate, the method including the steps of: preparing a microcapsule slurry in which microcapsules and a water-soluble binder are mixed; putting the microcapsule slurry into a liquid ejector having injection and ejection ports formed therein; and applying the microcapsule slurry contained in the liquid ejector onto the substrate so as to pattern pixels using the microcapsules. Accordingly, specific patterns are formed without physical and chemical damage to the microcapsules. Therefore, the patterns can be used as pixels of flat panel displays. Further, through the patterning, it is possible to implement a color display device which does not exhibit performance degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chul Am Kim, Seung Youl Kang, Hey Jin Myoung, Kyung Soo Suh, Seong Deok Ahn, Gi Heon Kim, In Kyu You, Ji Young Oh
  • Patent number: 8038820
    Abstract: A method of stacking a flexible substrate is provided. The method includes the steps of: preparing a carrier substrate; stacking an adhesive layer on the carrier substrate; and stacking a flexible substrate having at least one image display device on the adhesive layer using a laminating or pressing method. Thus, the flexible substrate is easily fabricated without modification of conventional mass-production equipment for fabricating a display, and thereby a lightweight, thin, and compact flexible display can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Yong Hae Kim, Dong Jin Park, Chul Am Kim, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Patent number: 8039294
    Abstract: Provided is an insulating layer in which an inorganic material is added to an organic polymer to thereby improve the insulating properties, an organic thin film transistor using the insulating layer, and a method of fabricating the organic thin film transistor. An insulating layer for an organic thin film transistor including a vinyl polymer and an inorganic material is provided. Here, a weight ratio of the vinyl polymer to the inorganic material may be in the range of 1:0.0001 to 1:0.5. Accordingly, it is possible to fabricate a thin film at low temperature and, further, to fabricate an insulating layer having a high-dielectric constant, not affecting other layers formed in the previous processes during the formation of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Sung Min Yoon, Kyu Ha Baek, In Kyu You, Seung Youl Kang, Seong Deok Ahn, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Publication number: 20110248739
    Abstract: Provided is a bending test apparatus of a flexible device. The bending test apparatus includes: first and second electrode parts disposed in a horizontal direction and loading a flexible device horizontally, wherein the first electrode part is movable in the horizontal direction and the second electrode part is fixed so that the first electrode part horizontally moves toward the second electrode part to apply mechanical stress of the horizontal direction to the flexible device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Hae KIM, Gi Heon Kim, Seung Youl Kang
  • Publication number: 20110229749
    Abstract: A battery cooling system (100) is provided to maintain more uniform temperature distribution in vehicle batteries (142). A battery (142) is provided with at least one exposed cell surface (143). A cooling shell (146) is provided with an interior surface spaced apart from the exposed cell surface (143). The interior surface defines a flow channel (147) for cooling fluid (150) such as air (114) provided by a system fan (112), and the air (150) flows in direct contact with the cell surface (143) from an inlet to an outlet of the channel (147). The channel (147) has a first hydraulic diameter at the inlet that is greater than a second hydraulic diameter at the outlet to the channel (147). The hydraulic diameter is varied or decreased along the length of the channel (147) such that the system provides a first surface heat transfer coefficient proximate to the channel inlet that is less than a second surface heat transfer coefficient proximate to the channel outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: Alliance For Sustainable Energy ,LLC
    Inventors: Gi-Heon Kim, Ahmad Pesaran, Matthew Allen Keyser
  • Publication number: 20110132517
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming a device having a plastic substrate. The method forming the plastic substrate, thermally processing the plastic substrate, and applying the thermally treated plastic substrate to the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Yong Hae Kim
  • Publication number: 20110064945
    Abstract: Provided are plastic substrates and methods of forming the same. The method includes applying a protective layer composition including reactive monomers on a organic substrate, and polymerizing the reactive monomers to form a protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Gi Heon KIM, Yong Hae Kim
  • Patent number: 7903321
    Abstract: Provided are a color electrophoretic display and a method of manufacturing the same. The color electrophoretic display includes: a plurality of lower electrodes arranged on a lower layer and disposed with a predetermined interval therebetween; a plurality of first to third photoresist chambers arranged on the plurality of lower electrodes; first to third electronic inks accommodated in the plurality of first to third photoresist chambers respectively, and discriminatively operating to an electric field to independently display red, green, and blue colors; and a plurality of upper electrodes disposed with a predetermined interval therebetween and facing the plurality of lower electrodes with the plurality of first to third photoresist chambers being held therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Deok Ahn, Seung Youl Kang, Chul Am Kim, In Kyu You, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Young Oh, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Patent number: 7867811
    Abstract: Provided is a display panel comprised of a white color organic luminescent element and a color filter for full color implementation, wherein a substrate in which an organic luminescent element is formed and a color filter are assembled and fixed to face each other with an adhesive pattern therebetween, and liquid oil is filled between the color filter and the substrate inside of the adhesive pattern so as to block external moisture or oxygen, so that deterioration of luminous characteristics due to the external moisture or oxygen may be prevented by encapsulating the organic luminescent element and the color filter with the liquid oil, which leads to enhance reliability and stability of the element, and also allows the encapsulation process to be performed with relatively simple steps and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Sung Min Yoon, In Kyu You, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Publication number: 20100300360
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depositing an organic/inorganic thin film. The method includes: i) heating a source vessel containing an organic material and an inorganic material; ii) transferring a deposition gas to a process chamber; iii) distributing the deposition gas onto a substrate disposed in the process chamber; iv) purging the process chamber; v) heating an activating agent source vessel; vi) transferring a heat initiator gas phase to the process chamber; vii) distributing the heat initiator gas phase onto the organic or inorganic material monomer deposited on the substrate through the process chamber, and forming an organic/inorganic thin film; and viii) exhausting the heat initiator gas phase and purging the process chamber. Depositing the organic/inorganic thin film in a time-division manner, the thickness of the thin film can be accurately adjusted and the deposition can be uniformly performed when the thin film is deposited on a large-scale substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong Deok AHN, Seung Youl KANG, Chul Am KIM, Ji Young OH, In Kyu YOU, Gi Heon KIM, Kyu Ha BAEK, Kyung Soo SUH
  • Patent number: 7799377
    Abstract: Provided is a method for depositing an organic/inorganic thin film. The method includes: i) heating a source vessel containing an organic material and an inorganic material; ii) transferring a deposition gas to a process chamber; iii) distributing the deposition gas onto a substrate disposed in the process chamber; iv) purging the process chamber; v) heating an activating agent source vessel; vi) transferring a heat initiator gas phase to the process chamber; vii) distributing the heat initiator gas phase onto the organic or inorganic material monomer deposited on the substrate through the process chamber, and forming an organic/inorganic thin film; and viii) exhausting the heat initiator gas phase and purging the process chamber. Depositing the organic/inorganic thin film in a time-division manner, the thickness of the thin film can be accurately adjusted and the deposition can be uniformly performed when the thin film is deposited on a large-scale substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Deok Ahn, Seung Youl Kang, Chul Am Kim, Ji Young Oh, In Kyu You, Gi Heon Kim, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Publication number: 20100225994
    Abstract: Provided is a microcapsule patterning method for patterning electrophoretic microcapsules on a substrate, the method including the steps of: preparing a microcapsule slurry in which microcapsules and a water-soluble binder are mixed; putting the microcapsule slurry into a liquid ejector having injection and ejection ports formed therein; and applying the microcapsule slurry contained in the liquid ejector onto the substrate so as to pattern pixels using the microcapsules. Accordingly, specific patterns are formed without physical and chemical damage to the microcapsules. Therefore, the patterns can be used as pixels of flat panel displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chul Am Kim, Seung Youl Kang, Hey Jin Myoung, Kyung Soo Suh, Seong Daok Ahn, Gi Heon Kim, In Kyu You, Ji Young Oh
  • Patent number: 7741635
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for an organic polymer gate insulating layer and an Organic Thin Film Transistor (OTFT) using the same. The composition includes an insulating organic polymer including at least one selected from the group consisting of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylalcohol (PVA), polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), poly(vinyl phenol) (PVPh) and a copolymer thereof, a crosslinking monomer having two or more double bonds, and a photoinitiator. The OTFT includes a gate insulating layer of a semi-interpenetrating polymer network formed of the composition. The composition for a photoreactive organic polymer gate insulating layer has a photochemical characteristic that enables micropatterning, and can be formed into a layer having excellent chemical resistance, thermal resistance, surface characteristics and electrical characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seong Hyun Kim, Sang Chul Lim, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Ho Youk, Tae Gon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100151274
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible substrate is provided. The method includes coating a precursor including an inorganic polymer on the flexible substrate, curing the precursor including the inorganic polymer, and oxidizing a surface of the cured precursor including the inorganic polymer to form an oxide layer. Accordingly, an organic/inorganic barrier layer may be formed by only one coating process of a thin film. In this case, oxygen plasma or infrared ray/ozone processing may be performed at atmospheric pressure, thereby reducing process costs and equipment costs by not using vacuum equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung Youl KANG, Gi Heon KIM, Yong Hae KIM, Sung Min YOON, Chul Am KIM
  • Patent number: 7672037
    Abstract: Provided are an electrophoretic display device and a manufacturing method thereof, and more specifically, electrophoretic e-paper to which a high-k dielectric material is applied in order to improve a reaction rate. The electrophoretic display device of the present invention comprises a plurality of capsules comprising a dielectric fluid and at least one type of particles individually operating in response to an applied electric field and suspended in the dielectric fluid; first and second substrates respectively formed on and below the capsules and having electrodes formed thereon; and a dielectric layer formed on at least one of the first and second substrates to be in contact with the capsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Kyu You, Seung Youl Kang, Chul Am Kim, Seong Deok Ahn, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Young Oh, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Patent number: 7651739
    Abstract: A surface treatment method of an FRP substrate is provided. According to the method, an FRP substrate that is less deformed than a conventional flexible substrate material is used, and surface roughness, which is a drawback of the FRP substrate, is improved so that it may be applied to the fabrication of a device. In order to reduce the surface roughness of an FRP substrate, the FRP substrate is coated with an organic insulating solution and thereby planarized. Due to the reduced deformation and superior flatness, failures occurring due to misalignment in a photolithography process may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Kyu You, Seung Youl Kang, Seong Deok Ahn, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Young Oh, Chul Am Kim, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Publication number: 20090269703
    Abstract: Provided are a color electrophoretic display and a method of manufacturing the same. The color electrophoretic display includes: a plurality of lower electrodes arranged on a lower layer and disposed with a predetermined interval therebetween; a plurality of first to third photoresist chambers arranged on the plurality of lower electrodes; first to third electronic inks accommodated in the plurality of first to third photoresist chambers respectively, and discriminatively operating to an electric field to independently display red, green, and blue colors; and a plurality of upper electrodes disposed with a predetermined interval therebetween and facing the plurality of lower electrodes with the plurality of first to third photoresist chambers being held therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Seong Deok Ahn, Seung Youl Kang, Chul Am Kim, In Kyu You, Gi Heon Kim, Ji Young Oh, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Patent number: 7586119
    Abstract: Provided are a low temperature-cured polymer gate insulation layer and an organic thin film transistor having the same. The gate insulation layer includes an acrylate-based compound, an anhydride-based compound, and an epoxy-based compound each by 0.1 weight % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Gi Heon Kim, Sung Min Yoon, In Kyu You, Seung Youl Kang, Seong Deok Ahn, Kyu Ha Baek, Kyung Soo Suh
  • Publication number: 20090188530
    Abstract: Provided is a method of cleaning a flexible substrate. The method includes the steps of: preparing a flexible substrate and detaching an impurity adhered to both surfaces of the flexible substrate using rotating first rollers disposed on the both surfaces of the flexible substrate; and removing the impurity by transferring the impurity from the first roller to a second roller using the rotating second roller having a relatively higher adhesion than the first roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Gi Heon KIM, Kyung Soo SUH, Kyu Ha BAEK, In Kyu YOU, Seung Youl KANG, Seong Deok AHN, Chul Am KIM