Patents by Inventor Hee-Keun Lee

Hee-Keun 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: 20240079529
    Abstract: A light-emitting element includes a first semiconductor layer, a light-emitting layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer, a device electrode layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer, a reflective electrode layer disposed on the device electrode layer, an insulating film surrounding a side surface of the light-emitting layer, a side surface of the second semiconductor layer, and a side surface of the device electrode layer, and a reflective layer surrounding a side surface of the insulating film, wherein the side surface of the device electrode layer is aligned with a side surface of the reflective electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun HAM, Moon Jung AN, Jin Seok PARK, Hee Keun LEE, Sung Chan JO, Sang Wook HAN
  • Patent number: 11870025
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a wire pad in a pad area, first banks in a display area, electrodes on the first banks, a pad electrode base layer on the wire pad, having a greater width than the wire pad, and covering sides of the wire pad, a first insulating layer covering parts of the electrodes and part of the pad electrode base layer, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer in the display area, respective ends of the light-emitting elements being on different electrodes, contact electrodes on the electrodes and contacting first ends of the light-emitting elements, and a pad electrode upper layer on the first insulating layer in the pad area and directly contacting the pad electrode base layer, wherein the pad electrode base layer includes the same material as the electrodes, and the pad electrode upper layer includes the same material as the contact electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Taek Kim, Seung Min Lee, Jung Hwan Yi, Hee Keun Lee, Bek Hyun Lim, Kyung Tae Chae
  • Patent number: 11871598
    Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode on the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode being arranged on a same layer to be spaced apart from each other; a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode; and a light emitting element on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes a groove concave toward the substrate, and the light emitting element is in the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek Hyeon Lim, Jin Taek Kim, Seung Min Lee, Jung Hwan Yi, Hee Keun Lee, Kyung Tae Chae
  • Patent number: 11855053
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer including a display area and a non-display area; and pixels disposed in the display area, each of the pixels including sub-pixels. Each of the sub-pixels includes a pixel circuit layer and a display element layer disposed on the pixel circuit layer. The display element layer includes a partition wall disposed in each of the sub-pixels; a bank disposed between adjacent ones of the sub-pixels; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the partition wall and spaced apart from each other; a reflective pattern disposed on the bank; and at least one light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Kong, Myeong Hee Kim, Hee Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230395755
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area; and a pixel in each of a pixel area in the display area. Each of the pixels includes: an insulating layer on the substrate and having an opening; first and second electrodes on the insulating layer and spaced apart from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements in the opening; a first contact electrode electrically connecting one end of the light emitting elements and the first electrode to each other; a second contact electrode electrically connecting another end of the light emitting elements and the second electrode to each other; a first insulating pattern on the first contact electrode; and a second insulating pattern on the second contact electrode. The first insulating pattern and the second insulating pattern are on the same layer and spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Seung Min LEE, Jin Taek KIM, Baek Hyeon LIM, Jin Yeong KIM, Kyung Tae CHAE, Jung Hwan YI, Hee Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230352639
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other, an insulating reflective layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the insulating reflective layer includes a plurality of first layers and the plurality of second layers having different refractive indexes, and the the plurality of first layers and the the plurality of second layers are alternately stacked with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hwan YI, Jin Taek KIM, Yong Sub SHIM, Seung Min LEE, Hee Keun LEE, Baek Hyeon LIM, Kyung Tae CHAE, Hae Ju YUN, Seung Jin CHU
  • Patent number: 11749783
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second electrodes disposed on a substrate and spaced apart from each other; at least one light emitting diode disposed between the first and second electrodes; an insulating pattern overlapping an upper portion of the at least one light emitting diode and exposing first and second ends of the at least one light emitting diode; a first contact electrode electrically connecting the first end of the at least one light emitting diode to the first electrode; and a second contact electrode electrically connecting the second end of the at least one light emitting diode to the second electrode. The insulating pattern may completely overlap the first and second ends of the at least one light emitting diode in a plan view, and have a width reducing toward a lower portion of the insulating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Veidhes Basrur, Xinxing Li, Hee Keun Lee, Chang Il Tae, Tae Jin Kong, Myeong Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11742460
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area; and a pixel in each of a pixel area in the display area. Each of the pixels includes: an insulating layer on the substrate and having an opening; first and second electrodes on the insulating layer and spaced apart from each other; a plurality of light emitting elements in the opening; a first contact electrode electrically connecting one end of the light emitting elements and the first electrode to each other; a second contact electrode electrically connecting another end of the light emitting elements and the second electrode to each other; a first insulating pattern on the first contact electrode; and a second insulating pattern on the second contact electrode. The first insulating pattern and the second insulating pattern are on the same layer and spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Min Lee, Jin Taek Kim, Baek Hyeon Lim, Jin Yeong Kim, Kyung Tae Chae, Jung Hwan Yi, Hee Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230187584
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode arranged spaced apart from each other on the first substrate; a plurality of light-emitting diodes arranged on the first electrode and the second electrode; a plurality of contact electrodes arranged on the first electrode or the second electrode and being in contact with the light-emitting diodes, wherein the contact electrodes comprise a first contact electrode arranged on the first electrode, a second contact electrode arranged on the second electrode, a third contact electrode facing the first contact electrode in a second direction, and a fourth contact electrode facing the second contact electrode in the second direction, and include an electrode connection unit connected to the third contact electrode and the fourth contact electrode and arranged to surround the second contact electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Seung Min LEE, Jung Hwan YI, Hee Keun LEE, Bek Hyun LIM, Kyung Tae CHAE
  • Patent number: 11668969
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first display substrate, a second display substrate. The second display substrate includes a substrate, a color conversion layer including a first conversion part configured to absorb light of a first color and to emit light of a second color, a second conversion part configured to absorb the light of the first color and to emit light of a third color, and a third conversion part configured to transmit the light of the first color, and a filter layer including a first filter overlapping with the first conversion part and having the second color, a second filter overlapping with the second conversion part and having the third color, a third filter overlapping with the third conversion part and having the first color, and an auxiliary filter overlapping with the second conversion part and configured to absorb the light of the first color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Jin Chu, Hoon Kim, Wontae Kim, Yeogeon Yoon, Hee-Keun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230145007
    Abstract: A display device includes first electrodes comprising a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode, a first insulating layer comprising openings partially exposing upper surfaces of the first electrodes, second electrodes disposed on the first insulating layer and overlapping the first electrodes in a plan view, light emitting elements disposed on the first electrodes and comprising first light emitting elements and second light emitting elements, first connection electrodes to contact first ends of the light emitting elements and the first electrodes, a second insulating layer to surround the light emitting elements, and second connection electrodes. The first connection electrodes include a first electrode part and a second electrode part. The second connection electrodes include a third electrode part and a fourth electrode part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Veidhes BASRUR, Hyun Wook LEE, Hee Keun LEE
  • Patent number: 11594171
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device including a substrate including a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, the display area including pixel areas, is provided. First switching elements are formed in the pixel areas, respectively, and a circuit element layer that includes reference voltage wire in the non-display area and electrically connected to the first switching elements is formed. Pixel electrodes that include first pixel electrodes in the pixel areas on the circuit element layer, respectively, and electrically connected through the first switching elements to the reference voltage wire, and second pixel electrodes facing the first pixel electrodes, are formed. A plurality of light emitting elements are arranged between the first pixel electrodes and the second pixel electrodes. A first source voltage is applied to the reference voltage wire and a second source voltage is applied to the second pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Chul Kang, Won Sik Oh, Yo Han Lee, Hee Keun Lee, Hyun Min Cho
  • Publication number: 20230057723
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixels; an electrode unit in each of the pixels of the substrate and including: a first electrode having a first outer side having a center of curvature and a curved shape; and a second electrode having a second outer side having a curved shape corresponding to the first outer side and spaced apart from and facing the first electrode; and a plurality of light-emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode. The center of curvature of the first electrode is on a peripheral portion of the pixel, and the first outer side of the first electrode faces a center of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Xin Xing LI, Hee Keun LEE, Chang Il TAE
  • Publication number: 20220320378
    Abstract: A display device includes an emission area and a subarea located at a side of the emission area in a first direction, a first electrode extending in the first direction across the emission area and the subarea, a second electrode spaced from the first electrode in a second direction, the second electrode extending in the first direction, a first insulating layer on the first and second electrodes, the first insulating layer including an opening in the subarea, a plurality of light-emitting elements located on the first and second electrodes in the emission area, and a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer in the subarea, wherein the first electrode includes a first electrode extension located in the subarea at a first contact hole, the opening overlaps with the first contact hole and is located above the first electrode extension, and the second insulating layer overlaps the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kwang Taek HONG, Ki Nyeng KANG, Jong Hwan CHA, Hee Keun LEE, Min Cheol CHAE, Su Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220310895
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a wire pad in a pad area, first banks in a display area, electrodes on the first banks, a pad electrode base layer on the wire pad, having a greater width than the wire pad, and covering sides of the wire pad, a first insulating layer covering parts of the electrodes and part of the pad electrode base layer, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer in the display area, respective ends of the light-emitting elements being on different electrodes, contact electrodes on the electrodes and contacting first ends of the light-emitting elements, and a pad electrode upper layer on the first insulating layer in the pad area and directly contacting the pad electrode base layer, wherein the pad electrode base layer includes the same material as the electrodes, and the pad electrode upper layer includes the same material as the contact electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Seung Min LEE, Jung Hwan YI, Hee Keun LEE, Bek Hyun LIM, Kyung Tae CHAE
  • Publication number: 20220293835
    Abstract: A pixel may include first and second areas sectioned from each other in a first direction; 1-1-th to 4-1-th electrodes successively arranged in the first area in a second direction intersecting the first direction; 1-2-th to 4-2-th electrodes successively arranged in the second area in the second direction; light emitting elements disposed between two adjacent electrodes of the 1-1-th to 4-1-th electrodes of the first area; light emitting elements disposed between two adjacent electrodes of the 1-2-th to 4-2-th electrodes of the second area; a first conductive pattern disposed in the first area, and electrically connecting the 2-1-th and 3-1-th electrodes; a second conductive pattern disposed over the first and second areas, and electrically connecting the 4-1-th electrode of the first area with the 1-2-th electrode of the second area; and a third conductive pattern disposed in the second area and electrically connecting the 2-2-th and 3-2-th electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxing LI, Dae Hyun KIM, Hee Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220278173
    Abstract: A display device may include a first sub-pixel including a first light emitting element disposed in a first sub-pixel area of a substrate, a second sub-pixel including a second light emitting element disposed in a second sub-pixel area located in a first direction with respect to the first sub-pixel area of the substrate, a bank layer disposed between the first and second sub-pixels, a first color filter pattern disposed on the first sub-pixel and the bank layer, and a second color filter pattern disposed on the second sub-pixel and the bank layer. The first light emitting element may emit light having a first color. The second light emitting element may emit light having a second color. The first color filter pattern and the second color filter pattern may at least partially overlap each other on the bank layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin KONG, Hyun Min CHO, Dae Hyun KIM, Su Mi MOON, Xinxing LI, Hee Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220271201
    Abstract: A display device includes subpixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction, where each of the subpixels includes an emission area and a sub area arranged in the first direction therein, electrodes extending in the first direction across the emission area and the sub area, where the electrodes includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode in the second direction, a third electrode disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a fourth electrode spaced apart from the third electrode in the second direction with the first electrode interposed therebetween, first light emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the fourth electrode, and second light emitting elements disposed on the second electrode and the third electrode. A length of the third electrode in the first direction is smaller than a length of the first electrode in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Kwang Taek HONG, Ki Nyeng KANG, Jong Hyuk KANG, Jin Taek KIM, Tae Woo KIM, Do Yeong PARK, Hee Keun LEE, Hyun Deok IM, Su Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20220223664
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, a passivation layer disposed on the substrate, a via layer disposed on the passivation layer, sub-pixels including electrodes disposed on the via layer and light emitting elements disposed on the electrodes in the display area, a first bank disposed on the via layer and surrounding the sub-pixels in the display area, a second bank disposed on the via layer and spaced apart from the first bank in the non-display area, a third bank disposed on the via layer and spaced apart from the second bank in the non-display area, and a first valley disposed between the first bank and the second bank in the non-display area and penetrating the via layer and the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Ki Nyeng KANG, Ock Soo SON, Hee Keun LEE, Su Min CHOI, Kwang Taek HONG
  • Publication number: 20220216373
    Abstract: Provided are a display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The display device comprises: a substrate; a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the substrate to be spaced apart from each other; a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate so as to cover at least a portion of the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least one first light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, on the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer comprises: a first sub-insulating layer comprising a first portion including a hydrophilic material and a second portion which is a region of the first insulating layer except for the first portion and includes a hydrophobic material; and a second sub-insulating layer disposed below the first sub-insulating layer, and at least a portion of the at least one first light emitting element is disposed on the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Je Won YOO, Tae Jin KONG, Hee Keun LEE, Hyun Min CHO