Patents by Inventor Hoon-Ju Chung

Hoon-Ju Chung 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: 7187375
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating gamma voltage includes a plurality of gamma set generators and a gamma set selector. The gamma set generators generate a plurality of gamma voltage sets that include gamma voltages having different voltage levels from each other such that each gamma voltage set corresponds with a brightness mode. The gamma set selector selects any one of the gamma voltage sets in response to the brightness mode and drives data lines of a display device in accordance with the selected gamma voltage set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Min Ha, Seok Hee Jeong, Hoon Ju Chung, Dai Yun Lee, Han Sang Lee
  • Publication number: 20060286727
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a poly-silicon liquid crystal display device includes forming a poly-silicon layer including a TFT region and a storage capacitor region on a substrate, wherein the capacitor region includes an impurity injection region having a N-type impurity injection region and a P-type impurity injection region; forming a gate electrode and a storage capacitor electrode on the poly-silicon layer; injecting an N-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the N-type impurity injection region and the TFT region; injecting a P-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the P-type impurity injection region; forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode and the storage electrode; and forming a pixel electrode on the insulating layer, wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the impurity injection region in the storage capacitor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: San-Ho Kim, Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Publication number: 20060232217
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a gate line receiving a gate signal, a data line crossing the gate line, the data line receiving a data signal, a switching thin film transistor switching the data signal according to the gate signal, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor and receiving the data signal, a power line supplying a current to the driving thin film transistor, an organic electroluminescent diode connected to the driving thin film transistor, and a pre-charge element inputting a pre-charge voltage to the data line before the data line receives the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Applicant: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Du-Hwan Oh, Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Patent number: 7118944
    Abstract: A thin film transistor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, an active layer on the buffer layer, the active layer is formed of polycrystalline silicon and includes first undoped areas, a second lightly doped area, and third highly doped areas, a gate insulation layer on the buffer layer, a dual-gate electrode on the gate insulation layer including first and second gate electrodes corresponding to the first areas, an interlayer insulator on the gate insulation layer covering the dual-gate electrode, source and drain contact holes exposing the third areas, a gate contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulator to expose a portion of the dual-gate electrode, source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulator contacting the third areas through the source and drain contact holes, and a third gate electrode on the interlayer insulator contacting the exposed portion of the dual-gate electrode through the gate contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Patent number: 7112476
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a poly-silicon liquid crystal display device includes forming a poly-silicon layer including a TFT region and a storage capacitor region on a substrate, wherein the capacitor region includes an impurity injection region having a N-type impurity injection region and a P-type impurity injection region; forming a gate electrode and a storage capacitor electrode on the poly-silicon layer; injecting an N-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the N-type impurity injection region and the TFT region; injecting a P-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the P-type impurity injection region; forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode and the storage electrode; and forming a pixel electrode on the insulating layer, wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the impurity injection region in the storage capacitor region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: San-Ho Kim, Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Patent number: 7030842
    Abstract: An electro-luminescence display device includes a supply voltage source; a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines arranged within a panel; a gamma voltage generator for generating gamma voltages to generate analog data voltages corresponding to externally inputted data signals provided to the data driver; and a threshold voltage compensator installed between the gamma voltage generator and the supply voltage source for controlling a supply voltage of the supply voltage source and to apply the controlled voltage to the gamma voltage generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Min Ha, Hoon Ju Chung, Han Sang Lee, Myung Ho Lee, Seok Hee Jeong
  • Patent number: 7002178
    Abstract: A thin film transistor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, an active layer on the buffer layer, the active layer is formed of polycrystalline silicon and includes first undoped areas, a second lightly doped area, and third highly doped areas, a gate insulation layer on the buffer layer, a dual-gate electrode on the gate insulation layer including first and second gate electrodes corresponding to the first areas, an interlayer insulator on the gate insulation layer covering the dual-gate electrode, source and drain contact holes exposing the third areas, a gate contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulator to expose a portion of the dual-gate electrode, source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulator contacting the third areas through the source and drain contact holes, and a third gate electrode on the interlayer insulator contacting the exposed portion of the dual-gate electrode through the gate contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Publication number: 20060030089
    Abstract: A thin film transistor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, an active layer on the buffer layer, the active layer is formed of polycrystalline silicon and includes first undoped areas, a second lightly doped area, and third highly doped areas, a gate insulation layer on the buffer layer, a dual-gate electrode on the gate insulation layer including first and second gate electrodes corresponding to the first areas, an interlayer insulator on the gate insulation layer covering the dual-gate electrode, source and drain contact holes exposing the third areas, a gate contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulator to expose a portion of the dual-gate electrode, source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulator contacting the third areas through the source and drain contact holes, and a third gate electrode on the interlayer insulator contacting the exposed portion of the dual-gate electrode through the gate contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Publication number: 20050243586
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes a scan line, a data line, a voltage supply line, a switching transistor connected to the scan and data lines, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor and the voltage supply line, a storage capacitor connected between the switching transistor and the voltage supply line, and an organic light-emitting diode connected to the driving transistor and ground. A black display voltage applied to the data line is supplied to the driving transistor when a first gate ON signal is applied to the scan line. A video data voltage applied to the data line is supplied to the driving transistor when a second gate ON signal is applied to the scan line. The voltages are applied at least once each frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Hoon-Ju Chung, Jae-Ho Sim
  • Publication number: 20050212447
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display device includes: a substrate having a pixel region and a non-pixel region surrounding the pixel region; a first electrode on the substrate in the pixel region; an organic luminescent layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic luminescent layer; and a light-shielding means corresponding to the non-pixel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Du-Hwan Oh, Hoon-Ju Chung, Byeong-Koo Kim, Yong-Min Ha
  • Publication number: 20050212729
    Abstract: A driving method of a flat panel display includes dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames, wherein each sub-frame includes an on-state time, each on-state time corresponds to a weight value, and at least one of the weight values is expressed in the form of a non-binary code; applying an on-state gate signal to a pixel in each sub-frame to turn on the pixel; and applying each bit of a data signal corresponding to each sub-frame to the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Hoon-Ju Chung, Chang-Hoon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20050094042
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a poly-silicon liquid crystal display device includes forming a poly-silicon layer including a TFT region and a storage capacitor region on a substrate, wherein the capacitor region includes an impurity injection region having a N-type impurity injection region and a P-type impurity injection region; forming a gate electrode and a storage capacitor electrode on the poly-silicon layer; injecting an N-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the N-type impurity injection region and the TFT region; injecting a P-type impurity ion with a high doping density into the P-type impurity injection region; forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode and the storage electrode; and forming a pixel electrode on the insulating layer, wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the impurity injection region in the storage capacitor region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: San-Ho Kim, Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Patent number: 6801186
    Abstract: An analog buffer, and a driving method thereof, that has a low power consumption in driving a data line of a liquid crystal display and is insensitive to a deviation of device parameters to have a minor error between an input voltage and an output voltage, includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected in such a manner to be driven into a push-pull circuit. A first switch and a third switch connect and disconnect a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage such that the same current flows in the sources of the first and second transistors. A first capacitor charges the voltage between the gate and the source of the first transistor, and a second capacitor charges the voltage between the gate and the source of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul Hi Han, Hoon Ju Chung
  • Publication number: 20040124780
    Abstract: An electro-luminescence display device includes a supply voltage source; a data driver for driving a plurality of data lines arranged within a panel; a gamma voltage generator for generating gamma voltages to generate analog data voltages corresponding to externally inputted data signals provided to the data driver; and a threshold voltage compensator installed between the gamma voltage generator and the supply voltage source for controlling a supply voltage of the supply voltage source and to apply the controlled voltage to the gamma voltage generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Yong Min Ha, Hoon Ju Chung, Han Sang Lee, Myung Ho Lee, Seok Hee Jeong
  • Publication number: 20040113923
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating gamma voltage includes a plurality of gamma set generators and a gamma set selector. The gamma set generators generate a plurality of gamma voltage sets that include gamma voltages having different voltage levels from each other such that each gamma voltage set corresponds with a brightness mode. The gamma set selector selects any one of the gamma voltage sets in response to the brightness mode and drives data lines of a display device in accordance with the selected gamma voltage set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Min Ha, Seok Hee Jeong, Hoon Ju Chung, Dai Yun Lee, Han Sang Lee
  • Patent number: 6747625
    Abstract: A digital driving circuit for a liquid crystal display which sequentially receives and displays n-bit digital video information from a data bus on a bit basis. The digital driving circuit comprises a first data latch for sequentially storing the digital video information from the data bus on a bit basis, a shift register for synchronizing a latching operation of the first data latch with bit positions of the digital video information from the data bus, a second data latch for storing the digital video information stored in the first data latch temporarily before digital/analog conversion, and a digital/analog converter for sequentially converting the digital video information stored in the second data latch into analog signals on a bit basis. The digital driving circuit is able to sequentially process bit information of digital video information to reduce the number of data bus lines for loading the bit information thereon and the number of data catches arranged vertically to a column direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chul-Hi Han, Hoon-Ju Chung, Seung-Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20030194839
    Abstract: A thin film transistor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, an active layer on the buffer layer, the active layer is formed of polycrystalline silicon and includes first undoped areas, a second lightly doped area, and third highly doped areas, a gate insulation layer on the buffer layer, a dual-gate electrode on the gate insulation layer including first and second gate electrodes corresponding to the first areas, an interlayer insulator on the gate insulation layer covering the dual-gate electrode, source and drain contact holes exposing the third areas, a gate contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulator to expose a portion of the dual-gate electrode, source and drain electrodes on the interlayer insulator contacting the third areas through the source and drain contact holes, and a third gate electrode on the interlayer insulator contacting the exposed portion of the dual-gate electrode through the gate contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Hoon-Ju Chung
  • Publication number: 20030030617
    Abstract: An analog buffer, and a driving method thereof, that has a low power consumption in driving a data line of a liquid crystal display and is insensitive to a deviation of device parameters to have a minor error between an input voltage and an output voltage, includes a first transistor and a second transistor connected in such a manner to be driven into a push-pull circuit. A first switch and a third switch connect and disconnect a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage such that the same current flows in the sources of the first and second transistors. A first capacitor charges the voltage between the gate and the source of the first transistor, and a second capacitor charges the voltage between the gate and the source of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Chul Hi Han, Hoon Ju Chung, Mi Llee Kim