Patents by Inventor Hyeong-Rae Seon

Hyeong-Rae Seon 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: 8164246
    Abstract: A light emission device for simplifying a structure of an electron emission unit and a manufacturing process thereof is provided. A display device using the light emission device as a light source is also provided. The light emission device includes a vacuum panel having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other. A sealing member is between the first and second substrates. Recess portions each have a depth into a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. Cathode electrodes are in corresponding recesses. Electron emission regions are on corresponding cathode electrodes. A gate electrode is fixed at one side of the first substrate at a distance from the electron emission regions. A light emission unit is at one side of the second substrate. The gate electrode includes a mesh unit having openings for passing through an electron beam and a supporting member surrounding the mesh unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Won Jung, Hun-Soo Kim, Sang-Jin Lee, Ii-Hwan Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Myung-Ick Hwang, Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Patent number: 8058792
    Abstract: A light emitting device capable of simplifying its manufacturing process and/or suppress vacuum leakage by improving its terminal structure and a display device having the same. The light emitting device includes a first substrate assembly, a second substrate assembly, and a sealing member for bonding the first substrate assembly with the second substrate assembly. The first substrate assembly includes a first substrate main body having recess portions, first electrodes within the recess portions, electron emission regions on the first electrodes, and second electrodes at a distance away from the electron emission regions and fixed to a surface of the first substrate assembly. Here, a first portion of the second electrode including a first end portion of the second electrode is exposed out of a region surrounded by the seal member and out of the seal member and is used as a terminal connected to an external circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Rae Seon, Jae-Young Lee, Dong-Su Chang
  • Patent number: 7923912
    Abstract: A light emission having: a first substrate; a second substrate opposite the first substrate; a sealing member between the first and second substrates and forming a vacuum envelope with the first and second substrates. The device also includes an electron emission unit on the first substrate, the electron emission unit having a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions having an independently controlled electron emission; a light emission unit on the second substrate, the light emission unit having a phosphor layer and an anode electrode on the phosphor layer; at least one anode button penetrating the second substrate at a region enclosed by the sealing member and spaced apart from the light emission unit; and a conductive layer on the second substrate and electrically coupling the anode button to the anode electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Gun Won, Sang-Jin Lee, Hun-Soo Kim, Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Patent number: 7880383
    Abstract: An electron emission device includes first and second substrates facing each other, an electron emission unit provided on a first surface of the first substrate, a light emission unit provided on a first surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate, and a sealing member for sealing peripheries of the first and second substrates together. The sealing member contacts a first insulation layer of the electron emission unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Su Chang, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Jae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7847474
    Abstract: A vacuum envelope and an electron emission display having the vacuum envelope. The vacuum envelope includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A plurality of frames is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate to form an inner vacuum space. An absorbing member is arranged between at least two of the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Publication number: 20100295440
    Abstract: A light emitting device capable of simplifying its manufacturing process and/or suppress vacuum leakage by improving its terminal structure and a display device having the same. The light emitting device includes a first substrate assembly, a second substrate assembly, and a sealing member for bonding the first substrate assembly with the second substrate assembly. The first substrate assembly includes a first substrate main body having recess portions, first electrodes within the recess portions, electron emission regions on the first electrodes, and second electrodes at a distance away from the electron emission regions and fixed to a surface of the first substrate assembly. Here, a first portion of the second electrode including a first end portion of the second electrode is exposed out of a region surrounded by the seal member and out of the seal member and is used as a terminal connected to an external circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Hyeong-Rae Seon, Jae-Young Lee, Dong-Su Chang
  • Patent number: 7830090
    Abstract: A light emission device having an evaporating getter unit and a display device utilizing the light emission device as a light source. The light emission device includes a vacuum vessel having first and second substrates facing each other and a sealing member, the first and second substrates having an active area and a non-active area, an electron emission unit located on the first substrate at the active area, a light emission unit located on the second substrate at the active area, a getter unit provided between the first and second substrates at the non-active area, and a barrier disposed between the getter unit and the active area. The barrier blocks diffusion of getter material toward the active area during the getter activating process and prevents (or reduces) a slip or a movement of the getter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Rae Seon, Dong-Su Chang, Jae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7816852
    Abstract: An electron emission display includes first and second substrates facing each other to form a vacuum envelope, an electron emission unit formed on the first substrate, and a light emission unit formed on the second substrate. The light emission unit includes an anode electrode formed on the second substrate and electrically connected to at least one anode terminal to receive an anode voltage from the anode terminal, and the anode terminal is arranged on a side of the first substrate external to the vacuum envelope and in parallel to the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Su Chang, Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Publication number: 20100253876
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, each of the first and second substrates having an active area and an inactive area surrounding the active area, the first substrate having recesses in a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; cathode electrodes in the recesses and extending along a first direction; electron emission regions on the cathode electrodes; gate electrodes on the side of the first substrate, extending along a second direction crossing the first direction of the cathode electrodes, and having a mesh structure with openings formed therein; first spacers between the first and second substrates in the active area; and second spacers between the first and second substrates in the inactive area. The second spacers press the gate electrodes to the first substrate to fix them in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung-Sun Ryu, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Dong-Su Chang
  • Patent number: 7800292
    Abstract: A vacuum envelope and an electron emission display having the vacuum envelope are provided. The vacuum envelope includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. A side member is disposed at peripheries of the first substrate and the second substrate. A first spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at an active area of the vacuum envelope, and a second spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate at a non-active area of the vacuum envelope, the non-active area surrounding the active area. A height of the first spacer is greater than a height of the second spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Su Chang, Jae-Hoon Lee, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Jae-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7791262
    Abstract: A vacuum vessel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate and spaced apart therefrom, and support frames mounted along the edges of the first and the second substrates. At least two support frames are separately formed on at least one side of the first and the second substrates. Adhesive layers are placed on a surface of the support frame facing the first substrate as well as on the opposite-surface of the support frame facing the second substrate to attach the two substrates and the support frames to each other. A filler is disposed between the neighboring support frames to prevent the vacuum leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Rae Seon, Dong-Su Chang
  • Patent number: 7772754
    Abstract: An electron emission display is provided to prevent electron beams around the spacers from being distorted and to prevent arc discharging due to the spacers. The electron emission display includes first and second substrates facing each other to form a vacuum vessel, an electron emission unit provided on the first substrate, a light emission unit provided on the second substrate, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first and the second substrates. Each spacer has a spacer body with a surface roughness, a resistance layer placed on a lateral side of the spacer body, and a flattening layer covering the resistance layer. The flattening layer has a thickness larger than the thickness of the resistance layer and a surface roughness smaller than the surface roughness of the spacer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Cheol-Hyeon Chang
  • Publication number: 20100176712
    Abstract: A light emitting device and a display device having the same that are capable of being manufactured by a simplified manufacturing method and having an improved alignment characteristic of members constituting an electron emission unit of the light emitting device. In one embodiment, the light emitting device includes a first substrate assembly including a first substrate having first recess portions and second recess portions, electron emission regions, first electrodes coupled to the electron emission regions, and second electrodes; and a second substrate assembly facing an inner surface of the first substrate. Here, each of the first recess portions has a first depth, each of the second recess portions has a second depth smaller than the first depth, the first electrodes are positioned within the first recess portions, and the second electrodes are positioned within the second recess portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Hyeong-Rae Seon, Hyun-Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20100176711
    Abstract: A light emission device includes a first substrate having a plurality of recesses having a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction on a front surface of the first substrate; a first electrode in each of the plurality of recesses and having a longitudinal axis extending in the first direction; an electron emission part on the first electrode; a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction and crossing the plurality of recesses; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a third electrode and a phosphor layer on a rear surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate; an adhesive member on the second electrode and on the front surface of the first substrate; and a spacer contacting the adhesive member to maintain a space between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Dong-Su Chang, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Kyung-Sun Ryu
  • Patent number: 7755268
    Abstract: An electron emission display device includes first and second substrates facing each other with a non-active area and an active area having a plurality of pixel, a first pixel portion, e.g., an electron emission unit, formed on the first substrate, a second pixel portion, e.g., a light emission unit, formed on the second substrate, and one or more alignment marks formed in the non-active area of at least one of the first and the second substrates and having a pattern substantially similar to that of the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Su Chang, Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Publication number: 20100171410
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes first and second substrates facing each other, and a sealing member interposed between the first and second substrates. The sealing member includes a first supporting frame having a groove portion and a second supporting frame having an end inserted into the groove portion, and an external surface of an end of the second supporting frame, inserted into the groove portion, is surrounded by the first supporting frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung-Sun Ryu, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Dong-Su Chang
  • Publication number: 20100141866
    Abstract: A light emission device including an electron discharger including a first substrate, a plurality of cathode electrodes, a plurality of electron emission regions, and a plurality of gate electrodes, the first substrate having a plurality of recessed portions at a first surface of the first substrate, the cathode electrodes extending along a first direction and in the recessed portions, the electron emission regions on the cathode electrodes, and the gate electrodes extending along a second direction crossing the first direction; a light emitter including a second substrate, the second substrate having a second surface facing the first surface of the first substrate with a gap therebetween; and a plurality of fixing blocks on the first substrate and between the gate electrodes, the fixing blocks being separated from the light emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung-Sun Ryu, Hyeong-Rae Seon, Dong-Su Chang
  • Patent number: 7583017
    Abstract: An electron emission display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate. An electron emission unit is arranged on the first substrate. A light emission unit is arranged on the second substrate, the light emission unit having an anode electrode for accelerating an electron beam emitted from the electron emission unit. A sealing member is adapted to seal an exhaust hole of the first substrate. A voltage supply unit is adapted to apply an anode voltage to the anode electrode via the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Publication number: 20090175027
    Abstract: A light emission device for simplifying a structure of an electron emission unit and a manufacturing process thereof is provided. A display device using the light emission device as a light source is also provided. The light emission device includes a vacuum panel having a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other. A sealing member is between the first and second substrates. Recesss portions each have a depth into a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. Cathode electrodes are in corresponding recesses. Electron emission regions are on corresponding cathode electrodes. A gate electrode is fixed at one side of the first substrate at a distance from the electron emission regions. A light emission unit is at one side of the second substrate. The gate electrode includes a mesh unit having openings for passing through an electron beam and a supporting member surrounding the mesh unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Kyu-Won Jung, Hun-Soo Kim, Sang-Jin Lee, Il-Hwan Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Myung-Ick Hwang, Hyeong-Rae Seon
  • Patent number: 7498732
    Abstract: An electron emission device includes: a plate; first and second electrodes insulated from each other and arranged having a predetermined shape; an electron emitter connected to one of the first and second electrodes; and a third electrode formed with a hole through which electrons emitted from the electron emitter pass. The ratio of the a hole width of the third electrode to a width of the electron emitter is equal to or more than about 0.5 and equal to or less than about 1.0. With this configuration, there is no twisting or sagging, thereby satisfying predetermined standards for brightness and color purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyeong Rae Seon