Patents by Inventor Hyun-Min Cho

Hyun-Min Cho 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: 12249674
    Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode extending in a first direction; a second electrode extending in the first direction and spaced apart from, in a second direction, the first electrode; a light-emitting element having a shape extending in a direction and between the first and second electrodes such that the direction is parallel to the second direction; a first contact electrode having a shape extending in a third direction and having at least a portion on the first electrode; and a second contact electrode having a shape extending in the third direction, spaced apart from, in a fourth direction, the first contact electrode, and having at least a portion on the second electrode, the first contact electrode electrically contacts a side of the light-emitting element, and the second contact electrode electrically contacts another side of the light-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Deok Im, Jong Hyuk Kang, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12243953
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a light emitting display device includes a stage, and at least one electric-field application module disposed on at least one side of the stage. The apparatus further includes at least one of: at least one printing head disposed above the stage, and a heating element disposed adjacent the stage. The at least one electric-field application module includes a probe head having at least one probe pin, and a driver connected to the probe head to move the probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyuk Kang, Won Ho Lee, Hyun Deok Im, Young Hoi Kim, Jin Young Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Hae Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 12243969
    Abstract: A light emitting element structure may include at least one light emitting element which is disposed on a substrate and spaced apart from each other, and extends in a direction perpendicular to the substrate; an auxiliary layer which is disposed on the substrate, exposes at least a portion of the upper surface of the substrate, and surrounds the outer surface of the light emitting element; a current spreading layer which is disposed on the auxiliary layer and electrically contacts an end of the light emitting element; a first pad which is electrically connected to the end of the light emitting element, disposed on the current spreading layer, and does not to overlap the light emitting element; and a second pad which is electrically connected to another end of the light emitting element disposed on the upper surface of the exposed substrate and spaced apart from the auxiliary layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Jung Hong Min, Dae Hyun Kim, Dong Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 12230739
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel areas; and a pixel disposed in each of the pixel areas. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on a substrate and disposed on a same layer, a light emitting element disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a third electrode electrically connecting the first electrode to a first end of the light emitting element, a fourth electrode electrically connecting the second electrode to a second end of the light emitting element, and an electrode pattern and the electrode pattern and one of the third electrode and the fourth electrode being disposed on a same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Lyong Bok, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12224307
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel disposed in a display area. The pixel includes a first electrode; a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, and including openings, each of the openings exposing different areas of the first electrode and defining respective cells; light emitting elements disposed in the respective cells, each of the light emitting elements including a first end electrically connected to the first electrode; and a second end protruding upward from the first insulating layer; and a second electrode disposed on the light emitting elements, and electrically connected to the second ends of each of the light emitting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinxing Li, Tae Jin Kong, Dae Hyun Kim, Veidhes Basrur, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12218299
    Abstract: A display device may include a display area including pixel areas each including an emission area, a non-display area, and a pixel disposed in each of the pixel areas. The pixel may include a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode and surrounding a periphery of the first electrode, a third electrode spaced apart from the second electrode and surrounding a periphery of the second electrode, a fourth electrode spaced apart from the third electrode and surrounding a periphery of the third electrode, light emitting elements disposed between the first to fourth electrodes, and first and second conductive lines disposed under the first to fourth electrodes with an insulating layer disposed therebetween. The first conductive line may be electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second conductive line may be electrically connected to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Il Tae, Hyun Min Cho, Dae Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12218175
    Abstract: A display deice includes a pair of first color sub-pixels arranged in a display area in a first direction, each of the pair of first color sub-pixels including at least one first color light emitting element, and a bank enclosing the pair of first color sub-pixels. The bank includes at least two areas having different widths in an area corresponding to each of the pair of first color sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Choi, Eun A Yang, Hyun Min Cho
  • Publication number: 20250040330
    Abstract: A light emitting device, includes: a substrate; a light emitting element on the substrate, the light emitting element having a first end portion and a second end portion arranged in a longitudinal direction; one or more partition walls disposed on the substrate, the one or more partition walls being spaced apart from the light emitting element; a first reflection electrode adjacent the first end portion of the light emitting element; a second reflection electrode adjacent the second end portion of the light emitting element; a first contact electrode connected to the first reflection electrode and the first end portion of the light emitting element; an insulating layer on the first contact electrode, the insulating layer having an opening exposing the second end portion of the light emitting element and the second reflection electrode to the outside; and a second contact electrode on the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Dae Hyun Kim, Jong Hyuk Kang, Joo Yeol Lee, Hyun Deok Im, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12211963
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes: a base substrate; a plurality of unit regions provided on the base substrate; a barrier disposed at a boundary of the unit regions to surround each of the unit regions; a dam disposed in each of the unit regions to be spaced apart from the barrier; a first electrode provided in each of unit light emitting regions surrounded by the dam; a second electrode disposed in each of the unit light emitting regions, the second electrode of which at least one region is provided opposite to the first electrode; and one or more LEDs provided in each of the unit light emitting regions, the one or more LEDs being electrically connected between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Deok Im, Jong Hyuk Kang, Dae Hyun Kim, Joo Yeol Lee, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12199199
    Abstract: An optical sensor includes a substrate, a photoelectric element disposed on the substrate and that includes a first electrode, an intermediate layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer, a barrier layer disposed on the second electrode, an insulating layer that covers the photoelectric element and the barrier layer, and a bias electrode disposed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the second electrode. The barrier layer is spaced apart from the first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki June Lee, Jung Ha Son, Tae Sung Kim, Jae Ik Lim, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12197064
    Abstract: A wide viewing angle liquid crystal display includes color filters having a quantum dot and scattering particles and liquid crystal layer disposed in a microcavity, a distance between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer being sized to minimize display deterioration due to parallax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Byung Park, Sung Sik Yun, Jong Hyuk Kang, Hae Il Park, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12199216
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate and extending in a first direction, a second electrode on the substrate and extending in the first direction, the second electrode being spaced apart from the first electrode in a second direction, a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode, light-emitting elements on the first insulating layer, the light-emitting elements being disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on the light-emitting elements, a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, and a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting the light-emitting elements. The second insulating layer comprises patterns that cover at least part of the light-emitting elements and are spaced apart from one another in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Won Lee, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12191425
    Abstract: A display device may include: a base layer including a plurality of islands, at least one first bridge configured to connect the islands in a first direction, and at least one second bridge configured to connect the islands in a second direction; and at least one pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels in the base layer. Each of the sub-pixels may include: a first electrode and a second electrode in one island of the islands and spaced from each other; a third electrode and a fourth electrode in one bridge of the at least one first bridge and the at least one second bridge and spaced from each other; at least one first light emitting element between the first electrode and the second electrode; and at least one second light emitting element between the third electrode and the fourth electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun A Yang, Jin Woo Choi, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12183857
    Abstract: A light emitting device may include: a substrate; a light emitting element located on the substrate and configured to emit light; a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other with the light emitting element interposed therebetween; a color conversion layer located on the substrate and configured to convert light emitted from the light emitting element into light having a specific color; a first contact electrode configured to electrically couple the first electrode with a first end of the light emitting element; and a second contact electrode configured to electrically couple the second electrode with a second end of the light emitting element. In a plan view, the color conversion layer may be spaced from the light emitting element and overlaps with at least one of the first and the second contact electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Uk Kim, Je Won Yoo, Hyun Min Cho, Jung Hong Min
  • Patent number: 12170343
    Abstract: A light emitting element and a display device including the same are provided. The light emitting element includes: a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; a passivation layer surrounding an outer surface of at least one selected from the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the active layer; and an insulation layer surrounding an outer surface of the passivation layer, wherein the passivation layer includes a two-dimensional (2D) material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Won Lee, Je Won Yoo, Chul Jong Yoo, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 12165576
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first light source including at least one first light emitting element between a first split electrode and a second power supply; a second light source unit including at least one second light emitting element between a second split electrode and the second power supply; a driving-current generator including a first transistor between a first power supply and the first and second light source units and generating a driving current corresponding to a first data signal; a first switching unit including a first switching element between the driving-current generator and the first light source; and a second switching unit including a second switching element between the driving-current generator and the second light source unit and controlling an electrical connection between the first and second light source units in response to a second data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yo Han Lee, Su Mi Moon, Hyun Min Cho
  • Publication number: 20240397773
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a base substrate; a thin film transistor and a power supply wire on the base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate, and electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a light emitting layer and a common layer on the first electrode; and a second electrode on the common layer. The power supply wire includes: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer; and a third conductive layer on the second conductive layer. The third conductive layer protrudes more than the second conductive layer on a side surface of the power supply wire, and the second electrode contacts a side surface of the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Min CHO, Tae Wook KANG, Sang Gun CHOI, Shin Il CHOI, Yun Jung OH, Myoung Geun CHA
  • Patent number: 12153761
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate and a plurality of pixels in a display region of the substrate. Each of the pixels includes first and second sub-pixels, and each of the first and second sub-pixels has a light emitting region for emitting light. The first sub-pixel includes a first light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit visible light. The second sub-pixel includes a second light emitting element in the light emitting region and configured to emit infrared light and a light receiving element configured to receive the infrared light emitted from the second light emitting element to detect a user's touch. The second light emitting element and the light receiving element in the second sub-pixel are electrically insulated from and optically coupled to each other to form a photo-coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Min Cho, Dae Hyun Kim, Sung Chul Kim, Hye Yong Chu, Keun Kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20240379917
    Abstract: A display device and method of manufacturing a display device. The display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a first insulating layer on the first electrode and the second electrode and between the first electrode and the second electrode, a light emitting element on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer covering the light emitting element and exposing end portions of the light emitting element, a third insulating layer on the second insulating layer, a first contact electrode electrically connected to the first electrode, on the third insulating layer and in contact with a first end portion of the light emitting element exposed by the second insulating layer, and a second contact electrode electrically connected to the second electrode, on the third insulating layer and in contact with a second end portion of the light emitting element exposed by the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Dae Hyun KIM, Hyun Min CHO, Keun Kyu SONG, Je Won YOO, Bek Hyun LIM, Sung Chan JO
  • Publication number: 20240363806
    Abstract: A display device includes a first electrode, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode to face the first electrode, a first insulation layer, at least one light emitting element, a second insulation layer, a first contact electrode, and a second contact electrode. The first insulation layer includes an overlapping area which overlaps the at least one light emitting element, a first non-overlapping area which extends outward from the first end of the at least one light emitting element and does not overlap the at least one light emitting element, and a second non-overlapping area which extends outward from the second end of the at least one light emitting element and does not overlap the at least one light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hyun KIM, Hyun Min CHO, Jin Oh KWAG, Keun Kyu SONG, Sung Chan JO