Patents by Inventor Ick-hwan Ko

Ick-hwan Ko 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: 7515406
    Abstract: A foldable multi-display apparatus forms a large screen by connecting housings supporting display panels in a folding manner. In the foldable multi-display apparatus, the display panels are located below a hinge axis when the display panels are unfolded. Therefore, the display panels do not contact each other during rotation of the housings with respect to the hinge axis. In this configuration, the scratching of the display panels during unfolding operations can be prevented, thereby providing the foldable multi-display apparatus with increased reliability and lifespan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-seo Kee, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-gu Lee, Hong-shik Shim
  • Patent number: 7474061
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display (“OELD”) includes an organic light-emitting diode (“OLED”) panel and a driving panel. The OLED panel includes an image display portion which displays an image using an OLED, and the driving panel includes a driving circuit portion which controls the image display portion. The OLED panel and the driving panel are combined into one body to complete the OELD. The image display portion and the driving circuit portion are electrically connected through pads disposed between the OLED panel and the driving panel, and the OLED panel and the driving panel are fabricated using separate processes, thus preventing the driving panel from being damaged by heat generated in the fabrication process of the OLED panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Sik Oh, Ho-nyeon Lee, Sung-Kee Kang, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-gu Lee
  • Publication number: 20080316573
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electrode of an electrochromic display. The method includes, prior to forming a porous nanoelectrode, forming a barrier rib for separating an electrolyte using a photosensitive paste as a material for the barrier rib, in which the photosensitive paste enables formation of patterns through a photolithographic process and maintains its shape at 450° C. to 500° C. The use of the electrode enables fabrication of an electrochromic display that is capable of preventing cross-talk between pixels and has advantages of fast response speed, prolonged lifespan upon repeated use and improved electrochromism, when compared to the case of metal oxide electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hong Shik SHIM, In Seo KEE, Ick Hwan KO, Young Gu LEE
  • Publication number: 20080290791
    Abstract: A white light-emitting organic light emitting diode includes; a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a second electrode disposed on the substrate and facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emissive layer including a first emissive layer having a first light emitting material (“LEM”), a second emissive layer having a second LEM, a third emissive layer having a third LEM, a first mixed interface layer including at least a part of the first LEM and at least a part of the second LEM, and a second mixed interface layer including at least a part of the second LEM and at least a part of the third LEM, the first and the second mixed interface layers being interposed between the first and second emissive layers and the second and the third emissive layers, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YOUNG-GU LEE, IN-SEO KEE, ICK-HWAN KO, HONG-SHIK SHIM
  • Publication number: 20080253073
    Abstract: A foldable multi-display apparatus forms a large screen by connecting housings supporting display panels in a folding manner. In the foldable multi-display apparatus, the display panels are located below a hinge axis when the display panels are unfolded. Therefore, the display panels do not contact each other during rotation of the housings with respect to the hinge axis. In this configuration, the scratching of the display panels during unfolding operations can be prevented, thereby providing the foldable multi-display apparatus with increased reliability and lifespan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-seo KEE, Ick-hwan KO, Young-gu LEE, Hong-shik SHIM
  • Publication number: 20080246089
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor, in which a semiconductor layer and a gate insulating film may be formed through ink jet printing using a single bank, thereby simplifying the manufacturing process and decreasing the manufacturing cost, leading to more economical thin film transistors. The thin film transistor manufactured using the method of example embodiments may be used as a switching element for sensors, memory devices, optical devices, and active matrix flat panel displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Ick Hwan Ko, In Seo Kee, Young Gu Lee, Hong Shik Shim
  • Publication number: 20080238301
    Abstract: An organic electro luminescence device includes a light emission unit disposed on a substrate and a passivation film including a plurality of organic films and a plurality of inorganic films, the plurality of organic films and the plurality of inorganic films are alternately stacked to cover the light emission unit on the substrate, wherein a side of the passivation film disposed between an edge of the substrate and an edge of the light emission unit is gradually thinner from the edge of the light emission unit towards the edge of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HONG-SHIK SHIM, IN-SEO KEE, ICK-HWAN KO, YOUNG-GU LEE
  • Publication number: 20080224949
    Abstract: A multi-display apparatus includes two panels disposed with a step difference so that pixel boundaries of display devices formed on substrates overlap, and at least one of the two panels includes a thin film encapsulation layer covering the display device and disposed on an adjacent surface of one of the two panels where there is the step difference to improve a disconnection of an image at a seam between the two panels, and mitigate a perspective difference of the image at the seam due to the step difference between the two panels, thereby realizing a large natural and smooth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-gu LEE, In-seo KEE, Ick-hwan KO, Hong-shik SHIM
  • Patent number: 7425730
    Abstract: In an organic electro-luminescent display, a pixel circuit is disposed in a unit pixel region defined on a substrate. A passivation layer covers the entire unit pixel region including the pixel circuit. An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) including a transparent lower electrode formed on a portion of the passivation layer which does not overlap the pixel circuit, an OLED layer, and an upper electrode are sequentially formed on the passivation layer. The transparent lower electrode is a transparent anode of the OLED. A protective layer is formed of the same material as the transparent lower electrode and disposed on a portion of the passivation layer corresponding to the pixel circuit to cover and protect the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-nyeon Lee, Sung-kee Kang, Jung-woo Kim, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-gu Lee, Hong-shik Shim
  • Publication number: 20080203907
    Abstract: A multi-display apparatus includes a thin film encapsulating structure to prevent moisture penetration through sides of the encapsulating structure. Each of a plurality of unit panels of the multi-display apparatus includes a substrate, a display device formed on the substrate, an organic material layer formed on the substrate to bury the display device, an inorganic material layer stacked on the organic material layer, and a moisture barrier wall that is formed outside the display device on the substrate and has a height greater than a thickness of the organic material layer. The multi-display apparatus having a thin film encapsulating structure can realize a stable, smooth, and large image screen since the thin film encapsulating structure can reduce a width of seams between the unit panels and can prevent moisture penetration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-gu LEE, In-seo KEE, Ick-hwan KO, Hong-shik SHIM
  • Publication number: 20080204356
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-display apparatus that can mitigate a disconnection of an image and its perspective view at a seam between panels. The multi-display apparatus is characterized in that the two panels are disposed with a step difference so that pixel boundaries of display devices formed on substrates overlap, and a high refractive optical film having a refractive index in a range from 1.2 to 3.0 is formed on one of the two panels, which is farther than the other panel according to a perspective of a viewer. The multi-display apparatus not only improves the disconnection of an image at a seam between the two panels, however, also mitigates a perspective view of the image at the seam due to the step difference between the two panels, and thereby, realizing a large natural and smooth image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hong-shik SHIM, In-seo KEE, Ick-hwan KO, Young-gu LEE
  • Patent number: 7405120
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a gate insulator and a thin film transistor (“TFT”) incorporating the gate insulator, including forming an oxygen-containing, conductive gate on a substrate; forming a gate insulator material layer on the substrate so as to cover the gate; and applying a heat treatment so as to diffuse oxygen from the oxygen-containing gate layer into the gate insulating material layer thereby forming the gate insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-nyeon Lee, Ick-hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20070264761
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a gate insulator and a thin film transistor (“TFT”) incorporating the gate insulator, including forming an oxygen-containing, conductive gate on a substrate; forming a gate insulator material layer on the substrate so as to cover the gate; and applying a heat treatment so as to diffuse oxygen from the oxygen-containing gate layer into the gate insulating material layer thereby forming the gate insulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ho-nyeon LEE, Ick-hwan KO
  • Publication number: 20070190673
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes a plurality of bank portions and light emitting parts formed between the bank portions wherein the bank portions have stepwise portions at ends thereof extending to the light emitting parts. The exemplary embodiments of an organic light emitting diode according to the present invention have droplets deposited in a wider space between the bank portions, and adjacent pixels are prevented from contacting each other and being shorted out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Ick-hwan Ko, Sung-kee Kang, Jung-woo Kim, Ho-nyeon Lee, Young-tea Chun, Hong-shik Shim
  • Publication number: 20070188081
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device having an improved structure includes; a duo-bank defining a unit pixel on a substrate, the duo-bank including a first bank and a second bank which are spaced apart from each other, and an organic luminescent material layer formed by inkjet printing a solution containing an organic luminescent material in the unit pixel and a gap between the first bank and the second bank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ho-nyeon LEE, Sung-kee KANG, Jung-woo KIM, Ick-hwan KO, Young-tea CHUN, Hong-shik SHIM
  • Publication number: 20070187680
    Abstract: In an organic electro-luminescent display, a pixel circuit is disposed in a unit pixel region defined on a substrate. A passivation layer covers the entire unit pixel region including the pixel circuit. An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) including a transparent lower electrode formed on a portion of the passivation layer which does not overlap the pixel circuit, an OLED layer, and an upper electrode are sequentially formed on the passivation layer. The transparent lower electrode is a transparent anode of the OLED. A protective layer is formed of the same material as the transparent lower electrode and disposed on a portion of the passivation layer corresponding to the pixel circuit to cover and protect the pixel circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ho-nyeon LEE, Sung-kee KANG, Jung-woo KIM, Ick-hwan KO, Young-gu LEE, Hong-shik SHIM
  • Publication number: 20070184292
    Abstract: A flat panel display device comprises a substrate, an organic light emitting diode formed on the substrate, an inner stack encapsulating the light emitting diode and comprising at least one organic layer and one inorganic layer, and an outer stack deposited to cover the inner stack and comprising at least two polymer layers and an adhesive and bonding layer disposed therebetween to combine the at least two polymer layers and a polymer heat-curing film disposed at an interface of each of the polymer layers and the adhesive and bonding layer and cured by heat treatment. According to the present invention, the flat panel display device and a manufacturing method for the same reliably seals the organic light emitting device and prevents degradation by permeation of external harmful materials, while providing high flexibility and low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Young-gu LEE, Sung-kee KANG, Jung-woo KIM, Ho-nyeon LEE, Ick-hwan KO, Young-tea CHUN, Mi-jeong SONG
  • Publication number: 20070181872
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and a manufacturing method thereof include an improved encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer of the organic light emitting display includes an organic layer uniformly covering bank portions and light emitting areas on a substrate; and an inorganic layer formed thicker on the light emitting areas than on the bank portions. In the organic light emitting display, the inorganic layer is thick on the light emitting area in which a sealing ability is required and the bank portion is thin in order to provide flexibility. Therefore, the encapsulation layer can be formed more easily compared to an encapsulation layer on a device in which the organic layer and inorganic layer are alternately formed at least 10 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Young-gu Lee, Sung-kee Kang, Tae-sik Oh, Ho-nyeon Lee, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-tea Chun, Mi-Jeong Song
  • Publication number: 20070182314
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display including an ultraviolet protecting layer and a method of manufacturing the same include a lower substrate; an ultraviolet hardening adhesive formed on the lower substrate; a driving unit and a light emitting unit deposited on the lower substrate and surrounded by the ultraviolet hardening adhesive; an encapsulation layer covering the driving unit and light emitting unit and preventing moisture and oxygen penetration from an outside; an upper substrate arranged on the encapsulation layer facing the lower substrate and fixed by the ultraviolet hardening adhesive; and an ultraviolet ray blocking film formed in a region to block the driving unit and the light emitting unit from being irradiated by UV rays radiated to harden the ultraviolet hardening adhesive. The ultraviolet ray blocking film is disposed in the encapsulation layer or on the upper substrate to protect the driving unit and light emitting unit from ultraviolet rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Tae-sik Oh, Young-gu Lee, Sung-kee Kang, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-tea Chun, Hong-shik Shim
  • Publication number: 20070176863
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display (“OELD”) includes an organic light-emitting diode (“OLED”) panel and a driving panel. The OLED panel includes an image display portion which displays an image using an OLED, and the driving panel includes a driving circuit portion which controls the image display portion. The OLED panel and the driving panel are combined into one body to complete the OELD. The image display portion and the driving circuit portion are electrically connected through pads disposed between the OLED panel and the driving panel, and the OLED panel and the driving panel are fabricated using separate processes, thus preventing the driving panel from being damaged by heat generated in the fabrication process of the OLED panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-sik OH, Ho-nyeon Lee, Sung-kee Kang, Ick-hwan Ko, Young-gu Lee