Patents by Inventor Il-Nam Kim
Il-Nam Kim 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).
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Publication number: 20240135744Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel comprising an image display area and a non-display area, display pixels comprising light-emitting elements in the image display area and pixel driving units connected to the light-emitting elements, light-sensing pixels comprising photo-detecting units in a fingerprint sensing area in the image display area, and sense driving units connected to the photo-detecting units, a light-sensing reset driver configured to supply reset signals to the sense driving units of the light-sensing pixels for at least each horizontal line among the light-sensing pixels in response to a line select signal from a display driving circuit; and a fingerprint scan driver configured to sequentially supply a fingerprint scan signal to the sense driving units of the light-sensing pixels in response to a fingerprint scan control signal from the display driving circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Hyun Dae LEE, Il Nam KIM, Hyoung Wook JANG, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
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Adhesive protective film, optical member comprising the same and optical display comprising the same
Patent number: 11958993Abstract: Disclosed herein are an adhesive protective film, an optical member including the same, and an optical display including the same. An adhesive protective film is formed of a composition including a (meth)acrylic binder derived from a monomer mixture including: an alkyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer; and at least one selected from among a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, a carboxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomer, and a polysiloxane (meth)acrylate, the adhesive protective film having an initial peel strength of about 100 gf/inch or less and a peel strength decrease rate of about 50% or less, as calculated according to Equation 1.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Irina Nam, Tae Ji Kim, Won Kim, Il Jin Kim, Jung Hyo Lee, Oh Hyeon Hwang -
Patent number: 11929032Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel which comprises scan lines, sensing lines, pixels electrically connected to each of the scan lines, and photo sensors electrically to each of the scan lines and the sensing lines, a scan driver which outputs scan signals to the scan lines according to a scan control signal, a timing controller which outputs the scan control signal to the scan driver, and a readout circuit which receives light sensing signals of the photo sensors from the sensing lines. The timing controller sets a frame frequency of the scan control signal to a first frame frequency in a first mode in which the display panel displays an image. The timing controller sets the frame frequency of the scan control signal to a second frame frequency in a second mode in which the photo sensors sense a fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Dae Lee, Il Nam Kim, Seung Hyun Moon, Dong Wook Yang, Kang Bin Jo, Go Eun Cha
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Patent number: 11922714Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel which includes a base substrate, a thin-film transistor layer on the base substrate, and a light emitting element layer comprising light emitting elements on the thin-film transistor layer; a cover window on the light emitting element layer of the display panel; and a fingerprint recognition sensor layer under the display panel. The base substrate includes a first base, a second base on the first base, and a light blocking layer between the first base and the second base, and the light blocking layer includes holes through which light reflected by a finger touching the cover window passes.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Hyun Lee, Ji Hun Ryu, Il Nam Kim, Jong In Baek, Eun Jin Sung
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Publication number: 20240029470Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Jong Hyun LEE, Il Nam KIM, Kang Bin JO, Dong Wook YANG
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Publication number: 20230402014Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a scan driver to provide scan signals to scan lines; an emission driver to provide emission control signals to emission control lines; and a readout circuit to receive a sensing signal from a readout line. The display panel includes: a first pixel in a first row, and connected to a first sub-scan line from among the scan lines, and a first emission control line; a first photo sensor in the first row, and connected to the first sub-scan line, a reset control line, and the readout line; a second pixel in a second row, and connected to a second sub-scan line from among the scan lines, and a second emission control line; and a second photo sensor in the second row, and connected to the second sub-scan line, a third emission control line, and the readout line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Il Nam KIM, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
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Patent number: 11830282Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes: a first layer including a plurality of pixels; a light transmitting hole array layer including a plurality of light transmitting holes providing light transmitting paths of light rays that are incident through the first layer; and a sensor layer including a plurality of photo sensors configured to sense the light rays that pass through the light transmitting holes and are incident on the sensor layer. A resolution at which the photo sensors are disposed in first areas on the sensor layer differs from a resolution at which the photo sensors are disposed in second areas on the sensor layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Il Nam Kim, Won Sang Park
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Publication number: 20230371321Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device comprising: a substrate; a thin film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a first hole; a light emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer and including a light emitting element; a first light blocking layer between the substrate and the thin film transistor layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a second light blocking layer between the thin film transistor layer and the light emitting element layer and including a third hole overlapping the first hole and the second hole in the thickness direction of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Sun Hwa LEE, Mu Kyung JEON, Il Nam KIM, Ji Hun RYU, Ki Hyun PYO
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Publication number: 20230360427Abstract: A display device including: scan lines including first and second scan lines; pixels connected to the scan lines; photo sensors connected to some of the scan lines, the photo sensors including a first photo sensor connected to the first scan line and a readout line, and a second photo sensor connected to the second scan line and the readout line; a scan driver to provide scan signals to the scan lines; and a readout circuit to receive, through the readout line, detection signals which are outputted from the photo sensors in response to the scan signals, wherein, while the scan signals are provided to the first and second scan lines, the readout circuit samples a detection signal of one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor without sampling a detection signal of the other one of the first photo sensor and the second photo sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
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Patent number: 11783620Abstract: A display device includes light emitting and receiving pixels, a reset line, a fingerprint scan line, a fingerprint sensing line, and first and second voltage lines in a display region. Each light receiving pixel includes a light receiving element including a first electrode and a second electrode connected to the second voltage line, a sensing transistor connecting the first electrode to the fingerprint sensing line according to a fingerprint scan signal applied to the fingerprint scan line and a reset transistor to connect the first voltage line to the first electrode according to a reset signal applied to the reset line. A first voltage applied to the first voltage line is greater than a second voltage applied to the second voltage line, and a third voltage applied to the fingerprint sensing line is greater than the second voltage and smaller than the first voltage.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Hyun Lee, Il Nam Kim, Kang Bin Jo, Dong Wook Yang
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Publication number: 20230316966Abstract: A test system, a method of testing a display cell using the same, and a display device are provided. There is provided a test system comprising: a display cell including a pixel and a data line connected to the pixel, an optical sensor and a readout line connected to the optical sensor, and a signal selection unit for selectively connecting a test signal line to any one of the data line and the readout line; and a test member configured to apply a first test control signal to the signal selection unit in a data test mode and apply a second test control signal to the signal selection unit in a sensing test mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Go Eun CHA, Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO
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Publication number: 20230320168Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having an active region and a first non-active region positioned around the active region. A plurality of pixels is disposed in the active region and emits light. A light source unit is disposed in the first non-active region and emits light. A plurality of optical sensors is disposed in the active region and senses incident light emitted by the light source unit. An encapsulation layer is disposed on the plurality of pixels, the plurality of optical sensors, and the light source unit. A scattering pattern layer is disposed on the encapsulation layer in the first non-active region and includes a plurality of holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Hyun Dae LEE, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA, Hee Chul HWANG
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Patent number: 11741739Abstract: A display device may include: a first substrate including pixel areas; a circuit element layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate, and including at least one conductive layer; a light emitting element layer disposed on the circuit element layer; pixels each including a circuit element and a light emitting element disposed on the circuit element layer and the light emitting element layer in a corresponding one of the pixel areas; a first light transmitting hole array layer including first light transmitting holes distributed in the circuit element layer; and a photo sensor array layer disposed on a second surface of the first substrate and configured to overlap with the first light transmitting hole array layer, the photo sensor array layer comprising photo sensors. The first light transmitting holes may include openings distributed in the at least one conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eun Jin Sung, Ji Hun Ryu, Yun Ho Kim, Il Nam Kim, Won Sang Park, Jong In Baek, Katsumasa Yoshii
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Patent number: 11721124Abstract: A fingerprint sensor for a display device including: a substrate having first and second surfaces; a light transmission layer including a first layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate and having first openings in at least one first conductive layer, and a second layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate and having second openings in at least one second conductive layer; a light emitting element layer disposed on the first layer and the second layer and having at least one light emitting element; and a sensor layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate and having light sensors. At least a portion of the first openings and at least a portion of the second openings at least partially overlap and have different sizes.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong Hyun Lee, Il Nam Kim, Ji Hun Ryu, Eun Jin Sung, Seong Ryong Lee
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Patent number: 11700752Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device comprising: a substrate; a thin film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and including a first hole; a light emitting element layer on the thin film transistor layer and including a light emitting element; a first light blocking layer between the substrate and the thin film transistor layer and including a second hole overlapping the first hole in a thickness direction of the substrate; and a second light blocking layer between the thin film transistor layer and the light emitting element layer and including a third hole overlapping the first hole and the second hole in the thickness direction of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun Hwa Lee, Mu Kyung Jeon, Il Nam Kim, Ji Hun Ryu, Ki Hyun Pyo
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Patent number: 11694620Abstract: A display device is provided including a substrate. The substrate includes a display region that includes a plurality of pixels and a sensing region provided in at least one region of the display region. A circuit element layer is disposed on the substrate, the circuit element layer includes a plurality of conductive layers. A light emitting element layer is provided on the circuit element layer. The light emitting element layer includes a plurality of light emitting elements. A sensor layer is disposed on the substrate. The sensor layer includes a plurality of photo sensor units each including sensor pixels. The photo sensor units are arranged in an irregular pattern in the sensing region.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ji Hun Ryu, Il Nam Kim, Jong Hyun Lee, Jae Kyoung Kim, Eun Jin Sung, Seong Ryong Lee
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Publication number: 20230206682Abstract: There are provided a fingerprint sensor and a display device including the same. The fingerprint sensor includes a base substrate in which a first sensing region and a second sensing region are defined on a plane, first photo sensors disposed on the first sensing region of the base substrate, and second photo sensors disposed on the second sensing region of the base substrate. The first sensing region has an area larger than that of the second sensing region, and the first photo sensor has a width wider than that of the second photo sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: SOO JUNG LEE, KEUM DONG JUNG, YU NA KIM, IL NAM KIM
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Patent number: 11690263Abstract: A display device including a substrate; a display element layer on the substrate, the display element layer including light emitting devices; a circuit element layer between the substrate and the display element layer, the circuit element layer including signal lines and light transmitting areas which are located between the signal lines in a plan view and allow light to be transmitted therethrough; a first light blocking layer between the substrate and the circuit element layer, the first light blocking layer including first openings; and a second light blocking layer on the first light blocking layer, the second light blocking layer including second openings. The second light blocking layer includes second sub-light blocking layers disposed to be spaced apart from each other, the second sub-light blocking layers each having the second openings. The first openings of the first light blocking layer overlaps with an area between the second sub-light blocking layers.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Hun Ryu, Il Nam Kim, Won Sang Park, Eun Jin Sung, Seong Ryong Lee, Jong Hyun Lee
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Publication number: 20230154411Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel which comprises scan lines, sensing lines, pixels electrically connected to each of the scan lines, and photo sensors electrically to each of the scan lines and the sensing lines, a scan driver which outputs scan signals to the scan lines according to a scan control signal, a timing controller which outputs the scan control signal to the scan driver, and a readout circuit which receives light sensing signals of the photo sensors from the sensing lines. The timing controller sets a frame frequency of the scan control signal to a first frame frequency in a first mode in which the display panel displays an image. The timing controller sets the frame frequency of the scan control signal to a second frame frequency in a second mode in which the photo sensors sense a fingerprint.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Dae LEE, Il Nam KIM, Seung Hyun MOON, Dong Wook YANG, Kang Bin JO, Go Eun CHA
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Patent number: 11653540Abstract: A display device including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a substrate, a first anode disposed on the substrate, and a plurality of opaque conductive layers disposed between the substrate and the first anode, in which the pixels include an opening pixel including a first anode arrangement region, a pinhole region located around the first anode arrangement region and surrounded by the first anode, and a first anode non-arrangement region including an exposed region located outside the first anode, and in a plan view, the opaque conductive layers completely cover the exposed region and at least partially expose the pinhole region.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ji Hun Ryu, Yun Ho Kim, Il Nam Kim, Eun Jin Sung