Patents by Inventor Keum-Nam Kim

Keum-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).

  • Patent number: 9231040
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to the present invention includes: a pixel portion wherein an organic light emitting diode including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode is formed, and a periphery portion surrounding the pixel portion and having a plurality of common voltage lines applying a common voltage to the common electrode. The common voltage lines include a plurality of common voltage pads to which the common voltage is applied from an external source, a common voltage contact portion overlapping an end of the common electrode and contacting the common electrode, a common voltage connection portion connecting a common voltage pad and the common voltage contact portion. A width of the common voltage contact portion is larger than that of the common voltage connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Tae Park, Keum-Nam Kim, Sung-Jae Moon
  • Patent number: 9167663
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a plurality of unit pixels, each including a plurality of sub-pixels; a first line branched in a first direction from a common line as many as the number of sub-pixels in each of the unit pixels so as to connect sub-pixels emitting light of the same color in neighboring unit pixels to each other; a second line extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction and connected to the sub-pixels; and a third line adjacent to the second line, extending in the second direction, and including a hole formed on a portion where the first line and the third line cross each other, and connected to the sub-pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na-Young Kim, Ki-Nyeng Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9159257
    Abstract: The organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels positioned at intersections of scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines, a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to the scan lines at a first driving frequency in order to select the pixels in units of horizontal lines, and an emission driver for sequentially supplying emission control signals to the emission control lines at a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency in order to control emission of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keum-Nam Kim, Sang-Moo Choi, Bo-Yong Chung, Hui Nam
  • Patent number: 9153632
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display including a pixel circuit unit prepared over a substrate and comprising a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), and an organic light emitting device or diode (OLED) electrically connected to the pixel circuit unit. The pixel circuit unit and the OLED are connected through a repair unit comprising a semiconductor material, in order to facilitate easy repair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na-Young Kim, Ki-Nyeng Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9142601
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display is disclosed. According to some aspects, the display includes a substrate having a display region and a peripheral region that surrounds the display region. The display further includes a pixel in the display region, and a contact unit in the peripheral region. The contact unit is configured to receive a common power signal from an external power source. A wiring line unit on the substrate provides a driving signal to the pixel. The pixel includes a first electrode provided on the substrate, an organic light emitting layer provided on the first electrode, and a second electrode that protrudes toward the contact unit on a plane to be electrically coupled to the contact unit. As a result, the area in which the second electrode overlaps the wiring line unit in the peripheral region is reduced and the parasitic capacitance that may be generated between the second electrode and the wiring line may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Ki-Wook Kim, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9106907
    Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a scan driver, a data driver, a light emission driver, a display unit including a first region and a second region with pixel lines, and a controller. The light emission driver is configured to transmit a plurality of first light emission control signals to pixels to emit light in the first region and a plurality of second light emission control signals to pixels to emit light in the second region after corresponding scan signals are transmitted to respective pixels in the first and second regions, the first light emission control signals being separated from corresponding scan signals by respective first periods, and the second light emission control signals overlapping in time with corresponding scan signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Nam, Beom-Shik Kim, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 9076980
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, an organic light-emitting device including a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, an intermediate layer including a light-emitting layer, and an opposed electrode, and a first wiring and a second wiring arranged in different layers on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Nyeng Kang, Na-Young Kim, Keum-Nam Kim, Beohm-Rock Choi, Soo-Beom Jo, Kie-Hyun Nam, Young-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20150179710
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display apparatus by utilizing a deposition apparatus for forming an organic layer on a substrate includes: fixing the substrate to a mask assembly for forming a common layer or a mask assembly for forming a pattern layer in a loading unit; when the one or more deposition assemblies are separated from the substrate, forming an intermediate layer by depositing a deposition material discharged from the one or more deposition assemblies in a deposition unit of the deposition apparatus onto the substrate while the substrate is moved relative to the one or more deposition assemblies by a first conveyer unit; and separating the substrate on which the deposition is finished from the mask assembly for forming the common layer or the mask assembly for forming the pattern layer in an unloading unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Hwan Choi, Chi-Woo Kim, Gun-Shik Kim, Ok-Keun Song, Kee-Han Uh, Seong-Ho Jeong, You-Min Cha, Jae-Beom Choi, Young-Mo Koo, Keum-Nam Kim, Dae-Sung Choi
  • Publication number: 20150097763
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8987773
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a pixel region; and a peripheral region surrounding the pixel region, the peripheral region including: a gate common voltage line; an interlayer insulating film that covers the gate common voltage line and has a common voltage contact hole exposing part of the gate common voltage line; a data common voltage line that is formed on the interlayer insulating film and comes in contact with the gate common voltage line via the common voltage contact hole; barrier ribs that cover the data common voltage line and have common voltage openings exposing part of the data common voltage line; and a peripheral common electrode that is formed on the barrier ribs and comes in contact with the data common voltage line via the common voltage openings, wherein the barrier ribs are formed at positions corresponding to the boundaries with the common voltage contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Jin-Gon Oh, Jung-Bae Kim, Jong-Hyun Choi, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20150062199
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display that can stably extract information from pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Ryu, Keum-Nam Kim, Sang-Moo Choi
  • Publication number: 20150041776
    Abstract: A display device includes at least two subpixels arranged in a first direction, a first data line connected to a first subpixel of the two subpixels, and a second data line connected to a second subpixel of the two subpixels. The first data line is arranged at a first side of the two subpixels and the second data line is arranged at a second side of the two subpixels. The first and second sides are opposing sides relative to the first and second subpixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Keum Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 8941567
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8917225
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode. Also, the pixel circuit includes: a second transistor connected to a first scanning line, a data line, and a first node; a fifth transistor connected to a third scanning line, the first node, and a second node; a fourth transistor connected to a second scanning line, a first reference voltage, and the second node; a third transistor connected to the first scanning line, a second reference voltage, and a third node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a first transistor connected to the first node, a first power, and the third node, and configured to drive the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Sang-Moo Choi, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8916878
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a gate electrode on the substrate, an active layer spaced from the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced from the gate electrode and coupled to the active layer, a gate wiring at a same layer as the gate electrode and coupled to the gate electrode, and first conductive members electrically coupled to, and overlapping, the gate wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Bae Kim, Yong-Sung Park, Wang-Jo Lee, Hae-Yeon Lee, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8907870
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor; a second transistor coupled to a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith scan line; a third transistor between the second transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an i+1th scan line; a fourth transistor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reference power supply and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line; a fifth transistor between the organic light emitting diode and an initial power supply and turned on when a control signal is supplied; a first capacitor between the organic light emitting diode and a node between the second transistor and the third transistor; and a second capacitor between the node and the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Yu-Lian Choi, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8902207
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a mode determining unit adapted to determine whether the display is in a low power or common driving mode based on an operation control signal and to generate a control signal corresponding to the determined mode, a scan driver adapted to sequentially supply scan signals to scan lines, a data driver adapted to supply data signals to data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, pixels arranged at intersections of the scan lines and the data lines, and a timing controller adapted to control the scan driver and the data driver so that a frame frequency changes based on whether the low power driving mode or the common driving mode control signal is supplied from the mode determining unit, wherein the scan driver is adapted to uniformly maintain a pulse width of the scan signals regardless of a change in the frame frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Ryu, Keum-Nam Kim, Sang-Moo Choi
  • Publication number: 20140291624
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display including a pixel circuit unit prepared over a substrate and comprising a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), and an organic light emitting device or diode (OLED) electrically connected to the pixel circuit unit. The pixel circuit unit and the OLED are connected through a repair unit comprising a semiconductor material, in order to facilitate easy repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Na-Young Kim, Ki-Nyeng Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8836691
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display that can stably extract information from pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Ryu, Keum-Nam Kim, Sang-Moo Choi
  • Patent number: 8823613
    Abstract: A pixel circuit for an organic light emitting display includes: a fourth NMOS transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a first scan line, and a first electrode coupled to a first node; a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and a second node; a third NMOS transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a second scan line, and a first electrode coupled to a data line; a second NMOS transistor including a first electrode coupled to a second electrode of the third NMOS transistor, and a gate electrode and a second electrode coupled to the first node; a fifth NMOS transistor including a gate electrode coupled to an emission control line, and a first electrode coupled to a first power source; an organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising an anode coupled to the second node; and a first NMOS transistor for providing a driving current to the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Keum-Nam Kim