Patents by Inventor Keun-Kyu Song

Keun-Kyu Song 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: 7772598
    Abstract: A display device, comprising an insulating substrate; a data conductor formed on the insulating substrate and comprising a conductive film; a thin film transistor having at least one source electrode electrically connected with the conductive film, and a drain electrode formed along a circumference of the source electrode and spaced therefrom; and a pixel electrode which is electrically connected with the conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-young Choi, Keun-kyu Song, Seung-hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20100197074
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a gate line formed on a substrate, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate line and having an opening, a gate insulator formed in the opening, a data line formed on the interlayer insulating film and including a first conductive layer made of a transparent conductive oxide and a second conductive layer made of a metal, a source electrode connected to the data line and made of a transparent conductive oxide, a drain electrode facing the source electrode and made of a transparent conductive oxide, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor contacting the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu SONG, Seong-Sik SHIN, Bo-Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 7768000
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for a thin film transistor array panel including forming a gate electrode, forming an insulating layer on the gate electrode, sequentially forming a lower conducting layer and a upper conducting layer on the insulating layer, etching the upper conducting layer to form a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, etching the lower conducting layer to form the second source electrode and the second drain electrode, over-etching the second source electrode and the second drain electrode, and forming an organic semiconductor between the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Cho, Bo-Sung Kim, Keun-Kyu Song, Tae-Young Choi, Min-Ho Yoon, Jung-Hun Noh
  • Patent number: 7759676
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate with a plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other, wherein the gate lines and the data lines define pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels, and a plurality of thin film transistors are connected to the gate lines and the data lines and include an organic semiconductor, wherein the thin film transistors from adjacent pixels of different pixel groups are disposed proximate to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keun-Kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20100173451
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic thin film transistor substrate and a method of manufacturing the same capable of uniformly forming the thickness of a gate insulating layer and a protective layer and preventing overflow of an organic semiconductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Seung Hwan CHO, Keun Kyu Song, Min Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 7737448
    Abstract: A method for a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line and a pixel electrode on a substrate, forming a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, forming a data line including a source electrode and a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer, forming an interlayer insulating layer covering the data line and the drain electrode on the gate insulating layer, forming a first opening in the interlayer insulating layer, forming an organic semiconductor in the first opening, forming a passivation layer on the organic semiconductor and the interlayer insulating layer, and forming a second opening in the interlayer insulating layer to expose the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Cho, Bo-Sung Kim, Keun-Kyu Song, Tae-Young Choi, Jung-Hun Noh
  • Publication number: 20100127252
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a thin film transistor substrate, comprising: an insulating substrate; a gate wire formed on the insulating substrate; a first gate insulating layer made of an inorganic material, formed on the gate wire and having a first insulating layer contact hole for exposing at least a part of the gate wire; a second gate insulating layer made of an organic material, formed on the first gate insulating film and having a second insulating layer contact hole corresponding to the first insulating layer contact hole; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer and being aparted from each other to be defining a channel area; and an organic semiconductor layer formed on the channel area. Accordingly, the present invention provides an organic TFT substrate in which a characteristic of a TFT is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Keun-kyu SONG, Young-min Kim, Tae-young Choi
  • Patent number: 7719009
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a gate line formed on a substrate, an interlayer insulating film formed on the gate line and having an opening, a gate insulator formed in the opening, a data line formed on the interlayer insulating film and including a first conductive layer made of a transparent conductive oxide and a second conductive layer made of a metal, a source electrode connected to the data line and made of a transparent conductive oxide, a drain electrode facing the source electrode and made of a transparent conductive oxide, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, and an organic semiconductor contacting the source electrode and the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu Song, Seong-Sik Shin, Bo-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 7715089
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display panel with a fast response speed and its fabrication method are disclosed. The electrophoretic display panel includes a first array substrate including a gate line and a data line extending perpendicularly to each other, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The electrophoretic display panel also includes a second array substrate coupled the first array substrate and including a common electrode capable of forming an electric field with the pixel electrode, a spacer formed on at least one of the first array substrate or the second array substrate to define a charging region in the pixel region; and an electrophoretic medium in the charging region between the first and second array substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keun Kyu Song
  • Patent number: 7709834
    Abstract: The present invention provides an organic thin film transistor substrate and a method of manufacturing the same capable of uniformly forming the thickness of a gate insulating layer and a protective layer and preventing overflow of an organic semiconductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Cho, Keun Kyu Song, Min Ho Yoon
  • Publication number: 20100096176
    Abstract: In a method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display, a gate line assembly is formed on a substrate with a chrome-based under-layer and an aluminum alloy-based over-layer while proceeding in the horizontal direction. The gate line assembly has gate lines, and gate electrodes, and gate pads. A gate insulating layer is deposited onto the insulating substrate such that the gate insulating layer covers the gate line assembly. A semiconductor layer and an ohmic contact layer are sequentially formed on the gate insulating layer. A data line assembly is formed on the ohmic contact layer with a chrome-based under-layer and an aluminum alloy-based over-layer. The data line assembly has data lines crossing over the gate lines, source electrodes, drain electrodes, and data pads. A protective layer is deposited onto the substrate, and patterned to thereby form contact holes exposing the drain electrodes, the gate pads, and the data pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Seung-Taek LIM, Mun-Pyo Hong, Nam-Seok Roh, Young-Joo Song, Sang-Ki Kwak, Kwon-Young Choi, Keun-Kyu Song
  • Patent number: 7700949
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display has, a plurality of pixel including a switching element, a plurality of gate lines extending transversally, a plurality of data lines extending longitudinally, a first storage electrode line extending transversally, a second storage electrode line extending longitudinally, a third storage electrode line connecting two of the adjacent second storage electrode line, a repair assistant formed in an area that the data line crosses over the third storage electrode line. The liquid crystal display can be repaired with good quality by shortening the repair path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu Song, Young-Chol Yang
  • Patent number: 7679712
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a data line and a gate line including a gate electrode on a first substrate, a first partition on the gate and data lines and including a first opening exposing the gate electrode, a gate insulator in the first opening, a source electrode on the gate insulator, a pixel electrode including a drain electrode facing the source electrode and on the gate insulator, a second partition on the source and pixel electrodes and including a second opening exposing portions of the source and drain electrodes, an organic semiconductor in the second opening, a second substrate facing the first substrate and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates and having a same thickness as the second partition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu Song, Seung-Hwan Cho, Yong-Uk Lee
  • Patent number: 7675067
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a thin film transistor substrate, comprising: an insulating substrate; a gate wire formed on the insulating substrate; a first gate insulating layer made of an inorganic material, formed on the gate wire and having a first insulating layer contact hole for exposing at least a part of the gate wire; a second gate insulating layer made of an organic material, formed on the first gate insulating film and having a second insulating layer contact hole corresponding to the first insulating layer contact hole; a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the second gate insulating layer and being aparted from each other to be defining a channel area; and an organic semiconductor layer formed on the channel area. Accordingly, the present invention provides an organic TFT substrate in which a characteristic of a TFT is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-kyu Song, Young-min Kim, Tae-young Choi
  • Patent number: 7659625
    Abstract: In a method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate for a liquid crystal display, a gate line assembly is formed on a substrate with a chrome-based under-layer and an aluminum alloy-based over-layer while proceeding in the horizontal direction. The gate line assembly has gate lines, and gate electrodes, and gate pads. A gate insulating layer is deposited onto the insulating substrate such that the gate insulating layer covers the gate line assembly. A semiconductor layer and an ohmic contact layer are sequentially formed on the gate insulating layer. A data line assembly is formed on the ohmic contact layer with a chrome-based under-layer and an aluminum alloy-based over-layer. The data line assembly has data lines crossing over the gate lines, source electrodes, drain electrodes, and data pads. A protective layer is deposited onto the substrate, and patterned to thereby form contact holes exposing the drain electrodes, the gate pads, and the data pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Taek Lim, Mun-Pyo Hong, Nam-Seok Roh, Young-Joo Song, Sang-Ki Kwak, Kwon-Young Choi, Keun-Kyu Song
  • Patent number: 7638802
    Abstract: A flat panel display includes a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines insulated with the gate lines, the data lines defining a pixel by intersecting the gate line; and a thin film transistor (TFT) being provided in each of the pixels and containing an organic semiconductor layer, wherein a distance between the adjacent TFTs in a direction extended to the gate line is longer than a width of the pixel in a direction extended to the gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-kyu Song, Yong-uk Lee
  • Patent number: 7638800
    Abstract: First, a Cr film and a CrOx film are deposited and patterned using an etchant including 8-12% Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6, 10-20% NH3 and remaining ultra pure water to form a gate wire including a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of gate electrodes and a plurality of gate pads. Next, a gate insulating film, a semiconductor layer and an ohmic contact layer are formed in sequence. A Cr film and CrOx film are deposited in sequence and patterned using an etchant including 8-12% Ce(NH4)2(NO3)6, 10-20% NH3 and remaining ultra pure water to form a data wire including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of source electrodes, a plurality of drain electrodes and a plurality of data pads. A passivation layer is deposited and patterned to form a plurality of contact holes respectively exposing the drain electrodes, the gate pads and the data pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hee Yu, Mun-Pyo Hong, Soo-Guy Rho, Nam-Seok Rho, Keun-Kyu Song, Hee-Hwan Choe, Bo-Sung Kim, Sang-Gab Kim, Sung-Chul Kang, Hong-Sick Park
  • Publication number: 20090317942
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes an insulating substrate, a gate electrode formed on the insulating substrate, a first gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode and having an opening for exposing at least part of the gate electrode, a second gate insulating film covering the gate electrode exposed by the opening and having a larger dielectric constant than the first gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed apart from each other in a central area of the second gate insulating film and defining a channel region there between, and an organic semiconductor layer formed in the channel region. A method for forming the TFT substrate is also provided. Thus, the present invention provides a TFT substrate in which a characteristic of a TFT is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-sung KIM, Soo-jin KIM, Young-min KIM, Keun-kyu SONG, Yong-uk LEE, Mun-pyo HONG, Tae-young CHOI, Joon-hak OH
  • Patent number: 7622738
    Abstract: An display device having a thin film transistor with improved characteristics comprising a gate conductor including a gate electrode formed on an insulating substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate electrode; a conductive layer comprising a plurality of layers including a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the gate insulating layer and separated from each other across the gate electrode to define a channel region; and an organic semiconductor layer formed in the channel region, wherein the conductive layer comprises a metal layer and a transparent electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-hak Oh, Keun-kyu Song
  • Patent number: 7605395
    Abstract: A thin film transistor substrate includes an insulating substrate, a gate electrode formed on the insulating substrate, a first gate insulating film formed on the gate electrode and having an opening for exposing at least part of the gate electrode, a second gate insulating film covering the gate electrode exposed by the opening and having a larger dielectric constant than the first gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed apart from each other in a central area of the second gate insulating film and defining a channel region there between, and an organic semiconductor layer formed in the channel region. A method for forming the TFT substrate is also provided. Thus, the present invention provides a TFT substrate in which a characteristic of a TFT is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun-kyu Song, Yong-uk Lee, Mun-pyo Hong, Tae-young Choi, Joon-hak Oh, Bo-sung Kim, Soo-jin Kim, Young-min Kim