Patents by Inventor Kwon-Young Choi

Kwon-Young Choi 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).

  • Publication number: 20080090404
    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: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Seung-Taek Lim, Mun-Pyo Hong, Nam-Seok Roh, Young-Joo Song, Sang-Ki Kwak, Kwon-Young Choi, Keun-kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20080044996
    Abstract: Gate lines are formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, an intrinsic a—Si layer, an extrinsic a—Si layer, a lower film of Cr and an upper film of Al containing metal are sequentially deposited. A photoresist having thicker first portions on wire areas and thinner second portions on channel areas is formed on the upper film. The upper film on remaining areas are wet-etched, and the lower film and the a—Si layers on the remaining areas are dry-etched along with the second portions of the photoresist. The upper film, the lower film, and the extrinsic a—Si layer on the channel areas are removed. The removal of the upper film and the lower film on the channel areas are performed by wet etching, and the first portions of the photoresist are removed after the removal of the upper film on the channel areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Gee BAEK, Kwon-Young CHOI, Young-Joon RHEE, Bong-Joo KANG, Seung-Taek LIM, Hyang-Shik KONG, Won-Joo KIM
  • Patent number: 7320906
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer in sequence on the gate line; depositing a lower conductive film and an upper conductive film on the semiconductor layer; photo-etching the upper conductive film, the lower conductive film, and the semiconductor layer; depositing a passivation layer; photo-etching the passivation layer to expose first and second portions of the upper conductive film; removing the first and the second portions of the upper conductive film to expose first and second portions of the lower conductive film; forming a pixel electrode on the first portion of the lower conductive film; removing the second portion of the lower conductive film to expose a portion of the semiconductor layer; and forming a columnar spacer on the exposed portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Wook Park, Bum-Ki Baek, Jeong-Young Lee, Kwon-Young Choi, Sang-Ki Kwak, Sang-Jin Jeon
  • Patent number: 7303987
    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: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    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: 7294855
    Abstract: Gate lines are formed on a substrate. A gate insulating layer, an intrinsic a-Si layer, an extrinsic a-Si layer, a lower film of Cr and an upper film of Al containing metal are sequentially deposited. A photoresist having thicker first portions on wire areas and thinner second portions on channel areas is formed on the upper film. The upper film on remaining areas are wet-etched, and the lower film and the a-Si layers on the remaining areas are dry-etched along with the second portions of the photoresist. The upper film, the lower film, and the extrinsic a-Si layer on the channel areas are removed. The removal of the upper film and the lower film on the channel areas are performed by wet etching, and the first portions of the photoresist are removed after the removal of the upper film on the channel areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum-Gee Baek, Kwon-Young Choi, Young-Joon Rhee, Bong-Joo Kang, Seung-Taek Lim, Hyang-Shik Kong, Won-Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 7265799
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, the method includes: forming a gate line on an insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a semiconductor layer; forming a data conductive layer including a data line and a drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer; forming a photoresist including a first portion located on an end portion of the gate line, a second portion thicker than the first portion and located on the drain electrode, and a third portion thicker than the second portion; exposing a portion of the passivation layer under the second portion of the photoresist and a portion of the gate insulating layer under the first portion of the photoresist by etching using the photoresist as an etch mask; forming first and second contact holes exposing the drain electrode and the end portions of the gate line, respectively; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung Souk, Jeong-Young Lee, Jong-Soo Yoon, Kwon-Young Choi, Bum-Ki Baek
  • Publication number: 20070200981
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, the method includes: forming a gate line on an insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a semiconductor layer; forming a data conductive layer including a data line and a drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer; forming a photoresist including a first portion located on an end portion of the gate line, a second portion thicker than the first portion and located on the drain electrode, and a third portion thicker than the second portion; exposing a portion of the passivation layer under the second portion of the photoresist and a portion of the gate insulating layer under the first portion of the photoresist by etching using the photoresist as an etch mask; forming first and second contact holes exposing the drain electrode and the end portions of the gate line, respectively; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung SOUK, Jeong-Young Lee, Jong-Soo Yoon, Kwon-Young Choi, Bum-Ki Baek
  • Publication number: 20070190706
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, the method includes: forming a gate line on an insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a semiconductor layer; forming a data conductive layer including a data line and a drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer; forming a photoresist including a first portion located on an end portion of the gate line, a second portion thicker than the first portion and located on the drain electrode, and a third portion thicker than the second portion; exposing a portion of the passivation layer under the second portion of the photoresist and a portion of the gate insulating layer under the first portion of the photoresist by etching using the photoresist as an etch mask; forming first and second contact holes exposing the drain electrode and the end portions of the gate line, respectively; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung Souk, Jeong-Young Lee, Jong-Soo Yoon, Kwon-Young Choi, Bum-Ki Baek
  • Publication number: 20070091220
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line formed on the substrate and intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first signal line and having an edge substantially parallel to the first signal line, a source electrode connected to the second signal line, and a drain electrode overlapping the edge of the gate electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Sahng-Ik Jun, Jae-Hong Jeon, Kwon-Young Choi, Jeong-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20060289965
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer in sequence on the gate line; depositing a lower conductive film and an upper conductive film on the semiconductor layer; photo-etching the upper conductive film, the lower conductive film, and the semiconductor layer; depositing a passivation layer; photo-etching the passivation layer to expose first and second portions of the upper conductive film; removing the first and the second portions of the upper conductive film to expose first and second portions of the lower conductive film; forming a pixel electrode and a pair of redundant electrodes on the first and the second portions of the lower conductive film, respectively, the redundant electrodes exposing a part of the second portion of the lower conductive film; removing the exposed part of the second portion of the lower conductive film to expose a portion of the semicon
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Min-Wook Park, Sang-Jin Jeon, Jung-Joon Park, Jeong-Young Lee, Bum-Ki Baek, Se-Hwan Yu, Sang-Ki Kwak, Han-Ju Lee, Kwon-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 7151279
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line formed on the substrate and intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first signal line and having an edge substantially parallel to the first signal line, a source electrode connected to the second signal line, and a drain electrode overlapping the edge of the gate electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sahng-Ik Jun, Jae-Hong Jeon, Kwon-Young Choi, Jeong-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 7142279
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display using a divisional exposure for a substrate, an overlapping area at the boundary between adjacent shots is provided and the shots left and right to the boundary are exposed in a way that the areas of the shots gradually decreases and gradually increases, respectively, to reduce the brightness difference due to stitch errors between the two shots. For example, the number of unit stitch areas assigned to the left gradually decreases and the number of unit stitch areas assigned to the right shot gradually increases as it goes to the right along the transverse direction in the stitch area. A unit stitch includes an area obtained by dividing a pixel into at least two parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Mi Tak, Woon-Yong Park, Kwon-Young Choi, Myung-Jae Park
  • Patent number: 7119368
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer in sequence on the gate line; depositing a lower conductive film and an upper conductive film on the semiconductor layer; photo-etching the upper conductive film, the lower conductive film, and the semiconductor layer; depositing a passivation layer; photo-etching the passivation layer to expose first and second portions of the upper conductive film; removing the first and the second portions of the upper conductive film to expose first and second portions of the lower conductive film; forming a pixel electrode and a pair of redundant electrodes on the first and the second portions of the lower conductive film, respectively, the redundant electrodes exposing a part of the second portion of the lower conductive film; removing the exposed part of the second portion of the lower conductive film to expose a portion of the semicon
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Wook Park, Sang-Jin Jeon, Jung-Joon Park, Jeong-Young Lee, Bum-Ki Baek, Se-Hwan Yu, Sang-Ki Kwak, Han-Ju Lee, Kwon-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 6977711
    Abstract: An LCD having a plurality of test pads applied with a common voltage, covered with respective shielding conductor or located sufficiently far from pixels. A gate wire including pluralities of gate lines and test pads disconnected from the gate lines and located near one ends of the gate lines, and a common electrode wire including a plurality of common electrodes and a common electrode pad connected to the common electrode electrodes are formed on a substrate, and covered with a gate insulating film. A data wire and a pixel electrode wire are formed thereon and covered with a passivation film. The passivation film and the gate insulating film have contact holes exposing the test pads and the common electrode pad. A plurality of connecting members which are connected to the test pads and the common electrode pad through the contact holes are formed on the passivation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Ki Kwak, Kwon-Young Choi, Young-Jae Tak, Myung-Jae Park, Woon-Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20050110014
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer in sequence on the gate line; depositing a lower conductive film and an upper conductive film on the semiconductor layer; photo-etching the upper conductive film, the lower conductive film, and the semiconductor layer; depositing a passivation layer; photo-etching the passivation layer to expose first and second portions of the upper conductive film; removing the first and the second portions of the upper conductive film to expose first and second portions of the lower conductive film; forming a pixel electrode on the first portion of the lower conductive film; removing the second portion of the lower conductive film to expose a portion of the semiconductor layer; and forming a columnar spacer on the exposed portion of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Wook Park, Bum-Ki Baek, Jeong-Young Lee, Kwon-Young Choi, Sang-Ki Kwak, Sang-Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20050104069
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a first signal line formed on the substrate; a second signal line formed on the substrate and intersecting the first signal line; a thin film transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first signal line and having an edge substantially parallel to the first signal line, a source electrode connected to the second signal line, and a drain electrode overlapping the edge of the gate electrode; and a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 19, 2005
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sahng-Ik Jun, Jae-Hong Jeon, Kwon-Young Choi, Jeong-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20050082535
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: forming a gate line on a substrate; depositing a gate insulating layer and a semiconductor layer in sequence on the gate line; depositing a lower conductive film and an upper conductive film on the semiconductor layer; photo-etching the upper conductive film, the lower conductive film, and the semiconductor layer; depositing a passivation layer; photo-etching the passivation layer to expose first and second portions of the upper conductive film; removing the first and the second portions of the upper conductive film to expose first and second portions of the lower conductive film; forming a pixel electrode and a pair of redundant electrodes on the first and the second portions of the lower conductive film, respectively, the redundant electrodes exposing a part of the second portion of the lower conductive film; removing the exposed part of the second portion of the lower conductive film to expose a portion of the semicon
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Min-Wook Park, Sang-Jin Jeon, Jung-Joon Park, Jeong-Young Lee, Bum-Ki Baek, Se-Hwan Yu, Sang-Ki Kwak, Han-Ju Lee, Kwon-Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20040238825
    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: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Seung-Taek Lim, Mun-Pyo Hong, Nam-Seok Roh, Young-Joo Song, Sang-Ki Kwak, Kwon-Young Choi, Keun-Kyu Song
  • Publication number: 20040207798
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display using a divisional exposure for a substrate, an overlapping area at the boundary between adjacent shots is provided and the shots left and right to the boundary are exposed in a way that the areas of the shots gradually decreases and gradually increases, respectively, to reduce the brightness difference due to stitch errors between the two shots. For example, the number of unit stitch areas assigned to the left gradually decreases and the number of unit stitch areas assigned to the right shot gradually increases as it goes to the right along the transverse direction in the stitch area. A unit stitch includes an area obtained by dividing a pixel into at least two parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Young-Mi Tak, Woon-Yong Park, Kwon-Young Choi, Myung-Jae Park
  • Publication number: 20040183955
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel is provided, the method includes: forming a gate line on an insulating substrate; forming a gate insulating layer; forming a semiconductor layer; forming a data conductive layer including a data line and a drain electrode; depositing a passivation layer; forming a photoresist including a first portion located on an end portion of the gate line, a second portion thicker than the first portion and located on the drain electrode, and a third portion thicker than the second portion; exposing a portion of the passivation layer under the second portion of the photoresist and a portion of the gate insulating layer under the first portion of the photoresist by etching using the photoresist as an etch mask; forming first and second contact holes exposing the drain electrode and the end portions of the gate line, respectively; and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung Souk, Jeong-Young Lee, Jong-Soo Yoon, Kwon-Young Choi, Bum-Ki Baek