Patents by Inventor Kyu-Hwan Hwang

Kyu-Hwan Hwang 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: 11488506
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a first display region and a second display region adjacent to the first display region are defined. The display panel includes main pixels disposed in the first display region, first sub-pixels disposed in a first sub-region of the second display region, and second sub-pixels disposed in a second sub-region of the second display region and which have a different pixel structure from the main pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwi Kim, Jeongkuk Kim, Kyu Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220328582
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer, a circuit layer on the base layer, and a plurality of light emitting units on the circuit layer. Each of the light emitting units includes a lower electrode, a pixel definition layer on the lower electrode, the pixel definition layer having a pixel opening to expose the lower electrode, a functional layer on the lower electrode, the functional layer including a light emitting layer, an upper electrode on the functional layer, and an encapsulation layer on the upper electrode. At least one light emitting unit from among the plurality of light emitting units is at a different layer from other light emitting units from among the plurality of light emitting units in a thickness direction, and the pixel openings of the plurality of light emitting units do not overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: JOONGU LEE, HYE JIN GWARK, ARONG KIM, JAEIK KIM, JUNGSUN PARK, HEEMIN PARK, DUCKJUNG LEE, YEONHWA LEE, KYU HWAN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220267888
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a deposition mask includes preparing a mask-target substrate which has one surface on which a sacrificed layer pattern is formed and comprises a cover area covered by the sacrificed layer pattern and a plurality of exposed areas exposed by the sacrificed layer pattern; forming holes in the exposed areas of the mask-target substrate by emitting laser toward the mask-target substrate; and removing the sacrificed layer pattern, wherein the sacrificed layer pattern has a higher reflectance with respect to the laser than a reflectance of the mask-target substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Hwi KIM, In Bae KIM, Sung Soon IM, Kyu Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 11345988
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a deposition mask includes preparing a mask-target substrate which has one surface on which a sacrificed layer pattern is formed and comprises a cover area covered by the sacrificed layer pattern and a plurality of exposed areas exposed by the sacrificed layer pattern; forming holes in the exposed areas of the mask-target substrate by emitting laser toward the mask-target substrate; and removing the sacrificed layer pattern, wherein the sacrificed layer pattern has a higher reflectance with respect to the laser than a reflectance of the mask-target substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwi Kim, In Bae Kim, Sung Soon Im, Kyu Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220093863
    Abstract: A deposition mask for manufacturing a display panel includes a metallic base having a thickness of about 50 micrometers to about 200 micrometers and a plurality of openings defined therein, wherein at least some of the openings include a first opening having a first width and a second opening having a second width smaller than the first width respectively defined along a thickness direction of the metallic base, and wherein the metallic base includes a first part in which the first opening is defined, and a second part in which the second opening is defined, the second part having a width that increases in a direction downward from a top surface of the metallic base along the thickness direction of the metallic base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Kyu Hwan HWANG, Jeongkuk Kim, Hwi Kim, Kanghyun Nam, Sangha Park, Areum Lee, Da-Hee Jeong, Eunbee Jo, Seungmin Jin, Jaemin Hong
  • Publication number: 20220062945
    Abstract: Provided is a mask manufacturing method which includes preparing a mask sheet and a frame, stretching the mask sheet, and fixing the stretched mask sheet to the frame, and forming cell openings in the mask sheet fixed to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: HWI KIM, JEONGKUK KIM, DA-HEE JEONG, SEUNGYONG SONG, AREUM LEE, HYE YONG CHU, KYU HWAN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220052127
    Abstract: A metal mask includes a first area in which a plurality of main openings spaced apart from each other is defined and a second area in which a plurality of sub-openings spaced apart from each other and having planar areas different from the main openings is defined. Here, a gap between a main opening of the plurality of main openings and a sub-opening of the plurality of sub-openings, the main opening and the sub-opening being adjacent to each other in a first direction, of the main openings and the sub-openings is equal to or greater than about 0.5 times and equal to or less than about 5.0 times of a gap of the main openings, which are adjacent to each other in the first direction, of the plurality of main openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: SANGHA PARK, DA-HEE JEONG, KYU HWAN HWANG, SEUNGYONG SONG, EUNBEE JO
  • Publication number: 20220035250
    Abstract: A mask includes a mask sheet provided with a plurality of open areas defined therein in a plan view and a mask frame which supports the mask sheet. The mask sheet includes a first portion including a first surface, where the first surface is configured to be in contact with a target substrate, and a second portion disposed on the first portion, extending from a top of the first portion in a first direction and including a second surface defining the open area. The second surface is an inclined surface inclined downward with respect to the first direction, and the first direction is parallel to a plane in which the first surface is included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: JEONGKUK KIM, HWI KIM, AREUM LEE, DA-HEE JEONG, KYU HWAN HWANG, KANGHYUN NAM, SEUNGMIN JIN, JAEMIN HONG
  • Publication number: 20220028317
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a first display region and a second display region adjacent to the first display region are defined. The display panel includes main pixels disposed in the first display region, first sub-pixels disposed in a first sub-region of the second display region, and second sub-pixels disposed in a second sub-region of the second display region and which have a different pixel structure from the main pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: HWI KIM, JEONGKUK KIM, KYU HWAN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220013596
    Abstract: A display device includes a window including a front area and a corner area, and a display panel coupled to the window. The display panel includes a first area and a second area corresponding to the front area and the corner area, respectively. The second area includes a plurality of unit areas, a plurality of stretchable areas disposed between the plurality of unit areas, where a plurality of opening areas are defined through the display panel to be adjacent to the plurality of unit areas . A light emitting area of the second area has an area greater than an area of a corresponding light emitting area of the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: HWI KIM, JEONGKUK KIM, AREUM LEE, SEUNGYONG SONG, KYU HWAN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20220013725
    Abstract: A mask includes a body unit through which a deposition opening is defined, and a protrusion unit through which a pattern opening is defined and which protrudes from a corner of the body unit, where a thickness of the body unit is greater than a thickness of the protrusion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: AREUM LEE, JEONGKUK KIM, HWI KIM, SEUNGYONG SONG, KYU HWAN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20210376301
    Abstract: A display device may include a first electrode, a second electrode, an emission layer, an intervening layer, and a first encapsulation layer. The second electrode may overlap the first electrode. The emission layer may be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, may overlap the first electrode, and may include a light emitting material. The intervening layer may directly contact the second electrode, may be spaced from each of the first electrode and the emission layer, and may include a fluorine compound. A first section of the first encapsulation layer may overlap the emission layer. The intervening layer may be positioned between the second electrode and a second section of the first encapsulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Sik KIM, Jae Ik KIM, Jung Sun PARK, Seung Yong SONG, Duck Jung LEE, Yeon Hwa LEE, Joon Gu LEE, Kyu Hwan HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200208249
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a deposition mask includes preparing a mask-target substrate which has one surface on which a sacrificed layer pattern is formed and comprises a cover area covered by the sacrificed layer pattern and a plurality of exposed areas exposed by the sacrificed layer pattern; forming holes in the exposed areas of the mask-target substrate by emitting laser toward the mask-target substrate; and removing the sacrificed layer pattern, wherein the sacrificed layer pattern has a higher reflectance with respect to the laser than a reflectance of the mask-target substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hwi KIM, In Bae KIM, Sung Soon IM, Kyu Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 10658595
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a light emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the light emission layer; and a buffer layer between the electron injection layer and the second electrode, where the electron injection layer includes a dipolar material and a first metal, and the buffer layer includes a metal having a work function of 4.0 eV or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Gyu Yoon, Dong Chan Kim, Eung Do Kim, Bo Ra Jung, Kyu Hwan Hwang, Sung Chul Kim, Won-Jong Kim, Young-Woo Song, Jong Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 10541291
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate having transmitting regions and pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting regions, a plurality of thin film transistors on the first substrate in the pixel regions, a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes being in the pixel regions and overlapping the thin film transistors, an opposite electrode in the transmitting regions and the pixel regions, the opposite electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes and being configured to transmit light, an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode, and a color filter in corresponding pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Ha, Kyu-Hwan Hwang, Seok-Gyu Yoon, Young-Woo Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Publication number: 20190280210
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a light emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the light emission layer; and a buffer layer between the electron injection layer and the second electrode, where the electron injection layer includes a dipolar material and a first metal, and the buffer layer includes a metal having a work function of 4.0 eV or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Seok Gyu YOON, Dong Chan KIM, Eung Do KIM, Bo Ra JUNG, Kyu Hwan HWANG, Sung Chul KIM, Won-Jong KIM, Young-Woo SONG, Jong Hyuk LEE
  • Patent number: 10305042
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a light emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the light emission layer; and a buffer layer between the electron injection layer and the second electrode, where the electron injection layer includes a dipolar material and a first metal, and the buffer layer includes a metal having a work function of 4.0 eV or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Gyu Yoon, Dong Chan Kim, Eung Do Kim, Bo Ra Jung, Kyu Hwan Hwang, Sung Chul Kim, Won-Jong Kim, Young-Woo Song, Jong Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9949336
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite the first electrode, and an emission layer between the first and second electrodes. The first electrode includes a Ag—Mg alloy including a greater amount of Ag than Mg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Gyu Yoon, Dong Chan Kim, Sung Chul Kim, Won Jong Kim, Eung Do Kim, Young Woo Song, Jong Hyuk Lee, Bo Ra Jung, Kyu Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170256598
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate having transmitting regions and pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting regions, a plurality of thin film transistors on the first substrate in the pixel regions, a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes being in the pixel regions and overlapping the thin film transistors, an opposite electrode in the transmitting regions and the pixel regions, the opposite electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes and being configured to transmit light, an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode, and a color filter in corresponding pixel regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jae-Heung HA, Kyu-Hwan HWANG, Seok-Gyu YOON, Young-Woo SONG, Jong-Hyuk LEE
  • Patent number: 9666654
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate having transmitting regions and pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting regions, a plurality of thin film transistors on the first substrate in the pixel regions, a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistors, the pixel electrodes being in the pixel regions and overlapping the thin film transistors, an opposite electrode in the transmitting regions and the pixel regions, the opposite electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes and being configured to transmit light, an organic emission layer interposed between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode, and a color filter in corresponding pixel regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Heung Ha, Kyu-Hwan Hwang, Seok-Gyu Yoon, Young-Woo Song, Jong-Hyuk Lee