Patents by Inventor Mee-Hye Jung

Mee-Hye Jung 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: 20190034688
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes: sensor pixels, each including a first transistor which controls a sensing signal to be outputted to a corresponding one of output lines; power lines disposed on a vertical line basis and each electrically connected to sensor pixels disposed on a corresponding vertical line; and a power supply unit which supplies reference voltages to the power lines. The power supply unit supplies the reference voltages, which is adjusted on the vertical line basis, to the power lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Sun Hwa LEE, Mu Kyung JEON, Mee Hye JUNG
  • Patent number: 10168584
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lower panel having a pixel electrode including at least one unit pixel electrode; an upper panel having a common electrode including at least one unit common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the lower and upper panels. The unit pixel electrode includes an at least approximately diagonally oriented and parallelogram-shaped center electrode, and further includes a plurality of branches extending from the center electrode, and the common electrode includes an opening extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction of bending of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Sang Hyeon Song, Il Gon Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9989818
    Abstract: Provided are display device. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device comprising a first substrate, a gate wiring which is formed on the first substrate and extends in a first direction, a data wiring which is insulated from the gate wiring, intersects the gate wiring, and extends in a second direction, and a pixel electrode which comprises a first subpixel electrode to which a first data voltage is applied from the data wiring and a second subpixel electrode to which a second data voltage lower than the first data voltage is applied from the data wiring, wherein the first subpixel electrode is surrounded by the second subpixel electrode, and the second subpixel electrode does not overlap the data wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jin Jeon, Sang Uk Lim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9989752
    Abstract: An electrowetting device is provided that includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate facing each other, a first electrode positioned on the lower substrate, an edge electrode positioned on the lower substrate and adjacent to an edge of the first electrode, a hydrophobic insulating layer positioned on the first electrode and the edge electrode, a partition positioned on the lower substrate, a second electrode positioned on the upper substrate, and a first liquid and a second liquid positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, wherein an electric field of a portion where the edge electrode is positioned is smaller than an electric field of a portion where the first electrode is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwang-Chul Jung, Seong Gyu Kwon, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9991296
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first pixel and a second pixel that extend in a data line direction. The first and second pixels are connected to a same data line, and the first pixel is closer to a data driver than the second pixel. A channel width of a thin film transistor of the first pixel is less than a channel width of a thin film transistor of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Il Gon Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Publication number: 20180145123
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of pixels provided in a pixel region of the substrate; a scan line and a data line, connected to each of the plurality of pixels; a first transistor connected to the scan line and the data line and a second transistor connected to the first transistor; a light emitting element connected to the transistor; a first blocking layer disposed between the substrate and the first transistor, the first blocking layer being electrically connected to the first transistor; and a second blocking layer disposed between the substrate and the second transistor, the second blocking layer being electrically connected to the second transistor, wherein the first blocking layer is connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and the second blocking layer is connected to any one of source and drain electrodes of the second transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Il Joo KIM, Cheol Gon LEE, Mee Hye JUNG
  • Publication number: 20180130828
    Abstract: A display device having a gate driver which may reduce generation of ripple at the output of the gate drive includes: a substrate; and a driver circuit including a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, the thin film transistor including: a first gate electrode disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first gate electrode to overlap a part of the first gate electrode, the semiconductor layer including channel, source, and drain regions; a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer and respectively connected to the source region and the drain region, wherein a first area formed by the overlapping portion of the first gate electrode and the drain region has a different size than a second area formed by the overlapping portion of the first gate electrode and the source region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Cheol-Gon LEE, Il-Joo Kim, Mee Hye JUNG, Jun Ki JEONG
  • Patent number: 9927671
    Abstract: A display panel includes a high pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in a first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in a second direction crossing the first direction, a low pixel electrode including a first stem which extends substantially in the first direction, and a second stem which extends substantially in the second direction, a data line which extends in the second direction, a high storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the high pixel electrode, and a low storage line which extends substantially in the second direction and overlaps the second stem of the low pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hyoung Cho, Il-Gon Kim, Mee-Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9927669
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; a reference voltage line including a storage electrode; a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode, and disposed in a pixel area; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first subpixel electrode includes a first horizontal stem and a first vertical stem, the second subpixel electrode includes a second horizontal stem and a second vertical stem, the second subpixel electrode is provided to an external side of the pixel area to surround the first subpixel electrode, and the storage electrode includes a first storage electrode overlapping the first horizontal stem of the first subpixel electrode, and a second storage electrode overlapping the second vertical stem of the second subpixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Uk Lim, Il Gon Kim, Sang Jin Jeon, Mee Hye Jung, Sung Hwan Kim, Eun Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 9891480
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate comprising a pixel area a first pixel electrode on the pixel area and a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel electrode; a second substrate including a common electrode and facing the first substrate; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first pixel electrode includes first and second sides parallel to a side of the pixel area; third and fourth sides respectively extending from first ends of the first and second sides, inclined with respect to the first and second sides and parallel to each other; and fifth and sixth sides parallel to each other, and connecting the second and first sides with the third and fourth sides, respectively. An acute angle between each of the third to sixth sides, with respect to the first and second sides, exceeds about 135 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang-Mi Kang, Mee-Hye Jung, In-Jae Hwang, Il-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 9875717
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a substrate; a first gate line; a first data line and a second data line to which data voltages with different polarities are applied; a first pixel electrode connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a liquid crystal layer formed on the first pixel electrode; and a first common electrode and a second common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer, in which the first pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode overlapping with the first common electrode and a second subpixel electrode overlapping with the second common electrode. A first voltage and A second voltage are alternatingly applied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode every two or more frames, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Mi Kang, Kwang-Chul Jung, Cheol-Gon Lee, Mee Hye Jung
  • Publication number: 20180004049
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Mee-Hye JUNG, Ji-Won SOHN, Jae-Jin LYU, Chong-Chul CHAI
  • Publication number: 20170322468
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, a first coupling electrode disposed on the substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the first coupling electrode, a second coupling electrode disposed on the first insulating layer and capacitively coupled to the first coupling electrode, a second insulating layer disposed on the second coupling electrode, and a pixel electrode including first and second sub-pixel electrodes, which are disposed on the second insulating layer and are electrically insulated from each other, where the first sub-pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first coupling electrode via a first contact hole, which is defined in the first and second insulating layers, and the second sub-pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second coupling electrode via a second contact hole which is defined in the second insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Il Joo KIM, Cheol Gon LEE, Gun Woo YANG, Hyun Young CHOI, Tae Ho KANG, Chol Ho KIM, Hae Ryeong PARK, Dong Il YOO, Yong Woo LEE, Mee Hye JUNG, Joong Gun CHONG
  • Patent number: 9778525
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a plurality of pixels each including first and second switching elements connected to a first gate line and a data line. Each pixel also includes a first memory capacitor connected to the first switching element and a capacitance voltage line, a second memory capacitor connected to the second switching element and the capacitance voltage line, and a third switching element and a fourth switching element each connected to a second gate line and a reference voltage line. Each pixel further includes a fifth switching element connected to a third gate line and the first memory capacitor, a sixth switching element connected to the third gate line and the second memory capacitor, a first subpixel electrode connected to the third and fifth switching elements, and a second subpixel electrode connected to the fourth and sixth switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-Chul Jung, Se Young Song, Sung-Jin Hong, Jae Byung Park, Mee Hye Jung, Hyun Min Cho
  • Patent number: 9773858
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of data lines formed in a display area and a plurality of data pad portions formed in a non-display area and including a plurality of data pads and a plurality of dummy pads formed outside of the data pads. The display also includes a plurality of data fan-out portions electrically connected to the data pads and the data lines, and including a plurality of diagonal portions diagonally formed with respect to the data lines. The display also includes a plurality of voltage applying lines electrically connected to the dummy pads and insulated from the data fan-out portions, wherein at least one of the voltage applying lines intersects one or more of the diagonal portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyoung Cho, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Gyung Soon Park, Min Jae Jeong, Il Gon Kim, Mee Hye Jung
  • Publication number: 20170271382
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first pixel and a second pixel that extend in a data line direction. The first and second pixels are connected to a same data line, and the first pixel is closer to a data driver than the second pixel. A channel width of a thin film transistor of the first pixel is less than a channel width of a thin film transistor of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Se Hyoung CHO, Il Gon KIM, Sung Hwan KIM, Mee Hye JUNG
  • Patent number: 9759962
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode spaced apart with a gap therebetween, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The first and second subpixel electrodes include a plurality of branches, and each of the first and second subpixel electrodes includes a plurality of subregions. The branches extend in different directions in different subregions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mee-Hye Jung, Ji-Won Sohn, Jae-Jin Lyu, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 9733520
    Abstract: A display panel includes a gate line, a first data line crossing the gate line, a first voltage applied to the first data line, a second data line in parallel with the first data line and spaced apart from the first data line, a second voltage different from the first voltage applied to the second data line, a first thin film transistor electrically connected to the first data line, a second thin film transistor electrically connected to the second data line, a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first thin film transistor, and disposed between the first data line and the second data line, and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second thin film transistor, and disposed opposite to the first pixel electrode with reference to the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyeon Song, Il-Gon Kim, Mee-Hye Jung, Se-Hyoung Cho
  • Publication number: 20170221417
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharging circuit includes a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a signal line, a second electrode receiving a first voltage, and a first gate electrode electrically connected to a first node. A second transistor includes a third electrode electrically connected to the signal line, a fourth electrode electrically connected to the first node, and a second gate electrode electrically connected to the first node. A first capacitor receives the first voltage and is electrically connected to the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: MEE-HYE JUNG, SE-HYOUNG CHO, JANG-MI KANG, KYUNG-HOON KIM
  • Patent number: 9715151
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: first and second substrate opposite to each other; data lines on the first substrate which transmits a first voltage; a voltage transmitting line on the first substrate which transmits a second voltage; and first and second pixel electrodes on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, where one of the first and second pixel electrodes is applied with the first voltage through the data lines, the other of the first and second pixel electrodes is applied with the second voltage through the voltage transmitting line, each of the first and second pixel electrodes includes a stem and branches electrodes extending from the stem, the branches of the first pixel electrode and the branches of the second pixel electrode are alternately disposed, and the stems of the first and second pixel electrodes overlap at least a portion of the voltage transmitting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mee Hye Jung, Kook Hyun Choi, Hye Seok Na, Dong Gyu Kim, Young Hoon Yoo, Woo Sung Sohn, Sung Hoon Kim