Patents by Inventor Min-Chul Song

Min-Chul 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: 9746725
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display, includes: a substrate; a gate line including a gate pad and a data line including a data pad, the gate and data lines being disposed on the substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer; a first contact assistant disposed on the gate pad; a second contact assistant disposed on the data pad; a first insulating layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, the common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode. The common electrode includes first cutouts, the first insulating layer includes second cutouts, the plane shapes of the first and second cutouts are substantially the same, and the pixel electrode includes a polycrystalline transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa Yeul Oh, Sung Man Kim, Young Je Cho, Min-Chul Song, Eu Gene Lee, Soo Jung Chae, Hyun Ki Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170192312
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first to fourth pixel electrodes neighbored each other in a first direction, a common electrode at least partially overlapping the first to fourth pixel electrodes, and a first data line and a second data line extended in a second direction different from the first direction, and neighbored each other where the first data line is interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second data line is interposed between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, and at least one slit defined in the common electrode is interposed between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Won Ho KIM, Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Hwa Yeul OH, Yeon Mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20170178579
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, first to fourth data lines extending in a second direction perpendicularly intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of pixels connected respectively to either the first or second gate line and any one of the first to fourth data lines, where each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode which receives a data signal from the connected one of the first to fourth data lines, a region in which the pixel electrode is disposed includes a first domain and a second domain having average alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules different from each other, and the first gate line overlaps a boundary between the first domain and the second domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Jun Ho SONG
  • Patent number: 9671658
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a gate driver, and a sealant. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area. The signal lines are integrated with the substrate and include a clock signal line. The gate driver includes a stage located between the clock signal line and the display area. The stage is integrated with the substrate and is configured to apply a gate voltage to the display area. The sealant is distributed over part of the peripheral area. A seal region where the sealant is distributed includes a seal line, and the clock signal line is located within the seal line. The clock signal line is located further away from the stage than the other signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Lim, Man Hong Na, Young-Je Cho, Sung-Man Kim, Min-Chul Song, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Patent number: 9666611
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a data line which extends in a column direction and transfers a data voltage; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to the data line and adjacent in a row direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first pixel electrode and the data line, and including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; and a second thin film transistor connected to the second pixel electrode and the data line, and including a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. The first pixel electrode is at the right of the data line, the second pixel electrode is at the left of the data line, and relative positions of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are the same as relative positions of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Song, Man Hong Na, Young Je Cho, Sung Man Kim, Sung-Hoon Lim, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Publication number: 20170115542
    Abstract: A display device may include a pixel electrode, a transistor, a first gate line, a second gate line, and a third gate line. The transistor may be electrically connected to the pixel electrode. The first gate line may be electrically connected to the transistor. The second gate line may extend not parallel to the first gate line. The third gate line may overlap the pixel electrode and may extend not parallel to the first gate line. The second gate line or the third gate line may be electrically connected to the first gate line. The pixel electrode may be partially positioned between the second gate line and the third gate line in a plan view of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hwa Yeul OH, Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Seong Su LIM, Tae Hyung HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160370662
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, on which pixel regions are defined; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; gate and data lines on the first substrate and intersecting each other; pixel electrodes on the first substrate in the pixel regions, respectively; and green, blue and red color filters on the second substrate, where the pixel electrodes include first, second and third pixel electrodes, which correspond to the green, blue and red color filters, respectively, each of the first, second and third pixel electrodes includes a stem portion, which is near one of the data lines and extends in an extending direction of the data lines, and branch portions, which are branched off from the stem portion, and the stem portion of the first pixel electrode is near a side of the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Won Ho KIM, Min Chul SONG, Seong Su LIM, Yeon Mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20160295715
    Abstract: A display device includes a window panel having a first radius of curvature, a display panel and an adhesion layer. The display panel defines a first portion having a second radius of curvature, and a second portion which extends from an end of the first portion and has a third radius of curvature different from the second radius of curvature. In a line normal to the upper surface of the display panel, a first distance between a first point at the upper surface of the first portion of the display panel and a first crossing point at an upper surface of the window panel, is different from a second distance between a second point at the upper surface of the second portion of the display panel and a second crossing point at the upper surface of the window panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Youngje CHO, Min-chul SONG, Yujin LEE, Yeon-mun JEON
  • Patent number: 9417491
    Abstract: A display device may include an insulating layer. The display device may further include a first field-generating electrode that overlaps the insulating layer. The display device may further include a second field-generating electrode that overlaps the first field-generating electrode and has a cutout. An exposed portion of the insulating layer may be exposed through the cutout and may be exposed between an edge (or boundary) of the first field-generating electrode and an end portion of the second field-generating electrode in a layout view of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Jung Chae, Sung Man Kim, Min-Chul Song, Hwa Yeul Oh, Young Je Cho, Hyun Ki Hwang
  • Patent number: 9412895
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photoelectric device, the method including: forming a first semiconductor layer on a semiconductor substrate through a first ion implantation; forming a second semiconductor layer having an inverted conductive type on a part of the first semiconductor layer through a second ion implantation; and performing thermal processing to restore lattice damage of the semiconductor substrate and activate a dopant into which ion implanted. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a photoelectric device having a reduction in the number of processes for manufacturing the photoelectric device and improved output characteristics is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Jin Kim, Doo-Youl Lee, Young-Su Kim, Chan-Bin Mo, Young-Sang Park, Jae-Ho Shin, Sang-Jin Park, Sang-Won Seo, Min-Chul Song, Dong-Seop Kim
  • Publication number: 20160219732
    Abstract: A curved display device includes a curved display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, the first substrate including a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area, a sealing member interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the display area, and a reinforcement member arranged on an outside of the sealing member, wherein the curved display panel includes a first side surface including a curved side, a second side surface including a curved side and facing the first side surface, a third side surface and a fourth side surface connecting the first side surface and the second side surface, the third side surface and the fourth side surface facing each other, and wherein the reinforcement member is attached to at least one of the first side surface and the second side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: YOUNG JE CHO, Yu Jin Lee, Min Chul Song, Yeon Mun Jeon
  • Patent number: 9377655
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a first gate conductor disposed on the first insulation substrate and in a same layer as a gate line and a second gate conductor disposed on the first insulation substrate and in the same layer as the gate line; a gate insulating layer disposed on the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor; a data conductor disposed on the gate insulating layer and in a same layer as a data line; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first spacer disposed on the first insulation substrate; and a second spacer disposed on the first insulation substrate, where heights or widths of the first and second spacers are different from each other and having different heights or widths, and the second spacer overlaps the first gate conductor and the second gate conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Man Kim, Sung Hoon Kim, Man Hong Na, Min-Chul Song, Jun Ho Song, Eu Gene Lee, Sung-Hoon Lim, Young Je Cho, Sun-Kyu Joo, Soo Jung Chae
  • Publication number: 20160085106
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a gate driver, and a sealant. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area. The signal lines are integrated with the substrate and include a clock signal line. The gate driver includes a stage located between the clock signal line and the display area. The stage is integrated with the substrate and is configured to apply a gate voltage to the display area. The sealant is distributed over part of the peripheral area. A seal region where the sealant is distributed includes a seal line, and the clock signal line is located within the seal line. The clock signal line is located further away from the stage than the other signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: SUNG-HOON LIM, MAN HONG NA, YOUNG-JE CHO, SUNG-MAN KIM, MIN-CHUL SONG, SOO JUNG CHAE, EU GENE LEE
  • Patent number: 9285643
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes pixels which is disposed in row and column directions, respectively includes pixel electrodes, and arranged along a first pixel column to a sixth pixel column, gate lines including pairs of two adjacent gate lines for each pixel row in the row direction, data lines including a first data line at a left side of the first pixel column, a second data line between the second and third pixel columns, a third data line between the fourth and fifth pixel columns, and a fourth data line at a right side of the sixth pixel column; and common voltage lines including a first common voltage line between the first and second pixel columns, a second common voltage line between the third and fourth pixel columns, and a third common voltage line between the fifth and sixth pixel columns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Song, Sung Man Kim, Jun Ho Song, Hwa Yeul Oh, Yu Jin Lee, Young Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20160005768
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a data line which extends in a column direction and transfers a data voltage; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to the data line and adjacent in a row direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first pixel electrode and the data line, and including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; and a second thin film transistor connected to the second pixel electrode and the data line, and including a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. The first pixel electrode is at the right of the data line, the second pixel electrode is at the left of the data line, and relative positions of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are the same as relative positions of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Min-Chul SONG, Man Hong NA, Young Je CHO, Sung Man KIM, Sung-Hoon LIM, Soo Jung CHAE, Eu Gene LEE
  • Patent number: 9224867
    Abstract: In a thin film transistor array panel and a method of manufacturing the same, a thin passivation layer is positioned between a first field generating electrode and a second field generating electrode. The thin passivation layer overlaps the first and second field generating electrodes. The thin passivation layer includes a transparent photosensitive organic material. When forming the first field generating electrode, the passivation layer is used as a photosensitive film. Accordingly, the passivation layer and the first field generating electrode may be formed using a same single photo-mask. Accordingly, the manufacturing cost of the thin film transistor array panel may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eu Gene Lee, Min-Chul Song, Sung Man Kim, Young Je Cho, Hwa Yeul Oh, Hyun Ki Hwang
  • Patent number: 9218790
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a plurality of signal lines, a gate driver, and a sealant. The substrate includes a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area. The signal lines are integrated with the substrate and include a clock signal line. The gate driver includes a stage located between the clock signal line and the display area. The stage is integrated with the substrate and is configured to apply a gate voltage to the display area. The sealant is distributed over part of the peripheral area. A seal region where the sealant is distributed includes a seal line, and the clock signal line is located within the seal line. The clock signal line is located further away from the stage than the other signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Lim, Man Hong Na, Young-Je Cho, Sung-Man Kim, Min-Chul Song, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Patent number: 9190003
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of first gate lines extended in a first direction and disposed on a substrate on which a plurality of pixels is disposed, a plurality of second gate line extended in a second direction to cross the first gate lines, a plurality of data lines disposed substantially parallel to the first gate lines, and a first insulating layer disposed between the first gate lines and the second gate lines and provided with a plurality of via holes to expose a portion of a corresponding first gate line of the first gate lines. Each of the first gate lines makes contact with a corresponding second gate line of the second gate lines through a corresponding via hole of the via holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungman Kim, ManHong Na, Min-Chul Song, Junho Song, Eugene Lee, Sung-Hoon Lim, YoungJe Cho, Soojung Chae
  • Patent number: 9136283
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes: a data line which extends in a column direction and transfers a data voltage; a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to the data line and adjacent in a row direction; a first thin film transistor connected to the first pixel electrode and the data line, and including a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; and a second thin film transistor connected to the second pixel electrode and the data line, and including a second source electrode and a second drain electrode. The first pixel electrode is at the right of the data line, the second pixel electrode is at the left of the data line, and relative positions of the first source electrode and the first drain electrode are the same as relative positions of the second source electrode and the second drain electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Song, Man Hong Na, Young Je Cho, Sung Man Kim, Sung-Hoon Lim, Soo Jung Chae, Eu Gene Lee
  • Patent number: 9116400
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate including pixels arranged in m columns by n rows, n data lines disposed, m gate lines arranged substantially parallel to the data lines, n data distribution lines arranged to cross the m gate lines and electrically connected to the data lines, respectively, source driving chips disposed on a first portion of the first substrate, and a gate driver disposed on a second portion of the first substrate. Each of the data distribution lines is connected to a subset of the pixels arranged in a corresponding row, and each of the gate lines is connected to a subgroup of the pixels arranged in a corresponding column. The source driving chips apply data signals to the pixels through the first data lines and the data distribution lines, and the gate driver applies gate signals to the pixels through the gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Chul Song, JungHoon Yoon, Sungman Kim, Jae Hwa Park, YoungJe Cho