Patents by Inventor Min Chun

Min Chun 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: 20080115832
    Abstract: A polymer electrolyte using titania nanotubes (TiNTs) is disclosed. The polymer electrolyte is prepared by crosslinking titania nanotubes with a conductive polymeric material and adding an iodine-based solution thereto. Further disclosed is a dye-sensitized solar cell using the polymer electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: O-Bong YANG, Hyun-Cheol Lee, Ji-Min Chun, M. Shaheer Akhtar, Chae-Woung Cho
  • Publication number: 20080116799
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a pair of substrates having a first substrate where an image is displayed and a second substrate. A barrier rib structure separates the substrates and has discharge cells within the barrier rib structure. Discharge electrode pairs are in the barrier rib structure, at least one of the discharge electrode pairs surrounding a discharge cell. A ferroelectric layer is on surfaces of the barrier rib structure forming the discharge cells. A phosphor layer is in each of the discharge cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Tae-Seung Cho, Won-Ju Yi, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Young-Do Choi, Jae-Ik Kwon, Yong-Shik Hwang, Byoung-Min Chun, Seok-Gyun Woo, Hyea-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20080111486
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate facing each other, two or more electrode sheets having apertures or openings arranged in a uniform pattern for forming discharge spaces between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and including discharge electrodes surrounding at least a part of each of the discharge spaces and extending in one direction. Phosphor layers are located on the front substrate or the rear substrate to correspond to the discharge spaces. and a discharge gas filled in the discharge spaces, wherein projection portions are formed on side surfaces of the discharge electrodes and project into the discharge spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventors: Byoung-Min Chun, Won-Ju Yi, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Yong-Shik Hwang, Tae-Seung Cho, Jong-Woo Choi, Seok-Gyun Woo, Jae-Ik Kwon, Young-Do Choi
  • Publication number: 20080084154
    Abstract: A plasma display panel and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate and a rear substrate spaced apart from each other. A plurality of electrode sheets are stacked between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and have apertures for forming a plurality of discharge spaces. The electrode sheets include a plurality of metal discharge electrodes extending so as to surround at least a part of each of the discharge spaces arranged in a column, and are separated from each other. Insulation members are located between the metal discharge electrodes, are formed of a oxide material of the metal of the metal discharge electrodes and insulate the metal discharge electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Byoung-Min Chun, Won-Ju Yi, Kyoung-Doo Kang, Yong-Shik Hwang, Tae-Seung Cho, Jong-Woo Choi, Seok-Gyun Woo, Jae-Ik Kwon, Young-Do Choi
  • Publication number: 20070104307
    Abstract: A shift register includes first and second stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses to drive first and second gate lines. One of the first and second stages includes a pull-up switching device connected to an enabling node of the one of the first and second stages; a first pull-down switching device connected to a first disabling node of the one of the first and second stages; a second pull-down switching device connected to a second disabling node of the one of the first and second stages; and a node controller. The node controller of the first stage controls the logic state of each of the enabling node of the first stage, the first disabling node of the first stage and the first disabling node of the second stage. The node controller of the second stage controls the logic state of each of the enabling node of the second stage, the second disabling node of the second stage and the second disabling node of the first stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Binn Kim, Hae Kim, Hyung Cho, Soo Yoon, Seung Choi, Min Chun, Yong Jang
  • Publication number: 20070015006
    Abstract: A white organic light emitting diode (OLED) includes an emission layer between two electrodes. The emission layer comprises two or more kinds of compounds for the host and two or more kinds of compounds for the dopant that facilitate production of a white color. Among the two or more kinds of compounds for the host, at least one is a hole transporting material and the other is an electron transporting material. The white OLED has improved stability which increases its efficiency and life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Inventors: Jun Lee, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20070007891
    Abstract: A high efficiency plasma display panel (PDP) that may be simply manufactured. The PDP includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a space between the first substrate and the second substrate is partitioned into discharge cells, a phosphor layer is formed within each discharge cell, electrodes participate in a discharge of each discharge cell, and a dielectric layer is formed on an external surface of at least one of the electrodes in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate. An alignment mark or a shaped alignment part is formed in the dielectric layer, and an alignment mark or a shaped alignment part corresponding to the alignment mark or the shaped alignment part of the dielectric layer is formed in at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Woo KIM, Jeong-Nam KIM, Byoung-Min CHUN, Jeong-Doo YI
  • Publication number: 20070008268
    Abstract: This invention relates to an organic light emitting diode display device that is adaptive for preventing a characteristic change of a device which drives the organic light emitting diode and for securing reliability of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwon Park, Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20070001987
    Abstract: An LCD device includes a plurality of gate lines formed in an LCD panel; a plurality of driving stages, each of which sequentially outputting a respective enabling scan pulse to a corresponding one of the plurality of gate lines; at least one dummy stage responsive to an enabling scan pulse from a first one of the plurality of driving stages and supplying a disabling scan pulse to a second one of the plurality of driving stages to disable outputting of the enabling scan pulse; and a dummy gate line electrically connected to the at least one dummy stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: January 4, 2007
    Applicant: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Chun, Kwon Park, Soo Yoon, Tae Moon
  • Publication number: 20060284801
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode drive circuit includes an organic light emitting diode which emits light with a current, a first transistor, a second transistor and a stress compensation circuit. The first transistor supplies a data voltage to a first node in response to a scan pulse. The second transistor controls a current flowing in the organic light emitting diode by the data voltage on the first node. The stress compensation circuit discharges the first node in response to a reset pulse. The organic light emitting diode driving circuit is adaptive to compensate characteristic changes of the organic light emitting diode drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060279687
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an LCD device having a drive area directly formed inside a non-pixel area of a substrate without an additional drive IC. The LCD device includes a first substrate having a pixel area and a non-pixel area disposed peripherally to the pixel area. The pixel area has a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode in each sub-pixel defined by gate and data lines crossing each other. A second substrate formed in opposition to the first substrate includes a color filter layer and a black matrix layer. A liquid crystal layer is formed between the first and second substrates. An opening in the black matrix layer reveals an alignment mark, which is disposed on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Kwang Park, Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060227094
    Abstract: A gate driver for a display device includes a plurality of shift registers to sequentially generate output signals during a frame period in response to multi-phase clocks; and a dummy clock provided to the plurality of shift registers during a vertical blank time to reduce a stress voltage in the shift registers, wherein an output of each of the shift registers is reset to a low state power supply voltage by an output signal of the next shift register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Kwang Park, Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060208965
    Abstract: A Plasma Display Panel (PDP) easily extends each electrode terminal to terminal blocks of a front substrate or a rear substrate in a 4-electrode structure and includes: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a barrier rib disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and partitioning discharge cells; a phosphor layer arranged in the discharge cell; a first electrode and a second electrode extending in one direction, corresponding to each discharge cell between the first substrate and the second substrate; a third electrode extending parallel to the first electrode and the second electrode, corresponding to the space between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an address electrode extending in the direction intersecting the third electrode and maintaining a space therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Byoung-Min Chun, Jeong-Nam Kim, Tae-Woo Kim, Jeong-Doo Yi
  • Publication number: 20060186813
    Abstract: A plasma display panel may have an enhanced luminescence efficiency and a reduced discharge voltage under an opposed discharge scheme. The disclosed plasma display panel device includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed apart from each other, the first substrate have a substantially planar surface facing away from the second substrate. The device further includes a plurality of address electrodes extending along a first direction and a plurality of partitioning walls located between the first and second substrates defining a plurality of discharge cells. The partitioning walls include a first partitioning wall and a second partitioning wall both extending generally along a second direction. The device further includes a phosphor layer formed on a surface of the plurality of discharge cells, a first electrode and a second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Kim, Jeong-Nam Kim, Byoung-Min Chun, Jeong-Doo Yi
  • Publication number: 20060186809
    Abstract: A plasma display panel includes first and second substrates opposite each other, address electrodes on the first substrate in a first direction, barrier ribs between the first and second substrates to partition discharge cells, phosphor layers in the discharge cells, and first and second electrodes on the second substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction and alternately arranged in the first direction. Each of the first and second electrodes includes a bus electrode extending in the second direction, and an extension electrode that protrudes from the bus electrode in the first direction towards a corresponding discharge cell. Each bus electrode includes at least two bus electrode portions that are electrically connected to each other and that are separated from each other by a predetermined gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Kim, Jeong-Nam Kim, Byoung-Min Chun, Jeong-Doo Yi
  • Publication number: 20060145998
    Abstract: A driving unit for a liquid crystal display device is provided. The driving unit includes a first group of driving stages and a second group of driving stages. A first driving stage of the first group receives a first gate start voltage. The first group of driving stages sequentially outputs scan signals according to a first clock signal. The scan signal outputted by one driving stage of the first group is sent to a next subsequent driving stage of the first group. A first driving stage of the second group receives a second start voltage. The second group of driving stages sequentially outputs the scan signals according to a second clock signal. The scan signal outputted by one driving stage of the second group is sent to a next subsequent driving stage of the second group. The driving stages of the first group and the second group alternately output the scan signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Hyung Cho, Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060145999
    Abstract: A shift register for use with a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of stages. A stage of the shift register includes a first controller, a second controller and an output buffer. The first controller charges and discharges a first node. The second controller charges and discharges a second node and a third node. The output buffer outputs a first output signal in response to the state of the first node and a second output signal in response to the state of the second and third nodes. The shift register may be adaptive to avoid a malfunction caused by a gate bias stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Nam Cho, Soo Yoon, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060113912
    Abstract: A plasma display panel device including discharge electrodes with a non-straight edge line, which improves luminous efficiency. The plasma display panel device includes first and second substrates that are disposed to face each other, barrier ribs disposed between the first and second substrates so as to partition a plurality of discharge cells, and phosphor layers that are formed in the discharge cells. The device further includes address electrodes extending in a first direction, first and second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and third (scan) electrodes, each of which is disposed between and at constant intervals from the first and second electrodes. At least one of the first, second and third electrodes has an edge line extending oblique to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Kim, Jeong-Nam Kim, Byoung-Min Chun, Jeong-Doo Yi
  • Publication number: 20060017681
    Abstract: An LCD device is disclosed, to minimize the signal distortion by decreasing the instability of voltage in a—Si:H TFT of a gate driving signal output unit, which includes a signal controller for outputting first and second control signals Q and /Q; a pull-up transistor between a clock signal terminal CLK and a gate driving signal output terminal for receiving the first control signal Q, the pull-up transistor having a first gate electrode, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode, wherein the pull-up transistor has an asymmetric structure in a first area of the first source electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode and a second area of the first drain electrode overlapped with the first gate electrode; and a pull-down transistor connected between the gate driving signal output terminal and a ground voltage terminal, wherein the pull-down transistor receives the second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Yong Jang, Nam Cho, Min Chun
  • Publication number: 20060001378
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) having improved light emission efficiency by minimizing blockage of emitted visible light rays includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates to define two sides of closed discharge cells; first electrodes and second electrodes arranged to extend in a direction intersecting the barrier ribs to define two other sides of the closed discharge cells and alternately arranged between the discharge cells defined consecutively; phosphor layers each arranged in the discharge cells partitioned by the barrier ribs and the first and second electrodes; address electrodes arranged on the second substrate; and third electrodes arranged on the first substrate to extend in a direction intersecting the address electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Jeong-Doo Yi, Jeong-Nam Kim, Byoung-Min Chun, Tae-Woo Kim