Patents by Inventor Mu-Hyun Kim

Mu-Hyun Kim 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: 7332739
    Abstract: An organic EL device which includes a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer includes a mixed light-emitting film of a host substance, which is capable of transferring an energy to another light-emitting polymer by absorbing the energy, and a phosphorescent dopant which is capable of emitting light using a triplet state after absorbing the energy received. Accordingly, the light-emitting layer can be patterned, and a color purity and light-emitting characteristics of a full color organic polymer EL device, produced through a laser induced thermal imaging operating, can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Min-Chul Suh, Byung-Doo Chin, Seong-Taek Lee, Jang-Hyuk Kwon
  • Publication number: 20080038680
    Abstract: A donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the donor substrate are provided. A conductive frame is disposed on and connected to an anti-static layer of the donor substrate and frames the periphery of the donor substrate. The conductive frame is connected to a grounded stage. An organic layer is formed using LITI, and the generation of static electricity is controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Myung-Won Song, Byung-Doo Chin, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 7317469
    Abstract: A laser induced thermal imaging apparatus for fabricating an organic light emitting display is provided. The laser induced thermal imaging apparatus includes a stage where a substrate is positioned; a transport device for transporting a donor substrate; a laminator for laminating the substrate to the donor substrate; a laser optical unit for performing the LITI, and a chamber supplied with an atmospheric pressure of an inert gas in which the stage, the laminator, and the laser optical unit are positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Byung-Doo Chin, Myung-Won Song, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20070285010
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting device (OLED) comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transporting layer (HTL), and an emitting layer sequentially formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the work function, the IP or the absolute value of the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level of the HIL is greater than or equal to the absolute value of HOMO level of the HTL. In the OLED, the energy relationships between organic layers are controlled to facilitate hole injection and optimize the charge balance. Thus the efficiency of the OLED improves and the lifetime of the OLED increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Tae-Woo Lee, Jong-Jin Park, Mu-Hyun Kim, Seung-Wook Chang
  • Patent number: 7294962
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an improved organic electroluminescent device. In one embodiment, the OLED includes a thin film transistor formed in a non-emission region on an insulating substrate that also includes source and drain electrodes. The OLED further includes a lower electrode formed in an emission region on the insulating substrate and connected to one electrode of the source/drain electrodes through a contact hole. The OLED yet further includes an organic emission layer formed in the emission region on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the organic emission layer, wherein the lower electrode has a surface with its corners rounded off. The lower electrode acts as a pixel electrode. Having its surface with corners rounded off prevents short-induced defects caused by outgassing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Kyong-Do Kim
  • Patent number: 7294444
    Abstract: A donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the donor substrate are provided. A conductive frame is disposed on and connected to an anti-static layer of the donor substrate and frames the periphery of the donor substrate. The conductive frame is connected to a grounded stage. An organic layer is formed using LITI, and the generation of static electricity is controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Myung-Won Song, Byung-Doo Chin, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20070257276
    Abstract: A donor substrate for a flat panel display includes a base film, a light-to-heat conversion layer on the base film, a first buffer layer on the light-to-heat conversion layer, the first buffer layer including an emission host material, a transfer layer on the first buffer layer, and a second buffer layer on the transfer layer, the second buffer layer including an emission host material identical to the emission host material of the first buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Young-Gil Kwon, Sun-Hee Lee, Jae-Ho Lee, Mu-Hyun Kim, Seong-Taek Lee, Nam-Choul Yang
  • Patent number: 7264915
    Abstract: A manufacturing method using an additional heat-treatment process for a donor film with improved surface roughness. The improved donor film, used in a laser induced thermal imaging method, is capable of enhancing the lifetime of products and reducing the defect rates thereof. A manufacturing method for a donor film according to the invention, includes: providing a donor film comprising a base film, a light-to-heat conversion layer and an organic film; heating the donor film to provide a heat-treated donor film; and cooling the heat-treated donor film. The surface roughness of a donor film can be improved, and the non-uniform distribution of a laser on a region subjected to the LITI process can be minimized to prevent the over- or under-transfer of an transferred organic film, etc., and the non-uniform adhesion of the transferred organic film with an acceptor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Won Song, Tae Min Kang, Sam Il Kho, Young Gil Kwon, Mu Hyun Kim, Sun Hoe Kim, Sok Won Noh, Yeun Joo Sung, Jin Wook Seong, Nam Choul Yang, Byeong Wook Yoo, Seong Taek Lee, Jae Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20070178402
    Abstract: A laser irradiation device and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display device (OLED) using the same are disclosed. The laser irradiation device includes: a laser source generating a laser beam; a mask disposed below the laser source and patterning the beam and a projection lens disposed below the mask and determining magnification of the laser beam through the mask, wherein the laser beam penetrating the mask has different doses in at least two regions. Thus, the laser irradiation device can maximize emission efficiency and enhance the quality of a transfer layer pattern when an organic layer of the OLED is formed using the laser irradiation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Jae-Ho Lee, Seong-Taek Lee, Mu-Hyun Kim, Nam-Choul Yang, Noh-Min Kwak, Young-Gil Kwon, Tae-Min Kang, Sok-Won Noh, Myung-Won Song, Sam-Il Kho
  • Publication number: 20070052353
    Abstract: A donor film for a laser induced thermal imaging method capable of improving the optical efficiency of an emission layer, a light emitting device using the same, and a method of manufacturing the light emitting device are provided. The donor film for a laser induced thermal imaging method includes a base substrate, a light to heat conversion layer (LTHC) provided on the base substrate and having a pattern with a predetermined step difference, and a transfer layer provided on the LTHC. It is possible to improve the optical efficiency of the emission layer by patterning the transfer layer using the LTHC having the pattern with a predetermined step difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Nam-Choul Yang, Lian Duan, Mu-Hyun Kim, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 7187001
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The light emitting display includes: a substrate having a display region and a circuit measuring pad region; source and drain electrodes arranged above the display region and a first conductive layer arranged above the circuit measuring pad region on the same layer as the source and drain electrodes; a first insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes and the first conductive layer; first and second via holes formed in the first insulating layer, the first via hole exposing the source or drain electrode, the second via hole exposing the first conductive layer; a pixel electrode contacting the source or drain electrode through the first via hole, and a second conductive layer contacting the first conductive layer through the second via hole; and a pixel defining layer which exposes the pixel electrode and formed on the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 7170086
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent (EL) device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, an emission layer comprising a polymer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode formed on the emission layer, and a metal infiltration preventing layer, formed between the emission layer and the second electrode, for preventing a second electrode forming metal from infiltrating into the emission layer. A manufacturing method includes operations to prepare the EL device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Suh, Mu-Hyun Kim, Byung Doo Chin, Junhyo Chung
  • Publication number: 20070021025
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display and method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The light emitting display includes: a substrate having a display region and a circuit measuring pad region; source and drain electrodes arranged above the display region and a first conductive layer arranged above the circuit measuring pad region on the same layer as the source and drain electrodes; a first insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes and the first conductive layer; first and second via holes formed in the first insulating layer, the first via hole exposing the source or drain electrode, the second via hole exposing the first conductive layer; a pixel electrode contacting the source or drain electrode through the first via hole, and a second conductive layer contacting the first conductive layer through the second via hole; and a pixel defining layer which exposes the pixel electrode and formed on the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun KIM, Keum-Nam KIM
  • Patent number: 7161294
    Abstract: An OLED has a doped emission layer (EML). The OLED comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an EML having a host material and a light-emitting dopant and interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting dopant has a concentration gradient between a first surface close to the first electrode of the EML and a second surface opposite to the first surface. As a result, luminous efficiency of the OLED can be enhanced and a driving voltage can also be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Doo Chin, Min-Chul Suh, Mu-Hyun Kim, Nam-Choul Yang, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 7108949
    Abstract: A donor substrate for a laser induced thermal imaging method and an organic light emitting display (OLED) fabricated using the donor substrate are provided. There is also provided a method of fabricating an OLED capable of controlling static electricity when an organic layer is formed using an laser induced thermal imaging method, since the donor substrate having a conductive layer is electrically connected to an earthed stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Hyun Kim, Byung-Doo Chin, Myung-Won Song, Seong-Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20060145147
    Abstract: An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) and its fabrication method has a pixel defining layer provided on a first electrode which is formed with a gas vent groove to allow gas to vent when the pixel defining layer is being formed, so that gas is not left in a pixel but vented when a donor film is laminated by a Laser-Induced Thermal Imaging (LITI) method, thereby decreasing edge open failures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Min Kang, Seong-Taek Lee, Myung-Won Song, Mu-Hyun Kim, Byung-Doo Chin, Jae-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7052784
    Abstract: An organic EL device in which light-emitting efficiency, color purity and laser induced thermal imaging characteristics are improved by providing with an organic EL device comprising a first electrode, a hole transport layer, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer uses a mixture of an optically active low molecular electric charge transport material and a high molecular light-emitting substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Doo Chin, Min Chul Suh, Mu Hyun Kim, Seong Taek Lee, Jang Hyuk Kwon
  • Publication number: 20060082292
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an organic light emitting display (OLED) includes a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on a substrate. In additiona, the display includes: an insulating layer disposed on the TFT and having a via hole; a pixel electrode disposed on the insulating layer and connected to a drain electrode of the TFT through the via hole; an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and an opposite electrode pattern disposed on the emission layer and exposing at least an upper region of the via hole. This avoids close configuration proximity between the opposite electrode and the pixel layer thus reducing the possibility of a short circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Wook Kang, Mu-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20060082293
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display is provided with a height of a pixel defining layer formed on a planarization layer in a region where a first electrode is not formed, being formed to be lower than or equal to that of the pixel defining layer formed on the first electrode. In the process of forming the organic layer pattern, a distance between a donor substrate laminated on a substrate and the first electrode is minimized to allow the transfer to be performed with a low energy of laser beam. Accordingly, it is possible to improve energy efficiency of the laser beam. With this process, it is possible to improve efficiency and the lifetime of the device because the transfer energy is low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Wook Kang, Mu-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20060084006
    Abstract: A donor substrate for use in an organic light emitting display comprises a base substrate and a transfer layer disposed on the base substrate. A selective heat generation structure is interposed between the base substrate and the transfer layer. The selective heat generation structure has a heat generation region from which heat is generated by light-to-heat conversion and a heat non-generation region contacting the heat generation region. By employing the donor substrate, it is possible to form minute transfer layer patterns with high accuracy without the need to accurately control the width of a laser beam. A fabrication method of an organic light emitting display comprises disposing the donor substrate on an acceptor substrate, irradiating a laser beam onto the donor substrate, and forming a transfer layer pattern on a pixel electrode of the acceptor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tae-Min Kang, Seong-Taek Lee, Mu-Hyun Kim, Byung-Doo Chin, Myung-Won Song, Jae-Ho Lee, Jin-Soo Kim