Patents by Inventor Seon-Il Kim

Seon-Il 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).

  • Publication number: 20160109745
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein a spoilage layer generated in a manufacturing process is removed, and a manufacturing method of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a thin film transistor on a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor in the pixel area; forming a sacrificial layer on the pixel electrode; forming a barrier layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a common electrode on the barrier layer; forming a roof layer on the common electrode; patterning the barrier layer, the common electrode, and the roof layer to exposed a portion of the sacrificial layer thereby forming an injection hole; removing the sacrificial layer to form a microcavity for a plurality of pixel areas; removing the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Hong Sick PARK, Seon-Il Kim, Min Ho Moon, Hyang-Shik KONG, Yeun Tae KIM, Chang Oh JEONG
  • Publication number: 20150259598
    Abstract: A etchant composition that includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, about 0.5 wt % to about 0.9 wt % of an ammonium fluoride, about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyclic amine compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a sulfonic acid, about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or a salt thereof, and a remainder of water. The etchant composition may be configured to etch a metal layer including copper and titanium, to form a metal wire that may be included in a thin film transistor array panel of a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: In-Bae KIM, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Seon-Il KIM, Hong-Sick PARK, Wang Woo LEE, Jae-Woo JEONG, In Seol KUK, Sang-Tae KIM, Young-Chul PARK, Keyong Bo SHIM, In-Ho YU, Young-Jin YOON, Suck-Jun LEE, Joon-Woo LEE, Sang-Hoon JANG, Young-Jun JIN
  • Patent number: 9133550
    Abstract: An etching composition, a method of forming a metal pattern using the etching composition, and a method of manufacturing a display substrate are disclosed. The etching composition includes about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of ammonium persulfate, about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of an organic acid, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chelating agent, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a fluoride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chloride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 2% by weight of an azole-based compound and a remainder of water. Thus, a copper layer may be stably etched to improve a reliability of manufacturing the metal pattern and the display substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Bae Kim, Jong-Hyun Choung, Ji-Young Park, Seon-Il Kim, Jae-Woo Jeong, Sang Gab Kim, Sang-Woo Kim, Ki-Beom Lee, Dae-Woo Lee, Sam-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9127368
    Abstract: An etchant includes, based on a total amount of the etchant, from about 0.5 to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, from about 0.01 to about 2 wt % of a fluorine compound, from about 1 to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, from about 0.5 to about 5 wt % of an azole compound, from about 0.1 to about 5 wt % of an electron-donating compound, from about 0.1 to about 5 wt % of a chlorine compound, from about 0.05 to about 3 wt % of a copper salt, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or an organic acid salt, and a remaining amount of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seon-il Kim, In-Bae Kim, Hongsick Park, Jong-Hyun Choung, Inseol Kuk, Suckjun Lee, Giyong Nam, Youngchul Park, Inho Yu, Youngjin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150220299
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling displaying of information in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first display formed on at least a portion of a body of the electronic device, and a second display formed on at least a portion of a cover functionally connected to the body and including a transparent display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Seong Eun KIM, Seon Il KIM, Young Hoon KIM, Jung Han KIM, Ju Nyun KIM, Jung Sik PARK, Do Hun CHA, Seung Ki CHOI, Soo Hyung KIM, Chang Wan LEE, Myung Gon HONG, Hyun Ju HONG
  • Patent number: 9053987
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes: forming a thin film transistor on a substrate, forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and forming a common electrode insulated from the pixel electrode. At least one of forming the pixel electrode and forming the common electrode includes: forming an electrode layer on the substrate, coating a photoresist on the electrode layer to form a first electrode sub-layer on which the photoresist is coated and a second electrode sub-layer on which the photoresist is not coated, generating etching vapor by heating an etching solution in a double boiler, and etching the second electrode sub-layer by using the etching vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongsick Park, Seon-il Kim
  • Patent number: 9048430
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a non-halogenated etchant for etching an indium oxide layer and a method of manufacturing a display substrate using the non-halogenated etchant, the non-halogenated etchant including nitric acid, sulfuric acid, a corrosion inhibitor including ammonium, a cyclic amine-based compound, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Il Kim, Shin-Il Choi, Ji-Young Park, Sang-Gab Kim, O-Byoung Kwon, Dong-Ki Kim, Sang-Tae Kim, Young-Chul Park, In-Ho Yu, Young-Jin Yoon, Suck-Jun Lee, Joon-Woo Lee, Min-Ki Lim, Sang-Hoon Jang, Young-Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 9045833
    Abstract: A etchant composition that includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, about 0.5 wt % to about 0.9 wt % of an ammonium fluoride, about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyclic amine compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a sulfonic acid, about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or a salt thereof, and a remainder of water. The etchant composition may be configured to etch a metal layer including copper and titanium, to form a metal wire that may be included in a thin film transistor array panel of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Bae Kim, Jong-Hyun Choung, Seon-Il Kim, Hong-Sick Park, Wang Woo Lee, Jae-Woo Jeong, In Seol Kuk, Sang-Tae Kim, Young-Chul Park, Keyong Bo Shim, In-Ho Yu, Young-Jin Yoon, Suck-Jun Lee, Joon-Woo Lee, Sang-Hoon Jang, Young-Jun Jin
  • Publication number: 20150140712
    Abstract: An etchant includes, based on a total amount of the etchant, from about 0.5 to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, from about 0.01 to about 2 wt % of a fluorine compound, from about 1 to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, from about 0.5 to about 5 wt % of an azole compound, from about 0.1 to about 5 wt % of an electron-donating compound, from about 0.1 to about 5 wt % of a chlorine compound, from about 0.05 to about 3 wt % of a copper salt, from about 0.1 to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or an organic acid salt, and a remaining amount of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Seon-il KIM, In-Bae KIM, HONGSICK PARK, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Inseol KUK, Suckjun LEE, Giyong NAM, Youngchul PARK, Inho YU, Youngjin YOON
  • Publication number: 20150118776
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a display device includes: forming a thin film transistor on a substrate, forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, and forming a common electrode insulated from the pixel electrode. At least one of forming the pixel electrode and forming the common electrode includes: forming an electrode layer on the substrate, coating a photoresist on the electrode layer to form a first electrode sub-layer on which the photoresist is coated and a second electrode sub-layer on which the photoresist is not coated, generating etching vapor by heating an etching solution in a double boiler, and etching the second electrode sub-layer by using the etching vapor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongsick Park, Seon-il Kim
  • Publication number: 20150049282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected with the thin film transistor; and a roof layer disposed to face the pixel electrode, wherein a plurality of microcavities having respective liquid crystal injection holes are formed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, and the microcavities are filled with electrically orientatable liquid crystal molecules, wherein a light blocking layer disposed adjacent to the injection holes is formed and covering the thin film transistor, wherein the light blocking layer is covered by a passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeun Tae KIM, Koichi SUGITANI, Jung Wook LEE, Hoon KANG, Min Su KIM, Seon-Il KIM, Hee-Keun LEE
  • Publication number: 20140204300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein a spoilage layer generated in a manufacturing process is removed, and a manufacturing method of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a thin film transistor on a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor in the pixel area; forming a sacrificial layer on the pixel electrode; forming a barrier layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a common electrode on the barrier layer; forming a roof layer on the common electrode; patterning the barrier layer, the common electrode, and the roof layer to exposed a portion of the sacrificial layer thereby forming an injection hole; removing the sacrificial layer to form a microcavity for a plurality of pixel areas; removing the barrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Sick PARK, Seon-Il KIM, Min Ho MOON, Hyang-Shik KONG, Yeun Tae KIM, Chang Oh JEONG
  • Patent number: 8765614
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal pattern on a display substrate includes blanket depositing a copper-based layer having a thickness between about 1,500 ? and about 5,500 ? on a base substrate, and forming a patterned photoresist layer on the copper-based layer. The copper-based layer is over-etched by an etching composition containing an oxidizing moderating agent where the over-etch factor is between about 40% and about 200% while using the patterned photoresist layer as an etch stopping layer, and where the etching composition includes ammonium persulfate between about 0.1% by weight and about 50% by weight, includes an azole-based compound between about 0.01% by weight and about 5% by weight and a remainder of water. Thus, reliability of the metal pattern and that of manufacturing a display substrate may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, Ji-Young Park, Seon-Il Kim, Sang-Gab Kim, In-Bae Kim, Jae-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140024206
    Abstract: A etchant composition that includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, about 0.5 wt % to about 0.9 wt % of an ammonium fluoride, about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyclic amine compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a sulfonic acid, about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or a salt thereof, and a remainder of water. The etchant composition may be configured to etch a metal layer including copper and titanium, to form a metal wire that may be included in a thin film transistor array panel of a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD., SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Bae KIM, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Seon-Il KIM, Hong-Sick PARK, Wang Woo LEE, Jae-Woo JEONG, In Seol KUK, Sang-Tae KIM, Young-Chul PARK, Keyong Bo SHIM, In-Ho YU, Young-Jin YOON, Suck-Jun LEE, Joon-Woo LEE, Sang-Hoon JANG, Young-Jun JIN
  • Publication number: 20140011352
    Abstract: A metal wire etchant including persulfate, a sulfonate, a fluorine compound, an azole-based compound, an organic acid, a nitrate, and a chlorine compound, and a method of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, In-Bae KIM, Seon-Il KIM, Hong Sick PARK, Jae Woo JEONG, Gyu-Po KIM, Won-Guk SEO, Hyun-Cheol SHIN, Ki-Beom LEE, Sam-Young CHO, Seung-Yeon HAN
  • Publication number: 20130180947
    Abstract: An etching composition that includes, based on the total weight of the etching composition, from about 0.05% to about 15% by weight of a halogen-containing compound, from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of a nitrate compound, from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of an acetate compound, from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a cyclic amine compound, from about 0% to about 50% by weight of a polyhydric alcohol, and a remainder of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicants: Soulbrain Co., Ltd., Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Bae KIM, Jae-Woo JEONG, Sang-Gab KIM, Ji-Young PARK, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Seon-il KIM, Yong-Sung SONG, Jong-Hyun OH
  • Patent number: 8383437
    Abstract: An etchant according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of persulfate, about 0.01 wt % to about 2 wt % of a fluorine compound, about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of inorganic acid, about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyclic amine compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 5 wt % of a chlorine compound, about 0.05 wt % to about 3 wt % of copper salt, about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % of organic acid or organic acid salt, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Young Park, Shin-Il Choi, Jong-Hyun Choung, Sang Gab Kim, Seon-Il Kim, Sang-Tae Kim, Joon-Woo Lee, Young-Chul Park, Young-Jun Jin, Kyong-Min Kang, Suck-Jun Lee, O-Byoung Kwon, In-Ho Yu, Sang-Hoon Jang, Min-Ki Lim, Yu-Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20130034923
    Abstract: An etching composition, a method of forming a metal pattern using the etching composition, and a method of manufacturing a display substrate are disclosed. The etching composition includes about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of ammonium persulfate, about 0.1% by weight to about 25% by weight of an organic acid, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chelating agent, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a fluoride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 5% by weight of a chloride compound, about 0.01% by weight to about 2% by weight of an azole-based compound and a remainder of water. Thus, a copper layer may be stably etched to improve a reliability of manufacturing the metal pattern and the display substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Bae KIM, Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Ji-Young PARK, Seon-Il KIM, Jae-Woo JEONG, Sang Gab KIM, Sang-Woo KIM, Ki-Beom LEE, Dae-Woo LEE, Sam-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20120318769
    Abstract: A method of forming a metal pattern on a display substrate includes blanket depositing a copper-based layer having a thickness between about 1,500 ? and about 5,500 ? on a base substrate, and forming a patterned photoresist layer on the copper-based layer. The copper-based layer is over-etched by an etching composition containing an oxidizing moderating agent where the over-etch factor is between about 40% and about 200% while using the patterned photoresist layer as an etch stopping layer, and where the etching composition includes ammonium persulfate between about 0.1% by weight and about 50% by weight, includes an azole-based compound between about 0.01% by weight and about 5% by weight and a remainder of water. Thus, reliability of the metal pattern and that of manufacturing a display substrate may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Choung, Ji-Young Park, Seon-Il Kim, Sang-Gab Kim, In-Bae Kim, Jae-Woo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20120322187
    Abstract: An etchant includes: a persulfate; a fluoride; an inorganic acid; a cyclic amine; a sulfonic acid; and one of an organic acid and a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicants: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun CHOUNG, Seon-il KIM, Ji-Young PARK, Jeanho SONG, Sanggab KIM, Shin Il CHOI, Youngchul PARK, Youngjun JIN, Suckjun LEE, O byoung KWON, Inho YU, Sanghoon JANG, Minki LIM