Patents by Inventor Seong-Min Wang

Seong-Min Wang 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: 20240130171
    Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min WANG, Young-In HWANG, Yong Ho YANG, Yong Su LEE, Jae Seob LEE, Gyoo Chul JO
  • Patent number: 11906830
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a first side including a display area configured to emit light and a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor having a first surface facing the display panel, a first adhesive layer disposed between the first surface of the sensor and the display panel, and a second adhesive layer disposed on a side surface of the sensor, in which the second adhesive layer and the first adhesive layer contact each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Beohm Rock Choi, Yong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20240023404
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a first area including a plurality of transmission areas and an element area, a second area spaced apart from the first area, and a boundary area defined between the first area and the second area. The display panel includes a division layer in which a plurality of first division is openings defined in the first area and a plurality of second division openings is defined in the second area, a plurality of first color filters including a first-first color filter, a first-second color filter, and a first-third color filter, which are arranged in each of the first division openings, and a plurality of second color filters corresponding to the second division openings in a one-to-one correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: KYUNG HYUN CHOI, SEONG MIN WANG
  • Patent number: 11864430
    Abstract: A display may include flexible substrate, a blocking layer on the flexible substrate, a pixel on the flexible substrate and the blocking layer, and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line connected to the pixel. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a switching transistor connected to the scan line, and a driving transistor to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode. The blocking layer is in an area that overlaps the switching transistor on a plane, and between the switching transistor and the flexible substrate, and receives a voltage through a contact hole that exposes the blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Young-In Hwang, Yong Ho Yang, Yong Su Lee, Jae Seob Lee, Gyoo Chul Jo
  • Publication number: 20230368734
    Abstract: A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor including a gate that is connected to a first node, wherein the first transistor is connected between a second node and a third node; a second transistor including a gate that is connected to a corresponding scan line, wherein the second transistor is connected between a data line and the second node; a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first voltage; a third transistor including a gate that is connected to the corresponding scan line, the third transistor is connected between the first node and the third node; and a fourth transistor connected between a first end of the first transistor and a second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Young-In HWANG, Sung Ho KIM, Eung Taek KIM, Yong Ho YANG, Seong Min WANG, Jung-Mi CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230368741
    Abstract: A display device may include a first pixel coupled to an emission control line, and an emission control stage for selectively coupling the emission control line to a first or second supply voltage line. The emission control stage may include: a first emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the emission control line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the emission control line, a second electrode coupled to the second supply voltage line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a second node; and a third emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the first node, a main gate electrode coupled to the second node, and a sub-gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Seong Min WANG, Young In HWANG, Jin Woo PARK, Yong Ho YANG
  • Publication number: 20230329035
    Abstract: In a light emitting display device, a light blocking member is positioned on an encapsulation layer and includes a red opening, a blue opening, and a green opening. The red opening, the blue opening, and the green opening have a mass center, a first position closest to the mass center, and a second position furthest from the mass center. In case that a ratio of a distance from the mass center to the second position to a distance from the mass center to the first position is referred to as a maximum minimum distance ratio, the red opening has a value of about 1.02 or more and about 1.15 or less, the blue opening has a value of about 1.05 or more and about 1.2 or less, and the green opening has a value of about 1.32 or more and about 1.38.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Young YUN, Seong Min WANG, Ji Won SOHN
  • Patent number: 11756487
    Abstract: A display device may include a first pixel coupled to an emission control line, and an emission control stage for selectively coupling the emission control line to a first or second supply voltage line. The emission control stage may include: a first emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the emission control line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the emission control line, a second electrode coupled to the second supply voltage line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a second node; and a third emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the first node, a main gate electrode coupled to the second node, and a sub-gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Young In Hwang, Jin Woo Park, Yong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20230274699
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. The driving transistor includes a fist gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a polycrystalline semiconductor layer disposed on the first gate electrode of the driving transistor and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a second gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the driving transistor. The compensation transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the compensation transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: YOUNG-IN HWANG, SUNG HO KIM, YONG HO YANG, SEONG MIN WANG
  • Patent number: 11727877
    Abstract: A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor including a gate that is connected to a first node, wherein the first transistor is connected between a second node and a third node; a second transistor including a gate that is connected to a corresponding scan line, wherein the second transistor is connected between a data line and the second node; a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first voltage; a third transistor including a gate that is connected to the corresponding scan line, the third transistor is connected between the first node and the third node; and a fourth transistor connected between a first end of the first transistor and a second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Sung Ho Kim, Eung Taek Kim, Yong Ho Yang, Seong Min Wang, Jung-Mi Choi
  • Publication number: 20230255052
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device, including a flexible substrate; pixels on the flexible substrate, the pixels including an organic emission layer; a pixel definition layer between the pixels, the pixel definition layer including openings; an encapsulation layer covering the pixels; and a conductive light shielding member on the encapsulation layer, the conductive light shielding member not overlapped with the pixels, and overlapped with the pixel definition layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min WANG, Jung Gun NAM, Byeong Hoon CHO, Mu Gyeom KIM
  • Patent number: 11670233
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. The driving transistor includes a first gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a polycrystalline semiconductor layer disposed on the first gate electrode of the driving transistor and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a second gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the driving transistor. The compensation transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the compensation transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Sung Ho Kim, Yong Ho Yang, Seong Min Wang
  • Patent number: 11653527
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device, including a flexible substrate; pixels on the flexible substrate, the pixels including an organic emission layer; a pixel definition layer between the pixels, the pixel definition layer including openings; an encapsulation layer covering the pixels; and a conductive light shielding member on the encapsulation layer, the conductive light shielding member not overlapped with the pixels, and overlapped with the pixel definition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Jung Gun Nam, Byeong Hoon Cho, Mu Gyeom Kim
  • Patent number: 11594179
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a first transistor, a second transistor operating based on a first gate signal, a third transistor operating based on a second gate signal, a fourth transistor operating based on an initialization control signal, a fifth transistor operating based on an emission control signal, a sixth transistor operating based on the emission control signal, a seventh transistor, of which one terminal is connected to the light-emitting element, operating based on a bias control signal, an eighth transistor, of which one terminal is connected to the driving transistor, operating based on the bias control signal, a storage capacitor, and the light-emitting element. The circuit performs a display-scan operation where a driving time of a panel driving frame is a predetermined duration, and performs a display-scan operation and a self-scan operation where the driving time is longer than the predetermined duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Seong Min Wang, Jihye Kong, Yongho Yang, Jeong-Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20230056635
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a first side including a display area configured to emit light and a second side opposite to the first side, a sensor having a first surface facing the display panel, a first adhesive layer disposed between the first surface of the sensor and the display panel, and a second adhesive layer disposed on a side surface of the sensor, in which the second adhesive layer and the first adhesive layer contact each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Seong Min WANG, Beohm Rock CHOI, Yong Ho YANG
  • Publication number: 20230050385
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel on which a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element adjacent to the first light emitting element are disposed. A sensor layer including a touch electrode is disposed on the display panel. The touch electrode includes a first portion having a first width, a second portion having a second width that is smaller than the first width, and a third portion connecting the first portion to the second portion. The first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are each disposed between the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: HYEONBUM LEE, CHIWOOK AN, SEONG MIN WANG
  • Publication number: 20230005434
    Abstract: A display device may include a first pixel coupled to an emission control line, and an emission control stage for selectively coupling the emission control line to a first or second supply voltage line. The emission control stage may include: a first emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the emission control line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a first node; a second emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the emission control line, a second electrode coupled to the second supply voltage line, and a main gate electrode coupled to a second node; and a third emission control transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first supply voltage line, a second electrode coupled to the first node, a main gate electrode coupled to the second node, and a sub-gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Seong Min WANG, Young In HWANG, Jin Woo PARK, Yong Ho YANG
  • Publication number: 20220415980
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes: a flexible substrate including a display area and a peripheral area having a bending area. The display area includes: a plurality of inorganic layers; first and second organic layers that are disposed on the plurality of inorganic layers; a black pixel defining layer that is disposed on the second organic layer; and a spacer that is disposed on the black pixel defining layer. In the bending area, the plurality of inorganic layers include a first opening formed at a position corresponding to the bending area. The first opening is filled with the first organic layer, the second organic layer is disposed on the first organic layer, the black pixel defining layer includes a second opening at a position corresponding to the bending area, and the second opening is filled with an organic layer for the spacer, formed of a same material as the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeon Bum LEE, Seong Min Wang, Chi Wook An
  • Publication number: 20220415993
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes first and second pixel circuit portions, each having a transistor with a polycrystalline semiconductor and a transistor with an oxide semiconductor, and first and second light emitting diodes including first and second anodes connected with the first and second pixel circuit portions, respectively. An encapsulation layer covers the first and second pixel circuit portions and the first and second light emitting diodes. A light blocking layer includes first and second light blocking layer openings that are disposed on the encapsulation layer and overlap the first and second anodes, respectively. First and second color filters are disposed in the first and second light blocking layer openings, wherein first and second expansion portions corresponding to the first and second anodes are disposed in a first and second conductive layers disposed first down from the first anode and second down from the second anode, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Min Yeul RYU, Jun Hee LEE, Hyeon Bum LEE, Seong Min WANG
  • Publication number: 20220392405
    Abstract: A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor including a gate that is connected to a first node, wherein the first transistor is connected between a second node and a third node; a second transistor including a gate that is connected to a corresponding scan line, wherein the second transistor is connected between a data line and the second node; a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first voltage; a third transistor including a gate that is connected to the corresponding scan line, the third transistor is connected between the first node and the third node; and a fourth transistor connected between a first end of the first transistor and a second voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Young-In HWANG, Sung Ho KIM, Eung Taek KIM, Yong Ho YANG, Seong Min WANG, Jung-Mi CHOI