Patents by Inventor Seung Chan Lee

Seung Chan Lee 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: 11443683
    Abstract: A display device: a substrate including a first display area and a second display area; a signal line which overlaps the first display area and the second display area; and a common electrode which overlaps the first display area and the second display area, where the first display area includes a first pixel area, the second display area includes a second pixel area and a transmitting area, the transmitting area includes a first transmitting area and a second transmitting area, which have different transmittances from each other, the common electrode overlaps the first pixel area, the second pixel area and the second transmitting area, and in the second transmitting area, at least a part of the signal line and the common electrode overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Kim, Gun Hee Kim, Sang Hoon Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Seung Chan Lee, Joo Hee Jeon, Sung Jin Hong, Tae Hoon Yang
  • Publication number: 20220277677
    Abstract: A method of testing a display panel including a pixel coupled to first, second, and third power lines, a data line, scan lines, an emission control line, and a test line, the method includes: applying a first power supply voltage to the first power line; applying a test voltage having a turn-on voltage level to the second power line; applying a scan signal having a turn-on voltage level sequentially to the scan lines and an emission control signal having a turn-on voltage level to the emission control line; applying a gate signal to the test line to turn on a test transistor coupled between two electrode of a light emitting element included in the pixel; measuring a sensing voltage output through the data line; and determining whether the pixel is defective, based on a voltage level of the measured sensing voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Joon KIM, Jun Ki JEONG, Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Kyung Bae KIM, Seung Chan LEE, Chong Chul CHAI
  • Patent number: 11393804
    Abstract: A display device and a method for fabricating the same. The display device includes a substrate including a circuit layer and a first pad unit; an auxiliary substrate disposed below the substrate and comprising a driving circuit and a second pad unit; a light-emitting unit disposed on the circuit layer; and a connection electrode in contact with a side surface of the substrate and electrically connecting the first pad unit with the second pad unit. The method includes forming a circuit layer and a first pad unit on a first surface of a substrate; forming a driving circuit and a second pad unit on a fourth surface of an auxiliary substrate; and attaching a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface to a third surface of the auxiliary substrate opposite the fourth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Chan Lee, Gun Hee Kim, Sang Ho Park, Ju Won Yoon, Joo Hee Jeon, Hyun Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11386854
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes: a driving switching element; a data initializer to initialize a voltage of a control electrode of the driving switching element; a data writer to write a data voltage to the driving switching element; an organic light emitting element; an organic light emitting element initializer to initialize an anode electrode of the organic light emitting element to a second initialization voltage based on an organic light emitting element initialization gate signal; and a light emitting controller to control an emission of the organic light emitting element. The organic light emitting element initializer includes: a control electrode to receive the organic light emitting element initialization gate signal; an input electrode to receive the second initialization voltage; an output electrode connected to the anode electrode; and a conductive layer to receive a compensation control signal that is different from the organic light emitting element initialization gate signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun-Hee Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Ju-Won Yoon, Seung-Chan Lee, Joo-Hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 11387307
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a main area and a sensor area. Sensor devices overlap the sensor area of the display panel in a thickness direction of the display panel. The display panel includes first subpixels, which are disposed in the sensor area, and second subpixels, which are disposed in the main area. The number of transistors of each of the first subpixels is different from the number of transistors of each of the second subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Chan Lee, Gun Hee Kim, Sung Jin Hong, Yoo Min Ko
  • Patent number: 11387288
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a pixel area and a transmitting area adjacent to the pixel area. The organic light-emitting display device includes an organic light-emitting diode, a driving power wiring, and a heating pattern adjacent to the driving power wiring. The organic light-emitting diode includes a first electrode disposed in the pixel area, an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer. The driving power wiring is electrically connected to the second electrode. A portion of the organic light-emitting layer is disposed in the transmitting area. The organic light-emitting layer includes an opening area overlapping the heating pattern and at least a portion of the driving power wiring. The second electrode electrically contacts the driving power wiring through the opening area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Chan Lee, Dong Hwan Shim, Yoo Min Ko, Sung Jin Hong, Gun Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20220216279
    Abstract: A display device including: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; and a pad in the non-display area, wherein the pad includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, and a fourth electrode layer sequentially on the substrate, the second electrode layer contacts the first electrode layer through a contact hole in a plurality of insulating layers, and an organic layer between the third electrode layer and the fourth electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: SEUNG CHAN LEE, HONG AM KIM, YOUNG MIN CHO, JIN-WHAN JUNG, WANG JO LEE
  • Patent number: 11380263
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; an overlapping layer on the substrate; a pixel on the substrate and the overlapping layer; and a scan line, a data line, a driving voltage line, and an initialization voltage line that are connected to the pixel. The pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor connected to the scan line and the data line; a driving transistor including a gate electrode, an input terminal, and an output terminal, and to apply a current to the organic light emitting diode from the output terminal; and a voltage application transistor to apply a voltage to the overlapping layer. An output of the second transistor is connected to the input terminal of the driving transistor, and the overlapping layer is between the driving transistor and the substrate while overlapping with the driving transistor on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Won Yoon, Gun Hee Kim, Sang Ho Park, Seung Chan Lee, Joo Hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 11362153
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area including a plurality of first pixels and a sensor area including a plurality of second pixels and a plurality of transmission portions, a plurality of first counter electrodes disposed corresponding to the plurality of first pixels, respectively, a plurality of second counter electrodes disposed corresponding to the plurality of second pixels, respectively, and a spacer disposed to overlap at least a portion of a boundary region between a transmission portion of the plurality of transmission portions and a second counter electrode of the plurality of second counter electrodes, which are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hee Jeon, Gun Hee Kim, Sang Hoon Kim, Seung Chan Lee
  • Publication number: 20220181593
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an antireflection layer on a light emitting element layer which includes a first pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a first pixel is defined, and a second pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a second pixel is defined. The antireflection layer includes first and second light blocking layers respectively overlapping the first and second pixel defining layers, and includes a first gap defined by a length of a predetermined direction from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the first light blocking layer, and a second gap defined by a length from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the second light blocking layer in the predetermined direction. The first gap is less than the second gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Sun Ho KIM, Sun Hee LEE, Gun Hee KIM, Tae Hoon YANG, Seung Chan LEE, Joo Hee JEON
  • Patent number: 11355064
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an OLED, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node and an electrode connected to a third node, a capacitor including a first electrode for receiving a power supply voltage and a second electrode connected to the first node, a third transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a first gate signal, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the third node, a fourth transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a second gate signal, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode and a second gate electrode for receiving a first initialization voltage, and a seventh transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a third gate signal, a first electrode for receiving a second initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to an anode electrode of the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-Hee Jeon, Gun-Hee Kim, Ju-Won Yoon, Seung-Chan Lee, Sang-Ho Park, Joo-Sun Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220165215
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area includes first sub-pixels, and the second area includes second sub-pixels; and a power supply unit that generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage greater than the first driving voltage to supply the first and second driving voltages to the display panel. The first sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage, and the second sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage or the second driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Chan LEE, Dong Hyun KIM, Hyeong Seok KIM, Young Wan SEO
  • Patent number: 11341878
    Abstract: A method of testing a display panel including a pixel coupled to first, second, and third power lines, a data line, scan lines, an emission control line, and a test line, the method includes: applying a first power supply voltage to the first power line; applying a test voltage having a turn-on voltage level to the second power line; applying a scan signal having a turn-on voltage level sequentially to the scan lines and an emission control signal having a turn-on voltage level to the emission control line; applying a gate signal to the test line to turn on a test transistor coupled between two electrode of a light emitting element included in the pixel; measuring a sensing voltage output through the data line; and determining whether the pixel is defective, based on a voltage level of the measured sensing voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Joon Kim, Jun Ki Jeong, Kyung Hoon Chung, Kyung Bae Kim, Seung Chan Lee, Chong Chul Chai
  • Publication number: 20220149080
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area and a non-display area; and a pad portion disposed in the non-display area, wherein the pad portion includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer that partially overlaps the first conductive layer in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate; a first insulation film disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; a second insulation film that is disposed on the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and includes an opening overlapping the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a third conductive layer disposed on the second insulation film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Chan LEE, Hong Am KIM, Jin-Whan JUNG, Young Min CHO, Ju Yeon KIM, Beom Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220131217
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a secondary battery and a manufacturing method therefor, and the objective of the present invention is to provide a secondary battery having improved safety and a manufacturing method therefor, the secondary battery preventing an electrode assembly from moving inside a laminate exterior material during a drop shock and/or collision, thereby suppressing a voltage drop, a heating phenomenon, and/or ignition and the like caused by a small short between a cathode plate and an anode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Jun KIM, Hei Chan AN, Hyun Seok JEONG, Seong Jin JO, Sang Hyun KIM, Seung Chan LEE
  • Patent number: 11302900
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an antireflection layer on a light emitting element layer which includes a first pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a first pixel is defined, and a second pixel defining layer in which an opening defining a light emitting area of a second pixel is defined. The antireflection layer includes first and second light blocking layers respectively overlapping the first and second pixel defining layers, and includes a first gap defined by a length of a predetermined direction from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the first light blocking layer, and a second gap defined by a length from an edge of the opening to an edge of an opening of the second light blocking layer in the predetermined direction. The first gap is less than the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Ho Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Gun Hee Kim, Tae Hoon Yang, Seung Chan Lee, Joo Hee Jeon
  • Publication number: 20220077263
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a polycrystalline semiconductor layer which includes a first electrode, a channel, and a second electrode of a driving transistor disposed on the substrate; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer; a gate electrode of the driving transistor which is disposed on the first gate insulating layer and overlaps the channel; a lower first scan line disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a second gate insulating layer disposed on the gate electrode and on the lower first scan line; a first lower boost electrode disposed on the second gate insulating layer; a first interlayer-insulating layer disposed on the first lower boost electrode; an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the first interlayer-insulating layer and including a first upper boost electrode overlapping the first lower boost electrode; and a first connection electrode connecting the gate electrode and the first upper boost electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Chan LEE, Beom Soo PARK, Wang Jo LEE, Jae Bum CHO, Jae Ik LIM
  • Patent number: 11217176
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a first area and a second area, wherein the first area includes first sub-pixels, and the second area includes second sub-pixels; and a power supply unit that generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage greater than the first driving voltage to supply the first and second driving voltages to the display panel. The first sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage, and the second sub-pixels receive the first driving voltage or the second driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Chan Lee, Dong Hyun Kim, Hyeong Seok Kim, Young Wan Seo
  • Patent number: 11177341
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate which includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and includes, sequentially, a first portion in the display region, a second portion in the non-display region, a third portion bent in a direction opposite to a display surface, a fourth portion, a fifth portion bent in a direction toward the display surface, and a sixth portion; a plurality of signal wirings on the first surface at the second to sixth portions; and a plurality of first connection wirings on the second surface at the second portion, and the second portion overlaps with the fourth portion, the fifth portion, and the sixth portion, and the signal wirings and the first connection wirings are coupled to each other on the second surface at the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Kim, Gun Hee Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Seung Chan Lee, Joo Hee Jeon
  • Publication number: 20210319747
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an OLED, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node and an electrode connected to a third node, a capacitor including a first electrode for receiving a power supply voltage and a second electrode connected to the first node, a third transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a first gate signal, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the third node, a fourth transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a second gate signal, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode and a second gate electrode for receiving a first initialization voltage, and a seventh transistor including a gate electrode for receiving a third gate signal, a first electrode for receiving a second initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to an anode electrode of the OLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Joo-Hee JEON, Gun-Hee KIM, Ju-Won YOON, Seung-Chan LEE, Sang-Ho PARK, Joo-Sun YOON