Patents by Inventor Sung-Man Kim

Sung-Man 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: 10048530
    Abstract: A display device may include: a substrate; a transparent partition wall disposed on the substrate, the transparent partition configured to define a plurality of openings; a light-shielding member disposed on a top surface and side surfaces of the transparent partition wall, the light-shielding member including a negative photosensitive organic material; and a first color conversion pattern disposed in at least on of the plurality of openings, the first color conversion pattern including a quantum dot material or a fluorescent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Uk Kim, Eun Ae Kwak, Sung Man Kim, Jun Ho Song
  • Publication number: 20180210282
    Abstract: A color conversion panel includes: a substrate defining a first surface through which external light is incident to the substrate and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and through which the external light exits the substrate; a reflective polarization film at the first surface of the substrate; and at the second surface of the substrate, a first color conversion layer and a second color conversion layer each on the second surface of the substrate; a polarization layer on the first color conversion layer and the second color conversion layer; and a planarization layer between the polarization layer and the first color conversion layer and between the polarization layer and the second color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Ho SONG, Sung Man KIM
  • Patent number: 10026371
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam-Soo Kang, Seong-Young Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20180158864
    Abstract: Disclosed is an image sensor may include a pixel array having a central region and peripheral regions around the central region, one or more first unit pixels arranged in the peripheral regions. Each of the first unit pixels comprising a pair of left and right photodiodes. The left and right photodiodes in at least one of the one or more of the first unit pixels may have different sizes and are optically isolated from each other by a first PD isolation region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventor: Sung-Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20180114806
    Abstract: An image sensor includes: a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel that are adjacent to each other; and an upper shield, wherein the first sub-pixel includes a first photodiode and a first storage diode, and the second sub-pixel includes a second photodiode and a second storage diode, and the upper shield is formed over the first and second storage diodes vertically overlap with the first and second storage diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Sung-Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20180101056
    Abstract: A color conversion display panel according to an exemplary embodiment includes a transmission layer disposed on a substrate, a color conversion layer disposed on the substrate and including at least one of a quantum dot and a phosphor, a wire grid pattern disposed on the color conversion layer and the transmission layer, and a reflection pattern connected to a part of the wire grid pattern and disposed between the color conversion layer and the transmission layer disposed adjacent to the color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Seon Uk Lee, Sung Man Kim, Han Jun Yu, Seong Su Lim, Kyung Tae Chae, Tae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 9928788
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, first to fourth data lines extending in a second direction perpendicularly intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of pixels connected respectively to either the first or second gate line and any one of the first to fourth data lines, where each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode which receives a data signal from the connected one of the first to fourth data lines, a region in which the pixel electrode is disposed includes a first domain and a second domain having average alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules different from each other, and the first gate line overlaps a boundary between the first domain and the second domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Man Kim, Min Chul Song, Jun Ho Song
  • Publication number: 20180075818
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel blocks, each pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks including a first pixel electrode connected to a first switching element and a second pixel electrode connected to a second switching element; gate lines which extend along a first direction and include a first gate line connected to the first switching element and a second gate line connected to the second switching element; and data lines which extend along a second direction intersecting the first direction. A gate voltage is applied to the first gate line before the second gate line, and the first pixel electrode of each of the pixel blocks displays a same color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Sung-Man KIM, Hong-Woo LEE, Jong-Hwan LEE, Hyeon-Hwan KIM, Jong-Hyuk LEE
  • Patent number: 9910326
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode that includes a first central portion and a first stem portion and sequentially disposed on one side of a reference line extending in a first direction, and a second central portion and a second stem portion sequentially disposed on the other side, where the first stem portion extends at a first oblique angle in which a center line of a line width has a positive sign with respect to the first direction, the first central portion extends from one end of the first stem portion and has a shape in which a center line of the line width is inclined at a second oblique angle having a positive sign with respect to the first direction, and a line width of the first central portion is smaller than the line width of the first stem portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Eun Lee, Sung Man Kim, Won Ho Kim, Tae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 9897868
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate, on which pixel regions are defined; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates; gate and data lines on the first substrate and intersecting each other; pixel electrodes on the first substrate in the pixel regions, respectively; and green, blue and red color filters on the second substrate, where the pixel electrodes include first, second and third pixel electrodes, which correspond to the green, blue and red color filters, respectively, each of the first, second and third pixel electrodes includes a stem portion, which is near one of the data lines and extends in an extending direction of the data lines, and branch portions, which are branched off from the stem portion, and the stem portion of the first pixel electrode is near a side of the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Man Kim, Won Ho Kim, Min Chul Song, Seong Su Lim, Yeon Mun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20180005593
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Nam-Soo KANG, Seong-Young LEE, Sung-Man KIM, Seung-Hwan MOON
  • Patent number: 9824661
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a plurality of pixel blocks, each pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks including a first pixel electrode connected to a first switching element and a second pixel electrode connected to a second switching element; gate lines which extend along a first direction and include a first gate line connected to the first switching element and a second gate line connected to the second switching element; and data lines which extend along a second direction intersecting the first direction. A gate voltage is applied to the first gate line before the second gate line, and the first pixel electrode of each of the pixel blocks displays a same color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Hong-Woo Lee, Jong-Hwan Lee, Hyeon-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hyuk Lee
  • Patent number: 9817283
    Abstract: A display, includes: a substrate; first signal lines (FSLs) disposed on the substrate and extending in substantially a first direction; a gate insulating layer (GIL) disposed on the FSLs; a first electrode disposed on the GIL; a thin film transistor (TFT) connected to a FSL of the FSLs and including the GIL and the first electrode; a pixel electrode (PE) extending in substantially the first direction, connected to the TFT, and configured to receive a data voltage from the TFT; a common electrode (CE) overlapping with at least a portion of the PE; and a first insulating layer disposed between the PE and CE. One of the PE and the CE has a planar shape and the other includes branch electrodes overlapping with the planar shape and extending substantially parallel to the FSL. At least a portion of the CE overlaps with at least a portion of the FSL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk-Sung Kim, Bong-Jun Lee, Sung Man Kim, Seul Ki Kim, Jin Yun Kim, Dong Wuuk Seo, Min Hee Son
  • Patent number: 9798197
    Abstract: A display, includes: a substrate; first signal lines (FSLs) at least partially recessed in the substrate and extending in substantially a direction; a gate insulating layer (GIL) disposed on the FSLs; a first electrode disposed on the GIL; a thin film transistor (TFT) connected to a FSL of the FSLs and including the GIL and the first electrode; a pixel electrode (PE) extending in substantially the direction, connected to the TFT, and configured to receive a data voltage from the TFT; a common electrode (CE) overlapping with at least a portion of the PE; and a first insulating layer disposed between the PE and CE. One of the PE and the CE has a planar shape and the other includes branch electrodes overlapping with the planar shape and extending substantially parallel to the FSL. At least a portion of the CE overlaps with at least a portion of the FSL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duk-Sung Kim, Bong-Jun Lee, Sung Man Kim, Seul Ki Kim, Jin Yun Kim, Dong Wuuk Seo, Min Hee Son
  • Patent number: 9767746
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel matrix having pixel rows and pixel columns and including pixels having switching elements positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of each pixel row and positioned alternately at a corner near an upper and a lower side of and alternately at a corner near a left and a right side of each pixel column; multiple pairs of gate lines transmitting a gate-on voltage; and multiple data lines transmitting data voltages, wherein each pair of gate lines are disposed at the upper and lower sides of each pixel row with the pixels in each row connected to the gate line positioned nearest the respective switching element, and each data line is disposed between adjacent pairs of pixel columns and connected to pairs of pixels where one pixel of the pair has a switching element positioned nearest the respective data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Soo Kang, Seong-Young Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20170256226
    Abstract: A gate driver includes multiple stages. Each stage has a circuit portion and a wiring portion. The wiring portion delivers first and second clock signals to the circuit portion. Further, the wiring portion includes first and second clock wirings receiving the first and second clock signal, respectively, first connecting wirings electrically connecting the first clock wiring with a first every other stage, and second connecting wirings electrically connecting the second clock wiring with the odd-numbered stages. Further, the wiring portion includes third connecting wirings electrically connecting the first connecting wiring with a second every other stage and fourth connecting wirings electrically connecting the second connecting wiring with the even-numbered stages. This configuration may prevent the gate driver from operating erroneously and reduce power consumed by the gate driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Haeng-Won PARK, Seung-Hwan MOON, Nam-Soo KANG, Sung-Jae MOON, Sung-Man KIM, Seong-Young LEE, Yong-Soon LEE
  • Patent number: 9746725
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display, includes: a substrate; a gate line including a gate pad and a data line including a data pad, the gate and data lines being disposed on the substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer; a first contact assistant disposed on the gate pad; a second contact assistant disposed on the data pad; a first insulating layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, the common electrode overlapping with the pixel electrode. The common electrode includes first cutouts, the first insulating layer includes second cutouts, the plane shapes of the first and second cutouts are substantially the same, and the pixel electrode includes a polycrystalline transparent conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa Yeul Oh, Sung Man Kim, Young Je Cho, Min-Chul Song, Eu Gene Lee, Soo Jung Chae, Hyun Ki Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170192312
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first to fourth pixel electrodes neighbored each other in a first direction, a common electrode at least partially overlapping the first to fourth pixel electrodes, and a first data line and a second data line extended in a second direction different from the first direction, and neighbored each other where the first data line is interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, the second data line is interposed between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, and at least one slit defined in the common electrode is interposed between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Won Ho KIM, Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Hwa Yeul OH, Yeon Mun JEON
  • Publication number: 20170178579
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a first direction, first to fourth data lines extending in a second direction perpendicularly intersecting the first direction, and a plurality of pixels connected respectively to either the first or second gate line and any one of the first to fourth data lines, where each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode which receives a data signal from the connected one of the first to fourth data lines, a region in which the pixel electrode is disposed includes a first domain and a second domain having average alignment directions of liquid crystal molecules different from each other, and the first gate line overlaps a boundary between the first domain and the second domain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Min Chul SONG, Jun Ho SONG
  • Publication number: 20170162140
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device is provided. The liquid-crystal display device includes super-pixels, each of the super-pixels including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel arranged in a first row, and a fourth pixel arranged in a second row, and first and second data lines extending in a column direction, wherein a width of the fourth pixel is equal to a sum of widths of the first to third pixels, each of the first to fourth pixels is connected to one of the first and second data lines, each of the first data lines is disposed adjacent to one side of the first pixel, and each of the second data lines is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Man KIM, Jun Ho SONG, Tae Hyung HWANG