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).

  • Array substrate having increased inspection efficiency and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8264250
    Abstract: In an array substrate and a display apparatus, a pixel part has a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels electrically connected to the gate and data lines. A driving circuit drives the pixel part electrically connected to a first end of the gate lines. An inspection circuit is electrically connected to a second end of the gate lines, and inspects the pixel part in response to an inspection signal externally provided. Thus, positions and causes for defects of the pixel part may be accurately detected, thereby improving inspecting efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Myung-Koo Hur, Beom-Jun Kim, Seong-Young Lee
  • Ripple preventing gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8264443
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes stages, the stages being cascaded and each including: a pull-up part which pulls up a gate voltage to a clock signal during a horizontal scanning period (1H); a carry part which pulls up a carry voltage to the clock signal during the horizontal scanning period (1H); a pull-up driving part connected to a control terminal (Q-node) common to the carry part and the pull-up part and which receives a previous carry voltage from a first previous stage to turn on the pull-up part and the carry part; and a ripple preventing part which prevents a ripple generated at a previous Q-node of a second previous stage based on a ripple generated at the Q-node of the carry part and the pull-up part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Hyeon-Hwan Kim, Byeong-Jae Ahn, Sun-Hyung Kim, Sung-Man Kim, Bong-Jun Lee
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 8259274
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed there between. The first substrate is provided with gate lines and data lines thereon. The gate lines and data lines cross with each other and are insulated from each other. Pixel electrodes are stacked on the gate lines and data lines. Each pixel electrode includes first and second sub-pixel electrodes spaced apart from each other and a connection electrode, which connects the first sub-pixel electrode to the second sub-pixel electrode. The second substrate is provided with a common electrode thereon. The common electrode includes a first domain divider formed on the center of the first sub-pixel electrode and a second domain divider formed on the center of the second sub-pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Myung-Koo Hur, Jong-Hwan Lee, Yong Woo Lee, Hong-Woo Lee, Jin-Suk Seo
  • DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20120218486
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a main storage electrode and a sub-storage electrode. The first switching element is connected to a data line and a first gate line. The second switching element is connected to the data line and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first switching element. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second switching element. The main storage electrode is disposed in an area between the first pixel electrode and the second electrode to overlap with first ends of the first and second pixel electrodes. The sub-storage electrode is spaced apart from the first and second gate lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Jong-Oh Kim, Sung-Man Kim, Sun-Kyu Joo, Bong-Jun Lee, Jae-Min Shin
  • ARRAY SUBSTRATE, A DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ARRAY SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20120217514
    Abstract: A substrate includes a storage line, first and second gate lines and first and second pixel electrodes. The storage line extends along a first direction on the substrate. The first and second gate lines are substantially parallel with the storage line. The first pixel electrode is formed between the first gate line and the storage line. The second pixel electrode is formed between the second gate line and the storage line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Sun-Kyu Joo, Ho-Kyoon Kwon, Sung-Man Kim
  • Apparatus and method for 4-beamforming using radio units having two paths in wireless communication system
    Patent number: 8254997
    Abstract: A base station is capable of performing 4-beamforming using Radio Units (RU), each having two paths in a wireless communication system. The base station includes a Digital Unit (DU), a first RU, and a second RU. The DU performs a mutual conversion function between an information bit line and a digital signal, calculates beamforming coefficients for 4-beamforming, and performs the 4-beamforming using the beamforming coefficients. The first RU has two Radio Frequency (RF) paths, extracts a clock signal from a digital signal from the DU, and provides the clock signal to the second RU. The second RU has two RF paths and operates according to the clock signal provided from the first RU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Jun-Sung Lee, Seong-Yong Park
  • GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20120161820
    Abstract: A gate drive circuit includes plural stages connected together one after each other. Each of the plural stages includes a circuit transistor, a capacitor part, a first connection part and a second connection part. The circuit transistor outputs the gate signal through a source electrode in response to a control signal applied through a gate electrode. The capacitor part includes a first electrode, a second electrode formed on the first electrode, and a third electrode formed on the second electrode. The first connection part electrically connects the gate electrode of the circuit transistor and the second electrode of the capacitor part. The second connection part electrically connects the source electrode of the circuit transistor and the first electrode of the capacitor part. Thus, an integrated size of a gate drive circuit may be decreased, and a reliability of a gate drive circuit may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Bon-Yong Koo, Sung-Man Kim, Jae-Hoon Lee
  • Display panel and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8203539
    Abstract: A display panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided, which can prevent the deterioration of input sensitivity to the panel, and maximize the aperture ratio of the panel. The display panel includes a first substrate, a gate line and a data line crossing each other on the first substrate, in a manner that the gate line and the data line are electrically insulated from each other. The display panel further comprises a first sensor wire formed in parallel to the data line, a second sensor wire formed to overlap the data line in parallel to the data line, a second substrate arranged opposite to the first substrate, and a sensor spacer formed on the second substrate to project toward the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Beom-Jun Kim, Sun-Kyu Joo, Hong-Woo Lee
  • Display substrate, method of manufacturing the same and display panel having the display substrate
    Patent number: 8203682
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a first switching element, a second switching element, a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a main storage electrode and a sub-storage electrode. The first switching element is connected to a data line and a first gate line. The second switching element is connected to the data line and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first switching element. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second switching element. The main storage electrode is disposed in an area between the first pixel electrode and the second electrode to overlap with first ends of the first and second pixel electrodes. The sub-storage electrode is spaced apart from the first and second gate lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Jong-Oh Kim, Sung-Man Kim, Sun-Kyu Joo, Bong-Jun Lee, Jae-Min Shin
  • DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120139881
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate and a display area and a peripheral area on the substrate. The peripheral area is outside the display area, and a gate driving circuit is disposed in the peripheral area. The gate driving circuit includes a first stage coupled to a first gate line and a second stage coupled to a second gate line, and the first stage and the second stage are configured as mirror images of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeong-Keun KWON, Sung-Man KIM
  • Gate driver and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8194026
    Abstract: A gate driver comprises a shift register that has a plurality of stages connected together and outputs a gate signal comprising a first pulse and a second pulse to a gate line. A stage includes a holding part, a pre-charging part, a pull-up part, and a pull-down part. The holding part discharges an output terminal to an off-voltage in response to a first clock signal. The pre-charging part turns off the holding part and outputs the first clock signal as the first pulse to the output terminal in response to an output signal of a previous stage. The pull-up part outputs a second clock signal as the second pulse to the output terminal in response to the output signal of the previous stage. The pull-down part discharges the first output terminal to the off-voltage in response to an output signal of a next stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Myung-Koo Hur, Jong-Hwan Lee, Beom-Jun Kim, Sung-Man Kim
  • Display device
    Patent number: 8179350
    Abstract: A display device including a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix including rows and columns and a plurality switching elements coupled with the pixel electrodes; a plurality of gate lines coupled with the switching elements and extending in a row direction, at least two gate lines assigned to a row; and a plurality of data lines coupled with the switching elements and extending in a column direction, a data line assigned to at least two columns, wherein each of the pixel electrodes has a first side and a second side that is farther from a data line than the first side, and the switching elements are disposed near the second sides of the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haeng-Won Park, Seong-Young Lee, Yong-Soon Lee, Nam-Soo Kang, Seung-Hwan Moon, Bong-Jun Lee, Sung-Man Kim, Beom-Jun Kim, Yeon-Kyu Moon, Hyeong-Jun Park, Shin-Tack Kang
  • Gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8174478
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit and a display apparatus having the gate driving circuit include a pull-up part and a carry part pull up a present gate signal and a present carry signal, respectively, to a first clock during a first period within one frame. A pull-down part receives a next gate signal to discharge the present gate signal to a source power voltage. A pull-up driving part is connected to control terminals of the carry part and pull-up part (Q-node) to turn the carry part and pull-up part on and off. A floating preventing part prevents an output terminal of the carry part from being floated in response to the first clock during a second period within the one frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Hong-Woo Lee, Byeong-Jae Ahn, Young-Geol Song, Bong-Jun Lee, Yeon-Kyu Moon, Kyung-Wook Kim, Jin-Suk Seo
  • Touch panel with improved reliability and display device employing the touch panel
    Patent number: 8174631
    Abstract: A display device that is capable of reliably sensing a contact with a touch panel is presented. The device includes: a first insulating substrate; a first sensing line disposed on the first insulating substrate in a predetermined direction; a first pixel disposed on the left side of the first sensing line; a second pixel disposed on the right side of the first sensing line; a first data line disposed on the left side of the first pixel; and a second data line disposed on the right side of the second pixel. The first pixel is connected with the first data line and the second pixel is connected with the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk-jin Kim, Beom-jun Kim, Dong-wuuk Seo, Sung-man Kim
  • Gate driving circuit utilizing dummy stages and liquid crystal display having the same
    Patent number: 8159446
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit has a first stage which includes: a pull-up driving unit which receives a first carry signal from a second stage and outputs a control signal having first, second, third and fourth voltages to a first node during a preliminary period, a gate active period, a first gate inactive period and a second gate inactive period, respectively; a pull-up unit which receives the control signal and outputs a gate-on signal to a second node during the gate active period; a carry output unit which receives the control signal and outputs a second carry signal to a third stage during the gate active period; and a pull-down unit which receives a gate-off signal and the second carry signal from the second stage and outputs the control signal having the fourth voltage level to the first node during the second gate inactive period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Jun Lee, Kyung-wook Kim, Jong-oh Kim, Sung-man Kim, Hong-woo Lee, Hyuk-jin Kim
  • Gate driver having a plurality of first stages and second stages for driving a display device and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 8134529
    Abstract: In a gate driver of a display device, a plurality of first stages each transmit a first gate signal having a first gate-on voltage to first gate lines, and a plurality of second stages each transmit a second gate signal having a second gate-on voltage to second gate lines and output a carry signal corresponding to the second gate signal. Each first stage outputs the first gate-on voltage based on a third gate-on voltage of the carry signal from a previous second stage, and each second stage outputs the second gate-on voltage based on the third gate-on voltage of the carry signal from the previous second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Man Kim, Bong-Jun Lee, Hong-Woo Lee
  • Gate driving circuit and display apparatus having the same
    Patent number: 8098227
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes cascaded stages, each including a pull-up part, a carry part, a pull-up driving part, a holding part and an inverter. The pull-up part pulls up a gate voltage to an input clock. The carry part pulls up a carry voltage to the input clock. The pull-up driving part is connected to a control terminal (Q-node) common to the carry part and the pull-up part, and receives a previous carry voltage from a previous stage to turn on the pull-up part and the carry part. The holding part holds the gate voltage at an off-voltage, and the inverter controls at least one of turning on the holding part and turning off the holding part based on an inverter clock. A high level of the inverter clock in a given horizontal period (1H) temporally precedes a high level of the input clock by a predetermined time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Woo Lee, Jong-Hwan Lee, Beom-Jun Kim, Sung-Man Kim, Gyu-Tae Kim, Kyoung-Jun Jang
  • TOUCH SENSIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110310035
    Abstract: A touch sensible display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of image data lines transferring image data signals to the plurality of pixels and each positioned between two neighboring pixels, a plurality of image scanning lines transferring image scanning signals to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of first sense data lines transferring first sense data signals and each positioned between two neighboring pixels without the image data line interposed therebetween, and a plurality of first sensing units connected with the plurality of first sense data lines and sensing a touch to the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Man KIM, Beom-Jun KIM, Bong-Jun LEE, Hong-Woo LEE
  • Non-sulfurous statuary material and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 8016933
    Abstract: This invention relates to a non-sulfurous statuary material and a method of manufacturing the same, and particularly, to a novel statuary material containing no sulfur, which is capable of substituting for a conventional statuary material containing sulfur as a component of a statuary filling composition, in particular, an industrial statuary material, and to a method of manufacturing the same. In the case where the statuary material according to this invention is used, because it contains no sulfur, unlike conventional statuary material, environmental contamination and the generation of offensive odors due to sulfur are avoided, and furthermore, the use of material having a specific gravity lower than that of sulfur facilitates modeling. The claimed material includes micro wax, petroleum jelly, zinc stearate and starch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Manjirak Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Man Kim
  • GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110199363
    Abstract: An n-th stage (wherein, n is an integer) of the stages of a gate driving circuit includes a pull-up part, a first variable mode part and a second variable mode part. At least one of the first and second variable mode parts includes a variable element. The variable element comprises a first thin-film transistor (TFT) turned on in response to a first level voltage of the first or second direction signal, a second TFT applying the first or second direction signal to a control part of the pull-up part in response to an output signal of a previous stage or an output signal of a next stage, and a third TFT connected to the second TFT through the first TFT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: HONG-WOO LEE, EUNG-GYU LEE, JONG-HWAN LEE, SUNG-MAN KIM