Patents by Inventor Won-Kyu Lee

Won-Kyu 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: 11075231
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Kim, Won Kyu Lee, Seung Gyu Tae
  • Publication number: 20200203395
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: HYO JIN KIM, WON KYU LEE, SEUNG GYU TAE
  • Patent number: 10580805
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Kim, Won Kyu Lee, Seung Gyu Tae
  • Publication number: 20190051676
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Kim, Won Kyu Lee, Seung Gyu Tae
  • Patent number: 10186563
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first pixel electrode coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes, a rough portion on the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the rough portion and having a rough pattern, an intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode including an organic emission layer (EML), and an opposing electrode on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hyun Jin, Jae-Hwan Oh, Yeoung-Jin Chang, Se-Hun Park, Won-Kyu Lee, Jae-Beom Choi
  • Patent number: 10128279
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Kim, Won Kyu Lee, Seung Gyu Tae
  • Publication number: 20180122879
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first pixel electrode coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes, a rough portion on the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the rough portion and having a rough pattern, an intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode including an organic emission layer (EML), and an opposing electrode on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Seong-Hyun Jin, Jae-Hwan Oh, Yeoung-Jin Chang, Se-Hun Park, Won-Kyu Lee, Jae-Beom Choi
  • Patent number: 9954194
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, switching elements on the substrate, at least one barrier member on the substrate, a passivation layer covering the switching elements and including a protection opening exposing the barrier member, pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and connected to the switching elements, auxiliary electrodes separated from and formed from a same layer as the pixel electrodes, an organic emission layer including a pixel emission layer and a common emission layer sequentially formed on the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode including an auxiliary common electrode and a main common electrode sequentially formed on the common emission layer. The common emission layer and the auxiliary common electrode have a common contact hole at a position corresponding to a position of the barrier member. The main common electrode is connected with the auxiliary electrode through the common contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9859347
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first pixel electrode coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes, a rough portion on the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the rough portion and having a rough pattern, an intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode including an organic emission layer (EML), and an opposing electrode on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hyun Jin, Jae-Hwan Oh, Yeoung-Jin Chang, Se-Hun Park, Won-Kyu Lee, Jae-Beom Choi
  • Patent number: 9728140
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the organic light-emitting diode display includes a plurality of pixels formed in a display area of a substrate, wherein each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, an emission layer, and a common electrode. The display also includes an auxiliary common electrode formed in a lattice pattern between at least two of the pixels and electrically connected to the common electrode, wherein the auxiliary common electrode includes two opposing sides. The display further includes a power supply electrically connected to a non-display area of the substrate. The display also includes a pair of first power supply wires formed in the non-display area and configured to electrically connect the power supply to a center portion of the two sides of the auxiliary common electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9691822
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines on the substrate extending in a first direction; a first insulating layer covering the substrate and the first signal lines; a plurality of auxiliary signal lines formed on the first insulating layer and overlapping the first signal lines; a second insulating layer covering the auxiliary signal lines; a plurality of first signal line connecting members formed on the second insulating layer while overlapping parts of the auxiliary signal lines; a plurality of second signal lines crossing the first signal lines; a plurality of switching transistors and a plurality of driving transistors connected with the first signal lines and the second signal lines; and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes electrically connected to the driving transistors, where the first signal line connecting members connect the first signal lines to the auxiliary signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deuk Jong Kim, Tak-Young Lee, Won Kyu Lee, Hae-Yeon Lee, Ji Hye Kong, Hyun Tae Kim, Yong Sung Park, Yong Ho Yang, Dong-Beom Lee, Deok-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 9634073
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the substrate. A thin film transistor is disposed on the buffer layer. The thin film transistor includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer. An uneven pattern is formed by patterning the buffer layer. A first pixel electrode is disposed in an opening formed in the second insulating layer. The first pixel electrode includes a transparent conductive oxide. A second pixel electrode is disposed on the first pixel electrode. The second pixel electrode includes a semi-transmissive layer. An organic lighting-emitting layer is formed on the second pixel electrode. An opposite electrode is formed on the organic lighting-emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwan Oh, Jae-Beom Choi, Seong-Hyun Jin, Se-Hun Park, Won-Kyu Lee, Yeoung-Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 9583552
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate; a gate wire on the substrate; an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate wire; a data wire on the interlayer insulating layer; a passivation layer on the data wire and the interlayer insulating layer and having a protection opening; a pixel electrode on a first wiring portion of the data wire exposed through the protection opening and the interlayer insulating layer; a pixel definition layer on the passivation layer and having a pixel opening exposing the pixel electrode; an organic emission layer covering the pixel electrode; and a common electrode covering the organic emission layer and the pixel definition layer, wherein the pixel electrode contacting the first wiring portion of the data wire and the interlayer insulating layer has protrusions and depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Oh, Hwa Jin Noh, Se Hun Park, Won Kyu Lee, Young-Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 9570534
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate including a first and a second gate electrode formed over a first and a second region, respectively, a first and a second gate insulator formed on the first and the second gate electrode, respectively, a first and a second semiconductor layer formed on the first and the second gate insulator, respectively, the first semiconductor layer including a first channel region, the second semiconductor layer including a second channel region, an interlayer insulator formed over the substrate and over at least part of the first and second semiconductor layers, a first and a second etching stop layer formed over the first and second channel regions, respectively, and surrounded by the interlayer insulator, and a first and a second source electrode and a first and a second drain electrode contacting the first and the second semiconductor layer, respectively, through the interlayer insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu-Sik Cho, Won-Kyu Lee, Tae-Hoon Yang, Byoung-Kwon Choo, Sang-Ho Moon, Bo-Kyung Choi, Yong-Hwan Park, Joon-Hoo Choi, Min-Chul Shin, Yun-Gyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20160322402
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a substrate and a semiconductor layer including first and second semiconductor layers. A first gate insulating layer is formed on the semiconductor layer. A first gate wiring overlapping the first semiconductor layer is formed on the first gate insulating layer. A second gate insulating layer is formed on the first gate wiring. A second gate wiring overlapping the second semiconductor layer is formed on the second gate insulating layer. A third gate insulating layer covers the second gate wiring. A driving voltage line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A data line intersecting the first and second gate wirings is formed on the third gate insulating layer. A short circuit protection area is formed between the first gate wiring, the second gate wiring, the driving voltage line and the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: HYO JIN KIM, WON KYU LEE, SEUNG GYU TAE
  • Patent number: 9443917
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light-emitting display apparatus having superior light efficiency and ease of manufacture, as well as a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on a pixel region of the substrate; a first insulating layer that is interposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode and that has a first discontinuous region extending along at least a portion of an edge of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer that is disposed on the pixel electrode and that includes an emission layer; and an opposite electrode that covers the intermediate layer and at least a portion of the first discontinuous region, so that a shortest distance to the substrate in at least a portion of the first discontinuous region is shorter than a shortest distance between the pixel electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hwan Oh, Yeoung-Jin Chang, Seong-Hyun Jin, Se-Hun Park, Won-Kyu Lee, Jae-Beom Choi
  • Publication number: 20160233285
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, switching elements on the substrate, at least one barrier member on the substrate, a passivation layer covering the switching elements and including a protection opening exposing the barrier member, pixel electrodes on the passivation layer and connected to the switching elements, auxiliary electrodes separated from and formed from a same layer as the pixel electrodes, an organic emission layer including a pixel emission layer and a common emission layer sequentially formed on the pixel electrodes, and a common electrode including an auxiliary common electrode and a main common electrode sequentially formed on the common emission layer. The common emission layer and the auxiliary common electrode have a common contact hole at a position corresponding to a position of the barrier member. The main common electrode is connected with the auxiliary electrode through the common contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Won Kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20160217743
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines on the substrate extending in a first direction; a first insulating layer covering the substrate and the first signal lines; a plurality of auxiliary signal lines formed on the first insulating layer and overlapping the first signal lines; a second insulating layer covering the auxiliary signal lines; a plurality of first signal line connecting members formed on the second insulating layer while overlapping parts of the auxiliary signal lines; a plurality of second signal lines crossing the first signal lines; a plurality of switching transistors and a plurality of driving transistors connected with the first signal lines and the second signal lines; and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes electrically connected to the driving transistors, where the first signal line connecting members connect the first signal lines to the auxiliary signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Deuk Jong Kim, Tak-Young Lee, Won Kyu Lee, Hae-Yeon Lee, Ji Hye Kong, Hyun Tae Kim, Yong Sung Park, Yong Ho Yang, Dong-Beom Lee, Deok-Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20160203765
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode display is disclosed. In one aspect, the organic light-emitting diode display includes a plurality of pixels formed in a display area of a substrate, wherein each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode, an emission layer, and a common electrode. The display also includes an auxiliary common electrode formed in a lattice pattern between at least two of the pixels and electrically connected to the common electrode, wherein the auxiliary common electrode includes two opposing sides. The display further includes a power supply electrically connected to a non-display area of the substrate. The display also includes a pair of first power supply wires formed in the non-display area and configured to electrically connect the power supply to a center portion of the two sides of the auxiliary common electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Won Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 9293332
    Abstract: A selective crystallization method includes placing a first substrate including first crystallization regions on a second substrate including second crystallization regions such that the first crystallization regions and the second crystallization regions are arranged alternately, and crystallizing the alternately-arranged first crystallization regions and the second crystallization regions with a laser beam. A laser crystallization apparatus can be used in the selective crystallization method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do-Young Kim, June-Woo Lee, Won-Kyu Lee