Patents by Inventor Won-Seok Kang

Won-Seok Kang 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: 20080032433
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a reflective liquid crystal display device includes forming a gate line on a substrate having first and second pixel regions, forming a data line crossing the gate line and defining the pixel regions, forming a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes, forming first and second reflective electrodes over the thin film transistor, wherein the first and second reflective electrodes are separated from each other by a first gap, the first and second reflective electrodes are located at the first and second pixel regions, respectively, and completely cover the data line at the pixel regions, forming a photo sensitive organic layer on an entire surface of the substrate having the first and second reflective electrodes, and forming a patterned spacer filling the first gap between the first and second reflective electrodes by sequentially exposing and developin
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20070285942
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate, a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer on the substrate, a thin film transistor on the second buffer layer, an organic light-emitting diode electrically connected with the thin film transistor, and a photo sensor with an intrinsic region on the second buffer layer, wherein the photo sensor is capable of absorbing red light from the organic light-emitting diode and of exhibiting quantum efficiency of from about 50% to about 90%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Sun A. Yang, Youn Chul Oh, Eun Jung Lee, Won Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20070285411
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor having a gate insulating layer and an inter-insulating layer, an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with the thin film transistor, and a photo sensor, wherein the gate insulating layer includes a relief structure positioned above the photo sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Sun A Yang, Youn Chul Oh, Eun Jung Lee, Won Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20070257254
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device, includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate, a passivation layer on the thin film transistor, an organic light-emitting diode on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a photo sensor between the substrate and the organic light-emitting diode, and a light blocking layer on the passivation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Inventors: Sun-a Yang, Youn-chul Oh, Eun-jung Lee, Won-seok Kang
  • Patent number: 7286203
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed in the present invention. The reflective liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having first and second pixel regions, a gate line on the substrate, a data line crossing the gate line and defining the pixel regions, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes, first and second reflective electrodes over the thin film transistor, wherein the first and second reflective electrodes are separated from each other by a first gap, the first and second reflective electrodes are located at the first and second pixel regions, respectively, and completely cover the data line at the pixel regions, and a patterned spacer filling the first gap between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 7212262
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a pixel, including red, green, blue and white sub-pixels, the device includes: red, green and blue color filters on a substrate, the red, green and blue color filters corresponding to the red, green and blue sub-pixels, respectively; an overcoat layer on a surface of the substrate in the white sub-pixel and also on the red, green and blue color filters; a planarization pattern on the overcoat layer corresponding to the white sub-pixel; and a column spacer on the overcoat layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 7138656
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof for reducing the number of data lines and the capacitance of a parasitic capacitor between pixel electrodes are disclosed. A first switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a first pixel signal that is supplied to a first data line to a first pixel electrode under control of the second control line and the gate line. A second switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a second pixel signal supplied to the second data line to the second pixel electrode under control of the first control line and the gate line. A turn-on current value of wither of the two thin film transistors, in each of the first and second switching parts, is more than that of the other thin film transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hee Yu, Won Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20060221279
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region including a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the data line being divided into first and second branch lines, the first and second branch lines being spaced apart from each other and disposed in the reflective portion of the adjacent pixel regions, respectively; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a reflective electrode corresponding to the reflective portion and covering the first and second branch lines; and a transparent electrode corresponding to the transmissive portion and connected to the reflective electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Woo-Nam Jeong, Hyun-Suk Jin, Won-Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 7072012
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region including a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the data line being divided into first and second branch lines, the first and second branch lines being spaced apart from each other and disposed in the reflective portion of the adjacent pixel regions, respectively; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a reflective electrode corresponding to the reflective portion and covering the first and second branch lines; and a transparent electrode corresponding to the transmissive portion and connected to the reflective electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Nam Jeong, Hyun-Suk Jin, Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20060022202
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel and a fabricating method thereof for reducing the number of data lines and the capacitance of a parasitic capacitor between pixel electrodes are disclosed. A first switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a first pixel signal that is supplied to a first data line to a first pixel electrode under control of the second control line and the gate line. A second switching part has at least two thin film transistors for applying a second pixel signal supplied to the second data line to the second pixel electrode under control of the first control line and the gate line. A turn-on current value of wither of the two thin film transistors, in each of the first and second switching parts, is more than that of the other thin film transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Sang Hee Yu, Won Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20060000754
    Abstract: A water shut-off device for a water purifier that assures automatic blocking of water flow at the time of changing of a used filter comprises a connector having a water inlet passageway and a first connector port in communication with the inlet passageway, the first connector port provided with a valve chamber. A valve body is movably fitted into the valve chamber for selectively closing and opening the first connector port. Removably coupled to the connector is a filter which has an inlet port connectable to the first connector port of the connector, a filter element, an outlet port and a pusher for, when the inlet port is brought into connection with the first connector port, causing the valve body to move into a position wherein the first connector port is opened to allow water flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: Won-Seok Kang, Keun-Won Lim
  • Publication number: 20050237453
    Abstract: A fabricating method of an array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: forming a gate electrode and a gate line on the substrate; depositing a first insulating layer on the gate electrode and the gate line; forming an active layer on the first insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming an ohmic contact layer on the active layer; forming source and drain electrodes on the ohmic contact layer, and a data line connected to the source electrode, the data line defining a pixel region with the gate line; depositing a second insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes, and the data line, the second insulating layer having an inorganic material; forming a reflective plate on the second insulating layer at the pixel region, the reflective plate having a transmissive hole; forming a third insulating layer on the reflective plate; and forming a pixel electrode on the third insulating layer at the pixel region, the pixel electrode being transparent and connected to the drain
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Kyoung-Su Ha, Won-Seok Kang, Joo-Soo Lim, Se-duk Kim
  • Patent number: 6940572
    Abstract: An array substrate for a reflective liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region; a plurality of convex patterns in the pixel region, each convex pattern having a cross-section with a semicircular shape; an organic insulating layer on the plurality of convex patterns, the organic insulating layer being formed between the gate line and the data line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an inorganic insulating layer on the organic insulating layer; and a reflective layer on the inorganic insulating layer, the reflective layer having unevenness corresponding to the plurality of convex patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Seok Kang, Woo-Nam Jeong
  • Patent number: 6922219
    Abstract: A transflective liquid crystal display includes an upper substrate having an upper alignment film, a lower substrate having a reflective part for reflecting a light and a transmissive part where light transmits through the lower substrate, a liquid crystal positioned between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, a reflective part alignment film on the lower substrate corresponding to the reflective part and a transmissive part alignment film on the lower substrate corresponding to the transmissive part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Suk Jin, Won Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 6919934
    Abstract: A fabricating method of an array substrate for a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: forming a gate electrode and a gate line on the substrate; depositing a first insulating layer on the gate electrode and the gate line; forming an active layer on the first insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming an ohmic contact layer on the active layer; forming source and drain electrodes on the ohmic contact layer, and a data line connected to the source electrode, the data line defining a pixel region with the gate line; depositing a second insulating layer on the source and drain electrodes, and the data line, the second insulating layer having an inorganic material; forming a reflective plate on the second insulating layer at the pixel region, the reflective plate having a transmissive hole; forming a third insulating layer on the reflective plate; and forming a pixel electrode on the third insulating layer at the pixel region, the pixel electrode being transparent and connected to the drain
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Su Ha, Won-Seok Kang, Joo-Soo Lim, Se-duk Kim
  • Publication number: 20050134763
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a pixel, including red, green, blue and white sub-pixels, the device includes: red, green and blue color filters on a substrate, the red, green and blue color filters corresponding to the red, green and blue sub-pixels, respectively; an overcoat layer on a surface of the substrate in the white sub-pixel and also on the red, green and blue color filters; a planarization pattern on the overcoat layer corresponding to the white sub-pixel; and a column spacer on the overcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20050094078
    Abstract: An IPS mode LCD device and its fabrication method are disclosed. The IPS mode LCD device includes: first and second substrates; a plurality of gate lines and data lines disposed horizontally and vertically on the first substrate; a plurality of sub-pixels defined by the gate lines and the data lines; a common line dividing the sub pixels into an upper region, a first region and a lower region, a second region, and defining first to fourth sub-pixels arranged in a 2×2 matrix form; at least one pair of a common electrode and a pixel electrode disposed in each of first to fourth sub-pixels and generating an in-plane electric field; a first storage line connected to the pixel electrode of the first region and disposed on the gate line; a second storage line connected to the pixel electrode of the second region and disposed on the common line; a switching device formed at an intersection of the gate line and the data line; and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 6879360
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed in the present invention. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates spaced apart from each other, a gate line and a data line over an inner surface of the first substrate, the gate line and the data line crossing each other and defining a sub-pixel region, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor layer, the first passivation layer having a plurality of first uneven patterns in the sub-pixel region, a second passivation layer acting as a light-shielding layer on the first passivation layer, the second passivation layer having a plurality of second uneven patterns on the first uneven patterns, and a reflective layer on the second passivation layer, the reflective electrode having a plurality of third uneven patterns on the second uneven patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20040227877
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line on the substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel region including a transmissive portion and a reflective portion, the data line being divided into first and second branch lines, the first and second branch lines being spaced apart from each other and disposed in the reflective portion of the adjacent pixel regions, respectively; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a reflective electrode corresponding to the reflective portion and covering the first and second branch lines; and a transparent electrode corresponding to the transmissive portion and connected to the reflective electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Nam Jeong, Hyun-Suk Jin, Won-Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20040141112
    Abstract: A reflective liquid crystal display device and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed in the present invention. The reflective liquid crystal display device includes a substrate having first and second pixel regions, a gate line on the substrate, a data line crossing the gate line and defining the pixel regions, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, wherein the thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, and source and drain electrodes, first and second reflective electrodes over the thin film transistor, wherein the first and second reflective electrodes are separated from each other by a first gap, the first and second reflective electrodes are located at the first and second pixel regions, respectively, and completely cover the data line at the pixel regions, and a patterned spacer filling the first gap between the first and second electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Applicant: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won-Seok Kang