Patents by Inventor Yi-Joon Ahn
Yi-Joon Ahn 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).
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Patent number: 12289588Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a cover window which is disposed on a first surface of the display panel, and a first sound generator which is disposed on a second surface opposite the first surface of the display panel and outputs sound by vibrating the display panel. The cover window includes a first lattice pattern area including lattice patterns surrounding the first sound generator in a plan view.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 12273673Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display layer including light-emitting elements disposed on a substrate, and a sensor electrode layer disposed on the display layer. The sensor electrode layer includes a first sound electrode and a second sound electrode; a vibration layer electrically contacting the first sound electrode and the second sound electrode and being deformed in response to a first sound driving voltage applied to the first sound electrode and a second sound driving voltage applied to the second sound electrode; and sensor electrodes disposed on the vibration layer. The sensor electrodes sense an input.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Seok Seo, Jung Hun Noh, Seung Lyong Bok, Yi Joon Ahn, Sun Mi Yu, Jin Oh Kwag
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Patent number: 12238995Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate having a through hole, a conductive part disposed on an inner surface of the through hole and a resin part in the through hole and adjacent to the conductive part; a circuit layer disposed at a first side of the substrate; and a pad disposed at a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit layer by the conductive part, wherein a width of the through hole is larger near the first side or the second side of the substrate than at a center of the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Jaebeen Lee
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Patent number: 12237360Abstract: A display device includes display devices each including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area, the display area of each of the display devices including a pixel, and a substrate on which each of the display devices is disposed. Each of the display devices includes a thin film transistor layer disposed on the substrate and including a thin film transistor, and a connection line electrically connected to the thin film transistor and disposed in the non-display area on the substrate. Connection lines of display devices adjacent to each other among the plurality of display devices are disposed staggered with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn
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Patent number: 12216825Abstract: A display device includes a display panel displaying an image, a lower frame disposed under the display panel, a first vibration element attached to a lower surface of the display panel and which generates a first vibration based on a first vibration signal, a second vibration element disposed under the lower frame and which generates a second vibration based on a second vibration signal, and a first vibration driver circuit which provides the first vibration signal to the first vibration element, where a phase of the second vibration signal is opposite to a phase of the first vibration signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Jung Hun Noh, Jae Woo Im
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Publication number: 20250040386Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first contact hole; a thin-film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a thin-film transistor; an etching stopper on one or more of the insulating layers and contacting the substrate through a second contact hole surrounding the first contact hole in a plan view; a connection line on the etching stopper; and a pad part on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate and connected to the connection line through the first contact hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Jae Been LEE, Yi Joon AHN, Sung Hoon KIM, Eun Kyung YEON
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Publication number: 20240421158Abstract: A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices including a plurality of display areas including pixels, and a coupling area between adjacent display areas from among the plurality of display areas. Each of the plurality of display devices includes: a substrate including a first portion configured to support the display area, a second portion extending from the first portion to be bent, and a third portion extending from the second portion, a display layer on the first portion of the substrate and including the pixels, a connection line at an edge of the first portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of pixels, a pad portion on the third portion of the substrate, a fan-out line on the second portion of the substrate and connected between the pad portion and the connection line, and pattern holes penetrating the second portion of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Cheol Min PARK, Yi Joon AHN, Atsushi NEMOTO, Woo Suk SEO, Eun Kyung YEON, Jae Been LEE, Tae Ho LEE
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Patent number: 12156445Abstract: A flexible display device includes a first flexible substrate that includes a signal line formed on one side of the first flexible substrate. A second flexible substrate is disposed on a second side of the first flexible substrate that is located opposite to the first side of the first flexible substrate. An opening penetrates the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate. A driver is attached to the second flexible substrate. A connection portion electrically connects the driver and the signal line to each other through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Jun Woo You, Tae Ho Lee, Dae Hwan Jang
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Patent number: 12119332Abstract: A tiled display comprises display devices adjacent to one another and each comprising first pixels and second pixels, a first boundary area where longer sides of at least two of the display devices are adjacent to each other, and a second boundary area where shorter sides of at least two of the display devices are adjacent to each other. Each of the first pixels and the second pixels comprises sub-pixels. The first pixels are disposed in the first boundary area such that the sub-pixels of the first pixels are parallel to the longer sides of the display devices. The second pixels are disposed in the second boundary area such that the sub-pixels of the second pixels are parallel to the shorter sides of the display devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Kyung Yeon, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 12120933Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a first contact hole; a thin-film transistor layer on a first surface of the substrate and comprising a plurality of insulating layers and a thin-film transistor; an etching stopper on one or more of the insulating layers and contacting the substrate through a second contact hole surrounding the first contact hole in a plan view; a connection line on the etching stopper; and a pad part on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface of the substrate and connected to the connection line through the first contact hole.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Kyung Yeon
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Patent number: 12080199Abstract: A display device includes a first display panel including a first substrate, and a second display panel adjacent to the first display panel in a first direction and including a second substrate. One side surface of each of the first and second substrates adjacent to a first boundary between the first display panel and the second display panel includes an uneven pattern, the uneven pattern of the first substrate includes a plurality of first convex portions and a plurality of first concave portions between the first convex portions, the uneven pattern of the second substrate includes a plurality of second convex portions and a plurality of second concave portions between the second convex portions, each of the first convex portions includes at least one first hole passing through the first substrate, and each of the second convex portions includes at least one second hole passing through the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon
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Patent number: 12074170Abstract: A tiled display device includes a plurality of display devices including a plurality of display areas including pixels, and a coupling area between adjacent display areas from among the plurality of display areas. Each of the plurality of display devices includes: a substrate including a first portion configured to support the display area, a second portion extending from the first portion to be bent, and a third portion extending from the second portion, a display layer on the first portion of the substrate and including the pixels, a connection line at an edge of the first portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of pixels, a pad portion on the third portion of the substrate, a fan-out line on the second portion of the substrate and connected between the pad portion and the connection line, and pattern holes penetrating the second portion of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Cheol Min Park, Yi Joon Ahn, Atsushi Nemoto, Woo Suk Seo, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee, Tae Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20240256213Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first sound generator disposed on one surface of the display panel, where the first sound generator vibrates the display panel to output a first sound; and a first vibration damping member disposed between the display panel and the first sound generator, where the first vibration damping member reduces a vibration displacement of the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: Tae Sung KIM, Byeong Hee WON, Young Ji KIM, Yi Joon AHN
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Patent number: 12033545Abstract: A display device includes a flexible substrate including a folding area, a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area along a first direction, and a first surface in both the folding area and the non-folding area, a light-emitting element layer on the flexible substrate, and a support which faces the light-emitting layer with the flexible substrate therebetween, forms an interface with the first surface of the flexible substrate and is bendable together with the flexible substrate. The support includes a first support corresponding to the folding area, a second support corresponding to the non-folding area, and a through hole extended through the support. The through hole is extended through the first support, and a first portion of the first surface of the flexible substrate is exposed to outside the support by the through hole in the first support.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Jung Hun Noh, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 12032404Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a layer disposed on one surface of the display panel and including a substantially flat member to induce a magnetic field; and a support spaced apart from the display panel with the layer interposed therebetween and having a fixed magnetic field generation member disposed therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: So Young Yeo, Yi Joon Ahn, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 12026426Abstract: A display device including a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate, a sound generation device disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and a circuit board disposed on the second surface of the substrate, in which the circuit board includes a first hole overlapping the sound generation device.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Byeong Hee Won, Keun Kyu Song, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Chan Jo
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Patent number: 12029068Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which first holes arranged in a first direction and a second direction that intersects the first direction are defined, and a first panel bottom member which is disposed on one surface of the display panel and in which second holes arranged in the first and second directions are defined. A maximum length of a second hole among the second holes in the first direction satisfies āeĆ(a+c)ā where a denotes a maximum length of a first hole among the first holes in the first direction, c denotes a minimum distance between neighboring first holes among the first holes in the first direction, and e is a positive integer.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Been Lee, Yi Joon Ahn, Sung Hoon Kim, Eun Kyung Yeon
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Patent number: 12009365Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device may include a first substrate, a first set of light emitting elements, and a second set of light emitting elements. The first substrate may include a first set of holes. Each hole of the first set of holes may extend through the first substrate. Each of the first set of light emitting elements and the second set of light emitting elements may overlap the first substrate. The first set of holes may be positioned between the first set of light emitting elements and the second set of light emitting elements in a plan view of the display device.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim, Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
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Patent number: 11954399Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first sound generator disposed on one surface of the display panel, where the first sound generator vibrates the display panel to output a first sound; and a first vibration damping member disposed between the display panel and the first sound generator, where the first vibration damping member reduces a vibration displacement of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Sung Kim, Byeong Hee Won, Young Ji Kim, Yi Joon Ahn
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DISPLAY PANEL, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND A DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY PANEL
Publication number: 20240107836Abstract: A display panel including: a substrate having a through hole, a conductive part disposed on an inner surface of the through hole and a resin part in the through hole and adjacent to the conductive part; a circuit layer disposed at a first side of the substrate; and a pad disposed at a second side of the substrate and electrically connected to the circuit layer by the conductive part, wherein a width of the through hole is larger near the first side or the second side of the substrate than at a center of the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Jaebeen Lee