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).

  • Publication number: 20220173126
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Cheol Min PARK, Yi Joon AHN, Atsushi NEMOTO, Woo Suk SEO, Eun Kyung YEON, Jae Been LEE, Tae Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 11310576
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays an image and a vibration member attached to a surface of the display panel, where the vibration member receives a sound signal, generates a vibration in response to the sound signal, and transfers the vibration to the display panel to allow the display panel to output a sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Yongchang Park, WonSang Park, Jongin Baek, Yong-Suk Yeo, Taehee Lee
  • Publication number: 20220102443
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel, a sound generator disposed on one surface of the display panel, and a porous layer disposed adjacent to the sound generator, in which the porous layer includes a first coupling layer, a second coupling layer, and an intermediate layer interposed between the first and second coupling layers and including a plurality of air pockets, and the first coupling layer and the intermediate layer do not overlap the sound generator in a thickness direction of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN, Jae Woo IM
  • Patent number: 11284176
    Abstract: A panel bottom member structure includes a panel bottom member including a light absorbing member, a top bonding layer disposed on the light absorbing member, an acoustic vibration element disposed beneath the light absorbing member and generating a vibration in response to an acoustic signal, and a buffer member disposed beneath the light absorbing member and non-overlapping the acoustic vibration element, and an element circuit board connected to the acoustic vibration element and provided with an acoustic element driving chip for generating the acoustic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20220077197
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Hoon KIM, Jung Hun NOH, Yi Joon AHN, Eun Kyung YEON, Jae Been LEE
  • Publication number: 20220077225
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel in a display area. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the first and second electrodes and including a trench corresponding to a region between the first and second electrodes, light emitting elements disposed in the trench, each of the light emitting elements including a first end portion and a second end portion, a first contact electrode disposed on the first end portion of each of the light emitting elements and the first electrode, and a second contact electrode disposed on the second end portion of each of the light emitting elements and the second electrode. The trench includes a first trench accommodating the light emitting elements, and second trenches disposed in the first trench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon KIM, Yi Joon AHN, Eun Kyung YEON, Jae Been LEE
  • Publication number: 20220052079
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first contact hole, an etching stopper disposed on a surface of the substrate and including the first contact hole, a metal pattern disposed on another surface opposite to the surface of the substrate and surrounding the first contact hole in a plan view, a first pad unit overlapping a part of the metal pattern and inserted into the first contact hole, a lead line disposed on the another surface of the substrate and electrically connected to another part of the metal pattern, a second pad unit disposed on the another surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the lead line, a protective film overlapping the another surface of the substrate and the lead line, and a protection part overlapping the first pad unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hwan JANG, Yi Joon AHN, Jae Been LEE, Jin Ho CHO
  • Publication number: 20220052146
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: YI JOON AHN, EUN-KYUNG YEON, JAEBEEN LEE
  • Patent number: 11249716
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light emitting element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and outputting light to the second substrate, a first sound generator which is disposed on a surface of the first substrate and outputs sound by vibrating the display panel, and a first buffer member which is disposed on the surface of the first substrate, where a height of the first buffer member is smaller than that of the first sound generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn, Ga Na Kim, Byeong Hee Won, Jae Been Lee, Jae Woo Im
  • Publication number: 20220045124
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Been LEE, Yi Joon AHN
  • Patent number: 11243738
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first sound generating device disposed below the display panel, where the first sound generating device generates a sound by causing the display panel to vibrate; and a second sound generating device disposed below the display panel, where the second generating sound generating device generates a sound by causing the display panel to vibrate. The first sound generating device includes: a first vibrator which vibrates in a first direction, which is a thickness direction of the display panel; and a second vibrator which vibrates in the first direction, and the second sound generating device includes: a third vibrator which vibrates in the first direction; and a fourth vibrator which vibrates in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Kyung Yeon, Yi Joon Ahn, Ga Na Kim, Jung Hun Noh, Jae Been Lee
  • Publication number: 20220037296
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Kyung YEON, Yi Joon AHN, Sung Hoon KIM, Jae Been LEE
  • Publication number: 20220036775
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Been LEE, Yi Joon AHN, Eun Kyung YEON
  • Publication number: 20220028964
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Been LEE, Yi Joon AHN, Sung Hoon KIM, Eun Kyung YEON
  • Publication number: 20220005914
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display device includes forming a first hole that extends into a substrate, through a first wet etching process using a first etchant and forming a second hole that extends from the first hole further into the substrate, through a second wet etching process using a second etchant. The second etchant has a pH different from a pH of the first etchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Jaebeen LEE, Eun-Kyung YEON, Yi Joon AHN, Sunghoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20210405428
    Abstract: A display device that includes a display panel having a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light-emitting element layer. The light emitting layer is disposed between the first and second substrates and is configured to emit light in a direction toward the second substrate. A first sound generator is disposed on a first surface of the first substrate and is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a first sound. A first heat dissipation film is disposed between the first substrate and the first sound generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Byeong Hee WON, Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun NOH, Jae Woo IM
  • Publication number: 20210392796
    Abstract: A display device includes a first heat dissipation member disposed on a display panel, and an air generator disposed on the first heat dissipation member, wherein the air generator includes an air blower, and an air flow path disposed at a side of the air blower and extending in a first direction. The air blower includes a body defining an inner space of the air blower, a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm disposed in the inner space of the body and facing each other, a first magnet disposed on a surface of the first diaphragm, and a second magnet disposed on a surface of the second diaphragm, and an air discharge hole of the body disposed between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm, the air discharge hole opened toward the air path, and at least one of the first magnet and the second magnet is an electromagnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hwan JANG, Yi Joon AHN, Seok Hyun NAM, Haeng Won PARK
  • Patent number: 11201194
    Abstract: The display device comprises: a display panel; a sound generator under the display panel; a frame disposed under the display panel and the sound generator; and a porous layer disposed adjacent to the sound generator between the display panel and the frame and having a plurality of air pockets, wherein the porous layer has a porosity of about 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Noh, Yi Joon Ahn, Jae Woo Im
  • Publication number: 20210357002
    Abstract: A sound generator for a display device, including: a first vibration generation unit having a first electrode and a second electrode; a second vibration generation unit having a third electrode and a fourth electrode; and a vibration layer including: a first sub-vibration layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second sub-vibration layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein the first vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the first sub-vibration layer based on a first driving voltage applied to the first electrode and a second driving voltage applied to the second electrode, and wherein the second vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the second sub-vibration layer based on a third driving voltage applied to the third electrode and a fourth driving voltage applied to the fourth electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Jung Hun NOH
  • Publication number: 20210305541
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate; thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and a lens array including lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate, wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yi Joon AHN, Beom Shik KIM, Jung Hun NOH