Patents by Inventor Yong-Uk Lee

Yong-Uk 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: 7477445
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display having a pair of substrates separated by a microcapsule layer, a plurality of pixels formed at the intersections of rows of gate lines and columns of data lines on at least one of the substrates, wherein at least one of said substrates is sufficiently flexible when touched to change the separation between said substrates at any of said pixels, a plurality of sense signal lines formed parallel to the data lines, and a sense signal processing unit connected with the sense signal lines for sensing a change in capacitance between said substrates at any of said pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20080283833
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thin film transistor comprising: a substrate (110); a gate electrode (124) formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer (140) covering the substrate and the gate electrode; a source electrode and a drain electrode (173, 175) formed on the gate insulating layer; a semiconductor layer (150) formed on the gate insulating layer, the source electrode and the drain electrode; and a passivation layer (180) covering the semiconductor layer, the source electrode, the drain electrode and the gate insulating layer, wherein at least one of the gate insulating layer and the passivation layer is made of Parylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Bo-Sung Kim, Min-Seong Ryu, Yong-Uk Lee, Tae-Young Choi
  • Patent number: 7422916
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor panel is provided, which includes forming a first signal line on a substrate. The method also includes forming in sequence a first insulating layer and a semiconductor layer on the first signal line. The method further includes patterning the semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer through one photolithography process to form a patterned semiconductor layer and a patterned first insulating layer. The method also includes forming a second signal line on the patterned semiconductor layer and the patterned first insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Sung Kim, Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20080131986
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a data line formed on the substrate and including a source electrode; a drain electrode formed on the substrate and separated from the data line; an organic semiconductor disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulator formed on the organic semiconductor; a gate line including a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulator; a passivation layer formed on the gate line and having a first contact hole on the drain electrode; a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole; and an opaque light blocking member disposed under the organic semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: YONG UK LEE, Bo-Sung Kim, Min-Seong Ryu, Mun-Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 7368336
    Abstract: An insulating film according to an embodiment of the present invention has Chemical Formula 1 wherein the Rs are equal to or different from each other, m is an integer, the Rs have Chemical Formula 2: R=R1R2R3,??(2) and R1, R2, and R3 in the Chemical Formula 2 are one selected from Chemical Formulae 3, 4 and 5, respectively (n is an integer):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Yong-Uk Lee, Kyuha Chung, Mun-Pyo Hong, Do-Yeung Yoon, Jong-In Hong, Gia Kim
  • Patent number: 7342247
    Abstract: An organic thin film transistor array panel is provided, which includes: a substrate; a data line formed on the substrate and including a source electrode; a drain electrode formed on the substrate and separated from the data line; an organic semiconductor disposed on the source electrode and the drain electrode; a gate insulator formed on the organic semiconductor; a gate line including a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulator; a passivation layer formed on the gate line and having a first contact hole on the drain electrode; a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the first contact hole; and an opaque light blocking member disposed under the organic semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Uk Lee, Bo-Sung Kim, Min-Seong Ryu, Mun-Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 7326313
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible display is provided, which includes: adhering a plastic substrate on a supporter using an adhesive; forming a thin film pattern on the plastic substrate; and separating the plastic substrate from the supporter using a solvent including THF (tetrahydrofuran). In this manner, the plastic substrate may be tidily separated from the supporter by using THF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Jae Lee, Yong-Uk Lee, Bo-Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20080012821
    Abstract: A electrophoretic display is provided, which includes: a thin film transistor array panel including a plurality of data lines having a plurality of source electrodes and a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of organic semiconductor islands at least covering the portion of the source and the drain electrodes and disposed between the source and the drain electrodes, a plurality of gate insulators formed on the organic semiconductor islands, a plurality of gate lines including a plurality of gate electrodes disposed on the gate insulators, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the drain electrodes; a common electrode panel facing the thin film transistor array panel and having a common electrode; and a plurality of micro-capsules containing a plurality of negative and positive pigment particles and interposed between the thin film transistor array panel and the common electrode panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Yong-Uk Lee, Joon-Hak Oh, Jong-Hyun Seo, Bo-Sung Kim, Mun-Pyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20070254429
    Abstract: A display device includes an insulation substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the insulation substrate and distanced from each other and including a channel area interposed therebetween, a wall exposing portions of the source electrode and the drain electrode, and defining an opening area surrounding the channel area, and an organic semiconductor layer covering the channel area, and comprising a first sub layer and a second sub layer having different grain sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., INC.
    Inventors: Seung-hwan CHO, Yong-uk LEE, Min-ho YOON
  • Patent number: 7286281
    Abstract: A electrophoretic display is provided, which includes: a thin film transistor array panel including a plurality of data lines having a plurality of source electrodes and a plurality of drain electrodes, a plurality of organic semiconductor islands at least covering the portion of the source and the drain electrodes and disposed between the source and the drain electrodes, a plurality of gate insulators formed on the organic semiconductor islands, a plurality of gate lines including a plurality of gate electrodes disposed on the gate insulators, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the drain electrodes; a common electrode panel facing the thin film transistor array panel and having a common electrode; and a plurality of micro-capsules containing a plurality of negative and positive pigment particles and interposed between the thin film transistor array panel and the common electrode panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Uk Lee, Joon-Hak Oh, Jong-Hyun Seo, Bo-Sung Kim, Mun-Pyo Hong
  • Publication number: 20070242179
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a data line and a gate line including a gate electrode on a first substrate, a first partition on the gate and data lines and including a first opening exposing the gate electrode, a gate insulator in the first opening, a source electrode on the gate insulator, a pixel electrode including a drain electrode facing the source electrode and on the gate insulator, a second partition on the source and pixel electrodes and including a second opening exposing portions of the source and drain electrodes, an organic semiconductor in the second opening, a second substrate facing the first substrate and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates and having a same thickness as the second partition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu Song, Seung-Hwan Cho, Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20070237488
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a conductive transparent material comprises providing a nano particle which comprises a core having a conductive polymer and a shell surrounding at least a part of the core and comprising a first transparent polymer; providing a mixture by mixing a base powder comprising a second transparent polymer and the nano particle; and forming a conductive network in which the cores are connected with each other, by pressing the mixture. Thus, the present invention provides a manufacturing method of a conductive transparent material which is highly conductive and transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joon-hak OH, Yong-uk LEE
  • Publication number: 20070172775
    Abstract: A method of forming an organic semiconductor pattern is provided. A pattern is formed on a first substrate. An adhesive is coated on the pattern to form an adhesive pattern. An organic semiconductor layer is formed on a second substrate. The second substrate is combined with the first substrate to remove a portion of the organic semiconductor layer attached to the pattern from the second substrate to form the organic semiconductor pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Min-Seong Ryu, Bo-Sung Kim, Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20070171512
    Abstract: An electrophoretic display having a pair of substrates separated by a microcapsule layer, a plurality of pixels formed at the intersections of rows of gate lines and columns of data lines on at least one of the substrates, wherein at least one of said substrates is sufficiently flexible when touched to change the separation between said substrates at any of said pixels, a plurality of sense signal lines formed parallel to the data lines, and a sense signal processing unit connected with the sense signal lines for sensing a change in capacitance between said substrates at any of said pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20070166855
    Abstract: A display device comprises an insulating substrate, an organic semiconductor layer formed on the insulating substrate, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are interposed between the insulating substrate and the organic semiconductor layer, and spaced away from each other to define a channel region therebetween which is biased to one side of a region in which the organic semiconductor layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Yong-uk Lee, Soo-jin Kim, Joon-hak Oh
  • Publication number: 20070152558
    Abstract: A thin film transistor array panel includes a substrate, a data line formed on the substrate, a source electrode connected to the data line, a drain electrode including a portion opposing the source electrode, a partition having an opening exposing portions of the source and drain electrodes, an organic semiconductor formed in the opening, a gate insulator formed on the organic semiconductor, and a gate line crossing the data line and having a gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Keun-Kyu Song, Yong-Uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20070132825
    Abstract: An inkjet printing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an inkjet printing chamber depositing ink on a substrate, and a drying chamber spaced from inkjet printing chamber by a predetermined interval and drying the ink by regulating a vapor pressure of a solvent of the ink deposited on substrate. The drying chamber is provided separately, and the vapor pressure of the solvent within the drying chamber is regulated, so that the drying speed of the ink is regulated so as to improve the crystallinity of the organic semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Yong-Uk Lee, Mun-Pyo Hong, Joon-Hak Oh
  • Publication number: 20070114525
    Abstract: Embodiments of a display device comprises an insulating substrate; a source electrode and a drain electrode on the insulating substrate and separated from one another to define a channel region; a wall having one or more openings to expose the channel region, at least a portion of the source electrode, and at least a portion of the drain electrode; and an organic semiconductor layer formed in the one or more openings, the one or more openings comprising a channel part exposing the channel region and an ink guide part extending outward from the channel part. The ink-jet printing process for the display device has an improved processing margin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Yong-uk Lee, Mun-pyo Hong, Bo-sung Kim, Joon-hak Oh, Soo-jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20070114524
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a manufacturing method of a display device includes forming a plurality of gate wires comprising a gate electrode on an insulating substrate, forming an electrode layer comprising a source electrode and a drain electrode spaced apart from each other to define a channel region on the gate electrode interposed therebetween, forming a first barrier wall having a first opening for exposing the channel region, a portion of the source electrode, and a portion of the drain electrode on the electrode layer where the first barrier wall has a surface, forming a shielding film to cover the channel region inside the first opening, treating the surface of the first barrier wall, removing the shielding film, and forming an organic semiconductor layer inside the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventors: Joon-hak Oh, Mun-pyo Hong, Bo-sung Kim, Yong-uk Lee
  • Publication number: 20070103613
    Abstract: A flat panel display includes a plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines insulated with the gate lines, the data lines defining a pixel by intersecting the gate line; and a thin film transistor (TFT) being provided in each of the pixels and containing an organic semiconductor layer, wherein a distance between the adjacent TFTs in a direction extended to the gate line is longer than a width of the pixel in a direction extended to the gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Keun-kyu Song, Yong-uk Lee