Patents by Inventor Young-Goo Song

Young-Goo Song 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: 20190146250
    Abstract: A liquid-crystal display device includes: a substrate on which a plurality of pixels is defined, wherein each of the pixels includes an active area where transmittance of light is controlled; an organic layer disposed on the substrate; and a pixel electrode disposed on the organic layer. The active area comprises a first area, a second area and a third area, the second and third areas are connected to the first area on both sides thereof, respectively, when viewed from a top, and the organic layer is disposed only in the first area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Doo Hwan You, Young Goo Song, Youn Hak Jeong
  • Patent number: 10229935
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a first insulation substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the first insulation substrate; a pixel electrode coupled to the thin film transistor; a second insulation substrate facing the first insulation substrate; and a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate. The pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode including a first vertical stem portion and a first horizontal stem portion that is disposed perpendicular to the first vertical stem portion at an end of the first vertical stem portion, and a second subpixel electrode including a second vertical stem portion and a second horizontal stem portion that is disposed perpendicular to the second vertical stem portion at an end of the second vertical step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: O Sung Seo, Hyun-Ho Kang, Young Goo Song, Seung Jun Yu, Ha Won Yu, Ki Kyung Youk, Sang Myoung Lee, Tae Kyung Yim
  • Patent number: 10216043
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display including an alignment layer pattern and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display includes a lower panel including a first alignment layer and a signal line. An upper panel faces the lower panel and uncovers an end portion of the signal line of the lower panel. A sealant is positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel and couples the lower panel and the upper panel with each other. The first alignment layer includes a first portion and a second portion that are separated from each other in a first direction, and the sealant is disposed between the first portion and the second portion and separated from the first portion and the second portion in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myoung Lee, Seung Jun Yu, Do Yeong Park, Young Goo Song, Sang Woo Whangbo
  • Patent number: 10199403
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and color filters disposed on the first substrate, each color filters respectively configured to transmit light of one of first through fourth colors, in which at least one of the color filters includes at least one column protruding from the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Woo Hyung, Young Goo Song, Hyong Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20180348582
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Su Wan WOO, Min Wook PARK, Young Goo SONG, Ki Chul SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180322838
    Abstract: A display device includes a driver circuit monolithically integrated in a display panel. The display panel has a plurality of pixel units and signal lines; and a driver circuit including a first circuit element and a second circuit element integrally formed on the display panel and electrically connected to each other, wherein patterning density of the first circuit element and patterning density of the second circuit element would be substantially different from each other if the first and second circuit elements were laid out as concentrated individual circuit elements, but where the driver layout includes at least two spaced apart first circuit element regions over which the first circuit element is distributively formed and the driver layout includes an interposed second circuit element region in which at least part of the second circuit element is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun KIM, Young Goo SONG
  • Patent number: 10048549
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Wan Woo, Min Wook Park, Young Goo Song, Ki Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 10043465
    Abstract: A display device includes a driver circuit monolithically integrated in a display panel. The display panel has a plurality of pixel units and signal lines; and a driver circuit including a first circuit element and a second circuit element integrally formed on the display panel and electrically connected to each other, wherein patterning density of the first circuit element and patterning density of the second circuit element would be substantially different from each other if the first and second circuit elements were laid out as concentrated individual circuit elements, but where the driver layout includes at least two spaced apart first circuit element regions over which the first circuit element is distributively formed and the driver layout includes an interposed second circuit element region in which at least part of the second circuit element is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun Kim, Young Goo Song
  • Publication number: 20180188622
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first data line and a second data line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a color filter disposed on the first insulation substrate and disposed between the first data line and the second data line; a first light blocking member disposed on the first data line and the second data line; and a second light blocking member disposed on the color filter and the first light blocking member, extending in the same direction as the gate line, and overlapping the first light blocking member on the first data line and the second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Hyung Gi JUNG, Swae-Hyun KIM, Yeo Geon YOON, Sung Hee HONG, Hyung June KIM, Jae Hwa PARK, Young Goo SONG, Sung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20180107079
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and the display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate having a rounded edge; a light blocking member disposed around a display area of the substrate, wherein a corner of the light blocking member has a rounded edge; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate; and a pixel electrode disposed in each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the pixel electrode has a horizontal stem, a vertical stem, and a plurality of fine branches, wherein the plurality of pixels includes a first pixel at least partially overlapping the light blocking member and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel and not overlapping the light blocking member, and wherein a shape of a fine branch disposed in the first pixel is different from a shape of a fine branch disposed in the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Chang Il TAE, Nam Seok ROH, Joo Lark SON, Young Goo SONG, Seung Jun YU
  • Patent number: 9946129
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first data line and a second data line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a color filter disposed on the first insulation substrate and disposed between the first data line and the second data line; a first light blocking member disposed on the first data line and the second data line; and a second light blocking member disposed on the color filter and the first light blocking member, extending in the same direction as the gate line, and overlapping the first light blocking member on the first data line and the second data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Gi Jung, Swae-Hyun Kim, Yeo Geon Yoon, Sung Hee Hong, Hyung June Kim, Jae Hwa Park, Young Goo Song, Sung Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180011379
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Su Wan WOO, Min Wook PARK, Young Goo SONG, Ki Chul SHIN
  • Patent number: 9864225
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a display area (DA) in which an image is displayed and a peripheral area (PA) disposed in a vicinity of the DA, a first substrate disposed in the PA and a second substrate facing the first substrate, at least one column spacer part disposed on the first substrate, a light blocking member disposed on the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a seal formed at circumferences of the first and second substrates, the seal coupling the first substrate and the second substrate to each other and confining the liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the light blocking member includes at least one dam formed therein, the at least one dam being disposed in the PA and including at least one opening part formed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Pyo Hong, Do Yeong Park, Young Goo Song, Sang Woo Whangbo
  • Publication number: 20170357129
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate; a first pixel electrode disposed on the first substrate and including a first body portion, a first sub-edge portion on a first side of the first body portion, and a second sub-edge portion, which on a second side of the first body portion; and a shield electrode on the same layer as the first pixel electrode a shield electrode on the same layer as the first pixel electrode and extending from a first side of the first sub-edge portion in a first direction. The first body portion includes a first stem portion, a second stem portion that intersects the first stem portion, and a plurality of branch portions extending from at least one of the first stem portion and the second stem portion. The first sub-edge portion is spaced apart from the branch portions and has a bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Hak Sun CHANG, Cheol SHIN, Young Goo SONG, Seung Jun YU, Se Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 9829755
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a first pixel and a second pixel disposed adjacent to each other on the first substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed in each of the first and second pixels, each pixel electrode including a first stem extending in a first direction between two first end portions, a second stem intersecting the first stem and extending between two second end portions, and an intersection disposed where the first stem and the second stem meet, in which the first and second end portions define at least a portion of an outer extent of a pixel area in each pixel, and a first distance from a center of the pixel area of the first pixel to the intersection of the first pixel is different from a second distance from a center of the pixel area of the second pixel to the intersection of the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Il Tae, Seung Jun Yu, Joo Lark Son, Young Goo Song
  • Publication number: 20170322467
    Abstract: A display device includes a first substrate, a first pixel and a second pixel disposed adjacent to each other on the first substrate, and a pixel electrode disposed in each of the first and second pixels, each pixel electrode including a first stem extending in a first direction between two first end portions, a second stem intersecting the first stem and extending between two second end portions, and an intersection disposed where the first stem and the second stem meet, in which the first and second end portions define at least a portion of an outer extent of a pixel area in each pixel, and a first distance from a center of the pixel area of the first pixel to the intersection of the first pixel is different from a second distance from a center of the pixel area of the second pixel to the intersection of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Chang Il TAE, Seung Jun Yu, Joo Lark Son, Young Goo Song
  • Patent number: 9798182
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, including a lower polarizing plate configured to have a transmission axis in a first direction, a liquid crystal layer on the lower polarizing plate, an upper polarizing plate on the liquid crystal layer, the upper polarizing plate including a first polarizing plate and a second polarizing plate, the first polarizing plate having a transmission axis in the first direction, the second polarizing plate having a transmission axis in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and color filters including a white filter and a colored filter, the white filter overlapping with the first polarizing plate, and the color filter overlapping with the second polarizing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan Soon Im, Nam Seok Roh, Young Goo Song, Hyoung Cheol Lee, Yong Woo Hyung, Hyung June Kim, Joong Gun Chong, Jong Hak Hwang
  • Patent number: 9778518
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a first insulation substrate, a gate line, a data line configured to cross the gate line while being insulated therefrom, a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode configured to include a first subpixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and a second subpixel electrode, a second insulation substrate configured to face the first insulation substrate, a common electrode disposed on the second insulation substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first insulation substrate and the second insulation substrate to include a plurality of liquid crystal molecules, where each of the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode includes a unit pixel electrode including a plurality of minute branches that is extended from a horizontal stem and a vertical stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Wan Woo, Min Wook Park, Young Goo Song, Ki Chul Shin
  • Publication number: 20170199440
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first base substrate, a gate line and a data line, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, and electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, a first electrode electrically connected to the thin film transistor, a third electrode spaced apart from the first electrode in a plan view, a second electrode facing the first electrode and the third electrode, and entirely overlapping the data line in a first direction, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and third electrodes and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Wan-Soon IM, Young Goo SONG, Yeo Geon YOON, Jang-Bog JU
  • Publication number: 20170059943
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a liquid crystal display and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display including an alignment layer pattern and a manufacturing method thereof. The liquid crystal display includes a lower panel including a first alignment layer and a signal line. An upper panel faces the lower panel and uncovers an end portion of the signal line of the lower panel. A sealant is positioned between the lower panel and the upper panel and couples the lower panel and the upper panel with each other. The first alignment layer includes a coated region positioned between a first removed region overlapping the end portion of the signal line and a second removed region overlapping the sealant. The first alignment layer does not exist in the first removed region and the second removed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sang-Myoung LEE, Seung Jun YU, Do Yeong PARK, Young Goo SONG, Sang Woo WHANGBO