Patents by Inventor Yul-Kyu Lee

Yul-Kyu 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).

  • Publication number: 20140353622
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a thin film transistor including a first insulating layer between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes; a pad electrode including a first pad layer and a second pad layer on the first pad layer; a third insulating layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode and an end portion of the pad electrode; a pixel electrode including a semi-transmissive electrically conductive layer in an opening in the third insulating layer; a transparent protection layer between the pixel electrode and the first insulating layer; a fourth insulating layer having an opening corresponding to the opening formed in the third insulating layer, the fourth insulating layer covering the end portion of the pad electrode; an emission layer on the pixel electrode; and an opposing electrode on the emission layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Gi You, Sun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20140346604
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes: a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the first and second gate electrodes and having a first through hole between the first and second gate electrodes and a capping layer covering the first gate electrode and contacting the semiconductor layer via the first through hole. The capping layer includes a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YUL-KYU LEE, KYU-SIK CHO, SUN PARK
  • Patent number: 8884275
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting apparatus includes a thin film transistor (TFT) including an active layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes, an organic light-emitting device including a pixel electrode connected to the TFT, an intermediate layer including an emissive layer, and an opposite electrode, an opposite electrode contact portion connecting the opposite electrode to a power interconnection line. The power interconnection line connected to the opposite electrode contact portion includes a first interconnection layer and a second interconnection layer which are stacked without an insulating layer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu Lee, Sun Park, Kyu-Sik Cho
  • Publication number: 20140322836
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor array substrate, an organic light-emitting display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display are disclosed. In one embodiment, the thin-film transistor array substrate includes a buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the buffer layer, a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating layer using a transparent conductive material, an intermediate layer that covers an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode and includes a organic light-emitting layer, a gap formed by etching the first insulating layer and the buffer layer at a peripheral of the pixel electrode, and a facing electrode that is formed on an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode to cover the intermediate layer and the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Dae-Woo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8866145
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a buffer layer on a substrate that has a plurality of insulating layers having different refractive indexes, and at least one of the insulating layers have different thicknesses on the same level. The device further includes an active layer of a thin film transistor in a thick area of the buffer layer, a pixel electrode in a thin area of the buffer layer, a gate electrode of the thin film transistor on the active layer and source and drain electrodes of the thin film transistor connected to the active layer, and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes. The device also includes an emission layer on the pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, and the emission layer is between the opposite electrode and the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Kyung Choi, Kyu-Sik Cho, Sang-Ho Moon, Joon-Hoo Choi, Chung-Gi You, Sun Park, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20140292625
    Abstract: A display device includes a normal pixel including a first driving transistor and a first compensation transistor connected to a gate and drain of the first driving transistor, and a compensation pixel including a second driving transistor and a second compensation transistor connected to a gate and drain of the second driving transistor. The second compensation transistor is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu LEE, Sun PARK, Ji-Hoon SONG
  • Patent number: 8823008
    Abstract: In an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a manufacturing method, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer pattern formed on the substrate and including a first capacitor electrode; a gate insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer pattern; a first conductive layer pattern formed on the gate insulating layer and including a second capacitor electrode having at least a portion overlapping the first capacitor electrode; an interlayer insulating layer having a capacitor opening exposing a portion of the second capacitor electrode and covering the second capacitor electrode; and a second conductive layer pattern formed on the interlayer insulating layer, wherein the capacitor opening includes a first transverse side wall parallel to and overlapping the second capacitor electrode, a second transverse side wall parallel to and not overlapping the second capacitor electrode, and a longitudinal side wall connecting the first transverse side wall an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Park, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee, Dae-Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 8809863
    Abstract: A thin-film transistor array substrate, an organic light-emitting display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display are disclosed. In one embodiment, the thin-film transistor array substrate includes a buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the buffer layer, a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating layer using a transparent conductive material, an intermediate layer that covers an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode and includes a organic light-emitting layer, a gap formed by etching the first insulating layer and the buffer layer at a peripheral of the pixel electrode, and a facing electrode that is formed on an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode to cover the intermediate layer and the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae-Woo Kim, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8796671
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display including a substrate; a light blocking layer disposed on the substrate and having a semiconductor opening; a first semiconductor pattern disposed in the semiconductor opening; a gate insulating layer disposed on the light blocking layer and the first semiconductor pattern; a first gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer; a first source electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor pattern; a first drain electrode spaced apart from the first source electrode; a protective insulating layer disposed on the first source electrode and the first drain electrode, the protective insulating layer having a contact portion; a pixel electrode disposed on the protective insulating layer contacting the first drain electrode through the contact portion; an emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and a common electrode disposed on the emitting layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Hyun Kim, Cheol-Ho Park, Jong-Hyun Park, Sun Park, Chun-Gi You, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8785910
    Abstract: A thin film transistor, a display device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the display device, the thin film transistor including a substrate; a gate electrode on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the gate electrode; a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer; and source/drain electrodes electrically connected with the semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode has a thickness of about 500 ? to about 1500 ? and the gate insulating layer has a thickness of about 1600 ? to about 2500 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Park, Chun-Gi You, Sun Park, Jin-Hee Kang, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20140131666
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display (OLED) device is provided. The OLED device includes: a substrate of which a pixel region is defined; a light-condensing means disposed on the pixel region of the substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the light-condensing means; an organic layer, which is disposed on the lower electrode and includes an organic light-emitting layer; and an upper electrode disposed on the organic layer. A method for manufacturing such an OLED device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Ji-Hoon Song, Kyu-Sik Cho, Sun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20140124769
    Abstract: A flat panel display device including a substrate including first and second regions; an active layer on the first region of the substrate including a semiconductor material; a lower electrode on the second region of the substrate including the semiconductor material; a first insulating layer on the substrate including the active layer and the lower electrode thereon; a gate electrode on the first insulating layer overlying the active layer and including a first conductive layer pattern and a second conductive layer pattern; an upper electrode on the first insulating layer overlying the lower electrode and including the first conductive layer pattern and the second conductive layer pattern; a second insulating layer on the gate electrode and the upper electrode exposing portions of the active layer and portions of the upper electrode; and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the exposed portions of the active layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hee KANG, Chun-Gi YOU, Sun PARK, Jong-Hyun PARK, Yul-Kyu LEE
  • Patent number: 8698189
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate bottom electrode, a gate top electrode, an insulating layer covering the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode on the insulating layer contacting the active layer; an organic light-emitting device electrically connected to the thin film transistor and including a sequentially stacked pixel electrode, on the same layer as the gate bottom electrode, emissive layer, and, opposite electrode, a pad bottom electrode on the same layer as the gate bottom electrode and a pad top electrode pattern on the same layer as the gate top electrode, the pad top electrode pattern including openings exposing the pad bottom electrode, and an insulation pattern covering the upper surface of the pad top electrode pattern on the same layer as the insulating layer, on an upper surface of the pad bottom electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Park, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee, Kyung-Hoon Park, Sang-Ho Moon
  • Patent number: 8686409
    Abstract: A method of repairing a defective pixel in a display apparatus that includes forming an insulating layer to cover the plurality of second signal wires, cutting both sides of a region of the corresponding second signal wire of the defective pixel and the insulating layer to form both sides of a cut region, forming contact holes adjacent to the both sides of the cut region, respectively, such that an upper portion of the corresponding second signal wire is exposed, forming a repair metal layer on the insulating layer to contact the contact holes and the second signal wire, and forming a repair insulating layer to cover the repair metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu Lee, Sun Park, Kyu-Sik Cho
  • Patent number: 8674367
    Abstract: Provided is an organic light-emitting display device. The organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate; a buffer layer formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the buffer layer; a conductive layer formed on the gate insulating layer; and a pixel defined layer exposing a portion of the conductive layer to form a pad portion connected to bumps of a drive integrated circuit (IC) chip, wherein protrusions and recesses are formed on a surface of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun Park, Chun-gi You, Jong-Hyun Park, Yul-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8669127
    Abstract: Making an OLED display, includes forming a first storage plate and a gate insulating layer covering the first storage plate on a substrate; sequentially forming a second storage plate covering the first storage plate and a capacitor intermediate on the gate insulating layer; forming a first doping region by injecting an impurity to a part that is not covered by the capacitor intermediate in the first storage plate; forming an interlayer insulating layer having a capacitor opening exposing the capacitor intermediate, and a plurality of erosion preventing layers on an edge of the capacitor intermediate toward the first doping region in the capacitor opening; removing the capacitor intermediate including the erosion preventing layer and a lower region of the erosion preventing layer, and injecting an impurity in the first storage plate through the second storage plate to form a second doping region contacting the first doping region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu Lee, Sun Park, Chun-Gi You, Jong-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 8637894
    Abstract: In an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, a pad region of the organic light-emitting display apparatus comprises a protrusion layer including a plurality of protrusion portions formed on a substrate so as to protrude, a pad lower electrode and a pad upper electrode, the pad lower electrode including a protrusion portion formed along a protrusion outline of the protrusion layer and a flat portion formed along the substrate, and the pad upper electrode being formed on the flat portion of the pad lower electrode. A source/drain electrode layer is formed on the pad upper electrode, an organic layer is formed on the source/drain electrode layer, and a counter electrode layer is formed on the protrusion portion of the pad lower electrode and the organic layer. The counter electrode layer follows the protrusion outline of the protrusion layer on the protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu Lee, Chun-Gi You, Sun Park, Jong-Hyun Park, Kwang-Hae Kim
  • Publication number: 20140014913
    Abstract: A method of repairing a defective pixel in a display apparatus includes cutting both sides of a region of the corresponding second signal wire of the defective pixel, forming an insulating layer to cover the second signal wires, forming contact holes adjacent to both sides of the cut region, respectively, such that an upper surface of the second signal wire is exposed, forming a repair metal layer on the insulating layer to contact the contact holes and the second signal wire, and forming a repair insulating layer to cover the repair metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Yul-Kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20140014908
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, an encapsulation member facing the substrate, a pad unit around the display area of the substrate, the pad unit including a contact area and an exposure area that is spaced apart from the contact area, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) that is connected to the contact area of the pad unit and is curved towards the encapsulation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Sun PARK, Yul-Kyu LEE, Chun-Gi YOU, Ji-Hoon SONG
  • Publication number: 20140014914
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, a particle located between the substrate and the first electrode, an insulation pattern that is on the first electrode and that corresponds to the particle, an intermediate layer that is on the insulation pattern and that is electrically connected to the first electrode, the intermediate layer including an organic emission layer, and a second electrode on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Yul-Kyu LEE, Sun PARK, Kyu-Sik CHO, Ji-Hoon SONG