Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Yonsei University

Byung Soo So

Dong-min Lee

Dong-Sung Lee

Jongoh Seo

Jonghoon Choi

Jong Oh Seo

Ji-Hwan Kim

Jongjun Baek

Yeon Hee Jeon

Hyun Eok Shin

Ju Hyun Lee

Hyeon Sik Kim

Hiroshi Okumura

Jae Woo Jeong

Mann Ho Cho

Jong Jun Baek

Sang Ho Jeon

Kwang Sik Jeong

Ji-hwan Kim

In Cheol Ko

Seo Jong Oh

Jong Hyun Choi

Taesung Kim

Tae Hoon Yang

Jong Chan Lee

Jaewoo Jeong

Woong Hee Jeong

Il Hun Seo

Ho Seok Lee

Mee Jae Kang

Jang Hyun Kim

Kibum Kim

Shin Moon Kang

Jae Gyun Lim

A display panel according to an embodiment includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, and a light emitting element electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The substrate includes a first resin layer, a first barrier layer disposed on the first resin layer, a second resin layer including a lower portion disposed on the first barrier layer and an upper portion having a carbon content less than a carbon content of the lower portion, and a second barrier layer disposed on the second resin layer.

Display panel including substrate including resin layer having upper surface modified by a plasma treatment

A display device includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer on the substrate, and including a channel of at least one transistor; a first insulating layer on the semiconductor layer; and a gate electrode on the first insulating layer. The semiconductor layer includes polycrystalline silicon, and the channel includes: a first region containing a first impurity; and a second region containing a second impurity different from the first impurity.

Display device and method of fabricating the same

A method of manufacturing a stacked structure includes forming a first metal buffer layer including crystal grains on a base substrate, forming a second metal buffer material layer on the first metal buffer layer, and crystallizing the second metal buffer material layer to form a second metal buffer layer, wherein the second metal buffer material layer includes crystal grains, and a density of the crystal grains of the second metal buffer material layer is lower than a density of the crystal grains of the first metal buffer layer.

Stacked structure including semiconductor structure and method of manufacturing the same

A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser beam generator that generates a first laser beam, a beam expander that expands the first laser beam and outputs the expanded first laser beam as a second laser beam, a beam splitter that splits the second laser beam into third laser beams and outputs the third laser beams, and a beam condenser that condenses the third laser beams and outputs condensed third laser beams. The beam expander includes a first lens having a first focal length and a second lens having a second focal length. The first lens is disposed between the laser beam generator and the second lens, the second lens is disposed between the first lens and the beam splitter, and the laser beam generator is spaced apart from the first lens by the first focal length.

Laser irradiation apparatus

A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer for a display device includes the steps of forming an amorphous silicon layer on a substrate, cleaning the amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam to form a polycrystalline silicon layer.

Display device having polycrystalline silicon layer

A laser irradiation apparatus includes a laser light source which emits a laser beam, a first lens through which the laser beam emitted from the laser light source passes, a first scanner which reflects the laser beam passing through the first lens and changes a direction of the laser beam, a second scanner which reflects the laser beam deflected by the first scanner and changes a direction of the laser beam, a plurality of second lenses through which the laser beam deflected by the second scanner passes, where at least one of the plurality of second lenses is configured to vibrate in one direction, and an optical element through which the laser beam passing through the plurality of second lenses passes, where the optical element is configured to correct an incident angle of the laser beam incident a substrate.

Laser irradiation apparatus and laser irradiation method

A laser apparatus includes a laser generator configured to generate a first laser beam proceeding along a first direction, and an inversion module configured to convert the first laser beam to a second laser beam proceeding along the first direction, the inversion module including a splitter configured to form a reflected laser beam by partially reflecting the first laser beam, and a transmitted laser beam by partially transmitting the first laser beam, and a prism configured to reflect the reflected laser beam.

Laser apparatus and manufacturing method of display apparatus using the same

A display device may include a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate, and a display element electrically connected to the thin film transistor. The thin film transistor may include an active pattern including polycrystalline silicon, a gate insulation layer disposed on the active pattern, and a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulation layer. An average value of grain sizes of the active pattern may be in a range of about 400 nm to about 800 nm. An RMS value of a surface roughness of the active pattern may be about 4 nm or less. A method of manufacturing a polycrystalline silicon layer may include cleaning an amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, rinsing the amorphous silicon layer with hydrogenated deionized water, and irradiating the amorphous silicon layer with a laser beam having an energy density of about 440 mJ/cmto about 490 mJ/cm.

Display device including polycrystalline silicon layer, method of manufacturing polycrystalline silicon layer, and method of manufacturing display device

An annealing apparatus includes: a main body configured to receive a substrate; a microwave generating unit configured to generate microwaves to be transmitted to the main body; an incidence unit configured to transmit the microwaves from the microwave generating unit to the main body; and a diffraction unit disposed between the incident unit and the main body. The diffraction unit is configured to pass the microwaves therethrough before they are transmitted to the main body.

Annealing apparatus

A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. A display device includes a lower conductive pattern disposed on a substrate, a lower insulating layer disposed on the lower conductive pattern, the lower insulating layer including a first lower insulating pattern including an overlapping region overlapping the lower conductive pattern, and a protruding region. The display device includes a semiconductor pattern disposed on the first lower insulating pattern and having a side surface, the side surface being aligned with a side surface of the first lower insulating pattern or disposed inward from the side surface of the first lower insulating pattern, a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor pattern, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer, and an empty space disposed between the substrate and the protruding region of the first lower insulating pattern.

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

A display device may include a substrate, a buffer layer on the substrate, a first active pattern on the buffer layer, the first active pattern having a first thickness, a second active pattern on the buffer layer spaced from the first active pattern and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness, a first gate insulating layer on the first active pattern and the second active pattern, a first gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer, the first gate electrode overlapping the first active pattern, and a second gate electrode on the first gate insulating layer, the second gate electrode overlapping the second active pattern.

A laser crystallizing apparatus may include a laser light source, an optical system, and an optical module. The laser light source may generate a laser beam. The optical system may convert the laser beam into a line laser beam. The optical module may disperse energy of the line laser beam in a first direction for generating a dispersed line laser beam. The first direction may be perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the optical module.

Laser crystallizing apparatus and method of manufacturing display apparatus

A laser annealing device includes a stage, a laser generator, and a reflective member. The stage supports a substrate with a thin film formed thereon to be processed, and may be moved in a first direction at a set or predetermined speed. The laser generator irradiates a first area of the thin film with a laser beam while the stage is moved. The reflective member reflects a part of the laser beam, which is reflected from the first area of the thin film, to a second area of the thin film. The first area and the second area are spaced apart from each other.

Laser annealing device and thin film crystallization and dehydrogenation method using same

A laser irradiation apparatus includes: a laser module configured to emit a laser beam; a first optical system configured to scan the laser beam emitted from the laser module along a first direction; an optical element configured to refract the laser beam emitted from the first optical system; and a substrate supporter on which a base substrate to which the laser beam refracted through the optical element reaches is arranged.

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Byung Soo So