Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Yongkyu Kang

Jihyun Ko

Seul-Gi Kim

Hyunseung Seo

Hyunwoo Lee

Young-Min Park

Kyung-Min Kim

Sangwon Lee

Seong-Yong Hwang

Sung-Kyu Shim

Byung-Seo Yoon

Juhwa Ha

Jonghwan Cho

Hayoung Lee

Dohun Kim

Taeho Lee

Junwoo You

Joong-Hyun Kim

Kang-Woo Lee

Minki Kim

Taek-Sun Shin

Seung-Hwa Ha

Hoikwan Lee

Sunhee Oh

Juyoun Son

Hyunji Lee

Donghyeon Lee

Seunghwan Chung

Dong-Sung Lee

Min-young Song

Ho Yun Byun

Byoung Dae Ye

Dong-Yeol Yeom

Changmoo Lee

Joonghyun Kim

Jinsung Choi

Hyunkyung Yun

Tae Yong Ryu

Kangwoo Lee

Hui Yeon Shon

Seulgi Kim

Kang Woo Lee

Jin Su Nam

Minyoung Song

Jinsu Nam

An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a stage, a surface member disposed on the stage, a linear motion portion that is spaced apart from the stage and that linearly moves, a mock-up portion disposed on the linear motion portion and that falls to the surface member, and a cover window coupled to the mock-up portion and that includes one surface exposed outside the mock-up portion.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing display device

Provided is a glass strengthening method including preparing a glass and strengthening the glass by providing the glass with a molten salt, wherein the molten salt has a freezing point of about 220° C. or more and less than 320° C. In addition, the molten salt includes a first salt and a second salt that are different from each other, wherein the first salt is KNO, and the second salt includes at least one ion of Li, Na, K, Cs, and/or Rb.

Glass strengthening molten salt and glass strengthening method using the same

A tempered glass manufacturing apparatus includes a loading unit for loading sheets of glass therein. A heating unit receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The heating unit includes first to third openings. A tempering unit is connected to the heating unit through the first opening and receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The tempering unit performs a tempering process on the sheets of glass when the loading unit is positioned in the tempering unit. A residual salt discharging unit is connected to the heating unit through the second opening. An auxiliary layer providing unit is connected to the heating unit through the third opening of the heating unit. The auxiliary layer providing unit includes auxiliary layers for performing a residual salt preprocessing process to increase a removal of residual salt provided on surfaces of the sheets of glass.

Apparatus and method for manufacturing tempered glass

A glass article includes a central layer including a first crystalline phase having a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a surface layer surrounding an entirety of the central layer and including a second crystalline phase having a second coefficient of thermal expansion smaller than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. Accordingly, the strength of the glass article may be improved.

Glass article and display device including the same

A display module includes a display panel and a window. The window includes a base substrate and a plurality of functional layers. A central portion of the base substrate is flat, and an edge portion of the base substrate has a rounded shape. An upper portion of the edge portion of the window has the rounded shape and thus protrudes from a lower portion of the edge portion toward the outside. A first functional layer of the plurality of functional layers includes an acrylic-based material and/or an epoxy-based material, and a second functional layer of the plurality of functional layers includes a fluorine-based material.

Window, method of manufacturing the window, and display module including the window

A method of manufacturing a window includes preparing a base material layer, forming a first hard coating layer on the base material layer, and forming a second hard coating layer on the first hard coating layer. The forming of the second hard coating layer is performed in an environment having an oxygen concentration of about 0.01% to about 0.1%.

Method of manufacturing window for a display device

A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image; a light guide plate overlapping the display panel and having a light exit surface, a bottoms surface opposite to the light exit surface, and a plurality of edge surfaces; and a plurality of light sources spaced apart from each other and configured to project light into a first edge surface of the plurality of edge surfaces of the light guide plate. The bottom surface includes a plurality of diffusion parts defining an activation area adjacent to a second edge surface of the plurality of edge surfaces opposite to the first edge surface, and a plurality of functional pattern parts defining a pattern area adjacent to the first edge surface. The functional pattern parts overlap a space between adjacent light sources, respectively, when viewed in a first direction heading from the light source part to the first edge surface.

Display backlight unit with lightguide having first and second prism patterns

A display device includes a display panel, a light source and an optical component which receives light from the light source, outputs the provided light toward the display panel, and includes a light guiding film which guides the light toward the display panel, an optical sheet which is coupled to the light guiding film, and the optical sheet includes a base film and optical patterns disposed between the base film and the light guiding film to adjust the traveling direction of the light, and a reinforcing part filled between the base film and the light guiding film corresponding to a periphery of the optical component.

Display device

A display device includes a display panel, a light source, and an optical component including a light guide film and an optical sheet. The optical sheet is coupled to the light guide film to control a path of a light emitted from the light guide film. The optical sheet includes a base film, main optical patterns, and sub-optical patterns. The main optical patterns are disposed between the base film and the light guide film and coupled to the base film and the light guide film. Each of the main optical patterns includes a side surface inclined with respect to the light guide film. The sub-optical patterns are disposed between the base film and the light guide film, coupled to the base film, and spaced apart from the light guide film. Each of the sub-optical patterns has a side surface inclined with respect to the light guide film.

Optical component and display device having the same

A display device includes: a display panel; a light source; and a light guide plate receiving light from the light source and providing the light to the display panel. The light guide plate includes an upper surface facing the display panel, a light incident surface facing the light source and a light opposing surface opposing the light incident surface. The upper surface includes a lens pattern and the lower surface incudes a prism pattern, the prism pattern includes a plurality of prisms arranged along a first direction from the light incident surface to the light opposing surface, each of the prisms has a length extending in a second direction along a length of the light incident surface, and among the prisms arranged along the first direction within the prism pattern, the lengths of the prisms increase as a distnace from the light incident surface increases.

Light guide plate of backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same

A backlight unit includes: a point light source which generates light, a light guide plate defining upper and lower surfaces thereof opposing one another, a side surface provided in plural each connecting the upper and lower surfaces to each other; and among the plural side surfaces a light-incident side surface thereof at which the point light source is disposed and on which is incident the light generated from the point light source; and a reflective side surface thereof which is adjacent to the light-incident side surface and reflects light within the light guide plate, and which forms a first angle with respect to the light-incident side surface; and a wavelength converting unit between the light guide plate and the point light source.

Backlight unit including light guide plate having inclined reflective surface and display device including the same

A back light unit includes a light source and a light guide unit having a first surface emitting light to a display panel, a second surface facing the first surface, and a plurality of connecting surfaces connecting the first surface and the second surface. The connecting surfaces includes a first side surface, a second side surfaces and a third side surface between the first side surface and a second side surface, A first included angle of the first incident surface and the first diffusion surface is equal to or greater than about 90 degree.

Backlight unit

A display device includes an optical member, a display panel disposed on the optical member, and a plurality of light emitting units disposed under the optical member, the optical member comprising, a diffusion layer, and a reflectivity control layer which is disposed under the diffusion layer and reflects a light provided from the light emitting units, including a first base material, reflective materials dispersed in the first base material, a plurality of first portions corresponding to the plurality of light emitting units, and a second portion disposed adjacent to the first portions, where each of the plurality of first portions comprises a greater amount of the reflective materials than the second portion, when a first portion and a second portion represent a unit area having a predetermined size.

A display device includes a light source, a mirror reflection guide member, a diffusion reflection member, and a display panel. The light source extends in a first direction and is configured to emit light. The mirror reflection guide member is configured to: support the light source, and guide at least some of the light to a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The mirror reflection guide member includes a plurality of guide patterns extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction. The diffusion reflection member is configured to guide at least some of the light to a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions. The display panel is disposed on the mirror reflection guide member and the diffusion reflection member and is configured to display an image using the light guided by the diffusion reflection member.

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Yongkyu Kang