Patents Examined by Nitin Patel
  • Patent number: 11626078
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detection circuit (10) and a driving method, a driving circuit (20), a driving apparatus (100) and a display apparatus. The detection circuit (10) comprises a switching sub-circuit (101) and an analog-to-digital conversion sub-circuit (102). The switching sub-circuit (101) may control on-off states between a sense line (SL) and a reference power terminal (VF), a reset power terminal (RST) and the analog-to-digital conversion sub-circuit (102) according to control signals provided by the external compensation circuit (01). Wherein, a sense signal may include pixel characteristic values or may be a reference power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yang, Yi Chen, Lirong Wang
  • Patent number: 11610877
    Abstract: A novel functional panel that is highly convenient or reliable is provided. The functional panel includes a light-emitting region including a first element, a first functional layer, and a second functional layer. The first element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a layer containing a light-emitting material. The layer containing a light-emitting material contains gallium nitride. The first functional layer includes a region positioned between the light-emitting region and the second functional layer, and includes a first insulating film. The first insulating film includes a first opening and a second opening on the outside of the light-emitting region. The second functional layer includes a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode through the first opening, and the second transistor is electrically connected to the second electrode through the second opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hajime Kimura
  • Patent number: 11610551
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a scan driver, a data driver, a sensing circuit, and a controller configured to select a pixel row from a plurality of pixel rows in a vertical blank period of each frame period. The vertical blank period includes a sensing time in which the sensing circuit performs a sensing operation for the selected pixel row. The sensing circuit measures a first source voltage of a driving transistor of each pixel in the selected pixel row at a first time point of the sensing time, and measures a second source voltage of the driving transistor at a second time point of the sensing time. The controller predicts a current saturated source voltage of the driving transistor based on the first and second source voltages, and determines a threshold voltage change amount of the driving transistor based on a difference between a previous saturated source voltage and the current saturated source voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Seoul National University R & DB Foundation
    Inventors: Sangik Lee, Kyeong Soo Kang, Joon-Chul Goh, Soo Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 11605353
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display driver and a display device using the same. The display device according to the embodiment improves an effect of preventing leakage current of a data supply transistor by adaptively controlling and supplying, on the basis of a luminance value of an input data, a parking voltage which is applied in order to prevent the leakage current of the data supply transistor. The display driver comprises a controller which provides a clock signal swinging between a high level and a low level during a refresh frame in which a data voltage is written in a pixel, and provides a clock signal having a direct current voltage during a hold frame in which the data voltage written in the pixel is maintained; a data driver which supplies the data voltage to the pixel during the refresh frame in accordance with a data control signal of the controller; and a power supplier which supplies a parking voltage to the pixel during the hold frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: WooKyu Sang, HyoungSik Kim, Dongkyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11594187
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit including a target pixel and peripheral pixels in a unit area set based on the target pixel; a converter configured to adjust a voltage level of a data voltage of the target pixel, based on light emission statuses of the peripheral pixels, and to determine a voltage level of a black voltage of at least one peripheral pixel which does not emit light among the peripheral pixels, based on the light emission statuses of the peripheral pixels; and a data driver configured to apply the data voltage to the target pixel, and to apply the black voltage to the at least one peripheral pixel which does not emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si Beak Pyo, Yeong Bong Kang
  • Patent number: 11587511
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a display device and a driving method. The display panel includes a display substrate and a driving chip. The display panel is configured to write a data signal to a corresponding pixel circuit at a pre-writing phase and a target data writing phase. The driving chip includes a voltage compensation module configured to obtain a compensation voltage value for the pixel circuits in each row in accordance with the quantity of pre-writing phases. Each pixel circuit is configured to write a pre-writing voltage stored in a parasitic capacitor to a gate electrode of a driving transistor in response to a pre-scanning signal at the pre-writing phase, and write a target writing voltage stored in the parasitic capacitor to the gate electrode of the driving transistor in response to a target scanning signal at the target data writing phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Zihua Li
  • Patent number: 11587512
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes rows of pixels and a gate driver circuit; where a pixel among the plurality of rows of pixels includes a pixel circuit and the pixel circuit includes a light emission control terminal and a first scan drive terminal; the gate driver circuit includes stages of light emission drive devices, where each of the plurality of stages of light emission drive devices is disposed in correspondence to at least one row of pixel circuits and configured to provide a light emission control signal to the light emission control terminal of the pixel circuit; and the gate driver circuit further includes at least one stage of first scan drive device, where an input terminal of the first scan drive device is connected to an output terminal of the light emission drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Yue Li, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11581364
    Abstract: A preparation method of a display panel includes: forming multiple compensation groups on a substrate to obtain an array substrate, where the multiple compensation groups include at least first compensation group and second compensation group, and brightness difference of light-emitting elements of same light-emitting color in the first compensation group and the second compensation group under a same gray scale is larger than a preset value; calculating thicknesses of first color film layer, second color film layer and third color film layer corresponding to each of the multiple compensation groups respectively; forming the first color film layer, the second color film layer and the third color film layer on light-emitting side of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element respectively according to the thicknesses of the first color film layer, the second color film layer and the third color film layer obtained by calculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center Of Advanced Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jujian Fu
  • Patent number: 11574598
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gate driver circuit having a reduced size, and a display device including the same. The gate driver circuit includes a plurality of stage circuits. Each stage circuit supplies a gate signal to each of gate lines arranged in a display panel, and includes a M node, a Q node, a QH node, and a QB node. Each stage circuit includes a gate signal output module configured to operate based on a voltage level of the Q node or a voltage level of the QB node to output first to j-th gate signals based on first to j-th scan clock signals or a first low-potential voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minkyu Chang, Miyoung Son, Hongjae Shin
  • Patent number: 11568031
    Abstract: A piezo haptic keyboard and touchpad user identification system may comprise a processor receiving an authenticating user input identifying an authorized user of the information handling system, and a controller operably connected to a plurality of piezo electric elements situated beneath the keyboard. The controller may detect haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters describing characteristics of a plurality of deformations of the piezo electric elements during interaction between the authorized user and the keyboard, and the processor may use machine learning to identify a repeated pattern of values for a combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters reoccurring during interaction between the authorized user and keyboard. The processor may associate the repeated pattern of values for the combination of the haptic hardware typing or touch behavior parameters with the authorized user for later, passive authentication of a user based on typing dynamics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Michiel Knoppert, Priyank Gajiwala, Frank van Valkenhoef
  • Patent number: 11568824
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display device comprises a light emitting diode having an anode connected to a node A, and a pixel driving circuit supplying a driving current to the node A and including a node B, a node C and a node D. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor controlled by a voltage supplied to the node B, a first transistor turned on by a first scan signal, supplying a data voltage to the node C, a second transistor turned on by a second scan signal, electronically connecting the node B with the node C, a third transistor turned on by an emission signal, electronically connecting the node D with a node E, a fourth transistor turned on by a C signal, supplying a reference voltage to the node E, a storage capacitor connected to the node B and the node D, and a capacitor connected to the node C and a reference voltage line to which the reference voltage is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daekyu Kim, Kyuhan Yoon
  • Patent number: 11551611
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an organic light emitting element, a switching transistor configured to be turned on or off in response to a scan signal, a storage capacitor configured to store a data signal applied through a data line when the switching transistor is turned on, a driving transistor configured to allow a driving current corresponding to the data signal stored in the storage capacitor to flow into the organic light emitting element, and an emission control transistor implemented by an oxide thin film transistor, connected in series to the organic light emitting element and the driving transistor between a high power voltage and a low power voltage, and configured to be turned on or off in response to an emission control signal. The pixel circuit performs a back-biasing operation that compensates for a change in a threshold voltage of the emission control transistor by applying a back-biasing voltage to the emission control transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Sunhee Lee, Seryeong Kim, Eunhye Ko, Eoksu Kim, Eunhyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11551618
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel, a scan driving circuit, and a data driving circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels. The scan driving circuit is configured to apply a scan signal to the scan lines. The data driving circuit is configured to apply a data signal to the data lines. The scan lines extend in a first direction. The scan driving circuit and the data driving circuit are arranged in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunho Kim, Gun Hee Kim, Taehoon Yang, Sun Hee Lee, Sungjin Hong
  • Patent number: 11538375
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pixel circuit and a testing method of the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit comprises a light emitting element, a storage capacitor Cst, a drive sub-circuit, a reset sub-circuit, a write sub-circuit, a light emission control sub-circuit and a testing element, wherein a control terminal of the testing element is connected to s reset control signal line, a first terminal of the testing element is connected to a reset signal line, a second terminal of the testing element is connected to the drive sub-circuit, and the testing element is configured to test elements included in the pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shicheng Sun, Jonguk Kwak, Dawei Shi, Wei Zhang, Cunzhi Li, Pei Wang
  • Patent number: 11521543
    Abstract: A micro-light emitting diode (micro-LED) display backplane includes a plurality of macro-pixels. Each macro-pixel includes: a contiguous two-dimensional (2-D) array of bitcells storing display data bits for driving a set of micro-LEDs of a 2-D array of micro-LEDs; and drive circuits configured to generate, based on the display data bits stored in the contiguous 2-D array of bitcells, pulse-width modulated (PWM) drive signals for driving the set of micro-LEDs of the 2-D array of micro-LEDs. In one example, the plurality of macro-pixels is grouped into a plurality of sub-arrays, where each sub-array of the plurality of sub-arrays includes a set of macro-pixels and a local periphery circuit next to the set of macro-pixels. The local periphery circuit includes, for example, a buffer, a repeater, a clock gating circuit for gating an input clock signal to the sub-array, and/or a sub-array decoder for selecting the sub-array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Henry Morris, Michael Yee
  • Patent number: 11514842
    Abstract: A display panel is provided. The display panel includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes constituting a plurality of sub-pixels of the display panel and configured to be divided into a plurality of groups; and a plurality of LED driving circuits configured to: receive a PWM data voltage in a scanning period; and based on the PWM data voltage, drive the plurality of light-emitting diodes by providing drive current to the plurality of light-emitting diodes for a time corresponding to the PWM data voltage in an emission period, wherein each of the plurality of LED driving circuits is configured to be connected to light-emitting diodes included in respective groups of the plurality of groups, and drive the light-emitting diodes of the respective groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngki Jung, Tetsuya Shigeta, Jinho Kim, Chulgyu Jung
  • Patent number: 11514859
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a multi-screen display apparatus including the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a substrate including a display portion, a plurality of pixels connected to a gate line and a data line disposed in the display portion, and a gate driving circuit disposed in the display portion to drive the gate line. The gate driving circuit includes a stage circuit unit including a plurality of stage circuits respectively disposed in a plurality of division regions defined in the display portion, and a circuit repair portion configured to repair at least one of the plurality of stage circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngin Jang, Kyungmin Kim, Hyundong Kim
  • Patent number: 11514866
    Abstract: Provided is a display device. The display device includes a display panel that includes a first display region and a second display region, a data driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit configured to drive a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller configured to control the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit so as to operate the first display region and the second display region at different frequencies when an operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, wherein the driving controller changes the operation mode to a normal mode when a difference between an image signal of a current frame of the first display region and an image signal of a previous frame of the first display region is equal to or greater than a reference value during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Inventors: Sangan Kwon, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim, Hui Nam, Junhee Moon, Eun Sil Yun, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11514856
    Abstract: A pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, a display substrate, and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a data writing sub-circuit configured to write a data voltage into a storage sub-circuit; the storage sub-circuit configured to store the data voltage; a driving sub-circuit electrically connected to a first node and configured to drive a light-emitting component electrically connected to a second node to emit light according to the data voltage; a light-emitting control sub-circuit electrically connected to the first node and the second node, respectively, and configured to achieve to turn on or turn off connection between the driving sub-circuit and the light-emitting component; and a first compensation sub-circuit electrically connected to the first node and the second node, respectively, and configured to compensate a level of the second node according to a level of the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huijuan Yang, Tingliang Liu, Bo Zhang, Yiran Li, Lianbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11508292
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a reset line, pixels, gate lines, control wiring lines, source lines, a first driver and a second driver. Each of the pixels includes a drive transistor, a light emitting element, a pixel switch, a storage capacitor and a reset switch. The reset switch is connected between the reset line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor, and switched between an ON state and an OFF state by a second control signal provided via a corresponding control wiring line among the control wiring lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Harada, Tadafumi Ozaki, Kazunari Tomizawa