Patents by Inventor Sang Gil Lee

Sang Gil 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).

  • Patent number: 8054283
    Abstract: An “LED” driving circuit comprises an “LED” driving voltage generator which generates an “LED” driving voltage, a pulse width modulation (“PWM”) control unit which outputs a “PWM” signal having a predetermined duty ratio, and a main switching unit which controls the driving voltage applied to the “LEDs” in accordance with the “PWM” signal. Further, the “PWM” control unit comprises a controller including an error amplifier which detects an error between a reference voltage and a driving voltage and amplifies the detected error, an oscillator which outputs a pulse signal having a predetermined oscillation frequency, and a comparator which compares the pulse signal output from the oscillator with an output voltage from the error amplifier to generate a “PWM” signal; and a high frequency damper connected to the main switching unit to prevent malfunction of the controller due to noise. A backlight unit and liquid crystal display incorporate the “LED” driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Gil Lee, Tae Seok Jang, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 8053045
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a styrene-butadiene latex, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same, more precisely a styrene-butadiene latex binder for ink-jet paper containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer by 0.1-1.5 weight parts with lowering surface negative charge density, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same. The present invention provides a coating liquid for ink-jet paper having excellent price competitiveness and coating work-ability and at the same time reducing energy cost for drying process and thereby provides an ink-jet paper with excellent printing quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-Yeul Choi, Ji-Sang Jeong, Dae-Ho Lee, Sang-Gil Lee, Hak-lae Lee, Chang-sun Han
  • Publication number: 20110242820
    Abstract: A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Gi-Cherl Kim, Jong-Seo Lee, Chun-Ho Song, Se-Ki Park, Sang-Gil Lee, Seock-Hwan Kang
  • Patent number: 8002421
    Abstract: A light-generating device includes a driving substrate and a plurality of light source arrays. The driving substrate has a rectangular planar shape. The plurality of light source arrays is formed on the driving substrate. The light source arrays include at least one light emitting diode to generate light in response to power being applied through the substrate, and the light source arrays are spaced apart from each other. Thus, heat generated from the light-generating device is rapidly dissipated from the light-generating device, improving brightness of the light, brightness uniformity of the light and color reproducibility of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ho Song, Sang-Yu Lee, Gi-Cherl Kim, Seoek-Hwan Kang, Sang-Gil Lee, Ju-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 7969404
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a backlight assembly which includes a device for driving the backlight including a light emitting diode (“LED”) used as a light source, which has a high efficiency and a high reliability for controlling brightness of each color light. The driving device drives a first, second and third LED unit emitting a first, second and third light, respectively. The driving device includes a first driving part emitting the first light in response to a brightness control signal and outputting a reference control signal in response to a first brightness of the first light, a second driving part driving the second LED units generating the second light of which second brightness is controlled in response to the reference control signal, and a third driving part driving the third LED units generating the third light of which third brightness is controlled in response to the reference control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Gil Lee, Hyeon-Yong Jang, Mun-Soo Park
  • Patent number: 7963680
    Abstract: A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Gi-Cherl Kim, Jong-Seo Lee, Chun-Ho Song, Se-Ki Park, Sang-Gil Lee, Seock-Hwan Kang
  • Publication number: 20110014402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a styrene-butadiene latex, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same, more precisely a styrene-butadiene latex binder for ink-jet paper containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer by 0.1-1.5 weight parts with lowering surface negative charge density, a preparation method thereof and a coating liquid containing the same. The present invention provides a coating liquid for ink-jet paper having excellent price competitiveness and coating work-ability and at the same time reducing energy cost for drying process and thereby provides an ink-jet paper with excellent printing quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Yeul Choi, Ji-Sang Jeong, Dae-Ho Lee, Sang-Gil Lee, Hak-lae Lee, Chang-sun Han
  • Patent number: 7713092
    Abstract: A backlight assembly and a display device having the backlight assembly are provided where the backlight assembly includes a plurality of light sources for emitting light and a plurality of metal core printed circuit boards on which the light sources are mounted. The metal core printed circuit boards are directly connected to each other in predetermined regions to emit light in a surface direction. A method of assembling the backlight assembly is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Cherl Kim, Joo-Woan Cho, Sang-Gil Lee, Don-Chan Cho, Sang-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20100085296
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light source unit, at least one block driving unit, a controller unit and a noise removing circuit. The light source unit includes a plurality of dimming blocks generating light. The block driving unit drives the dimming blocks. The controller unit controls the block driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung-Uk Choi, Sang-Gil Lee, Yun-Jae Park, Seung-Hwan Moon
  • Publication number: 20100060675
    Abstract: A method of driving a display apparatus for an embodiment comprises a light source module divided into a plurality of light-emitting blocks to provide light to a display panel, a local dimming driving part driving the light-emitting blocks, and a timing controller controlling the driving timing of the display panel and the local dimming driving part. The timing controller transmits a luminance pulse having representative grayscale values of an image corresponding to the light-emitting blocks and a synchronization signal including information of a start position of the representative grayscale values to the local dimming driving part. The local dimming driving part drives the light-emitting blocks using the representative grayscale values obtained from the luminance pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok KO, Sang-Gil Lee, Kyung-Uk Choi
  • Publication number: 20100033513
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method of driving the same capable of improving display quality and reducing the manufacturing cost. A display device includes a display panel displaying images corresponding to image signals, a light-emission block supplying backlight to the display panel, and a backlight driver outputting a light data signal for determining luminance of backlight. One of a plurality of linear gamma curves is selected from a lookup table in accordance with average image luminance during prescribed frames, and the duty ratio of the light data signal is determined on the basis of the selected linear gamma curve. Each of the linear gamma curves represents the relationship between the average image luminance and the duty ratio of the light data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung-Uk CHOI, Sang-Gil Lee, Yun-Jae Park
  • Publication number: 20090279312
    Abstract: A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: JU-YOUNG YOON, GI-CHERL KIM, JONG-SEO LEE, CHUN-HO SONG, SE-KI PARK, SANG-GIL LEE, SEOCK-HWAN KANG
  • Publication number: 20090273920
    Abstract: A light-generating device includes a driving substrate and a plurality of light source arrays. The driving substrate has a rectangular planar shape. The plurality of light source arrays is formed on the driving substrate. The light source arrays include at least one light emitting diode to generate light in response to power being applied through the substrate, and the light source arrays are spaced apart from each other. Thus, heat generated from the light-generating device is rapidly dissipated from the light-generating device, improving brightness of the light, brightness uniformity of the light and color reproducibility of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Inventors: Chun-Ho SONG, Sang-Yu Lee, Gi-Cherl Kim, Seoek-Hwan Kang, Sang-Gil Lee, Ju-Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20090256499
    Abstract: A power supply is provided, which includes a DC-DC converter being supplied with an external DC input voltage and a first switching control signal and outputting a duty sensing signal of which a magnitude is varied in accordance with the first switching control signal, the duty sensing signal being indicative of a duty ratio of the first switching control signal, and the DC-DC converter converting the input voltage into a DC output voltage of a predetermined magnitude based on the first switching control signal; and a feedback controlling unit comparing the duty sensing signal with a first reference signal to adjust the duty ratio of the first switching control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventors: Sang-Gil LEE, Ju-Young Yoon, Jong-Seo Lee, Gi-Cherl Kim, Sang-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 7572036
    Abstract: A lens for a light emitting diode is formed with a material having a refractive index of n, and the lens includes a base, a first curved circumferential surface extending from the base, a curved center-edge surface extending from the first curved circumferential surface, and a curved centermost surface extending from the curved center-edge surface. The base includes a groove for receiving a light emitting chip therein. In the lens, a distance from a center of the base to a point of the curved center-edge surface is always shorter than the radius of curvature for the point of the curved center-edge surface. The curved centermost surface has a concave shape with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Gi-Cherl Kim, Jong-Seo Lee, Chun-Ho Song, Se-Ki Park, Sang-Gil Lee, Seock-Hwan Kang
  • Patent number: 7567067
    Abstract: A power supply is provided, which includes a DC-DC converter being supplied with an external DC input voltage and a first switching control signal and outputting a duty sensing signal of which a magnitude is varied in accordance with the first switching control signal, the duty sensing signal being indicative of a duty ratio of the first switching control signal, and the DC-DC converter converting the input voltage into a DC output voltage of a predetermined magnitude based on the first switching control signal; and a feedback controlling unit comparing the duty sensing signal with a first reference signal to adjust the duty ratio of the first switching control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Gil Lee, Ju-Young Yoon, Jong-Seo Lee, Gi-Cherl Kim, Sang-Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 7566160
    Abstract: A light-generating device includes a driving substrate and a plurality of light source arrays. The driving substrate has a rectangular planar shape. The plurality of light source arrays is formed on the driving substrate. The light source arrays include at least one light emitting diode to generate light in response to power being applied through the substrate, and the light source arrays are spaced apart from each other. Thus, heat generated from the light-generating device is rapidly dissipated from the light-generating device, improving brightness of the light, brightness uniformity of the light and color reproducibility of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ho Song, Sang-Yu Lee, Gi-Cherl Kim, Seock-Hwan Kang, Sang-Gil Lee, Ju-Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 7549781
    Abstract: A light emitting diode includes a lens, a chip base attached to a bottom of the lens, and an LED chip attached in the chip base to be concentric with the lens. The lens includes a bottom, an outer sidewall extending from the bottom, a first outer top surface extending from the outer sidewall, a second outer top surface extending from the first outer top surface and having a substantially conical groove-like shape, an inner sidewall forming a side of a central cavity formed by hollowing a central portion of the bottom, and an inner top surface extending from the inner sidewall and forming a ceiling of the central cavity. The substantially conical groove-like shaped second outer top surface has an angular point formed toward the central cavity, and the inner top surface is convexly formed toward the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi-Cherl Kim, Chun-Ho Song, Sang-Gil Lee, Jong-Seo Lee, Sang-Yu Lee, Ju-Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20090134814
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a plurality of light source units arranged in a matrix form, a light source controller outputting a dimming signal to control a brightness of the light source units and a latch signal to control a light source unit row of the plurality of light source units to be sequentially driven according to a predetermined scanning period, and a plurality of light source driving units connected to light source unit columns of the plurality of light source units and supplying driving signals corresponding to the dimming signal to the light source units in the light source unit columns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Moon, Ki-chan Lee, Kyung-uk Choi, Sang-gil Lee, Yun-jae Park, Hyun-suk Ko
  • Publication number: 20090109168
    Abstract: A backlight driver and liquid crystal display device including the same are disclosed. The backlight driver, in accordance with an embodiment, includes a driving-voltage-generating unit supplying a driving voltage to a light-emitting unit, or cutting off the supply of the driving voltage to the light-emitting unit, in response to a pulse width modulation signal; a pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit supplying the pulse width modulation signal to the driving-voltage-generating unit, and stopping its operation when an error occurs in the light-emitting unit; and an automatic reset unit supplying a reset signal to the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit, when the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit stops its operation, to restart the operation of the pulse-width-modulation-signal-generating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Sang-gil LEE, Seung-hwan Moon, Ki-chan Lee