Patents by Inventor Yewon Hong

Yewon Hong 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: 11915651
    Abstract: An electroluminescent display including pixels arranged in a matrix is disclosed. Each pixel includes a pixel circuit configured to sample a threshold voltage of a driving element for driving a light emitting element and compensate for a data voltage. The pixel circuit includes a first switch element connected to a data voltage path supplied with the data voltage, a second switch element connected to a reference voltage path supplied with a predetermined reference voltage, a third switch element connected between a gate of the driving element and the first and second switch elements, a fourth switch element connected to an initialization voltage path supplied with a predetermined initialization voltage, and a fifth switch element connected to a power path supplied with a predetermined pixel driving voltage higher than the reference voltage and the initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsoo Shin, Sohee Choi, Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11903283
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus can include providing a first gate electrode on a substrate; providing a first active layer which overlaps with a portion of the first gate electrode; providing a second active layer on the substrate spaced apart from the first active layer; providing a first source electrode and a first drain electrode connected with the first active layer; providing a second gate electrode which overlaps with at least a portion of the second active layer; providing a second source electrode and a second drain electrode connected with the second active layer. Also, the method includes selectively providing conductivity to the second active layer, in which the first source electrode, the first drain electrode, the second gate electrode, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are manufactured at a same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yewon Hong
  • Publication number: 20230180558
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a display apparatus can include providing a first gate electrode on a substrate; providing a first active layer which overlaps with a portion of the first gate electrode; providing a second active layer on the substrate spaced apart from the first active layer; providing a first source electrode and a first drain electrode connected with the first active layer; providing a second gate electrode which overlaps with at least a portion of the second active layer; providing a second source electrode and a second drain electrode connected with the second active layer. Also, the method includes selectively providing conductivity to the second active layer, in which the first source electrode, the first drain electrode, the second gate electrode, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are manufactured at a same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11670239
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a first type of stage circuit for outputting a first gate signal and a second type of stage circuit for outputting a second gate signal, and further including a bias transistor for supplying, when turned-on, a bias voltage to a shield metal positioned to overlap with a semiconductor layer of a specific transistor among a plurality of transistors included in the first type of stage circuit, thereby preventing a leakage current from occurring inside the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11600232
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device and a gate driving circuit. There is further provided with a synchronization transistor controlled according to a voltage of a Q node of a m-th scan driver (e.g., a second scan driver) and controlling an electrical connection between an output terminal of the n-th light emitting driver and a clock input terminal of the m-th scan driver, so that the rising characteristic and/or the falling characteristic of the light emission signal which is a type of the gate signal can be improved, thereby improving a threshold voltage compensation performance of the driving transistor and the image quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, Yeonwoo Shin, TaeWoong Moon
  • Patent number: 11600683
    Abstract: Discussed is a display apparatus capable of realizing a high resolution and a small power consumption, and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the display apparatus includes a bottom gate type first thin film transistor disposed in a display area, and a top gate type second thin film transistor disposed in a non-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11587507
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a demultiplexing circuit portion that sequentially supplies data signals supplied from a data driving circuit to at least two data lines, and the demultiplexing circuit portion of the display apparatus comprises a switching portion that sequentially supplies the data signals to the at least two data lines based on a voltage of a control line; a voltage controller that controls the voltage of the control line in response to a time-division control signal; and a voltage discharge portion that discharges the voltage of the control line in response to the time-division control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JungHyun Lee, Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11520201
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the display apparatus comprises a substrate, a light shielding layer, a signal line and a first electrode on the substrate, an active layer, a gate electrode, a second electrode, a first connection electrode for connecting the active layer with the signal line, and a second connection electrode for connecting the active layer with any one of the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein any one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a pixel electrode of a display device, and the other is a common electrode of the display device, the light shielding layer, the signal line and the first electrode are disposed on the same layer, and the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode are formed of the same material as that of the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, JungHyun Lee, Hyun Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11468812
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are displayed, a plurality of signal lines to which a signal required to drive the display panel is supplied, and an electrostatic discharge circuit connected between each of the plurality of signal lines and the electrostatic discharge line. The electrostatic discharge circuit includes first and second current paths between the signal line and the electrostatic discharge line, a first electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the first current path, including a plurality of first thin film transistors having a first gate electrode connected to the second current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path, and a second electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the second current path, including at least one second thin film transistor having a first gate electrode connected to the first current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonkyung Kim, TaeWoong Moon, JunHyeon Bae, Yewon Hong, Yeonwoo Shin
  • Patent number: 11462166
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes first to third demultiplexer circuits respectively providing a data signal, supplied from a data driver, to three data lines. Each of the first to third demultiplexer circuits includes a switching unit providing the data signal to a corresponding data line of the three data lines on the basis of a voltage of a corresponding control line of first to third control lines, a voltage controller controlling the voltage of the corresponding control line in response to a corresponding time division control signal of first to third time division control signals and a corresponding auxiliary signal of first to third auxiliary signals which partially overlap the first to third time division control signals respectively, and a voltage discharger discharging the voltage of the corresponding control line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Shin, JungHyun Lee, Yewon Hong
  • Patent number: 11443674
    Abstract: A display device having a gate driver, which may reduce a leakage current of a TFT and power consumption, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, TaeWoong Moon, JunHyeon Bae, Yeonkyung Kim, Yeonwoo Shin
  • Patent number: 11402715
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the display apparatus comprises a substrate, a light shielding layer and a signal line on the substrate, a buffer layer on the light shielding layer and the signal line, an active layer on the buffer layer, a gate insulating film on the active layer, a gate electrode on the gate insulating film, a protection layer on the gate electrode, a first electrode of a display device on the protection layer, and a connection electrode configured to connect the signal line and the active layer with each other, wherein the light shielding layer and the signal line are disposed on the same layer, and the connection electrode and the first electrode are formed of the same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, KwangMin Jo, JungHyun Lee, Sohyung Lee, Hyun Soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20220199033
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device and a gate driving circuit. There is further provided with a synchronization transistor controlled according to a voltage of a Q node of a m-th scan driver (e.g., a second scan driver) and controlling an electrical connection between an output terminal of the n-th light emitting driver and a clock input terminal of the m-th scan driver, so that the rising characteristic and/or the falling characteristic of the light emission signal which is a type of the gate signal can be improved, thereby improving a threshold voltage compensation performance of the driving transistor and the image quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Yewon HONG, Yeonwoo SHIN, TaeWoong MOON
  • Publication number: 20220199032
    Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes a first type of stage circuit for outputting a first gate signal and a second type of stage circuit for outputting a second gate signal, and further including a bias transistor for supplying, when turned-on, a bias voltage to a shield metal positioned to overlap with a semiconductor layer of a specific transistor among a plurality of transistors included in the first type of stage circuit, thereby preventing a leakage current from occurring inside the gate driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yewon HONG
  • Patent number: 11322068
    Abstract: A display device having a gate driver, which may reduce a leakage current of a TFT and power consumption, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, TaeWoong Moon, JunHyeon Bae, Yeonkyung Kim, Yeonwoo Shin
  • Publication number: 20220093027
    Abstract: A display device having a gate driver, which may reduce a leakage current of a TFT and power consumption, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yewon Hong, TaeWoong Moon, JunHyeon Bae, Yeonkyung Kim, Yeonwoo Shin
  • Publication number: 20220093028
    Abstract: A display device having a gate driver, which may reduce a leakage current of a TFT and power consumption, is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yewon HONG, TaeWoong MOON, JunHyeon BAE, Yeonkyung KIM, Yeonwoo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20220069573
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display panel on which a plurality of pixels are displayed, a plurality of signal lines to which a signal required to drive the display panel is supplied, and an electrostatic discharge circuit connected between each of the plurality of signal lines and the electrostatic discharge line. The electrostatic discharge circuit includes first and second current paths between the signal line and the electrostatic discharge line, a first electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the first current path, including a plurality of first thin film transistors having a first gate electrode connected to the second current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path, and a second electrostatic discharge circuit connected to the second current path, including at least one second thin film transistor having a first gate electrode connected to the first current path and a second gate electrode connected to the first current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonkyung KIM, TaeWoong MOON, JunHyeon BAE, Yewon HONG, Yeonwoo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20220013065
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a demultiplexing circuit portion that sequentially supplies data signals supplied from a data driving circuit to at least two data lines, and the demultiplexing circuit portion of the display apparatus comprises a switching portion that sequentially supplies the data signals to the at least two data lines based on a voltage of a control line; a voltage controller that controls the voltage of the control line in response to a time-division control signal; and a voltage discharge portion that discharges the voltage of the control line in response to the time-division control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JungHyun LEE, Yewon HONG
  • Patent number: 11158260
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a demultiplexing circuit portion that sequentially supplies data signals supplied from a data driving circuit to at least two data lines, and the demultiplexing circuit portion of the display apparatus comprises a switching portion that sequentially supplies the data signals to the at least two data lines based on a voltage of a control line; a voltage controller that controls the voltage of the control line in response to a time-division control signal; and a voltage discharge portion that discharges the voltage of the control line in response to the time-division control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JungHyun Lee, Yewon Hong