Patents by Inventor Yoon-Young Lee

Yoon-Young 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: 11823604
    Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving to mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chun Park, Yoon Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20230336080
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a voltage converter including: an inductor in which a first electrode thereof receives an input voltage and a second electrode thereof is connected to a first node; a first transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a second node providing an output voltage; a second transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a reference terminal; and a current sensor connected to the first node and the second node, wherein the current sensor includes: a third transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a third node; and a current mirror circuit that mirrors currents flowing through the second node, the third node, and a sensing terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventor: Yoon Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20230318458
    Abstract: A power provider includes: first, second, and third inductors; a first transistor connected to the second inductor; a second transistor connected to the third inductor; and a power integrated chip (IC) including input terminals connected to the first, second, and third inductors, and an output terminal connected to a power line. The power provider may supply the power voltage using the first inductor and the power IC when power current is less than a first reference value, supply the power voltage using the second inductor, the first transistor, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the first reference value and less than a second reference value, and supply the power voltage using the second and third inductors, the first and second transistors, and the power IC when the power current is greater than the second reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Yoon Young LEE, Sung Chun PARK
  • Patent number: 11689104
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a voltage converter including: an inductor in which a first electrode thereof receives an input voltage and a second electrode thereof is connected to a first node; a first transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a second node providing an output voltage; a second transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a reference terminal; and a current sensor connected to the first node and the second node, wherein the current sensor includes: a third transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a third node; and a current mirror circuit that mirrors currents flowing through the second node, the third node, and a sensing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11620941
    Abstract: A DC-DC includes a sensor, a determiner, a reference voltage controller and an output voltage controller. The sensor is configured to sense an output voltage to generate a sensed signal. The determiner is electrically connected to the sensor and is configured to determine a difference between the sensed signal and a first protection level for generating a determiner output. The reference voltage controller is electrically connected to the determiner and is configured to generate a second reference voltage based on a first reference voltage and a value of the determiner output. The output voltage controller is electrically connected to the sensor and is configured to output the output voltage based on an input voltage, a feedback voltage of the output voltage, and the second reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Young Lee, Sung Chun Park, Chang Seok Chae
  • Publication number: 20230098574
    Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving to mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Chun PARK, Yoon Young LEE
  • Patent number: 11605327
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a data driver which supplies a plurality of data signals to the display panel, a first power supply which supplies a data driving voltage to the data driver through a first power supply line, and a second power supply which supplies a first driving voltage to the display panel through a second power supply line. The first power supply senses a voltage of the second power supply line and controls the supply of the data driving voltage based on a sensed voltage during an initial driving period, in which the first power supply generates the data driving voltage and the second power supply does not generate the first driving voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20230066237
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a voltage converter including: an inductor in which a first electrode thereof receives an input voltage and a second electrode thereof is connected to a first node; a first transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a second node providing an output voltage; a second transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a reference terminal; and a current sensor connected to the first node and the second node, wherein the current sensor includes: a third transistor in which a first electrode thereof is connected to the first node and a second electrode thereof is connected to a third node; and a current mirror circuit that mirrors currents flowing through the second node, the third node, and a sensing terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yoon Young LEE
  • Patent number: 11574566
    Abstract: A power voltage generator includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a comparator and a shutdown controller. The first sensor is configured to sense a first power voltage output node that outputs a first power voltage. The second sensor is configured to sense a second power voltage output node that outputs a second power voltage. The comparator is configured to compare a first sensing signal of the first sensor with a second sensing signal of the second sensor. The shutdown controller is configured to shut down the power voltage generator based on a comparison signal from the comparator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11521533
    Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chun Park, Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11373572
    Abstract: A power management circuit includes a boost converter which generates a boosted voltage at a boosting node by boosting an input voltage by using a reference boosting voltage, a voltage regulator coupled to the boosting node and an output node, a bypass transistor coupled between the boosting node and the output node, and a regulator control block which compares the input voltage with a reference input voltage. When the input voltage is higher than or equal to the reference input voltage, the regulator control block increases the reference boosting voltage to increase the boosted voltage, enables the voltage regulator to generate a regulated voltage by regulating the increased boosted voltage, turns off the bypass transistor such that the regulated voltage is output as a pixel power supply voltage at the output node, and maintains an enable state of the voltage regulator for a minimum enable time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11308835
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel to display an image, a data driver to supply a data signal to the display panel, and a power supply to supply a driving voltage to the display panel through a power supply line and to supply a data driving voltage to the data driver, in which the power supply is configured to detect a voltage of the power supply line during an initial driving period during which the data driving voltage is supplied to the data driver, to supply a ground voltage to the display panel when the voltage detected from the power supply line is different from a reference voltage, and to supply the driving voltage to the power supply line after the initial driving period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Young Lee, Sung Chun Park
  • Patent number: 11249532
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including scan lines, a first power line, a second power line, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the first and second power lines; a gate driver to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines based on a clock signal; and a power supply including transistors to convert an input power voltage into a first power voltage through a switching operation of the transistors and to supply the first power voltage to the first power line through a first output terminal. In response to an amount of current flowing through the pixels being less than a first reference current amount, the power supply is configured to change one or more of an off-duty of at least one of the transistors, a channel capacitance of at least one of the transistors, a switching frequency of at least one of the transistors, and a slew rate of at least one of control signals for the transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Ryeol Baek, Yoon Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11227517
    Abstract: A vehicle display device includes a first display unit disposed in a first portion of a vehicle and including a first display panel to display a first image and a first power supply to supply a first power supply voltage to the first display panel, the first power supply configured to detect an abnormality of a signal output to the first display panel to generate a first shut-down control signal; a second display unit disposed in a second portion of the vehicle and including a second display panel to display a second image and a second power supply to supply a second power supply voltage to the second display panel, the second power supply configured to detect an abnormality of a signal output to the second display panel to generate a second shut-down control signal; a third display unit disposed in a third portion of the vehicle and configured to display a third image or at least one of the first and second images; and a controller to receive first image data corresponding to the first image, second image da
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Young Lee, Sung Chun Park
  • Publication number: 20210389793
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including scan lines, a first power line, a second power line, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the first and second power lines; a gate driver to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines based on a clock signal; and a power supply including transistors to convert an input power voltage into a first power voltage through a switching operation of the transistors and to supply the first power voltage to the first power line through a first output terminal. In response to an amount of current flowing through the pixels being less than a first reference current amount, the power supply is configured to change one or more of an off-duty of at least one of the transistors, a channel capacitance of at least one of the transistors, a switching frequency of at least one of the transistors, and a slew rate of at least one of control signals for the transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Eun Ryeol BAEK, Yoon Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20210366341
    Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving to mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Sung Chun PARK, Yoon Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20210312848
    Abstract: A power management circuit includes a boost converter which generates a boosted voltage at a boosting node by boosting an input voltage by using a reference boosting voltage, a voltage regulator coupled to the boosting node and an output node, a bypass transistor coupled between the boosting node and the output node, and a regulator control block which compares the input voltage with a reference input voltage. When the input voltage is higher than or equal to the reference input voltage, the regulator control block increases the reference boosting voltage to increase the boosted voltage, enables the voltage regulator to generate a regulated voltage by regulating the increased boosted voltage, turns off the bypass transistor such that the regulated voltage is output as a pixel power supply voltage at the output node, and maintains an enable state of the voltage regulator for a minimum enable time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Yoon Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20210264834
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a data driver which supplies a plurality of data signals to the display panel, a first power supply which supplies a data driving voltage to the data driver through a first power supply line, and a second power supply which supplies a first driving voltage to the display panel through a second power supply line. The first power supply senses a voltage of the second power supply line and controls the supply of the data driving voltage based on a sensed voltage during an initial driving period, in which the first power supply generates the data driving voltage and the second power supply does not generate the first driving voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Yoon Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20210248940
    Abstract: A power voltage generator includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a comparator and a shutdown controller. The first sensor is configured to sense a first power voltage output node that outputs a first power voltage. The second sensor is configured to sense a second power voltage output node that outputs a second power voltage. The comparator is configured to compare a first sensing signal of the first sensor with a second sensing signal of the second sensor. The shutdown controller is configured to shut down the power voltage generator based on a comparison signal from the comparator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventor: YOON YOUNG LEE
  • Patent number: 11087664
    Abstract: A direct current-to-direct current (“DC-DC”) converter includes: a first converter which outputs a first power voltage in a normal mode or a power saving mode based on a inductor current generated therein, where the first converter operates in a first driving manner in the normal mode, and operates in a second driving manner in the power saving mode; a second converter which outputs a second power voltage based on a inductor current generated therein, where the second converter operates in a third driving manner in the power saving mode, and a magnitude of the second power voltage in the power saving mode is different from that in the normal mode; and a mode selector which supplies a mode control signal to the first and second converters, where the first and second converters are driven in the normal mode or the power saving mode based on the mode control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chun Park, Yoon Young Lee