Patents Assigned to LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20240147592
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting diode (LED) driving device that may expand a usable range of LED current and battery voltage by reducing heat generation of an integrated circuit, and an LED lighting device including the same, which may include a current controller that constantly controls an LED current flowing through an LED string and an IC heat dissipation part connected to a node between the LED string and the current controller to dissipate IC heat of the current controller, wherein when a battery voltage supplied to the LED string increases, the IC heat dissipation part reduces a first LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller and simultaneously increases a second LED current flowing from the LED string to the current controller via the IC heat dissipation part, thereby reducing the IC heat generation of the current controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jun SEO, Ji Hwan KIM, Young Jin WOO, Jong Min LEE, Ju Pyo HONG
  • Publication number: 20240146263
    Abstract: A differential amplifier according to an embodiment can be provided in a data driving device for driving pixels of a display panel. The differential amplifier can improve the slew rate of the differential amplifier by supplying dynamic current to an input circuit stage and/or a current mirror circuit stage of the differential amplifier through a boosting circuit stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Duk YU, Ho Jong PARK, Tae Jun AHN, Sung Dae YEO
  • Publication number: 20240144854
    Abstract: Power management device for driving a display panel is disclosed. In order to achieve the above object, a power management device of operating a display panel may include a first buffer circuit configured to generate and output a first gamma reference voltage in a first section of a frame and generate and output a first touch driving voltage in a second section of the frame; and a second buffer circuit configured to generate and output a second gamma reference voltage in the first section and generate and output a second touch driving voltage in the second section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun TARK, Hyung Sub KIM, Su Jeong NA
  • Patent number: 11972082
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for sensing a touch input by differently adjusting a ratio of a threshold for each touch location, and can provide a technology for incorporating a difference between touch sensing sensitivity at the center of a touch area and touch sensing sensitivity in the periphery of the touch area by setting a threshold by incorporating a ratio of touch intensity at an offset location and touch intensity at an adjacent location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ju Park, Young Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 11973622
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes an adaptive non-speculative DFE with an extended time constraint for a PAM-4 receiver and a method for operating the same. An adaptive non-speculative DFE with an extended time constraint for a PAM-4 receiver according to the present disclosure comprises a Continuous-Time Linear Equalizer (CTLE) to boost high-frequency components of an input signal, a Track and Hold (T&H) circuit to track and hold an output of the CTLE, and a sampler, wherein the sampler includes a Decision Feedback Equalization (DFE) sampler to equalize an output of the T&H circuit and sample an output of the T&H circuit in a DFE sampling clock phase; and a DATA sampler to sample a signal equalized by the DFE sampler in a DATA sampling clock phase, wherein the DFE sampling clock phase differs from the DATA sampling clock phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Ku Kang, Do Hyeon Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240126317
    Abstract: A low dropout regulator can comprise a driver configured to receive a first input voltage and generates an output voltage, an error amplifier configured to receive a second input voltage having a magnitude different from the first input voltage and output an amplifier output voltage based on the difference between a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and a reference voltage, and a driving controller configured to control the output voltage of the driver based on the amplifier output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Dae YEO, Tae Jun AHN
  • Publication number: 20240128930
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an offset elimination operation of an internal operational amplifier of a data driving circuit and relates to a technique that applies different offset elimination methods for each position of an operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sung AHN, Ji Won KIM, Hyo Joong KIM, Kyung Min SHIN, Kyu Tae LEE, Ha Rim CHOI
  • Patent number: 11960682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch sensing device and a coordinate correction method, and more particularly, to a technique of determining a degree, to which a drawn line is curved (a straight line/a curved line), according to gradient values of straight lines that can be generated by touch coordinates and adaptively correcting the coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chan Hee Han
  • Patent number: 11961443
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display driving apparatus. The display driving apparatus of the present disclosure may be configured to drive a source signal in a state optimized for a panel load of a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hun Lee, Won Kim, Young Tae Kim, Taiming Piao, Chang Gi Min
  • Patent number: 11961481
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit, a pixel driving device and a pixel defect detecting method and provides a device and method to sense a voltage of a light emitting diode of a pixel through a data line and to compare the sensed voltage with a reference range, thereby determining a pixel defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Tae Kim, Dong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11961445
    Abstract: A data processing circuit according to an embodiment may include a reception circuit configured to receive image data including grayscale values associated with pixels disposed in a display panel. The data processing circuit may include a compensation circuit configured to calculate a final compensation value by multiplying a representative compensation value of each area and a global gain, and to produce converted image data. The data processing circuit may include a memory storing a representative compensation value associated with a grayscale value of each area of the display panel, and may include a transmission circuit configured to transmit the converted image data to a data driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Young Park, Do Yeon Kim, Min Ji Lee, Gang Won Lee, Young Kyun Kim, Ji Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11963273
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a communication protocol between an MCU and an LED driving circuit for LED driving. The MCU may define and use an SPI protocol including ID setting, a command, configuration data, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Suk Kim, Jang Su Kim, Jong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20240119874
    Abstract: Disclosed are a source driver and a method of detecting crack of a display panel. A source driver may comprise a first circuit configured to apply first data to data lines connected to sub-pixels of a display panel to charge a first driving voltage; and a second circuit formed on the display panel that applies the first driving voltage to a detection line formed on the display panel to detect the presence of cracks in the display panel based on the illumination status of the sub-pixels, wherein the detection line includes a first detection node and a second detection node formed on one side of the display panel along its extension direction, wherein the first detection node is connected to data lines of the first and third sub-pixels, and wherein the second detection node is connected to data line of the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeon Cheol LEE, Seong Geon KIM, Won KIM, Tai Ming PIAO, Young Ho SHIN
  • Patent number: 11953772
    Abstract: Disclosed herein a touch display driving device for driving a touch panel including first and second touch panels, which includes a plurality of touch sensing circuits configured to receive a touch sensing signal from the touch panel, and a plurality of driving device pads connected to the touch panel and selectively connected to the touch sensing circuit, wherein the plurality of driving device pads are divided into first, second, and third driving device pads, and when the touch sensing signal is received from the first touch panel through the first and second driving device pads, the touch sensing circuit connected to the third driving device pad is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Young Park
  • Patent number: 11948487
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current mirror circuit including a first transistor configured to be supplied with a data current from a data driving circuit; a second transistor configured to drive a light emitting diode by mirroring the data current transferred to the first transistor; a capacitor disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to store a voltage of a gate terminal of the second transistor therein; and a first switch disposed between the first transistor and the second transistor and configured to adjust an input current of the gate terminal of the second transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Suk Kim, Jang Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20240105087
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device for inspecting image data that may include a data processing device configured to generate first cyclic redundancy check (CRC) data for a partial area among areas of image data included in a first frame to transmit the image data of the first frame and the first CRC data and a data driving device configured to receive the image data of the first frame and the first CRC data from the data processing device to generate second CRC data for a partial area among areas of the image data included in the first frame on the basis of the image data of the first frame and to compare the first CRC data with the second CRC data to determine whether there is an error in the partial area among areas of the image data included in the first frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin JEONG, Bong Sin KWAK, Man Jung KIM, Myung Yu KIM, Kwang Hee YOON
  • Publication number: 20240105099
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to a data driving device for driving pixels of a display panel. In the data driving device, two adjacent DACs can have different gate loads for the same gray level value so that the fluctuation of the gate load according to the gray level value is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Da Sol WON, Kwang Myung KANG, Yong Min KIM, Dong Keun SONG, Jung Min CHOI, Seon Ho HONG
  • Publication number: 20240105126
    Abstract: In the embodiment, the location of the defective pixel can be determined by measuring the operating current of each LED of the pixel, and the sub-LED can be driven in response to the location information of the defective pixel, thereby implementing normal LED operation even in a pixel defect situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Youn KIM
  • Patent number: 11943995
    Abstract: The present invention provides a circuit driving element including a driving chip having a long axis and a short axis, the long axis being vertical to a bending axis and a crack prevention layer having a wider area than an area of the driving chip and covering a whole top surface of the driving chip, wherein the circuit driving element is provided in a non-display area of a display panel and is bent with respect to the bending axis, and a display apparatus including the circuit driving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dam Ha, Gyeong Hyeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240096730
    Abstract: A stacked semiconductor module having a double-sided heat dissipation structure according to one aspect of the present invention in which semiconductor dies may be arranged in a stacked structure with a heat dissipation substrate interposed there-between. The heat dissipation substrate includes a first heat dissipation substrate; a second heat dissipation substrate disposed below the first heat dissipation substrate to face the first heat dissipation substrate. The stacked semiconductor module includes a first semiconductor die module mounted between the first heat dissipation substrate and the second heat dissipation substrate; a third heat dissipation substrate disposed below the second heat dissipation substrate to face the second heat dissipation substrate; and a second semiconductor die module mounted between the second heat dissipation substrate and the third heat dissipation substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deog Soo KIM, Tae Ryong KIM