Patents Assigned to LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20250037638Abstract: A display driving device includes two or more integrated circuits configured to receive image data from a device through a main communication line, wherein the two or more integrated circuits are connected in a cascade form for subsidiary communication, a first integrated circuit disposed at an end of the cascade transmits a first subsidiary communication signal to the device through the subsidiary communication, and a second integrated circuit disposed at a beginning of the cascade receives a feedback signal for the first subsidiary communication signal from the device, thereby providing a technique of simultaneously initializing all data driving devices even if an error occurs in one of a plurality of data driving devices and easily synchronizing operation modes of the data driving devices and a data processing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Seok KIM, Yong Hwan MUN, Myung Yu KIM, Hyun Pyo CHO
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Publication number: 20250037680Abstract: A display driving device includes a main communication circuit configured to receive image data and first control data in an active period through a main communication line and to receive second control data in a blank period; and a driving circuit configured to drive pixels of a display panel according to the image data and to determine a power saving operation of an output circuit for driving the pixels according to a power saving control value included in the second control data, thereby reducing the amount of power consumption in data communication and minimizing the possibility of a malfunction of erroneously entering a power saving mode due to a communication error.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Seok KIM, Yong Hwan MUN, Myung Yu KIM, Hyun Pyo CHO
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Publication number: 20250037628Abstract: A display driving device includes a first communication circuit which receives first data at a first data rate via a communication line and determines whether the first data has an error according to a first rule; a second communication circuit which receives second data via the communication line at a second data rate which is higher than the first data rate, and which determines whether the second data has an error according to a second rule which is different from the first rule; and a circuit that controls pixels on a display panel to be driven in accordance with image data included in the second data. driving a display panel, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of data validity verification by verifying data efficiency in data communication in different ways depending on the type and operation of the sent/received data.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Seok KIM, Yong Hwan MUN, Myung Yu KIM, Hyun Pyo CHO
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Patent number: 12212742Abstract: The present invention relates to an intra prediction method and apparatus. The image decoding method according to the present invention may comprise decoding information on intra prediction; and generating a prediction block by performing intra prediction for a current block based on the information on intra prediction. The information on intra prediction may include information on an intra prediction mode, and the intra prediction mode may include a curved intra prediction mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun Suk Ko, Jin Ho Lee, Sung Chang Lim, Jung Won Kang, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Seung Hyun Cho, Hui Yong Kim, Jin Soo Choi
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Patent number: 12213219Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an LED driving circuit for controlling the voltage of an LED backlight system, and to a technology for controlling the driving voltage of an LED string formed at one end of the LED string through a digital counter by monitoring the output voltage of the LED string.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Suk Kim, Jang Su Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Kyeong Rok Lee, Jong Min Lee
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Publication number: 20250029575Abstract: A display driving device includes a low-speed communication circuit configured to receive configuration data at a first data rate in a first mode; a high-speed communication circuit configured to train a communication clock signal for communication at a second data rate in a second mode, to receive image data and first control data using the communication clock signal in a third mode, and to receive second control data using the communication clock signal in a fourth mode; a control circuit configured to switch the first mode to the second mode upon completion of the first mode, to switch the second mode to the third mode upon completion of the second mode, to switch the third mode to the second mode when an abnormal state is detected in the third mode, and to switch the fourth mode to the first mode when an abnormal state is detected in the fourth mode; and a circuit configured to control pixels of a display panel to be driven according to the image data, thereby easily managing operation modes of a data driType: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2022Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Seok KIM, Yong Hwan MUN, Myung Yu KIM, Hyun Pyo CHO
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Patent number: 12205513Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Jung Hyun Tark, Hyung Sub Kim, Su Jeong Na
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Patent number: 12205503Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Byeon Cheol Lee, Seong Geon Kim, Won Kim, Tai Ming Piao, Young Ho Shin
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Publication number: 20250022430Abstract: A backlight pixel driving circuit includes an interface unit configured to receive dimming data, a storage unit configured to store the received dimming data, a controller configured to drive a backlight pixel based on the dimming data, and an analog circuit block, wherein the controller generates a channel enable signal synchronized with a pulse width modulation signal and controls the on-off of the analog circuit block using the channel enable signal. Accordingly, an effect of reducing current consumption may be further increased as an analog circuit block itself of a light-emitting diode (LED) driving circuit is dynamically turned on and off.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Suk KIM, Ji Hwan KIM, Kyeong Rok LEE
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Publication number: 20250022426Abstract: A source driver includes a pin to which a first voltage or a second voltage is applied; an output multiplexer configured to select a data voltage and a black grayscale voltage of pixel data; and a controller configured to control a voltage level of the black grayscale voltage differently depending on the voltage applied to the pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Young OH, Min Young JEONG, Yong Woo CHOI, Jung Bae YUN
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Publication number: 20250022949Abstract: A power semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first conductivity type epitaxial layer disposed on the substrate, a second conductivity type well partially disposed on the first conductivity type epitaxial layer, a second conductivity type ion implantation region partially disposed in the second conductivity type well, a source region partially disposed in the second conductivity type well and disposed on the second conductivity type ion implantation region, a gate insulating layer disposed on the source region and the second conductive type well, a gate disposed on the gate insulating layer, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the gate, and a source electrode disposed on the source region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: January 16, 2025Applicant: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seungwook SONG, Namju KANG, Jinok PARK, Doohyung LEE, Chaedeok LEE
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Patent number: 12198647Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for driving a display, including a main color detector configured to detect a main color of a unit pixel based on a red image signal, a green image signal, and a blue image signal, a color difference calculator configured to calculate an image signal difference among the red image signal, the green image signal, and the blue image signal, and a weight calculator configured to calculate a weight for the red image signal, the green image signal, and the blue image signal based on the image signal difference.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Seul Gi Lee, Yong Hee Kim, Jun Young Park, Jin Ho Lee
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Patent number: 12198596Abstract: A display apparatus having a mura compensation function includes a mura memory in which compensation data corresponding to coefficient values of a mura compensation equation is stored; and a mura compensation circuit configured to perform mura compensations on display data by using the mura compensation equation to which the compensation data has been applied, wherein the coefficient values are set so that the mura compensation equation has been fit to have a curve that satisfies known difference values of selected gray levels, a first estimation difference value of a first estimation gray level higher than the selected gray levels, and a second estimation difference value of a second estimation gray level lower than the selected gray levels, and wherein the compensation data comprises the coefficient values of the mura compensation equation in which all of the known difference values of the selected gray levels, the first estimation difference value, and the second estimation difference value have a differenType: GrantFiled: October 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Young Park, Min Ji Lee, Gang Won Lee, Young Kyun Kim, Ji Won Lee, Jung Hyun Kim, Suk Ju Kang, Sung In Cho
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Patent number: 12198653Abstract: A display device according to one embodiment includes a data drive unit that converts image data into a data signal and outputs the data signal, a multiplexer unit that time-divides the data signal output from the data drive unit and outputs the time-divided data signals, and a gate drive unit that outputs a gate signal synchronized with the data signal to a first gate line, a second gate line, a third gate line, and a fourth gate line, wherein the multiplexer unit includes a first multiplexer and a second multiplexer, when the gate signal is sequentially input to the first gate line and the second gate line, the first multiplexer and the second multiplexer are sequentially turned on, and when the gate signal is sequentially input to the third gate line and the fourth gate line, the second multiplexer and the first multiplexer are sequentially turned on.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventor: Hun Yong Lim
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Patent number: 12191829Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Duk Yu, Ho Jong Park, Tae Jun Ahn, Sung Dae Yeo
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Patent number: 12190846Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology for driving a display panel, wherein setting data for setting an environment of a high-speed communication is transmitted through a low-speed communication before performing a high-speed communication for image data, thereby reducing errors in the high-speed communication and increasing the communication speed.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Seok Kim, Yong Hwan Mun, Myung Yu Kim, Hyun Pyo Cho
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Patent number: 12190850Abstract: A display driving device according to the present disclosure capable of changing image data at a different time for each color when the image data is changed includes: a first array composed of sampling latches configured to latch n-bit image data for each channel; a second array composed of holding latches configured to latch the image data latched in the sampling latches at a latch timing determined for each latch group; a signal generation circuit configured to generate a latch enable signal which causes the holding latches to perform a latch operation at the latch timing determined for each latch group; and a third array including level shifters configured to shift a voltage level of the image data output from the holding latches.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTDInventors: Byeong Ho Jeong, Sung Ha Kim
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Patent number: 12192451Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus for performing intra prediction using a plurality of reference sample lines are provided. An image decoding method may comprise configuring a plurality of reference sample lines, reconstructing an intra prediction mode of a current block, and performing intra prediction for the current block based on the intra prediction mode and the plurality of reference sample lines.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Ho Lee, Jung Won Kang, Hyun Suk Ko, Sung Chang Lim, Ha Hyun Lee, Dong San Jun, Hui Yong Kim
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Patent number: 12190761Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 21, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok Jin Jeong, Bong Sin Kwak, Man Jung Kim, Myung Yu Kim, Kwang Hee Yoon
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Patent number: 12183291Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a technology for driving a display device, and provides a technology in which a pixel driving device determines whether or not an overcurrent flows through a driving voltage line, and, if it is determined that an overcurrent flows therethrough, controls pixel data or an analog voltage output to a pixel so as to reduce a driving current.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Jung Kwon, Sang Min Lee, Jong Hwi Park, Jung Bae Yun