Patents Assigned to Semicon Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11784645
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology for a level shifter that allows the selection of a single-stage level shifter or a two-stage level shifter by a simple alteration to wiring. When the single-stage level shifter is selected, some circuits may remain as dummy circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Min Lee, Hun Yong Lim
  • Publication number: 20230316993
    Abstract: An LED driving circuit adjusts a PWM driving frequency in light emitting diode driving, and changes a PWM frequency of an LED driving circuit in response to a frequency of a PWM clock signal delivered externally or internally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Suk KIM, Jang Su KIM, Ji Hwan KIM, Jong Min LEE, Kyeong Rok LEE
  • Patent number: 11776439
    Abstract: A display driver including a crack resistance measurement circuit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a crack resistance measurement circuit connected to a crack resistance circuit of a display panel to measure a crack resistance of the crack resistance circuit, wherein the crack resistance measurement circuit includes a reference resistance generation circuit configured to generate a reference resistance using at least two resistors connected in series and at least two switches connected to correspond to the at least two resistors, a comparator configured to compare a magnitude of the crack resistance with a magnitude of the reference resistance and output a resistance comparison result, and a circuit controller configured to output a reference resistance control signal for controlling the at least two switches according to the resistance comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Gi Min, Young Tae Kim, Seung Oh Ko, Young Bok Kim
  • Patent number: 11776451
    Abstract: A voltage drop compensation system and a display driving device for compensating for a voltage drop of a display panel. The voltage drop compensation system generates a voltage drop compensation value for each of a plurality of regions into which a test image of a panel is divided, and the display driving device compensates for a voltage drop for each region of image data using the voltage drop compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Young Park, Min Ji Lee, Gang Won Lee, Young Kyun Kim, Ju Hyoung Lim, Ji Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20230308634
    Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus methods and apparatuses for encoding an intra-prediction mode based on a secondary IPM. The present invention may comprises a first decision step of determining whether an intra-prediction mode of a current block is included in a first candidate mode set including M candidate modes (M is an integer equal to or greater than 1); a second decision step of determining whether the intra-prediction mode of the current block is included in a second candidate mode set including N candidate modes (N is an integer equal to or greater than 1) based on a first determination result representing a determination result of the first decision step; and an intra prediction mode encoding step of encoding the intra-prediction mode of the current block based on the first determination result or a second determination result representing a determination result of the second decision step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong San JUN, Jung Won KANG, Sung Chang LIM, Hyun Suk KO, Jin Ho LEE, Hui Yong KIM, Jin Soo CHOI
  • Patent number: 11768558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising an analog signal processing circuit configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals having different frequencies from touch electrodes; and a digital signal processing circuit configured to receive output data of the analog signal processing circuit and perform a discrete Fourier transform. In addition, the present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising the digital signal processing circuit of the touch sensing circuit that separates the plurality of sensing signals through the discrete Fourier transform and allowing a simultaneous sensing of a finger touch and a stylus pen touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Patent number: 11763775
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Seok Kim, Yong Hwan Mun, Myung Yu Kim, Hyun Pyo Cho
  • Publication number: 20230289016
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch power management circuit and a touch driving system comprising the same, and more particularly, relates to a touch power management circuit to generate signals required for a touch driving by using voltage sources different in a pen touch driving period and a finger touch driving period in order to reduce power consumption of a display device and a touch driving system comprising the touch power management circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Sik YOON, Seong Wha HONG
  • Publication number: 20230290294
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display driving circuit and a frequency correction method of the display driving circuit, capable of quickly correcting a frequency change of a clock signal when a display device is driven at a low scan rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyeong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11756473
    Abstract: Disclosed are a digital gamma circuit capable of reducing a chip area and adjusting white color coordinates, and a source driver including the same. The digital gamma circuit may include a digital gamma algorithm for setting a gamma curve for each R, G, or B. Through the digital gamma algorithm, values of X-axis points of the gamma curve may be set, values of Y-axis points of the gamma curve corresponding to the values of the X-axis points may be set, and a value of at least one Y-axis point indicative of white among the values of the Y-axis points may be adjusted by adding an offset value thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Jun Jun
  • Patent number: 11749159
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driver circuit used in a display device and a method for driving the same. Charge sharing is adaptively achieved according to the phase of a clock signal outputted by the output ends of buffers in the gate driver circuit, so that power consumed when a gate line is driven can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Su Byeon, Cheol Ho Lee, Yoon Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11749215
    Abstract: A display driving device for improving the definition of an image according to one aspect of the present invention includes a brightness calculator for calculating first brightness data corresponding to a first resolution and second brightness data corresponding to a second resolution less than the first resolution using input image data, an offset calculator for calculating an offset on the basis of the first brightness data and the second brightness data, an input image converter for converting the input image data into input image data to which the calculated offset has been applied, a first data output unit for generating output image data for a first panel using the converted input image data and outputting the generated output image data, and a second data output unit for generating output brightness data for a second panel using the second brightness data and outputting the generated output brightness data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoon Lee, Jung Eun Baek, Chan Yung Kim, Hyun Kyu Jeon, Ji Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11749167
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a data drive circuit capable of increasing clock and data recovery stability by generating a clock synchronized with input data, a clock recovery method thereof, and a display drive device having the same, and the data drive circuit according to an aspect includes a receiver including a clock and data recovery part configured to recover a test data pattern from input data using an internal clock, and a data comparator configured to compare the recovered test data pattern with a predetermined reference data pattern to generate a control signal according to a degree of asynchronicity between the recovered test data pattern and the reference data pattern, wherein the clock and data recovery part recovers a clock synchronized with the input data according to the control signal, and recovers control information and image data from the input data using the recovered clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hwi Park, Gi Baek Choi, Yong Jung Kwon, Jung Bae Yun
  • Patent number: 11735582
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes a plurality of transistors each including a gate terminal, a drain terminal, and a source terminal, a first connection line connected to the drain terminals of the plurality of transistors, a second connection line connected to the source terminals of the plurality of transistors, a third connection line connected to the gate terminals of the plurality of transistors, an external resistor connected to the third connection line, and a ground terminal connected to the external resistor. The external resistor includes a first resistor and a second resistor connected to each other in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Cheol Kong
  • Patent number: 11735093
    Abstract: A slew rate controller includes an amplifier configured to operate with a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, and generate an output voltage by using an image data voltage inputted at a first time point; an output switch configured to apply the output voltage to an external panel load according to a first control signal at the first time point; a first switch connected between one end of the output switch and the amplifier; and a second switch connected between the other end of the output switch and the amplifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Tae Kim, Won Kim, Taiming Piao, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11727866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power management device and a display device comprising the same, and more particularly, to a power management device and a display device comprising the same, capable of reducing the power consumption of a display device by disabling a gamma reference voltage generation circuit when the display device is driven at a low scan rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Ha Kim
  • Patent number: 11727844
    Abstract: A power system for display apparatuses, which may predict in real time the amount of supplied current for displaying an image in a display apparatus, includes an image data analyzer analyzing image data input from the outside to predict a pixel degradation degree of each of pixels included in a display panel and predicting an amount of current supplied to the display panel on the basis of the predicted pixel degradation degree and a power supply supplying the display panel with power corresponding to the predicted amount of supplied current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 11720217
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a touch sensing circuit configured to control a driving signal transferred to a power circuit and, more specifically, to a touch sensing circuit and a method for operating a touch sensing circuit, the touch sensing circuit including: a readout circuit configured to output a driving signal for driving a touch electrode included in a panel; a power circuit configured to supply driving power to the readout circuit; and a touch control circuit communicating with the power circuit to control the amplitude of a driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Tak Jeon, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11721259
    Abstract: There is disclosed a display driving device configured to drive a display device for displaying an image, including a source driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to convert image data into a source signal, and an energy harvesting device configured to convert thermal energy into electrical energy and supply the electrical energy to the source driver IC, wherein the energy harvesting device includes a thermal energy converter configured to convert thermal energy generated in the source driver IC to output an energy harvesting current, and an energy storage directly connected to the thermal energy converter, and configured to receive the energy harvesting current, store power, and output a first auxiliary voltage that is a voltage generated due to the stored power, wherein the thermal energy converter and the energy storage are located on the source driver IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Suk Lee, Young Bok Kim
  • Patent number: 11721264
    Abstract: A display driving device configured to drive a plurality of display panels includes an external illuminance calculation unit configured to calculate external illuminance using measured illuminance input from an illuminance measurement device, and accumulate and store the external illuminance according to a time zone, a weight determination unit configured to determine a weight according to the calculated external illuminance, an image processing unit configured to apply the weight to first output data to generate second output data, and a target panel determination unit configured to determine target panels that are display panels for displaying an image, among the plurality of display panels, using the second output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoon Lee, Ji Won Lee, Hyun Kyu Jeon