Patents by Inventor Bo-Yong Chung

Bo-Yong Chung 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).

  • Publication number: 20180158407
    Abstract: A pixel includes a plurality of transistors, a storage capacitor, and an organic light emitting diode. A first transistor controls the amount of current from a first driving power source to the organic light emitting diode based on a data voltage. A second transistor is connected to a data line and is turned on based on a scan signal. A third transistor coupled to the first transistor and is turned on based on the scan signal. A first stabilizing transistor is coupled to the third transistor or between the first and third transistors and is turned off when the third transistor is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Chong Chul CHAI, Dong Woo KIM, Kyoung Ju SHIN, Bo Yong CHUNG
  • Patent number: 9978305
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display can improve display quality by securing a charging time of a data signal. An organic light emitting display includes pixels, a data driver, a plurality of data drivers, and a control signal generator. The pixels are respectively positioned at areas defined by scan lines and data lines. The data driver sequentially supplies i (i is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) data signals to each of output lines during one horizontal period. The plurality of data dividers are respectively coupled to the output lines, and supply the i data signals to i data lines. The control signal generator sequentially supplies i control signals to the data dividers, corresponding to the i data signals. In the organic light emitting display, the data dividers supply a corresponding data signal to each data line during the one horizontal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Yong-Sung Park, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Publication number: 20180061860
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the substrate and the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the first insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer covering the first gate electrode and the first insulating layer, a second gate electrode on the second insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a third insulating layer covering the second gate electrode, a first contact hole defined in the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer, and through which a portion of the semiconductor layer is exposed, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jung-Bae KIM, Bo-Yong CHUNG, Hai-Jung IN, Dong-Gyu KIM
  • Patent number: 9892688
    Abstract: A display includes: a display panel, scan and data drivers, an ADC, a controller, and a data switch. In a first initialization period, the data switch connects data lines to the data driver, which applies an initialization voltage thereto. In a first sensing period, the data switch connects the data lines to the ADC. The ADC receives analog sensing signals corresponding to first voltages of the data lines, and converts the analog sensing signals into digital sensing signals output to the controller. In a second initialization period, the data switch connects the data lines to the data driver, which applies the initialization voltage thereto. In a second sensing period, voltages at the data lines change to second voltages, the data switch connects the ADC to the data lines, and the ADC converts analog sensing signals corresponding to the second voltages into digital sensing signals output to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai Jung In, Dong Gyu Kim, Jung Bae Kim, Bo Yong Chung
  • Patent number: 9886891
    Abstract: A sensing driving circuit and a display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the sensing driving circuit includes a plurality of stages configured to respectively output a plurality of sensing signals and including a (K)th stage and a (K+1)th stage. The (K)th stage includes a shift register configured to provide a (K)th carry signal to the (K+1)th stage; and a masking buffer configured to output a (K)th sensing signal. The masking buffer includes a first input circuit configured to provide i) an input signal to a first node based on a node driving signal and ii) a first power voltage to a second node based on the input signal and the node driving signal. The masking buffer also includes a node masking circuit configured to supply the first power voltage to the first node based on a masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Publication number: 20180033377
    Abstract: A data driver capable of displaying images with a substantially uniform brightness, an organic light emitting display device using the same, and a method of driving the organic light emitting display device. The data driver includes a plurality of current sink units for controlling predetermined currents to flow through data lines, a plurality of voltage generators for resetting values of gray scale voltages using compensation voltages generated when the predetermined currents flow, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters for selecting one gray scale voltage among the gray scale voltages as a data signal in response to bit values of the data supplied from the outside, and a plurality of switching units for supplying the data signal to the data lines. The predetermined currents may be set equal to pixel currents that correspond to a maximum brightness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Do Hyung Ryu, Bo Yong Chung, Hong Kwon Kim, Oh Kyong Kwon
  • Patent number: 9881689
    Abstract: An emission driver and a display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the emission driver includes a plurality of stages each configured to output an emission control signal, wherein each of the stages includes first and second driving blocks and a buffer block. The buffer block is configured to selectively output an emission control signal so as to operate in a sequential emission mode or in a simultaneous emission mode, the stages being configured to sequentially output a plurality of the emission control signals in the sequential emission mode and substantially simultaneously output the emission control signals in the simultaneous emission mode. The buffer block is further configured to determine a duration in which the emission control signal has a first voltage level based on an interval between time points when first and second intermediate signals have low voltage levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Bo-Yong Chung, Na-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9818766
    Abstract: A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the substrate and the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the first insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer covering the first gate electrode and the first insulating layer, a second gate electrode on the second insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a third insulating layer covering the second gate electrode, a first contact hole defined in the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer, and through which a portion of the semiconductor layer is exposed, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Bae Kim, Bo-Yong Chung, Hai-Jung In, Dong-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9812065
    Abstract: A data driver capable of displaying images with a substantially uniform brightness, an organic light emitting display device using the same, and a method of driving the organic light emitting display device. The data driver includes a plurality of current sink units for controlling predetermined currents to flow through data lines, a plurality of voltage generators for resetting values of gray scale voltages using compensation voltages generated when the predetermined currents flow, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters for selecting one gray scale voltage among the gray scale voltages as a data signal in response to bit values of the data supplied from the outside, and a plurality of switching units for supplying the data signal to the data lines. The predetermined currents may be set equal to pixel currents that correspond to a maximum brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University
    Inventors: Do Hyung Ryu, Bo Yong Chung, Hong Kwon Kim, Oh Kyong Kwon
  • Publication number: 20170309226
    Abstract: A flexible display device according to example embodiments includes a rollable display panel, a housing accommodating the rollable display panel in a rolled state and including an opening portion through which the rollable display panel is pulled out, an optical sensor disposed at the opening portion and configured to detect luminance of the rollable display panel while the rollable display panel is rolled or unrolled, a controller configured to compensate image data based on detection data generated by the optical sensor, and a display panel driver configured to control a display of rollable display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hai-Jung IN, Bo-Yong CHUNG
  • Patent number: 9679516
    Abstract: A pixel of an organic light emitting display includes first through fourth transistors and a capacitor. The first transistor operates based on a scan signal and is connected between a data line and a first node. The capacitor is connected between the first node and a second node. The second transistor operates based on a gate signal and is connected between a first power voltage and a third node. The third transistor operates based on compensation control line signal and is connected between the second node and the third node. The fourth transistor operates based on sensing control line signal and is connected between the data line and the third node. The organic light emitting element is connected between the third node and a second power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Yong Chung, Dong Gyu Kim, Hai Jung In
  • Patent number: 9659525
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driver, a scan driver, and a power supply. The display panel includes power voltage lines and pixels coupled to data lines and scan lines. The data driver supplies data voltages to the data lines. The scan driver provides scan signals to the scan lines. The power supply supplies a power voltage to the power voltage lines. The display panel includes a compensation resistance coupled between s pixels and one of the power voltage lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Dong-Gyu Kim, Jung-Bae Kim, Yong-Sung Park, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Publication number: 20170140697
    Abstract: A scanline driver and a display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the scanline driver includes a driving circuit configured to provide a first driving signal to a first driving node and a second driving signal to a second driving node based on a scan input signal and a plurality of clock signals. The driving circuit includes a plurality of driving transistors and a plurality of reset transistors. The scanline driver also includes a buffer circuit configured to generate a scan output signal based on the first and second driving signals. The buffer circuit includes a plurality of buffer transistors. Each of the driving transistors and the buffer transistors includes a floating gate transistor which includes a floating gate configured to transfer a voltage corresponding to a second logic low level lower than a first logic low level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Hai-Jung In, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Patent number: 9646558
    Abstract: A scan line driver is disclosed. In one aspect, the scan line driver includes a driving signal generation circuit, an output line driving circuit, and a carry transfer circuit. The driving signal generation circuit is configured to generate first and second driving signals based on a plurality of clock signals and a carry signal from a previous scan line driver. The output line driving circuit is configured to generate a scan line enable signal based on the first and second driving signals. The carry transfer circuit is configured to generate a carry signal based on the first and second driving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Dong-Gyu Kim, Hae-Yeon Lee, Hai-Jung In
  • Patent number: 9601056
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a cathode electrode coupled to a second power supply, a pixel circuit configured to control an amount of current supplied to the OLED to correspond to a previous data signal, and a driver configured to store a present data signal supplied from a data line and to supply the previous data signal to the pixel circuit. The OLED, pixel circuit, and driver may be controlled by signals in a frame that includes first through fourth periods, the second power supply may be set to a first voltage in the first and second periods and to a second voltage in the third and fourth periods, and the first voltage may be a voltage at which the OLED does not emit light and the second voltage may be a voltage at which the OLED emits light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Hai-Jung In, Jung-Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20170061866
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes pixels, a sensor configured to extract at least one of deviation information of first transistors of the pixels and deterioration information of OLEDs of the pixels in a sensing period, and a converter configured to change a bit of first data input from the outside by using at least one of the deviation information and the deterioration information, and to generate second data, wherein a pixel at an ith horizontal line includes an OLED, a first transistor configured to control an amount of a current that flows from a first power source via the OLED in response to a voltage of a first node, second and third transistors configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith scan line, and a fourth transistor configured to turn on when a control signal is supplied to an ith control line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Hai Jung In, Dong Gyu Kim, Bo Yong Chung
  • Patent number: 9583065
    Abstract: A gate driver and a display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes a plurality of stages configured to respectively output a plurality of gate output signals. An N-th stage includes a first input circuit configured to boost a first input signal to a first signal and transmit the first input signal to a first node. A second input circuit is configured to boost the first input signal to a second signal and transmit the fifth clock signal and a first direct current (DC) voltage to a second node. A stabilizing circuit is configured to boost a second input signal to a third signal, boost a second node signal to a fourth signal, and stabilize a first node signal. An initializing circuit is configured to initialize voltages at the first and second nodes and the first to fourth signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Chul-Kyu Kang, Hae-Yeon Lee
  • Patent number: 9576535
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first driver and a second driver. The second driver controls an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode, corresponding to a previous data signal. The first driver stores a current data signal supplied from a data line and supplies the previous data signal to the second driver. In the pixel, the second driver includes a sixth transistor coupled between an initialization power source and a first node coupled to a gate electrode of a first transistor, the sixth transistor being configured to turn on when a first control signal is supplied; and a seventh transistor coupled between the first power source and a second node commonly coupled to the first and second drivers, the seventh transistor being configured to turn on when the first control signal is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Park, Tak-Young Lee, Hai-Jung In, Bo-Yong Chung, Min-Hyuk Choi, Yong-Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9552789
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages arranged sequentially and configured to respectively output a scan signal; and a switching unit configured to receive a plurality of clock signals, to select clock signals of the plurality of clock signals according to a selection control signal, and to input the selected clock signals to the plurality of stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Bo Yong Chung
  • Publication number: 20160372039
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel, a scan driver configure to provide a scan signal to the first through the third pixels, a data driver which provides a data signal to the first through the third pixels, a reference voltage generator which provides a first reference voltage that compensates a degradation of a first driving transistor, a second reference voltage that compensates a degradation of a second driving transistor, and a third reference voltage that compensates a degradation of a third driving transistor, and a timing controller which generates a control signal that controls the scan driver, the data driver, and the reference voltage generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Bo-Yong CHUNG, Dong-Gyu KIM, Hai-Jung IN