Patents by Inventor Bong-Hyun You

Bong-Hyun You 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: 20220059016
    Abstract: A pixel according to some embodiments includes a light source unit, a first transistor coupled between a first power source and a first node, and configured to control a driving current applied to the light source unit, a first bias transistor coupled between a first bias power source and a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second bias transistor coupled between a second bias power source and a second node that is electrically coupled to an anode of the light source unit, wherein the first bias transistor and the second bias transistor are configured to be turned on during a first period before a data voltage is applied among one frame, and wherein the second bias transistor is configured to be turned on at least once during a second period after the data voltage is applied among the one frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Yun Ki Baek, Oh Jo Kwon, Bong Hyun You, Seok Ha Hong
  • Publication number: 20220051606
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including pixels connected to data lines and scan lines; a data driver disposed on one side of the pixel unit; a scan driver disposed on the one side of the pixel unit together with the data driver; and a controller which controls a slew rate and output timing of data signals output to the data lines based on a load of the scan lines and a load of the data lines. Each of the scan lines includes a main scan line extending in a first direction and connected to pixels in a corresponding pixel row; a first sub-scan line extending in a second direction and connected to the main scan line at a first contact point; and a second sub-scan line extending in the second direction and connected to the main scan line at a second contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Soo KIM, Chae Hee PARK, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Publication number: 20220044630
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of scan lines; a data driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines; an emission driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of emission control lines; a sensing circuit connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of sensing lines; and a controller configured to control the scan driver, the data driver, the emission driver and the sensing circuit, wherein, in an active period of each frame period, the scan driver sequentially applies a sensing pulse and a scan pulse to at least one scan line of the plurality of scan lines, and applies the scan pulse to remaining scan lines of the plurality of scan lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hyungryul KANG, Oh Jo KWON, Yoshimura HIDEO, Bong-Hyun YOU, Jaekeun LIM
  • Publication number: 20220036797
    Abstract: A display device includes first dots connected to first scan lines, second dots connected to second scan lines and alternately disposed with the first dots in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction, a scan driver including first stages respectively connected to the first scan lines and second stages respectively connected to the second scan lines, and a data driver connected to the first dots and the second dots through data lines. The first stages are connected to first clock lines, the second stages are connected to second clock lines, first stages except a first start stage are respectively connected to corresponding first scan lines of corresponding previous first stages, and second stages except a second start stage are respectively connected to corresponding second scan lines of corresponding previous second stages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Hong Soo KIM, Jin Young ROH, Bong Hyun YOU, Hyo Jin LEE, Jae Keun LIM
  • Patent number: 11216108
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image and a touch antenna array disposed on the display panel. The touch antenna array may include a touch electrode, a touch wiring electrically connected to the touch electrode, an antenna electrode including a plurality of antenna elements, a feeder electrically connected to the antenna electrode, and a shielding electrode disposed between the touch wiring and the feeder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Seo Kim, Jae-Kyoung Kim, Won Sang Park, Bong Hyun You
  • Patent number: 11200853
    Abstract: A data driver includes a gamma voltage generator configured to generate gamma voltages based on a number of data bits of a pixel data; a first digital-to-analog block configured to generate a plurality of time-division gamma voltage signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of gamma voltage groups; a plurality of time-division gamma voltage line groups for transferring the plurality of time-division gamma voltage signals; a second digital-to-analog block configured to select a time-division gamma voltage signal among the time-division gamma voltage signals according to upper bits of the pixel data in each channel; a time-division gamma voltage select block configured to select a gamma voltage according to lower bits of the pixel data in each channel; and an output buffer block configured to output the selected gamma voltage in each channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Soo Hwang, Joon-Chul Goh, Oh Jo Kwon, Ki-Duk Kim, Jeongmin Kim, Bong Hyun You, Hyung-Min Lee, Seung Hun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210359699
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”) converts digital image data into analog image signals. The DAC includes a stage outputting different voltages to a first output terminal and a second output terminal based on a voltage supplied to a first input terminal, a voltage supplied to a second input terminal, and a first input bit. The stage includes a switch circuit including switches that are alternately turned on by a control signal, and outputting an intermediate output voltage to a third output terminal based on a first input voltage supplied to the first input terminal and a second input voltage supplied to the second input terminal, and a selector outputting one of the first input voltage and the second input voltage, and the intermediate output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Seong Joo LEE, Oh Jo KWON, Gyeong Gu KANG, Seok Tae KOH, Joon Chul GOH, Hyun Sik KIM, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Patent number: 11176889
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, and a power voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image. The data driver is configured to apply a data voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to provide a power voltage and an initialization voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to receive a feedback initialization voltage from the display panel and configured to compensate the initialization voltage based on the feedback initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Bong-Hyun You, Sun-Koo Kang, Joon Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Jin-Wook Yang, Ki Hong Song
  • Publication number: 20210351262
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a display area, and a pad area adjacent to the display area; and a circuit board attached to the pad area. The pad area includes at least one signal pad terminal electrically connected to a first signal line extending through the display area, and at least one dummy pad terminal spaced from the first signal line. The circuit board includes a signal lead terminal connected to the signal pad terminal, and a dummy lead terminal connected to the dummy pad terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Byoung Yong KIM, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Patent number: 11170090
    Abstract: A display device includes a fingerprint sensor including a first layer having at least one photo sensor to generate a fingerprint image corresponding to reflected light from a fingerprint contact surface, light emitting elements to transmit light reflected by the fingerprint, and a second layer including pin holes to allow reflected light to be incident upon the at least one photo sensor; and fingerprint detector to receive the fingerprint image from the fingerprint sensor, to extract a first image corresponding to a first region of the fingerprint and a second image corresponding to a second region of the fingerprint, to compare the first and second images to determine similarity, and to perform fingerprint authentication, based on similarity determination, where the fingerprint first region is in contact with the fingerprint contact surface and the fingerprint second region is not in contact with the fingerprint contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sang Park, Jin Oh Kwag, Il Nam Kim, Ji Hun Ryu, Seung Hyun Moon, Bong Hyun You, Jong Hyun Lee, Hee Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 11163374
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a conductive sheet disposed below the display panel; a force concentration bump disposed below the conductive sheet and disposed adjacent to a first edge of the display panel; and a force sensor disposed below the conductive sheet, extending in a first direction along the first edge of the display panel, the force sensor includes a sensing region, wherein the force concentration bump overlaps the sensing region, and the force concentration bump and the conductive sheet are made of a same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kook Park, So Hee Park, Hee Seomoon, Bong Hyun You, Tae Hee Lee, Won Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20210335277
    Abstract: A data driver includes a gamma voltage generator configured to generate gamma voltages based on a number of data bits of a pixel data; a first digital-to-analog block configured to generate a plurality of time-division gamma voltage signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of gamma voltage groups; a plurality of time-division gamma voltage line groups for transferring the plurality of time-division gamma voltage signals; a second digital-to-analog block configured to select a time-division gamma voltage signal among the time-division gamma voltage signals according to upper bits of the pixel data in each channel; a time-division gamma voltage select block configured to select a gamma voltage according to lower bits of the pixel data in each channel; and an output buffer block configured to output the selected gamma voltage in each channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Soo HWANG, Joon-Chul GOH, Oh Jo KWON, Ki-Duk KIM, Jeongmin KIM, Bong Hyun YOU, Hyung-Min LEE, Seung Hun CHOI
  • Patent number: 11158248
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a scan driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of scan lines; a data driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of data lines; an emission driver connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of emission control lines; a sensing circuit connected to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of sensing lines; and a controller configured to control the scan driver, the data driver, the emission driver and the sensing circuit, wherein, in an active period of each frame period, the scan driver sequentially applies a sensing pulse and a scan pulse to at least one scan line of the plurality of scan lines, and applies the scan pulse to remaining scan lines of the plurality of scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyungryul Kang, Oh Jo Kwon, Yoshimura Hideo, Bong-Hyun You, Jaekeun Lim
  • Publication number: 20210327999
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate in which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a cell seal disposed on the non-display area, where the cell seal includes a bonding filament connecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Woo Suk SEO, Sang Woo HA, Sung Chul KIM, Jung Hyun KIM, Si Joon SONG, Jun Ho SONG, Bong Hyun YOU
  • Publication number: 20210319733
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels; a first pixel unit comprising a first portion of the plurality of pixels; a second pixel unit comprising a second portion of the plurality of pixels; and a data driver configured to supply a data voltage to the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the data driver is configured to generate a data voltage to be supplied to the first pixel unit based on different gamma voltages even when the same grayscale is expressed according to a driving method, and the second pixel unit is configured to be driven or not driven according to the driving method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Dong KIM, Joon Chul GOH, Bong Hyun YOU, Byung Ki CHUN, Seong Heon CHO
  • Publication number: 20210312871
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a driving controller configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to an input image data; generate a data voltage based on the data signal; and output the data voltage to the pixels, wherein the driving controller is configured to output the data signal in at least one driving frequency higher than a predetermined low frequency during an image transition period in a low frequency driving mode during which the data signal outputs in the low frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sehyuk PARK, Hyojin LEE, Hui NAM, Jinyoung ROH, Bong Hyun YOU, Eunho LEE
  • Patent number: 11075259
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate in which a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area are defined; a second substrate facing the first substrate; and a cell seal disposed on the non-display area, where the cell seal includes a bonding filament connecting the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Suk Seo, Sang Woo Ha, Sung Chul Kim, Jung Hyun Kim, Si Joon Song, Jun Ho Song, Bong Hyun You
  • Patent number: 11037507
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a driving controller configured to: generate a data signal corresponding to an input image data; generate a data voltage based on the data signal; and output the data voltage to the pixels, wherein the driving controller is configured to output the data signal in at least one driving frequency higher than a predetermined low frequency during an image transition period in a low frequency driving mode during which the data signal outputs in the low frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Hyojin Lee, Hui Nam, Jinyoung Roh, Bong Hyun You, Eunho Lee
  • Publication number: 20210142029
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to display an image, a photo sensor on one surface of the display panel to sense light, and a fingerprint detector configured to control a fake determination image pattern of a fingerprint sensing area of the display panel configured to sense a fingerprint, and to perform fingerprint authentication and fake fingerprint determination, based on a sensing signal supplied from the photo sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Seung Hyun MOON, Yun Ho KIM, Jin Oh KWAG, Won Sang PARK, Bong Hyun YOU, Keum Dong JUNG, Chul KIM, Jun Hee MOON, Deok Hwa WOO, Hee Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20210132722
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base substrate including a touch area and a non-touch area adjacent to the touch area and including a first area and a second area; a touch electrode disposed in the touch area and including a lattice pattern; an antenna electrode disposed in the first area and including a lattice pattern; a first dummy pattern disposed in the first area; and a second dummy pattern disposed in the second area, wherein the second area is disposed between the first area and the touch area, and the lattice pattern of the touch electrode includes openings that are larger than openings of the lattice pattern of the antenna electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Kyoung KIM, Ki Seo KIM, Eun Jin SUNG, Bong Hyun YOU, Won Sang PARK