Patents by Inventor Chul-Kyu Kang

Chul-Kyu Kang 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: 20160210925
    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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Chul-Kyu Kang, Hae-Yeon Lee
  • Publication number: 20160171927
    Abstract: A pixel may include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) with a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a first transistor with a first electrode coupled to a data line, with a second electrode coupled to a first node, the first transistor being turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third power source to charge a first capacitor voltage corresponding to a data signal supplied from the data line, and a pixel circuit charged by the first capacitor voltage to supply current corresponding to a charged first power source voltage from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Chul-Kyu KANG
  • Publication number: 20160148988
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device includes: a first transistor including a source electrode connected to a data line and a gate electrode connected to a scan line; a second transistor including a source electrode connected to a driving voltage and a gate electrode connected to a drain electrode of the first transistor; a capacitor connected between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the source electrode of the second transistor; an organic light emitting diode connected to a drain electrode of the second transistor; and a third transistor connected to the organic light emitting diode and a common voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Young Jin Cho, Deok-Young Choi, Young-In Hwang, Chul Kyu Kang, Yong Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 9324269
    Abstract: A scan driving device includes scan driving blocks, each including: a first node receiving a signal that is input to a first driving signal input terminal according to a clock signal input to a first clock signal input terminal; a second node receiving a second power source voltage according to the clock signal input to the first clock signal input terminal and a signal input to a second driving signal input terminal; a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node and an electrode receiving an output control signal; a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node and an electrode connected to a second clock signal input terminal; and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, an electrode connected to a first power source voltage, and another electrode connected to the first node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Yong Chung, Yong-Jae Kim, Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Publication number: 20160099299
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate comprising a major surface; a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; an array of a plurality of pixels disposed in the display region; and a first power line extending from the peripheral region into the display region, the first power line being electrically connected to the array of pixels at a contact point in the display region. When viewed in the viewing direction, the first power line includes: a first extension extending from the peripheral region to the display region; and a second extension connected to the first extension; and a third extension connected to the second extension and extending from a location in the display region toward the peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon CHUNG, Chul-Kyu Kang, Jung-Mi Choi
  • Patent number: 9299289
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20160063943
    Abstract: A degradation compensating pixel circuit includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving circuit including a first capacitor and a first transistor, the first capacitor being configured to be charged in response to a data signal and a scan signal, the first transistor being configured to drive the OLED according to a first voltage between first and second terminals of the first capacitor, the first terminal of the first capacitor being configured to receive a supply voltage, the second terminal of the first capacitor being coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor; and a degradation compensating circuit coupled to a source terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the first transistor, the degradation compensating circuit being configured to change the first voltage according to a first current of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tak-Young Lee, Yong-Sung Park, Young-In Hwang, Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Patent number: 9275567
    Abstract: A pixel may include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) with a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a first transistor with a first electrode coupled to a data line, with a second electrode coupled to a first node, the first transistor being turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third power source to charge a first capacitor voltage corresponding to a data signal supplied from the data line, and a pixel circuit charged by the first capacitor voltage to supply current corresponding to a charged first power source voltage from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Publication number: 20150364116
    Abstract: A pixel, a display device including a plurality of pixels, and a method of driving the display device. The display device includes: an emission pixel comprising an emission device, the emission pixel being in a display area; a dummy pixel in a non-display area outside the display area; and a repair line that is connectable to the emission device of the emission pixel and the dummy pixel, wherein the dummy pixel includes: a first dummy driver for receiving a same data signal as the data signal applied to the emission pixel for each of a plurality of subfields of one frame and controlling emission of the emission device of the emission pixel via the repair line; and a second dummy driver for resetting the repair line in one of the subfields in which the emission device does not emit light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kong, Chul-Kyu Kang, Yong-Jae Kim, Young-In Hwang, So-Young Kang
  • Patent number: 9165500
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an OLED having a cathode coupled to a power source voltage, a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to an anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a second transistor having a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor having a first electrode coupled to another power source voltage, a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a fourth transistor having a first electrode coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor, a second electrode coupled to the anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a scan-line, and a capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Yong-Sung Park
  • Patent number: 9099040
    Abstract: Embodiments may provide a scan driver including a plurality of stages for simultaneously outputting first scan signals in a simultaneous driving period and for progressively outputting second scan signals in a progressive driving period, wherein each of the stages includes a first signal processing unit coupled to an input terminal, a first clock terminal, a third clock terminal, an auxiliary terminal, a first power source terminal, and a second power source terminal to output a first output signal and a second output signal, and a second signal processing unit coupled to a second clock terminal and the first power source terminal to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and to output a first scan signal and a second scan signal to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9024846
    Abstract: A pixel has a simple structure and compensates for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor. An organic light emitting display device includes the pixel, which includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to the organic light emitting diode and a first electrode coupled to a data line; a second transistor between a gate electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a storage capacitor electrically coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-In Hwang, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Yong-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20150097763
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8941567
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20150002499
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first driver, and a second driver. The first driver supplies a predetermined current to the OLED based on a current data signal or first data signal. The second driver is coupled between the first driver and OLED, and controls the coupling between the first driver and OLED based on a second data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Hyung-Soo KIM, Chul-Kyu KANG, Dong-Gyu KIM, Yong-Jae KIM
  • Patent number: 8917225
    Abstract: A pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode. Also, the pixel circuit includes: a second transistor connected to a first scanning line, a data line, and a first node; a fifth transistor connected to a third scanning line, the first node, and a second node; a fourth transistor connected to a second scanning line, a first reference voltage, and the second node; a third transistor connected to the first scanning line, a second reference voltage, and a third node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a first transistor connected to the first node, a first power, and the third node, and configured to drive the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Sang-Moo Choi, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8907870
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor; a second transistor coupled to a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith scan line; a third transistor between the second transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an i+1th scan line; a fourth transistor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reference power supply and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line; a fifth transistor between the organic light emitting diode and an initial power supply and turned on when a control signal is supplied; a first capacitor between the organic light emitting diode and a node between the second transistor and the third transistor; and a second capacitor between the node and the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Yu-Lian Choi, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Patent number: 8854347
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device for improving the yield and for reducing or minimizing manufacturing costs. The organic light emitting display device includes: a data driver coupled to data lines that are formed on the panel; a scan driver mounted on the panel and coupled to scan lines that are formed on the panel; input lines for receiving clock signals from the outside; first connecting lines overlapped with a cathode electrode and electrically coupled to the input lines and for supplying the clock signals to the scan driver; second connecting lines electrically coupled to the input lines; and third connecting lines for electrically coupling the first connecting lines to the second connecting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Sung Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Dong-Wook Park, Bo-Yong Chung
  • Patent number: 8830219
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a plurality of pixels at crossing regions of a plurality of scan lines and data lines; a first control line and a second control line commonly connected with the plurality of pixels; a control line driver configured to supply a first control signal to the first control line and a second control signal to the second control line, where the second control signal is not concurrent with the first control signal; and a first power supply that supplies a first power to each of the plurality of pixels, where a voltage level of the first power is configured to change at least once during a frame period for each of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Moo Choi, Chul-Kyu Kang
  • Patent number: 8786587
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a first transistor for controlling an amount of current that flows from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED corresponding to a data signal, a second transistor coupled between a data line and a gate electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reference power source, a fourth transistor coupled between the third transistor and the reference power source, a fifth transistor coupled between an anode electrode of the OLED and an initial power source, a first capacitor coupled between the anode electrode of the OLED and a node between the third transistor and the fourth transistor, and a second capacitor coupled between the node and the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Kyu Kang, Yu-Lian Choi, Keum-Nam Kim