Patents by Inventor Dongwon Kwon

Dongwon Kwon 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: 20260087974
    Abstract: Content-addressable memory-in-display (CAMiD) electronic displays and circuitry are provided. An electronic display may include a pixel active array and content-addressable control cells to control display pixels of the pixel active array using control signals propagated to the pixel active array on column lines by column driver circuits of the content-addressable control cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Pablo Moreno Galbis, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Kanghoon Jeon, Bilin Wang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Hopil Bae, Kameshwar Kaushik Chavali, Ali RostamPisheh, Nikhil Acharya, Stanley B. Wang, Chun-Yao Huang, Dongwon Kwon, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Rajesh Velayuthan, Bruce C. Gamache, Marko Aleksic
  • Publication number: 20260087964
    Abstract: Content-addressable memory-in-display (CAMiD) electronic displays and circuitry are provided. An electronic display may include a pixel active array to display an image frame over a series of subframes content-addressable control circuitry. The content-addressable control circuitry may control the pixel active array. The content-addressable control circuitry may include circuitry to perform subframe dithering to generate control signals to control the display pixels of the pixel active array. The control signals may correspond to different gray levels for different subframes of the series of subframes of the image frame to be displayed on the pixel active array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Pablo Moreno Galbis, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Kanghoon Jeon, Bilin Wang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Hopil Bae, Kameshwar Kaushik Chavali, Ali RostamPisheh, Nikhil Acharya, Stanley B. Wang, Chun-Yao Huang, Dongwon Kwon, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Rajesh Velayuthan, Bruce C. Gamache, Marko Aleksic
  • Publication number: 20260087962
    Abstract: Content-addressable memory-in-display (CAMiD) electronic displays and circuitry are provided. An electronic display may include a pixel active array and content-addressable memory configured to selectively control the pixel active array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Pablo Moreno Galbis, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Kanghoon Jeon, Bilin Wang, Derek K Shaeffer, Hopil Bae, Kameshwar Kaushik Chavali, Ali RostamPisheh, Nikhil Acharya, Stanley B Wang, Chun-Yao Huang, Dongwon Kwon, Henry C Jen, Xiang Lu, Rajesh Velayuthan, Bruce C Gamache, Marko Aleksic
  • Publication number: 20260087963
    Abstract: Content-addressable memory-in-display (CAMiD) electronic displays and circuitry are provided. An electronic display may include a pixel active array and a number of content-addressable control cells. Each control cell controls a respective display pixel of the pixel active array. Each control cell includes a comparator to generate a control signal to control the respective display pixel of the pixel active array based on a comparison between pixel data for the respective display pixel and one or more counters corresponding to a gray level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Pablo Moreno Galbis, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Kanghoon Jeon, Bilin Wang, Derek K. Shaeffer, Hopil Bae, Kameshwar Kaushik Chavali, Ali RostamPisheh, Nikhil Acharya, Stanley B. Wang, Chun-Yao Huang, Dongwon Kwon, Henry C. Jen, Xiang Lu, Rajesh Velayuthan, Bruce C. Gamache, Marko Aleksic
  • Patent number: 12451056
    Abstract: A display system may include a plurality of light emitting diodes to emit light, where each of the light emitting diodes are connected in parallel and a plurality of first switches respectively coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes. A first switch of the plurality of first switches is coupled in parallel to a first light emitting diode. The first switch may short the first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes through a defined resistor having a defined value that therefore draws a defined short circuit current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shengzhe Jiao, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Chen Chen, Derek K Shaeffer, Dongwon Kwon, Feng Yu, Haojiang Zhou, Hari P Paudel, Henry C Jen, Hopil Bae, Jialin Liu, Ling Zhang, Majid Gharghi, Nikhil Acharya, Pablo Moreno Galbis, Ruofan Zhang, Stanley B Wang, Sunmin Jang, Wei H Yao, Wei Xiong, Xia Li, Xiang Lu, Yongjie Jiang
  • Publication number: 20250285578
    Abstract: A display system may include a plurality of light emitting diodes to emit light, where each of the light emitting diodes are connected in parallel and a plurality of first switches respectively coupled to the plurality of light emitting diodes. A first switch of the plurality of first switches is coupled in parallel to a first light emitting diode. The first switch may short the first light emitting diode of the plurality of light emitting diodes through a defined resistor having a defined value that therefore draws a defined short circuit current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Inventors: Shengzhe Jiao, Arjunsimha Chaturbhuj, Chen Chen, Derek K Shaeffer, Dongwon Kwon, Feng Yu, Haojiang Zhou, Hari P Paudel, Henry C Jen, Hopil Bae, Jialin Liu, Ling Zhang, Majid Gharghi, Nikhil Acharya, Pablo Moreno Galbis, Ruofan Zhang, Stanley B Wang, Sunmin Jang, Wei H Yao, Wei Xiong, Xia Li, Xiang Lu, Yongjie Jiang
  • Patent number: 11824451
    Abstract: A multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit comprises a buck circuit stage, a boost circuit stage, and a control circuit. The buck circuit stage is connected to an input of the buck-boost converter circuit to receive an input voltage. The boost circuit stage includes multiple boost circuits connected in parallel. The boost circuit stage is coupled to the buck circuit stage and an output of the multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit. Each boost circuit includes an inductor coupled to the buck circuit stage. The control circuit operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other in a boost mode, operates the buck circuit stage in a buck mode, and operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other and operates the buck circuit stage in a buck-boost mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Min Kyu Song, Jindong Zhang, Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20230047637
    Abstract: A multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit comprises a buck circuit stage, a boost circuit stage, and a control circuit. The buck circuit stage is connected to an input of the buck-boost converter circuit to receive an input voltage. The boost circuit stage includes multiple boost circuits connected in parallel. The boost circuit stage is coupled to the buck circuit stage and an output of the multi-phase buck-boost converter circuit. Each boost circuit includes an inductor coupled to the buck circuit stage. The control circuit operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other in a boost mode, operates the buck circuit stage in a buck mode, and operates the multiple boost circuit stages out of phase with respect to each other and operates the buck circuit stage in a buck-boost mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Min Kyu Song, Jindong Zhang, Min Chen
  • Patent number: 10291128
    Abstract: A synchronous converter that includes a power source, an inductor, an output terminal, and a control circuit. The control circuit may include: an electronic energizing switch that, when activated, delivers energy from the power source to the inductor; an electronic de-energizing switch that, when activated, delivers energy from the inductor to the output terminal, the electronic de-energizing switch including a body diode; and an electronic pull-down switch that, when activated, turns off the electronic de-energizing switch, redirects current flowing though the body diode of the electronic de-energizing switch, and removes charge from the body diode of the electronic de-energizing switch. The electronic energizing switch and the electronic de-energizing switch may never both be activated at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Linear Technology Holding LLC
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Joshua William Caldwell
  • Patent number: 10136488
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for low, or deep, dimming of a light-emitting diode (LED) load. In an example, a method of adjusting an initial voltage of a driver circuit for an LED load can include providing current to an LED load from a power stage of the driver during an on-time of a pulse-width modulation (PWM) cycle, receiving error current information of the driver circuit at a low-dimming control circuit of the driver, and adjusting a voltage of an output capacitor coupled to the driver during an off-time of the PWM cycle, the charge adjustment based on the error current information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Linear Technology Holding, LLC
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Joshua William Caldwell
  • Patent number: 9642200
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. There is a power stage that is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. There is a feedback circuit that is configured to generate the operating point signal, which causes the power stage to deliver a level of current indicated by the control signal, when the PWM signal is ON. A store and hold circuit is configured to store an information indicative of a level of the operating point signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF and cause the operating point signal to be at that level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Patent number: 9596728
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. A driver is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. An output capacitance element is coupled across a differential output of the LED driver. A feedback path, having a store circuit, is configured to store an information indicative of a first voltage level across the output capacitance element as a stored feedback reference signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF. The feedback path causes the voltage across the output capacitance element to be at the first voltage level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Linear Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20160353537
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. There is a power stage that is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. There is a feedback circuit that is configured to generate the operating point signal, which causes the power stage to deliver a level of current indicated by the control signal, when the PWM signal is ON. A store and hold circuit is configured to store an information indicative of a level of the operating point signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF and cause the operating point signal to be at that level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Publication number: 20160353532
    Abstract: A method and system of driving an LED load. A driver is configured to deliver a level of current indicated by a control signal to the LED load when a PWM signal is ON and stop delivering the level of current when the PWM signal is OFF. An output capacitance element is coupled across a differential output of the LED driver. A feedback path, having a store circuit, is configured to store an information indicative of a first voltage level across the output capacitance element as a stored feedback reference signal just after the PWM signal is turned OFF. The feedback path causes the voltage across the output capacitance element to be at the first voltage level just before the PWM signal is turned ON.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joshua William Caldwell, Dongwon Kwon, Lucas Andrew Milner
  • Patent number: 8368290
    Abstract: A circuit for harvesting electrical energy from a piezoelectric source and for storing the electrical energy in a battery includes an inductor that is configured to store electrical energy. A diode bridge-free switching network is configured to: direct electrical energy from the piezoelectric source to the inductor during a first portion of a piezoelectric charge generating cycle; and direct electrical energy from the inductor to the battery during a second portion of the piezoelectric charge generating cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Gabriel Alfonso Rincon-Mora
  • Publication number: 20110285131
    Abstract: A circuit for harvesting electrical energy from a piezoelectric source and for storing the electrical energy in a battery includes an inductor that is configured to store electrical energy. A diode bridge-free switching network is configured to: direct electrical energy from the piezoelectric source to the inductor during a first portion of a piezoelectric charge generating cycle; and direct electrical energy from the inductor to the battery during a second portion of the piezoelectric charge generating cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dongwon Kwon, Gabriel Alfonso Rincon-Mora