Patents by Inventor Hae-Kwan Seo

Hae-Kwan Seo 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: 20230089661
    Abstract: A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a fourth transistor including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line, a fifth transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a third scan line, an sixth transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to the third scan line, a resistor electrically connected in parallel with the sixth transistor between the second node and the anode of the light emitting element, and an amplifier having a non-inverting terminal and an inverting terminal electrically connected to ends of the resistor, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ha SOHN, Se Hyuk PARK, Hae Kwan SEO, Jin Wook YANG
  • Patent number: 11600231
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes: a driving circuit configured to output a scan signal to an output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal; and a masking circuit configured to stop the driving circuit from outputting the scan signal in response to a masking signal and a signal indicating an operating state of the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Joon-Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Publication number: 20230018362
    Abstract: A display device includes: a data driver for supplying a data signal to output lines; a demultiplexer connected to each of the output lines, the demultiplexer to supply the data signal supplied to each output line to a first data line and a second data line; first pixels disposed in a (2j?1)-th column and a (2k?1)-th row, the first pixels being connected to the first data line, wherein j and k are positive integers; second pixels disposed in the (2j?1)-th column and a (2k)-th row, the second pixels being connected to the second data line; third pixels disposed in a (2j)-th column and the (2k?1)-th row, the third pixels being connected to the first data line; and fourth pixels disposed in the (2j)-th column and the (2k)-th row, the fourth pixels being connected to the second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Jin Young Roh, Woo Mi Bae, Hae Kwan Seo, Young Ha Sohn, Jin Wook Yang
  • Publication number: 20230020940
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit, and a driving controller. The driving controller receives an image signal and a control signal and controls the data and scan driving circuits to display an image on the display panel. The driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions based on the image signal, and outputs start and masking signals indicating starts of one frame and the second display region, respectively. First and second frames have first and second durations, respectively. The scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal and stop the driving of scan lines, corresponding to the second display region, of the scan lines, in response to the masking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: HAE-KWAN SEO, TAEHOON KIM
  • Publication number: 20220415258
    Abstract: A display device includes: a data driver for supplying a data signal to each of a plurality of data lines; and a pixel unit including a plurality of sub-pixels. The pixel unit further includes one dummy data line disposed separate from a data line of a first column among the data lines. The data line of the first column is connected to sub-pixels disposed on odd-numbered pixel rows among sub-pixels disposed on a first pixel column, and is connected to sub-pixels disposed on even-numbered pixel rows among sub-pixels disposed on a third pixel column. The dummy data line is connected to sub-pixels disposed on the even-numbered pixel rows among the sub-pixels disposed on the first pixel column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Jin Young ROH, Woo Mi BAE, Hae Kwan SEO, Young Ha SOHN, Jin Wook YANG
  • Publication number: 20220392397
    Abstract: A display device includes a display including scan lines, data lines, light emission control lines, and pixels connected thereto, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the data lines, a light emitting driver configured to provide light emission control signals to the light emission control lines based on a light emission clock signal having pulses, and a timing controller configured to provide the light emission clock signal to the light emitting driver, to output the pulses of the light emission clock signal during a frame in a first mode, to mask at least one pulse of the pulses during a first period of the frame in a second mode, and to output at least another pulse of the pulses during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Kwan SEO, Won Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20220375380
    Abstract: A display system and a driving method for a display system that includes an application processor configured to supply a mode control signal corresponding to a plurality of driving modes and input image data corresponding thereto; and a display module that includes pixels configured to display an image and configured to control any one of a plurality of gamma values and power source voltages supplied to the pixels in response to the plurality of driving modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Hong Soo KIM, Jin Young ROH, Hae Kwan SEO, Jin Wook YANG, Hyo Jin LEE, Jae Keun LIM
  • Publication number: 20220366828
    Abstract: A display device includes four pixel arrays, a data driver, and a demultiplexer. The data driver is electrically connected to first and second data output lines. The demultiplexer electrically connects first and second data lines to the first data output line and electrically connects third and fourth data lines to the second data output line. The first to fourth pixel arrays are adjacent to the first to fourth data lines, respectively. Each of the first to fourth pixel arrays includes first and second color pixels. The first color pixels in the second pixel array are connected to the second data line, the second color pixels in the second pixel array are connected to the third data line, the second color pixels in the third pixel array are connected to the third data line, and the first color pixels in the third pixel array are connected to the second data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: SEHYUK PARK, JINYOUNG ROH, WOOMI BAE, HAE-KWAN SEO, YOUNGHA SOHN, JIN-WOOK YANG
  • Publication number: 20220351687
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: HAE-KWAN SEO, SEONGHEON CHO, SOON-DONG KIM, TAEHOON KIM
  • Publication number: 20220351688
    Abstract: A driving controller divides a display panel into first and second display areas according to an operation mode, outputs a start signal indicating a start of one frame and a masking signal for indicating a start of the second display area, sets a basic driving frequency to a normal frequency when the operation mode is a normal frequency mode, sets the basic driving frequency to a frequency lower than the normal frequency when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, and outputs the start signal and the masking signal. The first display area operates at a first driving frequency and the second display area operates at a second driving frequency, and the scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal, and stops, in response to the masking signal, driving of some of the scan lines corresponding to the second display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: HAE-KWAN SEO, WOOMI BAE, YOUNGHA SOHN
  • Patent number: 11475861
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller, a scan driver, a data driver, and a display unit. The timing controller generates a clock signal, a start signal, and image data. The scan driver includes a plurality of stages for sequentially outputting the clock signal as a scan signal in response to the start signal. The data driver generates a data signal using the image data. The display unit includes pixels for emitting light with a luminance corresponding to the data signal in response to the scan signal. The timing controller performs masking on the clock signal in a part of a first frame period during which the scan driver sequentially outputs the scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Tae Kim, Hae Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 11455937
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driving block which outputs a scan signal to the display panel, a source driving block which outputs a data signal to the display panel, and a controller. In the low-frequency mode, the controller divides the display panel into a first area operated at a first frequency lower than the reference frequency and a second area operated at a second frequency lower than the first frequency according to the image data, the source driving block outputs the data signal to the first area at the first frequency and outputs the data signal to the second area at the second frequency, and the gate driving block outputs a first scan signal to the first area at the first frequency and outputs a second scan signal to the second area at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 11456347
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel and a printed circuit board attached to one end portion of the display panel. The printed circuit board includes a base board, a first driving chip module disposed on the base board, and a second driving chip module spaced apart from the first driving chip module. The first driving chip module includes a timing controller and a data driver, and the second driving chip module includes a plurality of modularized driving chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Soon Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 11450251
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a data driving circuit, a scan driving circuit, and a driving controller. The driving controller receives an image signal and a control signal and controls the data and scan driving circuits to display an image on the display panel. The driving controller divides the display panel into first and second display regions based on the image signal, and outputs start and masking signals indicating starts of one frame and the second display region, respectively. First and second frames have first and second durations, respectively. The scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal and stop the driving of scan lines, corresponding to the second display region, of the scan lines, in response to the masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Taehoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11417265
    Abstract: A display device includes a display including scan lines, data lines, light emission control lines, and pixels connected thereto, a scan driver configured to sequentially provide scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver configured to provide data signals to the data lines, a light emitting driver configured to provide light emission control signals to the light emission control lines based on a light emission clock signal having pulses, and a timing controller configured to provide the light emission clock signal to the light emitting driver, to output the pulses of the light emission clock signal during a frame in a first mode, to mask at least one pulse of the pulses during a first period of the frame in a second mode, and to output at least another pulse of the pulses during a second period after the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Won Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11410610
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit of a display device includes a first output terminal electrically connected to a first scan line, a second output terminal electrically connected to a second scan line, a first masking circuit electrically connecting the first output terminal and the second output terminal and outputting, as a first scan signal, a second scan signal to the first output terminal, a driving circuit outputting the second scan signal to the second output terminal in response to clock signals and a carry signal, and a second masking circuit masking the second scan signal to a predetermined level in response to the second masking signal, wherein the first masking circuit electrically disconnects the first output terminal from the second output terminal in response to a first masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Seongheon Cho, Soon-Dong Kim, Taehoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220238076
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first display area and a second display area, a data driving circuit which drives a plurality of data lines, a scan driving circuit which drives a plurality of scan lines, and a driving controller which controls the data driving circuit and the scan driving circuit such that the first display area is driven at a first driving frequency, and the second display area is driven at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency during a multi-frequency mode, where the driving controller receives an image signal and provides to the data driving circuit an image data signal obtained by compensating for a gamma level of the image signal corresponding to the second display area during the multi-frequency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: WOOMI BAE, HAE-KWAN SEO, YOUNGHA SOHN, HYOJIN LEE, JAEKEUN LIM
  • Patent number: 11393404
    Abstract: A driving controller divides a display panel into first and second display areas according to an operation mode, outputs a start signal indicating a start of one frame and a masking signal for indicating a start of the second display area, sets a basic driving frequency to a normal frequency when the operation mode is a normal frequency mode, sets the basic driving frequency to a frequency lower than the normal frequency when the operation mode is a multi-frequency mode, and outputs the start signal and the masking signal. The first display area operates at a first driving frequency and the second display area operates at a second driving frequency, and the scan driving circuit sequentially drives scan lines in synchronization with the start signal, and stops, in response to the masking signal, driving of some of the scan lines corresponding to the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Kwan Seo, Woomi Bae, Youngha Sohn
  • Publication number: 20220165218
    Abstract: A scan driver includes: a plurality of stages, each stage including: a logic circuit configured to transfer an input signal to a first node in response to a first clock signal, and to bootstrap the first node in response to a second clock signal; a carry output circuit configured to output the second clock signal as a carry signal that is provided as the input signal for a next stage in response to a voltage of the bootstrapped first node; and a masking controller configured to receive a masking signal and the carry signal, and to output the masking signal as a scan signal provided to a pixel row corresponding to the each stage in response to the carry signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Seong Heon CHO, Hae-Kwan SEO
  • Patent number: 11341889
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including first and second pixel columns arranged alternately along a first direction, and a third pixel column arranged between the first and the second pixel columns, a timing controller generating first or second image data by converting input image data, and a data driver generating a data voltage corresponding to the first or second image data and supplying the data voltage to the pixel unit. The first and second pixel columns each include first and second color pixels arranged alternately along a second direction, the third pixel column includes a third color pixel arranged along the second direction, and the timing controller compares a difference value between a grayscale value of the first color pixel and a grayscale value of the second color pixel with a reference value, and generates the second image data based on a comparing result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Kwan Seo, Woo Mi Bae, Young Ha Sohn