Patents by Inventor Hong-Soo Kim

Hong-Soo Kim 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: 20250087139
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second node to which a first power voltage for driving the light emitting element is to be applied, and a third node electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a bias control transistor configured to be controlled in operating timing thereof by a bias control signal, and configured to switch electrical connection between the second node and a bias power line for transmitting a bias voltage. In one frame period, a voltage level of the bias voltage to be applied to the second node sequentially increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Hong Soo KIM, Young Ha SOHN, Jin Wook YANG, Dong Gyu LEE, Jae Hyeon JEON
  • Patent number: 12154485
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second node to which a first power voltage for driving the light emitting element is to be applied, and a third node electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a bias control transistor configured to be controlled in operating timing thereof by a bias control signal, and configured to switch electrical connection between the second node and a bias power line for transmitting a bias voltage. In one frame period, a voltage level of the bias voltage to be applied to the second node sequentially increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hong Soo Kim, Young Ha Sohn, Jin Wook Yang, Dong Gyu Lee, Jae Hyeon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240284665
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a substrate including a cell region and a connection region; a first word line stack comprising a plurality of first word lines that extend to the connection region and are stacked on the cell region; a second word line stack comprising a plurality of second word lines that extend to the connection region and are stacked on the cell region, the second word line being adjacent to the first word line stack; vertical channels in the cell region of the substrate, the vertical channels being connected to the substrate and coupled with the plurality of first and second word lines; a bridge region that connects the first word lines of the first word line stack with the second word lines of the second word line stack; and a local planarized region under the bridge region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-kook PARK, Hong-soo KIM, Tae-keun CHO
  • Patent number: 12002413
    Abstract: A display device comprises a pixel configured to be driven in cycle periods during a frame period defined by a vertical start signal, and a display driver configured to divide a cycle period into subfields for driving, configured to control an amount of current flowing through the pixel and to control emission on-duties of the subfields, and configured to independently determine, for the cycle period, a reference duty that is a minimum emission on-duty set in the cycle period based on a dimming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Soo Kim, Myung Woo Lee, Suk Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240141536
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anodizing apparatus that may include: a body; a jig tray disposed inside the body and having a plurality of coupling holes formed to pass therethrough in an upward and downward direction thereof; a plurality of jigs detachably coupled correspondingly to the plurality of coupling holes of the jig tray to fix a plurality of objects to be anodized thereto at a time; and an anodizing unit adapted to perform an anodizing process for the plurality of objects to be anodized and having a plurality of accommodation parts for storing electrolytes therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Su Il IN, Hong Soo KIM, Chang Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11955081
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a storage capacitor connected between a first power supply voltage and a gate node; a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the gate node; a second transistor to transfer a data signal to a source of the first transistor in response to a scan signal; a third transistor to diode-connect the first transistor in response to the scan signal, and including first and second sub-transistors serially connected between the gate node and a drain of the first transistor; a fourth transistor to transfer an initialization voltage to the gate node in response to an initialization signal, and including third and fourth sub-transistors serially connected between the gate node and the initialization voltage; and an organic light emitting diode including a cathode connected to a second power supply voltage. At least one of the second and fourth sub-transistors includes a bottom electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Lee, Joon-Chul Goh, Sangan Kwon, Hong Soo Kim, Hui Nam, Jin Young Roh, Sehyuk Park
  • Publication number: 20240105104
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second node to which a first power voltage for driving the light emitting element is to be applied, and a third node electrically connected to the light emitting element; and a bias control transistor configured to be controlled in operating timing thereof by a bias control signal, and configured to switch electrical connection between the second node and a bias power line for transmitting a bias voltage. In one frame period, a voltage level of the bias voltage to be applied to the second node sequentially increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Se Hyuk PARK, Hong Soo KIM, Young Ha SOHN, Jin Wook YANG, Dong Gyu LEE, Jae Hyeon JEON
  • Publication number: 20240078974
    Abstract: A display device including: a power supply configured to supply a first power, a second power, and a third power to a first power line, a second power line, and a third power line, respectively, wherein each of the first power, the second power and the third power varies in voltage level during one frame period; and pixels connected to at least one of scan lines and data lines, and connected to a common control line, the first power line, the second power line, and the third power line, wherein the pixels simultaneously emit light when the second power is changed to a low level, and a number of times the second power is changed to the low level during the one frame period changes in response to an image refresh rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hong Soo KIM, Myung Woo LEE, Suk Hun LEE, Jae Keun LIM
  • Patent number: 11910662
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel coupled to a first scan line and a data line, and including a first light emitting diode having a cathode coupled to a first power line, and a second pixel coupled to a second scan line and the data line, and including a second light emitting diode having a cathode coupled to a second power line. The first scan line and the second scan line are different from each other. The first power line and the second power line are different from each other. Emission start times and emission end times of the first pixel and the second pixel are synchronized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Soo Kim, Bon Seog Gu, Woo Mi Bae
  • Publication number: 20240029910
    Abstract: An anode for betavoltaic batteries and a method for manufacturing the anode are described. In the anode, quantum dots including a radioactive isotope are provided to a radiation absorber so as to be introduced as a beta source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sam Ick Son, Su Il In, Hong Soo Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Yun Ju Hwang
  • Patent number: 11837143
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display panel configured to display an image based on input image data; a data driver configured to output a data voltage to the display panel; and a driving controller configured to determine a driving frequency of the display panel based on flicker values for grayscale values of the input image data and output a driving frequency signal representing the driving frequency of the display panel to a host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Jinyoung Roh, Sehyuk Park
  • Patent number: 11817030
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image based on an input image data, a data driver outputting a data voltage to a data line, and a driving controller determining a driving frequency of the display panel based on the input image data. The driving controller includes a flicker value storage configured to store flicker values for grayscale values corresponding to the input image data, a voltage drop determiner configured to adjust a flicker value of the flicker values based on a voltage drop of the display panel, a still image determiner configured to determine whether the input image data is a still image or a video image, and a driving frequency determiner configured to determine the driving frequency of the display panel using the flicker value based on the input image data being the still image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Hun Lee, Sangan Kwon, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Sehyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20230326400
    Abstract: A display device comprises a pixel configured to be driven in cycle periods during a frame period defined by a vertical start signal, and a display driver configured to divide a cycle period into subfields for driving, configured to control an amount of current flowing through the pixel and to control emission on-duties of the subfields, and configured to independently determine, for the cycle period, a reference duty that is a minimum emission on-duty set in the cycle period based on a dimming signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hong Soo KIM, Myung Woo LEE, Suk Hun LEE
  • Patent number: 11763725
    Abstract: A display device of the invention includes: a pixel portion including first pixel rows connected to first scan lines and second pixel rows connected to second scan lines; a scan driver including first and second stages connected to the first scan lines and the second scan lines; and a data driver connected to the first and second pixel rows through same data lines. The first stages are connected to first clock lines, the second stages are connected to second clock lines, a first start stage of the first stages and a second start stage of the second stages are connected to a same scan start line, each first stage excluding the first start stage is connected to a first scan line of a previous first stage, and each second stage excluding the second start stage is connected to a second scan line of a previous second stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Keun Lim, Han Bit Kim, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Se Hyuk Park, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11727867
    Abstract: A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device includes a capacitor, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor, a sixth transistor, a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, a ninth transistor and an organic light emitting diode. The third transistor includes first and second sub-transistors which are coupled to each other in series between a drain of the first transistor and a gate node, and a fourth transistor includes third and fourth sub-transistors which are coupled to each other in series between a line of an initialization voltage and the gate node. The eighth transistor applies a reference voltage to a first node between the first and second sub-transistors in response to an emission signal, and a ninth transistor applies the reference voltage to a second node between the third and fourth sub-transistors in response to the emission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sehyuk Park, Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Hyo Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11705044
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel part to display an image and including pixels receiving a reference voltage; a controller to determine a value of the reference voltage based on a load of the entire pixel part, and to control a grayscale range of image data according to a location in the pixel part based on the reference voltage; a data driver to supply data voltages to the pixel part through data lines based on grayscale ranges adjusted for each location in the pixel part; and a scan driver to supply a scan signal to the pixels through scan lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Young Roh, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Se Hyuk Park
  • Patent number: 11663977
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device that controls output of a scan signal, conversion of image data, and output of a data signal in response to partial scan driving. The display device includes a display panel driven in one of a first mode and a second mode, a scan driver sequentially supplying a scan signal for writing data in the first mode, a controller generating image data in which input image data is rearranged based on the first mode or the second mode, and a data driver converting the image data into data signals and supplying the data signals to output channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Lid.
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim
  • Patent number: 11663950
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a signal controller configured to determine whether an input image signal is a still image signal, and determine color coordinates using data values of one frame data of the input image signal, and generate compensated image data by compensating image data of the one frame data based on the color coordinates; and a data driver configured to generate a data signal based on the compensated image data and output the compensated image data to the display panel through a data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim
  • Publication number: 20230137070
    Abstract: A display apparatus including: a display panel configured to display an image based on input image data; a data driver configured to output a data voltage to the display panel; and a driving controller configured to determine a driving frequency of the display panel based on flicker values for grayscale values of the input image data and output a driving frequency signal representing the driving frequency of the display panel to a host.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim, Hong Soo Kim, Jinyoung Roh, Sehyuk Park
  • Patent number: 11626054
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hyuk Park, Hong Soo Kim, Jin Young Roh, Hae Kwan Seo, Jin Wook Yang, Hyo Jin Lee, Jae Keun Lim