Patents by Inventor HunKi SHIN
HunKi SHIN 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).
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Patent number: 10541286Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device which comprises a plurality of sub-pixels each of which comprises an OLED, a driving TFT, a first TFT for applying a data voltage to a gate electrode of the driving TFT, a second TFT for applying a reference voltage to a source electrode of the driving TFT, and a storage capacitor, a data driver for outputting the data voltage to a data line and the reference voltage to a reference line, and a gate driving unit for outputting signals to a first gate line connected to the gate electrode of the first TFT and a second gate line connected to the gate electrode of the second TFT, wherein two adjacent sub-pixels emitting a same color is supplied with the data voltages through different data lines and share the first gate line and the second gate line.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyemin Park, Hunki Shin, Dongik Kim, Jinwoo Lee
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Patent number: 10460662Abstract: An electroluminescent display and a method of sensing electrical characteristics of the electroluminescent display are disclosed. The electroluminescent display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines and a driver integrated circuit connected to the data line through a channel terminal. The driver integrated circuit includes a data voltage generator configured to generate a data voltage to be supplied to the pixel, a first switch connected between the channel terminal and the data voltage generator, a sensor configured to sense electrical characteristics of the pixel, and a second switch connected between the channel terminal and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eunji Song, Kiwon Son, Hunki Shin, Dongik Kim
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Patent number: 10366676Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, and a pixel disposed in a n-th pixel line has a light emitting diode, a driving TFT to control a current flowing the light emitting diode, a capacitor connecting a source of the driving TFT and a gate of the driving TFT, a first TFT controlled by a first gate signal which is transferred through a first gate line to connect the gate of the driving TFT to one of data lines, a second TFT controlled by a second gate signal which is transferred through a second gate line to connect the gate of the driving TFT to an initialization voltage, and a third TFT controlled by the second gate signal transferred to a pixel disposed in a (n?1)-th pixel line to connect the source of the driving TFT to a reference voltage, n being a natural number.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongik Kim, Joondong Kim, Hunki Shin
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Publication number: 20180151112Abstract: An electroluminescent display and a method of sensing electrical characteristics of the electroluminescent display are disclosed. The electroluminescent display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of data lines and a driver integrated circuit connected to the data line through a channel terminal. The driver integrated circuit includes a data voltage generator configured to generate a data voltage to be supplied to the pixel, a first switch connected between the channel terminal and the data voltage generator, a sensor configured to sense electrical characteristics of the pixel, and a second switch connected between the channel terminal and the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eunji SONG, Kiwon SON, Hunki SHIN, Dongik KIM
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Publication number: 20180144717Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels, and a pixel disposed in a n-th pixel line has a light emitting diode, a driving TFT to control a current flowing the light emitting diode, a capacitor connecting a source of the driving TFT and a gate of the driving TFT, a first TFT controlled by a first gate signal which is transferred through a first gate line to connect the gate of the driving TFT to one of data lines, a second TFT controlled by a second gate signal which is transferred through a second gate line to connect the gate of the driving TFT to an initialization voltage, and a third TFT controlled by the second gate signal transferred to a pixel disposed in a (n?1)-th pixel line to connect the source of the driving TFT to a reference voltage, n being a natural number.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dongik Kim, Joondong Kim, Hunki Shin
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Publication number: 20180083078Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device which comprises a plurality of sub-pixels each of which comprises an OLED, a driving TFT, a first TFT for applying a data voltage to a gate electrode of the driving TFT, a second TFT for applying a reference voltage to a source electrode of the driving TFT, and a storage capacitor, a data driver for outputting the data voltage to a data line and the reference voltage to a reference line, and a gate driving unit for outputting signals to a first gate line connected to the gate electrode of the first TFT and a second gate line connected to the gate electrode of the second TFT, wherein two adjacent sub-pixels emitting a same color is supplied with the data voltages through different data lines and share the first gate line and the second gate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2017Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyemin PARK, Hunki SHIN, Dongik KIM, Jinwoo LEE
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Patent number: 9449560Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a driving thin film transistor (TFT) to control an emission amount of the OLED, the plurality of pixels connected to respective sensing lines; and at least one sensing unit connected to a corresponding one of the pixels through the respective sensing line, the at least one sensing unit configured to sense an amount of carriers accumulated in a parasitic capacitor of the OLED of the corresponding one of the pixels when a driving current flows in the OLED, the at least one sensing unit thereby sensing a degradation of the OLED.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyemi Oh, Hunki Shin, Changhee Kim
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Patent number: 9437167Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device and operating method thereof that may include an organic light-emitting diode, a first transistor controlled by a sensing signal and connected to a data line, a second transistor controlled by a scanning signal and connected to the data line, and a driving transistor having first to third nodes, wherein a reference voltage is applied to the first node through the first transistor, a data voltage is applied to the second node through the second transistor, and the third node is connected to a driving voltage line.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: HunKi Shin, BumSik Kim
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Patent number: 9396675Abstract: A method for sensing degradation of an organic light emitting display includes an initialization step for applying a sensing data voltage to a gate node of a driving TFT and applying an initialization voltage to a source node of the driving TFT, a boosting step for floating the gate node and the source node of the driving TFT and applying a drain-to-source current of the driving TFT to an organic element, a sensing step for again applying the initialization voltage to the source node of the driving TFT, setting a gate-to-source voltage of the driving TFT depending on a degradation degree of the organic element, and storing the drain-to-source current of the driving TFT determined by the set gate-to-source voltage in a line capacitor, and a sampling step for outputting a voltage stored in the line capacitor as a sensing voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changhee Kim, Kilhwan Oh, Hunki Shin
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Publication number: 20160071445Abstract: A method for sensing degradation of an organic light emitting display includes an initialization step for applying a sensing data voltage to a gate node of a driving TFT and applying an initialization voltage to a source node of the driving TFT, a boosting step for floating the gate node and the source node of the driving TFT and applying a drain-to-source current of the driving TFT to an organic element, a sensing step for again applying the initialization voltage to the source node of the driving TFT, setting a gate-to-source voltage of the driving TFT depending on a degradation degree of the organic element, and storing the drain-to-source current of the driving TFT determined by the set gate-to-source voltage in a line capacitor, and a sampling step for outputting a voltage stored in the line capacitor as a sensing voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Changhee KIM, Kilhwan OH, Hunki SHIN
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Publication number: 20160012798Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a driving thin film transistor (TFT) to control an emission amount of the OLED, the plurality of pixels connected to respective sensing lines; and at least one sensing unit connected to a corresponding one of the pixels through the respective sensing line, the at least one sensing unit configured to sense an amount of carriers accumulated in a parasitic capacitor of the OLED of the corresponding one of the pixels when a driving current flows in the OLED, the at least one sensing unit thereby sensing a degradation of the OLED.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyemi OH, Hunki SHIN, Changhee KIM
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Publication number: 20150130785Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light-emitting display device and operating method thereof that may include an organic light-emitting diode, a first transistor controlled by a sensing signal and connected to a data line, a second transistor controlled by a scanning signal and connected to the data line, and a driving transistor having first to third nodes, wherein a reference voltage is applied to the first node through the first transistor, a data voltage is applied to the second node through the second transistor, and the third node is connected to a driving voltage line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: HunKi SHIN, BumSik KIM