Patents by Inventor Hyoung-Rae Kim

Hyoung-Rae 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).

  • Patent number: 7880501
    Abstract: Level shifting circuits generate multiple tracking signals that are in-phase with an input signal, but are also level-shifted with wider voltage swings relative to the input signal. These input tracking signals are provided as separate inputs to an inverter having at least one PMOS pull-up transistor and at least one NMOS pull-down transistor therein. A level shifting circuit may include a differential input circuit, which is responsive to true and complementary input signals. A first load circuit is electrically coupled to the differential input circuit. This first load circuit is configured to generate first and second tracking signals at respective first and second nodes therein. These first and second tracking signals are in-phase, level-shifted versions of each other, and have respective voltage swings that are greater than a voltage swing of the complementary input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Seok Han, Hyoung-Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 7864134
    Abstract: Provided is a display device of a mobile phone with a sub memory. The display device includes a display panel for displaying application data and state display data corresponding to a main image data signal used to display various application data and a sub image data signal including state display data and picture control signals, a sub memory for storing state display data and picture control signals for outputting state display data and picture control signals to the display panel, and a display driver which drives images or data to be displayed on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Wan-Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20100295522
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a voltage regulator. The device includes an operational amplifier configured to compare an input voltage with a feedback voltage and output an output voltage, an up-resistor connected between an output of the operational amplifier and a first node, a down-resistor connected between a second node and a ground voltage terminal, and a switching unit including a fuse box connected between a third node outputting the feedback voltage and a fourth node having a variable resistance value, and configured to connect the first node with the fourth node and the second node with the third node, or connect the first node with the third node and the second node with the fourth node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Chang-Ju Lee, Hyoung-Rae Kim, San-Ho Byun
  • Publication number: 20100241957
    Abstract: A data processing system having a display incorporating a touch screen, a constituent display driver (DDI) and method of display an image including a touch icon are disclosed. The DDI receives image data principally defining the display data defining the image on the display and separately receives touch icon image data defining the touch icon within the image. The image data and the touch icon image data are combined in the DDI to generate the display data provided to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Rae KIM, Yoon Kyung CHOI
  • Patent number: 7786801
    Abstract: An operational amplifier includes a differential amplifier, an output stage, and a control unit. The differential amplifier generates a first current through a first output node and a second current through a second output node in response to a voltage difference between a first input signal input through a first input terminal and a second input signal input through a second input terminal. The output stage generates an output signal through an output node. The control unit receives a voltage of the first output node and a voltage of the second output node, as bias voltages, and controls an output current of the output stage to determine the output signal of the output stage in response to the received voltages of the first and second output nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyoung Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20100171372
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a voltage required for a semiconductor device by using a voltage supplied from an external power supply is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Hee-seok Han, Yoon-kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20100171558
    Abstract: An oscillator including a current bias circuit and a ring oscillator. The current bias circuit tracks a temperature change of the oscillator by using a control voltage and generates a plurality of bias voltages to supply a bias current according to the temperature change. The ring oscillator compares differential output signals generated according to the bias voltages and generates an oscillation signal as a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Hyoung Rae Kim, Nam Jin Song
  • Publication number: 20100156795
    Abstract: A capacitive touch screen panel (TSP) includes multiple TSP sections assembled in a planar arrangement to provide a unitary user interface area. Each one of the TSP sections is configured for independent activation/deactivation with respect to other TSP sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung Rae KIM, Yoon Kyung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20100156867
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter includes a voltage-to-current converter, a current-mode digital-to-analog converter and an operational amplifier. The voltage-to-current converter generates a first current signal, and the current-mode digital-to-analog converter generates a second current signal. The operational amplifier modulates a drain current in response to the second current signal and generates an output signal having an offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Yong-Joon Jeon, Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Sung-Woo Lee, Hyung-Min Lee, Yoon-Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20100141493
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog conversion circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter and a buffer amplifier. The digital-to-analog converter receives upper bits of digital data and a plurality of analog voltages and is configured to output two adjacent analog voltages of the plurality of analog voltages based on the upper bits. The buffer amplifier includes two input terminals. One of the input terminals receives one of the two adjacent analog voltages and the other input terminal receives the other adjacent analog voltage. The buffer amplifier is configured to generate a current offset by controlling a current flowing into each of the two input terminals based on lower bits of the digital bits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Gyu Hyeong CHO, Yoon Kyung Choi, Hyoung Rae Kim, Yong Joon Jeon, Hyung Min Lee, Sung Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 7728854
    Abstract: A gamma correction device and method thereof is described herein, in which gray-scale voltages may be generated that correspond with a plurality of gamma values. The gray-scale voltages may be generated by adjusting output ranges of the gray-scale voltages while fixing a gamma correction voltage on a constant level. The gamma correction device may include a gamma correction voltage generator generating a plurality of gamma correction voltages corresponding to a reference gamma value; a gray-scale voltage generation circuit dividing the gamma correction voltages to generate a plurality of sub gray-scale voltage sets each of which includes a sub gray-scale voltage corresponding to each gamma value; and a gray-scale voltage selection circuit outputting one of the sub gray-scale voltages of each sub gray-scale voltage set as a gray-scale voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Jong-Seon Kim
  • Patent number: 7718681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 5-(1,3-diaryl-1H-pyrazol-4-ylmethylene)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, a method for preparing the same and an anticancer agent composition comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Hyoung Rae Kim, Jaesung No, Min Jung Seo, Bo Gan Song, Bum Suk Son, Jung Ki Kim, Kwang-Rok Kim, Hyae Gyeong Cheon, Ge Hyeong Lee
  • Publication number: 20100110040
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae KIM, Yoon-kyung CHOI, Hwa-hyun CHO, Sang-woo KIM, Hae-yong AHN, Hyung-dal KWON, Jong-kang PARK, San-ho BYUN, Jae-suk YU
  • Patent number: 7683898
    Abstract: A highly efficient LCD driving voltage generating circuit and method consumes a relatively small amount of power, as compared to conventional means. The LCD driving voltage generating circuit comprises a DC-DC converter for boosting an input voltage in response to a clock signal and for outputting the boosted voltage as a first driving voltage; a voltage controlled oscillator for generating the clock signal at a frequency that changes in response to the level of a control voltage; and a control voltage generator for generating the control voltage in response to the difference between a reference voltage and a feedback voltage derived from the first driving voltage. In this manner, as the feedback voltage becomes lower than a reference voltage, the frequency of the clock signal input into a DC-DC converter increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ho Park, Hyoung-rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20090322737
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus and a method of driving the same are provided, and, in particular, a gate driver and a method of driving the gate driver. The gate driver includes a decoder that decodes gate line selection data and that generates a gate line selection signal. A gate driving circuit generates a gate driving signal in a pre-charging phase and a driving phase in response to the gate line selection signal and a pre-charging control signal that controls an off-state of non-selected gate lines. In a time period of the driving phase in which a gate line is not selected, a node that has been in a floating state is held to a target voltage level in response to a hold control signal. The hold control signal is generated based upon a timing relationship between the gate line selection signal and the pre-charging control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Hyo-Sun Kim, Yoon-Kyung Choi, Jae-Youl Lee
  • Publication number: 20090315610
    Abstract: Level shifting circuits generate multiple tracking signals that are in-phase with an input signal, but are also level-shifted with wider voltage swings relative to the input signal. These input tracking signals are provided as separate inputs to an inverter having at least one PMOS pull-up transistor and at least one NMOS pull-down transistor therein. A level shifting circuit may include a differential input circuit, which is responsive to true and complementary input signals. A first load circuit is electrically coupled to the differential input circuit. This first load circuit is configured to generate first and second tracking signals at respective first and second nodes therein. These first and second tracking signals are in-phase, level-shifted versions of each other, and have respective voltage swings that are greater than a voltage swing of the complementary input signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Hee-Seok Han, Hyoung-Rae Kim
  • Publication number: 20090302824
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a low reference voltage having low power consumption characteristics is provided. A reference voltage generating apparatus includes a constant current source circuit which generates a reference current. A load circuit is connected to the constant current source circuit and generates a voltage which is proportional to the reference current. A current branch circuit removes a portion of temperature-invariant current components included in the reference current from a connection terminal of the constant current source circuit and the load circuit to a ground terminal through a current branch which is different from a current branch of the load circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Hyo-Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20090237386
    Abstract: A display driver integrated circuit using a ping-pong type sample and hold circuit is provided. The display driver integrated circuit includes a data counter, a comparison unit, a gray voltage generation unit, and a sample and hold circuit. The data counter outputs first through n-th gamma data in response to a clock signal. The comparison unit compares input image data with each of the first through n-th gamma data so as to output a comparison signal. The gray voltage generation unit generates first through n-th gray voltages in response to the first through n-th gamma data. The sample and hold circuit includes a first sub sample and hold circuit and a second sub sample and hold circuit and outputs one of the first through n-th gray voltages in response to the comparison signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhong-yuan Wu, Hyoung-rae Kim
  • Patent number: 7586373
    Abstract: A fully differential amplifier includes a first single-ended current mirror type fully differential amplifier outputting a first output signal by two stage amplifying a difference between a first input signal and a second input signal and a second single-ended current mirror type fully differential amplifier outputting a second output signal by two stage amplifying a difference between the first input signal and the second input signal. A first tail of the first single-ended current mirror type fully differential amplifier and a second tail of the second single-ended current mirror type fully differential amplifier are connected to each other and the first output signal and the second output signal are differential signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyoung Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 7554405
    Abstract: An adaptive biasing input stage includes pairs of differentially coupled amplifying and sensing field effect transistors having gates with differential inputs applied thereon. In addition, a static current source is coupled to sources of the amplifying and sensing field effect transistors at a predetermined node. Also, current mirrors are coupled to the sensing field effect transistors for forming loop mechanisms for increasing the current through the predetermined node when the differential inputs have a non-zero difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyoung-Rae Kim