Patents by Inventor Ji-Hyun Ka

Ji-Hyun Ka 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: 12029082
    Abstract: A display device includes: a base layer comprising a first portion, a second portion extending from the first portion, and a third portion extending from the second portion; a first light emitting element disposed on the first portion; a first front signal line electrically connected to the first light emitting element and disposed on the first portion; a second front signal line electrically connected to the first front signal line, disposed on the first portion, disposed in a different layer from the first front signal line, and overlapping the first front signal line; a first connection line electrically connected to the first and second front signal lines, disposed on the second portion, and disposed in a different layer from the first and second front signal lines; and a first rear signal line electrically connected to the first connection line and disposed on the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Taehoon Kwon, Ji-Eun Lee, Minhee Choi
  • Publication number: 20240203356
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first organic light emitting diode; an initialization voltage generator for generating a first initialization voltage to be supplied to an anode of the first organic light emitting diode; and a timing controller including a first lookup table in which a plurality of first initialization voltage values corresponding to a plurality of maximum luminances are recorded, the timing controller being configured to determine a value of the first initialization voltage, based on reception information on a target maximum luminance and the first lookup table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hyun KA, Seung Ji CHA, Mi Hae KIM, Ki Myeong EOM
  • Publication number: 20240203355
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a pixel circuit, and first and second transistors. The OLD includes a cathode electrode connected to a second power source. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode initialized by a third power source. The driving transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED. The first transistor is connected between a fourth power source and the second power source and an anode electrode of the OLED. The first transistor is turned on based on a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the pixel circuit. The second transistor is turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: JIN TAE JEONG, MIN KU LEE, JI HYUN KA, TAE HOON KWON, SEUNG KYU LEE, SEUNG JI CHA
  • Patent number: 12010873
    Abstract: A pixel includes a pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode. The pixel circuit has first, second, third, and fourth transistors. The first transistor controls an amount of current flowing from a first driving power supply coupled to a first node to a second driving power supply through the organic light emitting diode. The turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a first scan line. The third transistor turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a second scan line. The fourth transistor turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a third scan line. The first transistor is a p-type Low Temperature Poly-Silicon thin film transistor and the third transistor and the fourth transistor are n-type oxide semiconductor thin film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Han Sung Bae, Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 12004397
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area surrounding the display area, a function-adding area, of which at least a portion is surrounded by the display area, and a detour area disposed between the display area and the function-adding area. The display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in the display area. A plurality of driving lines are electrically connected to the pixel circuits and extend in a direction in the display area. A first detour line is disposed in the detour area and is electrically connected to a first driving line. A second detour line is disposed in the detour area. The second detour line is electrically connected to a second driving line and is disposed in a different layer from the first detour line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Seung-Kyu Lee, Hwan-Soo Jang, Jin-Tae Jeong
  • Patent number: 11996051
    Abstract: A display panel of an OLED display device includes a first pixel configured to emit first color light, a second pixel configured to emit second color light, and a third pixel configured to emit third color light. Each of the first, second and third pixels includes at least two transistors, at least one capacitor and an organic light emitting diode. At least one of at least two transistors or at least one capacitor included in the third pixel has a size different from a size of a corresponding one at least two transistors or at least one capacitor included in the first pixel or the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Nackhyeon Keum, Kimyeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11996041
    Abstract: A pixel includes a plurality of transistors and an organic light emitting diode, in which the transistors include a first transistor to control an amount of current flowing to the organic light emitting diode and additional transistors are connected to the first transistor or the organic light emitting diode, the first transistor is a Low Temperature Poly-Silicon (LTPS) thin film transistor, and one or more of the other transistors are oxide semiconductor transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Han Sung Bae
  • Publication number: 20240169871
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed near the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate and connected to the pixels, and a pad portion disposed in the non-display area and including a plurality of pads. The signal lines include a first crack detecting line connected to a first test voltage pad and a first pad at a first node, connected to a second pad at a second node, and extending around the non-display area between the first node and the second node, as well as a first data line including a first end connected to a first transistor connected to the first crack detecting line at the second node, and a second end connected to corresponding pixels from among the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sae LEE, Ji-Hyun KA, Won Kyu KWAK, Hwa Young SONG, Ki Myeong EOM
  • Patent number: 11984083
    Abstract: A gate driver includes a stage configured to output a gate signal, the stage including an input part configured to control a voltage of a first node and a voltage of a second node based on signals supplied to a first input terminal and a second input terminal, an output part configured to supply a voltage of a first power source or a voltage of a second power source as the gate signal to an output terminal based on a voltage of a third node and a voltage of a fourth node, a first signal processing part configured to supply the voltage of the second power source to the fourth node based on the voltage of the first node, or to electrically connect the second node and the fourth node through a fifth node based on a signal supplied to a third input terminal, and a second signal processing part including a first transistor connected between the third node and a sixth node to control the voltage of the third node based on an operation of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai Jung In, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Ki Myeong Eom, Chae Han Hyun
  • Publication number: 20240153459
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel and a sensor pixel, the pixel including a light emitting element and a driving transistor controlling a current flowing through the light emitting element, the sensor pixel including sensor transistors, a data driver that supplies a data signal to the pixel through a data line and provides a sensor data signal to the sensor pixel through a sensor data line, and a sensing driver that obtains sensing information on a current flowing through the sensor pixel. The sensor transistors are electrically connected in parallel to each other and are commonly electrically connected to the sensor data line. The sensor transistors and the driving transistor include a substantially same characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Ki CHUN, Ji Hyun KA, Min Seok BAE, Chang Bin IM, Chae Han HYUN
  • Patent number: 11971618
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area, a display panel disposed on the substrate and including a first light-emitting diode emitting a first light having a first color and overlapping the first pixel area and a second light-emitting diode emitting a second light having the first color and overlapping the second pixel area, a first pixel electrode which is disposed on the display panel and overlaps the first pixel area, and in which first slits are defined, a second pixel electrode which is disposed on the display panel, is spaced apart from the first pixel electrode, and overlaps the second pixel area, and in which second slits extending in a direction different from the first slits are defined, a common electrode layer and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second pixel electrodes and the common electrode layer and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huigyeong Yun, Ji-Hyun Ka
  • Patent number: 11961475
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including first pixels positioned in a first area of a panel for receiving a first data signal from a data line in response to a first scan signal supplied from a first scan line and having an emission time controlled according to a first emission control signal, and second pixel positioned in a second area of the panel for receiving a second data signal from the data line in response to a second scan signal supplied from a second scan line and having an emission time controlled by a second emission control signal. The first pixels receive the first data signal after a first time after the first emission control signal is supplied, and the second pixels receive the second data signal after a second time, which is different from the first time, after the second emission control signal is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Ku Lee, Ji Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak
  • Patent number: 11950457
    Abstract: A display device includes a first display area including a plurality of first pixel electrodes, and a second display area including a plurality of second pixel electrodes. A first pitch in a first direction of the plurality of first pixel electrodes is smaller than a second pitch in the first direction of the plurality of second pixel electrodes, and a length in the first direction of the first pixel electrodes is smaller than a length in the first direction of the second pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun Ka, Tae Geun Kim, Gyeong-Im Lee
  • Patent number: 11935458
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel connected to a first data line and a first scan line; a second pixel connected to the first data line and a second scan line; a first scan driver connected to a first scan start line and the first scan line; and a second scan driver connected to a second scan start line and the second scan line. In a first frame period, the second scan start line is to be suppled with a second scan start signal having a turn-on level, after a first period elapses after a first scan start signal having a turn-on level is supplied to the first scan start line. In a second frame period, a difference between a time at which the first scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied and a time at which the second scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied corresponds to a second period. The second period is shorter than the first period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Ki Myeong Eom, Kyong Hwan Oh, Hai Jung In
  • Patent number: 11928994
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed near the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate and connected to the pixels, and a pad portion disposed in the non-display area and including a plurality of pads. The signal lines include a first crack detecting line connected to a first test voltage pad and a first pad at a first node, connected to a second pad at a second node, and extending around the non-display area between the first node and the second node, as well as a first data line including a first end connected to a first transistor connected to the first crack detecting line at the second node, and a second end connected to corresponding pixels from among the plurality of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sae Lee, Ji-Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Hwa Young Song, Ki Myeong Eom
  • Patent number: 11922883
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a pixel circuit, and first and second transistors. The OLD includes a cathode electrode connected to a second power source. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a gate electrode initialized by a third power source. The driving transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED. The first transistor is connected between a fourth power source and the second power source and an anode electrode of the OLED. The first transistor is turned on based on a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the pixel circuit. The second transistor is turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the ith scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Tae Jeong, Min Ku Lee, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Seung Kyu Lee, Seung Ji Cha
  • Patent number: 11922884
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a first organic light emitting diode; an initialization voltage generator for generating a first initialization voltage to be supplied to an anode of the first organic light emitting diode; and a timing controller including a first lookup table in which a plurality of first initialization voltage values corresponding to a plurality of maximum luminances are recorded, the timing controller being configured to determine a value of the first initialization voltage, based on reception information on a target maximum luminance and the first lookup table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Seung Ji Cha, Mi Hae Kim, Ki Myeong Eom
  • Publication number: 20240071286
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a data driver configured to output data voltages to the pixels; a gate driver configured to output a write gate signal to write the data voltages to the pixels having an inactivation level in a frame stop period; a timing controller configured to control the data driver and the gate driver; and a voltage generator configured to apply a first bias voltage to first pixels to which the data voltages are written before the frame stop period among the pixels, and to apply a second bias voltage to second pixels to which the data voltages are written after the frame stop period among the pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: SEUNGHEE LEE, JI-HYUN KA, WONKYU KWAK, MINKU LEE
  • Patent number: 11910674
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed, and the display device includes a substrate including first to third display regions, the second and the third display regions being spaced from each other, each of the second and third display regions having an area smaller than that of the first display region and being continuous to the first display region, first to third pixels in the first to third display regions, first to third lines connected to the first to third pixels, and a dummy part configured to compensate for a difference between a load value of the first lines and load values of the second and third lines, wherein the second display region includes a first sub-region adjacent to the first display region and a second sub-region spaced from the first display region, and the third display region includes a third sub-region adjacent to the first display region and a fourth sub-region spaced from the first display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Jun Park, Yang Wan Kim, Byung Sun Kim, Su Jin Lee, Jae Yong Lee, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Jin Tae Jeong, Seung Ji Cha
  • Patent number: 11900871
    Abstract: A display device including: a display region including a first pixel region, a second pixel region, and a third pixel region; a dummy region including a first dummy region disposed between the second pixel region and the third pixel region; first, second, and third pixels respectively arranged in the first pixel region, the second pixel region, and the third pixel region in a matrix of vertical lines and horizontal lines; a data converter configured to receive first image data including effective data corresponding to the display region and dummy data corresponding to the dummy region and generate second image data by converting a gray scale value of dummy data corresponding to at least one region of the first dummy region in the first image data into a predetermined first gray scale value, the first gray scale value being between a lowest gray scale value and a highest gray scale value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Ki Myeong Eom, Chung Yi, Se Byung Chae, Deok Jun Choi, Moon Sang Hwang