Patents by Inventor Ji Su Na

Ji Su Na 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: 10777145
    Abstract: A demultiplexer includes: a first transistor connected between a data input line and a first data output line; a second transistor connected between the data input line and a second data output line; and an initializing transistor configured to be simultaneously turned on with the first transistor to transmit an initializing voltage to the second data output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Ji Su Na
  • Patent number: 10685605
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel columns, a plurality of switching units, a number of which corresponds to a number of the pixel columns, and a plurality of data lines of which a number is one more than the number of the pixel columns, where each of the switching units includes a first switch which transfers a data voltage to a first data line to which some of a plurality of pixels included in a corresponding pixel column are connected, and a second switch which transfers a data voltage to a second data line to which the other of the pixels included in the corresponding pixel column are connected, and a second switch included in a first switching unit among the switching units is connected with a first switch included in a second switching unit adjacent to the first switching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Su Na, Hee Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20200168147
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) display includes a semiconductor layer on a substrate, first and second signal lines on the semiconductor layer, a shield layer on the first and second signal lines, a data line on the shield layer, and an OLED on the data line, where the transistor includes a driving transistor, a second transistor connected to the first signal line and the data line, and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first signal line, a third electrode connected to a second electrode of the driving transistor, and a fourth electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, the shield layer includes an overlapped portion overlapping at least a part of the connection portion and non-overlaps the second transistor, and the shield layer is separated from the first and second signal lines with a gap therebetween in a plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ji Su NA, Joong-Soo MOON, Chae Han HYUN, Yang Wan KIM
  • Patent number: 10573223
    Abstract: A scan driver includes scan signal outputting circuits, at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits includes a driving circuit and a buffer circuit. The driving circuit includes driving transistors. The driving circuit provides first and second driving signals to first and second driving nodes, respectively by turning on or off the driving transistors in response to clock signals and a scan input signal. The buffer circuit includes buffer transistors. The buffer circuit outputs a scan signal at an output node by turning on or off the buffer transistors in response to the first and second driving signals. The at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits performs a back-biasing voltage applying operation on at least one of the driving transistors and the buffer transistors when the driving transistors and the buffer transistors are turned on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kong, Ji-Su Na, Yong-Sung Park, Dong-Bum Lee, In-Ho Choi, Young-In Hwang, Min-Woo Byun, Hea-Min Jung
  • Publication number: 20200005709
    Abstract: Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ki Wook KIM, Kwang Min KIM, Yang Wan KIM, Ji Su NA, Min Woo BYUN
  • Publication number: 20190385523
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element. A first transistor transmits a driving current to the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected to a first electrode of the first transistor to transmit a data signal. A third transistor has a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor. An auxiliary transistor is connected between a second electrode of the third transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor to transmit the data signal to the gate electrode of the first transistor. Each of the first transistor, the second transistor and the auxiliary transistor is a first-type transistor, and the third transistor is a second-type transistor different from the first-type transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Su NA, Min Woo BYUN, Seung Kyu LEE
  • Patent number: 10510301
    Abstract: A scan driver is integrated to include multiple drivers in a peripheral area of a display. The drivers output gate, emission, and/or other signals for driving pixel circuits in the display based on one or more clock signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Su Na, Ji-Hye Kong, Young-In Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190259331
    Abstract: A pixel includes an OLED, a driving transistor, first to third transistors, and a first capacitor. The driving transistor controls an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the OLED. The first power source is coupled to a first electrode of the driving transistor. The current corresponds to a voltage of a first node. The first transistor is coupled between a data line and a second node. The first capacitor is coupled between the first node and the second node. The second transistor is coupled between the first node and a second electrode of the driving transistor. The third transistor is coupled between the first node and an initialization power source. A turn-on time of the first and second transistors overlaps that of the third transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventor: JI SU NA
  • Patent number: 10388214
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting element; a first transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a scan line, a first electrode coupled to a data line, and a second electrode coupled to a first node, a second transistor configured to drive the organic light emitting element according to a data voltage provided through the first transistor; a third transistor including a first electrode coupled to the first node and a second electrode coupled to a second node; a first capacitor between the first node and a third node configured to have an initialization voltage applied; and a second capacitor between a fourth node coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Su Na
  • Publication number: 20190189059
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixel columns, a plurality of switching units, a number of which corresponds to a number of the pixel columns, and a plurality of data lines of which a number is one more than the number of the pixel columns, where each of the switching units includes a first switch which transfers a data voltage to a first data line to which some of a plurality of pixels included in a corresponding pixel column are connected, and a second switch which transfers a data voltage to a second data line to which the other of the pixels included in the corresponding pixel column are connected, and a second switch included in a first switching unit among the switching units is connected with a first switch included in a second switching unit adjacent to the first switching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Su NA, Hee Jin JEON
  • Patent number: 10198997
    Abstract: A scan driving circuit includes a plurality of stages, each having a shift register and a scan signal output unit. The shift register has a first node to receive a first driving voltage according to a control signal and a second node to receive the first driving voltage according to a reset signal. The scan signal output unit outputs scan signals to respective scan lines. The scan signal output unit has a plurality of clock switches controlled according to a voltage of the first node and a plurality of switches controlled according to a voltage of the second node. The clock switches sequentially output clock signals to respective third nodes, which are connected to respective scan lines. The switches output a second driving voltage to the third nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Tae Jeong, Ji Su Na
  • Patent number: 10147743
    Abstract: A non-quadrangular display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a plurality of first signal lines formed in a non-quadrangular display area and a DC voltage line formed in a peripheral area surrounding the non-quadrangular display area. At least one of the first signal lines crosses the DC voltage line in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Su Na, Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10127861
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of scan driving blocks. Each of the scan driving blocks includes a first shift register including a plurality of driving transistors, the first shift register being configured to provide a first driving signal to a first driving node and to provide a second driving signal to a second driving node, a second shift register including a plurality of masking transistors, the second shift register being configured to provide a masking signal to a masking output node, and a buffer circuit including a plurality of buffer transistors, the buffer circuit being configured to provide scan signals. The buffer circuit outputs the scan signals that include the first pulse or the scan signals that include the first pulse and the second pulse based on the masking signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Su Na, Jin-Tae Jeong
  • Patent number: 10062321
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes a first-transistor including gate-electrode receiving first emission control signal, first-electrode connected to ELVDD, and second-electrode connected to first node, a second-transistor including gate-electrode receiving second emission control signal, first-electrode, and second-electrode connected to second node, a third-transistor including gate-electrode connected to third node, first-electrode connected to first node, and second-electrode connected to first-electrode of the second-transistor, an OLED including anode connected to second node and cathode connected to ELVSS, a fourth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving bias scan signal, first-electrode connected to initialization voltage, and second-electrode connected to second node, a fifth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving bias scan signal, first-electrode connected to reference voltage, and second-electrode connected to third node, a sixth-transistor including gate-electrode receiving data scan signal, fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Su Na, Kyoung-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10043432
    Abstract: An emission driver includes light emission driving controllers that are electrically connected to light emission control lines. Each of the light emission driving controllers may include a first circuit block configured to provide a second voltage to a first node in response to a first clock signal and to output a first voltage as a light emission control signal based on a voltage at the first node and a second clock signal having a phase difference from a phase of the first clock signal; and a second circuit block configured to provide a synchronization signal to a second node in response to the first clock signal, to maintain a voltage at the second node using a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor, and to pull down the light emission control signal to have the second voltage in response to the voltage at the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Ji-Su Na
  • Patent number: 9985083
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, an organic light emitting display device including: a substrate; a common power line, a first drain electrode, and a second drain electrode each disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor pattern layer connected to the common power line and the second drain electrode; a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor pattern layer; and an anode electrode connected to the second drain electrode. The semiconductor pattern layer, the gate electrode and the first drain electrode all overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Su Na
  • Publication number: 20180006100
    Abstract: Provided are an organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same. According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, an organic light emitting display device including: a substrate; a common power line, a first drain electrode, and a second drain electrode each disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor pattern layer connected to the common power line and the second drain electrode; a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor pattern layer; and an anode electrode connected to the second drain electrode. The semiconductor pattern layer, the gate electrode and the first drain electrode all overlap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventor: Ji Su NA
  • Patent number: 9824628
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel including a display element, a pixel circuit to provide a driving signal to the display element, a first transistor to control a connection between the pixel circuit and the display element, and a second transistor to control a connection between the display element and a repair line; a second pixel including a repair circuit to provide the driving signal to the repair line; and a repair control element connected to first and second control lines that are connected to gate electrodes of the first and second transistors, respectively, and configured to control the first and second transistors according to a repair control signal provided by a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Su Na
  • Publication number: 20170263188
    Abstract: A scan driver is integrated to include multiple drivers in a peripheral area of a display. The drivers output gate, emission, and/or other signals for driving pixel circuits in the display based on one or more clock signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ji-Su NA, Ji-Hye KONG, Young-In HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170206826
    Abstract: A scan driver includes scan signal outputting circuits, at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits includes a driving circuit and a buffer circuit. The driving circuit includes driving transistors. The driving circuit provides first and second driving signals to first and second driving nodes, respectively by turning on or off the driving transistors in response to clock signals and a scan input signal. The buffer circuit includes buffer transistors. The buffer circuit outputs a scan signal at an output node by turning on or off the buffer transistors in response to the first and second driving signals. The at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits performs a back-biasing voltage applying operation on at least one of the driving transistors and the buffer transistors when the driving transistors and the buffer transistors are turned on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Ji-Hye KONG, Ji-Su NA, Yong-Sung PARK, Dong-Bum LEE, In-Ho CHOI, Young-In HWANG, Min-Woo BYUN, Hea-Min JUNG