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: 12238994
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: a substrate on which a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area are defined, the display area includes a main area and at least one protruding area, and a plurality of pixels is in the display area; a first signal line on the substrate in the main area to provide signals to the plurality of pixels; a second signal line on the substrate in the protruding area to provide signals to the plurality of pixels; a compensation line on the substrate in the non-display area and electrically connected to the second signal line; and a bridge pattern over the second signal line and the compensation line in the non-display area and electrically connecting the second signal line with the compensation line, the bridge pattern including a double-bridge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka, Seung Ji Cha, Tae Hoon Kwon
  • Patent number: 12223911
    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: February 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Tae Jeong, Min Ku Lee, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Seung Kyu Lee, Seung Ji Cha
  • Publication number: 20250046256
    Abstract: A gate driver including a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including an eighth transistor connected between a third power input terminal and an output terminal, the eighth transistor including a gate electrode connected to a fourth node, a seventh transistor connected between a second power input terminal and the output terminal, the seventh transistor including a gate electrode connected to a third node, an eleventh transistor connected between the third power input terminal and the fourth node, the eleventh transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node, a twelfth transistor connected between the first node and the third node, the twelfth transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second power input terminal, and a third capacitor connected between the third power input terminal and the fourth node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Tae Hoon KWON, Ji Hyun KA, Nack Hyeon KEUM, Jae Jin SONG, Kwang Sae LEE
  • Publication number: 20250037650
    Abstract: A display device includes a power supply to supply a first initialization power source to the pixels through a first initialization and to supply a second initialization power source to the pixels through a second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Kyong Hwan OH, Jin Tae JEONG, Ji Hyun KA, Won Kyu KWAK, Hyung Jun PARK, Chang Soo PYON, Ji Eun LEE, Hai Jung IN, Won Mi HWANG
  • Patent number: 12211446
    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: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hai Jung In, Ji Hyun Ka, Tae Hoon Kwon, Ki Myeong Eom, Chae Han Hyun
  • Patent number: 12171120
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display (OLED) device includes an organic light emitting diode having an anode and a cathode. The organic light emitting diode is configured to receive a reference voltage. A control transistor includes a first control electrode and a first semiconductor active layer. The control transistor is configured to receive a control signal. A driving transistor includes a second control electrode that is electrically connected to the control transistor, an input electrode that is configured to receive a power voltage, an output electrode that is electrically connected to the anode of the organic light emitting diode, and a second semiconductor active layer that includes a different material from that of the first semiconductor active layer. A shielding electrode is disposed on the second semiconductor active layer, overlapping the driving transistor, and configured to receive the power voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongsoo Kim, Ji-Hyun Ka
  • Patent number: 12165592
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a substrate, a circuit layer, and an element layer. A display area of the substrate includes a main display area in which emission areas are arranged side by side, and at least one sub-display area surrounded by the main display area. The at least one sub-display area further includes light transmission areas located between the emission areas. The circuit layer includes light-emitting pixel drivers respectively electrically connected to the light-emitting elements of the element layer, data lines transmitting data signals to the light-emitting pixel drivers, first dummy lines extending in a first direction intersecting the data lines, and second dummy lines extending parallel to the data lines and paired with the data lines, respectively. The second dummy lines include reset transmission lines extending from the non-display area to the at least one sub-display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Hun Bang, Ji Hyun Ka, Kyung Hoon Kim, Joong Soo Moon, Jae Sic Lee, Jae Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 12148389
    Abstract: A gate driver including a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages including an eighth transistor connected between a third power input terminal and an output terminal, the eighth transistor including a gate electrode connected to a fourth node, a seventh transistor connected between a second power input terminal and the output terminal, the seventh transistor including a gate electrode connected to a third node, an eleventh transistor connected between the third power input terminal and the fourth node, the eleventh transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node, a twelfth transistor connected between the first node and the third node, the twelfth transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second power input terminal, and a third capacitor connected between the third power input terminal and the fourth node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Kwon, Ji Hyun Ka, Nack Hyeon Keum, Jae Jin Song, Kwang Sae Lee
  • Patent number: 12118924
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels, and a power supply to supply a first initialization voltage to the pixels through a first initialization power line, and to supply a second initialization voltage to the pixels through a second initialization power line. At least one of the pixels includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, and a light emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong Hwan Oh, Jin Tae Jeong, Ji Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Hyung Jun Park, Chang Soo Pyon, Ji Eun Lee, Hai Jung In, Won Mi Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240334742
    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: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun KA, Han Sung BAE, Won Kyu KWAK
  • Publication number: 20240321204
    Abstract: There is provided a display device including a substrate, a circuit layer, and an element layer. A display area of the substrate includes a main display area in which emission areas are arranged side by side, and at least one sub-display area surrounded by the main display area. The at least one sub-display area further includes light transmission areas located between the emission areas. The circuit layer includes light-emitting pixel drivers respectively electrically connected to the light-emitting elements of the element layer, data lines transmitting data signals to the light-emitting pixel drivers, first dummy lines extending in a first direction intersecting the data lines, and second dummy lines extending parallel to the data lines and paired with the data lines, respectively. The second dummy lines include reset transmission lines extending from the non-display area to the at least one sub-display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jeong Hun BANG, Ji Hyun KA, Kyung Hoon KIM, Joong Soo MOON, Jae Sic LEE, Jae Yong LEE
  • Publication number: 20240312418
    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: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: JI-HYUN KA, NACKHYEON KEUM, KIMYEONG EOM
  • Publication number: 20240313185
    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: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ji-Hyun KA, Taehoon KWON, Ji-Eun LEE, MINHEE CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240312412
    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: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun KA, Won Kyu KWAK, Han Sung BAE
  • Publication number: 20240296800
    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: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Hai Jung IN, Ji Hyun KA, Tae Hoon KWON, Ki Myeong EOM, Chae Han HYUN
  • Patent number: 12080223
    Abstract: An emissive display device includes: a light emitting diode; an n-type driving transistor comprising a first driving gate electrode, a first electrode receiving a driving voltage, a second electrode transferring an output current to the anode, and a second driving gate electrode; a second transistor connected to a data line; a third transistor configured to connect the first electrode and the first driving gate electrode of the driving transistor; a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode and a second storage electrode connected to the first driving gate electrode; a ninth transistor transferring an overlapping electrode voltage to the second driving gate electrode; an overlapping electrode voltage line crossing the data line and receiving the overlapping electrode voltage; and a shielding electrode at an intersection of the data line and the overlapping electrode voltage line and between the data line and the overlapping electrode voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minku Lee, Ji-Hyun Ka, Chul Kyu Kang, Seunghee Lee, Hai-Jung In, Hyeongjun Jin, Hyun Ji Cha
  • Publication number: 20240284739
    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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: JI-HYUN KA, SEUNG-KYU LEE, HWAN-SOO JANG, JIN-TAE JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240282247
    Abstract: A light emitting display device includes multiple pixels arranged in multiple pixel rows, a first scan signal generator that provides a first scan signal to the pixels in the pixel rows, a second scan signal generator that provides a second scan signal to the pixels in the pixel rows, a third scan signal generator that provides a third scan signal to the pixels in the pixel rows, and a light emission signal generator that provides a light emission signal to the pixels in the pixel rows. Each of the second scan signal generator, the third scan signal generator, and the light emission signal generator provides a same signal to the pixels in two of the pixel rows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Gi KWON, Min Woo BYUN, Ji-Hyun KA, MINJOO KIM, Seon I JEONG, Chae Han HYUN, SUNGCHAN HWANG
  • Patent number: 12069914
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, the semiconductor layer including a doped area and an undoped area, a first insulation layer that covers the semiconductor layer, a first conductor on the first insulation layer, a second insulation layer that covers the first conductor, a second conductor on the second insulation layer, a third insulation layer that covers the second conductor, and a third conductor on the third insulation layer, wherein, in the semiconductor layer that overlaps the first conductor, the doped area is between undoped areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Kim, Won Kyu Kwak, Sang Moo Choi, Ji-Hyun Ka, Chul Kyu Kang, Dong Wook Kim, Won Se Lee
  • Patent number: RE50207
    Abstract: A flat panel display device formed in a pentile structure is provided, which includes a pixel portion and a lighting tester. The pixel portion includes a first pixel column, a second pixel column and a third pixel column. In the first pixel column, first pixels for displaying a first color and second pixels for displaying a second color are alternately arranged in a direction the data lines. In the second pixel column, first and second pixels arranged in reverse order of the first pixel column in a direction parallel to the data lines. In the third pixel column, third pixels for displaying a third color are arranged in a direction parallel to the data lines. The lighting tester applies a first voltage to the first pixel column and applies a second voltage to the second pixel column during a first time period. The lighting tester applies the second voltage to the first pixel column and applies the first voltage to the second pixel column during a second time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ok-Kyung Park, Ji-Hyun Ka