Patents by Inventor Jin-Wook Yang

Jin-Wook Yang 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: 11263976
    Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first power line, a second electrode connected to a third node, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first capacitor formed between the first power line and a second node, a second capacitor formed between the first node and the second node, an emission transistor including a first electrode connected to the third node, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, and a light emitting element connected to the second electrode of the emission transistor and a second power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Wook Yang, Ji Hye Kim, Young Ha Sohn, Dong Gyu Lee, Jae Hyeon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20210398508
    Abstract: An image display system includes a graphic processor which generates an image signal, a control signal, and a variable frequency signal; and a display device which displays an image at a frame frequency corresponding to the variable frequency signal from the graphic processor. The display device includes pixels connected to emission control lines, data lines, and scan lines; a controller which provides reference data including information on reference cycles, which are cycles in which an emission control start signal is output, to the graphic processor, outputs the emission control start signal based on the control signal, and adjusting an output timing of a scan start signal based on the variable frequency signal; an emission driver which supplies emission control signals to the emission control lines based on the emission control start signal; and a scan driver which supplies scan signals to the scan lines based on the scan start signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Gyu LEE, Ji Hye KIM, Jin Wook YANG, Jae Hyeon JEON
  • Publication number: 20210390910
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth pixel disposed adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction. Each of the first to fourth pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The display device further includes a data driver that outputs a plurality of data voltages, a selective output unit that outputs the data voltages to the first to fourth pixels in a different order for each of a plurality of frames, and a scan driver that outputs a first scan signal to the first and second pixels and outputs a second scan signal, which is delayed from the first scan signal, to the third and fourth pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jin-Wook YANG, SOON-DONG KIM, CHANGNOH YOON
  • Patent number: 11195466
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device including: a plurality of pixels; a first scan gate line and a second scan gate line configured to transfer scan signals to a first pixel row of the pixels; a plurality of first gate bridges connected with the first scan gate line to transfer the scan signals to a plurality of first pixels at the first pixel row; a plurality of second gate bridges connected with the second scan gate line to transfer the scan signals to a plurality of second pixels at the first pixel row; a plurality of first data lines configured to supply a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the first pixels; and a plurality of second data lines configured to supply a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the second pixels, wherein two of the first data lines are positioned between two first pixels corresponding thereto, and two of the second data lines are positioned between two second pixels corresponding thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Dong Kim, Il-Joo Kim, Jun Ki Jeong, Jin-Wook Yang, Gyung Soon Park
  • Publication number: 20210375192
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel, a voltage line supplying a power voltage to the pixel, and a reference voltage line supplying one of a reference voltage and the power voltage to the pixel; a mode selector configured to output one of a first selection signal and a second selection signal according to an operation mode of the display panel; and a switch configured to provide the reference voltage or the power voltage to the reference voltage line in response to one of the first selection signal and the second selection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: JAE-HYEON JEON, YU-CHOL KIM, JIHYE KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, DONGGYU LEE, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Publication number: 20210376041
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixel includes a light emitting diode, a first transistor connected between a power line receiving a power source voltage and an anode of the light emitting diode, a second transistor connected between a data line and a first reference node, a first capacitor connected between the power line and the first reference node, a second capacitor connected between the first reference node and a second reference node, a third transistor connected between the first reference node and a reference voltage line receiving a reference voltage, a fourth transistor connected between an initialization voltage line receiving an initialization voltage and a drain of the first transistor, and a fifth transistor connected between the drain of the first transistor and the anode of the light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: DONGGYU LEE, JIHYE KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, JAE-HYEON JEON
  • Patent number: 11183122
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels sequentially arranged along a first direction, a data driver having output lines and generating data signals, data lines each including sub-data lines extended along the first direction, demultiplexers each connecting a corresponding output line of the output lines to a corresponding data line of the data lines and switching the corresponding output line to one of the sub-data lines one at a time so that each of the data signals is supplied to a corresponding pixel of the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Wook Yang, Soon Dong Kim, Chang Noh Yoon, Eun Gyeong Choe
  • Patent number: 11176889
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, and a power voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image. The data driver is configured to apply a data voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to provide a power voltage and an initialization voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to receive a feedback initialization voltage from the display panel and configured to compensate the initialization voltage based on the feedback initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Bong-Hyun You, Sun-Koo Kang, Joon Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Jin-Wook Yang, Ki Hong Song
  • Publication number: 20210287630
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes an optical module, a display panel and a display panel driver. The display panel is disposed on the optical module. The display panel driver is configured to drive the display panel. The display panel includes a first display area including at least a portion overlapping with the optical module and a second display area not overlapping with the optical module in a plan view. The first display area includes pixels having a first pixel structure. The second display area includes pixels having a second pixel structure different from the first pixel structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Hye KIM, Young Ha SOHN, Jin-Wook YANG, Dong Gyu LEE, Jae-Hyeon JEON
  • Publication number: 20210280141
    Abstract: A display device including a first scan line, a first dot and a second dot each including first to fourth pixels sequentially connected to the first scan line, a data driver to supply data voltages to first to fourth output lines, and a switch unit to selectively connect the first to fourth output lines to the first to fourth pixels of the first dot or the second dot, in response to first and second control signals, and including first to fourth switches to selectively connect the first to fourth output lines to the first to fourth pixels of the first dot, respectively, in response to the first control signal, and fifth to eighth switches to selectively connect the first to fourth output lines to the third, the second, the first, and the fourth pixels of the second dot, respectively, in response to the second control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Eun Gyeong CHOE, Jin Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 11107409
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a first pixel, a second pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, a third pixel disposed adjacent to the first pixel in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a fourth pixel disposed adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction. Each of the first to fourth pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The display device further includes a data driver that outputs a plurality of data voltages, a selective output unit that outputs the data voltages to the first to fourth pixels in a different order for each of a plurality of frames, and a scan driver that outputs a first scan signal to the first and second pixels and outputs a second scan signal, which is delayed from the first scan signal, to the third and fourth pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Soon-Dong Kim, Changnoh Yoon
  • Patent number: 11094263
    Abstract: A display device driving method includes: providing a reference voltage for compensating a threshold voltage of a driving transistor in a pixel; and providing a data signal to the pixel, wherein providing the reference voltage, and providing the data signal to the pixel are performed in a first frame period, and a second frame period successive to the first frame period, wherein the display device driving method further comprises providing a compensation signal generated by comparing a data signal with a reference voltage provided in a previous frame period of each frame period to the pixel before providing the reference voltage is ended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Chol Kim, Jin Wook Yang, Ji Hye Kim, Young Ha Sohn, Jae Hyeon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20210248961
    Abstract: A display device includes a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first power line, a second electrode connected to a third node, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first capacitor formed between the first power line and a second node, a second capacitor formed between the first node and the second node, an emission transistor including a first electrode connected to the third node, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, and a light emitting element connected to the second electrode of the emission transistor and a second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: JIN WOOK YANG, JI HYE KIM, YOUNG HA SOHN, DONG GYU LEE, JAE HYEON JEON
  • Publication number: 20210233455
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the first scan line, a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group each including sub-pixels coupled to the second scan line. The first pixel group and the second pixel group are driven during a first scan on time in which the first scan line is driven. Consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group are driven during a first portion of a second scan on time in which the second scan line is driven, and consecutive N?1 sub-pixels among the sub-pixels of the fourth pixel group and one sub-pixel among the sub-pixels of the third pixel group are driven during a second portion of the second scan on time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Jin-Wook YANG, Soon-Dong KIM, Chang-Noh YOON, Eun-Gyeong CHOE
  • Patent number: 11049427
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a first display area adjacent to a first end portion of the flexible display panel and a second display area adjacent to a second end portion of the flexible display panel. The flexible display panel is scanned from the first end portion of the flexible display panel to the second end portion of the flexible display panel in a first mode. In a second mode, the flexible display panel is concurrently scanned from the first end portion of the flexible display panel to a central portion of the flexible display panel and from the second end portion of the flexible display panel to the central portion of the flexible display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Jihye Kim, Jin-Wook Yang
  • Publication number: 20210175318
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display device. The display device includes a plurality of data lines to supply data signals, a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting element, a first transistor to control current flowing through the light-emitting element, and a second transistor connected between the first transistor and one of the plurality of data lines, and a conductive pattern disposed on and connected to the second transistor through a first contact hole. The data line is disposed on a layer different from that of the bridge pattern, and is connected to the bridge pattern through a second contact hole. The first contact hole and the second contact hole overlap each other, when viewed on a plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Soon Dong KIM, Jin Wook YANG
  • Patent number: 11017728
    Abstract: A display device includes: first and second dots arranged on a first horizontal line in a first direction, each of the first and second dots including first to fourth pixels; a switch unit configured to selectively couple first to fourth output lines respectively to the first to fourth pixels of each of the first and second dots, in response to a first control signal and a second control signal; and a data driver configured to supply data voltages to the first to fourth output lines in a time-sharing manner. The data driver may include: a data processor configured to generate data signals corresponding to the first to fourth output lines; and first to fourth digital-to-analog converters (DACs) configured to convert the data signals into the data voltages. Each of the first to fourth DACs may be supplied with a corresponding one of first to fourth gamma voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Gyeong Choe, Jin Wook Yang
  • Patent number: 11004400
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a gray group data generator configured to receive current line data for pixels in a current row, and to generate current row gray group data based on the current line data, a horizontal crosstalk determiner configured to determine whether horizontal crosstalk occurs in the current row, a horizontal crosstalk compensator configured to compare the current row gray group data with adjacent row gray group data when the horizontal crosstalk is determined to occur in the current row, and to selectively adjust a plurality of gamma reference voltages according to a result of the comparison between the current row gray group data and the adjacent row gray group data, and a data driver configured to generate and provide data voltages corresponding to the current line data based on the selectively adjusted plurality of gamma reference voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changnoh Yoon, Soon-Dong Kim, Jin-Wook Yang
  • Publication number: 20210074216
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, and a power voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image. The data driver is configured to apply a data voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to provide a power voltage and an initialization voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to receive a feedback initialization voltage from the display panel and configured to compensate the initialization voltage based on the feedback initialization voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wontae KIM, Bong-Hyun YOU, Sun-Koo KANG, Joon Chul GOH, Soon-Dong KIM, Jin-Wook YANG, Ki Hong SONG
  • Publication number: 20210074225
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows each including first pixel groups alternating with second pixel groups; a gate driver configured to provide a first group gate signal to the first pixel groups, and to provide a second group gate signal to the second pixel groups; a data driver configured to output data voltages to a plurality of output line groups; and a connection controller configured to connect the output line groups to a first data line group in response to a first connection control signal, and to connect the output line groups to a second data line group in response to a second connection control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Changnoh YOON, Jin-Wook YANG