Patents by Inventor Jin Woong Jang
Jin Woong Jang 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).
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Publication number: 20240038173Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit capable of reducing power consumed for pixel driving by reducing the number of times a capacitor is charged. The pixel driving circuit includes: a video memory configured to store video data related to driving of a plurality of light-emitting devices; a plurality of sub-pixel driving units, respectively corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting devices, configured to supply power to the plurality of light-emitting devices according to the video data stored in the video memory, each of the plurality of sub-pixel driving units having a capacitor unit for charging power required for driving each of the plurality of light-emitting devices; a charge control memory configured to store data related to charging of the capacitor unit; and a charge controller configured to control whether the capacitor unit is charged according to charge control data stored in the charge control memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Ji Han KIM, Jin Woong Jang, Ji Haeng Lee, Dae Young Jung, Jong Gu Jeon
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Publication number: 20230419889Abstract: The present invention is related to pixels and a display apparatus including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a signal control unit for generating a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; a column driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the first voltage signal to the pixel through a column line; and a row driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the second voltage signal to the pixel through a row line, wherein the signal control unit generates the second voltage signal so that a voltage level of the second voltage signal rises to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level value during a non-emission period of the pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Jin Woong JANG
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Publication number: 20230386400Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of improving a dynamic false contour. The display apparatus may control to change an order of a plurality of pulses of which widths are modulated for an emission time set within one frame, or divide pulses corresponding to the most significant bit (MSB) and the second significant bit (MSB-1) of image data among the pulses into two or more sub-pulses, and output the sub-pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Ji Haeng LEE, Jin Woong JANG, Ji Han KIM, Dae Young JUNG, Jong Gu JEON, Do Kyung KIM
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Patent number: 11817041Abstract: The present invention is related to pixels and a display apparatus including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a signal control unit for generating a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; a column driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the first voltage signal to the pixel through a column line; and a row driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the second voltage signal to the pixel through a row line, wherein the signal control unit generates the second voltage signal so that a voltage level of the second voltage signal rises to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level value during a non-emission period of the pixel.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Patent number: 11783746Abstract: Provided are a pixel having two contacting points and an operating method of the pixel. The pixel includes a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal which are related to power required for driving of a pixel driving circuit unit driving a plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the positive power terminal is connected to a data driving circuit, and the negative power terminal is connected to a scan driving circuit. The pixel may be driven according to a potential difference between a signal output from the data driving circuit and a signal output from the scan driving circuit.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Patent number: 11776462Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of improving a dynamic false contour. The display apparatus may control to change an order of a plurality of pulses of which widths are modulated for an emission time set within one frame, or divide pulses corresponding to the most significant bit (MSB) and the second significant bit (MSB-1) of image data among the pulses into two or more sub-pulses, and output the sub-pulses.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Ji Haeng Lee, Jin Woong Jang, Ji Han Kim, Dae Young Jung, Jong Gu Jeon, Do Kyung Kim
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Publication number: 20230290304Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit capable of reducing power consumed for pixel driving by reducing the number of times a capacitor is charged. The pixel driving circuit includes: a video memory configured to store video data related to driving of a plurality of light-emitting devices; a plurality of sub-pixel driving units, respectively corresponding to the plurality of light-emitting devices, configured to supply power to the plurality of light-emitting devices according to the video data stored in the video memory, each of the plurality of sub-pixel driving units having a capacitor unit for charging power required for driving each of the plurality of light-emitting devices; a charge control memory configured to store data related to charging of the capacitor unit; and a charge controller configured to control whether the capacitor unit is charged according to charge control data stored in the charge control memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Sapien Semiconductors Inc.Inventors: Ji Han Kim, Jin Woong Jang, Ji Haeng Lee, Dae Young Jung, Jong Gu Jeon
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Publication number: 20230154387Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit operatable in a low-definition mode and a high-definition mode using the same pixel memory, and a display device including the same. The pixel driving circuit may include a driving line configured to connect between an emitter and a positive power source or between the emitter and a negative power source, a first transistor connected in series on the driving line and turned on in response to a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a first driving unit and a second driving unit that are connected in series on the driving line and electrically connected in parallel to each other, and a second transistor connected between a reference voltage source, which is connected to apply a reference voltage to the first driving unit and the second driving unit, and the second driving unit and turned on or off in response to a display mode selection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Jin Woong JANG
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Publication number: 20220415245Abstract: A display apparatus is capable of improving a dynamic false contour. The display apparatus may control to change an order of a plurality of pulses of which widths are modulated for an emission time set within one frame, or divide pulses corresponding to the most significant bit (MSB) and the second significant bit (MSB-1) of image data among the pulses into two or more sub-pulses, and output the sub-pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Ji Haeng LEE, Jin Woong JANG, Ji Han KIM, Dae Young JUNG, Jong Gu JEON, Do Kyung KIM
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Publication number: 20220406236Abstract: Provided are a pixel having two contacting points and an operating method of the pixel. The pixel includes a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal which are related to power required for driving of a pixel driving circuit unit driving a plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein the positive power terminal is connected to a data driving circuit, and the negative power terminal is connected to a scan driving circuit. The pixel may be driven according to a potential difference between a signal output from the data driving circuit and a signal output from the scan driving circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2020Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Jin Woong JANG
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Patent number: 11475814Abstract: The present specification provides a display apparatus allowing brightness of a display panel to be more finely controlled as compared with the related art. The display apparatus according to the present specification includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in m×n, and K shift register units configured to sequentially output pulse signals having a width adjusted to adjust brightness of the display panel to m horizontal pixel lines, wherein each of the shift register units includes m main flip-flops and m?1 sub-flip-flops connected between the in main flip-flops.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Publication number: 20220293043Abstract: The present invention is related to pixels and a display apparatus including: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a signal control unit for generating a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal; a column driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the first voltage signal to the pixel through a column line; and a row driver connected to each of the pixels to transmit the second voltage signal to the pixel through a row line, wherein the signal control unit generates the second voltage signal so that a voltage level of the second voltage signal rises to be higher than or equal to a predetermined level value during a non-emission period of the pixel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon LEE, Jin Woong JANG
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Patent number: 11335251Abstract: An LED driving apparatus includes a driving circuit and multiple pixel circuits, each including: a pixel line connecting pixel power sources; an LED in series to the pixel line; two pixel MOSFETs connected in series to the pixel line, wherein the first MOSFET is turned on by the driving circuit and the second MOSFET is connected to the first MOSFET source; and a capacitor connected between the two MOSFET gates. The driving circuit includes: a driving line connecting driving power sources; a current source in series to the driving line; two driving MOSFETs connected in series to the driving line, wherein the first driving MOSFET is connected to the first pixel MOSFET gate and the second driving MOSFET is connected to the second pixel MOSFET gate and the first driving MOSFET source; and a switch connected between the gates of the first pixel and the first driving MOSFETs.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Publication number: 20220036815Abstract: An LED driving apparatus includes a driving circuit and multiple pixel circuits, each including: a pixel line connecting pixel power sources; an LED in series to the pixel line; two pixel MOSFETs connected in series to the pixel line, wherein the first MOSFET is turned on by the driving circuit and the second MOSFET is connected to the first MOSFET source; and a capacitor connected between the two MOSFET gates. The driving circuit includes: a driving line connecting driving power sources; a current source in series to the driving line; two driving MOSFETs connected in series to the driving line, wherein the first driving MOSFET is connected to the first pixel MOSFET gate and the second driving MOSFET is connected to the second pixel MOSFET gate and the first driving MOSFET source; and a switch connected between the gates of the first pixel and the first driving MOSFETs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Patent number: 11170705Abstract: The present specification provides a pixel circuit miniaturized using a smaller number of transistors as compared with the related art. A 4T static random-access memory (SRAM) is used in an embedded pixel memory, and in order to prevent a voltage floating problem from occurring in a logic low state, a leakage current is designed to flow in one direction by adjusting a threshold voltage of a transistor. In addition, a pulse width modulation (PWM) control unit uses a smaller number of transistors as compared with the related art, and in order to prevent a voltage floating problem from occurring, a circuit capable of removing a floating voltage is provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Patent number: 11138922Abstract: The present specification discloses a light-emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus in which a voltage drop phenomenon due to a common impedance is mitigated. In the LED driving apparatus according to the present specification, a circuit is configured by combining N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors or P-type MOS (PMOS) transistors such that a positive power source or a negative power source is not connected to a source terminal of a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET). To this end, it is possible to eliminate common impedance effects on the positive power source or the negative power source.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Publication number: 20210233463Abstract: The present specification provides a pixel circuit miniaturized using a smaller number of transistors as compared with the related art. A 4T static random-access memory (SRAM) is used in an embedded pixel memory, and in order to prevent a voltage floating problem from occurring in a logic low state, a leakage current is designed to flow in one direction by adjusting a threshold voltage of a transistor. In addition, a pulse width modulation (PWM) control unit uses a smaller number of transistors as compared with the related art, and in order to prevent a voltage floating problem from occurring, a circuit capable of removing a floating voltage is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Publication number: 20210217343Abstract: The present specification provides a display apparatus allowing brightness of a display panel to be more finely controlled as compared with the related art. The display apparatus according to the present specification includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in m×n, and K shift register units configured to sequentially output pulse signals having a width adjusted to adjust brightness of the display panel to m horizontal pixel lines, wherein each of the shift register units includes m main flip-flops and m?1 sub-flip-flops connected between the in main flip-flops.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang
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Publication number: 20200160778Abstract: The present specification discloses a light-emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus in which a voltage drop phenomenon due to a common impedance is mitigated. In the LED driving apparatus according to the present specification, a circuit is configured by combining N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistors or P-type MOS (PMOS) transistors such that a positive power source or a negative power source is not connected to a source terminal of a metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.Inventors: Jae Hoon Lee, Jin Woong Jang