Patents by Inventor Kwi Hyun Kim

Kwi Hyun Kim 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).

  • Publication number: 20250252915
    Abstract: A display panel includes first and second sub-pixels, a 2a-th power line, and a 2b-th power line. The first sub-pixel is configured to emit light in a first range of wavelengths. The second sub-pixel is positioned in a first direction from the first sub-pixel and is configured to emit light in a second range of wavelengths. The 2a-th power line extends in the first direction and respectively overlaps the first and the second sub-pixels in a third direction. The 2a-th power line includes a bridge pattern extending from the 2a-th power line in a second direction. The 2a-th power line is electrically connected to the first sub-pixel through the bridge pattern. The 2b-th power line bypasses the bridge pattern and extends in the first direction. The 2b-th power line respectively overlaps the first and the second sub-pixels in the third direction and is electrically connected to the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 7, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Do Yeong PARK, Kwi Hyun KIM, Se Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 12380852
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device capable of improving image quality and a method for driving the same. The display device includes a data line; a driving transistor connected to the data line through a first node; a pixel electrode connected to the driving transistor; and an initialization transistor connected between the data line and the pixel electrode, wherein one of a source electrode or a drain electrode of the initialization transistor is directly connected to the data line, and an other one of the source electrode or the drain electrode of the initialization transistor is directly connected to the pixel electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jun Lee, Yeon Kyung Kim, Kwi Hyun Kim, Dong Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20250246122
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, sub-pixels disposed on the substrate, a first shared line which is disposed in a boundary area between the sub-pixels and provides a first voltage to the sub-pixels adjacent to the boundary area, and a second shared line which is disposed in the boundary area and provides a second voltage different from the first voltage to the sub-pixels adjacent to the boundary area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Yeong PARK, Kwi Hyun KIM, Yeon Kyung KIM, Sung Chul HONG
  • Publication number: 20250248186
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a pixel circuit layer disposed on the substrate; and a display element layer disposed on the pixel circuit layer. The display element layer may include: a first bank including a first opening; a first light emitting element disposed in the first opening, and including a first bonding electrode and a second bonding electrode, the first bonding electrode being electrically connected to an electrode of a first transistor disposed in the pixel circuit layer; a second bank disposed on the first bank, and including a second opening at least partially overlapping the first opening in a vertical direction; and a second light emitting element disposed in the second opening, and including a third bonding electrode and a fourth bonding electrode, the third bonding electrode being electrically connected to the second bonding electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Yeong PARK, Kwi Hyun KIM, Ki Hyun PYO, Sung Chul HONG
  • Patent number: 12367829
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a light emitting element including a first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second power line, a second transistor connected between a data line and a second node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line, a third transistor connected between the second node and the first electrode of the light emitting element, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a second scan line, a first capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node, and a second capacitor connected between the first node and the second node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kim, Kwi Hyun Kim, Yeon Kyung Kim, Do Yeong Park
  • Patent number: 12354545
    Abstract: A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor having a first electrode connected to a first power line via a first node, a second electrode connected to a second power line via a second node and the light emitting element, and a gate electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor connected between a data line and the third node, and having a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, a third transistor connected between the first power line and the first node, and having a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, and a fourth transistor connected between the second node and a third power line. The second transistor is turned on after the fourth transistor is turned on and maintains a turn-on state during a predetermined period, and is turned off before the fourth transistor is turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun Kim, Se Hyun Lee, Jin Joo Ha
  • Publication number: 20250182687
    Abstract: Provided herein may be a pixel including a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node, a second transistor connected between a data line and the third node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first sub-gate line, a third transistor connected between a first power line, which is configured to supply a first power voltage, and the first node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to an emission control line, a first capacitor connected between the first node and the third node, and a light-emitting element connected between the second node and a second power line, which is configured to supply a second power voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun KIM, Se Hyun LEE, Hak Sun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20250182689
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a first transistor including first and second electrodes connected to first and second nodes, respectively, and a gate electrode connected to a third node; a second transistor connected between a data line and the third node, and including a gate electrode; a third transistor connected between a first power line and the first node, and including a gate electrode connected to an emission control line; a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to the second node, a second electrode connected to a third power line, and a gate electrode; and a light emitting element connected between the second node and a second power line. During an emission period, the second power voltage has a first voltage level. During a deterioration prevention period after the emission period, the second power voltage has a second voltage level. The second voltage level is higher than the first voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Se Hyun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM, Dong Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20250118247
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor having a first electrode connected to a first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node. The pixel further includes second and third transistors and first and second capacitors. The second transistor is connected between a data line and the third node and has a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line. The third transistor is connected between a first power source line connected to a first driving power source and the first node, and has a gate electrode electrically connected to an emission control line. The first capacitor is connected between the first node and the third node, and the second capacitor is connected between the second node and the third node. A light emitting element is connected between the second node and a second power source line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: SE HYUN LEE, KWI HYUN KIM, JIN JOO HA
  • Patent number: 12243471
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display area and a non-display area; a first pixel area and a second pixel area, each provided in the display area; scan lines extending in a first direction and disposed in the first pixel area and the second pixel area; first sub-scan lines extending in a second direction and disposed in the first pixel area, the second direction intersecting the first direction; second sub-scan lines extending in the second direction and disposed in the first pixel area and the second pixel area; and a pad part provided in the non-display area, the pad part being electrically connected to the first sub-scan lines and the second sub-scan lines. The scan lines are electrically connected to at least one of the first sub-scan lines and the second sub-scan lines. The first sub-scan lines do not overlap the second pixel area in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yong No, Hwa Rang Lee, Kwi Hyun Kim, Ji Yeon Choi
  • Patent number: 12243488
    Abstract: A pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor including an electrode connected to a first power source line via a first node, another electrode connected to a second power source line via a second node and the light emitting element, and another electrode connected to a third node. The pixel further includes a second transistor connected between a data line and the second node and having a gate electrode connected to a scan line, a third transistor connected between the first node and the third node and having a gate electrode connected to the scan line, a fourth transistor connected between the first power source line and the first node and having a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, a first capacitor connected between the second node and the third node, and a second capacitor connected between a third power source line and the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Kim, Kwi Hyun Kim, Yeon Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20250061862
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting element; a first transistor connected between a driving voltage line and an anode electrode of the light-emitting element; a second transistor connected between a data line and a gate electrode of the first transistor; a third transistor connected between a source electrode of the first transistor and the driving voltage line; a fourth transistor connected between a drain electrode of the first transistor and an initialization voltage line; and a first capacitor connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the fourth transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Se Hyun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM, Jin Joo HA
  • Publication number: 20250029559
    Abstract: A display device and a mobile electronic device including the display device each include a substrate, a driving element layer on the substrate and including pixel driving circuits for driving pixels, and a light emitting element layer on the driving element layer and including a light emitting element of each pixel. Transistors included in each pixel driving circuit are divided into a first transistor group and a second transistor group connected to a first well region and a second well region of the substrate, respectively, the first and second well regions in each pixel are spaced apart from each other by a first interval, the pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other in a first direction, and well regions adjacent to each other in the first pixel and the second pixel are spaced apart from each other by the first interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Joo HA, Se Hyun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20250029566
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device, and more particularly, to a display device that can determine whether pixels are defective. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a display device comprising: a light-emitting element; a driving transistor connected between a driving voltage line and an anode electrode of the light-emitting element; and a fifth transistor connected between the anode electrode of the light-emitting element and a sensing line, wherein the fifth transistor always remains turned off during normal operation of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun KIM, Se Hyun LEE, Jin Joo HA
  • Publication number: 20250006109
    Abstract: A pixel may include: a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line configured to receive first driving power, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node; a second transistor connected between a data line and the first node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line; a light emitting element including a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second power line configured to receive second driving power; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the first electrode of the light emitting element; and a second capacitor connected between the first electrode of the light emitting element and a third power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Joo HA, Se Hyun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20250006125
    Abstract: A pixel may include: a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first electrode connected to a first power line, and a second electrode connected to a second node, and; a second transistor including a first electrode connected to a data line, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between the data line and a third node, and including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line; a fourth transistor connected between the second node and the third node, and including a gate electrode connected to an emission control line; a first capacitor connected between the second transistor and the first node; a second capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node, and a light emitting element connected between the third node and a second power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Won Jun LEE, Kwi Hyun KIM, Yeon Kyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20240404466
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first node, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to a third node; a second transistor connected between a data line and the second node, the second transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line; a third transistor connected between a first power line to which a voltage of a first driving power source is supplied and the first node, the third transistor including a gate electrode electrically connected to an emission control line; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the third node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a light emitting element connected between the second node and a second power line to which a voltage of a second driving power source is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Se Hyun LEE, Jin Joo HA, Kwi Hyun KIM, Dong Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240355237
    Abstract: A display device include a lens, a light source, a display panel including normal pixels and sensor pixels numbering less than the normal pixels to display an image, a reflective member reflecting display light emitted from the display panel toward the lens, and a processor. The processor controls the light source to emit near-infrared light, receive the near-infrared light reflected by a user's eye, converts information input to the sensor pixels into image data, generates eye feature models similar to the image data using a learning algorithm, determines an eye feature model most similar to an eye area of the image data among the generated eye feature models, tracks movement of a pupil center based on the determined eye feature model, and displays the image in high-resolution in a central vision area and the image in low-resolution in a peripheral vision area, using spatial coordinates of the tracked pupil center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Woo KIM, Kwi Hyun KIM, Se Hyun LEE, Won Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240355268
    Abstract: A sub-pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor that applies a driving current to the light emitting element, a second transistor that writes a data voltage in response to a write gate signal, a first capacitor electrically connected to a control electrode of the first transistor, a second capacitor including a first electrode electrically connected to the second transistor and a second electrode electrically connected to the control electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor that diode-connects the first transistor in response to a compensation gate signal, a fourth transistor that applies a first initialization voltage to a first electrode of the third transistor in response to an initialization gate signal, and a fifth transistor that transfers the driving current to the light emitting element in response to an emission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwi Hyun KIM, Yeon Kyung KIM, Dong Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240339076
    Abstract: A pixel includes a first transistor including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power line, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a light emitting element including a first electrode, and a second electrode electrically connected to a second power line, a second transistor connected between a data line and a second node, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a first scan line, a third transistor connected between the second node and the first electrode of the light emitting element, and including a gate electrode electrically connected to a second scan line, a first capacitor connected between the first power line and the first node, and a second capacitor connected between the first node and the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Woo KIM, Kwi Hyun KIM, Yeon Kyung KIM, Do Yeong PARK