Patents by Inventor Kyung Hoon Chung

Kyung Hoon Chung 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: 20160070294
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a reference current generator to generate a reference current, a reference voltage generator to generate a reference voltage based on the reference current, a comparison voltage generator to generate a comparison voltage obtained by delaying and inverting a clock signal based on the reference current, and a clock signal generator to compare the comparison voltage with the reference voltage and generate the clock signal based on a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Kyung-hoon CHUNG, Chang-hee SHIN, Sang-min LEE, Jun-ho PARK, Dong-wook SUH, Hee-jong KIM
  • Patent number: 9252747
    Abstract: There are provided stage circuits and a scan driver using the same, which can supply scan signals using a simultaneous method or an interlace method. Each of the stage circuits includes a progressive driver and a simultaneous driver. The progressive driver outputs a scan signal to an output terminal, corresponding to a plurality of clock signals supplied simultaneously or progressively, and the coupling between the progressive driver and the output terminal is blocked when a third control signal is supplied. The simultaneous driver outputs a scan signal to the output terminal, corresponding to first and second control signals which do not overlap each other, and the coupling between the simultaneous driver and the output terminal is blocked when a fourth control signal, which does not overlap the third control signal, is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9153162
    Abstract: A display device includes a data driver; a scan driver; a compensation control signal unit configured to reset voltages of data signals transmitted to a plurality of pixels during a previous frame at a current frame, and configured to generate and transmit a first control signal to compensate for threshold voltages of driving transistors of the pixels and a second control signal to control simultaneous light emission of the pixels; a power controller configured to control and supply the voltage levels of a first and second power source voltages; a display unit including the plurality of pixels coupled to corresponding data lines, scan lines, first control lines, second control lines, first voltage lines, and second voltage lines; and a timing controller configured to generate a plurality of data signals by processing external image signals and generate a plurality of driving control signals for controlling driving of the drivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9099040
    Abstract: Embodiments may provide a scan driver including a plurality of stages for simultaneously outputting first scan signals in a simultaneous driving period and for progressively outputting second scan signals in a progressive driving period, wherein each of the stages includes a first signal processing unit coupled to an input terminal, a first clock terminal, a third clock terminal, an auxiliary terminal, a first power source terminal, and a second power source terminal to output a first output signal and a second output signal, and a second signal processing unit coupled to a second clock terminal and the first power source terminal to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and to output a first scan signal and a second scan signal to an output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Yeon Lee, Chul-Kyu Kang, Seong-Il Park, Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9082366
    Abstract: A power converting circuit of a display driver includes a positive voltage generator and a negative voltage generator. The positive voltage generator includes a first capacitive DC-DC converter and a first inductive DC-DC converter, and generates a positive source voltage by selectively using one of the first capacitive DC-DC converter, the first inductive DC-DC converter, or a first external power supply voltage. The negative voltage generator includes a second capacitive DC-DC converter and a second inductive DC-DC converter, and generates a negative source voltage by selectively using one of the second capacitive DC-DC converter, the second inductive DC-DC converter, or a second external power supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hun Han, Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 9041693
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages for receiving a first start signal and a second start signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal, and at least one of two interrupt signals and outputting a scan signal. Each stage includes an up-signal output unit for receiving the first start signal and for outputting a first output signal that is shifted by one horizontal period from the first start signal, a down-signal output unit for receiving a second start signal and outputting a second output signal shifted by one horizontal period from the second start signal, and a scan signal output unit for receiving the first and second output signals and outputting a high-level or low-level scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20150130787
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a plurality of emission pixels, a plurality of dummy pixels, and a plurality of repair lines. The emission pixels are aligned in column and row directions in an active region. The dummy pixels are in a dummy region. The repair lines are connected to at least one of the at least one sub-emission pixel or at least one of the dummy pixels. Each emission pixel includes at least one sub-emission pixel. At least two sub-emission pixels aligned in a column or row direction are alternately connected to two repair lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20150114293
    Abstract: A thin-film depositing apparatus including a mask, and a chucking unit for adhering the mask to a surface of a substrate, wherein the chucking unit includes a plurality of magnet units that contact another surface of the substrate by independently rising or falling by using their weight and thus are magnetically combined with the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Chung, You-Min Cha
  • Patent number: 8988406
    Abstract: A scan driver is coupled to a plurality of scan lines and includes a plurality of stages. Each of the stages is configured to sequentially receives clock signals that are phase delayed by two horizontal cycles or more from three of a plurality of clock lines, and output a scan signal having a pulse width of two horizontal cycles or more to a corresponding scan line. The scan signals are overlapped with each other by one horizontal cycle or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8912993
    Abstract: A scan driving device including scan driving blocks including a first node receiving a second-voltage according to a signal input to a first-input terminal, a second node receiving a first-voltage according to a signal input to the first-input terminal, and receiving an input signal according to a clock signal input to a second-input terminal, a first transistor connected to the first node, the first power source, and an output terminal, and a second transistor connected to the second node and the output terminal and configured to receive a clock signal input to a third-input terminal, wherein, during the initial driving period, the input signal is applied with a gate-off-voltage, and clock signals input to the first-, second-, and third-input terminals are applied with a gate-on-voltage to reset a voltage at the first node with the gate-on-voltage and reset a voltage at the second node with the gate-off-voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Chung, Seong-Il Park
  • Patent number: 8823609
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescent display apparatus including a pixel circuit and a method of driving the organic electroluminescent display apparatus are provided. Embodiments of the present invention may solve problems where the luminance of light is changed due to a change of a voltage of an anode of an organic electro-light emitting device such that an image quality is deteriorated when N-type transistors are used to form the organic electroluminescent display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8803562
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes an output unit including a first transistor coupled between a first power source and an output terminal of the stage circuit, and having a gate electrode coupled to a first node, a second transistor coupled between the output terminal and a third input terminal of the stage circuit, and having a gate electrode coupled to a second node, and a third transistor coupled between the output terminal and a second power source, and having a gate electrode coupled to a third node; a progressive driver coupled to first, second, and sixth input terminals of the stage circuit; and a concurrent driver coupled to at least one of fourth and fifth input terminals of the stage circuit. In the stage circuit, clock signals supplied to the first, second, and third input terminals during the second period are concurrently set to a gate-on or gate-off voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20140192037
    Abstract: A display device includes a data driver; a scan driver; a compensation control signal unit configured to reset voltages of data signals transmitted to a plurality of pixels during a previous frame at a current frame, and configured to generate and transmit a first control signal to compensate for threshold voltages of driving transistors of the pixels and a second control signal to control simultaneous light emission of the pixels; a power controller configured to control and supply the voltage levels of a first and second power source voltages; a display unit including the plurality of pixels coupled to corresponding data lines, scan lines, first control lines, second control lines, first voltage lines, and second voltage lines; and a timing controller configured to generate a plurality of data signals by processing external image signals and generate a plurality of driving control signals for controlling driving of the drivers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8669969
    Abstract: A scan driver includes a plurality of stages. Each of the plurality of stages includes an odd-numbered scan unit, an even-numbered scan unit, and a signal shift unit. The scan driver can selectively perform progressive scan and interlaced scan by varying logic levels of mode signals and clock signals applied to the stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8643631
    Abstract: There is provided a method of driving an organic light emitting display so that the organic light emitting display may be driven at a low driving frequency. The organic light emitting display includes pixels coupled to odd and even scan lines. The organic light emitting display is driven during frames. Each of the frames includes first, second, third, and fourth frame periods. The method includes: sequentially supplying scan signals to the odd scan lines in the first and third frame periods; and sequentially supplying scan signals to the even scan lines in the second and fourth frame periods. The pixels are in a non-emission state in the first and third frame periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Moo Choi, Keum-Nam Kim, Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8629816
    Abstract: An emission control driver including a plurality of stages, each including a first unit adapted to generate a first output signal at a first node thereof based on an input signal, a clock signal, a inverted input signal, first and second power source voltages, a second unit adapted to output an emission control signal based on the first output signal and the input signal, a third unit adapted to transmit the first or second power source to the first unit based on the emission control signal, a inverted clock signal and an inverted emission control signal when a first path between the first power source and the first node and a second path between the second power source and the first node are blocked by the clock signal, and a fourth unit adapted to output a inverted emission control signal based on the emission control signal and the first output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Publication number: 20130321032
    Abstract: There are provided stage circuits and a scan driver using the same, which can supply scan signals using a simultaneous method or an interlace method. Each of the stage circuits includes a progressive driver and a simultaneous driver. The progressive driver outputs a scan signal to an output terminal, corresponding to a plurality of clock signals supplied simultaneously or progressively, and the coupling between the progressive driver and the output terminal is blocked when a third control signal is supplied. The simultaneous driver outputs a scan signal to the output terminal, corresponding to first and second control signals which do not overlap each other, and the coupling between the simultaneous driver and the output terminal is blocked when a fourth control signal, which does not overlap the third control signal, is supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon CHUNG
  • Patent number: 8574367
    Abstract: In an evaporation source, a separable heater is used when an organic thin film is formed on a substrate in order to realize full-colors so that it is possible to correspond to crucibles of various capacities. The evaporation source comprises a crucible in which an organic material which is an organic thin film material is accommodated, and the crucible includes a heating unit and at least one spray nozzle for spraying the organic material onto a substrate. In the heating unit, a heater divided into at least two parts is provided on the external surface of the crucible at uniform intervals, and the heaters are separately disposed with respect to each other, but are connected to each other by connecting members. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform an additional design whenever the capacity of the crucible is changed, it is not necessary to exchange the evaporation source, and it is possible to reduce cost and to improve repairing ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seuk Hwan Park, Kyung Hoon Chung, Yoon Sang Kwon, Kyong Tae Yu, Hyung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 8564512
    Abstract: An improved pixel circuit including N-type transistors is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device driven by a driving current according to a gate voltage of a driving transistor. The pixel circuit also includes a first capacitor, a second transistor for transferring a data signal to a first terminal of the first capacitor in response to a scan control signal, a third transistor for diode-connecting the driving transistor in response to the scan control signal, a fourth transistor for applying a first power voltage to a first electrode of the driving transistor in response to an emission control signal, a fifth transistor for applying a sustain voltage to the first terminal of the first capacitor in response to the emission control signal, and a sixth transistor for applying the first power voltage to a second terminal of the first capacitor in response to an initialization control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung
  • Patent number: 8552943
    Abstract: An improved pixel circuit is provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting device driven by a drive current according to a voltage applied to a gate electrode of a driving transistor. The pixel circuit also includes a first capacitor, a second transistor for transferring a data signal to a first terminal of the first capacitor in response to a scan control signal applied to a gate electrode of the second transistor, a third transistor for diode-connecting the driving transistor in response to a scan control signal applied to a gate electrode of the third transistor, a fourth transistor for applying a first power voltage to the first electrode of the driving transistor in response to an emission control signal, and a fifth transistor for applying a sustain voltage to a first terminal of the first capacitor in response to the emission control signal. The driving transistor and the second to fifth transistors are N-type transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hoon Chung