Patents by Inventor Min-Kyu Woo

Min-Kyu Woo 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: 9368069
    Abstract: A driver includes a first circuit to output a scan signal and a second circuit to output an emission control signal. The first circuit outputs the scan signal based on a first set of clock signals, and the second circuit outputs the emission control signal based on a second set of clock signals. The first set of clock signals and the second set of clock signals have at least one same clock signal and at least one different clock signal. The second circuit receives the scan signal and outputs the emission control signal based on the scan signal. The first circuit may be a scan driver and the second circuit may be an emission control driver of a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Woo, Seung-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20160163243
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel including a plurality of active pixels and a plurality of dummy pixels adjacent to the plurality of active pixels and a control unit controlling a pixel driving circuit formed in each of the active pixels and a dummy driving circuit formed in each of the dummy pixels. The dummy driving circuit includes a dummy driving transistor, an A dummy transistor, and a B dummy transistor, and a control terminal of the A dummy transistor is connected to a control terminal of the dummy driving transistor, and an input terminal of the A dummy transistor is connected to an output terminal of the B dummy transistor, and an output terminal of the A dummy transistor is connected to an output terminal of the dummy driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Kyoung Jin Park, Min Kyu Woo
  • Publication number: 20160019841
    Abstract: A display panel includes a display pixel circuit and a repair pixel circuit. A first node of the display pixel circuit is electrically coupled to an anode of an organic light emitting diode. The repair pixel circuit includes a repair line that is extended in a direction of first through third scan lines. The display pixel circuit is coupled to the first scan line disposed at an (N)th row, and the repair pixel circuit is coupled to the first scan line disposed at an (N?1)th row, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventor: MIN-KYU WOO
  • Publication number: 20150287378
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of gate lines on a substrate, a plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being coupled to one of the gate lines and to one of the data lines; a data driver configured to output data signals through a plurality of channel terminals; and a line selector configured to transmit the data signals to a plurality of data line blocks, each of the data line blocks including a plurality of data lines, wherein the line selector includes a plurality of thin-film transistors, and at least two of the thin-film transistors have different sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Seon I Jeong, Hwa Young Song, Min Kyu Woo, Dong Sun Lee
  • Patent number: 9093026
    Abstract: A pixel capable of stably compensating for the threshold voltage of a driving transistor is disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply coupled to a second node to the OLED to correspond to a voltage applied to a third node, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and a first node and turned on when a control signal is supplied to a control line. The pixel also includes a third transistor coupled between the third node and a reference power supply and turned on when the control signal is supplied, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and the first power supply, and a second capacitor coupled between the first node and the third node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Woo
  • Patent number: 9019191
    Abstract: A stage circuit including an output unit for supplying first or second power source to an output terminal is disclosed. The stage circuit may comprise a bidirectional driver for respectively supplying signals supplied to first and second input terminals, a first driver, and a second driver. The second driver controls the output unit to output the second power source to the output terminal without any voltage loss, corresponding to a second clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Woo, Dong-Hwi Kim, Hwa-Young Song, Ji-Hye Kim
  • Publication number: 20150061982
    Abstract: A stage circuit includes first and second supply units. The first supply unit outputs a scan signal to a first output terminal. The second supply unit outputs an emission control signal to a second output terminal. The second supply unit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is between a first power source and the second output terminal, and has a gate electrode coupled to a first node. The second transistor is between the second output terminal and a second power source, and has a gate electrode coupled to a second node. Third and fourth transistors are coupled in series between the first power source and first node. A gate electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the third input terminal, and a gate electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to the sixth input terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Min-Kyu WOO
  • Publication number: 20150035733
    Abstract: A driver includes a first circuit to output a scan signal and a second circuit to output an emission control signal. The first circuit outputs the scan signal based on a first set of clock signals, and the second circuit outputs the emission control signal based on a second set of clock signals. The first set of clock signals and the second set of clock signals have at least one same clock signal and at least one different clock signal. The second circuit receives the scan signal and outputs the emission control signal based on the scan signal. The first circuit may be a scan driver and the second circuit may be an emission control driver of a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Min-Kyu WOO, Seung-Kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20140368414
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a capacitor may be connected to a gate electrode of a transistor. The capacitor includes a first gate electrode connected to the gate electrode of the transistor, a gate insulation layer formed on the first gate electrode, and an upper electrode formed on the gate insulation layer. The upper electrode is formed to cover a region where the first gate electrode and the upper electrode are overlapped. The capacitor is applicable to at least one of a light emitting driving circuit and a scan driving circuit, and at least one of the light emitting driving circuit and the scan driving circuit may be included in a display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Joon KIM, Min-Kyu WOO, Yang-Wan KIM
  • Publication number: 20140313180
    Abstract: A pixel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply coupled thereto to the OLED via a second node to correspond to a voltage applied to a first node, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and the second node, a second capacitor coupled between the first power supply and the first node, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu WOO
  • Publication number: 20140028647
    Abstract: A pixel capable of stably compensating for the threshold voltage of a driving transistor is disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply coupled to a second node to the OLED to correspond to a voltage applied to a third node, and a second transistor coupled between the second node and a first node and turned on when a control signal is supplied to a control line. The pixel also includes a third transistor coupled between the third node and a reference power supply and turned on when the control signal is supplied, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and the first power supply, and a second capacitor coupled between the first node and the third node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Kyu Woo
  • Publication number: 20130342584
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device having a stage circuit capable of creating a scan signal and a light emitting control signal. The stage circuit includes a control unit controlling a first node and a second node corresponding to signals of a first input terminal, a third input terminal, and a fourth input terminal, a first output unit supplying a light emitting control signal to a second output terminal corresponding to voltages at the first node and the second node, and a second output unit supplying a scan signal having different polarity than that of the light emitting control signal to a first output terminal corresponding to a signal of a second input terminal and voltages at the first node and the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa-Young Song, Dong-Hwi Kim, Min-Kyu Woo, Ji-Hye Kim
  • Publication number: 20130328495
    Abstract: A stage circuit including an output unit for supplying first or second power source to an output terminal is disclosed. The stage circuit may comprise a bidirectional driver for respectively supplying signals supplied to first and second input terminals, a first driver, and a second driver. The second driver controls the output unit to output the second power source to the output terminal without any voltage loss, corresponding to a second clock signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Kyu Woo, Dong-Hwi Kim, Hwa-Young Song, Ji-Hye Kim