Patents by Inventor Min-Woo BYUN

Min-Woo BYUN 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: 10614745
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel area, second pixels in a second pixel area, and third pixels in a third pixel area; a first scan driver including first multiplexers configured to operate in response to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, and to supply first scan signals to first scan lines connected to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines connected to the second pixels; and a third scan driver including second multiplexers configured to operate in response to the first mode and the second mode, and to supply third scan signals to third scan lines connected to the third pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Sic Lee, Min Woo Byun, Jae Du Noh, Min Kyu Woo, Seung Yeon Cho
  • Patent number: 10580362
    Abstract: A display device includes: first pixels in a first pixel region and connected to first scan lines; second pixels in a second pixel region that is located at a side of the first pixel region and has a width smaller than a width of the first pixel region, and connected to second scan lines; third pixels in a third pixel region that is spaced apart from the second pixel region and has a width smaller than the width of the first pixel region, and connected to third scan lines; a load matching unit in a peripheral region at an outside of the second pixel region and the third pixel region, and configured to match loads of the second scan lines and the third scan lines to that of the first scan lines; and a protection unit connected between the second and third pixels and the load matching unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Sung Park, Min Woo Byun, Kwang Chul Jung, Hyun Joon Kim, Sung Yoon Kim, Hyun Suk Yang, Doo Youl Lee
  • Patent number: 10573223
    Abstract: A scan driver includes scan signal outputting circuits, at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits includes a driving circuit and a buffer circuit. The driving circuit includes driving transistors. The driving circuit provides first and second driving signals to first and second driving nodes, respectively by turning on or off the driving transistors in response to clock signals and a scan input signal. The buffer circuit includes buffer transistors. The buffer circuit outputs a scan signal at an output node by turning on or off the buffer transistors in response to the first and second driving signals. The at least one of the scan signal outputting circuits performs a back-biasing voltage applying operation on at least one of the driving transistors and the buffer transistors when the driving transistors and the buffer transistors are turned on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Hye Kong, Ji-Su Na, Yong-Sung Park, Dong-Bum Lee, In-Ho Choi, Young-In Hwang, Min-Woo Byun, Hea-Min Jung
  • Publication number: 20200013848
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a pixel unit which is provided in the display area and includes a plurality of pixel columns, and data lines which are respectively connected to the pixel columns and apply data signals to the pixel columns. The non-display area includes a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area which are sequentially arranged. The respective data lines are disposed on different layers in the fanout area and the pad area. A resulting display device can reduce resistance deviation between data signals in a first data line and a second data line, thereby reducing vertical line defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joong Soo MOON, Sun Ja KWON, Min Woo BYUN, Seung Yeon CHO
  • Publication number: 20200005709
    Abstract: Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Ki Wook KIM, Kwang Min KIM, Yang Wan KIM, Ji Su NA, Min Woo BYUN
  • Publication number: 20190385523
    Abstract: A display device includes a light emitting element. A first transistor transmits a driving current to the light emitting element. A second transistor is connected to a first electrode of the first transistor to transmit a data signal. A third transistor has a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor. An auxiliary transistor is connected between a second electrode of the third transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor to transmit the data signal to the gate electrode of the first transistor. Each of the first transistor, the second transistor and the auxiliary transistor is a first-type transistor, and the third transistor is a second-type transistor different from the first-type transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ji Su NA, Min Woo BYUN, Seung Kyu LEE
  • Patent number: 10446635
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a pixel unit which is provided in the display area and includes a plurality of pixel columns, and data lines which are respectively connected to the pixel columns and apply data signals to the pixel columns. The non-display area includes a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area which are sequentially arranged. The respective data lines are disposed on different layers in the fanout area and the pad area. A resulting display device can reduce resistance deviation between data signals in a first data line and a second data line, thereby reducing vertical line defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong Soo Moon, Sun Ja Kwon, Min Woo Byun, Seung Yeon Cho
  • Patent number: 10438531
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, a pad part positioned at one side of the display panel and having a plurality of pads arranged to receive driving power and driving signals, a plurality of signal input lines arranged to transmit the driving power and the driving signal from the pad part to the display panel, and a protection circuit connected to one or more of the signal input lines, wherein the protection circuit includes a first protection transistor including a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, wherein the signal input lines include a first clock signal input line, the first electrode is connected to the first clock signal input signal line, and the second electrode is connected to a first power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Woo Byun, Kyoung Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10403689
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a gate driver disposed in the non-display area; and an emission driver disposed in the non-display area. The display panel includes a pad portion to which signals are input, and the pad portion includes a pad group including pads to which signals transmitted to the gate driver and the emission driver are input. In the pad group, a distance between an emission frame signal input pad and a pad adjacent to the emission frame signal input pad is greater than a distance between a scan frame signal input pad and a pad adjacent to scan frame signal input pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Sung Park, Min Woo Byun
  • Patent number: 10332438
    Abstract: A display device includes: first pixels at a first pixel area and connected to first scan lines; a first scan driver to supply first scan signals to the first scan lines; second pixels at a second pixel area and connected to second scan lines; a second scan driver to supply second scan signals to the second scan lines; third pixels at a third pixel area and connected to third scan lines; and a third scan driver to supply third scan signals to the third scan lines. In a first mode, each of the first scan signals has at least a portion having a first pulse width, and each of the second scan signals has at least a portion having a second pulse width different from the first pulse width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Kyu Woo, Seung Kyu Lee, Jae Du Noh, Min Woo Byun, Jae Sic Lee, Seung Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20190130840
    Abstract: A display device includes: first pixels in a first pixel region and being connected to first scan lines; second pixels in a second pixel region that is located at a side of the first pixel region and has a width smaller than a width of the first pixel region and being connected to second scan lines; third pixels in a third pixel region that is spaced apart from the second pixel region and has a width smaller than the width of the first pixel region and being connected to third scan lines; a load matching unit in a peripheral region at an outside of the second pixel region and the third pixel region and configured to match loads of the second scan lines and the third scan lines to that of the first scan lines; and a protection unit in the peripheral region and being connected between the second and third pixels and the load matching unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Sung Park, Min Woo Byun, Kwang Chul Jung, Hyun Joon Kim, Sung Yoon Kim, Hyun Suk Yang, Doo Youl Lee
  • Publication number: 20190115400
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a gate driver disposed in the non-display area; and an emission driver disposed in the non-display area. The display panel includes a pad portion to which signals are input, and the pad portion includes a pad group including pads to which signals transmitted to the gate driver and the emission driver are input. In the pad group, a distance between an emission frame signal input pad and a pad adjacent to the emission frame signal input pad is greater than a distance between a scan frame signal input pad and a pad adjacent to scan frame signal input pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Sung PARK, Min Woo BYUN
  • Patent number: 10217417
    Abstract: A display device includes a first pixel coupled to a scan line and a first data output line, a second pixel coupled to the scan line and a second data output line, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan line, a data driver configured to supply a first data signal, a second data signal, and a first initializing voltage to a data input line, and a demultiplexer configured to receive the first data signal and the second data signal, to transmit the first data signal to the first data output line, and to transmit the second data signal and the first initializing voltage to the second data output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Min Woo Byun
  • Patent number: 10115326
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area around the display area; a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines, where the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer, the first layer and the second layer each include overlapping parts where the first layer and the second layer overlap via the insulating layer, and a voltage applied to the first layer and a voltage applied to the second layer have different magnitudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min Woo Byun
  • Publication number: 20180197481
    Abstract: A display device includes first pixels in a first pixel area, a first scan driver configured to supply first scan signals to first scan lines, second pixels in a second pixel area, a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines, third pixels in a third pixel area, a third scan driver configured to supply third scan signals to third scan lines, and a timing controller configured to supply a first start signal to the first scan driver, a second start signal to the second scan driver, and a third start signal to the third scan driver, wherein an order in which the first, second, and third start signal are supplied in a first mode, and an order in which the first, second, and third start signal are supplied in a second mode that is different from the first mode, are different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Sang Moo CHOI, Min Woo BYUN, Chae Han HYUN, Min Kyu WOO, Jae Du NOH, Jae Sic LEE, Seung Yeon CHO
  • Publication number: 20180197484
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a pixel unit which is provided in the display area and includes a plurality of pixel columns, and data lines which are respectively connected to the pixel columns and apply data signals to the pixel columns. The non-display area includes a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area which are sequentially arranged. The respective data lines are disposed on different layers in the fanout area and the pad area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Joong Soo MOON, Sun Ja Kwon, Min Woo Byun, Seung Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20180174525
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first pixel region including first pixels, each of the first pixels including a driving transistor to be initialized by a first initialization power source supplied from a first power line; a second pixel region including second pixels, each of the second pixels including a driving transistor to be initialized by a second initialization power source supplied from a second power line; and a power supplier to supply the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source, the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source having a same voltage level when the display device is driven in a first mode, and the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source having different voltage levels during at least one frame period when the display device is driven in a second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Tae Hoon KIM, Ji Hyun KA, Hwan Soo JANG, Jin Tae JEONG, Min Woo BYUN
  • Publication number: 20180158409
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel region, second pixels in a second pixel region, and third pixels in a third pixel region; a first scan driver configured to drive first scan lines coupled to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to drive second scan lines coupled to the second pixels; and a third scan driver configured to drive third scan lines coupled to the third pixels, wherein the first scan driver, the second scan driver, and the third scan driver differently set a supply order of a scan signal supplied to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the third scan lines, corresponding to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Min Woo BYUN, Seung Yeon CHO, Jae Du NOH, Min Kyu WOO, Jae Sic LEE
  • Publication number: 20180158393
    Abstract: A display device includes: first pixels at a first pixel area and connected to first scan lines; a first scan driver to supply first scan signals to the first scan lines; second pixels at a second pixel area and connected to second scan lines; a second scan driver to supply second scan signals to the second scan lines; third pixels at a third pixel area and connected to third scan lines; and a third scan driver to supply third scan signals to the third scan lines. In a first mode, each of the first scan signals has at least a portion having a first pulse width, and each of the second scan signals has at least a portion having a second pulse width different from the first pulse width.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Min Kyu Woo, Seung Kyu Lee, Jae Du Noh, Min Woo Byun, Jae Sic Lee, Seung Yeon Cho
  • Publication number: 20180158396
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel area, second pixels in a second pixel area, and third pixels in a third pixel area; a first scan driver including first multiplexers configured to operate in response to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, and to supply first scan signals to first scan lines connected to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines connected to the second pixels; and a third scan driver including second multiplexers configured to operate in response to the first mode and the second mode, and to supply third scan signals to third scan lines connected to the third pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Sic LEE, Min Woo BYUN, Jae Du NOH, Min Kyu WOO, Seung Yeon CHO