Patents by Inventor Mun-Seok Kang

Mun-Seok Kang 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: 11797128
    Abstract: The present embodiment may provide a touch sensing circuit including: an analog signal processing circuit including one or more adjustable filters configured to receive a touch sensing signal from a touch electrode of a panel and to transmit some of a frequency region of the touch sensing signal; and a touch control circuit configured to determine a change in capacitance of the touch electrode attributable to an object approaching the panel and to transmit a controlling signal to control the adjustable filters of the analog signal processing circuit. The adjustable filter of the present embodiment may include a variable resistor or a variable capacitor. A resistance value or capacitance value of the adjustable filter may be changed in response to the controlling signal, thus changing a frequency pass band of the touch sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun
  • Patent number: 11768558
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising an analog signal processing circuit configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals having different frequencies from touch electrodes; and a digital signal processing circuit configured to receive output data of the analog signal processing circuit and perform a discrete Fourier transform. In addition, the present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising the digital signal processing circuit of the touch sensing circuit that separates the plurality of sensing signals through the discrete Fourier transform and allowing a simultaneous sensing of a finger touch and a stylus pen touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Patent number: 11586323
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit and a touch sensing method. A touch circuit may include a driving circuit configured to transmit a driving signal to a touch electrode, a sensing circuit configured to sense a change in capacitance generated in the touch electrode, and a touch control circuit configured to control a polarity of the driving signal transmitted by the driving circuit. The polarity of the driving signal controlled by the touch control circuit may be determined based on a location of the touch electrode. Touch sensitivity can be improved by differently controlling a polarity of a driving signal transmitted to an adjacent touch electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Publication number: 20220365654
    Abstract: The present embodiment may provide a touch sensing circuit including: an analog signal processing circuit including one or more adjustable filters configured to receive a touch sensing signal from a touch electrode of a panel and to transmit some of a frequency region of the touch sensing signal; and a touch control circuit configured to determine a change in capacitance of the touch electrode attributable to an object approaching the panel and to transmit a controlling signal to control the adjustable filters of the analog signal processing circuit. The adjustable filter of the present embodiment may include a variable resistor or a variable capacitor. A resistance value or capacitance value of the adjustable filter may be changed in response to the controlling signal, thus changing a frequency pass band of the touch sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: LX Semicon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae LEE, Mun Seok KANG, Jae Hwan LEE, Jeong Kwon NAM, Hyun Soo CHUNG, Jin Yoon JANG, Hee Ra YUN
  • Patent number: 11487391
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing device reducing the touch driving time and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) by a multi-driving using driving signals that can be distinguished from each other by their frequencies and codes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed Mohamed, Jun Seop Lee, Mun Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20220197473
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit and a touch sensing method. A touch circuit may include a driving circuit configured to transmit a driving signal to a touch electrode, a sensing circuit configured to sense a change in capacitance generated in the touch electrode, and a touch control circuit configured to control a polarity of the driving signal transmitted by the driving circuit. The polarity of the driving signal controlled by the touch control circuit may be determined based on a location of the touch electrode. Touch sensitivity can be improved by differently controlling a polarity of a driving signal transmitted to an adjacent touch electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Publication number: 20220197468
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising an analog signal processing circuit configured to receive a plurality of sensing signals having different frequencies from touch electrodes; and a digital signal processing circuit configured to receive output data of the analog signal processing circuit and perform a discrete Fourier transform. In addition, the present disclosure provides a touch sensing circuit comprising the digital signal processing circuit of the touch sensing circuit that separates the plurality of sensing signals through the discrete Fourier transform and allowing a simultaneous sensing of a finger touch and a stylus pen touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Lee, Mun Seok Kang, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Yeon Ju Yu
  • Patent number: 11294509
    Abstract: Multi-driving in touch sensing allows for reduced errors of the touch sensing by grouping touch electrodes according to sizes of their coupling capacitances and multi-driving them by group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed Mohamed, Mun Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11294524
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology for mitigating retransmission in a low ground mass (LGM) state and improving the touch sensitivity by not driving two adjacent sensor electrodes simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hee Jin Lee, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Kyung Min Shin, Mun Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20210200349
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch sensing device reducing the touch driving time and the signal to noise ratio (SNR) by a multi-driving using driving signals that can be distinguished from each other by their frequencies and codes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed MOHAMED, Jun Seop LEE, Mun Seok KANG
  • Publication number: 20210191571
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology for mitigating retransmission in a low ground mass (LGM) state and improving the touch sensitivity by not driving two adjacent sensor electrodes simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hee Jin LEE, Jae Hwan LEE, Jeong Kwon NAM, Kyu Tae LEE, Hyun Soo CHUNG, Jin Yoon JANG, Hee Ra YUN, Kyung Min SHIN, Mun Seok KANG
  • Patent number: 11029777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode through a touch sensing line and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror unit respectively connected to the plurality of buffers, a plurality of filter circuits generating a first filter signal and a second filter signal by removing common noise included in a first output signal output from an nth current mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units and a second output signal output from an (n?1)th current mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units, and a plurality of integrators respectively connected to the plurality of filter circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Jin Lee, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Kyung Min Shin, Mun Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11003283
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a touch sensing device configured to divide one driving cycle into two parts and to summate or subtract touch sensing data regarding respective parts, thereby removing periodic noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed Mohamed, Mun Seok Kang, Hee Jin Lee, Jun Seop Lee, Kyung Min Shin
  • Patent number: 10942606
    Abstract: A touch sensing device of a current driving type, which separately drives a parasitic capacitor by using an electric charge controller, includes a parasitic capacitance charger connected to a touch sensing line to charge a parasitic capacitor of a touch electrode connected to the touch sensing line with a predetermined charging current during a charging period and a sensing unit connected to the touch sensing line during a first driving period to drive a capacitor of the touch electrode with a first driving current corresponding to a difference voltage between a first voltage, charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch does not occur, and a second voltage charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch occurs and to sense a first touch voltage of the capacitor based on the first driving current during a first sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Jin Lee, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Kyung Min Shin, Mun Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 10942604
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror units generating a first output signal using a first mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a third mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current and generate a second output signal using a second mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a fourth mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current, and a plurality of integrators integrating a difference between the first output signal from an nth current mirror unit and the second output signal from an (n?1)th current mirror unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Jin Lee, Jae Hwan Lee, Jeong Kwon Nam, Kyu Tae Lee, Hyun Soo Chung, Jin Yoon Jang, Hee Ra Yun, Kyung Min Shin, Mun Seok Kang
  • Publication number: 20200379623
    Abstract: Multi-driving in touch sensing allows for reduced errors of the touch sensing by grouping touch electrodes according to sizes of their coupling capacitances and multi-driving them by group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed MOHAMED, Mun Seok KANG
  • Publication number: 20200210020
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror units generating a first output signal using a first mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a third mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current and generate a second output signal using a second mirror current generated through mirroring of the first current and a fourth mirror current generated through mirroring of the second current, and a plurality of integrators integrating a difference between the first output signal from an nth current mirror unit and the second output signal from an (n?1)th current mirror unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hee Jin LEE, Jae Hwan LEE, Jeong Kwon NAM, Kyu Tae LEE, Hyun Soo CHUNG, Jin Yoon JANG, Hee Ra YUN, Kyung Min SHIN, Mun Seok KANG
  • Publication number: 20200210045
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a touch sensing device configured to divide one driving cycle into two parts and to summate or subtract touch sensing data regarding respective parts, thereby removing periodic noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Mohamed Gamal Ahmed MOHAMED, Mun Seok KANG, Hee Jin LEE, Jun Seop LEE, Kyung Min SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200210046
    Abstract: A touch sensing device of a current driving type, which separately drives a parasitic capacitor by using an electric charge controller, includes a parasitic capacitance charger connected to a touch sensing line to charge a parasitic capacitor of a touch electrode connected to the touch sensing line with a predetermined charging current during a charging period and a sensing unit connected to the touch sensing line during a first driving period to drive a capacitor of the touch electrode with a first driving current corresponding to a difference voltage between a first voltage, charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch does not occur, and a second voltage charged into the parasitic capacitor when a touch occurs and to sense a first touch voltage of the capacitor based on the first driving current during a first sensing period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hee Jin LEE, Jae Hwan LEE, Jeong Kwon NAM, Kyu Tae LEE, Hyun Soo CHUNG, Jin Yoon JANG, Hee Ra YUN, Kyung Min SHIN, Mun Seok KANG
  • Publication number: 20200210008
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch sensing device for preventing touch sensing performance from being reduced by a parasitic capacitance. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of buffers buffering a difference between a reference signal and a reception signal received from a touch electrode through a touch sensing line and generating first and second currents corresponding to a buffered signal, a plurality of current mirror unit respectively connected to the plurality of buffers, a plurality of filter circuits generating a first filter signal and a second filter signal by removing common noise included in a first output signal output from an nth current mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units and a second output signal output from an (n?1)th current mirror unit of the plurality of current mirror units, and a plurality of integrators respectively connected to the plurality of filter circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hee Jin LEE, Jae Hwan LEE, Jeong Kwon NAM, Kyu Tae LEE, Hyun Soo CHUNG, Jin Yoon JANG, Hee Ra YUN, Kyung Min SHIN, Mun Seok KANG