Patents by Inventor Myung-Gi Lim

Myung-Gi Lim 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: 11817059
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent display device and a method for sensing electrical characteristics thereof, and the electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a sensing pixel and a non-sensing pixel connected to each data line, the plurality of pixels sharing one sensing line, a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic value of the sensing pixel based on a sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line, and a feedback unit configured to apply a feedback voltage according to the sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line to the data line of the non-sensing pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hyun Lim, Myung Gi Lim, Sang Goo Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230215383
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electroluminescent display device and a method for sensing electrical characteristics thereof, and the electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels including a sensing pixel and a non-sensing pixel connected to each data line, the plurality of pixels sharing one sensing line, a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic value of the sensing pixel based on a sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line, and a feedback unit configured to apply a feedback voltage according to the sensing voltage applied to the shared sensing line to the data line of the non-sensing pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hyun LIM, Myung Gi LIM, Sang Goo JEONG
  • Patent number: 11580896
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a display panel including a first pixel and a second pixel, a first current integrator connected to the first pixel through a first sensing channel to sense a first current from the first pixel to generate a first output voltage, a second current integrator connected to the second pixel through a second sensing channel to sense a second current from the second pixel to generate a second output voltage, and a sampling capacitor connected to an output terminal of the first current integrator at one electrode thereof and connected to an output terminal of the second current integrator at the other electrode thereof, thereby sampling the first output voltage and the second output voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Gi Lim, Tae Young Lee, Ji Su Choi
  • Patent number: 11568826
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel including a driving element generating a driving current, a data line connected to the pixel to transfer a data voltage needed for generating the driving current, a reference voltage line connected to the pixel to transfer a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage needed for generating the driving current, and a driving & sensing circuit configured to perform an integral on the driving current input through the reference voltage line, output an integral result to the data line, decrease a voltage of the data line from the data voltage to an off voltage for turning off the driving element, and detect an off voltage of the driving element from the data line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Su Choi, Myung Gi Lim, Kyung Hyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20220383826
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel including a driving element generating a driving current, a data line connected to the pixel to transfer a data voltage needed for generating the driving current, a reference voltage line connected to the pixel to transfer a first reference voltage and/or a second reference voltage needed for generating the driving current, and a driving & sensing circuit configured to perform an integral on the driving current input through the reference voltage line, output an integral result to the data line, decrease a voltage of the data line from the data voltage to an off voltage for turning off the driving element, and detect an off voltage of the driving element from the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Su CHOI, Myung Gi LIM, Kyung Hyun LIM
  • Publication number: 20220199876
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a pixel and a sensing circuit supplying a pixel reference voltage to the pixel through a reference voltage line during display driving and sensing a pixel current, flowing in the pixel, through the reference voltage line during sensing driving succeeding the display driving operation. The sensing circuit includes a sensing channel terminal connected to the reference voltage line, a first switch between the sensing channel terminal and an input terminal for the pixel reference voltage, an integrator amplifier including a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, an input terminal for an integrator reference voltage connected to the second input terminal, a second switch between the first input terminal and the output terminal, a first capacitor between the sensing channel terminal and the first input terminal, and a second capacitor between the sensing channel terminal and the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Su CHOI, Myung Gi LIM, Byung Jae LEE, Jung HEO
  • Publication number: 20220122525
    Abstract: An electroluminescence display apparatus includes a display panel including a first pixel and a second pixel, a first current integrator connected to the first pixel through a first sensing channel to sense a first current from the first pixel to generate a first output voltage, a second current integrator connected to the second pixel through a second sensing channel to sense a second current from the second pixel to generate a second output voltage, and a sampling capacitor connected to an output terminal of the first current integrator at one electrode thereof and connected to an output terminal of the second current integrator at the other electrode thereof, thereby sampling the first output voltage and the second output voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Myung Gi LIM, Tae Young LEE, Ji Su CHOI
  • Patent number: 10013935
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel in which a plurality of gate and date lines are formed, and a gate driver configured to include first and second shift registers and a control portion. The first shift register is disposed opposite to odd-numbered gate lines of the display panel. The second shift register is disposed opposite to even-numbered gate lines of the display panel. The control portion transfers a first control signal to the first shift register, derives a second control signal from the first control signal, and applies the second control signal to the second shift register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Hyun Hong, Myung Gi Lim, O Sung Do
  • Patent number: 9953568
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed which includes: a scan switch controlled by a scan pulse on a gate line and connected between a data line and a first node; a driving switch which includes a gate electrode connected to the first node, a source electrode connected to a second node, and a drain electrode connected to a first driving voltage line; a sensing switch controlled by a sensing control signal and connected between the second node and a third node on a sensing line; and an organic light emitting diode connected between the second node and a second driving voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Dispay Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Yu, Tae Gung Kim, Jong Min Lee, Myung Gi Lim, Hye Mi Oh, Hun Ki Shin, Jin han Yoon
  • Patent number: 9601058
    Abstract: An OLED display device is disclosed which includes: a display panel configured with pixels which each include an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor applying a driving current to the organic light emitting diode; a gate driver connected to the pixels through gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a sensing voltage to the pixels through data lines in a sensing mode and enable a sensing current to flow through each of the driving transistors; a sensing driver configured to sense threshold voltages opposite the driving currents which flow through the driving transistors; and a brightness compensation circuit configured to derive negatively shifted degrees of threshold voltages of the driving transistors from the sensed threshold voltages, detect a bright-defected pixel on the basis of the negatively shifted degrees, and generate a compensation gray value for the bright-defected pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jae Lee, Jun Hyeok Yang, Tae Gung Kim, Myung Gi Lim
  • Patent number: 9489888
    Abstract: A method of driving an organic light emitting display device includes sensing characteristics of driving TFTs of pixels to generate sensing data at a power-on time when the organic light emitting display device is powered on, merging initial compensation data and the sensing data at the power-on time to compensate for the characteristics of the driving TFTs of all the pixels, displaying an image in a driving mode and sequentially sensing characteristics of driving TFTs of a plurality of pixels in units of one horizontal line in real time during a blank interval between frames, and sequentially compensating for the characteristics of the driving TFTs of the pixels in units of one horizontal line in real time by using a real-time sensing data generated by real-time sensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyeon Kim, Bum Sik Kim, Seung Tae Kim, Myung-Gi Lim
  • Publication number: 20160275871
    Abstract: An OLED display device is disclosed which includes: a display panel configured with pixels which each include an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor applying a driving current to the organic light emitting diode; a gate driver connected to the pixels through gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a sensing voltage to the pixels through data lines in a sensing mode and enable a sensing current to flow through each of the driving transistors; a sensing driver configured to sense threshold voltages opposite the driving currents which flow through the driving transistors; and a brightness compensation circuit configured to derive negatively shifted degrees of threshold voltages of the driving transistors from the sensed threshold voltages, detect a bright-defected pixel on the basis of the negatively shifted degrees, and generate a compensation gray value for the bright-defected pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Jun Hyeok YANG, Tae Gung KIM, Myung Gi LIM
  • Publication number: 20160189646
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel in which a plurality of gate and date lines are formed, and a gate driver configured to include first and second shift registers and a control portion. The first shift register is disposed opposite to odd-numbered gate lines of the display panel. The second shift register is disposed opposite to even-numbered gate lines of the display panel. The control portion transfers a first control signal to the first shift register, derives a second control signal from the first control signal, and applies the second control signal to the second shift register.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Hyun HONG, Myung Gi LIM, O Sung DO
  • Publication number: 20160189612
    Abstract: An OLED display device is disclosed which includes: a display panel configured with pixels which each include an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor applying a driving current to the organic light emitting diode; a gate driver connected to the pixels through gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a sensing voltage to the pixels through data lines in a sensing mode and enable a sensing current to flow through each of the driving transistors; a sensing driver configured to sense threshold voltages opposite the driving currents which flow through the driving transistors; and a brightness compensation circuit configured to derive negatively shifted degrees of threshold voltages of the driving transistors from the sensed threshold voltages, detect a bright-defected pixel on the basis of the negatively shifted degrees, and generate a compensation gray value for the bright-defected pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Jun Hyeok YANG, Tae Gung KIM, Myung Gi LIM
  • Patent number: 9378678
    Abstract: An OLED display device is disclosed which includes: a display panel configured with pixels which each include an organic light emitting diode and a driving transistor applying a driving current to the organic light emitting diode; a gate driver connected to the pixels through gate lines; a data driver configured to apply a sensing voltage to the pixels through data lines in a sensing mode and enable a sensing current to flow through each of the driving transistors; a sensing driver configured to sense threshold voltages opposite the driving currents which flow through the driving transistors; and a brightness compensation circuit configured to derive negatively shifted degrees of threshold voltages of the driving transistors from the sensed threshold voltages, detect a bright-defected pixel on the basis of the negatively shifted degrees, and generate a compensation gray value for the bright-defected pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jae Lee, Jun Hyeok Yang, Tae Gung Kim, Myung Gi Lim
  • Patent number: 9349317
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device and a method of driving the same that can improve compensation performance of degradation of a driving TFT. A method of driving an organic light emitting display device comprises generating an estimated degradation value of a driving TFT by using accumulated data through input data counting; compensating all the pixels of a display panel by using a first gain value, which is initially set, and the estimated degradation value; generating a sensing value by sensing all or some of the pixels of the display panel after driving is performed for a certain time; generating a second gain value by compensating the first gain value if an error between the estimated degradation value and the sensing value is more than a reference value; generating compensation data by compensating the estimated degradation value by using the second gain value; and compensating all the pixels of the display panel by using the compensation data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gung Kim, Kyeong Kun Jang, Ho Min Lim, Nari Kim, Myung-Gi Lim
  • Publication number: 20150325174
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device is disclosed which includes: a scan switch controlled by a scan pulse on a gate line and connected between a data line and a first node; a driving switch which includes a gate electrode connected to the first node, a source electrode connected to a second node, and a drain electrode connected to a first driving voltage line; a sensing switch controlled by a sensing control signal and connected between the second node and a third node on a sensing line; and an organic light emitting diode connected between the second node and a second driving voltage line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Ho YU, Tae Gung KIM, Jong Min LEE, Myung Gi LIM, Hye Mi OH, Hun Ki SHIN, Jin han YOON
  • Publication number: 20140176409
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device and a method of driving the same that can improve compensation performance of degradation of a driving TFT. A method of driving an organic light emitting display device comprises generating an estimated degradation value of a driving TFT by using accumulated data through input data counting; compensating all the pixels of a display panel by using a first gain value, which is initially set, and the estimated degradation value; generating a sensing value by sensing all or some of the pixels of the display panel after driving is performed for a certain time; generating a second gain value by compensating the first gain value if an error between the estimated degradation value and the sensing value is more than a reference value; generating compensation data by compensating the estimated degradation value by using the second gain value; and compensating all the pixels of the display panel by using the compensation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gung Kim, Kyeong Kun Jang, Ho Min Lim, Nari Kim, Myung-Gi Lim
  • Publication number: 20140176516
    Abstract: A method of driving an organic light emitting display device includes sensing characteristics of driving TFTs of pixels to generate sensing data at a power-on time when the organic light emitting display device is powered on, merging initial compensation data and the sensing data at the power-on time to compensate for the characteristics of the driving TFTs of all the pixels, displaying an image in a driving mode and sequentially sensing characteristics of driving TFTs of a plurality of pixels in units of one horizontal line in real time during a blank interval between frames, and sequentially compensating for the characteristics of the driving TFTs of the pixels in units of one horizontal line in real time by using a real-time sensing data generated by real-time sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hyeon Kim, Bum Sik Kim, Seung Tae Kim, Myung-Gi Lim