Patents by Inventor Oh Jo Kwon

Oh Jo Kwon 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: 9779666
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels and a compensation unit. Each of the pixels includes a driving transistor to control an amount of current supplied to a corresponding organic light emitting diode. The compensation unit is coupled to the pixels by data lines and includes at least one sensing unit. The sensing unit extracts threshold voltage information from the pixels corresponding to respective driving transistors. The sensing unit receives noise currents from a plurality of data lines, offset the noise currents, and extracts the threshold voltage information after offset of the noise currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Boo-Dong Kwak, Choong-Sun Shin
  • Patent number: 9779665
    Abstract: A gate driver for a display device and a display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes first through N-th scan drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th scan signals, where N is an integer greater than 1. The gate driver also includes first through N-th sensing drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th sensing signals, wherein an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing drivers is configured to activate an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing signals K times during an active period of an (M+1)-th one of the first through N-th scan signals, where M is an integer greater than 0 and less than N and K is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun-Yong Song, Oh-Jo Kwon, Ji-Woong Kim, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Patent number: 9734765
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels, each being coupled to a corresponding data line among a plurality of data lines and a corresponding scan line among a plurality of scan lines; a scan driver to supply a scan signal to the scan lines; a sensor coupled to the pixels and the data lines and configured to detect a sensing current according to a test signal input to the data lines; and a controller configured to detect a pixel current of a pixel corresponding to a scan line to which the scan signal is supplied, by using a first sensing current corresponding to a first pixel and a second sensing current corresponding to a second pixel, when the scan signal is selectively supplied to a first scan line coupled to the first pixel and a second scan line coupled to the second pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Choong Sun Shin, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9691329
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes pixels positioned at crossing regions between data lines and scan lines, each of the pixels including an organic light emitting diode, a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to scan lines, a data driver configured to drive the data lines, wherein the data driver includes, in each channel, a supply part comprising a digital-to-analog converter configured to generate data signals using second data supplied from outside in a driving period, and a deterioration part configured to measure deterioration information of the organic light emitting diode using the digital-to-analog converter in a sensing period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Won-Tae Choi, Hee-Sun Ahn, Bo-Yeon Kim, Gyu-Hyeong Cho, Hyun-Sik Kim, Jun-Suk Bang
  • Patent number: 9595228
    Abstract: A pixel array and an organic light emitting display device including the same, can display an image with uniform luminance by compensating for a variation in threshold voltage/mobility of a driving transistor for each pixel and compensating for a change in efficiency due to degradation of an organic light emitting diode. A first pixel among the pixel array includes an organic light emitting diode; a pixel circuit positioned among an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, a first scan line and a first data line through which a data signal is supplied to the first pixel, and controlling current flowing in the organic light emitting diode; and a switching element controlling the coupling between a second data line through which a data signal is supplied to a second pixel of the plurality of pixels and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi
  • Patent number: 9576536
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pixel configured to emit light according to a data signal supplied to a data line, a power source voltage supplier configured to supply a power source voltage to the pixel, a driving transistor configured to drive the pixel to be emitted according to the data signal and the power source voltage, and a sensor configured to supply a test signal to a data line and to detect a sensing current flowing to the data line through the driving transistor according to the test signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Hee Sun Ahn, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20160372050
    Abstract: A data driver includes a data signal converter to convert image data to a data signal, an output buffer to output the data signal to a data line, a first cascode circuit connected to the output buffer and including a plurality of transistors, a first noise attenuator connected to a first node between the output buffer and the first cascode circuit, and to attenuate a first current noise, a second cascode circuit connected to the output buffer and including a plurality of transistors, a second noise attenuator connected a second node between the output buffer and the second cascode circuit, and to attenuate a second current noise, a current integrator to generate an integrated voltage by integrating a first current flowing through the first cascode circuit and a second current flowing through the second cascade circuit, and an analog-digital converter (ADC) to convert the integrated voltage to a digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Ji-Woong Kim, Choong-Sun Shin, Joo-Hyung Lee, Jun-Suk Bang, Gyu-Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20160372044
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels at respective crossing regions of scan lines and data lines, a scan driver that is configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines, and a data driver that is configured to supply a pre-emphasis voltage to the data lines using a first constant for controlling a voltage value of the pre-emphasis voltage, and using a second constant for controlling a supply time of the pre-emphasis voltage, and supply data signals to the data lines after the supply of the pre-emphasis voltage, wherein at least one of the first or second constants is stored in each channel corresponding to each of the data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Ji Woong Kim, Choong Sun Shin, Joo Hyung Lee, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Patent number: 9501969
    Abstract: There are disclosed a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same. The DC-DC converter includes a first voltage generator that has an inductor and a plurality of transistors, and converts an input voltage into a first voltage and outputs the first voltage to a first output terminal. The DC-DC converter also includes a controller that controls driving of the first voltage generator by supplying a first driving pulse to each transistor of the first voltage generator. In the DC-DC converter, the amplitude of the first driving pulse is adjustable. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a DC-DC converter and an organic light emitting display including the same, which can achieve high power conversion efficiency by change a driving pulse used in a DC-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Hak-Sun Kim, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi, Bo-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9450567
    Abstract: A noise-removing circuit includes a first capacitor to charge a first voltage supplied to a first node during a first period in which a first switching control signal is supplied, a second capacitor to charge a second voltage supplied to a third node during the first period, a third capacitor to charge the first voltage during a second period in which a second switching control signal is supplied, and to charge the second voltage charged in the second capacitor as a third voltage during a third period in which a third switching control signal is supplied, a fourth capacitor to charge the second voltage during the second period, and to charge the first voltage charged in the first capacitor as a fourth voltage during the third period, and a differential amplifier to output a voltage difference between the third voltage and the fourth voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Boo-Dong Kwak, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Patent number: 9443473
    Abstract: A pixel array and an organic light emitting display device including the same, can display an image with uniform luminance by compensating for a variation in threshold voltage/mobility of a driving transistor for each pixel and compensating for a change in efficiency due to degradation of an organic light emitting diode. A first pixel among the pixel array includes an organic light emitting diode; a pixel circuit positioned among an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, a first scan line and a first data line through which a data signal is supplied to the first pixel, and controlling current flowing in the organic light emitting diode; and a switching element controlling the coupling between a second data line through which a data signal is supplied to a second pixel of the plurality of pixels and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi
  • Patent number: 9424770
    Abstract: An error compensator and an organic light emitting display device using the same. The organic light emitting display device includes pixels each having a driving transistor and an organic light emitting diode; and a sensing unit extracting at least one of a first information including the threshold voltage of the driving transistor or a second information including the degradation of the organic light emitting diode from a pixel of the pixels. In the organic light emitting display device, the sensing unit includes an amplifier amplifying a voltage corresponding to the at least one of the first information or the second information; and an error compensator compensating for error components of elements included in the amplifier and the error compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yeon Kim, Oh-Jo Kwon, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20160240144
    Abstract: A gate driver for a display device and a display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes first through N-th scan drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th scan signals, where N is an integer greater than 1. The gate driver also includes first through N-th sensing drivers configured to respectively output first through N-th sensing signals, wherein an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing drivers is configured to activate an M-th one of the first through N-th sensing signals K times during an active period of an (M+1)-th one of the first through N-th scan signals, where M is an integer greater than 0 and less than N and K is an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jun-Yong Song, Oh-Jo Kwon, Ji-Woong Kim, Choong-Sun Shin, Hee-Sun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20160163251
    Abstract: A pixel array and an organic light emitting display device including the same, can display an image with uniform luminance by compensating for a variation in threshold voltage/mobility of a driving transistor for each pixel and compensating for a change in efficiency due to degradation of an organic light emitting diode. A first pixel among the pixel array includes an organic light emitting diode; a pixel circuit positioned among an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, a first scan line and a first data line through which a data signal is supplied to the first pixel, and controlling current flowing in the organic light emitting diode; and a switching element controlling the coupling between a second data line through which a data signal is supplied to a second pixel of the plurality of pixels and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Oh-Jo Kwon, Joo-Hyung Lee, Won-Tae Choi
  • Publication number: 20160163255
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display devices includes a display panel having first and second pixel groups, each group including first, second, and third pixels which emit light of different colors and a current measurement unit having a plurality of current measurement channels connected to the first and second pixel groups by data lines, wherein each of the current measurement channels includes a first measurement circuit connected to one of the first, second, and third pixels in the first pixel group and measures current characteristics of the connected one of the pixels and a second measurement circuit which measures current characteristics of one of the first, second, and third pixels, in the second pixel group, which emits light of the same color as that of light emitted from the one of the pixels connected to the first measurement circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Bo Yeon Kim, Oh Jo Kwon
  • Publication number: 20160155381
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display includes: a display panel including first and second pixels, each having an organic light-emitting diode; and a data driver including a first operational amplifier having a non-inverting terminal coupled to a reference voltage terminal and an inverting terminal coupled to the first pixel, and a second operational amplifier having a non-inverting terminal coupled to the reference voltage terminal and an inverting terminal coupled to the second pixel. The first pixel includes a sensing transistor, a first driving transistor, and a first switch transistor. The second pixel includes a second driving transistor and a second switch transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Joo Hyung Lee, Kyung Youl Min
  • Publication number: 20160155380
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes: pixels; and a data driver including a plurality of current measurers connected to the pixels via at least one data line, each of the current measurers including: a first measurement circuit including: a first operational amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal to which a first reference voltage is applied, and an inverted input terminal connected to a first pixel from among the pixels; and a first feedback capacitor connected between the inverted input terminal and an output terminal of the first operational amplifier; and a second measurement circuit including: a second operational amplifier including a non-inverted input terminal to which a second reference voltage is applied, and an inverted input terminal connected to a second pixel from among the pixels; and a second feedback capacitor connected between the inverted input terminal and an output terminal of the second operational amplifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Kyung Youl Min, Choong Sun Shin, Young Uk Won
  • Patent number: 9117405
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device is provided. The organic light emitting device includes an organic light emitting panel, a drive unit receiving image data and image luminance discrimination signal that includes information on a maximum luminance of the image and providing a data voltage corresponding to the image luminance discrimination signal to the organic light emitting panel, and a power supply unit providing a common voltage to the organic light emitting panel. The common voltage is varied to correspond to the image luminance discrimination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Yeon Kim, Oh-Jo Kwon, Won-Tae Choi
  • Publication number: 20150138177
    Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels, each being coupled to a corresponding data line among a plurality of data lines and a corresponding scan line among a plurality of scan lines; a scan driver to supply a scan signal to the scan lines; a sensor coupled to the pixels and the data lines and configured to detect a sensing current according to a test signal input to the data lines; and a controller configured to detect a pixel current of a pixel corresponding to a scan line to which the scan signal is supplied, by using a first sensing current corresponding to a first pixel and a second sensing current corresponding to a second pixel, when the scan signal is selectively supplied to a first scan line coupled to the first pixel and a second scan line coupled to the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Oh Jo Kwon, Choong Sun Shin, Hyun Sik Kim, Jun Suk Bang, Gyu Hyeong Cho
  • Publication number: 20150130780
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels and a compensation unit. Each of the pixels includes a driving transistor to control an amount of current supplied to a corresponding organic light emitting diode. The compensation unit is coupled to the pixels by data lines and includes at least one sensing unit. The sensing unit extracts threshold voltage information from the pixels corresponding to respective driving transistors. The sensing unit receives noise currents from a plurality of data lines, offset the noise currents, and extracts the threshold voltage information after offset of the noise currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Oh-Jo KWON, Boo-Dong KWAK, Choong-Sun SHIN