Patents by Inventor Pu Jin Kim

Pu Jin Kim 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: 8659534
    Abstract: A backlight driving apparatus is disclosed which is capable of simplifying a circuit configuration for driving of a plurality of light emitting diode arrays and making the current balance of the light emitting diode arrays uniform. The backlight driving apparatus includes n light emitting diode arrays that include a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series, a power source for generating a driving current, a current generator for generating currents to drive the light emitting diode arrays using the driving current, respectively, and a current mirror circuit for allowing substantially the same amount of currents to flow respectively through the light emitting diode arrays based on current from any one of the n light emitting diode arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pu Jin Kim, Seung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8339541
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of white LEDs on a PCB, along a length direction of the PCB, and emitting white lights, the plurality of white LEDs including first and second LEDs alternately arranged; and a plurality of optical sheets on a path of the white lights from the plurality of white LEDs to a liquid crystal panel, wherein the white light from the first LED and the white light from the second LED are substantially complementary in color to each other with respect to a target white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koo-Hwa Lee, Kyeong-Kun Jang, Pu-Jin Kim, Kee-Tae Yoo
  • Patent number: 7852018
    Abstract: A method of driving a lamp of a liquid crystal display device includes generating a control signal; generating a first drive signal using the control signal; generating a second drive signal by shifting a voltage level of the first drive signal; selectively outputting one of a high potential supply voltage and a low potential supply voltage in response to the second drive signal; transforming the selectively outputted voltage; and supplying the transformed voltage to a lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Ho Ahn, Pu Jin Kim, Jae Hun Song, Chang Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7663598
    Abstract: A backlight assembly driving apparatus for a liquid crystal display device includes a light emitting diode string of serially connected light emitting diodes, and switching devices connected in parallel to and in a one-to-one correspondence with the light emitting diodes to conduct or turn off current applied to a correspondingly parallel-connected light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pu Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20090284682
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of white LEDs on a PCB, along a length direction of the PCB, and emitting white lights, the plurality of white LEDs including first and second LEDs alternately arranged; and a plurality of optical sheets on a path of the white lights from the plurality of white LEDs to a liquid crystal panel, wherein the white light from the first LED and the white light from the second LED are substantially complementary in color to each other with respect to a target white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Koo-Hwa Lee, Kyeong-Kun Jang, Pu-Jin Kim, Kee-Tae Yoo
  • Publication number: 20090128051
    Abstract: A method of driving a lamp of a liquid crystal display device includes generating a control signal; generating a first drive signal using the control signal; generating a second drive signal by shifting a voltage level of the first drive signal; selectively outputting one of a high potential supply voltage and a low potential supply voltage in response to the second drive signal; transforming the selectively outputted voltage; and supplying the transformed voltage to a lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: LG Display Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: In Ho Ahn, Pu Jin Kim, Jae Hun Song, Chang Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7489091
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes: a plurality of cold cathode fluorescent lamps; a plurality of capacitors respectively connected to both ends of each of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps, the capacitors having respective impedance that are selected to allow the same amount of current to flow through each of the plurality of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps; and an inverter connected to the capacitors of the cold cathode fluorescent lamps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pu Jin Kim, Jae Ho Lee, Yong Kon Lee
  • Patent number: 7438442
    Abstract: A light emitting package is disclosed that can generate a white light while controlling Red, Green and Blue light emitting diodes (“LEDs”) simultaneously. In the light emitting package, a plurality of LEDs are connected in series to one another. The plurality of LEDs are responsive to one driving voltage. Currents flowing through the plurality of LEDs are controlled by a current adjuster. Consequently, the plurality of LEDs are driven by the currents different from one another in amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Ho Lee, In Ho Ahn, Pu Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7417383
    Abstract: A method of driving a lamp of a liquid crystal display device includes generating a control signal; generating a first drive signal using the control signal; generating a second drive signal by shifting a voltage level of the first drive signal; selectively outputting one of a high potential supply voltage and a low potential supply voltage in response to the second drive signal; transforming the selectively outputted voltage; and supplying the transformed voltage to a lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Ho Ahn, Pu Jin Kim, Jae Hun Song, Chang Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20080136769
    Abstract: A backlight driving apparatus is disclosed which is capable of simplifying a circuit configuration for driving of a plurality of light emitting diode arrays and making the current balance of the light emitting diode arrays uniform. The backlight driving apparatus includes n light emitting diode arrays that include a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series, a power source for generating a driving current, a current generator for generating currents to drive the light emitting diode arrays using the driving current, respectively, and a current mirror circuit for allowing substantially the same amount of currents to flow respectively through the light emitting diode arrays based on current from any one of the n light emitting diode arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Pu Jin Kim, Seung Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20080061716
    Abstract: A backlight unit provides white light for a display device. A light emitting unit may include light emitting diodes (LEDs). The light emitting unit may be combined with a power supplying unit and a current balancing unit to improve the white balance of the light emitted from the LEDs and simplify the circuitry of the backlight unit. The light emitted from the light emitting unit may be balanced due in part to the current balancing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Pu Jin Kim, Seung Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7312583
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a lamp comprising at least one lamp, an inverter to supply an alternating current signal, a transformer to boost the signal from the inverter and to supply the boosted signal to the lamp, and a safety circuit to detect the signal flowing to the lamp and to compare the signal with a predetermined threshold to shut down the inverter in accordance with the compared result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: LG.Philips Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pu Jin Kim, Jae Ho Lee, Yong Kon Lee
  • Publication number: 20070216322
    Abstract: A backlight unit for a display device includes an alternating current (AC) power supply that connects to an AC generator to output a first AC voltage; at least one LED array driven by the first AC voltage and including a plurality of LEDs; and an impedance matching element connected in series with the AC power supply and the at least one LED array that controls current supplied to supplies power to the at least one LED array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Pu-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 7205724
    Abstract: A backlight driving system is provided for a liquid crystal display device. The backlight driving system comprises at least one backlight having at least one terminal, an inverter and at least one transformer. The inverter supplies a voltage to the backlight and has first and second output terminals. The transformer has a first input coil and a second input coil that are connected to the first and the second output terminals of the inverter. The transformer transforms the voltage outputted from the inverter and applies a transformed voltage to the backlight via the terminal of the backlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Ho Ahn, Pu Jin Kim, Dong Yun Lee