Patents by Inventor Ranick Ng

Ranick Ng 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: 11341879
    Abstract: A replica pixel for testing a display IC that includes a driving circuit that drives a display panel and a sensing circuit that senses a received current is presented. The replica pixel includes a replica pixel transistor, which has a first terminal switchably coupled to a power source, a gate coupled to a first node of a capacitor, and a second terminal coupled to a second node of the capacitor. The first node of the capacitor is switchably coupled to a reference voltage Vref. The second node of the capacitor is switchably coupled to a coupling node, wherein the coupling node selectively couples to either the driving circuit or the sensing circuit. The replica pixel is approximately a real pixel without the display element, and may be used to test the display IC without assembling the display IC with a display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Ranick Ng, Younghoon Song, Amir Amirkhany
  • Publication number: 20220130298
    Abstract: A replica pixel for testing a display IC that includes a driving circuit that drives a display panel and a sensing circuit that senses a received current is presented. The replica pixel includes a replica pixel transistor, which has a first terminal switchably coupled to a power source, a gate coupled to a first node of a capacitor, and a second terminal coupled to a second node of the capacitor. The first node of the capacitor is switchably coupled to a reference voltage Vref. The second node of the capacitor is switchably coupled to a coupling node, wherein the coupling node selectively couples to either the driving circuit or the sensing circuit. The replica pixel is approximately a real pixel without the display element, and may be used to test the display IC without assembling the display IC with a display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ranick Ng, Younghoon Song, Amir Amirkhany
  • Patent number: 11081064
    Abstract: A display compensation circuit includes a driver circuit including a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), the driver circuit configured to drive pixels of a display panel; and a compensation circuit including a current-mode sensing circuit and a reference current generator circuit, the compensation circuit configured to determine a value to compensate for pixel variations across the display panel, the reference current generator circuit configured to generate a reference current using the DAC of the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Amir Amirkhany, Younghoon Song, Ranick Ng
  • Publication number: 20210217367
    Abstract: A display compensation circuit includes a driver circuit including a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), the driver circuit configured to drive pixels of a display panel; and a compensation circuit including a current-mode sensing circuit and a reference current generator circuit, the compensation circuit configured to determine a value to compensate for pixel variations across the display panel, the reference current generator circuit configured to generate a reference current using the DAC of the driver circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Amir Amirkhany, Younghoon Song, Ranick Ng