Patents by Inventor Sang-myeon Han

Sang-myeon Han 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).

  • Publication number: 20140118229
    Abstract: A plurality of pixels each including a first capacitor coupled between a data line and a first node, a switching transistor for electrically connecting the first node and a second node, a second capacitor coupled between the second node and a third node, an initialization transistor for transmitting a first power source voltage to the second node, and a driving transistor including a gate electrode coupled to the third node to control a driving current to an organic light emitting diode, in which light emission of the organic light emitting diode by the driving current is concurrently performed in the plurality of pixels according to data signals transmitted during a previous frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Patent number: 8704738
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; one or more control lines coupled to the pixels; a control line driver for supplying control signals to the pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels; and a second power driver for applying a second power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the OLED; and an initializing transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and for supplying a reset voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140071028
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes 1) a driving transistor controlling a driving current supplied to an OLED, 2) a first capacitor connected to a first electrode of the driving transistor and 3) a switching transistor connecting the first capacitor and the data line. Each pixel further includes a first light emission transistor transmitting a first power source voltage to the first electrode of the driving transistor and a second capacitor connected between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the first power source voltage. When the first power source voltage is applied to the first electrode of the driving transistor, the corresponding scan signal of a gate-on voltage is supplied and thus the corresponding data voltage is stored in the first capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: SANG-MYEON HAN
  • Publication number: 20140071112
    Abstract: A display device comprising a display panel including a plurality of pixels configured to write a first image data signal corresponding to a corresponding frame for a first frame and emits light according to driving current depending on a second image data signal corresponding to a previous frame is disclosed. In one aspect, the first frame includes a reset period of resetting data voltage according to the second image data signal, a compensating period of compensating threshold voltages of driving transistors of the pixels, a data writing period of transferring scan signals corresponding to the pixels in sequence, writing the first image data signal, and a light emitting period of simultaneously emitting light according to the second image data signal, wherein the data writing period and the light emitting period frame are overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Publication number: 20140071110
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device operating in a concurrent (e.g., simultaneous) emission method, which includes a first power driver configured to apply first power, which changes between a first low level and a first high level, to pixels of the display unit, and a second power driver configured to apply second power, which changes between a second low level and a second high level, to the pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied to the organic light emitting diode, and an initializing transistor coupled to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode and configured to be turned on during a reset period in one frame to supply a reset voltage, which is lower than the first high level of the first power, to the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Publication number: 20140071108
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels respectively include: 1) a first capacitor connected between a data line and a first node and 2) a switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a scan line and first and second electrodes respectively connected to the first node and a second node. The display device also includes a driving transistor including a first electrode connected to a first power source voltage and a second electrode connected to an anode of an organic light emitting diode (OLED). The device further includes a compensation transistor including a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Publication number: 20140063079
    Abstract: A method of gamma correction for an organic light emitting display device includes calculating a high-power voltage to be supplied in an emission period of the organic light emitting display device based on a gray-level range of an input image data for each frame, generating a gamma correction curve for the calculated high-power voltage based on a predetermined minimum gamma correction curve and a predetermined maximum gamma correction curve, performing a gamma correction on image data based on the gamma correction curve to generate gamma-corrected image data, and displaying the gamma-corrected image data on the organic light emitting display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Baek-Woon LEE, Sang-Myeon HAN
  • Patent number: 8614657
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device operating in a concurrent (e.g., simultaneous) emission method, which includes a first power driver configured to apply first power, which changes between a first low level and a first high level, to pixels of the display unit, and a second power driver configured to apply second power, which changes between a second low level and a second high level, to the pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied to the organic light emitting diode, and an initializing transistor coupled to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode and configured to be turned on during a reset period in one frame to supply a reset voltage, which is lower than the first high level of the first power, to the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Publication number: 20130249889
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; one or more control lines coupled to the pixels; a control line driver for supplying control signals to the pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels; and a second power driver for applying a second power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the OLED; and an initializing transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and for supplying a reset voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Patent number: 8462089
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; one or more control lines coupled to the pixels; a control line driver for supplying control signals to the pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels; and a second power driver for applying a second power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the OLED; and an initializing transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and for supplying a reset voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Publication number: 20130127932
    Abstract: A pixel, a display device using the pixel and a method of driving the display device are provided. The pixel may include an organic light emitting diode, a driving circuit for generating and transmitting driving current depending on data signals to the organic light emitting diode, and at least one switch connected between a power wire for applying a first voltage to the organic light emitting diode and a data line for transmitting the data signals. The at least one switch may include a compensating circuit for electronically connecting the power wire to the data line for a predetermined period to transmit the first voltage through the data line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon HAN
  • Publication number: 20130127809
    Abstract: A scan driver, a display device including the same, and a driving method of a scan driver are provided. The scan driver includes a signal generator configured to generate and output first signals to output lines sequentially and/or to generate and output second signals to the output lines simultaneously, and a switching unit configured to receive the first signals and/or the second signals from the signal generator and to select a plurality of first scan lines connected to a first group pixels among the plurality of pixels included in a display unit or a plurality of second scan lines connected to a second group pixel different from the first group pixels among the plurality of pixels to output the plurality of first signals or the plurality of second signals as corresponding scan signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon HAN
  • Publication number: 20120306840
    Abstract: A pixel, a display device including the same, and a driving method thereof. After the anode voltage of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is discharged and reset, a first voltage corresponding to a data voltage applied to a storage capacitor is transmitted to a compensation capacitor. A voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is transmitted to the compensation capacitor. The data voltage is stored according to a data signal corresponding to the storage capacitor. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) emits light according to a driving current flowing to the driving transistor by the voltage stored to the compensation capacitor. Here, the light emitting steps of a plurality of pixels are concurrently generated, and a scan step and the light emitting step are temporally overlapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Publication number: 20120293479
    Abstract: A display device that includes a pixel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a driving transistor connected to the driving voltage and supplying a driving current to the OLED, a compensation capacitor connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a first storage capacitor and a second storage capacitor electrically connected to or blocked from the compensation capacitor, and a driving method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Sang-Myeon Han
  • Publication number: 20120050346
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel for displaying frames during an elapse of time; and an emission driver for providing first and second emission power sources to the display panel, wherein: each of the frames comprises a first light emitting period, a light non-emitting period and a second light emitting period according to a time sequence, a difference value between the first and second emission power sources is substantially equal to or greater than a reference value during the first and second light emitting periods, and is less than the reference value during the light non-emitting period, and the difference value between the first and second emission power sources decreases over an elapse of time during the first light emitting period, and increases over an elapse of time during the second light emitting period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Si-Duk Sung, Sang Myeon Han
  • Patent number: 8124979
    Abstract: Provided are a thin film transistor and a method of manufacturing the same. The thin film transistor includes: a lower structure; a semiconductor layer formed on the lower structure and including a plurality of doping regions; a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer formed on the semiconductor layer and separated from each other; a third insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer; and a gate electrode layer formed between regions of the third insulating layer respectively corresponding to the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Ji-sim Jung, Myung-kwan Ryu, Jang-yeon Kwon, Kyung-bae Park, Min-koo Han, Sang-yoon Lee, Joong-hyun Park, Sang-myeon Han, Sun-jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20120007848
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines, first control lines, second control lines, and data lines, a control line driver configured to supply a first control signal and a second control signal to the pixels through the first control lines and the second control lines, a first power source driver for applying a first power to the pixels of the display unit, and a second power source driver for applying a second power to the pixels of the display unit. At least one of the first power or the second power is applied to the pixels of the display unit as voltage values having different levels during one frame. The first and second control signals and the first and second powers are concurrently provided to all of the pixels of the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee, Si-Duk Sung, In-Hwan Ji
  • Publication number: 20110316892
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display includes: a display unit including: a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of light emission control lines; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels being coupled to a corresponding scan line among the scan lines, a corresponding light emission control line among the light emission control lines, and a corresponding data line among the data lines; a scan driver configured to transmit a plurality of scan signals to the scan lines; a light emission driver configured to transmit a plurality of light emission control signals to the light emission control lines; a data driver configured to transmit a plurality of data signals to the data lines; and a power source driver configured to apply a plurality of power source voltages having different levels to the pixels during one frame period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Si-Duk Sung, Baek-Woon Lee, In-Hwan Ji, Sang-Myeon Han
  • Publication number: 20110279484
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device operating in a concurrent (e.g., simultaneous) emission method, which includes a first power driver configured to apply first power, which changes between a first low level and a first high level, to pixels of the display unit, and a second power driver configured to apply second power, which changes between a second low level and a second high level, to the pixels, wherein each of the pixels includes an organic light emitting diode, a driving transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied to the organic light emitting diode, and an initializing transistor coupled to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode and configured to be turned on during a reset period in one frame to supply a reset voltage, which is lower than the first high level of the first power, to the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee
  • Publication number: 20110273428
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes: a display unit including pixels coupled to scan lines and data lines; one or more control lines coupled to the pixels; a control line driver for supplying control signals to the pixels through the control lines; a first power driver for applying a first power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels; and a second power driver for applying a second power having a low voltage level or a high voltage level to the pixels, in which each of the pixels includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied to the OLED; and an initializing transistor coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and for supplying a reset voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Sang-Myeon Han, Baek-Woon Lee