Patents by Inventor San-Ho Byun

San-Ho Byun 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: 11340732
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts relate to a noise compensation device and method of a touch-sensing panel, and to a noise avoiding device and method. The noise compensation device of a touch-sensing device according to some example embodiments includes: a noise compensation signal generator configured to generate mutually different noise compensation signals for at least portions of first to Nth channels included in the touch-sensing panel; and a noise cancelling signal output circuit configured to generate noise-compensated reception signals based on the mutually different noise compensation signals and provide the noise-compensated reception signals to each of at least two channels among the first to Nth channels, wherein N is an integer two or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Chui Lee, San Ho Byun, Yoon Kyung Choi, Choong Hoon Lee, Bum Soo Kim, Ho Suk Na, Dong Wook Lim
  • Patent number: 10768760
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Publication number: 20200272300
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts relate to a noise compensation device and method of a touch-sensing panel, and to a noise avoiding device and method. The noise compensation device of a touch-sensing device according to some example embodiments includes: a noise compensation signal generator configured to generate mutually different noise compensation signals for at least portions of first to Nth channels included in the touch-sensing panel; and a noise cancelling signal output circuit configured to generate noise-compensated reception signals based on the mutually different noise compensation signals and provide the noise-compensated reception signals to each of at least two channels among the first to Nth channels, wherein N is an integer two or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Chul LEE, San Ho BYUN, Yoon Kyung CHOI, Choong Hoon LEE, Bum Soo KIM, Ho Suk NA, Dong Wook LIM
  • Patent number: 10649591
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Patent number: 10540041
    Abstract: Provided are a touch processor for performing active protection, a touch display driver integrated circuit (DDI) chip including the touch processor, and a method of operating the touch processor. The touch processor for driving a touch panel including a sensing cell includes a driving circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the touch panel, and a capacitance controller. The capacitance controller is configured to generate a switch control signal for controlling a switch connected to a sensing unit included in the sensing cell, and a compensation signal having a different waveform than the driving signal, so as to reduce a value of an ambient capacitance component of the sensing cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Bong Kim, Yoon-Kyung Choi, Min-Sung Kim, San-Ho Byun, Hwi-Taek Chung, Eung-Man Kim, Cha-Dong Kim
  • Publication number: 20190179456
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Patent number: 10254903
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Rae Kim, Yoon-Kyung Choi, Hwa-Hyun Cho, Sang-Woo Kim, Hae-Yong Ahn, Hyung-Dal Kwon, Jong-Kang Park, San-Ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Patent number: 10156935
    Abstract: A touch screen controller is provided. The touch screen controller includes: an offset cancellation circuit configured to cancel offset capacitance of a touch screen panel including a first channel and a second channel crossing the first channel, the offset cancellation circuit connected to the touch screen panel through a sensing node; a charge amplifier configured to generate a sensing voltage from a sensing signal output from the touch screen panel, the charge amplifier including an amplifier having a first input terminal connected to the sensing node and a second input terminal to which an input voltage is applied; and a channel driver configured to provide a driving voltage, which is equal to or greater than the input voltage, to the second channel in a self capacitance sensing mode for the first channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong-gon Lee, Bum-soo Kim, Jun-chul Park, Yoon-kyung Choi, San-ho Byun, Cha-dong Kim, Jin-chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10082916
    Abstract: A touch screen controller for cancelling an offset capacitance of a capacitive touch screen panel includes a code generator configured to generate a time-invariant digital code and a time-variant digital code during an offset cancellation time. A switched-capacitor array converts the time-invariant digital code and the time-variant digital code into an amount of electric charges corresponding to the offset capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bum Soo Kim, Jun Chul Park, Hyun Kyu Ouh, Cha Dong Kim, San Ho Byun, Jin Chul Lee, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Patent number: 10042482
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Patent number: 9973199
    Abstract: A touch processor circuit includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter and an analog-to-digital converter. The capacitance-to-voltage converter converts an input signal transmitted from a touch sensor into a conversion signal corresponding to a capacitance of the touch sensor. The analog-to-digital converter digitizes the conversion signal transmitted from the capacitance-to-voltage converter and generates a digital value. The analog-to-digital converter includes a first converter, a second converter, and a combination logic circuit. The first converter calculates upper bits of the digital value based on the conversion signal during a first time period. The second converter calculates lower bits of the digital value based on a residue component signal transmitted from the first converter during a second time period. The combination logic circuit combines the upper bits and the lower bits and generates the digital value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: San-Ho Byun, Chadong Kim, Jinchul Lee, Bumsoo Kim, Junchul Park, Kyeonggon Lee
  • Patent number: 9898149
    Abstract: A touch analog front-end (AFE) for a touch sensitive screen may include a transmitter configured to charge a touch panel and a receiver configured to sense the touch panel. The receiver may include a charge-to-voltage (C2V) converter configured to convert a change of capacitance received from the touch panel into a voltage signal, a correlated double sampling (CDS) block configured to convert the voltage signal into a differential signal and to sample each of the positive and the negative signals of the differential signal, and an integrator configured to accumulate a difference between the sampled positive and negative signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanghyub Kang, San-ho Byun, Jinchul Lee, Chadong Kim, Bumsoo Kim, Junchul Park, Hojin Park, Hyunkyu Ouh, Kyunghoon Lee, Michael Choi, YoonKyung Choi
  • Patent number: 9886136
    Abstract: A touch screen controller controlling a capacitive touch screen includes a first comparator that compares a reference signal with a sensing signal, and generates a first output signal. The capacitive touch screen includes capacitive touch sensors connected to a sensing line and a drive line, and that sense a touch event. The sensing signal is output from the sensing line. The touch screen controller further includes a filter that generates a second output signal by integrating the first output signal in each sensing cycle of the filter, an analog-to-digital converter that converts the second output signal to a digital signal, and a controller that determines at least one of whether a noise is generated and whether the touch event is generated based on a reference digital signal and the digital signal, and that adjusts the number of the sensing cycles of the filter based on a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Chul Park, Bum Soo Kim, Kyeong Gon Lee, Cha Dong Kim, San Ho Byun, Jin Chul Lee, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20180024677
    Abstract: An operating method of a touch display driving integrated circuit that is connected with a touch display panel through touch sensing lines and data lines is provided. The method includes applying a common voltage to each touch sensing line, increasing voltages of the touch sensing lines and the data lines by a predetermined level, providing a first touch sensing signal to each touch sensing line, and sensing a touch of a user based on signal variations of the touch sensing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minsung KIM, Jaehun JEONG, Haewoon PARK, Seung-Hoon BAEK, San-ho BYUN, Jinbong KIM, YoonKyung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180004326
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Hyoung-rae Kim, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho, Sang-woo Kim, Hae-yong Ahn, Hyung-dal Kwon, Jong-kang Park, San-ho Byun, Jae-suk Yu
  • Publication number: 20170293395
    Abstract: A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: HYOUNG-RAE KIM, YOON-KYUNG CHOI, HWA-HYUN CHO, SANG-WOO KIM, HAE-YONG AHN, HYUNG-DAL KWON, JONG-KANG PARK, SAN-HO BYUN, Jae-suk YU
  • Patent number: 9727183
    Abstract: A method of operating a touch screen sensor integrated circuit includes: receiving a plurality of current signals through a plurality of pins, wherein each current signal is generated according to mutual capacitance in response to a modulation signal; sensing the current signals and generating a plurality of sensed current signals corresponding to each of the current signals; and generating a plurality of subtracted current signals, wherein each subtracted current signal is generated by performing a subtraction on sensed current signals corresponding to a pair of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: San Ho Byun, Jun Chul Park, Ki Duk Kim, Yoon Kyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20170212636
    Abstract: Provided are a touch processor for performing active protection, a touch display driver integrated circuit (DDI) chip including the touch processor, and a method of operating the touch processor. The touch processor for driving a touch panel including a sensing cell includes a driving circuit configured to provide a driving signal to the touch panel, and a capacitance controller. The capacitance controller is configured to generate a switch control signal for controlling a switch connected to a sensing unit included in the sensing cell, and a compensation signal having a different waveform than the driving signal, so as to reduce a value of an ambient capacitance component of the sensing cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: JIN-BONG KIM, YOON-KYUNG CHOI, MIN-SUNG KIM, SAN-HO BYUN, HWI-TAEK CHUNG, EUNG-MAN KIM, CHA-DONG KIM
  • Publication number: 20170010717
    Abstract: A touch screen controller for cancelling an offset capacitance of a capacitive touch screen panel includes a code generator configured to generate a time-invariant digital code and a time-variant digital code during an offset cancellation time. A switched-capacitor array converts the time-invariant digital code and the time-variant digital code into an amount of electric charges corresponding to the offset capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: BUM SOO KIM, JUN CHUL PARK, HYUN KYU OUH, CHA DONG KIM, SAN HO BYUN, JIN CHUL LEE, YOON KYUNG CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170003810
    Abstract: A touch processor circuit includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter and an analog-to-digital converter. The capacitance-to-voltage converter converts an input signal transmitted from a touch sensor into a conversion signal corresponding to a capacitance of the touch sensor. The analog-to-digital converter digitizes the conversion signal transmitted from the capacitance-to-voltage converter and generates a digital value. The analog-to-digital converter includes a first converter, a second converter, and a combination logic circuit. The first converter calculates upper bits of the digital value based on the conversion signal during a first time period. The second converter calculates lower bits of the digital value based on a residue component signal transmitted from the first converter during a second time period. The combination logic circuit combines the upper bits and the lower bits and generates the digital value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: San-Ho BYUN, Chadong KIM, Jinchul LEE, Bumsoo KIM, Junchul PARK, Kyeonggon LEE