Patents by Inventor Sun-Koo KANG

Sun-Koo KANG 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: 11893946
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel, a data driver, and a scan driver. The data driver outputs data signals during a writing frame and outputs a bias voltage during a holding frame. The data driver includes a plurality of driving chips, and each of the driving chips includes: a gamma voltage generator, a data converter, a main output part for outputting corresponding data signals of the data signals during the writing frame, and a sub-output part for outputting the bias voltage during the holding frame. The gamma voltage generator of a selected driving chip among the plurality of driving chips is electrically connected to the sub-output parts disposed in the plurality of driving chips, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Koo Kang, Hyunha Yang, Myeongbin Lim
  • Publication number: 20230343296
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel, a data driver, and a scan driver. The data driver outputs data signals during a writing frame and outputs a bias voltage during a holding frame. The data driver includes a plurality of driving chips, and each of the driving chips includes: a gamma voltage generator, a data converter, a main output part for outputting corresponding data signals of the data signals during the writing frame, and a sub-output part for outputting the bias voltage during the holding frame. The gamma voltage generator of a selected driving chip among the plurality of driving chips is electrically connected to the sub-output parts disposed in the plurality of driving chips, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: SUN-KOO KANG, HYUNHA YANG, MYEONGBIN LIM
  • Patent number: 11676553
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first data lines, second data lines, gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator which generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, and a source driver which generates a first data voltage having a first polarity based on the first driving voltage and a second data voltage having a second polarity based on the second driving voltage. The source driver includes a first source driver coupled to the first data lines and a second source driver coupled to the second data lines. The voltage generator alternately provides the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage to each of the first source driver and the second source driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Sun-Koo Kang
  • Patent number: 11551601
    Abstract: A display device includes: a gray converter which adds compensation grays to input grays to provide output grays; a data driver which provides data voltages corresponding to the output grays; and a display panel which includes pixels which receives the data voltages, where the gray converter includes: a voltage domain converter which converts the input grays into conversion grays; and a compensation gray calculator which calculates the compensation grays based on the conversion grays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ik Hyun Ahn, Sun Koo Kang, Cheol Min Kim, Ji Ye Moon, Ju Gon Seok, Hyeon Uk Won
  • Patent number: 11521558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a display panel, data lines, a constant voltage line, a feedback line, and a display driver. The display panel includes pixels. The data lines transfer data voltages to the pixels. The constant voltage line transfers a constant voltage to the pixels. The feedback line is coupled to the constant voltage line. The display driver is configured to sense a change amount of the constant voltage through the feedback line, generate compensated image data by compensating image data according to the sensed change amount of the constant voltage, and provide the data voltages corresponding to the compensated image data to the pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Tae Kim, Sun-Koo Kang
  • Patent number: 11222601
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines and a peripheral area at the periphery of the display area; a first channel group including a plurality of first shared channels respectively connected to shared data lines among the data lines; a second channel group including a plurality of second shared channels respectively connected to the shared data lines; a first source driver connected to the first channel group, the first source driver being configured to supply data signals to the shared data lines through the first channel group; and a second source driver connected to the second channel group, the second source driver being configured to supply the data signals to the shared data lines through the second channel group, wherein the first channel group and the second channel group forms a pair to be commonly connected the shared data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Tae Kim, Sun Koo Kang
  • Publication number: 20210398473
    Abstract: A display device includes: a gray converter which adds compensation grays to input grays to provide output grays; a data driver which provides data voltages corresponding to the output grays; and a display panel which includes pixels which receives the data voltages, where the gray converter includes: a voltage domain converter which converts the input grays into conversion grays; and a compensation gray calculator which calculates the compensation grays based on the conversion grays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ik Hyun AHN, Sun Koo KANG, Cheol Min KIM, Ji Ye MOON, Ju Gon SEOK, Hyeon Uk WON
  • Patent number: 11176889
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, and a power voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image. The data driver is configured to apply a data voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to provide a power voltage and an initialization voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to receive a feedback initialization voltage from the display panel and configured to compensate the initialization voltage based on the feedback initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Bong-Hyun You, Sun-Koo Kang, Joon Chul Goh, Soon-Dong Kim, Jin-Wook Yang, Ki Hong Song
  • Publication number: 20210295781
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device. The display device includes a display panel, data lines, a constant voltage line, a feedback line, and a display driver. The display panel includes pixels. The data lines transfer data voltages to the pixels. The constant voltage line transfers a constant voltage to the pixels. The feedback line is coupled to the constant voltage line. The display driver is configured to sense a change amount of the constant voltage through the feedback line, generate compensated image data by compensating image data according to the sensed change amount of the constant voltage, and provide the data voltages corresponding to the compensated image data to the pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: WON TAE KIM, Sun-Koo KANG
  • Publication number: 20210074216
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a data driver, and a power voltage generator. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image. The data driver is configured to apply a data voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to provide a power voltage and an initialization voltage to the display panel. The power voltage generator is configured to receive a feedback initialization voltage from the display panel and configured to compensate the initialization voltage based on the feedback initialization voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Wontae KIM, Bong-Hyun YOU, Sun-Koo KANG, Joon Chul GOH, Soon-Dong KIM, Jin-Wook YANG, Ki Hong SONG
  • Patent number: 10878760
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a data driver configured to arrange the display panel into a plurality of pixel blocks, and to output a data voltage with different slew rates to the plurality of pixel blocks, wherein the slew rates are based on distances of the plurality of pixel blocks from the data driver, wherein a boundary between adjacent pixel blocks with different slew rates is changeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sooyeon Kim, Sun-Koo Kang, Boyeon Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Taegon Im, Moonshik Kang, Junghwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10878774
    Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller configured to supply a first set signal to a data control signal line in a first frequency mode, and to supply a second set signal and a data signal to the data control signal line in a second frequency mode that is different from the first frequency mode, a data driver configured to recover the data signal supplied to the data control signal line according to a signal recovery characteristic value, to generate a plurality of data voltages based on the recovered data signal, and to adjust the signal recover characteristic value based on the first set signal and the second set signal, and a display unit including a plurality of pixels that emit lights with gray scales corresponding to the plurality of data voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Im, Myeong Su Kim, Bo Yeon Kim, Sun Koo Kang, Yong Bum Kim, Dong Won Park, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10867570
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including data lines, gate lines, and pixels connected to the data lines and the gate lines, a data driver configured to drive the data lines, a plurality of gate drivers, each configured to drive a corresponding portion of the gate lines, and a plurality of feedback lines connected to one of the data lines at a plurality of measurement positions corresponding to the plurality of gate drivers. The data driver applies a test voltage to the data line, receives the test voltage as a plurality of feedback voltages through the plurality of feedback lines, and determines gate shift amounts at the plurality of measurement positions corresponding to the plurality of gate drivers based on the plurality of feedback voltages. The gate drivers apply gate signals to the gate lines that are shifted by the determined gate shift amounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sun-Koo Kang, Soo Yeon Kim, Tae Gon Im, Moon Shik Kang, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20200312251
    Abstract: A display panel includes: a plurality of pixels connected to a plurality of data lines and a peripheral area at the periphery of the display area; a first channel group including a plurality of first shared channels respectively connected to shared data lines among the data lines; a second channel group including a plurality of second shared channels respectively connected to the shared data lines; a first source driver connected to the first channel group, the first source driver being configured to supply data signals to the shared data lines through the first channel group; and a second source driver connected to the second channel group, the second source driver being configured to supply the data signals to the shared data lines through the second channel group, wherein the first channel group and the second channel group forms a pair to be commonly connected the shared data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Won Tae KIM, Sun Koo KANG
  • Patent number: 10762816
    Abstract: A display device may include a timing controller, a data driver and a plurality of pixels. The timing controller supplies a clock training pattern over a data/clock signal line in a first time period, and supplies pixel/control data over the data/clock signal line in a second time period. The data driver generates a clock signal, using the clock training pattern, in the first period, and generate a plurality of data voltages based on the plurality of pixel data, using the clock signal, in the second period. The plurality of pixels receive the plurality of data voltages and emit corresponding light. During the second period, the data driver outputs a feedback signal to the timing controller indicating that the locking of the clock signal has failed. The timing controller re-supplies the clock training pattern in response to the feedback signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Han Lee, Myeong Su Kim, Sun Koo Kang, Bo Yeon Kim, Dong Won Park, Tae Gon Im, Jung Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 10665148
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first driver and a second driver. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The display panel is configured to display an image based on input image data. The first driver is configured to output compensating gate signals having the same timing to the gate lines during a first period and scan gate signals having different timings to the gate lines during a second period. The second driver is configured to apply a compensating data voltage corresponding to a compensating grayscale value to the data lines during the first period and a target data voltage corresponding to a target grayscale value to the data lines during the second period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Koo Kang, Jae-Han Lee, Ok-Kwon Shin
  • Patent number: 10636375
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel and a data driver. The display panel is configured to display an image and includes first through fourth data line groups. The first and second data line groups are adjacent to each other, and the third and fourth data line groups are adjacent to each other. The data driver includes a first data driving circuit configured to output first data voltages to the second data line group later than to the first data line group by a first delay time, and configured to output second data voltages to the fourth data line group later than to the third data line group by a second delay time that is different from the first delay time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guhui Jo, Sun-Koo Kang, Wontae Kim
  • Publication number: 20200051517
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first data lines, second data lines, gate lines, and a plurality of pixels, a voltage generator which generates a first driving voltage and a second driving voltage, and a source driver which generates a first data voltage having a first polarity based on the first driving voltage and a second data voltage having a second polarity based on the second driving voltage. The source driver includes a first source driver coupled to the first data lines and a second source driver coupled to the second data lines. The voltage generator alternately provides the first driving voltage and the second driving voltage to each of the first source driver and the second source driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Wontae KIM, Sun-Koo KANG
  • Patent number: 10482832
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a gate driving part, and a data driving part. The display panel is configured to display an image, and includes a gate line and a data line. The gate driving part is configured to output a gate signal to the gate line. The data driving part is configured to output a data signal to the data line. A transition time of the data signal is a time when the data signal transitions from a low level to a high level, and the transition time of the data signal increases according to a decrease of a load of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byungkil Jeon, Sun-Koo Kang, Seunghwan Moon, Junpyo Lee
  • Patent number: 10475487
    Abstract: A data driver includes a first latch, a second latch, a digital-to-analog converter, and an output buffer. The first latch sequentially stores first line data in response to a first sampling signal and outputs the stored data in parallel. The second latch sequentially stores second line data in response to a second sampling signal and outputs the stored data in parallel. The digital-to-analog converter converts the parallel data provided from one of the first and second latches to data voltages. The output buffer outputs the data voltages in response to a delay clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guhui Jo, Wontae Kim, Sun-koo Kang, Taegon Im