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).

  • Publication number: 20160171951
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, a data driver, and a driving control unit. The display panel includes pixels connected to a corresponding one of gate lines and a corresponding one of data lines. The gate driver drives the gate lines. The data driver includes first pads and second pads. The first pads are connected to each of first data lines of the data lines, and the second pads are connected to each of second data lines of the data lines. The driving control unit provides control signals and a data signal to the data driver, and to control the gate driver. The data driver includes a digital-to-analog converter and a switching circuit. The digital-to-analog converter converts the data signal into analog signals. The switching circuit sequentially outputs the analog signals to the first pads during a test mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: JAE-HAN LEE, SUN-KOO KANG, SOOYEON KIM, YOUNG-IL BAN
  • Publication number: 20160133210
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device, including: pixels; data lines and scan lines coupled to the pixels; and a driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines, and supply a data voltage to the data lines. The data lines include first to third data lines, to which a data voltage having a positive polarity is supplied, and which are adjacent to each other, and fourth to sixth data lines, to which a data voltage having a negative polarity is supplied, and which are adjacent to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Tae KIM, Sun-Koo KANG, Jae-Han LEE, Sun-Kyu SON
  • Publication number: 20160019826
    Abstract: A display device includes a first interconnection line, a first data driver, a second interconnection line, an electrostatic discharge (ESD) circuit, and a display panel. The first connection line transmits a data driving signal. The first data driver includes the first interconnection line and output a data signal based on the data driving signal. The second interconnection line passes through the first data driver and transmits a gate driving signal. The ESD) circuit in the first data driver and discharges static electricity transmitted through the second interconnection line. The first gate driver outputs a gate signal based on the gate driving signal transmitted through the second interconnection line. The display panel receives the data signal and the gate signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sujin KIM, Young-IL BAN, Sun-Koo KANG, Sunkyu SON
  • Patent number: 9030451
    Abstract: A display driving circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert a digital image signal to an analog image signal, and a buffer circuit configured to receive the analog image signal and to output an output signal to be applied to a data line, where the buffer circuit includes an input stage configured to receive the analog image signal and to output a first signal, a first output stage configured to receive a first voltage and a second voltage and to output the output signal, a second output stage configured to receive a third voltage and a fourth voltage and to output the output signal, and a selection circuit configured to apply the first signal from the input stage to the first output stage or the second output stage in response to a mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Sunkyu Son, Sun-Koo Kang
  • Publication number: 20150084944
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a driving voltage generator. The driving voltage generator generates a first quarter power voltage and a second quarter power voltage. The first quarter power voltage has a level between a power voltage and a half power voltage. The second quarter power voltage has a level between the half power voltage and a ground voltage. A data driver alternately outputs the first quarter power voltage or the second quarter power voltage and a data voltage to the data line. A signal controller controls the driving voltage generator and the data driver. The signal controller includes a pattern recognition unit determining an image pattern of an image based on an input image signal. The signal controller controls the driving voltage generator to adjust the levels of the first quarter power voltage and the second quarter power voltage, based on the determined image pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SUN-KOO KANG, WON TAE KIM, YOUNG-IL BAN, SUN KYU SON
  • Publication number: 20140375703
    Abstract: A display panel driving apparatus includes an image pattern analyzing part, a clock signal generating part and a data driving part. The image pattern analyzing part is configured to analyze an image pattern of an image data. The clock signal generating part is configured to generating a clock signal having a different pulse width according to the image pattern of an image data. The data driving part is configured to drive a data line of a display panel in response to the clock signal. Thus, power consumption and heating of the data driving part may be decreased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Il BAN, Sun-Koo KANG, Seung-Hwan MOON, Sun-Kyu SON, Kyung-Ha KIM, Jae-Han LEE
  • Publication number: 20140035897
    Abstract: A display driving circuit includes a digital-to-analog converter configured to convert a digital image signal to an analog image signal, and a buffer circuit configured to receive the analog image signal and to output an output signal to be applied to a data line, where the buffer circuit includes an input stage configured to receive the analog image signal and to output a first signal, a first output stage configured to receive a first voltage and a second voltage and to output the output signal, a second output stage configured to receive a third voltage and a fourth voltage and to output the output signal, and a selection circuit configured to apply the first signal from the input stage to the first output stage or the second output stage in response to a mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han LEE, SUNKYU SON, Sun-Koo KANG
  • Publication number: 20130113770
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display area including a plurality of pixels, where each of the pixels includes m subpixels; and a plurality of data lines connected to the pixels, where 2n pixels of the pixels define an inversion reference group, where 2mn subpixels in the inversion reference group are applied with data voltages of a same polarity, and where each of n and m is a natural number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Koo KANG, Young-Il BAN, Sun Kyu SON