Patents by Inventor Whee-won LEE

Whee-won LEE 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: 20240144893
    Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: JAE-HOON LEE, SEUNG-HWAN MOON, YONG-SOON LEE, YOUNG-SU KIM, CHANG-HO LEE, WHEE-WON LEE, JUN-YONG SONG, YU-HAN BAE
  • Patent number: 11900894
    Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Seung-Hwan Moon, Yong-Soon Lee, Young-Su Kim, Chang-Ho Lee, Whee-Won Lee, Jun-Yong Song, Yu-Han Bae
  • Publication number: 20240023393
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: WONTAE KIM, MYEONGSU KIM, BOYEON KIM, JAE-HAN LEE, WHEE-WON LEE
  • Publication number: 20230378045
    Abstract: A flexible circuit film includes the following elements: a base film; a first power input terminal, a second power input terminal, a first power output terminal, and a second power output terminal each disposed on the base film; an integrated circuit chip disposed between the first power input terminal and the first power output terminal and overlapping the base film; first power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the first power input terminal to the first power output terminal, and including a first connection part; and second power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the second power input terminal to the second power output terminal, and including a second connection part. The first connection part and the second connection part are disposed between the base film and the integrated circuit chip, overlap the integrated circuit chip, and are spaced from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: BoYeon KIM, Whee-Won LEE, Myeong Su KIM, Sang Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 11770954
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Myeongsu Kim, Boyeon Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Whee-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11741866
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a main circuit board including a plurality of board pads arranged along a first direction, a connection circuit board electrically connected to the display panel and the main circuit board, and a driving chip disposed on the connection circuit board. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board connection pads respectively connected to a plurality of board pads, a plurality of lines connecting the driving chip to the plurality of board connection pads to each other, and a test pattern disposed spaced part from the driving chip, where a first line and a second line among the lines are electrically connected to the test pattern, and a same voltage is applied to the first line and the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Myeongsu Kim, Boyeon Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Whee-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11721619
    Abstract: A flexible circuit film includes the following elements: a base film; a first power input terminal, a second power input terminal, a first power output terminal, and a second power output terminal each disposed on the base film; an integrated circuit chip disposed between the first power input terminal and the first power output terminal and overlapping the base film; first power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the first power input terminal to the first power output terminal, and including a first connection part; and second power wiring disposed on the base film, connecting the second power input terminal to the second power output terminal, and including a second connection part. The first connection part and the second connection part are disposed between the base film and the integrated circuit chip, overlap the integrated circuit chip, and are spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: BoYeon Kim, Whee-Won Lee, Myeong Su Kim, Sang Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230146693
    Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: JAE-HOON LEE, Seung-Hwan Moon, Yong-Soon Lee, Young-Su Kim, Chang-Ho Lee, Whee-Won Lee, Jun-Yong Song, Yu-Han Bae
  • Patent number: 11580926
    Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Lee, Seung-Hwan Moon, Yong-Soon Lee, Young-Su Kim, Chang-Ho Lee, Whee-Won Lee, Jun-Yong Song, Yu-Han Bae
  • Publication number: 20230020452
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: WONTAE KIM, MYEONGSU KIM, BOYEON KIM, JAE-HAN LEE, WHEE-WON LEE
  • Patent number: 11514864
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and sensing lines, a data driver including a plurality of buffer amplifiers which supplies a first sensing voltage to the data lines during a first sensing period and a sensor which receives a first sensing signal from the pixels through the sensing lines during the first sensing period, and a global amplifier which supplies a second sensing voltage to the data lines during a second sensing period different from the first sensing period. The sensor receives a second sensing signal corresponding to the second sensing voltage from the pixels through the sensing lines during the second sensing period, and generates compensation data based on a difference value between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Tae Kim, Myeong Su Kim, Bo Yeon Kim, Jae Han Lee, Whee Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11476321
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wontae Kim, Myeongsu Kim, Boyeon Kim, Jae-Han Lee, Whee-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11386853
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a source driver for outputting a target initialization voltage in an analog format to the pixels through sensing lines; and a timing controller for providing the source driver with a data control signal including packet information associated with the target initialization voltage. The packet information is in a digital format. The source driver includes a digital-analog converter which generates the target initialization voltage in the analog format, based on the packet information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Whee Won Lee, Myeong Su Kim, Bo Yeon Kim, Won Tae Kim, Jae Han Lee
  • Patent number: 11361714
    Abstract: A data driver includes a plurality of amplifiers configured to output a plurality of data voltages to a plurality of data lines. The amplifiers are configured to output the data voltages to the corresponding data lines in a writing mode. Only one of the plurality of amplifiers is configured to output a sensing data voltage to the plurality of data lines in a sensing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Myeongsu Kim, Wontae Kim, Boyeon Kim, Whee-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20220172653
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a main circuit board including a plurality of board pads arranged along a first direction, a connection circuit board electrically connected to the display panel and the main circuit board, and a driving chip disposed on the connection circuit board. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board connection pads respectively connected to a plurality of board pads, a plurality of lines connecting the driving chip to the plurality of board connection pads to each other, and a test pattern disposed spaced part from the driving chip, where a first line and a second line among the lines are electrically connected to the test pattern, and a same voltage is applied to the first line and the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: WONTAE KIM, MYEONGSU KIM, BOYEON KIM, JAE-HAN LEE, WHEE-WON LEE
  • Publication number: 20220101799
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; a source driver for outputting a target initialization voltage in an analog format to the pixels through sensing lines; and a timing controller for providing the source driver with a data control signal including packet information associated with the target initialization voltage. The packet information is in a digital format. The source driver includes a digital-analog converter which generates the target initialization voltage in the analog format, based on the packet information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Whee Won LEE, Myeong Su KIM, Bo Yeon KIM, Won Tae KIM, Jae Han LEE
  • Publication number: 20220093717
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including an edge extending along a first direction, a main circuit board adjacent to the edge of the display panel, and a connection circuit board which connects the main circuit board to the display panel at the edge thereof. The connection circuit board includes a plurality of board side pads which are arranged along the first direction and at which the connection circuit board is connected to the main circuit board. Each of the plurality of board side pads includes a first pad, and a second pad adjacent to the first pad along the first direction. The second pad includes a plurality of signal pads which are arranged along a second direction which crosses the first direction and are each aligned with the first pad along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: WONTAE KIM, MYEONGSU KIM, BOYEON KIM, JAE-HAN LEE, WHEE-WON LEE
  • Publication number: 20220020329
    Abstract: A data driver includes a plurality of amplifiers configured to output a plurality of data voltages to a plurality of data lines. The amplifiers are configured to output the data voltages to the corresponding data lines in a writing mode. Only one of the plurality of amplifiers is configured to output a sensing data voltage to the plurality of data lines in a sensing mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jae-Han LEE, Myeongsu KIM, Wontae KIM, Boyeon KIM, Whee-Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20220020334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and sensing lines, a data driver including a plurality of buffer amplifiers which supplies a first sensing voltage to the data lines during a first sensing period and a sensor which receives a first sensing signal from the pixels through the sensing lines during the first sensing period, and a global amplifier which supplies a second sensing voltage to the data lines during a second sensing period different from the first sensing period. The sensor receives a second sensing signal corresponding to the second sensing voltage from the pixels through the sensing lines during the second sensing period, and generates compensation data based on a difference value between the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Won Tae KIM, Myeong Su KIM, Bo Yeon KIM, Jae Han LEE, Whee Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20210383769
    Abstract: A display panel includes an amorphous silicon gate driver in which a lower voltage than the gate-off voltage output from the gate driver is applied to an adjacent stage as a low voltage transmission signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon LEE, Seung-Hwan MOON, Yong-Soon LEE, Young-Su KIM, Chang-Ho LEE, Whee-Won LEE, Jun-Yong SONG, Yu-Han BAE