Patents by Inventor Yilho LEE

Yilho 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).

  • Patent number: 11942024
    Abstract: A display device includes: a cell matrix including a first cell line and a second cell line, wherein the first cell line includes first cells sharing first row lines, and the second cell line includes second cells sharing second row lines; a redundancy integrated circuit including a redundancy cell line including redundancy cells, wherein the redundancy cells share a third row line and are connected to the first and second cells through a plurality of column lines and a plurality of connection lines; and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to replace the first cell line or the second cell line with the redundancy cell line through the first row lines, the second row lines, and the third row line based on whether the first and second cell lines include a bad cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yilho Lee, Yongil Kwon, Sugyeung Kang, Taehyeon Kwon, Kangjoo Kim, Sunkwon Kim, Hyunsang Park
  • Publication number: 20230343257
    Abstract: Disclosed is integrated circuit panel which detects fault of a driving circuit. The integrated circuit panel includes: a driving circuit array including first and second driving circuits; a data driver configured to output first and second input data signals through first and second data lines, respectively; a switch driver configured to output a switching signal through a switch line; and an error detection driver configured to receive first and second output data signals through first and second test lines, respectively, wherein, in response to the switching signal, the first and second driving circuits are configured to output the first and second output data signals, which are based on the first and second input data signal, through the first and second test lines, respectively, and the error detection driver is configured to detect a fault of the first or second driving circuit based on the first or second output data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YILHO LEE, YONGIL KWON, SUGYEUNG KANG, TAE-HYEON KWON, SUNKWON KIM, HYUNSANG PARK, UIJONG SONG
  • Patent number: 11715399
    Abstract: Disclosed is integrated circuit panel which detects fault of a driving circuit. The integrated circuit panel includes: a driving circuit array including first and second driving circuits; a data driver configured to output first and second input data signals through first and second data lines, respectively; a switch driver configured to output a switching signal through a switch line; and an error detection driver configured to receive first and second output data signals through first and second test lines, respectively, wherein, in response to the switching signal, the first and second driving circuits are configured to output the first and second output data signals, which are based on the first and second input data signal, through the first and second test lines, respectively, and the error detection driver is configured to detect a fault of the first or second driving circuit based on the first or second output data signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yilho Lee, Yongil Kwon, Sugyeung Kang, Tae-Hyeon Kwon, Sunkwon Kim, Hyunsang Park, Uijong Song
  • Publication number: 20230205000
    Abstract: A backlight system includes a plurality of pixel ICs respectively including a plurality of channels connected to a plurality of LEDs and that control the LEDs to be turned on and off through the channels, and a driver IC connected to the pixel ICs and that supplies a data signal to each of the pixel ICs. The pixel ICs include a first pixel IC connected to first LEDs and a second pixel IC connected to second LEDs. The first pixel IC turns the first LEDs on or off in a first order based on first control data included in the data signal, and the second pixel IC turns the second LEDs on or off in a second order different from the first order based on second control data included in the data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: SUGYEUNG KANG, KANGJOO KIM, TAEHYEON KWON, SUNKWON KIM, SEWOONG AHN, SUNGMOK LEE, YILHO LEE, JONGSUNG LEE, CHANGYEON CHO
  • Publication number: 20230023470
    Abstract: Disclosed is integrated circuit panel which detects fault of a driving circuit. The integrated circuit panel includes: a driving circuit array including first and second driving circuits; a data driver configured to output first and second input data signals through first and second data lines, respectively; a switch driver configured to output a switching signal through a switch line; and an error detection driver configured to receive first and second output data signals through first and second test lines, respectively, wherein, in response to the switching signal, the first and second driving circuits are configured to output the first and second output data signals, which are based on the first and second input data signal, through the first and second test lines, respectively, and the error detection driver is configured to detect a fault of the first or second driving circuit based on the first or second output data signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yilho LEE, Yongil KWON, Sugyeung KANG, Tae-Hyeon KWON, Sunkwon KIM, Hyunsang PARK, Uijong SONG
  • Publication number: 20220406246
    Abstract: A display device includes: a cell matrix including a first cell line and a second cell line, wherein the first cell line includes first cells sharing first row lines, and the second cell line includes second cells sharing second row lines; a redundancy integrated circuit including a redundancy cell line including redundancy cells, wherein the redundancy cells share a third row line and are connected to the first and second cells through a plurality of column lines and a plurality of connection lines; and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to replace the first cell line or the second cell line with the redundancy cell line through the first row lines, the second row lines, and the third row line based on whether the first and second cell lines include a bad cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Yilho LEE, Yongil KWON, Sugyeung KANG, Taehyeon KWON, Kangjoo KIM, Sunkwon KIM, Hyunsang PARK
  • Publication number: 20220335882
    Abstract: A device includes a pixel array, a row driver configured to, generate a plurality of control signals, drive a plurality of rows of the pixel array using the plurality of control signals, and generate a plurality of clock signals, a row multiplexer configured to receive the plurality of clock signals, and transmit one clock signal of the plurality of clock signals, a data driver configured to transmit a plurality of data signals to the pixel array by column units, each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes, a light emitting device, a shift register configured to receive the selectively transmitted clock signal from the row multiplexer, and generate a width adjusted pulse width modulation (PWM) signal based on a desired brightness level of the light emitting device, and a transistor configured to transmit a driving current to the light emitting device based on the PWM signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehyeon KWON, Yongil KWON, Sugyeung KANG, Kangjoo KIM, Sunkwon KIM, Hyunsang PARK, Yilho LEE