Patents by Inventor Yong-Sang Kim
Yong-Sang Kim 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).
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Patent number: 12198611Abstract: In a display apparatus, a display panel includes a pixel array of pixels, each pixel disposed on one of a plurality of row lines and including a plurality of inorganic LEDs, and a sub pixel circuit corresponding to each of the plurality of LEDs. Each sub pixel circuit includes a PMOSFET driving transistor, and drives a corresponding LED based on an applied image data voltage. A sensing part senses a current through the driving transistor of at least one sub pixel circuit based on a specified voltage applied to the sub pixel circuit, and outputs corresponding sensing data. A correcting part corrects an image data voltage applied to the sub pixel circuit based on the sensing data. In each LED, an anode electrode is coupled to a common node to which a driving voltage is applied, and a cathode electrode is coupled to a source terminal of the driving transistor.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Eun Kyo Jung
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Patent number: 12183273Abstract: An emission driver includes stages. At least one of the stages has a carry control node outputting a carry signal and an emission control node outputting an emission signal that are separated. Further, a second low gate voltage may be used that may be lower that a first low gate voltage. Further, transistors between each of the carry and emission control nodes and a second low voltage line transferring the second low gate voltage may have a series two transistor structure. Further, a transistor outputting the second low gate voltage as the carry signal may be repeatedly turned on and off in response to an inverted low clock signal. Accordingly, operation reliability of the emission driver of the display device may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Haemin Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Kyunghoon Chung, Eun Kyo Jung, Hwarim Im
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Patent number: 12135913Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: display modules, each of which includes: a display panel composed of inorganic light emitting elements arranged in row lines, and sub-pixel circuits respectively corresponding to the inorganic light emitting elements; and a driver configured to drive the sub-pixel circuits in an order of the row lines based on a start signal provided from a timing controller. The timing controller is configured to: provide a first start signal to the driver of a first display module to control the inorganic light emitting elements to sequentially emit light from a first row line to a last row line, and provide a second start signal to the driver of a second display module to control the inorganic light emitting elements to sequentially emit light following an emission order of the inorganic light emitting elements included in the last row line of the first display module.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Jongsu Oh, Eun Ho Kim, Seungran Park, Sara Hong, Donggun Oh
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Publication number: 20240355270Abstract: An emission driving circuit comprises a pull-up circuit configured to output a first power voltage as an emission signal in response to a voltage of a pull-up control node, a first pull-down control circuit configured to control a voltage of a pull-down control node in response to the voltage of the pull-up control node, and a pull-down circuit configured to output a second power voltage as the emission signal in response to the voltage of the pull-down control node, wherein the first pull-down control circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor which are electrically connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: October 24, 2024Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Haemin Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Kyunghoon Chung, Eun Kyo Jung, Hwarim Im
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Publication number: 20240346997Abstract: An emission driver includes stages. At least one of the stages has a carry control node outputting a carry signal and an emission control node outputting an emission signal that are separated. Further, a second low gate voltage may be used that may be lower that a first low gate voltage. Further, transistors between each of the carry and emission control nodes and a second low voltage line transferring the second low gate voltage may have a series two transistor structure. Further, a transistor outputting the second low gate voltage as the carry signal may be repeatedly turned on and off in response to an inverted low clock signal. Accordingly, operation reliability of the emission driver of the display device may be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2023Publication date: October 17, 2024Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD., Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: HAEMIN KIM, Yong-Sang Kim, KYUNGHOON CHUNG, Eun Kyo Jung, Hwarim Im
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Patent number: 12112691Abstract: A display module comprises: a display panel; and a driving unit configured to apply a first control signal for setting a PWM data voltage to sub-pixels, included in each row-line of the display panel for each image frame, to the sub-pixels in a row-line order, and apply a second control signal for controlling the light emission of sub-pixels, included in each row-line, to the sub-pixel in a row-line order, wherein the sub-pixels included in each row-line emit light for a time corresponding to the PWM data voltage set according to the first control signal, based on the second control signal applied to the light emission section corresponding to the image frame, and do not emit light for a preset time based on second control signal applied in a period between consecutive image frame periods.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Eun Kyo Jung, Jungwoo Lee
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Patent number: 12046185Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a modular display panel including a plurality of display modules; and a timing controller. Each of the plurality of display modules includes: a display panel including a pixel array and subpixel circuits; and a driving unit which drives the subpixel circuits such that inorganic light-emitting elements in the pixel array successively emit light in a first order of multiple row lines or in a second order opposite to the first order. The timing controller provides the driving unit of a first display module with first control signals for causing the inorganic light-emitting elements of the first display module to emit light in the first order, and provides the driving unit of a second display module, which is positioned above or below the first display module, with second control signals for causing the inorganic light-emitting elements of the second display module to emit light in the second order.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Eun Kyo Jung, Jungwoo Lee
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Patent number: 12002412Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sub-pixel circuits, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements and a sub-pixel circuit of the plurality of sub-pixel circuits being provided for an inorganic light emitting element of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements, a driver configured to set the image data voltage to sub-pixel circuits included in each of the plurality of row lines in an order of the row lines, a sensing unit configured to sense a current flowing in a driving transistor included in the sub-pixel circuit based on a specific voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuit, and output sensing data corresponding to the sensed current, and a correction unit configured to correct the image data voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuit based on the sensing data.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Eun Kyo Jung
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Patent number: 11961458Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel array, in which pixels that include a plurality of inorganic light-emitting devices of different colors are arranged in a matrix form, and a pixel circuit that is provided for each of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting devices, and the pixel circuit controls, on the basis of an applied image data voltage, the driving time and the magnitude of driving current provided to the inorganic light-emitting devices; a sensor which senses, on the basis of a voltage applied to the pixel circuit, a current flowing through a driving transistor included in the pixel circuit and which outputs sensing data corresponding to the sensed current; and a corrector which corrects, on the basis of the sensed data, the image data voltage applied to the pixel circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Hoseop Lee, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh
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Patent number: 11955057Abstract: A display apparatus includes display panel including a pixel array in which pixels, each of which including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements, are disposed in a plurality of row lines, and sub pixel circuits corresponding to inorganic light emitting elements of the pixel array, a driving unit configured to set an image data voltage sequentially to the sub pixel circuits based on a first driving voltage, and drive the sub pixel circuits so that a driving current corresponding to the set image data voltage is provided sequentially to the inorganic light emitting elements of the pixel array based on a second driving voltage; a sensing unit configured to sense a current flowing through a driving transistor included in each of the sub pixel circuits based on a specific voltage which is applied to the sub pixel circuits, and output sensing data corresponding to the sensed current; and a correction unit configured to correct an image data voltage to be applied to each of the sub pixel circuits based oType: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Eun Kyo Jung, Jungwoo Lee
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Patent number: 11942026Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a modular display panel that includes a plurality of displays disposed in a matrix form and respectively including a display panel including a pixel array in which pixels including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements are disposed in a plurality of row lines, sub-pixel circuits respectively corresponding to inorganic light emitting elements of the pixel array, a driver configured to drive the sub-pixel circuits, a sensor configured to sense a current flowing in a driving transistor included in the sub-pixel circuits and output sensing data corresponding to the sensed current, and a processor configured to correct the image data voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuits based on the sensing data, and a timing controller configured to provide a first start signal to a driver of a first display and a second start signal to a driver of a second display.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Eun Ho Kim, Seungran Park, Sara Hong
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Patent number: 11929015Abstract: A display module includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of sub-pixels are disposed on a plurality of row lines; and a driver. The driver is configured to set a PWM data voltage to the plurality of sub-pixels included in the plurality of row lines in a row line sequence, apply a sweep signal, which is a voltage signal sweeping between two different voltages, to sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels that are included in at least some consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines in the row line sequence, and drive the display panel to cause the sub-pixels included in the at least some consecutive row lines to emit light based on the PWM data voltage in the row line sequence.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Tetsuya Shigeta
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Patent number: 11790836Abstract: A display module including a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels each comprising a plurality of sub pixels, the pixels being disposed on a plurality of row lines of the display panel and a driver. The driver being configured to apply a pulse width modulation (PWM) data voltage to the sub pixels in a sequential order of the row lines; and drive the display panel such that the sub pixels included in a plurality of consecutive row lines among the plurality of row lines emit light, in the sequential order of the row lines, for a time corresponding to the applied PWM data voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho Kim, Yong-Sang Kim, Daisuke Kawae, Junichi Yamashita, Takashige Fujimori, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Tetsuya Shigeta
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Publication number: 20230237958Abstract: In a display apparatus, a display panel includes a pixel array of pixels, each pixel disposed on one of a plurality of row lines and including a plurality of inorganic LEDs, and a sub pixel circuit corresponding to each of the plurality of LEDs. Each sub pixel circuit includes a PMOSFET driving transistor, and drives a corresponding LED based on an applied image data voltage. A sensing part senses a current through the driving transistor of at least one sub pixel circuit based on a specified voltage applied to the sub pixel circuit, and outputs corresponding sensing data. A correcting part corrects an image data voltage applied to the sub pixel circuit based on the sensing data. In each LED, an anode electrode is coupled to a common node to which a driving voltage is applied, and a cathode electrode is coupled to a source terminal of the driving transistor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Jinho KIM, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Eun Kyo Jung
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Publication number: 20230222963Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sub-pixel circuits, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements and a sub-pixel circuit of the plurality of sub-pixel circuits being provided for an inorganic light emitting element of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements, a driver configured to set the image data voltage to sub-pixel circuits included in each of the plurality of row lines in an order of the row lines, a sensing unit configured to sense a current flowing in a driving transistor included in the sub-pixel circuit based on a specific voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuit, and output sensing data corresponding to the sensed current, and a correction unit configured to correct the image data voltage applied to the sub-pixel circuit based on the sensing data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho KIM, Yong-Sang Kim, Donggun Oh, Jongsu Oh, Eun Kyo Jung
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Publication number: 20230206827Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a modular display panel including a plurality of display modules; and a timing controller. Each of the plurality of display modules includes: a display panel including a pixel array and subpixel circuits; and a driving unit which drives the subpixel circuits such that inorganic light-emitting elements in the pixel array successively emit light in a first order of multiple row lines or in a second order opposite to the first order. The timing controller provides the driving unit of a first display module with first control signals for causing the inorganic light-emitting elements of the first display module to emit light in the first order, and provides the driving unit of a second display module, which is positioned above or below the first display module, with second control signals for causing the inorganic light-emitting elements of the second display module to emit light in the second order.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho KIM, Yong-Sang KIM, Donggun OH, Eun Kyo JUNG, Jungwoo LEE
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Publication number: 20230197918Abstract: A display module includes: a glass substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) layer provided on a front surface of the glass substrate, the TFT layer including a plurality of TFT electrodes; a plurality of light emitting diodes electrically connected to the plurality of TFT electrodes; and a plurality of through wiring members disposed at intervals along an edge area of the glass substrate and electrically connected to wirings on the front surface and a rear surface of the glass substrate, wherein each through wiring member of the plurality of through wiring members includes: a first conductive member provided on the front surface of the glass substrate; a second conductive member provided on the rear surface of the glass substrate; and a third conductive member penetrating through the glass substrate and having a first end provided on the first conductive member and a second end provided on the second conductive member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Donggun OH, Yong-Sang KIM, Jinho KIM
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Publication number: 20230178012Abstract: A display module comprises: a display panel; and a driving unit configured to apply a first control signal for setting a PWM data voltage to sub-pixels, included in each row-line of the display panel for each image frame, to the sub-pixels in a row-line order, and apply a second control signal for controlling the light emission of sub-pixels, included in each row-line, to the sub-pixel in a row-line order, wherein the sub-pixels included in each row-line emit light for a time corresponding to the PWM data voltage set according to the first control signal, based on the second control signal applied to the light emission section corresponding to the image frame, and do not emit light for a preset time based on second control signal applied in a period between consecutive image frame periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho KIM, Yong-Sang KIM, Donggun OH, Eun Kyo JUNG, Jungwoo LEE
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Publication number: 20230171986Abstract: An display device includes a cover window including a display area and an attaching area, at least one display panel in the display area of the cover window, a first black matrix in an edge area of the display area and the attaching area, a second black matrix in the attaching area over the first black matrix, and an adhesive on the second black matrix, wherein a first difference of coefficient of thermal expansion between the second black matrix and the adhesive is small than a second difference of coefficient of thermal expansion between the first black matrix and the adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Gyeo-Re LEE, Yong-Sang KIM
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Publication number: 20230154394Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a pixel array, in which pixels that include a plurality of inorganic light-emitting devices of different colors are arranged in a matrix form, and a pixel circuit that is provided for each of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting devices, and the pixel circuit controls, on the basis of an applied image data voltage, the driving time and the magnitude of driving current provided to the inorganic light-emitting devices; a sensor which senses, on the basis of a voltage applied to the pixel circuit, a current flowing through a driving transistor included in the pixel circuit and which outputs sensing data corresponding to the sensed current; and a corrector which corrects, on the basis of the sensed data, the image data voltage applied to the pixel circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinho KIM, Yong-Sang KIM, Hoseop LEE, Donggun OH, Jongsu OH