Abstract: A flame retardant separator for secondary batteries having an asymmetric structure, and more particularly, a flame retardant separator for secondary batteries having an asymmetric structure in which a hydroxide-based inorganic flame retardant is coated on only a surface facing a positive electrode. The present invention provides a separator, which is capable of preventing the risk of lithium ions predominantly precipitated from a negative electrode in a lithium secondary battery, enhancing the flame retardant effect, and maintaining electrochemical properties in contrast with a conventional separator coated with inorganic matters, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

Abstract: A display driver including a crack resistance measurement circuit according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a crack resistance measurement circuit connected to a crack resistance circuit of a display panel to measure a crack resistance of the crack resistance circuit, wherein the crack resistance measurement circuit includes a reference resistance generation circuit configured to generate a reference resistance using at least two resistors connected in series and at least two switches connected to correspond to the at least two resistors, a comparator configured to compare a magnitude of the crack resistance with a magnitude of the reference resistance and output a resistance comparison result, and a circuit controller configured to output a reference resistance control signal for controlling the at least two switches according to the resistance comparison result.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a source signal output circuit and an inverter thereof. The inverter is configured to provide a multiplexer with a control signal having a full range for selecting a source signal and to output the control signal having the full range by using elements operating in a low voltage range. Therefore, the present disclosure has an advantage in that it can fabricate a driving circuit having a small area at a low process cost.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a precharge circuit capable of compensating for a resistance deviation between channels so that sense lines of a display panel can be uniformly charged and a source driver including the same. The precharge circuit may include a voltage terminal configured to provide a reference voltage, a common line connected to the voltage terminal, and channel lines connected to the common line and configured to transfer, to respective sense lines of a display panel, the reference voltage transferred through the common line.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pixel sensing circuit and a panel driving device, and more particularly, to a pixel sensing circuit and a panel driving device for effectively compensating for differences of characteristics of sensing channel circuits depending on locations where the sensing channel circuits are disposed in an integrated circuit.

Abstract: There is disclosed a display driving apparatus configured to drive a display device for displaying an image, including a source driver IC configured to convert image data into a source signal, and an energy harvesting apparatus configured to convert thermal energy generated in the source driver IC and radio frequency (RF) energy into electrical energy and supply the electrical energy to the source driver IC, wherein the energy harvesting apparatus includes a first energy converter configured to convert the thermal energy generated in the source driver IC into the electrical energy to output a first energy harvesting current, and a second energy converter configured to convert the RF energy into the electrical energy to output a second energy harvesting current, and an energy storage configured to receive the first energy harvesting current and the second energy harvesting current from the first energy converter and the second energy converter, respectively.

Abstract: There is disclosed a radio frequency-to-direct current (RF-DC) rectifier circuit configured to rectify an antenna output voltage converted from RF energy, wherein the RF-DC rectifier circuit rectifies the antenna output voltage using a first diode, which is an N-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (NMOS) transistor, a second diode, which is a P-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (PMOS) transistor, and capacitors to output an energy harvesting current.

Abstract: An embodiment relates to a pixel sensing circuit and a pixel sensing method and, more particularly, to a pixel sensing circuit and a pixel sensing method for reducing the size of a source driver IC by sharing some components in a pixel sensing circuit and for sensing a pixel using a pixel sensing circuit in which some components are shared.

Abstract: There is disclosed a display driving apparatus configured to drive a display device for displaying an image, the display driving apparatus including a source driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to convert image data into a source signal, and an energy harvesting apparatus configured to convert radio frequency (RF) energy into electrical energy and supply the electrical energy to the source driver IC, wherein the energy harvesting apparatus includes an RF energy converter configured to convert the RF energy to output an energy harvesting current, and an energy storage configured to receive the energy harvesting current, store power, and output a first auxiliary voltage that is a voltage generated due to the stored power, wherein the RF energy converter and the energy storage are located on the source driver IC.

Abstract: There is disclosed a display driving device configured to drive a display device for displaying an image, including a source driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to convert image data into a source signal, and an energy harvesting device configured to convert thermal energy into electrical energy and supply the electrical energy to the source driver IC, wherein the energy harvesting device includes a thermal energy converter configured to convert thermal energy generated in the source driver IC to output an energy harvesting current, and an energy storage directly connected to the thermal energy converter, and configured to receive the energy harvesting current, store power, and output a first auxiliary voltage that is a voltage generated due to the stored power, wherein the thermal energy converter and the energy storage are located on the source driver IC.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a sensing circuit and a source driver including the same, capable of decreasing influence on the performance of an integrator according to a panel load and reducing a chip area by excluding a feedback capacitor of the integrator. The sensing circuit may convert an input current, received from a display panel, into an output current having linearity and an amount of current smaller than the input current.

Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a technology for driving a display device, and provides a technology for adjusting the full-scale range (FSR) of an analog-to-digital converter according to a mode when sensing a pixel.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a source driver capable of accurately sensing characteristics of a display panel by minimizing the influence of a floating channel. The source driver may include normal channels connected to pixels of a display panel, a floating channel under no-load; and a sampling circuit configured to sample signals of the normal channels and the floating channel. The source driver may provide a first reference voltage to the floating channel in a first period in which characteristics of the pixels are sensed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an output buffer circuit for a display driving apparatus, which generates an output voltage by using a bias current controlled by digital-to-analog conversion for interpolation data, the output buffer circuit including a decoder configured to output control data obtained by decoding interpolation data, and an output circuit configured to output an output voltage by using a bias current having the amount of current controlled by digital-to-analog conversion for the control data.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display driving apparatus configured to process data by using a low voltage bias current, process a source signal by using a high voltage bias current, and provide the low voltage bias current and the high voltage bias current by using one bias core.

Abstract: A display driving apparatus includes an internal reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate and provide an internal reference voltage; a sensing circuit configured to simultaneously sense pixel signals provided from pixels of a display panel and the internal reference voltage, and output a reference voltage sensing signal generated by sensing of the internal reference voltage and pixel sensing signals generated by sensing of the pixel signals; and an output circuit configured to sequentially select the reference voltage sensing signal and the pixel sensing signals, convert the pixel sensing signals into pixel data, convert the reference voltage sensing signal into reference data, and transmita the pixel data and the reference data.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in a pixel sensing, a technology in which a parasitic impedance formed in a sensing line does not affect an integrating circuit using a current mirror circuit coupled with an operational amplifier.

Abstract: A display driving apparatus includes a first bias circuit configured to provide a first bias current; a second bias circuit configured to provide a second bias current; a selection circuit configured to select and output the first bias current as a bias current during a first period in which a change in a driving current occurs, and select and output the second bias current as the bias current during a second period from after the first period to until a next change in the driving current occurs; and an output buffer configured to drive a first input current or a second input current by the bias current, and output the driving current for driving a panel, in correspondence to the first input current or the second input current.

Abstract: A source driver capable of improving sensing accuracy even when a black image signal is provided to reduce motion blur during a sensing period for sensing signals of pixels of a display panel, and a display device including the same. The source driver includes an output buffer configured to output a source signal; a voltage terminal applied with a black image signal of a preset voltage level; a source output terminal connected to a data line of a display panel; and a switch circuit configured to connect one of an output terminal of the output buffer and the voltage terminal to the source output terminal, wherein the switch circuit connects the voltage terminal to the source output terminal during a black image insertion period of a sensing period in which a pixel of the display panel is sensed.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an all-digital phase-locked loop. The all-digital phase-locked loop may include a time-to-digital conversion circuit configured to convert phase differences between a reference signal and a feedback signal into respective digital values and to output a first data signal and a second data signal corresponding to the respective digital values, a digital loop filter configured to select one of the first data signal and the second data signal as valid data and output a control signal by operating the valid data and a first register signal, a digitally controlled oscillator configured to generate an oscillation signal and control a frequency of the oscillation signal in response to the control signal, and a divider configured to divide the oscillation signal and output the feedback signal to the time-to-digital conversion circuit.