Patents by Inventor Yu-chol KIM

Yu-chol 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).

  • Patent number: 12283235
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor including a first and a second electrode and a gate electrode connected with a first node, a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the first node and including a gate electrode connected with a first scan line, a sixth transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the anode and including a gate electrode connected with a first emission line, and a seventh transistor connected between the anode and an initialization voltage line and including a gate electrode connected with a second scan line. During an initialization period, the third, sixth, and seventh transistors are turned on such that an initialization voltage from the initialization voltage line is transferred to the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Yu-Chol Kim, Donggyu Lee, Jae-Hyeon Jeon
  • Patent number: 12223914
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels including a light-emitting element, and an initialization transistor connected between an anode electrode of the light-emitting element and a first initialization power line to which a voltage of initialization power is supplied, and turned on when an initialization scan signal is supplied, and an initialization scan driver which supplies the initialization scan signal. The initial scan driver supplies an i-th (i is a natural number) initial scan signal to overlap an (i?1)-th initial scan signal, and supplies an (i+1)-th initial scan signal so as not to overlap the i-th initial scan signal, and the initialization scan signal is set to a gate-on voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Oh Yeom, Yu Chol Kim, Ji Hye Kim, Jin Wook Yang, Eui Myeong Cho, Ja Kyoung Jin
  • Publication number: 20250022420
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including first pixels arranged in a first row and second pixels arranged in a second row. A viewing angle of the first pixels is different from a viewing angle of the second pixels. The first pixels and the second pixels are disposed in a privacy region of the display panel and a public region of the display panel which is different from the privacy region. The display device further includes a panel driver configured to receive privacy region position information indicating a position of the privacy region, and drive the display panel such that the first pixels emit light in the privacy region of the display panel and the second pixels emit light in the public region of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: BYUNG KI CHUN, WOO-CHUL KIM, BOODONG KWAK, SOON-DONG KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, KWANGSUK SHIN, BYUNGKIL JEON
  • Patent number: 12198617
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including pixels having light-emitting elements; a timing control unit for variably changing the driving frame frequency of the display panel according to the input frame frequency of digital video data; and a data driving unit for outputting data voltages according to the digital video data, wherein the display panel operates at a first frame frequency for a first frame period and operates at a second frame frequency, which is lower than the first frame frequency, for a second frame period, the second frame period includes a data addressing period in which a data voltage corresponding to each of the pixels is applied to the pixels, and a blank period in which no data voltage is applied to each of the pixels, and the blank period includes a period of initializing a first electrode of a light-emitting element into an initialization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hye Kim, Joon Chul Goh, Yu Chol Kim, Jin Wook Yang, Ja Kyoung Jin
  • Publication number: 20250006129
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel including a pixel, and a panel driver configured to receive input image data in a variable frame frequency in order to drive the display panel based on the input image data. A frame period for the display panel is divided into at least one scan period and at least one or more hold periods, and a time during which the pixel performs an anode initialization operation in each of the hold periods is longer than a time during which the pixel performs the anode initialization operation in the scan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: JIHYE KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, Seongoh Yeom, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Publication number: 20240404464
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel including a pixel; and a panel driver configured to provide a reference voltage and a data voltage to the pixel, wherein the pixel emits light with a luminance corresponding to a difference between the reference voltage and the data voltage, and when the reference voltage changes, and a range of the data voltage is shifted by a voltage level that corresponds to the amount of change in the reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: JIN-WOOK YANG, DONGGYU LEE, JAE-HYEON JEON, YU-CHOL KIM
  • Patent number: 12094415
    Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel including a pixel, and a panel driver configured to receive input image data in a variable frame frequency in order to drive the display panel based on the input image data. A frame period for the display panel is divided into at least one scan period and at least one or more hold periods, and a time during which the pixel performs an anode initialization operation in each of the hold periods is longer than a time during which the pixel performs the anode initialization operation in the scan period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihye Kim, Yu-Chol Kim, Seongoh Yeom, Jakyoung Jin
  • Publication number: 20240296787
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor including a first and a second electrode and a gate electrode connected with a first node, a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the first node and including a gate electrode connected with a first scan line, a sixth transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the anode and including a gate electrode connected with a first emission line, and a seventh transistor connected between the anode and an initialization voltage line and including a gate electrode connected with a second scan line. During an initialization period, the third, sixth, and seventh transistors are turned on such that an initialization voltage from the initialization voltage line is transferred to the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: JIN-WOOK YANG, YU-CHOL KIM, DONGGYU LEE, JAE-HYEON JEON
  • Publication number: 20240257720
    Abstract: A luminance compensation method of a display device includes a first luminance for a reference grayscale at a first operating frequency and a second luminance for the reference grayscale at a second operating frequency are measured. A first reference value is calculated based on the first luminance and the second luminance, a first duty ratio of the initialization control signal is changed into a second duty ratio depending on a comparison result of the first reference value and a threshold value After the first duty ratio is changed into the second duty ratio, a third luminance for the reference grayscale is measured, and a second reference value is calculated based on the first luminance and the third luminance. A final duty ratio corresponding to the threshold value is calculated depending on a comparison result of the second reference value and the threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Seongoh YEOM, YU-CHOL KIM, JIHYE KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, EUI-MYEONG CHO, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Publication number: 20240249661
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and a panel driver that drives the display panel in a first mode where an operating frequency is fixed, and a second mode where the operating frequency is variable. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting element and a pixel driving circuit connected to a first electrode of the light-emitting element. The panel driver includes a driving controller that determines whether the operating frequency corresponds to one of predetermined compensation frequencies in the second mode, and outputs a voltage control signal depending on the determination result, and a voltage generator that changes a voltage level of an anode initialization voltage applied to the first electrode in response to the voltage control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: JAKYOUNG JIN, JIHYE KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, Seongoh YEOM, EUI-MYEONG CHO
  • Patent number: 12033566
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel electrically connected to a data line, a write scan line, an initialization scan line, a compensation scan line, a transmission control line, and an emission control line; a first driving circuit configured to provide a write scan signal to the write scan line and a second driving circuit configured to receive a plurality of clock signals, each of which has a time duration of one unit horizontal period and provide an initialization scan signal, a compensation scan signal, a transmission control signal, and an emission control signal to the initialization scan line, the compensation scan line, the transmission control line, and the emission control line, respectively. Each of the initialization scan signal and the compensation scan signal has an activation interval of one unit horizontal periods or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Yu-Chol Kim, Sehyuk Park, Donggyu Lee, Jae-Hyeon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240212588
    Abstract: A pixel connected to a first scan line includes a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, a second transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the first node including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a third transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, and a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to a first driving voltage line, a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: JIN-WOOK YANG, YU-CHOL KIM, DONGGYU LEE, JAEKEUN LIM, JAE-HYEON JEON
  • Patent number: 12020652
    Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel connected to a first scan line, a second scan line, and a data line, and including a light emitting element and a storage capacitor; and a timing controller configured to drive the pixel in a normal mode in which a driving frequency is maintained constant or a frequency variable mode according to a variable frequency signal supplied from outside, wherein in the normal mode, a first electrode voltage of the light emitting element is initialized in response to a data voltage being supplied to the storage capacitor, and wherein in the frequency variable mode, the first electrode voltage of the light emitting element is not initialized in response to the data voltage being supplied to the storage capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ja Kyoung Jin, Yu Chol Kim, Ji Hye Kim, Jin Wook Yang, Seong Oh Yeom
  • Publication number: 20240203329
    Abstract: A display device includes a light-emitting device, a first transistor, and a second transistor connected between the first transistor and the light-emitting device and including a gate electrode which receives the emission control signal. When a driving frequency is a second frequency less than a first frequency, one frame includes an active period and a blank period, and during the active period, a pulse width of the emission control signal has a first value, and during the blank period, the pulse width of the emission control signal has a second value different from the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: JIHYE KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, Seongoh YEOM, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Patent number: 12008952
    Abstract: A pixel includes: a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor including a first and a second electrode and a gate electrode connected with a first node, a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the first node and including a gate electrode connected with a first scan line, a sixth transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the anode and including a gate electrode connected with a first emission line, and a seventh transistor connected between the anode and an initialization voltage line and including a gate electrode connected with a second scan line. During an initialization period, the third, sixth, and seventh transistors are turned on such that an initialization voltage from the initialization voltage line is transferred to the gate electrode of the first transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Yu-Chol Kim, Donggyu Lee, Jae-Hyeon Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240169926
    Abstract: A display device includes pixels including a light-emitting element, and an initialization transistor connected between an anode electrode of the light-emitting element and a first initialization power line to which a voltage of initialization power is supplied, and turned on when an initialization scan signal is supplied, and an initialization scan driver which supplies the initialization scan signal. The initial scan driver supplies an i-th (i is a natural number) initial scan signal to overlap an (i?1)-th initial scan signal, and supplies an (i+1)-th initial scan signal so as not to overlap the i-th initial scan signal, and the initialization scan signal is set to a gate-on voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Seong Oh YEOM, Yu Chol KIM, Ji Hye KIM, Jin Wook YANG, Eui Myeong CHO, Ja Kyoung JIN
  • Publication number: 20240161693
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which includes first and second pixels disposed in one pixel row, a first gate line connected to the first pixel, a second gate line connected to the second pixel, a first data line connected to the first pixel, and a second data line connected to the second pixel, a gate driver which provides a first gate signal and a second gate signal to the first gate line and the second gate line, respectively, and a data driver disposed adjacent to a first side of the display panel, where the data driver provides a data signal to the first data line. The first data line and the second data line are connected to each other at a second side of the display panel opposite to the first side of the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: EUI-MYEONG CHO, YU-CHOL KIM, JIHYE KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, SEONGOH YEOM, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Publication number: 20240153434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display panel including a pixel, a scan driver, and a driving controller that controls driving of the scan driver. The scan driver provides the pixel with a first mode scan signal having a first active period and a second active period in a first mode and provides the pixel with a second mode scan signal having a compensation active period in a second mode. The driving controller determines whether an operating frequency of the display device corresponds to one of predetermined compensation frequencies in a variable frequency mode, and operates the scan driver in the first mode or the second mode depending on a determination result of the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: JIHYE KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, Seongoh YEOM, EUI-MYEONG CHO, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Publication number: 20240144861
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a gate driver, and a driving controller. The display panel includes a pixel. The gate driver applies an anode initialization signal to the pixel. The driving controller receives a horizontal synchronization signal, receives input image data at a variable frame frequency, and controls the gate driver. A frame period for the display panel includes a scan period and one or more hold periods, the driving controller generates a count value by counting a number of pulses of the horizontal synchronization signal, and determines a current frame period as the hold period when the count value exceeds a reference value, and a time length of the anode initialization signal in each of the one or more hold periods is longer than a time length of the anode initialization signal in the scan period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: JIHYE KIM, YU-CHOL KIM, JIN-WOOK YANG, Seongoh Yeom, EUI-MYEONG CHO, JAKYOUNG JIN
  • Patent number: 11961463
    Abstract: A pixel connected to a first scan line includes a light-emitting element including an anode and a cathode, a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode connected to a first node, a first capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, a second transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the first node including a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, a third transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line, and a fourth transistor including a first electrode connected to a first driving voltage line, a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, and a gate electrode connected to the first scan line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Wook Yang, Yu-Chol Kim, Donggyu Lee, Jaekeun Lim, Jae-Hyeon Jeon