• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.592-595
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• 2008

This paper presents development of automatic image quality register optimization system using mobile TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display) driver IC and embedded software. It optimizes automatically gamma adjustment and voltage setting registers in mobile TFT-LCD driver IC to improve gamma correction error, adjusting time, flicker noise and contrast ratio. Developed algorithms and embedded software are generally applicable for most of the TFT-LCD modules. The proposed optimization system contains module-under-test (MUT, TFT-LCD module), control program, multimedia display tester for measuring luminance, flicker noise and contrast ratio, and control board for interface between PC and TFT-LCD module. The control board is designed with DSP and FPGA, and it supports various interfaces such as RGB and CPU.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.7-10
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• 2003

Samsung SDI has developed a full color 5.0" WVGA AMOLED display with top emission and a super fine pitch of 0.1365mm(l86ppi), the world's highest resolution OLED display ever reported to date. Scan driver circuits and demux circuit were integrated into the display panel, using low temperature poly-Si TFT CMOS technology, and data driver circuit were mounted using COG chips. Peak luminescence was greater than 300cd/ $m^2$ with power consumption of 500mW with 30% of the pixels on illuminated.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.380-384
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• 2005

Plasma display panel (PDP) has a serious thermal problem, because the luminance efficiency of the conventional PDP is about 1.5 lm/W and it is less than $3{\sim}5$ lm/W of cathode ray tube (CRT). Thus there is a need for improving the luminance efficiency of the PDP There are several approaches to improve the luminance efficiency of the PDP and we adopt the driving PDP at high frequency range from 400 kHz up to over 700 kHz. Since a PDP is regarded as an equivalent inherent capacitance, many types of sustaining drivers have been proposed and widely used to recover the energy stored in the PDP. However, these circuits have some drawbacks for driving PDP at high frequency range. In this paper, we investigate the effect of the parasitic components of PDP itself and driver when the reactive energy of panel is recovered. Various drivers are classified and evaluated whether it is suitable for high frequency driver, and finally current-fed type with do input voltage biased is proposed. This driver overcomes the effect of parasitic component in panel and driver and fully achieves ZVS of all full-bridge switches and reduces the transition time of the panel polarity.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.42-48
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• 2016

Light-emitting diode (LED) drivers are recently replacing fluorescent lamps; these drivers can operate adaptively with various ballasts without modifying and removing such ballasts. To satisfy these trends, a LED driver that is compatible with both electronic and magnetic ballasts is proposed in this study. Unlike conventional LED drivers, the proposed driver has a ballast recognition circuit and a mode selection circuit to operate ballasts at optimal conditions. Therefore, it features low voltage stress, high efficiency, and good compatibility with both electronic and magnetic ballasts. Moreover, it can be compatible with a wide selection of ballasts from various manufacturers. To confirm the validity of the proposed LED driver, results of the theoretical analysis and experimental verification performed on a 15 W-rated prototype are presented.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.111-118
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• 2008

In this paper, novel latch-up prevention method that employs power-up sequential switches has been proposed to relieve latch-up problem in liquid crystal display (LCD) driver ICs. These sequential switches are inserted in the 2'nd and 3'rd boosting stages, and are used to short the emitter-base terminals of parasitic p-n-p-n circuit before relevant boosting stages are activated during power-up sequence. To verily the performance of the proposed method, test chips were designed and fabricated in a 0.13-um CMOS process technology. The measurement results indicated that, while the conventional LCD driver If entered latch-up mode at $50^{\circ}C$ accompanying a significant amount of excess current, the driver IC adopting the proposed method showed no latch-up phenomenon up to $100^{\circ}C$ and maintained normal current level of 0.9mA.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.73-74
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• 2013

본 논문은 LED Driver 휘도(Luminance) 제어 방식인 펄스폭 변조(PWM), 진폭변조 방식(PAM)을 조합한 스마트디밍 알고리즘에 대해 제안한다. 제안된 방식은 LED 구동 순방향 전류($I_f$)양에 따라 순방향 전압($V_f$)이 비례적으로 변화되는 특성을 이용한 것으로, LED Backlight 적용 LCM의 소비전력을 저감할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트 디밍 (CPWAM=Conditional Pulse Width Amplitude Modulation) 알고리즘에 대해 소개하고 실험을 통해 제안된 알고리즘의 타당성을 검증한다.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1642-1645
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• 2007

The brightness of LED changes according to the current flowing through LEDs. The current mirror was used to drive LEDs effectively. The reference current of the current mirror was usually controlled by the resistor but the size of this resistor is very large and this resistor consumes too much power for high power LED backlight driving. The reference current of the current mirror LED driver was controlled by using flyback converter at small size with low power consumption in this paper. The concept of active current source was presented.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.81-84
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• 2004

Required characteristics of poly-Si TFT's are investigated for the implementation of analog circuits to be integrated on System-on-Glass (SoG). Matching requirements on resistor values, threshold voltage and mobility of poly-Si TFT's are derived as a function of the resolution of display system. Effective mobility of poly-Si TFT's required for the realization of source driver is analyzed for various panel sizes.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.08b
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• pp.1168-1171
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• 2007

Integrating systems on TFT-LCD panels is more and more popular for the mobile display application. However, it may not be necessary to use LTPS TFT devices. A-Si TFTs are used to integrate systems on TFT-LCD panels, especially scan (gate) drivers. To further reduce the chip size of driver IC, the triplegate pixel structure is developed. Therefore, the number of the source lines is reduced to 1/3 times.

• 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.685-688
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• 2008

Mini-LVDS has been widely used for high speed data transmission because it provides low EMI and high bandwidth for display driver. In this paper, a Mini-LVDS output buffer with LTPS TFT process is presented which provides sufficient performance in the presence of large variation in the threshold voltage and mobility and kink effect.