Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yoon-kyung Choi

Hyoung-rae Kim

Hae-yong Ahn

Jong-kang Park

Jae-Suk Yu

San-ho Byun

Hwa-hyun Cho

Hyung-dal Kwon

Sang-Woo Kim

Jong-hak Baek

Oh-Kyong Kwon

Yong-Joon Jeon

Gyu-Hyeong Cho

Sung-Woo Lee

Hee-Seok Han

Jae-youl Lee

Hyo-Sun Kim

Hyoung-Rae Kim

Gyoo-cheol Hwang

Dong-yul Lee

Zhong-Yuan Wu

Hyung-Min Lee

Hyoung-tae Kim

Mi-hye Jung

See-wook Park

Joo-hyeon Lee

Zhong Yuan Wu

Young-tae Son

A touch controller includes a touch data generator that is connected to a plurality of sensing lines, the touch data generator sensing a change in capacitance of a sensing unit connected to each of the sensing lines and generating touch data by processing the sensing signal corresponding to the result of sensing; and a signal processor that controls a timing of generating the touch data by receiving at least one piece of timing information for driving a display panel from a timing controller, and then providing either the timing information or a signal generated from the timing information as a control signal to the touch data generator.

Touch controller having increased sensing sensitivity, and display driving circuit and display device and system having the touch controller

A method of segmenting multiple touches in a touch sensor system is disclosed. The method includes setting a point node by selecting a valid node of a touch sensor panel from among valid nodes having touch data equal to or greater than a threshold value of a touch sensor panel; determining one or more candidate labels for the point node by searching for adjacent nodes around the point node; and when there are two or more candidate labels for the point node, labeling the point node by selecting a label of a label group that has the highest group similarity with the point node and that is from among label groups of the two or more candidate labels, and by assigning the selected label to the point node.

Method of segmenting multiple touches in touch sensing system

An adaptive digital filtering method and apparatus for touch data in a touch system is described. Adaptive digital filtering involves estimating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for stored touch data, and reducing a digital filter order if the SNR is high and increasing the digital filter order if the SNR is small.

Adaptive digital filtering method and apparatus in touch sensing system

A method of adjusting value includes calculating a value of saturation from an input image signal, and adjusting a value of value of the input image signal according to a calculated saturation value. In the method, the value of value of the input image signal is adjusted by using a value adjustment algorithm for determining a value adjustment rate that decreases the value according to the saturation value.

Value adjustment methods, value adjustment signal processing apparatus, and image display systems using the same

Touch screen systems and method of compensating noise in same are presented. One touch screen system includes; a touch screen panel having sense channels providing a sense output corresponding to a capacitance variation associated with an applied touch input as detected by one or more sensing units connected to the sense channels. A parasitic capacitance is accumulated in the sense channels as the touch input is applied. The touch screen system also includes a touch controller receiving the sense output and including; a noise compensation block configured to generate a compensation capacitance to compensate for the parasitic capacitance and provide a compensation output, and a signal conversion unit that receives the sense output and the compensation output and generates a noise compensated sense output.

Method and apparatus compensating noise in touch panel

A multi-touch sensing includes a voltage-current converter converting an input voltage into a current. A touch sensing block senses touch of an object. An amplifier includes a first input terminal connected to an output terminal of the voltage-current converter and to a first terminal of the touch sensing block. A second input terminal of the amplifier is grounded. An output terminal of the amplifier is connected to a second terminal of the touch sensing block.

Multi-touch sensing circuit

A hybrid digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a first digital to analog converting unit (DACU) and a second DAC unit. The first DAC unit provides an analog voltage corresponding to Q-bit upper data of P-bit gray data, in response to a plurality of gamma voltages, where P is a natural number equal to or greater than 10 and Q is a natural number less than 10. The second DAC unit provides an analog current having a magnitude according to each bit level of R-bit lower data of the P-bit gray data, based on a rated current generated from a reference voltage, where R is a natural number corresponding to P-Q.

Hybrid digital to analog converter, source driver, and liquid crystal display device

A display panel driving apparatus and a method of driving the same are provided, and, in particular, a gate driver and a method of driving the gate driver. The gate driver includes a decoder that decodes gate line selection data and that generates a gate line selection signal. A gate driving circuit generates a gate driving signal in a pre-charging phase and a driving phase in response to the gate line selection signal and a pre-charging control signal that controls an off-state of non-selected gate lines. In a time period of the driving phase in which a gate line is not selected, a node that has been in a floating state is held to a target voltage level in response to a hold control signal. The hold control signal is generated based upon a timing relationship between the gate line selection signal and the pre-charging control signal.

Gate driver without pre-charging capacitor in gate driving circuit

A digital-to-analog converter includes a voltage-to-current converter, a current-mode digital-to-analog converter and an operational amplifier. The voltage-to-current converter generates a first current signal, and the current-mode digital-to-analog converter generates a second current signal. The operational amplifier modulates a drain current in response to the second current signal and generates an output signal having an offset.

Digital-to-analog converter, source driving circuit and display device having the same

A gray scale voltage decoder includes a first decoding unit and a second decoding unit, in which the first decoding unit includes row blocks. Each of the row blocks receives one of a number of gray scale voltages and determines whether to output the received gray scale voltage in response to first bits of digital image data provided through data input lines formed along a column direction. Row blocks outputting the received gray scale voltage according to the same values of the first bits are arranged adjacently. The first decoding unit selects part of the gray scale voltages to output the selected gray scale voltages. The second decoding unit selects one of the gray scale voltages selected by the first decoding unit in response to second bits of the digital image data and outputs the selected gray scale voltage.

Gray scale voltage decoder and digital-to-analog converter including the same

An apparatus for generating a voltage required for a semiconductor device by using a voltage supplied from an external power supply is provided. A charge pump circuit includes a first circuit comprising a first capacitor and a first group of switching elements and controlling the first group of switching elements according to first and second switching signals to transfer a voltage charged in the first capacitor to a target terminal during a first period and to charge the first capacitor with a reference voltage applied to a first input terminal of the first capacitor during a second period, and a second circuit comprising a second capacitor, a third capacitor connected between an output terminal and a ground terminal and a second group of switching elements, and controlling the second group of switching elements according to the first and second switching signals to connect a first terminal of the second capacitor to the ground terminal during the first period, connect the first terminal of the second capacitor to a power supply voltage input terminal during the second period, connect a second terminal of the second capacitor to the power supply voltage input terminal when a voltage of the second terminal of the second capacitor is lower than a voltage of the target terminal during the first period, and connect the second terminal of the second capacitor to the output terminal during the second period.

Charge pump circuit and voltage converter using the same

A cyclic digital to analog converter (CDAC) in a pipeline structure includes a first CDAC block and a second CDAC block. The first CDAC block receives a first digital signal and converts the first digital signal to a first analog value. The first CDAC block includes a charging capacitor for charging according to the first digital signal and a first storing capacitor for storing the first analog value. The second CDAC block receives a second digital signal and converts the second digital signal to a second analog value. The second CDAC block includes the charging capacitor for charging according to the second digital signal and a second storing capacitor for storing the second analog value. The first CDAC block and the second CDAC block share the charging capacitor.

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Yoon-kyung Choi