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US 12,651,562 · App. 19/237,800 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Pixel driving circuit and display device

Inventors: Jun Young Jung (Seongnam-si, KR); Myunghee Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Sapien Semiconductors Inc.
G09G3/32G09G2300/08G09G2310/0289G09G2310/08G09G2330/021
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Patent No.
US 12,651,562
App. No.
19/237,800
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel driving circuit for a display device includes a clock generator configured to generate clock signals with different time periods for different locations of bit values of the image data, an array of a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light-emitting element, and an in-pixel memory configured to store image data comprising a set of bit values from a most significant bit (MSB) to a least significant bit (LSB), and a controller configured to read the set of bit values of the image data in an order, starting from the LSB bit to the MSB, to generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals.

Claims (18)

1 . A pixel driving circuit for a display device, comprising:

a clock generator configured to generate clock signals with different time periods for different locations of bit values of the image data;

an array of a plurality of pixels, each pixel including:

a light-emitting element, and

an in-pixel memory configured to store image data comprising a set of bit values from a most significant bit (MSB) to a least significant bit (LSB); and

a controller configured to read the set of bit values of the image data in an order, starting from the LSB bit to the MSB, to generate pulse width modulation (PWM) signals.

2 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the in-pixel memory is configured to store a value of the MSB duplicately at a separate location thereof.

3 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the clock signals have time periods that increase incrementally in an order, starting from the LSB to the MSB.

4 . The pixel driving circuit of claim 3 , wherein

the clock signals have time periods that increase by a doubling of a time period for each bit from the LSB to the MSB.

5 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to determine a pulse width of a control signal for a subframe based on a length of the subframe and a bit value corresponding to the subframe.

6 . The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein

the controller is further configured to store the at least one bit or more than one bit value in the first memory in order from the LSB to the MSB.

7 . The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to receive video data from a host through a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI) command mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2025
From: JUNG, JUN YOUNG; LEE, MYUNGHEE
To: SAPIEN SEMICONDUCTORS INC.
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Continuity (7)
Continuation 18415191 · Jan 17, 2024
Continuation In Part 18113852 · Feb 24, 2023
Continuation In Part 17942219 · Sep 12, 2022
Continuation 17890737 · Aug 18, 2022
Continuation In Part 17547393 · Dec 10, 2021
Continuation 17047544 · Oct 14, 2020
Related Publication 20250308442A1 · Oct 2, 2025
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