Michael P Kane

US Patent:

6507327, Jan 14, 2003

Filed:

Jan 21, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/490012

Inventors:

James Harold Atherton - Ringoes NJ
Michael Gillis Kane - Somerset NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G09G 328

US Classification:

345 68, 345 60, 345 66, 345 67, 345204, 3151691, 3151692, 3151694

Abstract:

A three electrode plasma display panel (PDP) operates in concurrent sustain and addressing periods, rather than separating the sustain and addressing periods. Because of this concurrent operation, a PDP with a brighter display is produced. Crosstalk between sustain electrodes and the column electrodes of non-selected rows is mitigated by implementing column voltages such that there is no difference in crosstalk brightness levels in non-addressed pixels in the on state compared to non-addressed pixels in the off state. This is accomplished by choosing column voltages that are approximately symmetric about one-half of the sustain voltage.

US Patent:

6618030, Sep 9, 2003

Filed:

Feb 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/793933

Inventors:

Michael Gillis Kane - Skillman NJ
James Harold Atherton - Ringoes NJ
Roger Green Stewart - Neshanic Station NJ
Frank Paul Cuomo - Princeton NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation - Tokyo

International Classification:

G09G 336

US Classification:

345 82

Abstract:

LED pixel structures and methods that improve brightness uniformity by reducing current nonuniformities in a light-emitting diode of the pixel structures are disclosed.

US Patent:

6639281, Oct 28, 2003

Filed:

Mar 7, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/093208

Inventors:

Michael G. Kane - Skillman NJ
Barry K. Greening - Deptford NJ
Frank Paul Cuomo - Morgan Hill CA

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H01L 2701

US Classification:

257350, 257 59, 257 72, 257401

Abstract:

A pixel structure having at least one organic thin film transistor (OTFT) that minimizes gate-to-pixel capacitance. In one embodiment, a pixel structure provides a new transistor structure where an OTFT electrode on the data-line side of the transistor is extended or wrapped around three sides of the transistor relative to a pixel-side electrode. Thus, the pixel-side electrode can be made very small without reducing the effective width (and therefore on-current) of the transistor.

US Patent:

6765442, Jul 20, 2004

Filed:

Mar 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/383446

Inventors:

Michael G. Kane - Skillman NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H03F 3217

US Classification:

330251, 330207 A

Abstract:

A radio frequency (RF) pulse power amplifier biased with a relatively low supply voltage generates one or more RF pulses having a relatively large output power. The RF pulse power amplifier may be configured as a push-pull power amplifier operating in class D mode including first and second sections, balanced-to-unbalanced (balun) transformer, and a load resistor coupled across the output winding of the balun transformer. Each section has a current source providing bias current, a MOS transistor, and a pair of bipolar transistors. Each section receives its input digital signal at the MOS transistor, which acts as a current switch for a bias current from a current source. With a relatively small voltage change in response to the input digital signal, the MOS transistor switches the bias current between itself and a transistor pair used to drive the corresponding half (input winding) of the balun transformer.

US Patent:

7310077, Dec 18, 2007

Filed:

Sep 29, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/953087

Inventors:

Michael Gillis Kane - Skillman NJ, US

International Classification:

G09G 3/30

US Classification:

345 76, 345 82

Abstract:

A pixel circuit for an OLED element comprises first, second, third and fourth transistors wherein controllable conduction paths of the first and second transistors are connected for receiving a data signal current, and the control electrodes thereof are connected for receiving a select signal for being enabled thereby. The third and/or fourth transistors are connected for establishing a current in the OLED element responsive to the data signal current and the select signal. Capacitance may be provided by at least one of the transistors or by additional capacitance.

US Patent:

7423905, Sep 9, 2008

Filed:

Feb 23, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/678109

Inventors:

Michael G. Kane - Skillman NJ, US
Arthur Herbert Firester - Skillman NJ, US
Gong Gu - Bridgewater NJ, US

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G11C 11/34

US Classification:

36518511, 365148, 365 94

Abstract:

A read-only memory (ROM) is disclosed that uses the presence or absence of linear passive electrical elements, such as resistors or capacitors, to encode zeros and ones, permitting a large-area ROM to be fabricated, possibly on a flexible substrate. The ROM includes a substrate, a plurality of row conductors insulated from each other and at least partially layered on a portion of the substrate; a plurality of column conductors insulated from each other and from the row conductors and at least partially layered above or below a portion of the plurality of row conductors, a plurality of amplifiers electrically connected to the column conductors, and at least one linear passive element attached between the row conductors and the column conductors. An amplifier connected to a column conductor has an input impedance much lower than the combined parallel impedance of the linear passive elements connected to that column, thus comprising a virtual ground, and is operable to output a first logical state when one of the linear passive elements is electrically connected between one of the row conductors and one of the column conductors, and operable to output a second local state when said one of the linear passive elements is absent between one of the row conductors and one of the column conductors. The resistive or capacitive arrays can be made into low-cost imagers if the resistors/capacitors are sensitive to electromagnetic radiation or mechanical pressure.

US Patent:

7633470, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Aug 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/926521

Inventors:

Michael Gillis Kane - Skillman NJ, US

International Classification:

G09G 3/32
G09G 3/30

US Classification:

345 82, 345 76, 3151693

Abstract:

An electronic driver circuit for driving a load exhibiting a capacitance comprises a controllable current source for providing at an output current related to an input data signal and a capacitance coupled between the output and input of the controllable current source for providing positive feedback.

US Patent:

7928934, Apr 19, 2011

Filed:

Apr 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/785768

Inventors:

Michael G. Kane - Princeton NJ, US

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Gyeonggi-do

International Classification:

G09G 3/30

US Classification:

345 76

Abstract:

A unit pixel of a display includes a driver circuit, a memory circuit and a current controller. The driver circuit is configured to drive a light emitting device. The memory circuit is coupled to the driver circuit, and is configured to store image data for the unit pixel. The current controller circuit is coupled to the driver circuit, and configured to control a current flowing through at least a portion of the driver circuit such that the driver circuit drives the light emitting device with a constant or substantially constant current.