# US 2026/0087979 A1 · Electronic device and method for driving electronic device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0087979 A1 - Document ID: US20260087979A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/307,450 - Filed: 2025-08-22 - Published: 2026-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2024-09-20 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: HEECHUL LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260087979A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3225: using an active matrix - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09G 2330/027: Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display - G09G 2330/045: Protection against panel overheating - G09G 2330/12: Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract An electronic device includes: a display panel including a plurality of lines including: a first line; and a second line adjacent to the first line; and a driving circuit to drive the display panel, and including: a signal providing unit to provide a first signal to the first line, and a second signal different from the first signal to the second line; a voltage sensing unit to sense a voltage of each of the first line and the second line; and a power cut-off unit to cut off power of the display panel for a recovery period, based on the voltage. The driving circuit is to re-drive the display panel after the recovery period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of lines, the plurality of lines comprising: a first line; and a second line adjacent to the first line; and a driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, and comprising: a signal providing unit configured to provide a first signal to the first line, and a second signal different from the first signal to the second line; a voltage sensing unit configured to sense a voltage of each of the first line and the second line; and a power cut-off unit configured to cut off power of the display panel for a recovery period, based on the voltage, wherein the driving circuit is configured to re-drive the display panel after the recovery period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises: a display layer comprising a plurality of pixels; and a sensor layer on the display layer, and comprising a plurality of sensing electrodes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of lines are electrically connected to the plurality of pixels, and wherein the driving circuit is configured to provide a data signal to the plurality of lines. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of lines are electrically connected to the plurality of sensing electrodes, and wherein the driving circuit is configured to provide a sensing signal to the plurality of lines. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has a direct current (DC) voltage, and wherein a voltage level of the first signal is higher than a voltage level of the second signal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the power cut-off unit is configured to cut off the power of the display panel when the voltage of the first line and the voltage of the second line have equal voltage levels as each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the voltage sensing unit comprises a multiplexer (MUX) circuit electrically connected to the plurality of lines, and the MUX circuit is configured to sequentially select the plurality of lines, and select another line adjacent to a selected line from among the plurality of lines. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the MUX circuit is configured to output a first voltage and a second voltage corresponding to the first signal and the second signal, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has an alternating current (AC) voltage, and wherein the first signal has a phase inverse to a phase of the second signal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the power cut-off unit is configured to cut off the power of the display panel when the voltage is equal to ‘0’ V (volt). ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the signal providing unit is configured to concurrently provide the first signal to some lines among the plurality of lines, and sequentially provide the second signal to other remaining lines among the plurality of lines. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the some lines are odd-numbered lines, and the other remaining lines are even-numbered lines. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the signal providing unit is configured to re-provide the first signal and the second signal after the recovery period is elapsed. ### Claim 14 A method for driving an electronic device, the method comprising: providing, by a driving circuit, a first signal and a second signal different from the first signal to two lines adjacent to each other among a plurality of lines of a display panel; sensing, by the driving circuit, voltages of the two lines adjacent to each other; cutting off, by the driving circuit, a power of the display panel for a recovery period, based on the voltages; and re-driving, by the driving circuit, the display panel after the recovery period. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has a direct current (DC) voltage, and wherein a voltage level of the first signal is higher than a voltage level of the second signal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the cutting off of the power comprises: cutting off the power when the voltage level of the first signal becomes equal to the voltage level of the second signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the providing of the first signal and the second signal comprises: sequentially providing the first signal to the plurality of lines; and providing the second signal to another line adjacent to a line being provided with the first signal from among the plurality of lines. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein each of the first signal and the second signal has an alternating current (AC) voltage, and wherein the first signal has a phase inverse to a phase of the second signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the cutting off of the power comprises: cutting off the power of the display panel when the voltages become equal to ‘0’ V (volt). ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the providing of the first signal and the second signal comprises: concurrently providing the first signal to odd-numbered lines among the plurality of lines; and sequentially providing the second signal to even-numbered lines among the plurality of lines.