ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,942, issued on May 20, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Yongin-Si, South Korea).

"Scan driver" was invented by Hai Jung In (Yongin-si, South Korea), Min Ku Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seung Hee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scan driver includes stages that include a first stage. A method for operating the scan driver includes providing a first clock signal, a first carry clock signal, a second carry clock signal, a first power source voltage, and a second power source voltage to the first stage to enable the first stage to provide a first scan signal to a first scan line. Throughout a port...