ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,067, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Samsung Display Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Sub-pixel having a reduced area by minimizing components and display device having the same" was invented by Kwi Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeon Kyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Dong Woo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sub-pixel includes a light emitting element, a first transistor that applies a driving current to the light emitting element, a second transistor that writes a data voltage in response to a write gate signal, a first capacitor electrically connected to a control electrode of the fir...