Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Byeong-Doo Kang

Jong-Man Bae

Jin-Woo Kim

Jong-Hwa Kim

Jinwoo Kim

Yong-Soon Lee

Jung-taek Kim

Jae Woo Ryu

Jongman Bae

Joonsuk Baik

Sekeun Lee

Seung-Hwan Moon

Jae-Hoon Lee

Baek-Woon Lee

Do-Hyung Ryu

Hae-Goo Jung

Kyung-Uk Choi

Weon-Jun Choe

Byung-Hyuk Shin

Jae-Woo Song

Young-Suk Ha

Sang-Gon Lee

Ock-Jin Kim

Kyoung-Jin Park

Chang-Sin Kim

Jeong-Bong Lee

In a display device, each of pixels includes a light emitting element and a pixel circuit which is connected to the light emitting element at a first node and drives the light emitting element in response to a corresponding driving scan signal among driving scan signals during a display period. The pixel circuit is connected to a corresponding readout line among readout lines at a second node. The sensing circuit senses a potential of the first node through the corresponding readout line during a blank period, and each of frames includes the display period and the blank period. At least two driving scan signals among the driving scan signals respectively include a plurality of rewriting periods, each of which is activated during the blank period corresponding thereto, and the rewriting periods of the driving scan signals have different durations from each other.

Display device

A display panel driving apparatus includes a data driver, a gate driver, an extra resistance part through which a constant current passes, and a circuit configured to generate a first gamma voltage, and output a first extra gamma voltage indirectly to the data driver through the extra resistance part. The data driver is configured to generate a data signal based on the first gamma voltage and output the data signal to a data line of a display panel. The gate driver is configured to output a gate signal to a gate line of the display panel.

Display panel driving apparatus and display apparatus having the same

A pixel circuit includes a scan transistor connected between a data line and a first node and being configured to receive a scan signal, an emission control transistor connected between a first power supply and a second node and being configured to receive an emission control signal, a driving transistor connected between the second node and a third node and being connected to the first node, an initialize transistor being configured to receive an initialization signal, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the third node; an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply, a charge share capacitor connected between a fourth node and the second power supply; and a charge share transistor configured to connect the charge share capacitor to the storage capacitor, the charge share transistor being configured to receive a charge share control signal.

Pixel circuit and organic light emitting display device having the same

A display device includes a display panel, a power supply unit, a first current measuring unit, and an overcurrent preventing switch. The power supply unit provides a power supply voltage to the display panel. The first current measuring unit is connected to a first path for providing the power supply voltage from the power supply unit to the display panel and measures a first current flowing through the first path. The overcurrent preventing switch is connected in parallel with the first current measuring unit and selectively forms a detour path for the first path according to an amount of the first current such that at least a portion of the first current flows through the detour path.

Display device and method of detecting deterioration of the same

A display device includes a data driver configured to generate a data signal based on a data voltage; a display panel configured to be driven based on a first power supply voltage and the data signal; a timing controller configured to control operations of the data driver and the display panel and configured to generate a ready signal indicating a power supply timing; a first voltage regulator configured to generate the first power supply voltage based on a first input voltage and a first enable signal; a second voltage regulator configured to generate the data voltage based on the first input voltage and a second enable signal; and a power sequence controller configured to generate the first enable signal based on the ready signal and the data voltage and configured to generate the second enable signal based on the ready signal and the first power supply voltage.

Voltage providing circuit with power sequence controller and display device including the same

A flat panel display includes a signal generator to generate data signals to respective data lines via an output terminal or to generate a control signal for controlling switches. The signal generator includes a first voltage supply unit to supply, to the output terminal, a voltage of a first voltage sources, a voltage stabilizing unit to raise or drop the voltage supplied to the output terminal, and a second voltage supply unit to supply, to the output terminal, a voltage from a second voltage source, after the voltage of the output terminal is raised or dropped.

Flat panel display and driving method thereof

A display panel includes input power supply line coupled to a power supply at one or more edge portions of the display panel, and an output power supply line coupled to the input power supply line at a predetermined portion of the display panel. The input power supply line receives the power supply voltage, and the output power supply line receives the power supply voltage from the input power supply line. The power supply is coupled to the output power supply line at the one or more edge portions of the display panel, and receives the power supply voltage from the output power supply line to adjust a voltage level of the power supply voltage based on the power supply voltage from the output power supply line. The predetermined portion is at a location different from an edge of the display panel.

Display device compensating variation of power supply voltage

A power voltage generating apparatus supplies a power voltage to a plurality of pixel circuits of a display apparatus. The power voltage generating apparatus includes: a high voltage converter to generate a high voltage; a low voltage converter to generate a low voltage; a switching circuit to alternately output the high voltage and the low voltage at a power voltage terminal as the power voltage; and a discharging unit coupled to the power voltage terminal and configured to discharge the power voltage terminal until a voltage output is converted from the high voltage to the low voltage by using the switching circuit.

Display apparatus, power voltage generating apparatus, and method of generating power voltage

A protection circuit includes: a temperature measuring unit which compares a voltage corresponding to a temperature at each of a plurality of sense points with a reference voltage, and generates a measurement result based on a result of comparison; a controller which generates a plurality of current control signals, which controls currents of a plurality of channels corresponding to the plurality of sense points, respectively, based on the measurement result from the temperature measuring unit; and a plurality of phase converter which outputs the currents of the plurality of channels based on the plurality of current control signals, wherein the controller generates the plurality of current control signals until the voltage corresponding to the temperature of each of the plurality of sense points is substantially equal to the reference voltage.

Protection circuit, circuit protection method using the same and display device

A display panel includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of dummy loads, a pad portion and a fanout portion. The data lines are disposed in a display area, on which a plurality of pixels are disposed. The gate lines are disposed in the display area and cross the data lines. The dummy loads are disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The pad portion is disposed in the peripheral area and includes signal pads and dummy pads. The fanout portion includes a first fanout line portion connecting the data lines to the signal pads, and a second fanout line portion connecting the dummy loads to the dummy pads.

Display panel and display apparatus having the same

A power supply apparatus includes a storage battery, a power part and a solar battery part. The storage battery provides a charged voltage to an electronic device. The power part provides an external voltage to the electronic device and simultaneously charges the storage battery, upon determining that the external voltage is provided to the power supply apparatus. The solar battery part charges the storage battery using a voltage output by a solar battery upon determining that the external voltage is not provided to the power supply apparatus and the electronic device is not in use, and provides the voltage output by the solar battery and the charged voltage output by the storage battery to the electronic device, upon determining that the external voltage is not provided to the power supply apparatus and the electronic device is in use.

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Byeong-Doo Kang