Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.

Chul-Kyu Kang

Yong-Sung Park

Keum-Nam Kim

Sang-Moo Choi

Young-In Hwang

Jong-Hyun Choi

Bo-Yong Chung

Seong-Il Park

Woo-Sik Jun

Hee-chul Jeon

Dong-Wook Park

Yong-Jae Kim

Hae-Yeon Lee

Tak-Young Lee

Ji-Hye Kong

Yu-Lian Choi

Jae-Hoon Lee

Byoung-Keon Park

Young-Jin Cho

June-Woo Lee

Ki-Nyeng Kang

Kyung Hoon Chung

Deok-Young Choi

In-Ho Choi

Do-Hyun Kwon

Soon-Sung Ahn

Ju-Won Yoon

Jung-Mi Choi

Kyung-Hoon Chung

So-Young Kang

An organic light emitting display device includes a pixel unit and a driving unit. The pixel unit includes at least one pixel and the driving unit is configured to drive the pixel unit. The at least one pixel includes a first switching transistor, a second switching transistor, a third switching transistor, a fourth switching transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, an organic light emitting diode, a third capacitor, and a driving transistor.

Organic light emitting display device with increased luminance uniformity

A pixel, a display device including a plurality of pixels, and a method of driving the display device. The display device includes: an emission pixel comprising an emission device, the emission pixel being in a display area; a dummy pixel in a non-display area outside the display area; and a repair line that is connectable to the emission device of the emission pixel and the dummy pixel, wherein the dummy pixel includes: a first dummy driver for receiving a same data signal as the data signal applied to the emission pixel for each of a plurality of subfields of one frame and controlling emission of the emission device of the emission pixel via the repair line; and a second dummy driver for resetting the repair line in one of the subfields in which the emission device does not emit light.

Pixel, display device including the pixel, and method of driving the display device

A pixel may include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) with a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source, a first transistor with a first electrode coupled to a data line, with a second electrode coupled to a first node, the first transistor being turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a third power source to charge a first capacitor voltage corresponding to a data signal supplied from the data line, and a pixel circuit charged by the first capacitor voltage to supply current corresponding to a charged first power source voltage from a first power source to the second power source via the OLED.

Pixel and organic light emitting display using the same

A gate driver and a display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes a plurality of stages configured to respectively output a plurality of gate output signals. An N-th stage includes a first input circuit configured to boost a first input signal to a first signal and transmit the first input signal to a first node. A second input circuit is configured to boost the first input signal to a second signal and transmit the fifth clock signal and a first direct current (DC) voltage to a second node. A stabilizing circuit is configured to boost a second input signal to a third signal, boost a second node signal to a fourth signal, and stabilize a first node signal. An initializing circuit is configured to initialize voltages at the first and second nodes and the first to fourth signals.

Gate driver and display device having the same

An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate comprising a major surface; a display region and a peripheral region surrounding the display region when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; an array of a plurality of pixels disposed in the display region; and a first power line extending from the peripheral region into the display region, the first power line being electrically connected to the array of pixels at a contact point in the display region. When viewed in the viewing direction, the first power line includes: a first extension extending from the peripheral region to the display region; and a second extension connected to the first extension; and a third extension connected to the second extension and extending from a location in the display region toward the peripheral region.

Power lines disposed in organic light emitting display device

A degradation compensating pixel circuit includes: an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a driving circuit including a first capacitor and a first transistor, the first capacitor being configured to be charged in response to a data signal and a scan signal, the first transistor being configured to drive the OLED according to a first voltage between first and second terminals of the first capacitor, the first terminal of the first capacitor being configured to receive a supply voltage, the second terminal of the first capacitor being coupled to a gate terminal of the first transistor; and a degradation compensating circuit coupled to a source terminal of the first transistor and the gate terminal of the first transistor, the degradation compensating circuit being configured to change the first voltage according to a first current of the first transistor.

Degradation compensating pixel circuit and organic light emitting diode display device including the same

A scan driving device includes scan driving blocks, each including: a first node receiving a signal that is input to a first driving signal input terminal according to a clock signal input to a first clock signal input terminal; a second node receiving a second power source voltage according to the clock signal input to the first clock signal input terminal and a signal input to a second driving signal input terminal; a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node and an electrode receiving an output control signal; a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node and an electrode connected to a second clock signal input terminal; and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, an electrode connected to a first power source voltage, and another electrode connected to the first node.

Scan driving device and method of driving the same

An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.

Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same

A pixel circuit includes an OLED having a cathode coupled to a power source voltage, a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to an anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a second transistor having a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor having a first electrode coupled to another power source voltage, a second electrode coupled to a first electrode of the second transistor, and a gate electrode coupled to a gate control-line, a fourth transistor having a first electrode coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor, a second electrode coupled to the anode of the OLED, and a gate electrode coupled to a scan-line, and a capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the second transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor.

Pixel circuit, organic light emitting display device, and method of driving the pixel circuit

Embodiments may provide a scan driver including a plurality of stages for simultaneously outputting first scan signals in a simultaneous driving period and for progressively outputting second scan signals in a progressive driving period, wherein each of the stages includes a first signal processing unit coupled to an input terminal, a first clock terminal, a third clock terminal, an auxiliary terminal, a first power source terminal, and a second power source terminal to output a first output signal and a second output signal, and a second signal processing unit coupled to a second clock terminal and the first power source terminal to receive the first output signal and the second output signal and to output a first scan signal and a second scan signal to an output terminal.

Scan driver and organic light emitting display using the same

A pixel has a simple structure and compensates for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor. An organic light emitting display device includes the pixel, which includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor having a second electrode coupled to the organic light emitting diode and a first electrode coupled to a data line; a second transistor between a gate electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a storage capacitor electrically coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply.

A pixel circuit including an organic light emitting diode. Also, the pixel circuit includes: a second transistor connected to a first scanning line, a data line, and a first node; a fifth transistor connected to a third scanning line, the first node, and a second node; a fourth transistor connected to a second scanning line, a first reference voltage, and the second node; a third transistor connected to the first scanning line, a second reference voltage, and a third node; a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node; a second capacitor connected between the second node and the third node; and a first transistor connected to the first node, a first power, and the third node, and configured to drive the organic light emitting diode.

Pixel circuit, and organic light emitting display, and driving method thereof

A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor; a second transistor coupled to a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an iscan line; a third transistor between the second transistor and a gate electrode of the first transistor and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an i+1scan line; a fourth transistor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a reference power supply and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to the iscan line; a fifth transistor between the organic light emitting diode and an initial power supply and turned on when a control signal is supplied; a first capacitor between the organic light emitting diode and a node between the second transistor and the third transistor; and a second capacitor between the node and the gate electrode of the first transistor.

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Chul-Kyu Kang