Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Haijung In

Chulkyu Kang

Kimyeong Eom

Jaesic Lee

Wonkyu Kwak

Minku Lee

Soongi Kwon

Soyoung Lee

Dongsun Lee

Minjeong Kim

Dongeup Lee

Seonkyoon Mok

Yunkyeong In

Jisu Na

Youngsoo Yoon

Hyunji Cha

Jihyun Ka

Seunghee Lee

Boyong Chung

Kyonghwan Oh

A driver includes a stage that includes a first controller, a second controller, and a first output unit. The first controller controls a voltage level of a first node. The second controller controls voltage levels of a second node and a third node to be equal to the voltage level of a first node or an opposite voltage level of the voltage level of the first node, and controls a voltage level of a fifth node to be equal to the opposite voltage level of the voltage level of the first node. The first output unit may output a gate control signal, which has a first voltage when the second node and the third node is in an on-voltage level state, and has a second voltage when the fifth node is in an on-voltage level state.

Emission control driver including a stage with first and second pull-up transistors that output an output signal

Provided is a scan driver including a plurality of stages. Each stage includes a node controller in which a transistor having a gate connected to a first control node and a transistor having a gate connected to a second control node are coupled to each other. Accordingly, a stable scan signal is output without a separate boost capacitor.

Scan driver

A scan driver includes a stage, wherein the stage includes: a first output controller including a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, wherein the first pull-up transistor has a gate connected to a first control node, and the first pull-down transistor has a gate connected to a second control node; a second output controller including a second pull-up transistor and a second pull-down transistor, wherein the second pull-up transistor has a gate connected to the first control node, and the second pull-down transistor has a gate connected to the second control node; and a stabilizer configured to maintain the first control node at an off-voltage level based on the second control node being at an on-voltage level.

A stage of a gate driver includes: a first node controller and a second node controller. The first node controller includes a first control transistor connected between a first node and a second node, and the first control transistor includes a first gate and a second gate that are connected to a first voltage input terminal for receiving a first voltage of an on-voltage level. The second node controller includes a second control transistor connected between a third node and a second voltage input terminal for receiving a second voltage of an off-voltage level, and the second control transistor includes a first gate connected to the first node and a second gate connected to the second voltage input terminal.

Gate driver

According to an embodiment, a scan driver includes a plurality of stages. An output controller of each of the stages includes a pull-down transistor, and the pull-down transistor includes a first gate and a second gate, where the first gate is electrically connected to a third control node or a node electrically connected to the third control node, and the second gate is connected to a third voltage input terminal to which a third voltage of a second voltage level is applied.

A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a pad area in the peripheral area; a data line in the display area; and a first connection line in the display area and connected to the data line to transmit, to the data line, a signal from the pad area, wherein the first connection line includes a first portion in a first direction and a second portion bent from the first portion and in a second direction.

Display device

Emission control driver including a stage that sets a gate control signal at different times to a first voltage and a second voltage

A display apparatus includes: a substrate having a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction disposed on the display area of the substrate; and a driver disposed on the non-display area, the driver including: a plurality of stages connected to the plurality of gate lines; a first voltage line and a second voltage line that are connected to the plurality of stages to respectively supply a first direct current (DC) voltage and a second DC voltage to the plurality of stages; and at least one capacitor connected to at least one of the plurality of stages, the at least one capacitor including a pair of electrodes, wherein one of the electrodes is electrically connected to one of the first voltage line and the second voltage line.

Display apparatus

A pixel includes an organic light-emitting diode; a first transistor that receives a signal in response to a voltage applied to a first node and controls an amount of current flowing from a second node electrically connected to a power supply voltage line to the organic light-emitting diode; a fourth transistor electrically connected between the first node and a first initializing voltage line; and a bias capacitor electrically connected between the second node and a light-emission control line, the bias capacitor including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode. The first capacitor electrode of the bias capacitor and a semiconductor layer of the first transistor are disposed on a same layer, and the second capacitor electrode of the bias capacitor and a second portion included in a gate electrode of the fourth transistor are disposed on a same layer.

Pixel, and organic light-emitting display device comprising the same

A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixel circuits, each outputting a driving current to an output node connected to an organic light-emitting diode based on a data signal. Each pixel circuit sequentially operate in an anode initialization period, a threshold voltage compensation period, a data write period, and an emission period. The pixel circuits are arranged in in multiple rows and multiple columns, and each pixel circuit includes an anode initialization transistor to output an initialization voltage to the output node based on a first control signal. A first control line connected to the anode initialization transistor of a pixel circuit in an odd row is different from the first control line connected to the anode initialization transistor of a pixel circuit in an even row.

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Haijung In