Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Lg Electronics Inc.

Joon Min Park

Kwang Jin Lee

Hye-Jin Kim

Ji Hun Kim

Hwa Young Kim

Choon Myun Chung

Yong-jun Lee

Beak Hyung Cho

Tae Man Yang

Huik Won Seo

An electroluminescent display apparatus includes a display panel including first and second pixel, a data voltage supply unit supplying the first pixel with a first data voltage of a first gate signal and supplying the second pixel with a second data voltage of a second gate signal in a vertical active period of a first frame and continuously supplying the second pixel with a sensing data voltage and a recovery data voltage of a third gate signal in a vertical blank period of the first frame, and a sensing circuit sensing an electrical characteristic of the second pixel based on the sensing data voltage in the vertical blank period. The recovery data voltage is supplied to the second pixel later than the sensing data voltage. The recovery data voltage supplied to the second pixel in the vertical blank period includes the first and second data voltages.

Panel driving device, driving method thereof, and electroluminescent display apparatus

A display device according to an embodiment of the specification includes a display panel including a pixel including a driving element and a light emitting device; a host system configured to render image data, which is to be applied to the pixel, change a length of a vertical blank period, and output a rendering completion signal prior to outputting the rendered image data; a timing controller configured to set a sensing period on the basis of the rendering completion signal in the vertical blank period; and a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic of the driving element in the sensing period, wherein the sensing period starts at a first timing which is a predetermined time earlier than an end time of the vertical blank period, and a length of the predetermined time is fixed regardless of a length variation of the vertical blank period.

Display device and driving method thereof

An electroluminescent display apparatus may include: a display panel including a pixel; a data voltage supply circuit configured to supply a sensing data voltage to the pixel in a sensing period within a vertical blank period of a first frame, to supply a recovery data voltage to the pixel in a recovery period following the sensing period, and to supply a display data voltage to the pixel in a vertical active period of a second frame following the first frame; and a sensing circuit configured to sense an electrical characteristic of the pixel based on the sensing data voltage in the sensing period within the vertical blank period of the first frame. A level of the display data voltage to be supplied to the pixel in the vertical active period of the second frame may be determined based on a length of the vertical blank period of the first frame.

Electroluminescent display apparatus with a sensing circuit to sense an electrical characteristic of a pixel

A data driver can include a white data voltage output circuit having an Ath channel for outputting a first white data voltage and a Bth channel for outputting a second white data voltage different from the first white data voltage. The data driver can further include red, green, and blue data voltage output circuits configured to output a red data voltage, a green data voltage, and a blue data voltage, respectively. One of the Ath channel and the Bth channel can operate in a first driving condition, and the Ath channel and the Bth channel can operate together in a second driving condition.

Data driver and LED device including the same

Panel driving device, driving method thereof, and electroluminescent display apparatus incorporating the same

An electroluminescent display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels each including a light-emitting element driven according to a driving current flowing between a high-level power supply voltage and a low-level power supply voltage, and an EVDD adjustment circuit configured to cut off the high-level power supply voltage for a black period in which emission of light from the light-emitting element stops in one frame such that the high-level power supply voltage is not applied to the pixels.

Electroluminescent display device and method for driving same

A nonvolatile memory device includes an array of resistive memory cells and a write driver, which is configured to drive a selected bit line in the array with a reset current pulse, which is responsive to a first external voltage input through a first terminal/pad of the memory device during a memory cell reset operation. The write driver is further configured to drive the selected bit line in sequence with a first set current pulse, which is responsive to the first external voltage, and a second set current pulse, which is responsive to a second external voltage input through a second terminal/pad of the memory device during a memory cell set operation.

Resistive memory devices and memory systems having the same

A nonvolatile memory device comprises a one-time-programmable (OTP) lock bit register. The nonvolatile memory device comprises a variable-resistance memory cell array comprising an OTP block that store data and a register that stores OTP lock state information indicating whether the data is changeable. The register comprises a variable memory cell. An initial value of the OTP lock state information is set to a program protection state.

Nonvolatile memory device comprising one-time-programmable lock bit register

A semiconductor device according to example embodiments may be configured so that, when a read command for performing a read operation is input while a write operation is performed, and when a memory bank accessed by a write address during the write operation is the same as a memory bank accessed by a read address during the read operation, the semiconductor device may suspend the write operation automatically or in response to an internal signal until the read operation is finished and performs the write operation after the read operation is finished.

Semiconductor device and semiconductor system having the same

A semiconductor memory device having an efficient core structure for multi-writing includes a data input/output line, a plurality of memory banks each comprising a plurality of memory cells, a first global bit line and a second global bit line which are shared by the plurality of memory banks, and a first write driver and a second write driver which are connected with the data input/output line and provide a program current to the plurality of memory banks through the first and second global bit lines, respectively. Each memory bank includes a first cell area connected with the first global bit line and a second cell area connected with the second global bit line. In a multi-write mode, the first cell area in a first memory bank among the plurality of memory banks and the second cell area in a second memory bank among the plurality of memory banks are simultaneously selected and data is written to memory cells in the selected first and second cell areas, so that data writing time is reduced under the same conditions as a normal write mode.

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