Crucialtec Co.ltd

Ju An Yoon

Woo Young Choi

Byung Seong Bae

Jong Uk Kim

Ho Sik Jeon

So Hyun Jeong

Jun Suk Lee

Sang A Oh

A display apparatus capable of image scanning is provided including a contact sensor arranged in each unit pixel. The contact sensor includes a pixel electrode forming a contact capacitance by contact with a contact means; a reset transistor where a drain electrode is connected to a node where the contact capacitance is formed, and each of a gate electrode and a source electrode is connected to a first scan line to which a selective signal is applied; an amplifying transistor where a gate electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the reset transistor; and a detecting transistor where a drain electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the amplifying transistor, a gate electrode is connected to a second scan line to which a selective signal is applied, and a source electrode is connected to a readout line detecting a current corresponding to the contact capacitance.

Display apparatus capable of image scanning and driving method thereof

A display apparatus capable of image scanning and a driving method thereof are provided. A display apparatus capable of image scanning includes a plurality of contact sensors each of which includes an N-type transistor, a P-type transistor connected to a gate electrode of the N-type transistor, and a sensing capacitor, the plurality of contact sensors being arranged so as not to cover a unit color pixel area of a color filter layer; a first scan line to which a selective signal is periodically applied, the first scan line being connected to a source electrode of the N-type transistor; a second scan line to which a selective signal is applied followed by the first scan line, the second scan line being connected to the gate electrode and source electrode of the P-type transistor; and a readout line connected to the drain electrode of the N-type transistor.

According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a display apparatus capable of image scanning and a driving method thereof. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a display apparatus capable of image scanning, including a plurality of contact sensors, each of them being arranged so as not to overlap a unit color pixel of a color filter layer and including only one sensing transistor generating a leakage current corresponding to the strength of light reflected from an outside object, a scan line applied with a selective signal selecting at least a part of the contact sensors among the plurality of contact sensors, and a readout line receiving an output signal corresponding to the amount of electric charge charged in a parasitic capacitance of the sensing transistor by the leakage current from a contact sensor applied with the selective signal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display apparatus capable of image scanning and a method for driving the same are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display apparatus capable of image scanning is provided including a contact sensor arranged in each unit pixel. The contact sensor includes a pixel electrode forming a contact capacitance by contact with a contact means; a reset transistor where a drain electrode is connected to a node where the contact capacitance is formed, and each of a gate electrode and a source electrode is connected to a first scan line to which a selective signal is applied; an amplifying transistor where a gate electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the reset transistor, and a source electrode is connected to a power input terminal; and a detecting transistor where a drain electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the amplifying transistor, a gate electrode is connected to a second scan line to which a selective signal is applied, and a source electrode is connected to a readout line detecting a current corresponding to the contact capacitance.

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Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea

Ju An Yoon