Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.

Naoaki Komiya

Ryo Ishii

Takeshi Okuno

Eiji Kanda

Masayuki Kumeta

Daisuke Kawae

In-Ho Choi

Wang-Jo Lee

Choon-Yul Oh

Joo-Hyeon Jeong

Myoung-Hwan Yoo

Ho-Ryun Chung

Hirofumi Katsuse

Chang-Ho Hyun

Woung Kim

Jin-Woo Kim

Hai-Jung In

Jang-Doo Lee

Hyung-Soo Kim

Young Wook Yoo

Youngwook Yoo

Kazunori Morimoto

Jin-Tae Jung

A pixel of a display panel includes a storage capacitor, at least one scan transistor to transfer first and second voltages to ends of the storage capacitor in response to a scan signal, a driving transistor to generate a driving current based on a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage stored in the storage capacitor, at least one emission transistor to selectively provide the driving current to an organic light emitting diode in response to an emission control signal, and the organic light emitting diode to emit light, wherein the first voltage is a sum of a data voltage and a pixel deviation compensation voltage for compensating a threshold voltage deviation between pixels included in the display panel, and wherein the second voltage is a panel deviation compensation voltage for compensating a threshold voltage deviation between display panels manufactured by a same process for the display panel.

Pixel of a display panel having a panel deviation compensation voltage and display device

A pixel includes five transistors and a capacitor. A first transistor controls current to be supplied to a light-emitting element. A second transistor is connected between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a first power supply. A third transistor is connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second terminal of the first transistor. The capacitor is coupled between the third transistor and the second terminal of the first transistor. The fourth transistor is connected between the second terminal of the first transistor and a second power supply. The fifth transistor is connected between the second terminal of the third transistor and a signal line. The capacitor may be the only capacitor in the pixel, and the signal line may receive an initialization voltage and a gray scale data voltage.

Light-emitting display apparatus and driving method thereof

A flexible display device includes a sensing line, a sensor, and a signal controller. The sensor generates a sensing signal corresponding to a quantity of light of the sensing line. The signal controller detects an intersection of the sensing line and the sensor and generates a control signal corresponding to movement of the intersection.

Flexible display device

An organic light-emitting display apparatus including at least one pixel including an OLED, a first transistor connected to a connection line, a second transistor connected to a power line, and to the first transistor, a third transistor connected to a data line, a fourth transistor connected to the third transistor, and to the first transistor, a fifth connected to the fourth transistor, a sixth transistor connected to the fifth transistor, and to the fifth transistor, a seventh transistor connected to the fifth transistor, and to the OLED, and first and second capacitors connected between electrodes of the fourth and fifth transistors, respectively.

Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of driving the same

A display device includes an acquiring circuit, a calculator, and a delay controller. The acquiring circuit acquires a gray scale voltage of a gray scale value of a pixel. The calculator calculates a first delay correction value based on a voltage currently retained on a data signal line to which the gray scale voltage is output and a gray scale voltage to be subsequently output to the data signal line. The delay controller determines a timing when the gray scale voltage is to be output to the data signal line based on the first delay correction value.

Display apparatus and method of driving the same

A method for driving a display device includes driving a first pixel circuit based on first and second fields of a frame, and driving a second pixel circuit based on first and second fields of the frame. The first field of the first pixel circuit overlaps the second field of the second pixel circuit. The second field of the first pixel circuit overlaps the first field of the second pixel circuit. Operations performed in the first field include storing a gray scale data voltage, and operations performed in the second field include supplying an amount of current to a light emitter based on the stored gray scale data voltage. The first and second pixel circuits are in adjacent rows of the display device.

Pixel circuit and driving method thereof

A pixel circuit includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a data storage capacitor to store a voltage for controlling a gray scale value based on an input data signal, a plurality of switch transistors connected in series between a data signal line and the data storage capacitor, and a plurality of connection transistors coupled to the pixels. The switch transistors have a gate electrode connected to a first gate control signal line. At least one connection transistor is connected between at least one node between the switch transistors of a first pixel and at least one node between the switch transistors of a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel. The at least one connection transistor includes a gate electrode connected to a second gate control signal line.

Pixel circuit and method for driving the same

A display device includes a pixel circuit having a driving transistor for driving a light-emitting element based on a gradation voltage held by a holding capacitor. The display device performs a first writing of gradation data using a first initialization voltage and a second writing of the gradation data using a second initialization voltage.

Display device with initialization control and method of driving pixel circuit thereof

A display apparatus includes a display unit, a control unit, and a compensation unit. The compensation unit may compensate the display data when a sensing operation is performed on a target pixel circuit, the compensation unit compensating display data by setting a light emission amount of light emitting element of a target pixel circuit to be an amount obtained by subtracting a sensing light emission amount, which is a light emission amount of the light emitting element of the target pixel circuit during a sensing interval, from a display light emission amount, which is a light emission amount of the light emitting element of the target pixel circuit before the compensation.

Display apparatus and controlling method thereof

An optoelectronic device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a control circuit. The first transistor is electrically connected between a power supply and a light-emitting element, has a gate to receive a gray scale voltage, and supplies the light-emitting element with a driving current corresponding to the gray scale voltage. The second transistor has a gate electrically connected to an electrode of the light-emitting element and a source or drain electrically connected to a circuit including a voltmeter. The control circuit reads a measurement value of the voltmeter when the gate of the first transistor receives the gray scale voltage, and corrects a next gray scale voltage applied to the gate of the first transistor based on the measurement value.

Electro-optical device

A display device includes a driving transistor in a pixel circuit. A signal line is connected to a source or drain of the driving transistor. The source or drain of the driving transistor receives a power source voltage, an initialization voltage, and a data voltage through the signal line during different periods of operation. The periods of operation include an emission and non-emission periods.

Display apparatus with initialization control and driving method of display apparatus

A pixel circuit is provided which includes a light-emitting element; a driving transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied from a first power line to the light-emitting element according to a pixel voltage; a capacitor having one end connected to a second power line and the other end connected to a gate of the driving transistor and configured to hold the pixel voltage; a first switch transistor configured to selectively switch the pixel voltage provided through a data signal line into the capacitor; and a second switch transistor configured to selectively connect the first power line and the second power line. The first and second power lines are separated during a period where the capacitor is charged by the pixel voltage, and are shorted during a period where the driving transistor operates according to the pixel voltage.

Pixel circuit for displaying gradation with accuracy and display device using the same

A device includes pixel circuits arranged in columns and rows, n data lines (n being an integer of 2 or more) for each column, gate lines supplied with scan signals, and light-emitting control lines supplied with light-emitting control signals. The pixel circuits are divided into n groups of rows, each group of rows being exclusively connected to a corresponding data line. Each pixel circuit includes a write control transistor to control writing a data voltage in response to a scan signal, a driving transistor to control the amount of current to be supplied to a current light-emitting element, a light-emitting control transistor to control supply of a current to the light-emitting element in response to a light-emitting control signal, a capacitor to retain a voltage corresponding to a write data voltage, and a reset transistor to set the gate electrode of the driving transistor with the initial voltage.

Drive circuit, optoelectronic device, electronic device, and drive method

A scan driver includes: a plurality of scan driving blocks including an output terminal outputting a scan signal to a scan line; a first transistor transmitting a voltage of a power source to the output terminal; a second transistor transmitting a clock signal to the output terminal; and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to a node formed with a gate-on voltage turning on the second transistor, one terminal connected to the power source, and the other terminal connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The scan driver may reduce the influence of a leakage current even though application of the scan signal is increased, and a scan signal of a uniform voltage level may be output.

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Naoaki Komiya