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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
May. 23, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Kyoung-seok Son, Seoul, KR;
Kwang-hee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Jang-yeon Kwon, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ji-sim Jung, Incheon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Example embodiments are directed to a switching device of an active display device and a method of driving the switching device, such that electrical reliability of the active display device is improved. The switching device of the active display device includes a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) that are connected in series. Except for a refresh time duration during which the plurality of TFTs of the switching device are simultaneously turned ON, a positive voltage is applied to at least one of the plurality of TFTs of the switching device so that a reliability of the switching device may be improved.