Organic light emitting display and sensing method therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10089928-B2
Application number	US-201715655581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2017
Priority date	Jul 29, 2016
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

The sensing method for an organic light-emitting display comprises: defining a pixel group comprising a reference pixel and two or more valid pixels, among a plurality of pixels arranged on a horizontal line; obtaining a black level current sensing value by applying a black level data voltage to the reference pixel; obtaining a current sensing value for a given gray level by applying a data voltage for the given gray level higher than the black level to each of the valid pixels; and obtaining a pixel current sensing value by subtracting the black level current sensing value from the current sensing value for the given gray level to eliminate common noise.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensing method for an organic light-emitting display which comprises a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and sensing lines, each pixel comprising an organic light-emitting diode and a driving transistor driving the organic light-emitting diode, and which obtains a current sensing value of a source-drain current of the driving transistor in response to a data voltage applied to the pixels, the method comprising:
defining a pixel group comprising a reference pixel and two or more valid pixels, among a plurality of pixels arranged on a horizontal line;
obtaining a black level current sensing value by applying a black level data voltage to the reference pixel;
obtaining a current sensing value for a given gray level by applying a data voltage for the given gray level higher than the black level to each of the valid pixels; and
obtaining a pixel current sensing value by subtracting the black level current sensing value from the current sensing value for the given gray level to eliminate common noise.

2. The sensing method of claim 1 , wherein the pixel group comprises first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels (n is a natural number) and a reference pixel, and the obtaining of a black level current sensing value and the obtaining of a current sensing value for a given gray level of each of the first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels are performed within a sensing period and overlap in part of the sensing period.

3. The sensing method of claim 2 , wherein the pixel current sensing values for the first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels are sequentially obtained.

4. An organic light-emitting display comprising:
a display panel on which a plurality of pixels connected to data lines and sensing lines are arranged, each pixel comprising an organic light-emitting diode and a driving transistor driving the organic light-emitting diode, and in which the pixels arranged on a horizontal line are driven in a sensing mode in pixel groups each comprising a reference pixel and first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels; and
a data driver that senses current values of the pixels in the sensing mode,
wherein the data driver comprises:
a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that applies a black level data voltage to the reference pixel and a data voltage for a given gray level to each of the valid pixels, during a sensing period of the sensing mode;
first to (n- 1 )th current integrators that obtain current sensing values for given gray levels of the first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels during the sensing period;
an nth current integrator that obtains a black level current sensing value for the reference pixel during the sensing period;
a multiplexer that outputs any one of the current sensing values for given gray levels of the first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels as a first output value and the black level current sensing value as a second output value, during a noise cancellation period subsequent to the sensing period; and
a subtractor that outputs a pixel current sensing value for the valid pixel by subtracting the second output value form the first output value during the noise cancellation period to eliminate common noise components.

5. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein the black level current sensing value is a current sensing value of a source-drain current of the driving transistor with common noise components mixed in that is obtained when a black level data voltage is applied to the reference pixel.

6. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein the current sensing value for a given gray level is a current sensing value of the source-drain current of the driving transistor with common noise components mixed in that is obtained when a data voltage for the given gray level higher than the black level is applied to any one of the first to (n- 1 )th valid pixels.

7. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein the subtractor is a differential amplifier comprising:
a non-inverting input terminal that receives the first output value; and
an inverting input terminal that receives the second output value.

8. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein the data driver further comprises first to nth sampling capacitors that sample and store current sensing values accumulated by the first to nth current integrators, and
the multiplexer comprises:
first to nth valid channel switches that switch the first to nth sampling capacitors and the non-inverting input terminal; and
first to nth reference channel switches that switch the first to nth sampling capacitors and the inverting input terminal.

9. The organic light-emitting display of claim 8 , wherein the first to (n- 1 )th valid channel switches are sequentially turned on within the noise cancellation period.

10. The organic light-emitting display of claim 9 , wherein, within the noise cancellation period, the nth reference channel switch is turned on each time the first to (n- 1 )th valid channel switches are turned on.

11. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein, within a pixel group comprising n pixels, the column in which the reference pixel is positioned differs for each horizontal line or for each frame.

12. The organic light-emitting display of claim 4 , wherein the ith current integrator (i is a natural number of n or greater) comprises:
an amplifier comprising an inverting input terminal connected to an ith sensing channel, a non-inverting input terminal receiving a reference voltage, and an amplifier outputting sampled values; and
an integration capacitor connected between the inverting input terminal and output terminal of the amplifier; and
a first switch connected to two ends of the integration capacitor.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• YOO Jaeik
• Lim Myunggi
• Do Osung

Classifications

• G09G3/3233 Primary

  with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element · CPC title

• G09G2320/0238

  Improving the black level · CPC title

• G09G2320/0219

  Reducing feedthrough effects in active matrix panels, i.e. voltage changes on the scan electrode influencing the pixel voltage due to capacitive coupling · CPC title

• G09G2310/0297

  Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns · CPC title

• G09G2320/029

  by monitoring one or more pixels in the display panel, e.g. by monitoring a fixed reference pixel · CPC title