Pixel and organic light emitting display using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9148930-B2
Application number	US-201313869791-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2013
Priority date	Dec 13, 2012
Publication date	Sep 29, 2015
Grant date	Sep 29, 2015

Abstract

An organic light emitting display capable of improving display quality. The organic light emitting display includes a data driver for supplying bias power supply to data lines in a first period of one frame, for supplying reference power supply in a second period, and for supplying data signals in a fourth period, a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to scan lines in the fourth period, pixels positioned at intersections of the scan lines and the data lines, and a first control line, a second control line, a third control line, and a fourth control line commonly coupled to the pixels. Each of the pixels includes a first capacitor for previously charging voltages corresponding to the data signals and a second capacitor charged by a voltage of the first capacitor in a third period between the second period and the fourth period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display, comprising:
a data driver for supplying bias power supply to data lines in a first period of one frame, for supplying reference power supply in a second period, and for supplying data signals in a fourth period;
a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to scan lines in the fourth period;
pixels positioned at intersections of the scan lines and the data lines; and
a first control line, a second control line, a third control line, and a fourth control line coupled to the pixels from a control driver, each of the pixels comprising:
a first capacitor for previously charging voltages corresponding to the data signals; and
a second capacitor charged by a voltage of the first capacitor in a third period between the second period and the fourth period.

2. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the pixels consists of NMOS transistors.

3. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control driver supplies a first control signal to the first control line in the first period, supplies a second control signal to the second control line in the first period and a second period, supplies a third control signal to the third control line in the second period and a fourth period, and supplies a fourth control signal to the fourth control line in the third period.

4. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each of the pixels comprises:
an organic light emitting diode;
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply to the organic light emitting diode to correspond to a voltage applied to a second node;
a second transistor coupled between a third node that is a common node of the organic light emitting diode and the first transistor and an initializing power supply and turned on when the firsts control signal is supplied;
a third transistor coupled between the second node and the data line and turned on when the second control signal is supplied;
a fourth transistor coupled between the second node and a first node and turned on when the fourth control signal is supplied;
the first capacitor coupled between the first node and a fixed voltage source; and
the second capacitor coupled between the second node and the third node.

5. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the fixed voltage source is set as the initializing power supply.

6. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the bias power supply is set to have a voltage value supplied to a gate electrode of the first transistor to apply an on bias voltage or an off bias voltage to the first transistor.

7. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the reference power supply is set to have a voltage at which the first transistor may be turned on.

8. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the reference power supply is set to have a higher voltage than that of the initializing power supply.

9. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of the pixels comprises:
a fifth transistor coupled between the data line and the first node and turned on when a scan signal is supplied; and
a sixth transistor coupled between the first power supply and the first transistor and turned on when the third control signal is supplied.

10. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of the pixels comprises:
a fifth transistor coupled between the data line and the first node and turned on when a scan signal is supplied; and
a sixth transistor coupled between the third node and the OLED and turned on when the third control signal is supplied.

11. A pixel, comprising:
an organic light emitting diode;
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply to the organic light emitting diode to correspond to a voltage applied to a second node;
a third transistor coupled between the second node and a data line;
a second transistor coupled between a third node that is a common terminal of the organic light emitting diode and the first transistor and an initializing power supply and turned on in a partial period of a period in which the third transistor is turned on;
a fourth transistor that is coupled between a first node and the second node and whose turn-on period does not overlap those of the second transistor and the third transistor;
a first capacitor coupled between the first node and a fixed voltage source; and
a second capacitor coupled between the second node and the third node.

12. The pixel as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising a fifth transistor coupled between the data line and the first node and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line.

13. The pixel as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a sixth transistor coupled between the first power supply and the first transistor, turned on in a remaining period excluding the partial period of a period in which the third transistor is turned on, and turned on in a period where the scan signal is supplied to the scan line.

14. The pixel as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a sixth transistor coupled between the third node and the organic light emitting diode, turned on in a remaining period excluding the partial period of a period in which the third transistor is turned on, and turned on in a period where the scan signal is supplied to the scan line.

15. The pixel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the fixed voltage source is set as the initializing power supply.

16. The pixel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first capacitor is set to have higher capacity than that of the second capacitor.

17. The pixel as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first to fourth transistors are NMOS transistors.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chung Bo-Yong
• Lee Hae-Yeon
• Lee Tak-Young
• Oh Jin-Gon
• Kim Yong-Jae

Classifications

• G09G3/3233 Primary

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

• H05B45/60 Primary

  Circuit arrangements for operating LEDs comprising organic material, e.g. for operating organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED] · CPC title

• G09G2320/045

  Compensation of drifts in the characteristics of light emitting or modulating elements · CPC title

• G09G2310/027

  Details of drivers for data electrodes, the drivers handling digital grey scale data, e.g. use of D/A converters · CPC title

• G09G2300/0852

  being a dynamic memory with more than one capacitor · CPC title