Organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with desired brightness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9153167-B2
Application number	US-201113091954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2011
Priority date	Oct 28, 2010
Publication date	Oct 6, 2015
Grant date	Oct 6, 2015

Abstract

An organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with desired brightness. The organic light emitting display includes a scan driver for supplying a first scan signal to first scan lines, for supplying a second scan signal to second scan lines, and for supplying emission control signals to emission control lines, a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines, horizontal power source lines extending in parallel with the first scan lines at horizontal lines, and configured to receive a fourth voltage in a first period of a period in which the first scan signal is supplied, and configured to receive a third voltage that is lower than the fourth voltage in a second period excluding the first period, and pixels positioned at crossing regions of the first scan lines and the data lines. Each of the pixels includes an OLED, a first transistor, and a storage capacitor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display, comprising:
a scan driver for supplying a first scan signal to first scan lines, for supplying a second scan signal to second scan lines, and for supplying emission control signals to emission control lines;
a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines;
horizontal power source lines extending in parallel with the first scan lines at horizontal lines, and configured to receive a fourth voltage in a first period of a first scan signal period in which the first scan signal is supplied, and configured to receive a third voltage only in a second period excluding the first period, the third voltage being lower than the fourth voltage;
a first power source line coupled to a third power source for supplying the third voltage;
a second power source line coupled to a fourth power source for supplying the fourth voltage;
first switching elements coupled between the first power source line and the horizontal power source lines;
second switching elements coupled between the second power source line and the horizontal power source lines; and
pixels positioned at crossing regions of the first scan lines and the data lines,
wherein each of the pixels comprises:
an organic light emitting diode (OLED);
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current that flows from a first power source to a second power source via the OLED in accordance with the data signals; and
a storage capacitor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a corresponding one of the horizontal power source lines,

wherein the first scan signal is supplied for an entirety of the first scan signal period,
wherein a second switching element from among the second switching elements positioned at an i th (i is a natural number) horizontal line of the horizontal lines is configured to be turned on for the first period, and
wherein a first switching element from among the first switching elements positioned at the i th horizontal line is configured to be turned on for a time longer than that of the second period and including the second period.

2. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second switching element positioned at the i th horizontal line is configured to be turned on when the second scan signal is supplied to an i th second scan line of the second scan lines.

3. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a switching driver for sequentially supplying control signals to control lines extending in parallel with the first scan lines.

4. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first switching element positioned at the i th horizontal line is configured to be turned on when a control signal of the control signals is supplied to an i th control line of the control lines.

5. An organic light emitting display, comprising:
a scan driver for supplying a first scan signal to first scan lines, for supplying a second scan signal to second scan lines, and for supplying emission control signals to emission control lines;
a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines;
horizontal power source lines extending in parallel with the first scan lines at horizontal lines, and configured to receive a fourth voltage in a first period of a period in which the first scan signal is supplied, and configured to receive a third voltage that is lower than the fourth voltage in a second period excluding the first period; and
pixels positioned at crossing regions of the first scan lines and the data lines,
wherein each of the pixels comprises:
an organic light emitting diode (OLED);
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current that flows from a first power source to a second power source via the OLED in accordance with the data signals;
a storage capacitor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and a corresponding one of the horizontal power source lines;
a second transistor and a third transistor that are serially coupled between a first electrode of the first transistor and the horizontal power source lines and are configured to be turned off when an emission control signal of the emission control signals is supplied; and
a fourth transistor coupled between a second electrode of the first transistor and the OLED and configured to be turned off when the emission control signal is supplied.

6. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first power source is coupled to a common node between the second transistor and the third transistor.

7. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the pixels further comprises:
a fifth transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and a data line of the data lines and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied;
a sixth transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and the gate electrode of the first transistor and configured to be turned on when the second scan signal is supplied; and
a seventh transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the first transistor and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied.

Assignees

• Choi Sang-Moo
• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Sang-Moo

Classifications

• G09G2300/0439

  Pixel structures · CPC title

• G09G2320/045

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

• G09G3/3266

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title

• G09G2320/0233

  Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen · CPC title

• G09G2310/0262

  The addressing of the pixel, in a display other than an active matrix LCD, involving the control of two or more scan electrodes or two or more data electrodes, e.g. pixel voltage dependent on signals of two data electrodes · CPC title