Pixel capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness and organic light emitting display using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9330596-B2
Application number	US-201113092095-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2011
Priority date	Oct 28, 2010
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A pixel capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source coupled to a first electrode to the OLED, a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initial power source to be turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to a second scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power source, and a second capacitor whose first terminal is coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pixel, comprising:
an organic light emitting diode (OLED);
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source, the first transistor coupled between a first electrode of the OLED and the first power source;
a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initial power source and configured to be turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to a second scan line;
a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power source; and
a second capacitor whose first terminal is directly coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor at a node that is between the first transistor and the first power source,
wherein a second electrode of the OLED is directly coupled to a second power source,
wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is directly coupled to a fixed voltage source different from the first power source, the initial power source, and the second power source, and
wherein the first capacitor is set to have a higher capacity than the second capacitor.

2. The pixel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a third transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and a data line and configured to be turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to a first scan line;
a fourth transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode of the first transistor and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied to the first scan line;
a fifth transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and the first power source and configured to be turned off when an emission control signal is supplied to an emission control line; and
a sixth transistor coupled between the second electrode of the first transistor and the OLED and configured to be turned off when the emission control signal is supplied to the emission control line.

3. The pixel as claimed in claim 2 , wherein turn on time of the fifth transistor is configured to not overlap turn on times of the first transistor and the second transistor.

4. The pixel as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a third transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and a data line and configured to be turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to a first scan line, wherein during a first period after the second scan signal is supplied to the second scan line but before a first scan signal is supplied to the first scan line, an on bias voltage is supplied to the first transistor, and wherein the second scan signal and the first scan signal are separated from each other by a period of time.

5. An organic light emitting display, comprising:
a scan driver for supplying first scan signals to first scan lines, for supplying second scan signals to second scan lines, and for supplying emission control signals to emission control lines;
a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines in synchronization with the first scan signals; and
pixels positioned at crossings of the first scan lines and the data lines,
wherein each of the pixels positioned in an ith (i is a natural number) horizontal line comprises:
an OLED;
a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source, the first transistor coupled between a first electrode of the OLED and the first power source;
a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initial power source and configured to be turned on when a second scan signal of the second scan signals is supplied to an ith second scan line of the second scan lines;
a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power source; and
a second capacitor whose first terminal is directly coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor at a node that is between the first transistor and the first power source,
wherein a second electrode of the OLED is directly coupled to a second power source,
wherein a second terminal of the second capacitor is directly coupled to a fixed voltage source different from the first power source, the initial power source, and the second power source and
wherein the first capacitor is set to have a higher capacity than the second capacitor.

6. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the scan driver is configured to supply a first scan signal of the first scan signals to an ith first scan line of the first scan lines after the second scan signal is supplied to the ith second scan line.

7. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the scan driver is configured to supply the first scan signal to the ith first scan line after at least two horizontal periods after the second scan signal is supplied to the ith second scan line.

8. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the scan driver is configured to supply an emission control signal of the emission control signals to an ith emission control line of the emission control lines to overlap the second scan signal supplied to the ith second scan line and the first scan signal supplied to the ith first scan line.

9. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a third 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 to the ith first scan line;
a fourth transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode of the first transistor and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied to the ith first scan line;
a fifth transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and the first power source and configured to be turned off when the emission control signal is supplied to the ith emission control line; and
a sixth transistor coupled between the second electrode of the first transistor and the OLED and configured to be turned off when the emission control signal is supplied to the ith emission control line.

10. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the scan driver is configured to supply the first scan signal to an ith first scan line, and wherein during a first period, an on bias voltage is supplied to the first transistor after the second scan signal is supplied to the ith second scan line but before the first scan signal is supplied to the ith first scan line, and wherein the second scan signal and the first scan signal are separated from each other by a period in time.

11. The organic light emitting display as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first period is set long enough to initialize all of the first transistors in the pixels to a uniform state.

Assignees

• Choi Sang-Moo
• Park Seong-Il
• Kim Keum-Nam
• Lee Dong-Beom
• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Sang-Moo
• Park Seong-Il
• Kim Keum-Nam
• Lee Dong-Beom

Classifications

• G09G2300/0861

  with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes · CPC title

• G09G2300/0852

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

• G09G2300/0819

  used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing · CPC title

• G09G3/3233 Primary

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