Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9424779-B2
Application number	US-201313908333-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2013
Priority date	Oct 10, 2012
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

An organic light emitting display device includes a scan driving unit supplying a first scan signal and a second scan signal to each of a plurality of scan lines; a data driving unit supplying data signals to each of a plurality of data lines to be synchronized with the second scan signal; pixels positioned at intersections of the scan lines with the data lines, receiving bias power when the first scan signal is supplied, and receiving the data signals when the second scan signal is supplied.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:
a scan driving unit supplying a first scan signal and a second scan signal to each of a plurality of scan lines;
a data driving unit supplying data signals to a plurality of data lines so as to be synchronized with the second scan signal; and
a plurality of pixels positioned at intersections of the scan lines with the data lines, the pixels receiving a bias power when the first scan signal is supplied and receiving the data signals when the second scan signal is supplied, each of the pixels including:
an organic light emitting diode;
a first transistor connected to a first node and a second node, the first transistor controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply to the organic light emitting diode in accordance with a voltage difference between the first node and the second node; and
a second transistor connected between the first node and an initiation power supply, wherein
when an initiation power from the initiation power supply is applied to the first node and the bias power is applied to the second node, a voltage of the bias power is set so that an on-bias voltage is applied to the first transistor.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the data driving unit further supplies the bias power to be synchronized with the first scan signal.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second scan signal is set to have a width wider than that of the first scan signal.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second scan signal supplied to a j−1-th (j is a natural number) scan line is positioned between the first scan signal and the second scan signal supplied to a j-th-scan line.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein each of i-th pixels positioned in a i-th (i is a natural number) horizontal line includes:
the second transistor having a gate electrode connected to an i−1-th scan line;
a third transistor connected between the first node and a second electrode of the first transistor, and having a gate electrode connected to an i-th scan line;
a fourth transistor connected between the data line and the second node, and having a gate electrode connected to the i-th scan line; and
a storage capacitor connected between the first node and the first power supply.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the scan driving unit further supplies light emitting signals to light emitting control lines formed in parallel with the scan lines.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 6 , wherein a light emitting control signal supplied to an i-th light emitting control line overlaps the first and second scan signals supplied to the i−1-th scan line and the i-th scan line.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the i-th pixels further includes:
a fifth transistor positioned between the first power supply and the second node, and turned off when a light emitting control signal is supplied to an i-th light emitting control line; and
a sixth transistor connected between the second node of the first transistor and the organic light emitting diode, and turned off when the light emitting control signal is supplied to the i-th light emitting control line.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a de-multiplexer connected to output lines of the data driving unit and sequentially supplying a plurality of data signals supplied to the output lines to the plurality of data lines corresponding to control signals, and
a bias voltage supplying unit supplying the bias power to the data lines.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 9 , wherein the control signals do not overlap the first CFA scan signal and the second scan control signal.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 9 , wherein the bias voltage supplying unit is connected between the bias power supply and the data lines and includes switching elements which are turned on when bias control signals are supplied.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 11 , wherein the bias control signals are supplied to be synchronized with the first scan signal.

13. A driving method of an organic light emitting display device having a plurality of pixels at an intersection of a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines, each of the pixels including:
an organic light emitting diode;
a first transistor connected to a first node and a second node, the first transistor controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power supply to the organic light emitting diode in accordance with a voltage difference between the first node and the second node; and
a second transistor connected between the first node and an initiation power supply, the method comprising:
supplying a first scan signal and a second scan signal to each of the scan lines;
supplying a bias power to the pixels when the first scan signal is supplied and supplying data signals to the pixels when the second scan signal is supplied;
supplying an initiation power from the initiation power supply to the first node; and
setting a voltage of the bias power such that an on-bias voltage is applied to the first transistor when the initiation power is applied to the first node and the bias power is applied to the second node.

14. The driving method of the organic light emitting of claim 13 , wherein supplying the initiation power to the first node includes supplying the initialization power having a voltage lower than that of the data signals to a gate electrode of the first transistor when the first scan signal supplied to an i−1-th scan line (i is a natural number) is supplied.

15. The driving method of the organic light emitting of claim 14 , wherein, supplying the bias power to the pixels includes supplying the bias power to a source electrode of the first transistor.

16. The driving method of the organic light emitting of claim 13 , wherein the second scan signal is set to have a width wider than that of the first scan signal.

17. The driving method of the organic light emitting of claim 13 , wherein the second scan signal supplied to an i−1-th scan line (i is a natural number) is positioned between the first scan signal and the second scan signal supplied to an i-th scan line.

Assignees

• Lee Dong-Hwan
• Hong Seung-Kyun
• Park So-Young
• Lee In-Soo
• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Dong-Hwan
• Hong Seung-Kyun
• Park So-Young
• Lee In-Soo

Classifications

• G09G3/3233

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

• G09G2300/0842

  forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor · CPC title

• 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

• 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

• G09G3/3291 Primary

  in which the data driver supplies a variable data voltage for setting the current through, or the voltage across, the light-emitting elements · CPC title