Organic light emitting diode display device and method of driving the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9646540-B2
Application number	US-201414500439-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2014
Priority date	Oct 17, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a first transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a first node according to a scan signal; a first capacitor connected to the first node at one end of the first capacitor, and connected to a second node at the other end; a second transistor configured to supply a reference voltage to the second node according to a sensing signal; a driving transistor including a drain electrode receiving a high-level source voltage or an initial voltage, a gate electrode connected to the second node, and a source electrode connected to a third node; and an OLED including a cathode electrode receiving a low-level source voltage and an anode electrode connected to the third node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising:
a first transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a first node according to a scan signal;
a first capacitor connected to the first node at one end of the first capacitor, and connected to a second node at the other end;
a second transistor configured to supply a reference voltage to the second node according to a sensing signal;
a driving transistor including a drain electrode receiving a high-level source voltage or an initial voltage, a gate electrode connected to the second node, and a source electrode connected to a third node;
a third transistor configured to supply the reference voltage to the third node according to the scan signal; and
an OLED including a cathode electrode receiving a low-level source voltage and an anode electrode directly connected to the third node,
wherein the initial voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor in units of two or more frames.

2. The OLED display device of claim 1 , wherein a period in which the sensing signal is applied is included in a vertical blank time.

3. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising:
a first transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a first node according to a scan signal;
a first capacitor connected to the first node at one end of the first capacitor, and connected to a second node at the other end;
a second transistor configured to supply a reference voltage to the second node according to a sensing signal;
a driving transistor including a drain electrode receiving a high-level source voltage or an initial voltage, a gate electrode connected to the second node, and a source electrode connected to a third node;
an OLED including a cathode electrode receiving a low-level source voltage and an anode electrode connected to the third node;
a second capacitor connected between the first and third nodes;
a third transistor configured to connect the first node to the third node according to the sensing signal; and
a fourth transistor configured to supply the reference voltage to the third node according to the scan signal.

4. The OLED display device of claim 3 , wherein when the second and third transistors are turned on according to the sensing signal and the initial voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor, a voltage of the second node is initialized to the reference voltage, and voltages of the first and third nodes are initialized to the initial voltage.

5. The OLED display device of claim 3 , wherein when the second and third transistors are turned on according to the sensing signal and the high-level source voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor, a voltage of the second node maintains the reference voltage, and voltages of the first and third nodes are voltages lower than the reference voltage by a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.

6. The OLED display device of claim 3 , wherein when the first and fourth transistors are turned on according to the scan signal and the high-level source voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor, the data voltage is supplied to the first node, and a voltage of the second node is a voltage higher than the data voltage by a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.

7. The OLED display device of claim 3 , wherein during an initial period t1, the sensing signal is a high-level sensing signal that turns on the second and third transistors so the initial voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor, a low level-scan signal is applied to turn off the first and fourth transistors, and the driving transistor is turned on with the reference voltage higher than the initial voltage.

8. The OLED display device of claim 7 , wherein during the initial period t1, a voltage of the second node is initialized to the reference voltage when the second transistor is turned on, and voltages of the first and third nodes are initialized to the initial voltage when the driving transistor is turned on and the third transistor is turned on with a current path formed between the first and third nodes.

9. The OLED display device of claim 8 , wherein the initial voltage is set to a voltage which is lower than a sum of a threshold voltage of the OLED and the low-level source voltage at the cathode electrode of the OLED,
wherein the threshold voltage of the OLED is a voltage at which the OLED starts to emit light, and
wherein the OLED does not emit light during the initial period t1.

10. The OLED display device of claim 9 , wherein during a sensing period t2 in which the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is sensed subsequent to the initial period t1, the high-level sensing signal and the low-level sensing signal are applied, and the high level source voltage is supplied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor.

11. The OLED display device of claim 10 , wherein during the sensing period t2, the second and third transistors are turned on via the high-level sensing signal and the first and fourth transistors are turned off via the low-level scan signal, and
wherein the voltage of the second node maintains the reference voltage, and the voltages of the first and third nodes increase from the initial voltage to a voltage equal to a difference between the reference voltage and the threshold voltage of the driving transistor during the initial period t1.

12. The OLED display device of claim 10 , wherein the initial period t1 and the sensing period t2 are included in a vertical blank time.

13. The OLED display device of claim 10 , wherein during a sampling period t3 subsequent to the sensing period t2, the sensing signal is a low-level sensing signal that turns off the second and third transistors and a high level-scan signal is applied to turn on the first and fourth transistors.

14. The OLED display device of claim 13 , wherein during the sampling period t3, a data voltage is supplied to the first node, and a voltage equal to a sum of the data voltage and the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is supplied to the second node, and a higher reference voltage higher than the reference voltage is supplied to the third node so a data voltage of the driving transistor is sampled.

15. A method of driving an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including first to fourth transistors, a driving transistor, first and second capacitors, and an OLED, the method comprising:
when the second and third transistors are turned on and an initial voltage is being applied to a drain electrode of the driving transistor, initializing a voltage of a first node and a voltage of a third node to the initial voltage, and initializing a voltage of the second node to a reference voltage, wherein the first node is connected to one end of each of the first and second capacitors, the third node is connected to the other end of the second capacitor and a source electrode of the driving transistor, and the second node is connected to the other end of the first capacitor and a gate electrode of the driving transistor;
when the second and third transistors are turned on and a high-level source voltage is being applied to the drain electrode of the driving transistor, maintaining the voltage of the second node as the reference voltage, and storing, by the first capacitor, a threshold voltage of the driving transistor;
when the first and fourth transistors are turned on, applying a data voltage to the first node; and
when the first to fourth transistors are turned off, emitti

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Binn

Classifications

• G09G2300/0819

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

• G09G2300/0866

  by means of changes in the pixel supply voltage · CPC title

• G09G2300/0852

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

• G09G3/3266 Primary

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title

• G09G3/3233 Primary

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