IP Library Granted Patent US 12711902
Granted Patent B2
US 12711902 · App. 18/957,823 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Joon Huh (Yongin-si, KR); Sanghyun Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Sang-Myoung Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jaehoon Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Joosun Yoon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/32G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0852G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08G09G2320/0233G09G2320/045G09G2330/028
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Patent No.
US 12711902
App. No.
18/957,823
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a memory, a driving controller, a light emitting element, a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode for receiving a data signal, a second transistor connected between a first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor and receiving a first emission signal, and a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the light emitting element and receiving a second emission signal. The first emission signal includes a compensation period and an emission period, and the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to determine a compensation time of the compensation period depending on target luminance.

Claims (64)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a light emitting element;

a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode configured to receive a data signal;

a second transistor connected between a first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor and configured to receive a first emission signal; and

a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the light emitting element and configured to receive a second emission signal,

wherein a cycle includes a compensation period and an emission period,

wherein, during the compensation period, the second transistor is turned on and the third transistor is turned off,

wherein when target luminance has a first value, a compensation time of the compensation period is a first time;

wherein when the target luminance has a second value different from the first value, the compensation time of the compensation period is a second time different from the first time.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first emission signal is at an active level for turning on the second transistor in each of the compensation period and the emission period.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the first time is longer than the second time when the first value is greater than the second value.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth transistor connected between the light emitting element and an initialization voltage line configured to receive an initialization voltage.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein a voltage level of the initialization voltage depending on the target luminance and characteristics of the light emitting element.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor is an N-type transistor.

7 . An electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of which is connected to a plurality of scan lines, a first emission line, a second emission line, and a data line;

a scan driving circuit configured to output a plurality of scan signals to the plurality of scan lines;

an emission driving circuit configured to output a first emission signal and a second emission signal to the first emission line and the second emission line, respectively; and

a driving controller configured to control the emission driving circuit depending on target luminance,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes:

a light emitting element;

a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode configured to receive a data signal from the data line;

a second transistor connected between a first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor and configured to receive the first emission signal; and

a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the light emitting element and configured to receive the second emission signal,

wherein the first emission signal includes a compensation period and an emission period, and

the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to select, from among a plurality of predetermined compensation times, a compensation time of the compensation period depending on the target luminance such that, when the target luminance is higher, a longer compensation time is selected.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the first emission signal is at an active level for turning on the second transistor in each of the compensation period and the emission period.

9 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein when the target luminance has a first value, the compensation time of the compensation period is a first time,

wherein when the target luminance has a second value, the compensation time of the compensation period is a second time, and

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to set the first time longer than the second time when the first value is greater than the second value.

10 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of pixels includes a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a voltage generator configured to generate a first initialization voltage provided to the first color pixel, a second initialization voltage provided to the second color pixel, and a third initialization voltage provided to the third color pixel,

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to determine a voltage level of each of the first initialization voltage, the second initialization voltage, and the third initialization voltage depending on the target luminance and luminance deviation between the first color pixel, the second color pixel, and the third color pixel.

12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the first color pixel further includes:

a fourth transistor connected between the light emitting element and a first initialization voltage line configured to receive the first initialization voltage.

13 . The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first color pixel further includes:

a fifth transistor connected between the data line and the gate electrode of the first transistor, and including a gate electrode connected to a first scan line of the plurality of scan lines; and

a sixth transistor connected between a reference voltage line and the gate electrode of the first transistor and including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line of the plurality of scan lines.

14 . The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the first color pixel further includes:

a capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode; and

a seventh transistor connected between the second electrode of the capacitor and a second initialization voltage line.

15 . The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein each of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor is an N-type transistor.

16 . An electronic device comprising:

a memory;

a driving controller;

a display panel including a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel; and

a voltage generator configured to generate a first initialization voltage provided to the first color pixel, a second initialization voltage provided to the second color pixel, and a third initialization voltage provided to the third color pixel,

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to select, for each frame, a voltage level of each of the first initialization voltage, the second initialization voltage, and the third initialization voltage from among a plurality of predetermined per-color initialization voltages stored in the memory, based on target luminance and luminance deviation between the first color pixel, the second color pixel, and the third color pixel, so as to reduce inter-color luminance deviation.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the first color pixel includes:

a light emitting element configured to emit first color light;

a first transistor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a gate electrode configured to receive a data signal;

a second transistor connected between a first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor and configured to receive a first emission signal;

a third transistor connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and the light emitting element and configured to receive a second emission signal; and

a fourth transistor connected between the light emitting element and an initialization voltage line configured to receive the first initialization voltage.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the first emission signal includes a compensation period and an emission period, and

the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to determine a compensation time of the compensation period depending on the target luminance.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the first emission signal is at an active level for turning on the second transistor in each of the compensation period and the emission period.

20 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein when the target luminance has a first value, the compensation time of the compensation period is a first time,

wherein when the target luminance has a second value, the compensation time of the compensation period is a second time, and

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the driving controller, cause the driving controller to set the first time longer than the second time when the first value is greater than the second value.