IP Library Granted Patent US 7,646,363
Granted Patent B2
US 7,646,363 · App. 11/890,491 · Granted Jan 12, 2010

Display device and electronic equipment

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Patent No.
US 7,646,363
App. No.
11/890,491
Granted
Jan 12, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a pixel array part; and a drive part that drives the pixel array part. The pixel array part includes row-wise first scan lines and second scan lines, column-wise signal lines, pixels arranged in a matrix form on parts where the lines intersect, and power supply lines and ground lines that supply power to the respective pixels. The drive part includes a first scanner that sequentially supplies first control signals to the respective first scan lines and line-sequentially scans the pixels in units of rows, a second scanner that sequentially supplies second control signals to the respective second scan lines according to the line-sequential scan, and a signal selector that supplies video signals to the column-wise signal lines according to the line-sequential scan.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel array part; and

a drive part that drives the pixel array part,

the pixel array part including row-wise first scan lines and second scan lines, column-wise signal lines, pixels arranged in a matrix form on parts where the lines intersect, and power supply lines and ground lines that supply power to the respective pixels,

the drive part including a first scanner that sequentially supplies first control signals to the respective first scan lines and line-sequentially scans the pixels in units of rows, a second scanner that sequentially supplies second control signals to the respective second scan lines according to the line-sequential scan, and a signal selector that supplies video signals to the column-wise signal lines according to the line-sequential scan,

the pixel including a light emitting device, a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a switching transistor, and a pixel capacity,

the sampling transistor having a gate connecting to the first scan line, a source connecting to the signal line, and a drain connecting to a gate of the drive transistor,

the drive transistor and the light emitting device series-connected between the power supply line and the ground line to form a current path,

the switching transistor inserted into the current path and having a gate connecting to the second scan line,

the pixel capacity connecting between a source and the gate of the drive transistor,

wherein the sampling transistor turns on in response to the first control signal supplied from the first scan line, and samples a signal potential of the video signal supplied from the signal line and holds the potential in the pixel capacity,

the switching transistor turns on in response to the second control signal supplied from the second scan line to make the current path into a conducting state,

the drive transistor passes drive current to the light emitting device in response to the signal potential held in the pixel capacity through the current path in the conducting state,

the drive part performs correction of mobility of the drive transistor on the signal potential held in the pixel capacity in a correction time from first timing when the second control signal is applied to the second scan line and the switching transistor turns on to second timing when the first scan signal applied to the first scan line is cancelled and the sampling transistor turns off, after applying the first control signal to the first scan line and turning on the sampling transistor to start sampling of the signal potential,

at least one of the first scanner and the second scanner has output buffers for outputting the first or second control signals,

the output buffer has one switching element that principally forms a rising waveform of the control signal, and another switching element that principally forms a falling waveform of the control signal,

the respective switching elements are configured by transistors, respectively,

in the control signal, one of the rising waveform and the falling waveform is a determining waveform that determines the first timing or the second timing in the correction time, the other of the rising waveform and the falling waveform is a non-determining waveform that is unrelated to the first timing and the second timing in the correction time, and

in the output buffer, a transistor size of a superior switching element at the side of forming the determining waveform is set larger than a transistor size of an inferior switching element at the side of forming the non-determining waveform.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the output buffer is an inverter including a PMOS transistor and an NMOS transistor, and, when the falling waveform of the control signal is the determining waveform, the NMOS transistor that principally forms the waveform is the superior switching element, when the rising waveform of the control signal is the determining waveform, the PMOS transistor that principally forms the waveform is the superior switching element, and the transistor size of the superior switching element is set larger than the transistor size of the inferior switching element.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein both determining waveforms of the first timing and the second timing are falling waveforms, and the NMOS transistors are larger than the PMOS transistors in size in both output buffers of the first scanner and the second scanner.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in the output buffer, the superior switching element includes a CMOS transistor, the inferior switching element includes an NMOS transistor or PMOS transistor, and a size of the CMOS transistor is larger than a size of the NMOS transistor or PMOS transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the output buffer draws a waveform of a pulse externally supplied and outputs the waveform as a determining waveform of the control signal when the superior switching element turns on and the inferior switching element turns off.

6. Electronic equipment comprising the display device according to claim 1 .

7. A display device comprising:

a pixel array part; and

a drive part that drives the pixel array part,

the pixel array part including row-wise scan lines, column-wise signal lines, pixels arranged in a matrix form on parts where the lines intersect, and power supply lines and ground lines that supply power to the respective pixels,

the drive part including a scanner that sequentially supplies control signals to the respective scan lines and line-sequentially scans the pixels,

the pixel including a light emitting device, a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a switching transistor, and a pixel capacity,

the sampling transistor having a gate connecting to the scan line, a source connecting to the signal line, and a drain connecting to a gate of the drive transistor,

the drive transistor and the light emitting device series-connected between the power supply line and the ground line to form a current path,

the switching transistor inserted into the current path and having a gate connecting to the scan line, and

the pixel capacity connecting between a source and the gate of the drive transistor,

wherein at least one of the scanner has output buffers for outputting the control signals, and

in the output buffer, a transistor size of a superior switching element at a side of forming a determining waveform is set larger than a transistor size of an inferior switching element at a side of forming a non-determining waveform.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036106/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2007
From: YAMASHITA, JUNICHI; UCHINO, KATSUHIDE
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019727/0290 →