IP Library Granted Patent US 8,154,479
Granted Patent B2
US 8,154,479 · App. 12/005,625 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Electro-luminescence pixel, panel with the pixel, and device and method for driving the panel

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Patent No.
US 8,154,479
App. No.
12/005,625
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-luminescence display having a plurality of pixels is disclosed. One of the pixels of the electro-luminescence display includes an electro-luminescence diode electrically connected between first and second voltage sources; first and second thin film transistors adjusting an amount of current flowing to the electro-luminescence diode; and a control circuit complementarily operating the first and second thin film transistors in an active mode and a refresh mode.

Claims (8)

1. A method of driving an electro-luminescence display having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including an electro-luminescence diode;

applying an image signal to a first data line;

applying a first scan signal to a first gate line; and

complementarily operating first and second thin film transistors that adjust an amount of light generated from the electro-luminescence diode, and

wherein complementarily operating first and second thin film transistors includes turning on the first thin film transistor with the image signal and turning off the second thin film transistor with a refresh signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second thin film transistors are complementarily operated on a frame-by-frame basis.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second thin film transistors adjusts an amount of current flowing to the electro-luminescence diode.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising applying a refresh signal to a second data line, wherein the image signal and the refresh signal are complementarily applied to the first and second data lines o,n a basis of a predetermined number of frames.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021952/0300 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2007
From: KIM, IN HWAN; BYUN, SEUNG CHAN; CHOI, JIN CHUL; KIM, JIN HYOUNG; LEE, SANG KEUN
To: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020337/0148 →