IP Library Granted Patent US 7,894,008
Granted Patent B2
US 7,894,008 · App. 12/077,496 · Granted Feb 22, 2011

Display apparatus and driving method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,894,008
App. No.
12/077,496
Granted
Feb 22, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus including a plurality of gate lines, a data line intersecting the plurality of gate lines; a first pixel unit connected with a n-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines and the data line. A second pixel unit connected with a (n+1)-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines; and a coupling capacitor disposed between the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first liquid crystal capacitor and a first thin film transistor (TFT), the second pixel unit comprises a second liquid crystal capacitor and a second thin film transistor (TFT), and a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second TFT are connected with both electrodes of the coupling capacitor, respectively.

Claims (14)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of gate lines;

a data line intersecting the plurality of gate lines;

a first pixel unit associated with an n-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines and the data line;

a second pixel unit associated with a (n+1)-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines, wherein the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit are part of a pixel; and

a coupling capacitor having a first electrode and a second electrode, the coupling capacitor being connected between the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit,

wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first liquid crystal capacitor and a first thin film transistor, the second pixel unit comprises a second liquid crystal capacitor and a second thin film transistor, and the second thin film transistor has a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the first electrode and the second electrode of the coupling capacitor.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one electrode of the first liquid crystal capacitor and one of the first and second electrodes of the coupling capacitor are formed of a first pixel electrode.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one electrode of the first liquid crystal capacitor and one of the first and second electrodes of the coupling capacitor are formed of a first pixel electrode, and the first pixel electrode is formed of transparent metal.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one electrode of the second liquid crystal capacitor and one of the first and second electrodes of the coupling capacitor are formed of a second pixel electrode.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second pixel electrode is formed of transparent metal.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: storage electrode lines, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a storage capacitor connected with the at least one storage electrode line and the first thin film transistor.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a storage-capacitance voltage applied to the storage electrode line has a fixed level.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a storage-capacitance voltage applied to the storage electrode line has a variable level.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS, CO., LTD
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 028990/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2008
From: YOU, HYE-RAN; UM, YOON-SUNG; LYU, JAE-JIN; PARK, SEUNG-BEOM; PARK, JIN-WON; KIM, HOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020721/0961 →