IP Library Granted Patent US 8,237,698
Granted Patent B2
US 8,237,698 · App. 12/379,449 · Granted Aug 7, 2012

Panel and driving controlling method

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Patent No.
US 8,237,698
App. No.
12/379,449
Granted
Aug 7, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a panel, including: a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and each including a light emitting element for emitting light in response to driving current, a sampling transistor for sampling an image signal, a driving transistor for supplying the driving current to the light emitting element, and a storage capacitor for storing a predetermined potential; a power supplying section configured to supply a predetermined power supply voltage to the pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns; and a power supply line for connecting all of the pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and the power supply section to each other.

Claims (18)

1. A panel, comprising:

a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and each including a light emitting element configured to emit light in response to driving current, a sampling transistor configured to sample an image signal, a driving transistor configured to supply the driving current to the light emitting element, and a storage capacitor configured to store a predetermined potential;

a power supply scanner configured to supply a predetermined power supply voltage to the plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns; and

a power supply line for connecting to all of the plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and the power supply scanner to each other

wherein the power supply scanner carries out power supply voltage control for all of the plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns in order to carry out a threshold value correction preparation operation and a threshold value correction operation simultaneously for all of the plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns within a vertical blanking period.

2. The panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a scanning controller configured to turn on and off the sampling transistor in each of the plurality of pixel circuits to control a light emitting period of the light emitting element.

3. The panel according to claim 2 , wherein the potential supplied to a gate of the driving transistor when the scanning controller turns on the sampling transistor in order to control the light emitting element to stop the emission of light is lower than the sum of a cathode voltage of the light emitting element, a threshold voltage of the light emitting element and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.

4. The panel according to claim 2 , wherein the potential supplied to a gate of the driving transistor when the scanning controller turns on the sampling transistor in order to control the light emitting element to stop the emission of light is equal to a reference potential for the threshold value correction operation.

5. The panel according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold value correction operation is executed divisionally by a plural number of times.

6. A driving controlling method for a panel which includes a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns and each including a light emitting element for emitting light in response to driving current, a sampling transistor for sampling an image signal, a driving transistor for supplying the driving current to the light emitting element, and a storage capacitor for storing a predetermined potential, comprising the step of:

carrying out power supply voltage control for all of the plurality of pixel circuits through a common power supply line connected to all of the plurality of pixel circuits in order to carry out a threshold value correction preparation operation and a threshold value correction operation simultaneously for all of the plurality of pixel circuits disposed in rows and columns within a vertical blanking period.

7. The driving controlling method according to claim 6 , wherein the step further comprises

turning, by a scanning controller, on and off the sampling transistor in each of the plurality of pixel circuits to control a light emitting period of the light emitting element.

8. The driving controlling method according to claim 7 , wherein the turning further comprises

supplying the potential, which is lower than the sum of a cathode voltage of the light emitting element, a threshold voltage of the light emitting element and a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, to a gate of the driving transistor when the scanning controller turns on the sampling transistor.

9. The driving controlling method according to claim 7 , wherein the turning further comprises

Supplying the potential equal to a reference potential for the threshold value correction operation to a gate of the driving transistor when the scanning controller turns on the sampling transistor.

Assignments (5)
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 →