Low-flickering display device
View Patent ↗A display device includes a pixel electrode; a transistor for supplying a driving voltage to the electrode pixel; and a gate-line driver circuit for providing a gate voltage to the transistor and inversely driving a driving voltage supplied to the electrode pixel via the transistor. The gate voltage has different voltage levels in a first driving state that the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a level of the driving voltage and in a second driving state that the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with another level of the driving voltage.
1. A display device, comprising:
a pixel electrode;
a transistor supplying a driving voltage to the electrode pixel; and
a gate-line driver circuit providing a gate voltage to the transistor and alternately inverting the driving voltage supplied to the pixel electrode via the transistor between a first driving state and a second driving state, wherein the driving voltage in the second driving state is inverted with respect to the driving voltage in the first driving state, wherein the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a first level of the driving voltage in the first driving state and the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a second level of the driving voltage in the second driving state, and wherein the gate-line driver circuit includes:
a gate-voltage generating circuit generating the gate voltage to drive the transistor in response to the driving voltage;
a level shift circuit converting a first level of the gate voltage generated by the gate-voltage generating circuit into a second level of the gate voltage in response to the second level of the driving voltage; and
a switching circuit outputting the first level of the gate voltage in the first driving state, and outputting the second level of the gate voltage level-shifted by the level shift circuit in the second driving state;
wherein the gate voltage has different base voltage levels between the first driving state and the second driving state.
2. The display device according to claim 1 wherein the difference between the base voltage levels of the gate voltage in the first driving state and the second driving state is controlled to minimize a difference between turn-off currents of the transistor in the first driving state and the second driving state.
3. A display device, comprising:
a pixel electrode;
a transistor supplying a driving voltage to the electrode pixel; and
a gate-line driver circuit providing a gate voltage to the transistor, wherein the gate voltage has a base voltage level that is different between a first driving state and a second driving state, and the gate-line driver circuit alternately inverting the driving voltage supplied to the pixel electrode via the transistor between the first driving state and the second driving state, wherein the driving voltage in the second driving state is inverted with respect to the driving voltage in the first driving state, wherein the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a first level of the driving voltage in the first driving state and the gate-line driver circuit drives the transistor with a second level of the driving voltage in the second driving state, and wherein the gate-line driver circuit includes:
a gate-voltage generating circuit generating the gate voltage;
a level shift circuit converting a first level of the gate voltage generated by the gate-voltage generating circuit into a second level of the gate voltage in response to the second level of the driving voltage; and
a switching circuit outputting the first level of the gate voltage in the first driving state, and outputting the second level of the gate voltage level-shifted by the level shift circuit in the second driving state.
4. The display device according to claim 3 wherein the difference between the base voltage levels of the gate voltage in the first driving state and the second driving state is controlled to minimize a difference between turn-off currents of the transistor in the first driving state and the second driving state.