IP Library Granted Patent US 9,053,666
Granted Patent B2
US 9,053,666 · App. 13/566,725 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,053,666
App. No.
13/566,725
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: (A) scanning circuits; (B) a video signal output circuit; (C) a current supply unit; (D) M current supply lines connected to the current supply unit and extending in a first direction; (E) M scanning lines connected to the scanning circuits and extending in the first direction; (F) N data lines connected to the video signal output circuit and extending in a second direction; and (G) N×M light-emitting elements in total of N light-emitting elements in the first direction and M light-emitting elements in the second direction different from the first direction arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit for driving the light-emitting unit. The driving circuit of each light-emitting element is connected to the corresponding current supply, scanning, and data lines. A capacitive load unit is provided between each scanning line and each scanning circuit.

Claims (74)

1. A display device comprising:

scanning circuits;

a video signal output circuit;

a current supply unit;

M current supply lines which are connected to the current supply unit and extend in a first direction;

M scanning lines which are connected to the scanning circuits and extend in the first direction;

N data lines which are connected to the video signal output circuit and extend in a second direction; and

N×M light-emitting elements in total of N light-emitting elements in the first direction and M light-emitting elements in the second direction different from the first direction arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit for driving the light-emitting unit, wherein

the driving circuit of each light-emitting element is connected to the corresponding current supply line, the corresponding scanning line, and the corresponding data line,

a capacitive load unit is provided between each scanning line and each scanning circuit, and

the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is 5 times to 200 times greater than the parasitic capacitance of the corresponding scanning line per light-emitting element.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a second capacitive load unit is further provided in the termination portion of each data line.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein, when, from each scanning circuit through the capacitive load unit and the corresponding scanning line, the pulse width of a scanning signal which is input to a light-emitting element in the central portion along the first direction and the central portion along the second direction is PW 1-C , and the pulse width of a scanning signal which is input to a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the central portion along the second direction is PW 1-E , the following condition is satisfied

0.95≦ PW 1-E /PW 1-C <1.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the capacitive load unit has a transistor, and

the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is constituted by the gate capacitance of the transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the capacitive load unit has two electrodes and a dielectric layer interposed between the two electrodes, and

one electrode is constituted by the corresponding scanning line.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is determined by the luminance difference between luminance of a light-emitting element in the central portion along the first direction and the central portion along the second direction and luminance of a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the central portion along the second direction, a desired value of the luminance difference, and the parasitic capacitance of the corresponding scanning line per light-emitting element.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the driving circuit at least includes:

a drive transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode,

a video signal write transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, and

a capacitive unit,

in the drive transistor:

one region of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding current supply line,

the other of the source/drain regions is connected to the light-emitting unit and connected to one end of the capacitive unit, and forms a second node, and

the gate electrode is connected to the other of the source/drain regions of the video signal write transistor and connected to the other end of the capacitive unit, and forms a first node, and

in the video signal write transistor:

one region of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding data line, and

the gate electrode is connected to the corresponding scanning line.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the display device according to claim 1 .

9. A display device comprising:

scanning circuits;

a video signal output circuit;

a current supply unit;

M current supply lines which are connected to the current supply unit and extend in a first direction;

M scanning lines which are connected to the scanning circuits and extend in the first direction;

N data lines which are connected to the video signal output circuit and extend in a second direction; and

N×M light-emitting elements in total of N light-emitting elements in the first direction and M light-emitting elements in the second direction different from the first direction arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each light-emitting element having a light-emitting unit and a driving circuit for driving the light-emitting unit, wherein

the driving circuit of each light-emitting element is connected to the corresponding current supply line, the corresponding scanning line, and the corresponding data line,

a capacitive load unit is provided in the termination portion of each data line, and

the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is 5 times to 10 times greater than parasitic capacitance between the corresponding scanning line and data line per light.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein, when, from each scanning circuit through the corresponding scanning line, the pulse width of a scanning signal which is input to a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the termination portion of the corresponding data line is PW 2-E , and the pulse width of a scanning signal which is input to a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the central portion of the corresponding data line is PW 2-C , the following condition is satisfied

0.95≦ PW 2-E /PW 2-C <1.

11. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the capacitive load unit has a transistor, and

the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is constituted by the gate capacitance of the transistor.

12. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the capacitive load unit has two electrodes and a dielectric layer interposed between the two electrodes, and

one electrode is constituted by the corresponding data line.

13. The display device according to claim 9 ,

wherein the capacitance of the capacitive load unit is determined by the luminance difference between luminance of a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the central portion of the corresponding data line and luminance of a light-emitting element adjacent to each scanning circuit in the termination portion of the corresponding data line, a desired value of the luminance difference, and parasitic capacitance between the scanning line and the data line in one light-emitting element in the termination portion.

14. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the driving circuit at least includes:

a drive transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode,

a video signal write transistor having source/drain regions, a channel forming region, and a gate electrode, and

a capacitive unit,

in the drive transistor:

one region of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding current supply line,

the other of the source/drain regions is connected to the light-emitting unit and connected to one end of the capacitive unit, and forms a second node, and

the gate electrode is connected to the other of the source/drain regions of the video signal write transistor and connected to the other end of the capacitive unit, and forms a first node, and

in the video signal write transistor:

one region of the source/drain regions is connected to the corresponding data line, and

the gate electrode is connected to the corresponding scanning line.

15. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the display device according to claim 9 .

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 10, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036090/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 17, 2012
From: MINAMI, TETSUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028805/0227 →