Display device and driving method thereof
View Patent ↗A display device and a driving method therefor includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix form, a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction and connected to the unit pixels, respectively, pluralities of first and second data lines extending in a column direction and connected to the unit pixels, respectively, a plurality of charge control lines extending in the row direction and connected to the unit pixels, respectively, a plurality of gate connection lines connected to at least two adjacent gate lines, respectively, and a plurality of charge connection lines connected to at least two adjacent charge control lines, respectively.
1. A display device, comprising:
a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel adjacent to the first unit pixel in a first direction;
a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first data line and a second data line extending in the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first charge control line and a second charge control line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively; and
a storage line configured to receive a common voltage,
wherein each of the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel comprises a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel,
wherein the first charge control line and the second charge control line are connected to the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel and the second sub pixel of the second unit pixel, respectively,
wherein the first gate line and the second gate line simultaneously receive a first voltage, and
wherein the first charge control line receives a second voltage only after the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first charge control line and the second charge control line simultaneously receive the second voltage.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a voltage charged in the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel is changed when the second voltage is applied to the first charge control line.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a voltage charged in the first sub pixel of the first unit pixel and a voltage charged in the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel are different from each other.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sub pixel of the first unit pixel comprises:
a first pixel electrode; and
a first thin film transistor configured to apply a data signal to the first pixel electrode according to the first voltage.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel comprises:
a second pixel electrode;
a second thin film transistor configured to apply a data signal to the second pixel electrode according to the first voltage; and
a charge control transistor electrically connected to the first charge control line and the second pixel electrode according to the second voltage.
7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising a charge control electrode electrically connected to the charge control transistor,
wherein the charge control electrode overlaps a portion of the storage line.
8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first charge control line is connected to a gate terminal of the charge control transistor.
9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a third gate line adjacent to the second gate line,
wherein the third gate line receives a third voltage, and
wherein the second voltage and the third voltage are simultaneously applied to the first charge control line and the third gate line, respectively.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line through a first voltage supply unit, and
wherein the second voltage is applied to the first charge control line through a second voltage supply unit separate from the first voltage supply unit.
11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second voltage is not applied to the first charge control line when the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a time allocated to the first charge control line for applying the second voltage and a time allocated to the first gate line and the second gate line for applying the first voltage are substantially the same.
13. A display device, comprising:
a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel adjacent to the first unit pixel in a first direction;
a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first data line and a second data line extending in the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first charge control line and a second charge control line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively; and
a storage line configured to receive a common voltage;
wherein each of the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel comprises a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel,
wherein the first charge control line and the second charge control line are connected to the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel and the second sub pixel of the second unit pixel, respectively,
wherein the first gate line and the second gate line simultaneously receive a first voltage,
wherein the first charge control line receives a second voltage only after the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line, and
wherein the first charge control line and the second charge control line simultaneously receive the second voltage.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a time allocated to the first charge control line for applying the second voltage and a time allocated to the first gate line and the second gate line for applying the first voltage are substantially the same.
15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a time allocated to the first charge control line for applying the second voltage and a time allocated to the first gate line and the second gate line for applying the first voltage are substantially the same.
16. A display device, comprising:
a first unit pixel and a second unit pixel adjacent to the first unit pixel in a first direction;
a first gate line and a second gate line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first data line and a second data line extending in the first direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively;
a first charge control line and a second charge control line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel, respectively; and
a storage line configured to receive a common voltage,
wherein each of the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel comprises a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel,
wherein the first charge control line and the second charge control line are connected to the second sub pixel of the first unit pixel and the second sub pixel of the second unit pixel, respectively,
wherein the first gate line and the second gate line simultaneously receive a first voltage,
wherein the first charge control line receives a second voltage only after the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line,
wherein the first voltage is applied to the first gate line and the second gate line through a first voltage supply unit, and
wherein the second voltage is applied to the first charge control line through a second voltage supply unit separate from the first voltage supply unit.