Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same
An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:
a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to scan lines and for sequentially supplying light emission control signals to light emission control lines, each of the scan signals having a duration longer than or equal to k horizontal periods and each of the emission control signals having a duration longer than that of a corresponding one of the scan signals;
a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines, the data signals being synchronized with the scan signals; and
pixels at crossing regions of the scan lines and the data lines;
wherein an i th pixel of the pixels comprises:
an organic light emitting diode having a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source;
a second transistor for controlling an amount of current flowing from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode, the first power source being coupled to a first electrode of the second transistor;
a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor;
a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and the data line, the first transistor being configured to turn on when a first scan signal of the scan signals is supplied to an i th scan line of the scan lines;
a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor, the third transistor being configured to turn on when a second scan signal of the scan signals is supplied to an (i-k) th scan line of the scan lines; and
a fifth transistor coupled between the second electrode of the second transistor and the organic light emitting diode, the fifth transistor being configured to turn off when a light emission control signal of the light emission control signals is supplied to an i th light emission control line of the light emission control lines,
wherein the light emission control signal supplied to the i th light emission control line is at least partially overlapped with the second scan signal supplied to the (i-k) th scan line and is completely overlapped with the first scan signal supplied to the i th scan line, wherein k is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 2.
2. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a fourth transistor coupled between a reference power source and the second terminal of the first capacitor, the fourth transistor being configured to turn on when a control signal is supplied to an i th control line; and
a second capacitor coupled between the second terminal of the first capacitor and the first power source.
3. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light emission control signal supplied to the i th light emission control line is supplied after the second scan signal is supplied to the (i-k) th scan line.
4. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scan signal supplied to the i th scan line is overlapped with the light emission control signal supplied to the i th light emission control line.
5. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the scan signal supplied to the i th scan line is supplied after the light emission control signal is supplied to the i th light emission control line.
6. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the data driver is configured to supply a data signal corresponding to left data for a first frame period, first black data for a second frame period, right data for a third frame period, and second black data for a fourth frame period.
7. The organic light emitting display device as claims in claim 1 , wherein the fifth transistor is configured to turn off after the third transistor is turned on.
8. The organic light emitting display device as claims in claim 1 , further comprising a second capacitor coupled between the second terminal of the first capacitor and the first power source.