IP Library Patent Application 14608270
Patent Application
App. No. 14/608,270

DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD

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App. No.
14/608,270
Abstract

A display apparatus includes light-emission units, write transistors, drive transistors, and a plurality of gate drivers. The light-emission units each form a pixel and each configured to emit light by a drive current. The write transistors are each configured to write a video signal of each pixel in each of pixel capacitances. The drive transistors are each configured to control the drive current of the light-emission unit by a voltage corresponding to the video signal written in the pixel capacitance. The plurality of gate drivers are configured to control write of the video signal in the pixel capacitances by the write transistors and control a drive voltage supplied to the drive transistors, the plurality of gate drivers being each configured to perform control such that the write transistors write the video signal in the pixel capacitances of all the pixels and then supply the drive voltage to the drive transistors.

Claims (17)

1 . A display apparatus, comprising:

light-emission units each forming a pixel and each configured to emit light by a drive current;

write transistors each configured to write a video signal of each pixel in each of pixel capacitances;

drive transistors each configured to control the drive current of the light-emission unit by a voltage corresponding to the video signal written in the pixel capacitance; and

a plurality of gate drivers configured to control write of the video signal in the pixel capacitances by the write transistors and control a drive voltage supplied to the drive transistors, the plurality of gate drivers being each configured to perform control such that the write transistors write the video signal in the pixel capacitances of all the pixels and then supply the drive voltage to the drive transistors.

2 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of gate drivers are each configured to perform control to sequentially apply a drive voltage to the drive transistors of the plurality of pixels in a scanning direction after the video signal is written in the pixel capacitances of all the pixels.

3 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of gate drivers are each configured to perform control to simultaneously apply a drive voltage to the drive transistors of the plurality of pixels after the video signal is written in the pixel capacitances of all the pixels.

4 . The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of gate drivers are each configured to control the drive voltage to be a midpoint potential until write of a threshold value in the pixel capacitances of all pixels is completed.

5 . A display method for a display apparatus, the display apparatus including

light-emission units each forming a pixel and each configured to emit light by a drive current,

write transistors each configured to write a video signal of each pixel in each of pixel capacitances,

drive transistors each configured to control the drive current of the light-emission unit by a voltage corresponding to the video signal written in the pixel capacitance, and

a plurality of gate drivers configured to control write of the video signal in the pixel capacitances by the write transistors and control a drive voltage supplied to the drive transistors,

the display method comprising performing, by each of the gate drivers, control such that the write transistors write the video signal in the pixel capacitances of all the pixels and then supply the drive voltage to the drive transistors.

Assignments (2)
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 Jan 29, 2015
From: SHIMIZU, HIDEHISA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034839/0555 →