IP Library Granted Patent US 9,324,260
Granted Patent B2
US 9,324,260 · App. 14/666,437 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Image display device

Inventors: Hajime Akimoto (Ome, JP); Yoshirou Mikami (Hitachiota, JP); Kiyoshige Kinugawa (Mutsuzawa, JP); Shigeyuki Nishitani (Mobara, JP); Takeo Shiba (Kodaira, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 9,324,260
App. No.
14/666,437
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides an image display device that has an especially satisfactory display quality for animated images, and sufficiently suppresses the irregularities of display quality among pixels. The image display device includes a light emitting drive means that drives a light emitting means, based on an analog display signal inputted to the pixels, and a light emitting control switch for controlling a light-on or light-off of the light emitting means on one end of the light emitting drive means in each pixel.

Claims (63)

1. An image display device comprising:

a pixel connecting to a signal line which provides a signal data, a light-on switch line, and a power supply line, the pixel having an organic light emitting diode, a drive TFT through which current is supplied from the power supply line to the organic light emitting diode, and a light-on switch controlled by a signal from the light-on switch line,

a signal drive circuit disposed at a first outside of a display region and connecting to the signal line,

wherein the signal data is inputted to a gate electrode of the drive TFT,

a source electrode of the drive TFT is connected to the power supply line,

a drain electrode of the drive TFT is connected to a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode,

the light-on switch is connected between the drain electrode of the drive TFT and the first electrode,

the signal line extends from the first outside to a second outside of the display region through the display region, the second outside being opposite to the first outside,

a first switch is connected to the signal line at the first outside, and

a second switch is connected to the signal line at the second outside.

2. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel is connecting to a reset line,

the reset line is connected to a gate electrode of a reset switch, and

the reset switch is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT.

3. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel has a capacitor, one end of the capacitor is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT.

4. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein a first voltage is applied to the power supply line, and

a second voltage which is different from the first voltage is applied to a second electrode of the organic light emitting diode, the second electrode facing the first electrode.

5. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first switch is ON state when the second switch is OFF state.

6. The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second switch is ON state when the first switch is OFF state.

7. An image display device comprising:

a pixel including an organic light emitting diode which has a first electrode and a second electrode,

a power supply line,

a signal line to which a signal data is inputted,

a light-on TFT which is connected to the first electrode,

a drive TFT which is connected between the light-on TFT and the power supply line, and

a signal drive circuit disposed at a first outside of a display region and connecting to the signal line,

wherein the signal line extends from the first outside to a second outside of the display region through the display region, the second outside being opposite to the first outside,

a first TFT is connected to the signal line at the first outside, and

a second TFT is connected to the signal line at the second outside.

8. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein the pixel is connecting to a reset line,

the reset line is connected to a gate electrode of a reset TFT, and

the reset TFT is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT.

9. The image display device according to claim 8 , wherein the reset TFT has the gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode,

a reset voltage is inputted to the gate electrode of the reset TFT via the reset line,

the third electrode is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT, and

a predetermined voltage is applied to the fourth electrode.

10. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein the pixel has a capacitor, one end of the capacitor is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT.

11. The image display device according to claim 10 , wherein the signal data is inputted to the capacitor.

12. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein a first voltage is applied to the power supply line, and

a second voltage which is different from the first voltage is applied to the second electrode of the organic light emitting diode.

13. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein a gate electrode of the light-on TFT is connected to a light-on switch line.

14. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first switch is ON state when the second switch is OFF state.

15. The image display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second switch is ON state when the first switch is OFF state.

16. An image display device comprising:

a pixel including an organic light emitting diode which has a first electrode and a second electrode,

a power supply line,

a signal line to which a signal data is inputted,

a light-on TFT which is connected to the first electrode,

a drive TFT which is connected between the light-on TFT and the power supply line,

a reset TFT which is connected a gate electrode of the drive TFT,

a capacitor one end of which is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT,

a signal drive circuit disposed at a first outside of a display region and connecting to the signal line,

a light-on switch line which is connected to a gate electrode of the light-on TFT, and

a reset line which is connected to a gate electrode of the reset TFT,

wherein the signal line extends from the first outside to a second outside of the display region through the display region, the second outside being opposite to the first outside,

a first switch is connected to the signal line at the first outside, and

a second switch is connected to the signal line at the second outside.

17. The image display device according to claim 16 , wherein the reset TFT has the gate electrode, a third electrode, and a fourth electrode,

a reset voltage is inputted to the gate electrode of the reset TFT via the reset line,

the third electrode is connected to the gate electrode of the drive TFT, and

a predetermined voltage is applied to the fourth electrode.

18. The image display device according to claim 16 , wherein the signal data is inputted to the capacitor.

19. The image display device according to claim 16 , wherein the first switch is ON state when the second switch is OFF state.

20. The image display device according to claim 16 , wherein the second switch is ON state when the first switch is OFF state.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046988/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: AKIMOTO, HAJIME; MIKAMI, YOSHIROU; KINUGAWA, KIYOSHIGE; NISHITANI, SHIGEYUKI; SHIBA, TAKEO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035238/0610 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035238/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035238/0839 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035239/0008 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 035306/0343 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 035306/0412 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2001-312116 · Oct 10, 2001 · national
Continuity (7)
Division 14166111 · Jan 28, 2014
Continuation 13942068 · Jul 15, 2013
Continuation 13330416 · Dec 19, 2011
Continuation 12314422 · Dec 10, 2008
Continuation 11197678 · Aug 5, 2005
Continuation 10212046 · Aug 6, 2002
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