IP Library Granted Patent US 10,665,162
Granted Patent B2
US 10,665,162 · App. 15/984,175 · Granted May 26, 2020

Pixel and organic light-emitting display device including the same

Inventors: Hyo Chul Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Yoon Jung Chai (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3233G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0852G09G2300/0861G09G2310/0262G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0295G09G2320/045
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Patent No.
US 10,665,162
App. No.
15/984,175
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device may include an organic light-emitting diode; a first transistor configured to control, in response to a voltage of a first node, current flowing from a first driving power source to a second driving power source that is coupled to a second node via the organic light-emitting diode; a second transistor coupled between a data line and the first node, and configured to be turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to a first scan line; a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and the first driving power source; and an auxiliary capacitor coupled between the first driving power source and the second node.

Claims (46)

1. A pixel comprising:

an organic light-emitting diode;

a first transistor configured to control, in response to a voltage of a first node, current flowing from a first driving power source to a second driving power source that is coupled to a second node via the organic light-emitting diode;

a second transistor coupled between a data line and the first node, and configured to be turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to a first scan line;

a third transistor coupled between the second node and the data line, and configured to be turned on when a sensing control signal is supplied to a sensing control line;

a fourth transistor coupled between the first node and the second node, and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied to the first scan line;

a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and the first driving power source and charged corresponding to a voltage difference between the first node and first driving power source when the second transistor is turned on; and

an auxiliary capacitor coupled between the first driving power source and the second node.

2. The pixel according to claim 1 , wherein a capacitance value of the auxiliary capacitor is set to be identical to a capacitance value of the storage capacitor.

3. The pixel according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more emission control transistors, each of the one or more emission control transistors being coupled between the first driving power source and the second driving power source, and configured to be turned on when an emission control signal is supplied to an emission control line, and controls current flowing via the first transistor.

4. The pixel according to claim 3 , wherein the one or more emission control transistors comprise:

a fifth transistor coupled between the first driving power source and the first node; and

a sixth transistor coupled between the second node and an anode of the organic light-emitting diode.

5. The pixel according to claim 4 , further comprising a seventh transistor coupled between the first node and a third driving power source, and configured to be turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to a second scan line.

6. The pixel according to claim 5 , further comprising an eighth transistor coupled between the third driving power source and the anode electrode of the organic light-emitting diode, and configured to be turned on when the first scan signal is supplied to the first scan line.

7. The pixel according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first to eighth transistors is formed of a P-type transistor.

8. The pixel according to claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first to eighth transistors is formed of an oxide semiconductor transistor.

9. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:

pixels disposed at intersections of data lines, scan lines, and sensing control lines, each of the pixels including an organic light-emitting diode;

a sensor configured to sense electrical characteristics of each of the pixels during a sensing period, and extract electrical characteristic information therefrom; and

a converter configured to receive first data and generate second data based on the first data using the electrical characteristic information,

wherein a pixel coupled to an i-th scan line (i is a natural number) and a j-th data line (j is a natural number) among the pixels comprises:

a first transistor configured to control, in response to a voltage of a first node, current flowing from a first driving power source to a second driving power source that is coupled to a second node via the organic light-emitting diode;

a second transistor coupled between the j-th data line and the first node, and configured to be turned on when a first scan signal is supplied to the i-th scan line;

a storage capacitor coupled between the first node and the first driving power source and charged corresponding to a voltage difference between the first node and first driving power source when the second transistor is turned on; and

an auxiliary capacitor coupled between the first driving power source and the second node,

wherein the pixel coupled to the i-th scan line and the j-th data line further comprises a third transistor coupled between the second node and the j-th data line, and configured to be turned on when a sensing control signal is supplied to an i-th sensing control line.

10. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 9 , wherein a capacitance value of the auxiliary capacitor is set to be identical to a capacitance value of the storage capacitor.

11. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 9 , wherein the sensor comprises:

an analog-digital converter configured to convert the electrical characteristic information into a digital value; and

a memory configured to store the digital value.

12. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a scan driver configured to drive the scan lines;

a data driver configured to drive the data lines;

a sensing control driver configured to drive the sensing control lines; and

a switch configured to couple the data lines to at least one of the sensor and the data driver.

13. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 12 , wherein the switch comprises:

first switches coupled between the respective data lines and the data driver; and

second switches coupled between the respective data lines and the sensor.

14. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein, during the sensing period for which the electrical characteristic information of the pixel coupled to the i-th scan line and the j-th data line is extracted,

the switch couples the data lines to the data driver during a first period of the sensing period, and couples the data lines to the sensor during a second period of the sensing period, and

the scan driver supplies a scan signal to the i-th scan line during the first period, and the sensing control driver supplies a sensing control signal to the i-th sensing control line during the second period.

15. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 14 , wherein the data driver supplies a reference data signal capable of turning on the first transistor to the data lines during the first period.

16. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 15 , wherein feedback current flowing to the data lines during the second period includes the electrical characteristic information.

17. The organic light-emitting display device according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first transistor and the second transistor is formed of a P-type transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2018
From: LEE, HYO CHUL; CHAI, YOON JUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0126286 · Sep 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190096323A1 · Mar 28, 2019
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