IP Library Granted Patent US 11,455,938
Granted Patent B2
US 11,455,938 · App. 17/367,396 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Kyong Hwan Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Hyun Ka (Yongin-si, KR); Ki Myeong Eom (Yongin-si, KR); Hai Jung In (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Won Kyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Hwan Soo Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Tae Jeong (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/2092G09G3/3233G09G2310/0251G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0275G09G2310/08G09G2340/0435
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Patent No.
US 11,455,938
App. No.
17/367,396
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes pixels coupled to first scan lines, second scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a first scan driver to supply a scan signal to each of the first scan lines at a first frequency to drive the display device at a first driving frequency, and to supply the scan signal to each of the first scan lines at a second frequency to drive the display device at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency; a second scan driver to supply a scan signal to each of the second scan lines at the first frequency to drive the display device at the first driving frequency, and to supply the scan signal to each of the second scan lines at the second frequency to drive the display device at the second driving frequency; an emission driver to supply an emission control signal to each of the emission control lines at the first frequency; and a data driver to supply a data signal to each of the data lines in response to the scan signal supplied to each of the first scan lines.

Claims (34)

1. A pixel comprising:

a light emitting element including a first electrode, and a second electrode coupled to a second power supply;

a first transistor including a first electrode coupled to a first node electrically connected to a first power supply to control driving current based on a voltage of a second node;

a second transistor coupled between a data line and the first node, and configured to be activated by a first scan signal supplied to a first scan line;

a third transistor coupled between the second node and a third node coupled to a second electrode of the first transistor, and configured to be activated by a second scan signal supplied to a second scan line;

a fourth transistor coupled between the second node and a first initialization power supply, and configured to be activated by a third scan signal supplied to a third scan line;

a fifth transistor coupled between the first power supply and the first node, and configured to be deactivated by the emission control signal supplied to an emission control line;

a sixth transistor coupled to the third node and the first electrode of the light emitting element, and configured to be deactivated by the emission control signal; and

a seventh transistor coupled between a second initialization power supply and the first electrode of the light emitting element, and configured to be activated by the emission control signal.

2. The pixel according to claim 1 , further comprising a storage capacitor connected between the first power supply and the second node.

3. The pixel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second, third, and fourth transistors are turned on at a first frequency to drive the pixel at a first driving frequency and turned on at a second frequency to drive the pixel at a second driving frequency lower than the first driving frequency; and

the fifth, sixth, and seventh transistors are turned on at the first frequency.

4. The pixel according to claim 3 , wherein:

each of the fifth and sixth transistors comprises a P-type transistor; and

the seventh transistor comprises an N-type oxide semiconductor transistor.

5. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein a gate electrode of the fifth transistor, a gate electrode the sixth transistor, and a gate electrode of the seventh transistor are connected to the same emission control line.

6. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein a data signal is supplied to the first node through the second transistor based on the first scan signal.

7. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein the first frequency is substantially equal to the first driving frequency.

8. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein the second frequency is substantially equal to the second driving frequency.

9. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein:

when the pixel is driven at the second driving frequency, the second, third, and fourth transistors are turned on once, and

when the pixel is driven at the second driving frequency, the fifth, sixth, and seventh transistors are turned on multiple times.

10. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein:

each of the first and second transistors comprises the P-type transistor; and

each of the third and fourth transistors comprises the N-type oxide semiconductor transistor.

11. The pixel according to claim 10 , wherein:

each of the first, second, fifth, and sixth transistors comprises a low temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) transistor.

12. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein:

the second transistor is turned on simultaneously with the third transistor, and

the second transistor is turned on at a time different from that of the fourth transistor.

13. The pixel according to claim 12 , wherein a turn-on time of the seventh transistor overlaps a turn-on time of the fourth transistor and a turn-on time of the second transistor when the pixel is driven at the first driving frequency.

14. The pixel according to claim 4 , wherein a voltage of the first initialization power supply differs from a voltage of the second initialization power supply.

15. The pixel according to claim 14 , wherein the voltage of the first initialization power supply is greater than the voltage of the second initialization power supply.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2025
From: OH, KYONG HWAN; KA, JI HYUN; EOM, KI MYEONG; IN, HAI JUNG; JEON, JIN; KWAK, WON KYU; LEE, HYUN; JANG, HWAN SOO; JEONG, JIN TAE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0069637 · Jun 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16890319 · Jun 2, 2020
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