IP Library Granted Patent US 12,205,538
Granted Patent B2
US 12,205,538 · App. 18/514,799 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Display device adjusting timing of gate signal

Inventors: Jin-Hun Kim (Paju-si, KR); Ju-Hee Eun (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3225G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08G09G2320/0209
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Patent No.
US 12,205,538
App. No.
18/514,799
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprising a storage capacitor connected to a high level voltage line, a first transistor switched according to a voltage of a first capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor, a second transistor switched according to a gate2 signal and connected to a data signal and the first transistor, a third transistor switched according to a gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and the first transistor, a fourth transistor switched according to the gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and an initial voltage, a fifth transistor switched according to an emission signal and connected to the high level voltage and the first transistor, a sixth transistor switched according to the emission signal and connected to the first transistor, and a light emitting diode connected between the sixth transistor and a low level voltage line.

Claims (57)

1. A display device, comprising:

a storage capacitor connected to a high level voltage line;

a first transistor switched according to a voltage of a first capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor;

a second transistor switched according to a gate2 signal and connected to a data signal and the first transistor;

a third transistor switched according to a gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and the first transistor;

a fourth transistor switched according to the gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and an initial voltage;

a fifth transistor switched according to an emission signal and connected to the high level voltage line and the first transistor;

a sixth transistor switched according to the emission signal and connected to the first transistor; and

a light emitting diode connected between the sixth transistor and a low level voltage line,

wherein a rising timing of the gate1 signal is not earlier than a rising timing of an odd gate2 signal.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the gate2 signal comprises at least one of an odd gate2 signal or an even gate2 signal.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the rising timing of each of the gate1 signal and the odd gate2 signal is classified into a rising start timing and a rising end timing, and

wherein the rising start timing of the gate1 signal is simultaneous with the rising end timing of the odd gate2 signal.

4. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a gate driving unit arranged to generate the gate1 signal, the odd gate2 signal, the even gate2 signal and the emission signal using a gate control signal; and

a display panel arranged to display an image using the gate1 signal, the odd gate2 signal, the even gate2 signal and the emission signal.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the display panel includes an odd pixel line and an even pixel line, and

wherein at the rising timing of the odd gate2 signal or the even gate2 signal, a sampling to a data signal of the odd pixel line or the even pixel line is ended.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the sampling is performed after the data signal is saturated and stabilized.

7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the display panel includes an odd pixel line and an even pixel line,

wherein the gate1 signal is supplied to the odd pixel line and the even pixel line, and

wherein the odd gate2 signal and the even gate2 signal are supplied to the odd pixel line and the even pixel line, respectively.

8. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the gate driving unit includes first and second gate driving units disposed in side portions, respectively, of the display panel,

wherein the first gate driving unit includes a gate1 signal block generating the gate1 signal, an odd gate2 signal block generating the odd gate2 signal and an even gate2 signal block generating the even gate2 signal, and

wherein the second gate driving unit includes an emission signal block generating the emission signal, the odd gate2 signal block and the even gate2 signal block.

9. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the display panel includes a display area at a central portion thereof and a non-display area surrounding the display area,

wherein a plurality of pixels, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of vertical link lines and a plurality of horizontal link lines are disposed in the display area, and

wherein the plurality of data lines and the plurality of vertical link lines are connected to a data driving unit, and the plurality of horizontal link lines connect the plurality of vertical link lines and the plurality of data lines.

10. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the gate driving unit is formed in a non-display area of a substrate of the display panel.

11. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the gate1 signal includes an nth gate1 signal, the odd gate2 signal includes an nth odd gate2 signal and an (n−a)th odd gate2 signal, and the even gate2 signal includes an nth even gate2 signal and an (n−a)th even gate2 signal, and

wherein a first time gap from a falling timing of a nearest pulse of a horizontal synchronization signal to a rising timing of the nth gate1 signal is equal to or greater than a third time gap from a falling timing of the nearest pulse of the horizontal synchronization signal to a rising timing of the (n−a)th odd gate2 signal and smaller than a fourth time gap from the falling timing of the nearest pulse of the horizontal synchronization signal to a falling timing of the (n−a)th even gate2 signal.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first time gap is smaller than a sum of the third time gap and 1/10 of a fifth time gap from the rising timing of the (n−a)th odd gate2 signal to the falling timing of the (n−a)th even gate2 signal.

13. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a timing controlling unit arranged to generate image data, a data control signal and a gate control signal;

a data driving unit arranged to generate a data signal using the image data and the data control signal.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a source electrode of the second transistor is connected to a source electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor, and a drain electrode of the second transistor is connected to the data signal.

15. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a seventh transistor switched according to the gate2 signal and connected to an anode reset voltage and the sixth transistor.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first to sixth transistors is an oxide semiconductor thin film transistor.

17. A display device, comprising:

a storage capacitor connected to a high level voltage line;

a first transistor switched according to a voltage of a first capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor;

a second transistor switched according to a gate2 signal and connected to a data signal and the first transistor;

a third transistor switched according to a gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and the first transistor;

a fourth transistor switched according to the gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and an initial voltage;

a fifth transistor switched according to an emission signal and connected to the high level voltage line and the first transistor;

a sixth transistor switched according to the emission signal and connected to the first transistor; and

a light emitting diode connected between the sixth transistor and a low level voltage line,

wherein a rising timing of the gate1 signal is previous to a falling timing of an even gate2 signal.

18. A display device, comprising:

a storage capacitor connected to a high level voltage line;

a first transistor switched according to a voltage of a first capacitor electrode of the storage capacitor;

a second transistor switched according to a gate2 signal and connected to a data signal and the first transistor;

a third transistor switched according to a gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and the first transistor;

a fourth transistor switched according to the gate1 signal and connected to the storage capacitor and an initial voltage;

a fifth transistor switched according to an emission signal and connected to the high level voltage line and the first transistor;

a sixth transistor switched according to the emission signal and connected to the first transistor; and

a light emitting diode connected between the sixth transistor and a low level voltage line,

wherein a rising timing of each of the gate1 signal and an odd gate2 signal is an interval between a respective rising start timing and a respective rising end timing, and

wherein the rising start timing of the gate1 signal is simultaneous with a rising end timing of the odd gate2 signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2023
From: KIM, JIN-HUN; EUN, JU-HEE
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0189905 · Dec 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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