Active matrix substrate, display device, and organic EL display device
The present invention provides an analog gradation-driving active matrix substrate suppressing reduction in the response time of the current-driven light-emitting element; a display device; and an organic EL display device. The active matrix substrate of the present invention is an analog gradation-driving active matrix substrate, comprising: pixels each including a current-driven light-emitting element and a drive transistor, the current-driven light-emitting element has a pixel electrode electrically coupled with the drive transistor, the drive transistor supplies a current to the current-driven light-emitting element through the pixel electrode, wherein an adjusting transistor for adjusting a voltage of the pixel electrode is electrically connected to a path for the electric current supplied from the drive transistor to the current-driven light-emitting element.
1. An analog gradation-driving active matrix substrate, comprising:
pixels each including a current-driven light-emitting element and a drive transistor,
the current-driven light-emitting element has a pixel electrode electrically coupled with the drive transistor,
the drive transistor supplies a current to the current-driven light-emitting element through the pixel electrode,
wherein an adjusting transistor for adjusting a voltage of the pixel electrode is electrically connected to a path for the electric current supplied from the drive transistor to the current-driven light-emitting element; and
a first signal line to which a source electrode or a drain electrode of the adjusting transistor is electrically connected is different from a second signal line to which a source electrode or a drain electrode of the drive transistor is electrically connected,
wherein a first voltage of the first signal line is lower than a second voltage of the second signal line by a threshold voltage of the drive transistor,
the first voltage is applied to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the adjusting transistor, and
the second voltage is applied to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the drive transistor.
2. The active matrix substrate according to claim 1 ,
wherein a gate electrode of the drive transistor is provided in a wiring layer which is disposed directly below the pixel electrode.
3. The active matrix substrate according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pixel further includes a compensation circuit for compensating variation of a threshold voltage of the drive transistor.
4. A display device, comprising the active matrix substrate according to claim 1 ,
the display device allowing the current-driven light-emitting element to emit light after voltage adjustment of the pixel electrode by the adjusting transistor.
5. The display device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the voltage adjustment and the light emission are sequentially performed.
6. An organic EL display device, comprising the active matrix substrate according to claim 1 ,
the current-driven light-emitting element being an organic EL element,
the pixel electrode being an anode or a cathode of the organic EL element.