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Granted Patent B2
US 10,043,441 · App. 15/048,475 · Granted Aug 7, 2018

Pixel, organic light emitting display device, and driving method thereof

Inventors: Tae Jin Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Soo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Myoung Seop Song (Yongin-si, KR); Myung Ho Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3208G09G3/3225G09G2330/02
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Patent No.
US 10,043,441
App. No.
15/048,475
Granted
Aug 7, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel including: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor configured to control an amount of current that passes through the organic light emitting diode to flow to a second power from a first power that is connected to a first electrode of the first transistor corresponding to a voltage of a first node; a second transistor between a data line and the first node; a third transistor between the first node and a reference power; a fourth transistor between a second node and an initialization power, the second node being connected to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor; and a second capacitor connected in series to the first capacitor, the first and second capacitors being between the first node and the first power.

Claims (56)

1. A pixel comprising:

an organic light emitting diode;

a first transistor configured to control an amount of current flowing from a first power through the organic light emitting diode to a second power according to a voltage of a first node;

a second transistor between a data line and the first node;

a third transistor between the first node and a reference power;

a fourth transistor between a second node and an initialization power, the second node being connected to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode;

a first capacitor; and

a second capacitor connected in series to the first capacitor, the first and second capacitors being between the first node and the first power,

wherein a third node between the first capacitor and second capacitor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the first transistor.

2. The pixel of claim 1 , wherein the reference power has a voltage at which the first transistor is turned on.

3. The pixel of claim 1 , wherein the initialization power has a voltage at which the organic light emitting diode is turned off.

4. The pixel of claim 1 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor are configured to be concurrently turned on and turned off, and

wherein a turned-on period of the third and fourth transistors does not overlap a turned-on period of the second transistor.

5. The pixel of claim 4 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor are configured to be turned on before the second transistor is turned on.

6. The pixel of claim 1 further comprising:

a fifth transistor between the third node and the first power; and

a sixth transistor between the second node and the first transistor.

7. The pixel of claim 6 , wherein a turned-on period of the fifth transistor does not overlap a turned-on period of the second transistor, and

wherein the fifth transistor is configured to be turned off after the third transistor is turned on.

8. The pixel of claim 6 , wherein the sixth transistor is configured to be turned off when the second transistor is turned on.

9. The pixel of claim 1 further comprising:

a fifth transistor between the third node and the first power; and

a sixth transistor between the second node and the organic light emitting diode.

10. The pixel of claim 9 , wherein a turned-on period of the fifth transistor does not overlap a turned-on period of the second transistor, and

wherein the fifth transistor is configured to be turned off after the third transistor is turned on.

11. The pixel of claim 9 , wherein a turned-on period of the sixth transistor does not overlap turned-on periods of the second transistor and the third transistor.

12. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

pixels at regions defined by scan lines, data lines, control lines, first light emitting control lines, and second light emitting control lines;

a scan driver configured to supply scan signals to the scan lines;

a data driver configured to supply data signals to the data lines; and

a control line driver configured to supply control signals to the control lines,

wherein each of the pixels at an i-th horizontal line (i is natural number) comprises:

an organic light emitting diode;

a first transistor configured to control an amount of current that passes from a first power through the organic light emitting diode to a second power according to a voltage of a first node;

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

a third transistor between the first node and a reference power, and configured to be turned on when a control signal is supplied to an i-th control line of the control lines;

a fourth transistor between an initialization power and a second node that is connected to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, and configured to be turned on when the control signal is supplied to the i-th control line;

a first capacitor;

a second capacitor connected in series to the first capacitor, the first and second capacitors being between the first node and the first power; and

a third node between the first capacitor and second capacitor that is electrically connected to a first electrode of the first transistor.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein the reference power has a voltage at which the first transistor is turned on.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein the initialization power has a voltage at which the organic light emitting diode is turned off.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein the scan driver is configured to sequentially supply the scan signals to the scan lines, and

wherein the control line driver is configured to supply the i-th control line with the control signal that is wider than the scan signal, and that is supplied before the scan signal is supplied to the i-th scan line.

16. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein each of the pixels at the i-th horizontal line comprises:

a fifth transistor between the third node and the first power, and configured to be turned off when a first light emitting control signal is supplied to an i-th first light emitting control line of the first light emitting control lines, and configured to be turned on otherwise; and

a sixth transistor between the second node and the first transistor, and configured to be turned off when a second light emitting control signal is supplied to an i-th second light emitting control line of the second light emitting control lines, and configured to be turned on otherwise.

17. The organic light emitting display device of claim 16 , further comprising an emission driver configured to:

supply the first light emitting control signal to the i-th light emitting control line such that a part of the first light emitting control signal overlaps the control signal supplied to the i-th control line, and such that another part of the first light emitting control signal overlaps the scan signal supplied to the i-th scan line; and

supply the second light emitting signal to the i-th second light emitting control line such that a part of the second light emitting signal overlaps the scan signal supplied to the i-th scan line.

18. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12 , wherein each of the pixels at the i-th horizontal line comprises:

a fifth transistor between the third node and the first power, and configured to be turned off when a first light emitting control signal is supplied to an i-th first light emitting control line of the first light emitting control lines, and configured to be turned on otherwise; and

a sixth transistor between the second node and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode, and configured to be turned off when a second light emitting control signal is supplied to an i-th second light emitting control line of the second light emitting control lines, and configured to be turned on otherwise.

19. The organic light emitting display device of claim 18 , further comprising an emission driver configured to:

supply the first light emitting control signal to the i-th light emitting control line such that a part of the first light emitting control signal overlaps the control signal supplied to the i-th control line, and such that another part of the first light emitting control signal overlaps the scan signal supplied to the i-th scan line; and

supply the second light emitting control signal to the i-th second light emitting control line such that a part of the second light emitting control signal overlaps the control signal supplied to the i-th control line and the scan signal supplied to the i-th scan line.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 6, 2026
From: NEUROHM SP. Z O. O. SPOLKA KOMANDYTOWA
To: NEUROHM SPOLKA Z OGRANICZONA ODPOWIEDZIALNOSCIA SPOLKA KOMANDYTOWA
Reel/Frame 074716/0501 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2016
From: KIM, TAE JIN; KIM, JONG SOO; SONG, MYOUNG SEOP; LEE, MYUNG HO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038220/0045 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0092527 · Jun 29, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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