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Granted Patent B2
US 10,255,855 · App. 15/158,515 · Granted Apr 9, 2019

Pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device and organic light emitting diode display device

Inventors: Kyong-Tae Park (Suwon-si, KR); Kyu-Sik Cho (Suwon-si, KR); Jin-A Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 10,255,855
App. No.
15/158,515
Granted
Apr 9, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device includes a scan transistor configured to connect a data line to a first node in response to a scan signal, a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage, a compensation capacitor connected between the first node and a second node, a driving transistor having a gate connected to the second node, a source connected to the first power supply voltage, and a drain connected to a third node, a compensation transistor configured to connect the second node to the third node in response to a compensation control signal, an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage, and an initialization transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage in response to an initialization control signal.

Claims (40)

1. A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device, the pixel comprising:

a scan transistor configured to connect a data line to a first node in response to a scan signal;

a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage;

a compensation capacitor connected between the first node and a second node;

a driving transistor comprising a gate connected to the second node, a source connected to the first power supply voltage, and a drain connected to a third node;

a compensation transistor comprising a first compensation transistor and a second compensation transistor, and configured to connect the second node to the third node in response to a compensation control signal;

an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage; and

an initialization transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage in response to an initialization control signal, the initialization transistor having a first terminal connected to the first power supply voltage, the first compensation transistor being connected between the second node and a second terminal of the initialization transistor, the second compensation transistor being connected between the second terminal of the initialization transistor and the third node, the compensation transistor and the initialization transistor being configured to be turned on in response to the compensation control signal and the initialization control signal, respectively, to transfer the initialization voltage to the second node and the third node during an initialization period.

2. The pixel of claim 1 ,

wherein when the initialization voltage is transferred to the second node and the third node, by the compensation transistor and the initialization transistor, during the initialization period, the driving transistor is initialized to an off-bias state.

3. The pixel of claim 1 ,

wherein the initialization voltage is the first power supply voltage.

4. The pixel of claim 3 ,

wherein the initialization transistor further comprises:

a gate to which the initialization control signal is applied.

5. A pixel of an organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

first and second transistors connected in series between a data line and a first node, the first and second transistors being turned on in response to a scan signal;

a first capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage;

a second capacitor connected between the first node and a second node;

a third transistor comprising:

a gate connected to the second node;

a first terminal connected to the first power supply voltage; and

a second terminal connected to a third node;

a fourth transistor connected between the second node and a fourth node and a fifth transistor connected between the fourth node and the third node, the fourth and fifth transistors being turned on in response to a compensation control signal;

a sixth transistor comprising:

a gate to which an initialization control signal is applied;

a first terminal connected to the first power supply voltage; and

a second terminal connected to the fourth node; and

an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage.

6. An organic light emitting diode display device comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels comprising:

a scan transistor configured to connect a data line to a first node in response to a scan signal;

a storage capacitor connected between the first node and a first power supply voltage;

a compensation capacitor connected between the first node and a second node;

a driving transistor comprising:

a gate connected to the second node;

a source connected to the first power supply voltage; and

a drain connected to a third node;

a compensation transistor comprising a first compensation transistor and a second compensation transistor, and configured to connect the second node to the third node in response to a compensation control signal;

an organic light emitting diode connected between the third node and a second power supply voltage; and

an initialization transistor configured to transfer an initialization voltage in response to an initialization control signal, the initialization transistor having a first terminal connected to the first power supply voltage, the first compensation transistor being connected between the second node and a second terminal of the initialization transistor, the second compensation transistor being connected between the second terminal of the initialization transistor and the third node, the compensation transistor and the initialization transistor being configured to be turned on, in response to the compensation control signal and the initialization control signal, respectively, to transfer the initialization voltage to the second node and the third node during an initialization period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2016
From: PARK, KYONG-TAE; CHO, KYU-SIK; LEE, JIN-A
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038708/0548 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0150483 · Oct 28, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170124954A1 · May 4, 2017
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