Display device
A display device. A display including a display panel configured to include a plurality of active pixels and a plurality of dummy pixels, which are formed near the active pixels, a control driver configured to control a pixel driving circuit formed in each of the active pixels and a dummy driving circuit formed in each of the dummy pixels, wherein each of the pixel driving circuits of the active pixels includes a pixel driving transistor and each of the dummy driving circuits of the dummy pixels, which are formed at either end of the display panel in a first direction, is electrically connected at a first dummy node thereof and includes a dummy driving transistor and a first dummy capacitor, which connects a control terminal of the dummy driving transistor and the first dummy node.
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel comprising a plurality of active pixels and a plurality of dummy pixels located at one or both ends of the display panel in a first direction,
wherein each of the active pixels comprises:
an organic light-emitting diode;
a pixel driving circuit that is configured to drive the organic light-emitting diode, and that comprises a pixel driving transistor; and
a driving storage capacitor coupled between a control terminal of the pixel driving transistor and a first power supply voltage terminal, and
wherein each of the dummy pixels comprises:
a dummy driving circuit that comprises a dummy driving transistor, and a dummy emission control transistor configured to receive an emission control signal at a control terminal thereof;
a dummy storage capacitor coupled between a control terminal of the dummy driving transistor and the first power supply voltage terminal; and
a first dummy capacitor comprising a first node, which is directly connected to the control terminal of the dummy driving transistor, and a second node, which is directly connected to both a drain electrode of the dummy emission control transistor and the organic light-emitting diode of a corresponding one of the active pixels.
2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a repair line configured to extend in the first direction, and overlapping the active pixels aligned in the first direction.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the repair line is electrically connected to the pixel driving circuits of some of the active pixels at first pixel nodes thereof.
4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a control driver that is configured to control the pixel driving circuit and the dummy driving circuit, and that comprises:
a comparator that is configured to determine whether or not the pixel driving circuit is defective; and
a synchronizer that is configured to synchronize an output signal of the dummy driving circuit with a data signal provided to the pixel driving circuit.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the comparator is configured to control a connection between the repair line and one or more of the first pixel nodes.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the dummy driving circuit comprises a first dummy transistor and a second dummy transistor, which connect a terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied and a first dummy node, and a pumping capacitor, to which the first and second dummy transistors are connected,
wherein a control terminal of the first dummy transistor is connected to a first input signal terminal,
wherein a source terminal of the first dummy transistor is connected to the first dummy node,
wherein a drain terminal of the first dummy transistor is connected to a source terminal of the second dummy transistor,
wherein a control terminal of the second dummy transistor is connected to a second input signal terminal,
wherein the source terminal of the second dummy transistor is connected to the drain terminal of the first dummy transistor, and
wherein a drain terminal of the second dummy transistor is connected to a second power supply voltage terminal.
7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the pixel driving circuits of the active pixels comprises a first pixel transistor and a second pixel transistor,
wherein a control terminal of the first pixel transistor is connected to the second input signal terminal, and
wherein a control terminal of the second pixel transistor is connected to a third input signal terminal.
8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the pixel driving circuits of the active pixels comprises a first pixel transistor and a second pixel transistor,
wherein a control terminal of the first pixel transistor and a control terminal of the second pixel transistor are electrically connected together, and
wherein the control terminal of the first pixel transistor is connected to the second input signal terminal.