IP Library Granted Patent US 10,380,939
Granted Patent B2
US 10,380,939 · App. 15/301,109 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Display device and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Tetsuo Minami (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,380,939
App. No.
15/301,109
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display unit includes sub-pixels that each have a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor that writes a video signal potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor that provides a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor. Each first transistor has a channel width W and channel length L, such that a width to length ratio is W/L. The width to length ratio W 1 /L 1 of one of the first transistors is different than a width-to-length ratio W 2 /L 2 of at least one other of the first transistors.

Claims (13)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels, respective ones of the plurality of pixels including four sub-pixels consisting of an R sub-pixel, a G sub-pixel, a B sub-pixel, and a W sub-pixel, respective ones of the four sub-pixels including a light emitting element, a capacitor, a first transistor configured to provide a potential to the capacitor, and a second transistor configured to provide a drive current to the light emitting element based on a voltage stored in the capacitor;

a plurality of a first lines respectively extending along a first direction and configured to propagate a control voltage, the plurality of first lines respectively connected to control terminals of the first transistors of the four sub-pixels;

a plurality of second lines respectively extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the first transistors of the four sub-pixels are dimensioned such that either:

a channel length of the first transistor of a first sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels and the first transistor of a second sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels is greater than a channel length the first transistor of a third sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels and the first transistor of a fourth sub-pixel of the four sub-pixels, or

a channel width of the first transistor of the first sub-pixel and the first transistor of the second sub-pixel is greater than a channel width of the first transistor of the third sub-pixel and the first transistor of the fourth sub-pixel.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in respective ones of the four sub-pixels, a first current terminal of the first transistor is connected to one of the plurality of second lines and a second current terminal of the second transistor is connected to a first electrode of the capacitor.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in respective ones of the four sub-pixels, a first terminal of the second transistor is connected to a third line and a second terminal of the second transistor is connected to an anode electrode of the light emitting element.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor is set to a conductive state during a correction period to detect a current through the second transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first transistor is a sampling transistor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second transistor is a driving transistor.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second lines are configured to supply a video signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059561/0429 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2016
From: MINAMI, TETSUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040193/0897 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-108861 · May 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170124948A1 · May 4, 2017
Cited By (1)
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