Organic light emitting display device and driving method of the same
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of pixels each including a pixel driving circuit. The plurality of pixels includes an organic light emitting diode and a driving TFT configured to control driving of the organic light emitting diode and including a gate node as a first node, a source node as a second node, and a drain node. Also, the plurality of pixels includes first to third switching TFTs electrically connected to the driving TFT and first and second storage capacitors configured to store a voltage to be applied to the driving TFT DT. Further, the plurality of pixels includes a coupling capacitor connected to a gate node of the third switching TFT so as to increase a voltage to be applied to the gate node of the driving TFT.
1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:
a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including:
an organic light emitting diode;
a driving TFT configured to control driving of the organic light emitting diode and including a gate node as a first node, a source node as a second node, and a drain node as a fourth node;
first, second, and third switching TFTs electrically connected to the driving TFT, each of the first, second, and third switching TFTs including a respective gate node, source node, and drain node;
first and second storage capacitors configured to store a voltage to be applied to the driving TFT; and
a coupling capacitor connected between a third node as the gate node of the third switching TFT and the fourth node so as to increase a voltage to be applied to the gate node of the driving TFT,
wherein a voltage of the fourth node is bootstrapped by the coupling capacitor when a voltage of the third node is in a high state.
2. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate node of the driving TFT is connected to the source node of the first switching TFT and is supplied with at least one of a data voltage or a reference voltage.
3. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second node is connected to the source node of the second switching TFT and to an anode of the organic light emitting diode.
4. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second node is supplied with a voltage that is increased in correspondence to a voltage increase in the first node so as to maintain a sampling voltage in the first storage capacitor.
5. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth node is connected to the source node of the third switching TFT and is supplied with a high-potential voltage.
6. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein a voltage increase in the first node caused by the coupling capacitor reduces a delay of a current flowing in the organic light emitting diode.
7. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate node of the first switching TFT is connected to a first scan signal line and
wherein the first switching TFT supplies at least one of a data voltage or a reference voltage to the first node in response to a first scan signal.
8. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 7 , wherein the gate node of the second switching TFT is connected to a second scan signal line and
wherein the second switching TFT supplies an initialization voltage to the second node in response to a second scan signal.
9. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the third node is connected to an emission control signal line and
wherein the third switching TFT supplies a high-potential voltage to the fourth node in response to an emission control signal.
10. The organic light emitting device according to claim 1 , each of the plurality of pixels further comprising a parasitic capacitor coupled to the first storage capacitor and disposed between the first node and the fourth node.
11. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 10 , wherein the coupling capacitor and the parasitic capacitor sequentially perform coupling operations to bootstrap a voltage of the first node.
12. An OLED display device comprising:
a plurality of pixels each including an organic light emitting diode and a pixel driving circuit that drives the organic light emitting diode,
wherein the pixel driving circuit includes:
a driving TFT configured to control driving of the organic light emitting diode and including a gate node as a first node, a source node as a second node, and a drain node as a fourth node;
first, second, and third switching TFTs electrically connected to the driving TFT;
first and second storage capacitors configured to store a voltage to be applied to the driving TFT; and
a coupling capacitor connected between a third node as a gate node of the third switching TFT and the fourth node,
wherein a voltage of the fourth node is bootstrapped by the coupling capacitor when a voltage of the third node is in a high stage, and
the pixel driving circuit operates in a period divided into:
an initialization period in which a reference voltage is supplied to the first node and an initialization voltage is supplied to the second node;
a sampling period in which a voltage higher than the reference voltage is supplied to the first node and the voltage higher than the reference voltage minus a threshold voltage is supplied to the second node by the coupling capacitor;
a programming period in which a data voltage is supplied to the first node and a voltage of the second node is changed by the data voltage; and
an emission period in which a delay of a current involved in emission of the organic light emitting diode is minimized by a voltage bootstrapped to the source node of the driving TFT.
13. The OLED display device according to claim 12 , wherein in the initialization period, the first switching TFT and the second switching TFT are turned on and the third switching TFT is turned off and
wherein in the emission period, the first switching TFT and the second switching TFT are turned off and the third switching TFT is turned on.
14. The OLED display device according to claim 12 , wherein in the sampling period, the first switching TFT and the third switching TFT are turned on and the second switching TFT is turned off.
15. The OLED display device according to claim 14 , wherein coupling between the first storage capacitor and the coupling capacitor occurs and the voltage to be applied to the first node is bootstrapped.
16. The OLED display device according to claim 12 , wherein in the programming period, the first switching TFT is turned on and the second switching TFT and the third switching TFT are turned off.
17. The OLED display device according to claim 16 , wherein the voltage of the first node is changed and the second node is charged with a sum of a voltage determined in the sampling period and a voltage changed from voltage distribution of the voltage variation in the first node between the first storage capacitor and the second storage capacitor.