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US 11,114,026 · App. 16/295,361 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Display apparatus comprising color accuracy enhancement transistor or brightness boosting transistor

Inventors: Gun Hee Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Do Hyung Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyeonsik Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sangho Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Joo-Sun Yoon (Seoul, KR); Joohee Jeon (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3225G09G3/3233H01L27/3262G09G2300/043G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0242G09G2320/045G09G2320/0626
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Patent No.
US 11,114,026
App. No.
16/295,361
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor providing a driving current to operate the organic light emitting diode, a second transistor including a gate electrode that receives a first scan signal, a first electrode that receives a data signal, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode of the first transistor, a storage capacitor including a first electrode receiving a first power voltage and a second electrode electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor, and a color accuracy enhancement transistor that applies a first back bias voltage to the first transistor in response to a color accuracy enhancement signal.

Claims (41)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including:

an organic light emitting diode;

a first transistor providing a driving current to operate the organic light emitting diode;

a second transistor including a gate electrode that receives a first scan signal, a first electrode that receives a data signal, and a second electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the first transistor;

a storage capacitor including a first electrode receiving a first power voltage and a second electrode electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor; and

a color accuracy enhancement transistor that applies a first back bias voltage to the first transistor in response to a color accuracy enhancement signal.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the color accuracy enhancement transistor includes a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and the first electrode receives a data signal or a first power voltage.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the gate electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor receives the color accuracy enhancement signal, the first electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor is electrically connected to the first transistor, and the second electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor is electrically connected to a back bias electrode of the first transistor.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor is electrically connected to the first electrode of the first transistor.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of pixels further includes a brightness boosting transistor that applies a second back bias voltage to the first transistor in response to a brightness boosting signal.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the brightness boosting transistor includes a gate electrode, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and the first electrode receives a gate voltage of the first transistor.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the gate electrode of the brightness boosting transistor receives the brightness boosting signal, the first electrode of the brightness boosting transistor is electrically connected to the first transistor, and the second electrode of the brightness boosting transistor is electrically connected to the back bias electrode of the first transistor.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first electrode of the brightness boosting transistor is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein:

when the color accuracy enhancement transistor is turned on by the color accuracy enhancement signal, the brightness boosting transistor is turned off by the brightness-boosting signal, and

when the brightness boosting transistor is turned on by the brightness-boosting signal, the color accuracy enhancement transistor is turned off by the color accuracy enhancement signal.

10. A display apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including:

an organic light emitting diode;

a first transistor providing a driving current to operate the organic light emitting diode;

a second transistor including a gate electrode that receives a first scan signal, a first electrode that receives a data signal, and a second electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the first transistor; and

a brightness boosting transistor that applies a second back bias voltage to the first transistor in response to a brightness boosting signal.

11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the brightness boosting transistor includes a gate electrode that receives the brightness boosting signal, a first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor, and a second electrode electrically connected to a back bias electrode of the first transistor.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a first electrode of the brightness boosting transistor receives a gate voltage of the first transistor.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a color accuracy enhancement transistor that applies a first back bias voltage to the first transistor in response to a color accuracy enhancement signal.

14. A display apparatus, comprising:

a base substrate;

a back bias electrode on the base substrate;

a first transistor including a first active pattern overlapping the back bias electrode and a first gate electrode overlapping the first active pattern;

a first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor;

a second electrode facing the first electrode;

a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a color accuracy enhancement transistor electrically connected to the back bias electrode; and

a brightness boosting transistor electrically connected to the back bias electrode.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the back bias electrode is electrically connected to a drain electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor and a drain electrode of the brightness boosting transistor.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a buffer layer disposed between the back bias electrode and the first transistor.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a mode selector that provides a color accuracy enhancement signal to a gate electrode of the color accuracy enhancement transistor, and provides a brightness boosting signal to a gate electrode of the brightness boosting transistor.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 17 , wherein:

the brightness boosting signal has an off voltage that turns off the brightness boosting transistor when the color accuracy enhancement signal has an on voltage that turns on the color accuracy enhancement transistor, and

the color accuracy enhancement signal has an off voltage that turns off the color accuracy enhancement transistor when the brightness boosting signal has an on voltage to turn on the brightness boosting transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: KIM, GUN HEE; KIM, DO HYUNG; KIM, HYEONSIK; PARK, SANGHO; YOON, JOO-SUN; JEON, JOOHEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048531/0849 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0028265 · Mar 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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