Display device having plurality of initialization power sources
A display device includes a power supply to supply a first initialization power source to the pixels through a first initialization and to supply a second initialization power source to the pixels through a second power line.
1. A display device comprising:
pixels;
data lines coupled to the pixels;
a first power line to supply a first initialization voltage; and
a second power line to supply a second initialization voltage,
wherein at least one of the pixels comprises:
a light emitting element having a first terminal and a second terminal;
a first transistor coupled between a first node and the first terminal of the light emitting element to control driving current of the light emitting element in response to a voltage of a second node;
a second transistor to be turned on in response to a first scan signal, the second transistor being coupled between one of the data lines and the first node;
a third transistor to be turned on in response to a second scan signal, the third transistor being coupled between the second node and a third node, and the third node being coupled between the first transistor and the light emitting element;
a fourth transistor coupled to the first node;
a fifth transistor coupled between the second node and the first power line to transfer the first initialization voltage of the first power line to the second node;
a sixth transistor coupled between the first terminal of the light emitting element and the second power line to transfer the second initialization voltage of the second power line to the first terminal of the light emitting element, and
wherein the first node is coupled to a first power source and the second terminal of the light emitting element is coupled to a second power source.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fifth transistor comprises an N-type transistor, and the sixth transistor comprises a P-type transistor.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fourth transistor comprises a P-type transistor.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fourth transistor comprises a third terminal to receive a power voltage and a fourth terminal coupled to the first node to supply a given voltage level of the power voltage to the first node.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the fourth transistor and the fifth transistor are configured to be turned on in response to different control signals.
6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the fourth transistor is coupled between the first power line and the first node to supply the first initialization voltage to the first node when the first initialization voltage has the given voltage level.
7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the fourth transistor further comprises a gate terminal to receive the first scan signal applied to another one of the pixels.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fifth transistor is configured to be turned on in response to the second scan signal applied to another one of the pixels.
9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a power supply to generate the first initialization voltage alternately at a high level and a low level and to generate the second initialization voltage alternately at the high level and the low level.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the high level of the second initialization voltage overlaps the low level of the first initialization voltage, and the low level of the second initialization voltage overlaps the high level of the first initialization voltage.
11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the pixels further comprises:
a seventh transistor coupled between the first power source and the first node to be turned off in response to an emission control signal; and
an eighth transistor coupled between the third node and the first terminal of the light emitting element to be turned off in response to the emission control signal.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the pixels are organized as pixel rows each having pixels arranged in a first direction;
the first power line or the second power line are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and
either the first power line or the second power line is disposed between an i-th pixel row of the pixel rows and an i+1-th pixel row of the pixel rows, i being an integer greater than 0.
13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:
the first power line extends in the first direction between the i-th pixel row and the i+1-th pixel row; and
the second power line extends in the first direction between the i+1-th pixel row and an i+2-th pixel row of the pixel rows.