Display apparatus

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a first pixel positioned in a first pixel row, the first pixel comprising a first light-emitting diode and a first initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and an initialization line;

a second pixel positioned in a second pixel row, the second pixel comprising a second light-emitting diode and a second initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode and the initialization line;

a charge sharing circuit comprising a control transistor connected between the pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and the pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode;

a first gate line positioned in the first pixel row, the first gate line connected to a gate of the first initialization transistor;

a second gate line positioned in the second pixel row, the second gate line connected to a gate of the second initialization transistor; and

a control line connected to a gate of the control transistor.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the charge sharing circuit further comprises a control diode connected between the control transistor and the pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

a control signal applied to the control line is applied later than a gate signal applied to the first gate line and earlier than a gate signal applied to the second gate line, and

a pixel electrode voltage of the first light-emitting diode increases from an initialization voltage applied from the initialization line to a first intermediate voltage at a first slew rate during a first period of a period for which the control signal is applied, and increases from the first intermediate voltage to a light-emitting voltage at a second slew rate during a second period subsequent to the first period.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

a control signal applied to the control line is applied later than a gate signal applied to the first gate line and earlier than a gate signal applied to the second gate line, and

a pixel electrode voltage of the second light-emitting diode decreases from a light-emitting voltage to a second intermediate voltage at a third slew rate during a period of a period for which the control signal is applied, and decreases from the second intermediate voltage to an initialization voltage applied from the initialization line at a fourth slew rate during a period of a period for which the gate signal is applied to the second gate line.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by two pixel rows,

a gate signal applied to the second gate line is applied later than a gate signal applied to the first gate line by a certain time, and

a control signal applied to the control line is positioned between the gate signal applied to the first gate line and the gate signal applied to the second gate line.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the control signal is applied after the gate signal applied to the first gate line by a certain time.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third pixel positioned in a third pixel row between the first pixel row and the second pixel row, the third pixel comprising a third light-emitting diode and a third initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the third light-emitting diode and the initialization line, wherein

the third pixel row is spaced apart from each of the first pixel row and the second pixel row by one pixel row, and

the control line is a third gate line connected to a gate of the third initialization transistor.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the second pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by three pixel rows,

a gate signal applied to the second gate line is applied later than a gate signal applied to the first gate line by a certain time, and

a control signal applied to the control line is positioned between the gate signal applied to the first gate line and the gate signal applied to the second gate line.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the control signal is applied later than the gate signal applied to the first gate line by a certain time.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third pixel positioned in a third pixel row between the first pixel row and the second pixel row, the third pixel comprising a third light-emitting diode and a third initialization transistor connected between a pixel electrode of the third light-emitting diode and the initialization line, wherein

the third pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by two pixel rows, and is spaced apart from the second pixel row by one pixel row, and

the control line is a third gate line connected to a gate of the third initialization transistor.

11. The display apparatus of claim 10 , wherein a gate signal applied to the third gate line is subsequent to a gate signal applied to the first gate line, and partially overlaps a gate signal applied to the second gate line.

12. A display apparatus comprising:

a pixel unit comprising a plurality of pixels; and

a gate driver that applies a gate signal to the plurality of pixels,

wherein the pixel unit comprises:

a first pixel positioned in a first pixel row, the first pixel comprising a first light-emitting diode and a first initialization transistor, the first initialization transistor being connected between a pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and an initialization line and controlled by a first gate signal;

a second pixel positioned in a second pixel row, the second pixel comprising a second light-emitting diode and a second initialization transistor, the second initialization transistor being connected between a pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode and the initialization line and controlled by a second gate signal that is applied later than the first gate signal by a certain time; and

a charge sharing circuit comprising a control transistor connected between the pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode and the pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode, and controlled by a control signal applied between the first gate signal and the second gate signal.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the charge sharing circuit further comprises a control diode forward-biased from the pixel electrode of the second light-emitting diode to the pixel electrode of the first light-emitting diode.

14. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein a pixel electrode voltage of the first light-emitting diode increases from an initialization voltage applied from the initialization line to a first intermediate voltage at a first slew rate during a first period of a period for which the control signal is applied, and increases from the first intermediate voltage to a light-emitting voltage at a second slew rate during a second period subsequent to the first period.

15. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein a pixel electrode voltage of the second light-emitting diode decreases from a light-emitting voltage to a second intermediate voltage at a third slew rate during a period of a period for which the control signal is applied, and decreases from the second intermediate voltage to an initialization voltage applied from the initialization line during a period of a period for which a gate signal is applied to a gate of the second initialization transistor.

16. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the control signal is applied later than the first gate signal by a certain time.

17. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the pixel unit further comprises a third pixel positioned in a third pixel row, the third pixel comprising a third light-emitting diode and a third initialization transistor, the third initialization transistor being connected between a pixel electrode of the third light-emitting diode and the initialization line,

the second pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by two pixel rows, the third pixel row is spaced apart from each of the first pixel row and the second pixel row by one pixel row, and

the control signal is a gate signal applied to a gate line connected to a gate of the third initialization transistor.

18. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the pixel unit further comprises a third pixel positioned in a third pixel row, the third pixel comprising a third light-emitting diode and a third initialization transistor, the third initialization transistor being connected between a pixel electrode of the third light-emitting diode and the initialization line,

the second pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by three pixel rows,

the third pixel row is spaced apart from the first pixel row by two pixel rows, and is spaced apart from the second pixel row by one pixel row, and

the control signal is a third gate signal applied to a gate line connected to a gate of the third initialization transistor.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the third gate signal is subsequent to the first gate signal, and partially overlaps the second gate signal.

20. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein

the gate driver comprises a first gate driver positioned on a left side of the pixel unit, and a second gate driver positioned on a right side of the pixel unit, and

the first pixel row and the second pixel row are an odd row and an even row spaced apart from each other by three pixel rows.