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US 11,823,614 · App. 17/052,833 · Granted Nov 21, 2023

Display device and method for driving display device

Inventors: Kazunori Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Kei Takahashi (Kanagawa, JP); Koji Kusunoki (Kanagawa, JP); Takahiro Fukutome (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,823,614
App. No.
17/052,833
Granted
Nov 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A novel display device where a light-emitting element is turned on by a triangle wave is provided. One embodiment of the present invention is a method for driving a display device including a first pixel, a second pixel, a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring. The first wiring is electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel. The second wiring and the third wiring are electrically connected to the first pixel and the second pixel, respectively. At a first time, the first pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to first display data and the second pixel reaches the maximum luminance corresponding to second display data. The first pixel and the second pixel are initialized at a second time different from the first time by input of a reset signal to the first wiring to stop light emission.

Claims (54)

1. A method for driving a display device,

the display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels,

each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a light-emitting element;

a first transistor;

a second transistor; and

a third transistor;

a first wiring;

a second wiring; and

a third wiring,

wherein the first transistor comprises a first gate and a second gate,

wherein the first gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring, the second gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring, and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor and one of a source and a drain of the third transistor,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-emitting element,

wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein a threshold voltage of the first transistor is determined in accordance with a first potential of display data by input of the display data to the first wiring,

wherein a triangle wave is input to the second wiring,

wherein when the first transistor is set in an on state in accordance with a potential of the triangle wave, a second potential is applied to the gate of the second transistor through the first transistor, and emission luminance of the light-emitting element is controlled in accordance with the second potential,

wherein the third transistor is set in an on state, the second transistor is set in an off state, and the light-emitting element is turned off by input of a reset signal to the third wiring, and

wherein the potential of the triangle wave becomes the lowest in synchronization with the reset signal.

2. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels,

each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a light-emitting element;

a first transistor;

a second transistor;

a third transistor;

a fourth transistor;

a first capacitor; and

a second capacitor;

a first wiring;

a second wiring;

a third wiring;

a fourth wiring;

a fifth wiring; and

a sixth wiring,

wherein display data is input to the first wiring,

wherein a scan signal is input to the second wiring,

wherein a reset signal is input to the third wiring,

wherein a triangle wave is input to the fourth wiring,

wherein a potential higher than a potential of the display data is applied to the fifth wiring,

wherein a potential lower than a potential of the display data is applied to the sixth wiring,

wherein a gate of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the second wiring,

wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the first wiring,

wherein a gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wiring,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to a back gate of the first transistor and one electrode of the first capacitor,

wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third wiring,

wherein the fifth wiring is electrically connected to the other electrode of the first capacitor and one of a source and a drain of the first transistor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the third transistor, a gate of the second transistor, and one electrode of the second capacitor,

wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to the sixth wiring, and

wherein one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-emitting element.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element is a light-emitting diode.

4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element is an organic light-emitting diode.

5. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein any one of the transistors comprised in the display device includes a metal oxide in a semiconductor layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2020
From: WATANABE, KAZUNORI; TAKAHASHI, KEI; KUSUNOKI, KOJI; FUKUTOME, TAKAHIRO
To: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-095963 · May 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210366368A1 · Nov 25, 2021
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