IP Library Granted Patent US 11,935,458
Granted Patent B2
US 11,935,458 · App. 17/850,894 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Display device and driving method thereof

Inventors: Ji Hyun Ka (Yongin-si, KR); Ki Myeong Eom (Yongin-si, KR); Kyong Hwan Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Hai Jung In (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/2092G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0275G09G2310/0278
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Patent No.
US 11,935,458
App. No.
17/850,894
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a first pixel connected to a first data line and a first scan line; a second pixel connected to the first data line and a second scan line; a first scan driver connected to a first scan start line and the first scan line; and a second scan driver connected to a second scan start line and the second scan line. In a first frame period, the second scan start line is to be suppled with a second scan start signal having a turn-on level, after a first period elapses after a first scan start signal having a turn-on level is supplied to the first scan start line. In a second frame period, a difference between a time at which the first scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied and a time at which the second scan start signal having the turn-on level is supplied corresponds to a second period. The second period is shorter than the first period.

Claims (40)

1. A display device comprising:

a first scan driver connected to a first scan start line and first scan lines;

a second scan driver connected to a second scan start line and second scan lines; and

pixels connected to the first scan lines and the second scan lines, a pixel of the pixels being connected to both of a respective one of the first scan lines and a respective one of the second scan lines, and comprising a P-type transistor connected to the respective one of the first scan lines and a N-type transistor connected to the respective one of the second scan lines,

wherein, in a first period of a low frequency driving mode, the second scan start line is to be supplied with a second scan start signal having a turn-on level and a first scan start signal having a turn-on level is to be supplied to the first scan start line,

wherein, in a second period of the low frequency driving mode, the second scan start line is to be supplied with the second scan start signal maintaining a turn-off level and the first scan start signal having the turn-on level is to be supplied to the first scan start line, and

wherein the second period is after the first period.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, in the first period, a first scan clock signal supplied to the first scan driver has a first cycle, and

wherein, in the second period, the first scan clock signal has a second cycle longer than the first cycle.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein, in the first period, a second scan clock signal supplied to the second scan driver has the first cycle, and

wherein, in the second period, the second scan clock signal maintains the turn-off level.

4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a first emission driver connected to a first emission stop line and first emission lines; and

a second emission driver connected to a second emission stop line and second emission lines,

wherein each of the pixels further comprises a transistor connected to a respective one of the first emission lines and or of the second emission lines,

wherein, in the first period, the second emission stop line is to be supplied with a second emission stop signal having a turn-off level, after a third period elapses after a first emission stop signal having a turn-off level is supplied to the first emission stop line,

wherein, in the second period, a difference between a time at which the first emission stop signal having the turn-off level is supplied and a time at which the second emission stop signal having the turn-off level is supplied corresponds to a fourth period, and

wherein the fourth period is shorter than the third period.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein, in the first period, a first emission clock signal supplied to the first emission driver has a third cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the first emission clock signal has a fourth cycle longer than the third cycle.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein, in the first period, a second emission clock signal supplied to the second emission driver has the third cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the second emission clock signal has the fourth cycle.

7. A method for driving a display device, the method comprising:

in a first period of a low frequency driving mode, supplying a first scan start signal having a turn-on level to a first scan start line connected to a first scan driver;

in the first period, supplying a second scan start signal having a turn-on level to a second scan start line connected to a second scan driver; and

in a second period of the low frequency driving mode, supplying the first scan start signal having the turn-on level and the second scan start signal maintaining, during the entire second period, a turn-off level,

wherein the second period is after the first period.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein, in the first frame period, a first scan clock signal supplied to the first scan driver has a first cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the first scan clock signal has a second cycle longer than the first cycle.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, in the first period, a second scan clock signal supplied to the second scan driver has the first cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the second scan clock signal maintains the turn-off level.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

in the first period, supplying a first emission stop signal having a turn-off level to a first emission stop line connected to a first emission driver;

in the first period, supplying a second emission stop signal having a turn-off level to a second emission stop line connected to a second emission driver, after a third period elapses after the first emission stop signal having the turn-off level is supplied; and

in the second period, supplying the first emission stop signal having the turn-off level and the second emission stop signal having the turn-off level with a time difference of a fourth period,

wherein the fourth period is shorter than the third period.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein, in the first period, a first emission clock signal supplied to the first emission driver has a third cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the first emission clock signal has a fourth cycle longer than the third cycle.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein, in the first period, a second emission clock signal supplied to the second emission driver has the third cycle,

wherein, in the second period, the second emission clock signal has the fourth cycle.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0173279 · Dec 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16991860 · Aug 12, 2020
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