IP Library Granted Patent US 12,254,839
Granted Patent B2
US 12,254,839 · App. 18/313,601 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Light-emitting display device and pixel thereof

Inventors: Hyun Joon Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jun Ki Jeong (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3266G09G2300/0842G09G2310/0278G09G2310/061G09G2320/0233
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Patent No.
US 12,254,839
App. No.
18/313,601
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel of a light-emitting display device includes a capacitor, a first transistor, a second transistor including a gate receiving a gate writing signal, a third transistor including a gate receiving a scan signal, a fourth transistor including a gate receiving a gate initialization signal, a fifth transistor including a gate receiving a first emission signal, a sixth transistor including a gate receiving a second emission signal, and a light-emitting diode. The scan signal and the gate writing signal may be provided at a first frequency, and the first emission signal, the second emission signal and the gate initialization signal may be provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

Claims (63)

1. A pixel of a light-emitting display device, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor including a gate coupled to a gate node, a first terminal, and a second terminal;

a second transistor including a gate receiving a first signal, a first terminal coupled to a data line, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor;

a third transistor including a gate receiving a second signal, a first terminal coupled to a line of an initialization voltage, and a second terminal coupled to an anode of a light-emitting diode; and

a fourth transistor including a gate receiving a third signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the anode of the light-emitting diode,

wherein a frequency of the first signal is different from a frequency of at least one of the second signal and the third signal.

2. The pixel of claim 1 ,

wherein the first, second and third transistors are PMOS transistors, and

wherein the fourth transistor is an NMOS transistor.

3. The pixel of claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third and fourth transistors are PMOS transistors.

4. The pixel of claim 1 , wherein the first signal is provided at a first frequency, and the second signal and the third signal are provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

5. The pixel of claim 4 , wherein the second frequency is a fixed frequency, and the first frequency is a variable frequency.

6. The pixel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to a line of a first power supply voltage, and a second electrode coupled to the gate node;

a fifth transistor including a gate receiving a fourth signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the gate node; and

a sixth transistor including a gate receiving a fifth signal, a first terminal coupled to the line of the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor,

wherein the light-emitting diode includes the anode, and a cathode coupled to a line of a second power supply voltage.

7. The pixel of claim 6 , wherein the first signal and the fourth signal are provided at a first frequency, and the second signal, the third signal and the fifth signal are provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

8. The pixel of claim 7 ,

wherein the second frequency corresponds to a double of a maximum frequency of a variable input frame frequency of the light-emitting display device, and

wherein the first frequency corresponds to the second frequency divided by N, where N is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to the maximum frequency.

9. A pixel of a light-emitting display device, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor including a gate coupled to a gate node, a first terminal, and a second terminal;

a second transistor including a gate receiving a first signal, a first terminal coupled to a data line, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor;

a third transistor including a gate receiving a second signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the gate node; and

a fourth transistor including a gate receiving a third signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to an anode of a light-emitting diode,

wherein a frequency of at least one of the first signal and the second signal is different from a frequency of the third signal, and

wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth transistors is an NMOS transistor.

10. The pixel of claim 9 ,

wherein the first and second transistors are PMOS transistors, and

wherein the third and fourth transistors are the NMOS transistors.

11. The pixel of claim 9 ,

wherein the first, second and fourth transistors are PMOS transistors, and

wherein the third transistor is the NMOS transistor.

12. The pixel of claim 9 , wherein the first signal and the second signal are provided at a first frequency, and the third signal is provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

13. The pixel of claim 12 , wherein the second frequency is a fixed frequency, and the first frequency is a variable frequency.

14. The pixel of claim 9 , further comprising:

a fifth transistor including a gate receiving a fourth signal, a first terminal coupled to a line of an initialization voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the anode of the light-emitting diode.

15. The pixel of claim 14 , further comprising:

a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to a line of a first power supply voltage, and a second electrode coupled to a gate node; and

a sixth transistor including a gate receiving a fifth signal, a first terminal coupled to the line of the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor,

wherein the light-emitting diode includes the anode, and a cathode coupled to a line of a second power supply voltage.

16. The pixel of claim 15 , wherein the first signal and the second signal are provided at a first frequency, and the third signal, the fourth signal and the fifth signal are provided at a second frequency higher than the first frequency.

17. The pixel of claim 16 ,

wherein the second frequency corresponds to a double of a maximum frequency of a variable input frame frequency of the light-emitting display device, and

wherein the first frequency corresponds to the second frequency divided by N, where N is an integer greater than 1 and less than or equal to the maximum frequency.

18. A pixel of a light-emitting display device, the pixel comprising:

a first transistor including a gate coupled to a gate node, a first terminal, and a second terminal;

a second transistor including a gate receiving a first signal, a first terminal coupled to a data line, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor;

a third transistor including a gate receiving a second signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to the gate node; and

a fourth transistor including a gate receiving a third signal, a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor, and a second terminal coupled to an anode of a light-emitting diode,

wherein a frame period for the light-emitting display device includes a first sub-frame period and a second sub-frame period,

wherein, in the first sub-frame period, the second, third and fourth transistors are turned on,

wherein, in the second sub-frame period, the fourth transistor is turned on, and the second and third transistors are not turned on, and

wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth transistors is an NMOS transistor.

19. The pixel of claim 18 , further comprising:

a capacitor including a first electrode coupled to a line of a first power supply voltage, and a second electrode coupled to a gate node;

a fifth transistor including a gate receiving a fourth signal, a first terminal coupled to a line of an initialization voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the anode of the light-emitting diode; and

a sixth transistor including a gate receiving a fifth signal, a first terminal coupled to the line of the first power supply voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor,

wherein the light-emitting diode includes the anode, and a cathode coupled to a line of a second power supply voltage.

20. The pixel of claim 19 ,

wherein, in the first sub-frame period, the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth transistors are turned on, and

wherein, in the second sub-frame period, the fourth, fifth and sixth transistors are turned on, and the second and third transistors are not turned on.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0043270 · Apr 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17675406 · Feb 18, 2022
Continuation 17092495 · Nov 9, 2020
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