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Granted Patent B2
US 12,300,178 · App. 18/537,939 · Granted May 13, 2025

Pixel and a display device having the same

Inventors: Min Jae Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Jun Hyun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Joon Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyung Hoon Chung (Yongin-si, KR); Jang Mi Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Hae Min Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G3/3275G09G3/32G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2310/08G09G2320/0247G09G2320/0257G09G2330/021
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Patent No.
US 12,300,178
App. No.
18/537,939
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel including: a light emitting element; a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node; a first capacitor connected to a first node or a second node and a third node; a second transistor between the third node and a data line, the second transistor turned on by a first scan signal; a third transistor between the first and second nodes, the third transistor turned on by a second scan signal; a fifth transistor between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor turned on by a first emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor turned on by a second emission control signal; and an eighth transistor between the second node and a second emission control line, the eighth transistor turned on by a fourth scan signal.

Claims (45)

1. A pixel, comprising:

a light emitting element;

a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node, the first transistor controlling a driving current supplied to the light emitting element;

a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to one of a first node and the second node and a second electrode connected to a third node;

a second transistor connected between the third node and a data line, the second transistor being turned on by a first scan signal;

an eighth transistor connected between the second node and a second emission control line, the eighth transistor being turned on by a fourth scan signal;

a third transistor connected between the first node and the second node, the third transistor being turned on by a second scan signal;

a fifth transistor connected between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor being turned on by a first emission control signal supplied through a first emission control line;

a sixth transistor connected between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor being turned on by a second emission control signal supplied through the second emission control line;

a fourth transistor connected between a reference power source and the third node, the fourth transistor being turned on by the second scan signal; and

a second capacitor connected between the first power source and the third node,

wherein the first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the first node.

2. The pixel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a seventh transistor connected between the light emitting element and an initialization power source, the seventh transistor being turned on by a third scan signal.

3. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a pixel connected to a first scan line, a second scan line, a third scan line, a fourth scan line, a first emission control line, a second emission control line, and a data line;

a scan driver configured to supply a first scan signal to the first scan line, supply a second scan signal to the second scan line, supply a third scan signal to the third scan line, and supply a fourth scan signal to the fourth scan line;

an emission driver configured to supply a first emission control signal to the first emission control line, and supply a second emission control signal to the second emission control line;

a data driver configured to supply a data signal to the data line; and

a timing controller configured to control the scan driver, the emission driver, and the data driver,

wherein the pixel includes:

a light emitting element;

a first transistor connected between a first power source and a second node, the first transistor controlling a driving current supplied to the light emitting element;

a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to one of a first node and the second node and a second electrode connected to a third node;

a second transistor connected between the third node and the data line, the second transistor being turned on by the first scan signal; and

an eighth transistor connected between one electrode of the first transistor and second emission control line, the eighth transistor being turned on by the fourth scan signal,

wherein the scan driver supplies the first scan signal to the first scan line at a second frequency corresponding to an image refresh rate of the pixel, supplies the second scan signal to the second scan line at the second frequency, supplies the third scan signal to the third scan line at a first frequency, and supplies the fourth scan signal to the fourth scan line at the first frequency,

wherein the emission driver supplies the first emission control signal to the first emission control line at the first frequency and supplies the second emission control signal to the second emission control line at the first frequency,

wherein the data driver supplies a data signal to the data line according to the second frequency, and

wherein the first scan driver and the second scan driver supply the first scan signal and the second scan signal during a display scan period in a frame, and do not supply the first scan signal and the second scan signal during a self-scan period in the frame,

wherein the pixel further includes:

a third transistor connected between the first node and the second node, the third transistor being turned on by the second scan signal;

a fifth transistor connected between the first power source and the first transistor, the fifth transistor being turned on by the first emission control signal;

a sixth transistor connected between the second node and the light emitting element, the sixth transistor being turned on by the second emission control signal;

a seventh transistor connected between the light emitting element and an initialization power source, the seventh transistor being turned on by the third scan signal;

a fourth transistor connected between a reference power source and the third node, the fourth transistor being turned on by the second scan signal; and

a second capacitor connected between the first power source and the third node,

wherein the first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the first node.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the scan driver supplies the fourth scan signal having a gate-on level in a first on-bias period of the display scan period,

wherein the emission driver supplies the second emission control signal having a high level in the first on-bias period.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the scan driver supplies the third scan signal having a gate-on level in a first off-bias period of the self-scan period,

wherein the emission driver supplies the second emission control signal having a gate-on level in the first off-bias period.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the emission driver supplies the first emission control signal having a gate-on level in a second on-bias period of the self-scan period.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the scan driver supplies the fourth scan signal having a gate-on level in a second off-bias period of the frame,

wherein the emission driver supplies the second emission control signal having a high level in the second off-bias period.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0091872 · Jul 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 17875601 · Jul 28, 2022
Continuation 17190587 · Mar 3, 2021
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