IP Library Granted Patent US 12,451,047
Granted Patent B2
US 12,451,047 · App. 18/731,250 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Display device and method of driving the same

Inventors: Dong Wan Park (Yongin-si, KR); Joong Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/2092G09G3/3233G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0247
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Patent No.
US 12,451,047
App. No.
18/731,250
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: pixels each connected to a corresponding scan signal among scan lines, a corresponding data line among data lines, and a corresponding emission control line among emission control lines; and an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to the emission control lines. The emission control signal includes a first emission control signal having a first width and a second emission control signal having a second width during an active area of one frame.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

pixels each connected to a corresponding scan line among scan lines, a corresponding data line among data lines, and a corresponding emission control line among emission control lines; and

an emission driver which supplies an emission control signal to the emission control lines,

wherein the emission control signal includes a first emission control signal having a first width during an active area and a blank area of one frame, and a second emission control signal having a second width different from the first width during the active area of the one frame.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the emission driver:

supplies the first emission control signal during a writing period in which a data signal is supplied to the pixels in the active area; and

supplies the second emission control signal during a period except the writing period in the active area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the emission driver further supplies a third emission control signal having a third width during the period except the writing period in the active area.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the third width is set as a relatively wide width as compared with the first width, and the second width and the third width are set as widths equal to or different from each other.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second emission control signal is supplied as a second active area emission control signal in the active area, and

the third emission control signal is supplied as a fourth active area emission control signal in the active area.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second emission control signal is supplied as a second active area emission control signal in the active area, and

the third emission control signal is supplied as a third active area emission control signal in the active area.

7. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a timing controller which controls the emission driver,

wherein the timing controller includes a storage unit in which information of the first width, the second width, and the third width is stored.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the timing controller further includes a luminance determiner which determines a luminance in a unit of the one frame, corresponding to input data.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the timing controller changes positions at which the second emission control signal and the third emission control signal are supplied, corresponding to the luminance.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein, when the luminance of the one frame is determined as a relatively high luminance, the timing controller supplies the second emission control signal as a second active area emission control signal in the active area, and supplies the third emission control signal as a third active area emission control signal in the active area.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein, when the luminance of the one frame is determined as a relatively low luminance, the timing controller supplies the second emission control signal as a third active area emission control signal in the active area, and supplies the third emission control signal as a fourth active area emission control signal in the active area.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the timing controller changes widths of the second emission control signal and the third emission control signal, corresponding to the luminance.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the timing controller increases the widths of the second emission control signal and the third emission control signal when the luminance of the one frame is determined as a relatively high luminance, and decreases the widths of the second emission control signal and the third emission control signal when the luminance of the one frame is determined as a relatively low luminance.

14. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second width is set as a width narrower than the first width, and the emission driver supplies the first emission control signal in a predetermined cycle during the active area and the blank area of the one frame.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising a timing controller which controls the emission driver,

wherein the timing controller changes a position at which the second emission control signal is supplied in a unit of a frame.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second width is set as a relatively wide width as compared with the first width.

17. A method of driving a display device including a pixel of which emission time is controlled corresponding to an emission control signal, the method comprising:

supplying an emission control signal having a first width and an emission control signal having a second width different from the first width during an active area of one frame; and

supplying the emission control signal having the first width during a blank area of the one frame.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the second width is set as a relatively wide width as compared with the first width.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein a length of the second width is changed corresponding to a luminance of the one frame.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the emission control signal having the first width is supplied in a predetermined cycle in the active area and the blank area, and

wherein the second width is set as a width narrower than the first width, and a position at which the emission control signal having the second width is supplied is changed in a unit of a frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 18, 2024
From: PARK, DONG WAN; KIM, JOONG HYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0142363 · Oct 23, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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