IP Library Granted Patent US 12,484,389
Granted Patent B2
US 12,484,389 · App. 17/671,826 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Goeun Cha (Suwon-si, KR); Ilnam Kim (Hwaseongsi, KR); Kyungtea Park (Seoul, KR); Jonghyun Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Keumdong Jung (Seoul, KR); Kangbin Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/126G06V40/1318G09G3/3266H04N25/00H04N25/47H04N25/76H10K59/131H10K59/353H10K59/60H10K59/65
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Patent No.
US 12,484,389
App. No.
17/671,826
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device may include a pixel and a sensor. The pixel may include an emission element and a pixel driving circuit. The pixel driving circuit may receive a first scan signal and a second scan signal. The sensor may include a light sensing element and a sensor driving circuit. The sensor driving circuit may include a reset transistor, an amplifying transistor, and an output transistor. The reset transistor may receive a reset voltage and the first scan signal and be connected to a first sensing node. The amplifying transistor may receive a first driving voltage and be connected between the first sensing node and a second sensing node. The output transistor may receive the second scan signals and be connected between the second sensing node and a readout line.

Claims (60)

1 . A display device, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an emission element and a pixel driving circuit connected to the emission element, the pixel driving circuit controlling an operation of the emission element in response to a first scan signal and a second scan signal; and

a plurality of sensors, each of which includes a light sensing element and a sensor driving circuit connected the light sensing element, the sensor driving circuit outputting a sensing signal in response to the first scan signal and the second scan signal,

wherein the sensor driving circuit comprises:

a reset transistor including a first electrode receiving a reset voltage, a second electrode connected to a first sensing node, and a third electrode receiving the first scan signal;

an amplifying transistor including a first electrode receiving a first driving voltage, a second electrode connected to a second sensing node, and a third electrode connected to the first sensing node; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the second sensing node, a second electrode connected to a readout line, and a third electrode receiving the second scan signal.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises:

a first transistor which is connected between a first driving voltage line receiving the first driving voltage and the emission element;

a second transistor which is connected between a data line and a first electrode of the first transistor and receives a third scan signal;

a third transistor which is connected between a second electrode of the first transistor and a first node and receives the first scan signal; and

a fourth transistor which is connected between the first node and an initializing line and receives the second scan signal, and

wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor are transistors of a different type from the first transistor and the second transistor.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the reset transistor and the output transistor are transistors of the same type as the third transistor and the fourth transistor.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor, the reset transistor, and the output transistor are NMOS transistors, and the first transistor and the second transistor are PMOS transistors.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor, the reset transistor, and the output transistor are oxide semiconductor transistors, and the first transistor and the second transistor are transistors including silicon.

6 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the amplifying transistor has a different type from the third transistor and the fourth transistor.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the reset voltage has a voltage level corresponding to an activation period of the third scan signal.

8 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the amplifying transistor has a same type as the third transistor and the fourth transistor.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the control scan signal comprises a first control period which is overlapped with an activation period of the second scan signal and a second control period which is overlapped with an activation period of the first scan signal.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the control scan signal comprises a first control period, which is overlapped with an activation period of the second scan signal, and a second control period, which is overlapped with an activation period of the first scan signal.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the reset voltage has a voltage level corresponding to an activation period of the third scan signal.

12 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein a cathode of the emission element and a cathode of the light sensing element are electrically connected to a second driving voltage line receiving a second driving voltage.

13 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises:

a first emission control transistor which is connected between the first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor; and

a second emission control transistor which is connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and an anode of the emission element.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein each of the first emission control transistor and the second emission control transistor receives an emission control signal, and an inactivation period of the emission control signal is overlapped with an activation period of each of the first scan signal, the second scan signal, and the third scan signal.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein an anode of the light sensing element is electrically connected to the first sensing node.

16 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a base layer;

a circuit layer which is disposed on the base layer, and in which the pixel driving circuit and the sensor driving circuit are disposed; and

a display element layer which is disposed on the circuit layer, and in which the emission element and the light sensing element are disposed.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the emission element is an organic light emitting diode and the light sensing element is an organic photodiode.

18 . A display device, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of which includes an emission element and a pixel driving circuit connected to the emission element, the pixel driving circuit controlling an operation of the emission element; and

a plurality of sensors, each of which includes a light sensing element and a sensor driving circuit connected to the light sensing element, the sensor driving circuit outputting a sensing signal,

wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises:

a first transistor which is connected between the emission element and a first driving voltage line receiving a first driving voltage;

a second transistor which is connected between a data line and a first electrode of the first transistor and receives a third scan signal;

a third transistor which is connected between a second electrode of the first transistor and a first node and receives a first scan signal; and

a fourth transistor which is connected between the first node and an initializing line and receives a second scan signal, and

wherein the sensor driving circuit comprises:

a reset transistor including a first electrode receiving the third scan signal, a second electrode connected to a first sensing node, and a third electrode receiving the first scan signal;

an amplifying transistor including a first electrode connected to the first driving voltage line, a second electrode connected to a second sensing node, and a third electrode connected to the first sensing node; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the second sensing node, a second electrode connected to a sensing line, and a third electrode receiving the second scan signal.

19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor are transistors of a different type from the first transistor and the second transistor, and the reset transistor and the output transistor are transistors of the same type as the third and fourth transistors.

20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor, the reset transistor, and the output transistor are NMOS transistors, and the first transistor and the second transistor are PMOS transistors.

21 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the third transistor and the fourth transistor, the reset transistor, and the output transistor are oxide semiconductor transistors, and the first transistor and the second transistor are transistors including silicon.

22 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the amplifying transistor has a same type as the first transistor and the second transistor.

23 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein a cathode of the emission element and a cathode of the light sensing element are electrically connected to a second driving voltage line receiving a second driving voltage.

24 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises:

a first emission control transistor which is connected between the first driving voltage line and the first electrode of the first transistor; and

a second emission control transistor which is connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and an anode of the emission element.

25 . The display device of claim 24 , wherein each of the first emission control transistor and the second emission control transistor receives an emission control signal, and an inactivation period of the emission control signal is overlapped with an activation period of each of the first scan signal, the second scan signal, and third scan signals.

26 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein an anode of the light sensing element is electrically connected to the first sensing node.

27 . The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a base layer;

a circuit layer which is disposed on the base layer, and in which the pixel driving circuit and the sensor driving circuit are disposed; and

a display element layer which is disposed on the circuit layer, and in which the emission element and the light sensing element are disposed.

28 . The display device of claim 27 , wherein the emission element is an organic light emitting diode and the light sensing element is an organic photodiode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: CHA, GOEUN; KIM, ILNAM; PARK, KYUNGTEA; LEE, JONGHYUN; JUNG, KEUMDONG; JO, KANGBIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0050428 · Apr 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220336561A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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