Display apparatus and driving method thereof
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorHyun Jeong Yang
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Abstract
A display apparatus presented herein includes a subpixel including a driving transistor and at least two light emitting devices, a display panel including a first display area and a second display area, each of the first display area and the second display area displaying an image based on light emitted from the subpixel, and a display panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, wherein the display panel operates in a first driving mode during which one of the at least two light emitting devices emits light, and display panel operates in a second driving mode during which the at least two light emitting devices emit light.
Claims12
A display apparatus, comprising:
- a subpixel including a driving transistor and at least two light emitting devices;
- a display panel including a first display area and a second display area, each of the first display area and the second display area displaying an image based on light emitted from the subpixel;
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- a display panel driving circuit configured to drive the display panel,
- wherein the display panel operates in a first driving mode during which one of the at least two light emitting devices emit light,
- wherein the display panel operates in a second driving mode during which the at least two light emitting devices emit light, and
- wherein the subpixel comprises:
- the driving transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first node of the subpixel, a first electrode connected to a second node of the subpixel, the second node connected to a high-level voltage line, and a second electrode connected to a third node of the subpixel;
- a first switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first scan line, and a first electrode connected to a data line;
- a capacitor including a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first switching transistor, and a second electrode connected to the first node;
- a second switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a second scan line, a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the third node;
- a third switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to an emission control line, a first electrode connected to a reference voltage line, and a second electrode connected to the first electrode of the capacitor;
- a fourth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to the emission control line, and a first electrode connected to the third node;
- a fifth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second scan line, a first electrode connected to the reference voltage line, and a second electrode connected to an anode electrode of a first light emitting device of the at least two light emitting devices;
- a sixth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second scan line, a first electrode connected to the reference voltage line, and a second electrode connected to an anode electrode of a second light emitting device of the at least two light emitting devices;
- a seventh switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first direction share signal line, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the fourth switching transistor, and a second electrode connected to the anode electrode of the first light emitting device;
- an eighth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a second direction share signal line, a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the fourth switching transistor, and a second electrode connected to the anode electrode of the first light emitting device;
- a ninth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a second direction privacy signal line, and a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the fourth switching transistor;
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- a tenth switching transistor including a gate electrode connected to a first direction privacy signal line, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the ninth switching transistor, and a second electrode connected to the anode electrode of the second light emitting device,
- wherein the first electrode of the eighth switching transistor is connected to the first electrode of the seventh switching transistor, and the second electrode of the eighth switching transistor is connected to the second electrode of the seventh switching transistor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.