Display device
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsByeongchul Kim, Dongsup Sim
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Abstract
Disclosed is a display device that reduces a flicker phenomenon that occurs in a low-speed operation in a Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) mode by tuning a bias voltage based on a refresh rate and supplying the tuned bias voltage to a display panel. The display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a power supply for supplying a bias voltage and an anode reset voltage to the plurality of pixels, wherein when the display device operates in a VRR mode, the display device is configured to adjust at least one of a level and an application time of the bias voltage based on a refresh rate in an anode reset frame.
Claims22
A display device comprising:
- a display panel including a plurality of pixels;
- and
- a power supply for supplying a bias voltage and an anode reset voltage to the plurality of pixels,
- wherein when the display device operates in a variable refresh rate (VRR) mode, the display device is configured to adjust at least one of a level or an application time of the bias voltage based on a refresh rate in an anode reset frame, and
- wherein when the refresh rate falls within a second reference range, the display device is configured to:
- apply the anode reset voltage of a fixed level equal to a level of the anode reset voltage applied in a refresh frame for a predetermined time duration of the anode reset frame;
- and
- apply the anode reset voltage of a level lower than the level of the anode reset voltage applied in the refresh frame for a remaining time duration of the anode reset frame.
A display device comprising:
- a display panel including a plurality of pixels,
- wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes:
- a light-emitting element configured to emit light in response to a driving current;
- a driving transistor configured to control the driving current;
- a capacitor connected between a high potential driving voltage and a gate electrode of the driving transistor;
- a first transistor configured to connect the gate electrode and a drain electrode of the driving transistor to each other in response to a first scan signal;
- a second transistor configured to apply a data voltage to a source electrode of the driving transistor in response to a second scan signal;
- a third transistor configured to apply the high-potential driving voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor in response to a light-emission control signal;
- a fourth transistor configured to connect the drain electrode of the driving transistor and the light-emitting element to each other in response to the light-emission control signal to establish a current flow path between the high-potential driving voltage and the low-potential driving voltage;
- a fifth transistor configured to apply a bias voltage to the source electrode of the driving transistor in response to a third scan signal;
- and
- a sixth transistor configured to apply an anode reset voltage to an anode electrode of the light-emitting element and the drain electrode of the driving transistor in response to the third scan signal,
- wherein when the display device operates in a Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) mode, the display device is configured to adjust at least one of a level or an application time of the bias voltage based on a refresh rate in an anode reset frame, and
- wherein when the refresh rate falls within a second reference range, the display device is configured to:
- apply the anode reset voltage of a fixed level equal to a level of the anode reset voltage applied in a refresh frame for a predetermined time duration of the anode reset frame;
- and
- apply the anode reset voltage of a level lower than the level of the anode reset voltage applied in the refresh frame for a remaining time duration of the anode reset frame.
A display device comprising:
- a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a bias transistor and a driving transistor;
- a gate driver configured to control the bias transistor to apply a first bias voltage to a terminal of the driving transistor in a refresh frame and to apply a second bias voltage to the terminal of the driving transistor in an anode reset frame, the second bias voltage greater than the first bias voltage,
- wherein the display device operates in a variable refresh rate (VRR) mode, and
- wherein a voltage value of the second bias voltage is variable based on a refresh rate of an operation of the display device, and
- wherein when the refresh rate falls within a second reference range, the display device is configured to:
- apply an anode reset voltage of a fixed level equal to a level of the anode reset voltage applied in the refresh frame for a predetermined time duration of the anode reset frame;
- and
- apply the anode reset voltage of a level lower than the level of the anode reset voltage applied in the refresh frame for a remaining time duration of the anode reset frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.