Organic el display device having an improved image quality
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorEitaro Nishigaki
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Abstract
A drive unit for driving a corresponding one of organic EL elements of an active matrix EL display device includes a blanking switch for blanking the video signal stored in a storage capacitor in each frame period before the start of the next frame period. A drive transistor drives a corresponding EL element based on the correct current supplied for this If the video signal is a current signal, a transistor operating as a current-voltage converter is provided
Claims7
An organic EL display device comprising a plurality of EL elements arranged in a matrix, and a drive circuit including a plurality of drive units each disposed for a corresponding one of said EL elements,
- each of said drive units including a transfer switch, activated by a scanning signal, for transferring an analogue video signal during an active level of the scanning signal in a single frame period, a storage capacitor for storing the video signal transferred by said transfer switch, a drive transistor, controlled by the video signal stored by said storage capacitor, for supplying a current to a corresponding one of said EL elements, and a blanking switch, responsive to a blanking signal, for discharging charge stored in said storage capacitor, said blanking signal being active substantially at an end of the frame period.
A method for driving an organic EL display device including a plurality of EL elements arranged in a matrix, said method comprising the steps of:
- consecutively transferring analogue video signals based on scanning signals in a single frame period, storing the video signal in storage capacitors and supplying currents to the EL elements based on the video signals stored in the storage capacitors in the single frame period, blanking the video signals stored in the storage capacitors at an end of the frame period for preparing transfer of the analogue video signals for a next frame period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.