Organic electroluminescent display device and driving method of the same
AssigneeLG Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin-Hyoung Kim, In-Hwan Kim, Seung-Chan Byun, Sang-Ho Yu
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Abstract
An organic electroluminescent display device includes an organic light-emitting diode, a first transistor outputting a data voltage by an nth scan signal (n is a natural number), a second transistor providing a current to the organic light-emitting by the data voltage, a capacitor storing the data voltage, and a third transistor supplying the second transistor and the capacitor with a pre-charge voltage by an (n−1)th scan signal, the pre-charge voltage having an opposite polarity to the data voltage.
Claims10
An organic electroluminescent display device, comprising:
- pixels each including:
- an organic light-emitting diode;
- a first transistor outputting a data voltage according to an nth scan signal (n is a natural number);
- a second transistor providing a current to the organic light-emitting diode according to the data voltage;
- and
- a capacitor storing the data voltage;
- and
- a third transistor directly supplying the second transistors and the capacitors of the pixels connected to an nth scan line with a pre-charge voltage according to an (n−1)th scan signal, the pre-charge voltage having an opposite polarity to the data voltage,
- wherein a source electrode of the third transistor is connected to an nth scan line providing the nth scan signal to the first transistor,
- wherein a signal of the nth scan line consists of a high level voltage and a low level voltage,
- wherein the nth scan line provides the first transistor with the high level voltage as the nth scan signal, and
- wherein the third transistor provides the second transistors and the capacitors of the pixels connected to the nth scan line with the low level voltage as the pre-charge voltage.
A driving method for an organic electroluminescent display device including pixels each including a first transistor, a second transistor and a capacitor, n scan lines (n is a natural number), m data lines (m is a natural number), and a third transistor, the method comprising:
- sequentially applying scan signals to the scan lines;
- applying data voltages to the data lines according to the scan signals;
- and
- directly supplying a pre-charge voltage to the second transistors and the capacitors of the pixels connected to a kth scan line (k is a natural number equal to or less than n) through the third transistor according to a (k−1)th scan signal,
- wherein a source electrode of the third transistor is connected to the kth scan line providing a kth scan signal to the first transistor, and the pre-charge voltage is provided from the kth scan line,
- wherein a signal of the kth scan line consists of a high level voltage and a low level voltage,
- wherein the kth scan line provides the first transistor with the high level voltage as the kth scan signal, and
- wherein the third transistor provides the second transistors and the capacitors of the pixels connected to the kth scan line with the low level voltage as the pre-charge voltage.
An organic electroluminescent display device, comprising:
- pixels each including:
- an organic light-emitting diode;
- a first transistor outputting a data voltage according to an nth scan signal (n is a natural number);
- a second transistor providing a current to the organic light-emitting diode according to the data voltage;
- and
- first means for storing the data voltage;
- and
- a second means for directly supplying the second transistors and the first means for storing the data voltage of the pixels connected to an nth scan line with a pre-charge voltage according to an (n−1)th scan signal, the pre-charge voltage having an opposite polarity to the data voltage,
- wherein a source electrode of the second means is connected to the nth scan line providing the nth scan signal to the first transistor,
- wherein a signal of the nth scan line consists of a high level voltage and a low level voltage,
- wherein the nth scan line provides the first transistor with the high level voltage as the nth scan signal, and
- wherein the second means provides the second transistors and the capacitors of the pixels connected to the nth scan line with the low level voltage as the pre-charge voltage.
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