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US 8,284,126 B2Granted
Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
InventorOh-Kyong Kwon
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Abstract
An organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with uniform luminance regardless of deterioration of an organic light emitting diode and threshold voltage and/or mobility of a drive transistor is disclosed. The organic light emitting display senses deterioration of the organic light emitting diode and threshold voltage and/or mobility of a drive transistor and modifies the data supplied to the pixel according to the sensed parameters.
Claims18
An organic light emitting display, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels, each arranged near intersections of data lines, scan lines, power lines and light emitting control lines;
- a scan driver configured to supply a scan signal to the scan lines and to supply a light emitting control signal to the light emitting control lines;
- a control line driver configured to supply a first control signal to first control lines and to supply a second control signal to second control lines;
- a data driver configured to generate a data signal for the data lines;
- a sensing unit configured to sense information about at least one of an organic light emitting diode, a threshold voltage of a drive transistor, and mobility of the drive transistor for one or more of the pixels;
- a switching unit configured to couple one of the sensing unit and the first power source with the power lines;
- a control block configured to store the sensed information;
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- a timing controller configured to generate the second data based on the sensed information and a first data received from another circuit,
- wherein the sensing unit comprises:
- an electric current source unit in each of a plurality of channels;
- and
- an analog-digital converter configured to convert sensed information about deterioration of the organic light emitting diode and threshold voltage and/or mobility of the drive transistor into a first digital value and to convert information about deterioration of the organic light emitting diode into a second digital value.
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A method of driving an organic light emitting display, the method comprising:
- generating a first voltage while supplying an electric current to a drive transistor and an organic light emitting diode;
- converting the first voltage into a first digital value and storing the first digital value in a memory;
- generating a second voltage while supplying an electric current to the organic light emitting diode;
- converting the second voltage into a second digital value and storing the second digital value in the memory;
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- converting a first data supplied from another circuit to a second data based on the first digital value and the second digital value,
- wherein the first digital value and the second digital value are generated when a power source is supplied to the organic light emitting display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.