Embodiment
Below, describe with reference to the accompanying drawings according to certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention.Here, when first element was described to connect or is attached to second element, first element not only can directly connect or be attached to second element, and can connect indirectly or be attached to second element by three element.In addition, for the sake of clarity, omitted understanding the unnecessary element of the present invention fully.In addition, identical label is represented components identical all the time.
Fig. 1 shows the display according to first embodiment.With reference to Fig. 1, display can comprise pixel portion 130, scanner driver 110, data driver 120 and timing control unit 150.
Pixel portion 130 can comprise a plurality of pixels 140 that are connected with data line D1~Dm with sweep trace S1~Sn.But scanner driver 110 driven sweep line S1~Sn.But data driver 120 driving data lines D1~Dm.Timing control unit 150 may command scanner drivers 110 and data driver 120.
Timing control unit 150 can produce data drive control signal DCS and turntable driving control signal SCS corresponding to outer synchronous signal.Data drive control signal DCS can be provided to data driver 120, and turntable driving control signal SCS can be provided to scanner driver 110.In addition, timing control unit 150 can provide the data DATA of outside supply to data driver 120.
Scanner driver 110 can receive turntable driving control signal SCS from timing control unit 150.Responding scanning drive control signal SCS, scanner driver 110 can sequentially provide sweep signal to sweep trace S1~Sn.
Data driver 120 can receive data drive control signal DCS and data DATA from timing control unit 150.Response data drive control signal DCS, data driver 120 can produce data-signal according to data DATA, and provides data-signal to data line D1~Dm.
Pixel portion 130 can be from external power source (for example first power supply ELVDD, second source ELVSS and reference power supply Vref) received power, and can provide power to pixel 140.When pixel 140 received the power of the power of power, second source ELVSS of the first power supply ELVDD and reference power supply Vref, pixel 140 can produce the light corresponding to data-signal.
Fig. 2 shows the circuit diagram of the example pixel of using in the display in Fig. 1.For convenience of description, Fig. 2 shows the example pixel that is connected to n sweep trace Sn and m data line Dm.
With reference to Fig. 2, pixel 140 can comprise light-emitting component and image element circuit 142, and described light-emitting component here is Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Image element circuit 142 can be connected to data line Dm and sweep trace Sn, and may command Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
The anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be connected to image element circuit 142, and the negative electrode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be connected to second source ELVSS.Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light that has with from the corresponding predetermined luminance of the electric current of image element circuit 142.
When sweep signal was supplied to sweep trace Sn, image element circuit 142 can be fed to the amount of the electric current of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED according to the data-signal control that is fed to data line Dm.In order to realize this control, image element circuit 142 can comprise the first transistor M1, transistor seconds M2, holding capacitor Cst and the 3rd transistor M3.All transistors can be the transistors of same type, and for example, the first transistor M1 to the three transistor M3 all can be nmos pass transistor.
Transistor seconds M2 can be connected between the first power supply ELVDD and the Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.The first transistor M1 can be connected between transistor seconds M2 and the data line Dm, and can be scanned line Sn control.Holding capacitor Cst can be connected between the gate electrode and second electrode of transistor seconds M2.The 3rd transistor M3 can be connected between second electrode and reference power supply Vref of transistor seconds M2, and can be scanned line Sn control.
The gate electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to sweep trace Sn, and first electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to data line Dm.In addition, second electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to the end of holding capacitor Cst.When by sweep trace Sn supply sweep signal, the first transistor M1 conducting, and will be fed to the gate electrode of the data signal transmission of data line Dm to transistor seconds M2.At this moment, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal.
The gate electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected with the end of holding capacitor Cst, and first electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected to the first power supply ELVDD.Second electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected to the other end of holding capacitor Cst and the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Transistor seconds M2 can control the amount that flows to the electric current of second source ELVSS from the first power supply ELVDD through Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED according to the magnitude of voltage that is stored among the holding capacitor Cst.
The end of holding capacitor Cst can be connected to the gate electrode of transistor seconds M2, and the other end of holding capacitor Cst can be connected to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Holding capacitor Cst can be filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal.
The gate electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to sweep trace Sn, and second electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.In addition, first electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to reference power supply Vref.When sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn, the 3rd transistor M3 conducting, thus the voltage of the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED is remained the voltage of reference power supply Vref.That is, when the end of holding capacitor Cst was filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, the other end of holding capacitor Cst remained the voltage of reference power supply Vref.
Fig. 3 shows the oscillogram of the example driving method of the pixel among Fig. 2.With reference to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, at first, sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn, that is, sweep signal is in high level.When sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn, the first transistor M1 and the 3rd transistor M3 conducting.
When the 3rd transistor M3 conducting, the voltage of reference power supply Vref is supplied to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.When the first transistor M1 conducting, the data-signal that is fed to data line Dm is provided to the end of holding capacitor Cst.In this case, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the poor corresponding voltage between the voltage with the voltage of data-signal and reference power supply Vref.In other words, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, and irrelevant with the deterioration of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Therefore, when the end of holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, because the other end of holding capacitor Cst remains the voltage of reference power supply Vref, so holding capacitor Cst can be filled with the voltage of expectation.
When stopping to sweep trace Sn supply sweep signal, transistor seconds M2 is provided to second source ELVSS from the first power supply ELVDD through Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED with the electric current corresponding with filling voltage in holding capacitor Cst.Therefore, Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light of predetermined luminance.
The voltage of the first power supply ELVDD can be set to the voltage greater than second source ELVSS, with supply of current stably.The voltage of reference power supply Vref can be configured to the voltage less than the threshold voltage sum of the voltage of the first power supply ELVDD and Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
Fig. 4 shows the curve map that electric current changes according to the deterioration of Organic Light Emitting Diode.In Fig. 4, I
OLEDThe amount of the electric current of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED, Δ V are flow through in expression
OLEDThe variation of the voltage of the anode that is applied to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED that expression is caused by the deterioration of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.In addition, in Fig. 4, the voltage of data-signal is set so that the electric current of 100nA flows to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
With reference to Fig. 4, in comprising pixel with two transistorized image element circuits, when the change in voltage of the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED, the electric current I of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED
OLEDAlso change.In this concrete example, when the voltage of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED changes 0.2V, the electric current I of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED
OLEDDeviation be 28%.Therefore, be difficult to utilize this pixel to show the image of expectation brightness.
Yet, have three transistorized embodiment according to image element circuit, though the voltage of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED changes the electric current I of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED
OLEDKept.Therefore, example pixel can show the image of expecting brightness, and irrelevant with the deterioration of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
Fig. 5 shows the display according to second embodiment.With reference to Fig. 5, display can comprise pixel portion 230, scanner driver 210, data driver 220 and timing control unit 250.
Pixel portion 230 can comprise a plurality of pixels 240 that are connected to sweep trace S1~Sn, launch-control line E1~En and data line D1~Dm.But scanner driver 210 driven sweep line S1~Sn and launch-control line E1~En.But data driver 220 driving data lines D1~Dm.Timing control unit 250 may command scanner drivers 210 and data driver 220.
Timing control unit 250 can produce data drive control signal DCS and turntable driving control signal SCS corresponding to the synchronizing signal that the outside provides.Data drive control signal DCS can be provided to data driver 220, and turntable driving control signal SCS can be provided to scanner driver 210.In addition, timing control unit 250 can provide the data DATA of outside supply to data driver 220.
Scanner driver 210 can receive turntable driving control signal SCS from timing control unit 250.Responding scanning drive control signal SCS, scanner driver 210 can sequentially provide sweep signal to sweep trace S1~Sn.In addition, scanner driver 210 can produce emissioning controling signal, and can sequentially provide emissioning controling signal to launch-control line E1~En.Can set the width of the emissioning controling signal that is fed to the i launch-control line, make that emissioning controling signal is not in high level when the sweep signal that is fed to the i sweep trace is in high level.
Data driver 220 can receive data drive control signal DCS and data DATA from timing control unit 250.Response data drive control signal DCS, data driver 220 can produce data-signal according to data DATA, and provides data-signal to data line D1~Dm.
Pixel portion 230 can be from external power source (for example first power supply ELVDD, second source ELVSS and reference power supply Vref) received power, and can provide these power to pixel 240.When pixel 240 received the power of the power of power, second source ELVSS of the first power supply ELVDD and reference power supply Vref, pixel 240 can produce the light corresponding to data-signal.
Fig. 6 shows the circuit diagram of the example pixel of using in the display in Fig. 5.For convenience of description, Fig. 6 shows the example pixel that is connected to n sweep trace Sn and m data line Dm.
With reference to Fig. 6, can comprise light-emitting component and image element circuit 242 according to the pixel 240 of embodiment, described light-emitting component here is Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Image element circuit 242 can be connected to data line Dm and launch-control line En and sweep trace Sn, and may command Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
The anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be connected to image element circuit 242, and the negative electrode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can be connected to second source ELVSS.Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light of the predetermined luminance corresponding with the electric current of supplying from image element circuit 242.
When sweep signal was supplied to sweep trace Sn, image element circuit 242 can be fed to the amount of the electric current of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED according to the data-signal control that is fed to data line Dm.In order to realize this control, image element circuit 242 can comprise the first transistor M1, transistor seconds M2, holding capacitor Cst, the 3rd transistor M3 and the 4th transistor M4.Here, the first transistor M1 to the four transistor M4 all can be the transistor of same type, for example nmos pass transistor.
Transistor seconds M2 can be connected between the 4th transistor M4 and the Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.The first transistor M1 can be connected between transistor seconds M2 and the data line Dm, and can be scanned line Sn control.Holding capacitor Cst can be connected between the gate electrode and second electrode of transistor seconds M2.The 3rd transistor M3 can be connected between second electrode and reference power supply Vref of transistor seconds M2, and can be scanned line Sn control.The 4th transistor M4 can be connected between first electrode of the first power supply ELVDD and transistor seconds M2, and can be launched control line En control.
The gate electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to sweep trace Sn, and first electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to data line Dm.In addition, second electrode of the first transistor M1 can be connected to the end of holding capacitor Cst.When by sweep trace Sn supply sweep signal, the first transistor M1 conducting, and will be fed to the gate electrode of the data signal transmission of data line Dm to transistor seconds M2.At this moment, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal.
The gate electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected to the end of holding capacitor Cst, and first electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected to second electrode of the 4th transistor M4.Second electrode of transistor seconds M2 can be connected to the other end of holding capacitor Cst and the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Transistor seconds M2 can control the amount that flows to the electric current of second source ELVSS from the first power supply ELVDD through Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED corresponding to the magnitude of voltage that is stored among the holding capacitor Cst.
The end of holding capacitor Cst can be connected to the gate electrode of transistor seconds M2, and the other end of holding capacitor Cst can be connected to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.Holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal.
The gate electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to sweep trace Sn, and second electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.In addition, first electrode of the 3rd transistor M3 can be connected to reference power supply Vref.When sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn, the 3rd transistor M3 conducting, thus the voltage of the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED is remained the voltage of reference power supply Vref.That is, when the end of holding capacitor Cst was filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, the other end of holding capacitor Cst remained the voltage of reference power supply Vref.
The gate electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be connected to launch-control line En, and first electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be connected to the first power supply ELVDD.Second electrode of the 4th transistor M4 can be connected to first electrode of transistor seconds M2.In the supply emissioning controling signal, the 4th transistor M4 makes the transistor seconds M2 and the first power supply ELVDD electrical isolation.In all the other time periods, the 4th transistor M4 is electrically connected to the first power supply ELVDD with transistor seconds M2.
Fig. 7 shows the oscillogram of the example driving method of the example pixel that shows among Fig. 6.As can be seen from Figure 7, when the supply sweep signal, when promptly sweep signal is in high level, the supply emissioning controling signal, promptly emissioning controling signal is in low level.It can also be seen that from Fig. 7 before sweep signal was in high level, emissioning controling signal can be in low level; Before emissioning controling signal was in high level, sweep signal can be in low level.
With reference to Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, at first, emissioning controling signal is supplied to launch-control line En.When emissioning controling signal was supplied to launch-control line En, the 4th transistor M4 ended.When the 4th transistor M4 ends, the transistor seconds M2 and the first power supply ELVDD electrical isolation, thus prevent that unnecessary electric current from flowing to Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
Then, sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn.When sweep signal is supplied to sweep trace Sn, the first transistor M1 and the 3rd transistor M3 conducting.
When the 3rd transistor M3 conducting, the voltage of reference power supply Vref is supplied to the anode of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.When the first transistor M1 conducting, the data-signal that is fed to data line Dm is provided to the end of holding capacitor Cst.In this case, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the poor corresponding voltage between the voltage with the voltage of data-signal and reference power supply Vref.Therefore, holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, and irrelevant with the deterioration of Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.In other words, when the end of holding capacitor Cst is filled with the voltage corresponding with data-signal, because the other end of holding capacitor Cst remains the voltage of reference power supply Vref, so holding capacitor Cst can be filled with the voltage of expectation.
When the sweep signal that is fed to sweep trace Sn became low level, the first transistor M1 and the 3rd transistor M3 ended.When the emissioning controling signal that is fed to launch-control line En becomes high level, for example, after sweep signal becomes low level, the 4th transistor M4 conducting.At this moment, transistor seconds M2 is fed to second source ELVSS from the first power supply ELVDD through Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED with the electric current corresponding with filling voltage in holding capacitor Cst.Therefore, Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED can produce the light of predetermined luminance.
The voltage of the first power supply ELVDD can be set to the voltage greater than second source ELVSS, with supply of current stably.The voltage of reference power supply Vref can be configured to the voltage less than the threshold voltage sum of the voltage of the first power supply ELVDD and Organic Light Emitting Diode OLED.
Disclosing exemplary embodiment of the present invention here, though adopted particular term, be to use these terms, and only explained these terms according to common with descriptive implication, is not the purpose for restriction.Therefore, it will be appreciated by one skilled in the art that under the situation of the spirit and scope of the present invention of in not breaking away from, setting forth as claim, can make on the various forms with details on change.