KR20120110257A - Apparatus and method for driving organic electro luminescence display panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for driving an organic electroluminescent display panel are provided to rapidly implement desired brightness without stress on an organic electroluminescent display panel. CONSTITUTION: If an input code less than a determined threshold value is inputted, a digital control mode is used. If an input code more than the determined threshold value is inputted, an analog control mode is used. A value of a current applied to an organic electroluminescent device is "the resolution of a current having x as the threshold value". The digital control mode is performed by controlling conduction time of the current. [Reference numerals] (AA) Digital control; (BB) Current control; (CC) Output code; (DD) Input code

Description

A device and a driving method of an organic light emitting display panel {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ORGANIC ELECTRO LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY PANEL}

The present invention relates to a driving apparatus and a driving method of an organic light emitting display panel, and more particularly, to a driving apparatus and a driving method of an organic light emitting display panel using different control schemes according to input codes.

Recently, a display panel including an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a wider viewing angle and a faster response speed than a liquid crystal display (LCD) has been widely used.

As a driving method of an organic light emitting display device used in such an organic light emitting display panel, a voltage control method, a current control method, and a digital control method have been introduced.

First, the voltage control method is the same as the conventional liquid crystal display driving method. This control scheme drives the diode with voltage. Therefore, there is a problem that current flows separately due to mismatch between the devices. As a method for solving such a problem, there is a method of compensating a change in a threshold voltage by using a plurality of transistors. However, this method requires the addition of a large amount of transistors, so that the opening ratio of the cell is reduced.

On the other hand, the current control method is a method of performing the control by adjusting the amount of current flowing through the organic light emitting device. The brightness of the organic light emitting display device is the most ideal control method because it depends on the amount of current. However, when it is desired to achieve a dark brightness, it takes a long time to charge the parasitic capacitance present in the panel. Specifically, parasitic capacitance exists in the display panel. In order to drive the organic light emitting display device through the current, the current must charge all the parasitic capacitances. In the case of dark brightness, the value of the flowing current becomes small, and it takes too much time to charge all the parasitic capacitances with this current, which increases the gate scan time required for the display indefinitely. There is.

In addition, the digital control method is a method of flowing a maximum current by applying a saturation voltage to the diode. The emission intensity of the organic light emitting diode is controlled by adjusting the flow time of the maximum current per frame according to the brightness to be implemented. That is, the maximum current flows, but the pulse width modulation (PWM) or pulse density modulation (PDM) method is used to control the time to turn off the flow of current. The light emission intensity of the electroluminescent device is controlled. Since the current-voltage correlation of the organic light emitting diodes is different for each device, this method using the maximum current has an advantage of expressing a desired gray level insensitive to device characteristics. However, according to this control method, since the organic light emitting diode is always driven at the maximum current, it causes a problem in reliability and shortens the life of the organic light emitting diode.

Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a method for controlling driving of an organic light emitting display device which can realize desired brightness at a fast time and does not overload the device.

The object of the present invention is to solve all the problems of the prior art described above.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a control method that can solve all the problems of the conventional control method and control the organic light emitting display panel.

On the other hand, it is another object of the present invention to drive the organic light emitting display panel to achieve the desired brightness at any time and at the same time so as not to impose a burden on the organic light emitting device when driving.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the organic light emitting diode and the input code is less than or equal to the threshold value, the first control method is used, and when the input code is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the organic light emitting diode is driven using the second control method. A driving device for an organic light emitting display panel including a controller for controlling is provided.

The first control method may be a digital control method, and the second control method may be an analog current control method.

The digital control method may be a method of controlling a current having a constant magnitude flowing to the organic light emitting diode, such that the conduction time of the current is proportional to the input code.

A constant magnitude of current flowing through the organic light emitting diode may have a value corresponding to a product of the threshold value and the current resolution.

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The conduction time of the current can be controlled by a digital modulation method.

The digital modulation scheme may be a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme or a pulse density modulation (PDM) scheme.

The analog current control method may be a method of controlling a current proportional to the input code to flow through the organic light emitting diode.

The current proportional to the input code may have a value corresponding to the product of the input code and the current resolution.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, determining whether the input code is greater than or equal to the threshold value, if the input code is less than the threshold value as a result of the determination using a first control method, the input code is a threshold value In the above case, a method of driving an organic light emitting display panel is provided, the method including controlling driving of the organic light emitting display device using a second control method.

The first control method may be a digital control method, and the second control method may be an analog current control method.

The digital control method may be a method of controlling a current having a constant magnitude flowing to the organic light emitting diode, such that the conduction time of the current is proportional to the input code.

In the digital control scheme, the organic light emitting diode may be controlled to flow a current having a value corresponding to the product of the threshold value and the current resolution.

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It can be controlled by the time corresponding to.

The conduction time of the current can be controlled by a digital modulation method.

The digital modulation scheme may be a pulse width modulation (PWM) scheme or a pulse density modulation (PDM) scheme.

The analog current control method may be a method of controlling a current proportional to the input code to flow through the organic light emitting diode.

The current proportional to the input code may have a value corresponding to the product of the input code and the current resolution.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to solve the problems of the conventional analog current control method and the digital control method in the control of the organic light emitting display panel.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the input code is below a threshold, a digital control method is used, and when the input code is above a threshold, an analog current control method is used, thereby charging parasitic capacitance even when a low input code is input. It is not necessary to take a long time for fast realization of the desired brightness, and even when using a digital control method using a lower current than the conventional digital control method, it does not burden the organic light emitting device.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a driving device of an organic light emitting display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2A is a graph illustrating a correlation between current density and illuminance flowing in an organic light emitting display device.
2B is a graph showing the correlation between the voltage applied to the organic light emitting diode and the current density.
3A is a graph showing the illuminance of an organic light emitting display device over time.
3B is a graph showing a change in threshold voltage of the organic light emitting display device over time.
FIG. 3C is a graph showing the change in illuminance with time when the organic light emitting diode is driven with a direct current DC and a pulse current PC having a predetermined density.
4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a voltage control method, which is one of driving methods of a conventional organic light emitting display panel.
5A is a circuit diagram illustrating an analog current control method among driving methods of an organic light emitting display panel.
5B is a graph showing the value of the current flowing through the organic light emitting display device according to the input code in the analog current control method.
6A is a circuit diagram illustrating a digital control method among driving methods of a conventional organic light emitting display panel.
6B is a graph illustrating values of output codes according to input codes in the digital control method.
6C is a timing diagram illustrating a value of a current applied to the organic light emitting display device when a predetermined input code is input as an example of a digital control method.
7 is a view for explaining a driving example of an organic light emitting display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram for describing a hardware implementation of a driving apparatus of an organic light emitting display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a driving apparatus of an organic light emitting display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Of organic light emitting device  drive

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a driving device of an organic light emitting display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a driving device of an organic light emitting display panel includes an organic light emitting display panel 100 including pixels PE arranged at respective intersections of a gate line GL and a data line DL; The scan driver 110 driving the gate line GL of the organic light emitting display panel 100, the data driver 120 driving the data line DL of the organic light emitting display panel 100, and the scan driver 110. And a controller 130 for controlling the data driver 120.

Each of the pixels PE is driven when the gate signals of the gate line GL are enabled to generate light corresponding to the magnitude of the pixel signal on the data line DL. The light is generated by the organic light emitting diodes included in the pixels PE. The controller 130 supplies a gate control signal GCS to the scan driver 110 and supplies data control signals together with the data to the data driver 120.

The scan driver 110 supplies a scan pulse that sequentially enables the gate line GL in response to the gate control signal GCS from the controller 130.

The data driver 120 supplies the data signal from the controller 130 to the pixels PE through the data line DL in response to the control signals supplied from the controller 130. In this case, the data driver 120 supplies one horizontal line of data to the data line DL for each scan period in which the scan driver 110 drives each of the gate lines GL. That is, the controller 130 controls the value of the data voltage supplied to the data line DL, which will be described later, and thereby controls the value of the current flowing through the organic light emitting diodes included in the pixels PE. . The controller 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention drives the organic light emitting display device by the first control method when the input code is less than or equal to the threshold value, and when the input code is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the organic light emitting device according to the second control method. This is described in detail below.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling the organic light emitting diode included in the pixels PE driven by the scan driver 110 and the data driver 120 will be described. In the present specification, for convenience of description, an organic electroluminescent device included in the organic light emitting display panel is described as an example. Can be controlled.

First, a general driving principle of the organic light emitting display device will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A and 2B.

FIG. 2A is a graph showing a correlation between current density and illuminance flowing in an organic light emitting display device, and FIG. 2B is a graph showing a correlation between a voltage applied to an organic light emitting device and a current density.

Referring to FIG. 2A, the illuminance of light emitted from the organic light emitting diode is proportional to the current density flowing through the organic light emitting diode. The slope of the graph may vary depending on the composition of the organic light emitting device. For example, the illuminance of the organic light emitting device emitting red light when the same current density is applied may be higher than that of the organic light emitting device emitting blue light.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2B, in order to drive the organic light emitting diode, a voltage of a predetermined magnitude or more, that is, a voltage of more than a threshold voltage must be applied. In the example shown in FIG. 2B, the organic light emitting diode emits light only when a voltage of 3 to 4 V or more is applied.

The organic light emitting display device having such characteristics may be degraded with time.

3A is a graph showing illuminance of an organic light emitting diode over time, and FIG. 3B is a graph showing a change in threshold voltage of the organic light emitting diode over time, and FIG. 3C is a direct current (DC) having a predetermined density. ) And a change in illuminance with time when the organic light emitting diode is driven with a pulse current (PC).

Referring to FIG. 3A, in general, the organic light emitting diode has a decrease in illuminance with time, and a decrease in illuminance rapidly occurs after a certain time.

In addition, as described above, the organic light emitting diode is driven only by applying a voltage above the threshold voltage. Referring to FIG. 3b, it can be seen that the threshold voltage of the organic light emitting diode increases with time. That is, the organic light emitting diode can be driven only by applying a large voltage to the organic light emitting diode before deterioration.

On the other hand, referring to Figure 3c, over time, the illuminance of the organic light emitting device is reduced, it can be seen that the organic light emitting device is driven at a larger current density, the greater the decrease in illumination intensity. For example, much larger than the roughness decline of the organic EL device is driven in the graph of Figure 3c at a current density of 27mA / cm illuminance decline of the organic EL device is driven at a current density of ² 3.5mA / cm ^2.

Hereinafter, a method of driving an organic light emitting display panel including an organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Organic electroluminescence  Driving method of display panel

As described above, the method of driving the organic light emitting display device of the present invention can also be used to control the organic light emitting display device included in other devices, but for convenience of description, the driving of the organic light emitting display panel will be described as an example.

In order to explain the difference from the conventional driving method of the organic light emitting display panel, the driving method of the existing organic light emitting display panel will be described first.

First, FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram illustrating a voltage control method, which is one of driving methods of a conventional organic light emitting display panel.

In a general circuit configuration, parasitic capacitance exists in various elements or wires. For this reason, parasitic capacitance C _OLED may exist in the organic light emitting diode OLED.

Accordingly, the pixels PE of the organic light emitting display panel illustrated in FIG. 1 are parasitic capacitances C _OLED connected in parallel with the organic light emitting diode OLED and the organic light emitting diode OLED, as shown in FIG. 4. ) Can be simplified.

The voltage control method is a method of controlling the brightness of the organic light emitting diode OLED by adjusting the value of the voltage Va applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the brightness of the organic light emitting diode OLED is proportional to the value of a flowing current, and the relationship between the voltage Va and the current applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED is illustrated in FIG. 2B. Since the characteristics of the organic light emitting diode OLED may be adjusted, the brightness of the organic light emitting diode OLED may be adjusted by adjusting the value of the voltage Va applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED.

However, since the voltage control method indirectly adjusts the value of the current flowing in the organic light emitting diode OLED, it is difficult to accurately implement the desired brightness. In addition, in the voltage control scheme, a means for compensating for a mismatch between elements existing in a circuit is required, which increases the number of components to be included. This results in an increase in the components that must be included in one pixel, leading to a problem of reducing the aperture ratio.

FIG. 5A is a circuit diagram illustrating an analog current control method among driving methods of a conventional organic light emitting display panel, and FIG. 5B illustrates a value of a current flowing through the organic light emitting device according to an input code in the analog current control method. It is a graph.

The input code is input to the controller 130 of the organic light emitting display panel illustrated in FIG. 1, and the value of the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode OLED of the pixels PE is determined according to the input code.

Since the illuminance of the organic light emitting diode OLED is proportional to the input current value, it is the most ideal control method. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, the value of the current I _OLED applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED increases in proportion to the input code.

However, the following problem exists in the analog current control system.

As described above, the parasitic capacitance C _OLED exists in the organic light emitting diode OLED. When the organic light emitting diode OLED is driven according to the analog current control method, the organic light emitting diode OLED is driven by the current I _OLED . After the parasitic capacitance C _OLED of the light emitting device OLED is all charged, the desired brightness is realized in the organic light emitting device OLED.

The amount of charge Q charged in the parasitic capacitance C _OLED may be expressed by the following equation.

Here, VOLED is a turn-on voltage of the organic light emitting diode OLED, and t is a time at which charging of the parasitic capacitance COLED is completed. Therefore, in order to complete the charging in the parasitic capacitance C _OLED , the charging time t expressed by the following equation is required.

For example, assuming that an input signal input to the controller 130 has a resolution of 10 bits, and a current flowing through the organic light emitting diode OLED has a resolution of 10 nA, the driving device of the present invention may emit organic light. The current I _OLED flowing through the _OLED should be applied in units of 10nA from 0nA to (2 ¹⁰ -1) nA = 10.23㎂. That is, in this case, the digital input code input to the controller 130 has a value from 0 to 1023, so that the current I _OLED flowing through the organic light emitting diode OLED has a value of input code x 10nA. do.

If the parasitic capacitance C _OLED is 10 pF and the turn-on voltage V _OLED of the organic light emitting diode OLED is 3 V, when the brightest brightness is realized, the turn-on time T of the organic light emitting diode OLED is _ON ) is as follows.

Meanwhile, when the darkest brightness is realized, the turn-on time T _ON of the organic light emitting diode OLED is as follows.

In the case of the brightest brightness, the OLED emits light at about 3 ㎲ after the current I _OLED flows in the OLED, but the darkest brightness is achieved. In this case, since the parasitic capacitance (C _OLED ) of 10 pF needs to be charged with a current of 10 nA, the organic light emitting diode (OLED) needs 3 ms to emit light at the corresponding brightness.

This greatly increases the duration of application of the gate scan signal, which is required in a general display panel.

Meanwhile, among the control methods of the display panel including the organic light emitting diode (OLED), the digital control method applies the maximum current to the organic light emitting diode (OLED), but adjusts the time to adjust the time of the organic light emitting diode (OLED). Control brightness.

FIG. 6A is a circuit diagram illustrating a digital control method among driving methods of a conventional organic light emitting display panel. FIG. 6B is a graph showing an output code value according to an input code in the digital control method. 6C is a timing diagram illustrating a value of a current applied to the organic light emitting display device when a predetermined input code is input as an example of a digital control method.

Referring to FIG. 6B, it can be seen that according to the digital control scheme, the same output code as that of a digitally input input code is used.

In the digital control system, the conduction time of the current IOLED flowing through the organic light emitting diode OLED is controlled to cause the organic light emitting diode OLED to emit light at a desired brightness.

Assuming the above example, in order to achieve the brightest brightness, a current corresponding to 10.23 mA, the maximum value of the current I _OLED , continuously flows through the organic light emitting diode OLED for one frame t. In order to achieve the darkest brightness, a desired brightness can be realized by controlling a current corresponding to 10.23 전류 to flow for a time corresponding to 1/1024 of one frame (t).

For example, referring to FIG. 6C, when an input code of 127 is input to the controller 130, a current I _OLED having a size of 10.23 μs flows for a time corresponding to 127/1024 of one frame t. Is controlled.

However, in such a digital control method, the maximum current should always be applied to the organic light emitting diode (OLED) regardless of what brightness is desired. As described above with reference to FIG. 3C, the larger the value of the driving current, the greater the decrease in illuminance of the organic light emitting diode OLED. According to the digital control method, the maximum current is continuously applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED. As a result, the life is drastically reduced.

Therefore, the present invention intends to use different control schemes according to input codes. That is, the first control method is used when the input code is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value, and the second control method is used when it is greater than or equal to the threshold value. For example, in an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, when the input code is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the control is performed by a digital control method.

7 is a view for explaining a driving example of an organic light emitting display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, when an input code below a predetermined threshold (for example, 127) is input, a first control scheme (for example, a digital control scheme) may be used, and an input code above the threshold may be used. When input, a second control scheme (eg, analog current control scheme) may be used.

For example, when the threshold value is 127 and the first control method is a digital control method, the value of the current applied to the organic light emitting diode OLED in the section driven by the digital control method is "threshold value x current resolution". That is, 1270 nA (= 127 x 10 nA).

The OLED is driven at a current of 1270nA (IOLED) at all times, but the digital control method can be performed by adjusting the conduction time. As the conduction time adjustment method, a conventional modulation method can be used. For example, a pulse width modulation (PWM) method or a pulse density modulation (PDM) method may be used. In this section, an output code identical to an input code can be used as it is, and a digital control scheme can be implemented using the conventional modulation scheme operating according to the output code. That is, the conduction time of the current I _OLED flowing in the organic light emitting diode OLED can be controlled through the above-described modulation method. For example, when the input code is 64, the organic light emitting diode OLED is controlled. A current with a value of 1270 nA flows for 64/127 hours of one frame.

According to the conventional digital control method, the current (I _OLED ) value flowing through the organic light emitting diode (OLED) was always 10.23 mA regardless of the value of the input code, but only by using the digital control method when a low input code is input. The current value is lowered to 1270 nA, thereby reducing the stress of the OLED to about 1/8 (≒ 10.23 가 / 1270 nA).

On the other hand, when the input code is 127 ~ 1023 can use the analog current control method. When the input code is 127, according to the digital control method, the current of 1270nA must be continuously flowing. In addition, the current of 1270nA must be continuously flowed even by the analog current control method. Therefore, when the input code is a threshold value, it may be controlled by any of the digital control method and the analog current control method. That is, when the input code is a threshold value, it may be controlled by a digital control method or an analog current control method. Therefore, in the present specification, it will be exemplified as being controlled by a digital control method when the input code is less than or equal to the threshold, and by an analog current control method when it is greater than or equal to the threshold.

In the section where the input code is greater than or equal to the threshold, the current is driven by applying a current proportional to the input code to the organic light emitting diode OLED. The output code in the section using the analog current control method can be made constant regardless of the input code. In this case, when the input code is 127, the most time is required to charge the parasitic capacitance C _OLED to drive the organic light emitting diode (OLED). When the input code is 127, the time T _ON until the parasitic capacitance C _OLED is fully charged and the organic light emitting diode OLED is turned on to the desired brightness is obtained as follows.

That is, the maximum time required to drive an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is about 24 ms, which is about 3 ms, which is the maximum time required in the conventional method using the analog current control method regardless of the input code value. You can see that it is 127 times faster.

In the above description, the case where the threshold value is 127 has been described as an example, but a different value may be set as the threshold value. As the threshold is increased, the current stress applied to the organic light emitting diode (OLED) increases when the digital control method is used, but the speed is increased when the analog current control method is used. On the other hand, when the threshold is lowered, the current stress applied to the organic light emitting diode (OLED) when using the digital control method is reduced, but the speed when using the analog current control method is slowed. Therefore, by appropriately referring to such a compensation relationship, the threshold value can be appropriately selected in consideration of the property of the device and the duration of the gate scan signal.

8 is a diagram for describing a method of hardware-implementing a driving device of an organic light emitting display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Table 1 below shows a method of dividing a program current and an output code according to an input code in a driving method of an organic light emitting display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Input code Programmable current Output code 0-127 1270 nA Input code 128-1023 Input code x current resolution (10nA) 127 (3FF)

Referring to FIG. 8 based on the example described so far, the input code may be input in a digital form, and the range may be 0 to 1023 (0x3FF). If the input code is less than or equal to the threshold value 127, the corresponding input code may be input to the decoder for the digital control scheme. The decoder converts the input code into an appropriate code for organic light emitting device (OLED) control.

In the section using the digital control method, a program current of threshold value x current resolution = 1270 nA can be used, and the output code can use the input code as it is. On the other hand, as described above, in the section using the digital control method using a conventional modulation method (for example, a pulse width modulation (PWM) method or a pulse density modulation (PDM) method) The conduction time of the program current can be adjusted. This modulation scheme can be controlled by using the same output code as the input code.

On the other hand, when the input code is larger than the threshold value 127, the input code is input to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) for the analog current control method. As a result, the input code is converted into a program current (= input code x current resolution 10nA). According to the above example, the program current is implemented in the range of 1.28 mA to 10.23 mA. The output code in this section can use the output code corresponding to the threshold of the input code constantly. However, as described above, even if the input code is a threshold value, it may be regarded as being driven by the analog current control method.

In this way, it is possible to easily implement the driving device of the organic light emitting display panel in which heterogeneous control methods are combined. That is, the driving device can be completed by dividing the program current and the output code according to the input code as described above, and controlling the modulation used in the digital control method according to the output code.

Features, structures, effects, and the like described in the above embodiments are included in at least one embodiment of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to only one embodiment. Furthermore, the features, structures, effects, and the like illustrated in the embodiments may be combined or modified with respect to other embodiments by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments belong. Therefore, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to these combinations and modifications.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of illustration, It can be seen that various modifications and applications are possible. For example, each component specifically shown in the embodiments can be modified and implemented. It is to be understood that all changes and modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.

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Claims (18)

Organic electroluminescent device; And
When the input code is less than the threshold value, the first control method is used, and when the threshold value is greater than the threshold value, the drive of the organic light emitting display panel includes a control unit for controlling the driving of the organic light emitting display device. Device. The method of claim 1,
The first control method is a digital control method, and the second control method is an driving device of an organic light emitting display panel. The method of claim 2,
The digital control method,
A device for driving an organic light emitting display panel in which a current having a predetermined magnitude flows through the organic light emitting diode, and the conduction time of the current is controlled to be proportional to the input code. The method of claim 3,
And a current having a constant magnitude flowing through the organic light emitting diode has a value corresponding to a product of the threshold value and the current resolution. The method of claim 3,
The conduction time of the current,

An apparatus for driving an organic light emitting display panel. The method of claim 5,
And a conduction time of the current is controlled by a digital modulation method. The method according to claim 6,
The digital modulation method may be a pulse width modulation (PWM) method or a pulse density modulation (PDM) method. The method of claim 2,
The analog current control method,
And a method of controlling a current proportional to the input code to flow through the organic light emitting display device. 9. The method of claim 8,
And a current proportional to the input code has a value corresponding to a product of the input code and the current resolution. Determining whether the input code is greater than or equal to the threshold; And
Controlling the driving of the organic light emitting display device by using a first control method when the input code is less than or equal to a threshold as a result of the determination, and by using a second control method when the input code is greater than or equal to a threshold. A method of driving an organic light emitting display panel. The method of claim 10,
And the first control method is a digital control method and the second control method is an analog current control method. The method of claim 11,
The digital control method,
A method of driving an organic light emitting display panel in which a current having a constant magnitude flows through the organic light emitting diode, and the conduction time of the current is controlled to be proportional to the input code. The method of claim 12,
In the digital control method, an organic light emitting display panel is driven such that a current having a value corresponding to the product of the threshold value and the current resolution flows. The method of claim 12,
The conduction time of the current,

A method of driving an organic light emitting display panel which is controlled by a time corresponding to. 15. The method of claim 14,
The conduction time of the current is controlled by a digital modulation method. 16. The method of claim 15,
The digital modulation method is a pulse width modulation (PWM) method or a pulse density modulation (PDM) method of driving an organic light emitting display panel. The method of claim 11,
The analog current control method,
And a method of controlling a current proportional to the input code to flow through the organic light emitting display device. 18. The method of claim 17,
And a current proportional to the input code has a value corresponding to a product of the input code and the current resolution.

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