Abstract:
An emission driver and a display device having the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the emission driver includes a plurality of stages each configured to output an emission control signal, wherein each of the stages includes first and second driving blocks and a buffer block. The buffer block is configured to selectively output an emission control signal so as to operate in a sequential emission mode or in a simultaneous emission mode, the stages being configured to sequentially output a plurality of the emission control signals in the sequential emission mode and substantially simultaneously output the emission control signals in the simultaneous emission mode. The buffer block is further configured to determine a duration in which the emission control signal has a first voltage level based on an interval between time points when first and second intermediate signals have low voltage levels.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer on the substrate, a first insulating layer covering the substrate and the semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the first insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer, a second insulating layer covering the first gate electrode and the first insulating layer, a second gate electrode on the second insulating layer and overlapping the semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a third insulating layer covering the second gate electrode, a first contact hole defined in the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer, and through which a portion of the semiconductor layer is exposed, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor layer through the first contact hole.
Abstract:
A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) having a cathode electrode coupled to a second power supply, a pixel circuit configured to control an amount of current supplied to the OLED to correspond to a previous data signal, and a driver configured to store a present data signal supplied from a data line and to supply the previous data signal to the pixel circuit. The OLED, pixel circuit, and driver may be controlled by signals in a frame that includes first through fourth periods, the second power supply may be set to a first voltage in the first and second periods and to a second voltage in the third and fourth periods, and the first voltage may be a voltage at which the OLED does not emit light and the second voltage may be a voltage at which the OLED emits light.
Abstract:
An electro static discharge (ESD) protection circuit including a signal transmission line coupled to an external input terminal, the ESD protection circuit including: a first power line coupled to a high voltage power supply; a second power line coupled to a low voltage power supply; a plurality of first oxide thin film transistors coupled in parallel between the first power line and the signal transmission line, the first oxide thin film transistors being diode-connected; and a plurality of second oxide thin film transistors coupled in parallel between the signal transmission line and the second power line, the second oxide thin film transistors being diode-connected.
Abstract:
A display device according to the present invention includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels coupled to a plurality of scan lines; a plurality of scan driving blocks coupled to the plurality of scan lines and adapted to apply a plurality of scan signals; an electrostatic discharge (ESD) unit adapted to protect the plurality of scan driving blocks from static charges; an AC power source unit for supplying a first power source voltage of which a level is changed between a logic high level and a logic low level, to the plurality of scan driving blocks through a first power source voltage wire during a pixel test of the plurality of pixels; and a DC power source unit for supplying a second power source voltage of the logic high level to the ESD unit through a second power source voltage wire.
Abstract:
An organic light emitting display can improve display quality by securing a charging time of a data signal. An organic light emitting display includes pixels, a data driver, a plurality of data drivers, and a control signal generator. The pixels are respectively positioned at areas defined by scan lines and data lines. The data driver sequentially supplies i (i is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) data signals to each of output lines during one horizontal period. The plurality of data dividers are respectively coupled to the output lines, and supply the i data signals to i data lines. The control signal generator sequentially supplies i control signals to the data dividers, corresponding to the i data signals. In the organic light emitting display, the data dividers supply a corresponding data signal to each data line during the one horizontal period.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor is disclosed. In one aspect, the thin film transistor includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, and a first gate electrode substantially overlapping the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween. The thin film transistor also includes a second gate electrode substantially overlapping the first gate electrode with an interlayer insulating layer interposed therebetween, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, wherein the first gate electrode is electrically connected to the second gate electrode.
Abstract:
A pixel circuit for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. One inventive aspect includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, a storage unit, a second transistor and a third transistor. The first transistor controls the amount of current flowing from a first power source coupled to a second power source via a second node and the organic light emitting diode in response to a voltage at a first node. The storage unit is connected to a data line, and stores a data signal from the data line. The second transistor is connected to a fourth node and the first node and is turned on when a second control signal is supplied. The third transistor is connected to the first node and a third node and is turned on when a third control signal is supplied.