Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce uneveness of a current in a light emitting diode(LED) so as to improve uniformity of luminance by composing picture element structure of NMOS transistors, a capacitor and the LED. SOLUTION: Picture element structure 300 is composed of five NMOS transistors 310-350, a capacitor 302 and an LED 304. A selection line 370 is connected to a gate of the transistor 350, and a data line 360 is connected to one terminal of the capacitor 302. An auto-zero line 380 is connected to a gate of the transistor 340, and a VDD line 390 is connected to the drains of the transistors 320, 220. One terminal of the capacitor 302 is connected to the source of the transistor 330 and the drains of the transistors 340, 350, and the sources of the transistors 310, 320 are connected to one terminal of the LED 304. With this constitution, unevenness of a current can be reduced in the LED 304.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To correct electric parameters of a TFT and an OLED and to generate an OLED current excellently determined thereby in a pixel array. SOLUTION: Each pixel block 1200 is connected to a detection pin (VDD/SENSE pin) 1210 at an end of a display. In normal display operation, the detection pin 1210 is connected to a VDD power supply through a transistor P1, but the detection pin is connected to a current detecting circuit 1334 through a transistor P2 during a measurement cycle. A measured current of each pixel block is gathered by an I/O device 1340, converted to a digital format, and saved for calibration of a data voltage. This saved information is used to correct a data voltage for coping with threshold voltage variation of the transistor and OLED turn-on voltage variation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
Organic LED displays are vulnerable to developing age dependent non-uniformities of emitted light across a display matrix; there is accordingly a need for rapidly and accurately correcting such non-uniformities in an initially calibrated display device. As the decay of emitted light follows an exponential law, change in light output can be predicted by accumulating (i.e. performing numeric integration) the driving current for each individual pixel during an elapsed time; then, based on such predicted change, the driving current can be adjusted for each pixel such to compensate the decay. Another possibility of correcting non-uniformities is also described, by arranging a photodetector, such as a camera, for measuring the light emitted gy different single pixels or groups of the same, whose size is made stepwise progressively bigger by adequate displacement of the photodetector along X, Y and Z axis, while correcting unevenesses at every step.
Abstract:
A row-select circuit (118) for an organic light emitting diode display (116) propagates a gating pulse through a shift register. This gating pulse is synchronized with a system clock signal and is used to selectively apply a plurality of broadcast control signals to a selected row of pixels on the display (116). The line scanning circuitry (118) is controlled to clear and autozero the pixels in the display (116) either on line at a time or the entire image frame at a time. According to another aspect of the invention, the clearing of a row of pixels in the display (116) is performed over several line intervals before the row is autozeroed and loaded with new values. According to yet another aspect of the invention, the broadcast control signals may be adapted to achieve the best performance for each display device.
Abstract:
Organic LED displays are vulnerable to developing age dependent non-uniformities of emitted light across a display matrix; there is accordingly a need for rapidly and accurately correcting such non-uniformities in an initially calibrated display device. As the decay of emitted light follows an exponential law, change in light output can be predicted by accumulating (i.e. performing numeric integration) the driving current for each individual pixel during an elapsed time; then, based on such predicted change, the driving current can be adjusted for each pixel such to compensate the decay. Another possibility of correcting non-uniformities is also described, by arranging a photodetector, such as a camera, for measuring the light emitted by different single pixels or groups of the same, whose size is made stepwise progressively bigger by adequate displacement of the photodetector along X, Y and Z axis, while correcting unevenesses at every step.
Abstract:
A circuit design technique polysilicon thin-film transistor (TFT) circuitry produces circuits that are relatively less sensitive to threshold variations among the TFT's than circuits designed using conventional techniques. The circuit is designed such that thin-film transistors that are sensititve to threshold variations are made larger than other thin-film transistors in the circuitry to minimize threshold variations among similar transistors implemented in the circuit. In one embodiment, a pixel structure for an active matrix display device implemented in polysilicon includes two transistors, a select transistor and a drive transistor. The drive transistor in the pixel structure is a thin film metal oxide silicon (MOS) transistor that includes a gate to source capacitance sufficient to hold an electrical potential which keeps the transistor in a conducting state for an image field interval. One embodiment of the pixel structure includes only the select transistor and the drive transistor. The pixel storage capacitance is entirely realized by the gate to source capacitance of the drive transistor. Another embodiment of the pixel structure includes a capacitor which is much smaller than the capacitor of a conventional active matrix pixel structure. This capacitor holds the pixel in a non-illuminated state when the drive transistor is turned off. This pixel structure may be used with any display technology that uses an active matrix and stores image data on a capacitance in the pixel, including without limitation, organic light emitting diodes, electroluminescent devices, and inorganic light emitting diodes.
Abstract:
A LED pixel structure (200, 300, 400, 600, 700) that reduces current nonuformities and threshold voltage variations in a 'drive transistor' of the pixel structure is disclosed. The LED pixel structure incorporates a current source for loading data into the pixel via a data line. Alternatively, an auto zero voltage is determined for the drive transistor prior to the loading of data.
Abstract:
A row-select circuit (118) for an organic light emitting diode display (116) propagates a gating pulse through a shift register. This gating pulse is synchronized with a system clock signal and is used to selectively apply a plurality of broadcast control signals to a selected row of pixels on the display (116). The line scanning circuitry (118) is controlled to clear and autozero the pixels in the display (116) either on line at a time or the entire image frame at a time. According to another aspect of the invention, the clearing of a row of pixels in the display (116) is performed over several line intervals before the row is autozeroed and loaded with new values. According to yet another aspect of the invention, the broadcast control signals may be adapted to achieve the best performance for each display device.
Abstract:
An active matrix electroluminescent display (AMELD) having an improved light emitting efficiency and methods of operating the AMELD to produce gray scale operation are disclosed. The invention is an AMELD comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel (42) including a first transistor (44) having its gate connected to a select line (46), its source connected to a data line (48) and its drain connected to the gate of a second transistor (50), the second transistor (50) having its source connected to the data line (48) and its drain connected to a first electrode of an electroluminescent (EL) cell. The EL cell's second electrode is connected to alternating high voltage source (59). A method for producing gray scale performance including the step of varying the length of time the second transistor is on while the alternating voltage is applied to the EL cell is also disclosed.
Abstract:
An active matrix electroluminescent display (AMELD) having an improved light emitting efficiency and methods of operating the AMELD to produce gray scale operation are disclosed. The invention is an AMELD comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel (42) including a first transistor (44) having its gate connected to a select line (46), its source connected to a data line (48) and its drain connected to the gate of a second transistor (50), the second transistor (50) having its source connected to the data line (48) and its drain connected to a first electrode of an electroluminescent (EL) cell. The EL cell's second electrode is connected to alternating high voltage source (59). A method for producing gray scale performance including the step of varying the length of time the second transistor is on while the alternating voltage is applied to the EL cell is also disclosed.