Abstract:
A display device includes a pixel circuit that includes a thin-film transistor. The thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer formed above the gate electrode, a gate insulating layer formed between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, a channel protective layer formed on the semiconductor layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode that are formed above the channel protective layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer. The source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in different layers.
Abstract:
Provided is a method for driving a display device including: a display unit having a sub-pixel having a first light emitting element (organic EL element) and a first driving transistor for supplying a first electric current corresponding to a first gray level signal, and a sub-pixel having a second light emitting element (organic EL element) and a second driving transistor for supplying a second electric current corresponding to a second gray level signal; and a power supply unit configured to apply a power supply voltage to each sub-pixel via an electric current path that is common to the sub-pixel and the sub-pixel. The driving method includes correcting the first gray level signal based on the first gray level signal and the second gray level signal so as to compensate for a reduction in the first electric current caused by a voltage drop that occurs in the electric current path.
Abstract:
A display device includes: a display unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged; and a power supply unit configured to feed a power supply voltage to the pixels through a power feeding line disposed on an outer periphery of the display unit. The pixels each include: an anode formed on a drive circuit layer; an auxiliary wire formed on the drive circuit layer to be spaced apart from the anode; an organic light emitting layer and an electron transport layer that are formed above the anode; and a transparent cathode formed above the electron transport layer. The electron transport layer and the transparent cathode extend from above the anode to above the auxiliary wire. The electron transport layer has a resistance value Rip that satisfies the following relationship: Rip≤(R2p−Rbp)×M×(M+1)/2.
Abstract:
A video display device includes a video obtaining unit that obtains a video represented in an input video format for displaying, at a predetermined frame frequency, frames each including an effective pixel region having n rows and m columns, p1 columns of a horizontal blanking period, and q1 rows of a vertical blanking period; a video format conversion unit that converts a format of the video to an output video format for displaying, at the predetermined frame frequency, frames each including the effective pixel region having n rows and m columns, p2 columns of the horizontal blanking period, and q2 rows of the vertical blanking period, where q2 is less than q1; and a display driver unit that displays the video row by row in a display unit at a horizontal scanning frequency in the output video format.
Abstract:
A thin film transistor substrate including a thin film transistor and a capacitor formed of a pair of electrodes, which includes: a first electrode above a substrate; a first insulating film above the first electrode; a second electrode above the first insulating film; a second insulating film above the second electrode; and a semiconductor layer above the second insulating film, in which the capacitor includes the first electrode as one of the pair of electrodes and the second electrode as the other of the pair of electrodes, and the thin film transistor includes the second electrode as a gate electrode, the second insulating film as a gate insulating film, and the semiconductor layer as a channel layer.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display unit including luminescence pixels each including a luminescence element and a driving transistor configured to supply a current to the luminescence element to cause the element to emit light, a signal line driving circuit configured to supply a voltage applied between a gate and a source of the driving transistor, and a control circuit configured to apply a certain voltage between the gate and the source of the driving transistor by controlling the signal line driving circuit and the display unit when a power supply to the signal line driving circuit is stopped. The control circuit applies the certain voltage between the gate and the source of the driving transistor so that a recovery of a shift amount of a threshold voltage of the driving transistor is suppressed, the recovery being made when the power supply to the signal line driving circuit is stopped.
Abstract:
A display device includes: a power supplying unit which outputs at least one of a high-side output potential and a low-side output potential; a display unit in which pixels are arranged in a matrix and which receives power supply from the power supplying unit; a monitor wire arranged along a column direction of the pixels in the matrix, which has one end connected to at least one pixel inside the display unit, and is for transmitting the high-side potential to be applied to the pixel; and a voltage regulating unit connected to the other end of the monitor wire, which regulates at least one of the high-side output potential and the low-side output potential to be outputted by the power supplying unit, to set a potential difference between the high-side potential and the low-side potential to a predetermined potential difference.
Abstract:
A display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits are disposed, each of the pixel circuits includes: a first switching element; a second switching element; and a control line which is connected to a gate electrode of the first switching element, and transmits a first control signal which controls switching ON and OFF of the first switching element, and the display device comprises: a first capacitive electrode that is part of the control line; and a second capacitive electrode which is opposite to the first capacitive electrode and is connected to a gate electrode of the second switching element, wherein a first capacitor is formed between the first capacitive electrode and the second capacitive electrode.
Abstract:
Display panel includes: a power supply unit that generates first power supply voltage and variable second power supply voltage; and first and second power supply lines that transmit the first and second power supply voltages, respectively, to light emitting elements. The power supply unit (i) includes: first and second input terminals; a switching control unit; an inductor having first terminal connected to the second power supply line; a first switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between a second terminal of the inductor and the first input terminal; a second switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between the second terminal and the second input terminal; a capacitor having first electrode to which constant voltage is applied; and a third switch element that switches conduction/non-conduction between the second terminal and a second electrode of the capacitor, and (ii) collects, into the capacitor, and regenerates power from parasitic capacitance of the second power supply line.
Abstract:
An organic electroluminescence (EL) display panel includes an anode electrode formed above a bank and formed opposite to a plurality of cathode electrodes, and a charge functional layer commonly formed for each of the organic light-emitting layers across a plurality of aperture areas formed in the bank. An end portion of the anode electrode and an end portion of the charge functional layer are provided above the bank located adjacent to a boundary between a display region and a peripheral region of a display region.