Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080238327 | AMOLED DRIVE CIRCUIT USING TRANSIENT CURRENT FEEDBACK AND ACTIVE MATRIX DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting-Diode (AMOLED) drive circuit using transient current feedback. The AMOLED drive circuit includes a current Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a data line drive transistor, a constant current source, a variable current source, a differential amplifier, and a transient charging current control unit. The DAC generates current corresponding to input digital data. The data line drive transistor is configured such that the drain terminal thereof is connected to the output node of the current DAC. The constant current source is connected between the source terminal of the data line drive transistor and a ground. The variable current source is connected between both the output node of the current DAC and the drain terminal of the drive transistor, and a voltage source. The differential amplifier is configured to input the output voltage thereof to the gate terminal of the drive transistor. The transient charging current control unit is configured to increase or decrease the bias current of the variable current source depending on variation in the voltage of the output node of the current DAC. | 10-02-2008 |
20090051575 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY - A driving apparatus for a display is provided. The driving apparatus for a display comprises a reference voltage generator, a digital-to-analog converter, and an output unit. The reference voltage generator generates a plurality of reference voltages, and receives a difference value between two adjacent reference voltages and generates a plurality of sub reference voltages. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a first analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the sub reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a second analog signal. The output unit processes, by addition or subtraction, the first and second analog signals for output. | 02-26-2009 |
20090051676 | DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY - A driving apparatus for a display is provided. The driving apparatus for a display comprises: a digital/analog converter for receiving an input voltage lower than a source voltage used in a buffer amplifier for output driving, generating a plurality of reference voltages, and selecting a reference voltage corresponding to an M (M is a positive integer) bit data signal; and an amplifier for amplifying the reference voltage selected by the digital/analog converter. Therefore, a circuit area and power consumption of the driving apparatus for a display can be minimized. | 02-26-2009 |
20100097360 | DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display driving apparatus. The display driving apparatus comprises: a current DAC generating a data current; a data line connected to a pixel circuit requiring data writing on a matrix array of a display panel; an adjacent data line located adjacent to the data line; a current mirror feedbacking an excessive charging current generating due to parasitic capacitance of the adjacent data line as a charging current for charging parasitic capacitance of the data line; a current output unit connected to the current mirror and including a first driving transistor unit for driving the data line, and a second driving transistor unit for driving the adjacent data line; a source follower driving the current output unit according to an output node voltage of the current DAC; and a first constant current source discharging parasitic capacitance excessively charged in the data line and the adjacent data line. | 04-22-2010 |
20120044235 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - There is provided an active matrix organic light emitting diode display, including a data driver converting pre-prepared correction data into an analog correction signal and generating a driving signal according to the analog correction signal, a selector selecting a charging path for programming, according to the driving signal in a preset programming period and selecting a deterioration detection path in a preset emission period, a pixel unit including an organic light-emitting diode connected between a power supply receiving power and a ground, charging a value corresponding to the correction data according to the driving signal in the programming period, and allowing current to flow to the organic light-emitting diode according to the charged value in the emission period, and an ADC detecting deterioration voltage having deterioration information of the organic light-emitting diode of the pixel unit in the emission period. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044269 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - There is provided an organic light emitting diode driver capable of compensating for pixel deterioration in real time during the driving of pixels by selectively compensating pixels, requiring compensation, for the deterioration thereof, and precisely setting calibration data by removing an IR drop across a transistor, employed as a switch in the pixels, by calculating a difference between at least two representative values of different gray scale ranges among predetermined gray scale ranges. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044271 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY HAVING DETERIORATION DETECTION FUNCTION IN PROGRAMMING PERIOD - There is provided an active matrix organic light emitting diode display including: a data driving unit converting previously prepared correction data into a correction signal and generates a driving signal according to the analog correction signal; a pixel unit having an organic light emitting diode (OLED) between first and second power supply terminals receiving first and second powers, respectively, charging a value corresponding to the correction data according to the driving signal in a predetermined programming period, detecting the driving signal in order to detect deterioration, and allowing current to flow through the OLED according to the value charged in the predetermined programming period in a predetermined holding period; and an ADC detecting deterioration voltage corresponding to the driving signal having deterioration information of the OLED of the pixel unit in the holding period. | 02-23-2012 |
20120044360 | DETERIORATION SENSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a deterioration sensing apparatus for a display device, capable of rapidly sensing deterioration by pre-charging a sensing voltage in adjacent pixels while a deterioration of a single pixel is sensed in a display device having a plurality of pixels, in, particular, an organic light emitting diode panel. | 02-23-2012 |
20120056866 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY HAVING RESET FUNCTION - There is provided an active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display including a driver generating analog driving signals based on previously prepared driving data; a pixel unit including an organic light emitting diode connected between first and second power supply terminals receiving first and second power, respectively, charging values equivalent to the driving data according to the driving signals and simultaneously detecting the driving signals in order to detect deterioration in a preset tracking period, allowing current to flow through the organic light emitting diode according to the values charged in the tracking period in a preset holding period, and setting a reset period between the holding period and a tracking period subsequent thereto to reset the charged values; and an ADC detecting a deterioration voltage corresponding to the driving signals having deterioration information of the organic light emitting diode of the pixel unit in the tracking period. | 03-08-2012 |
20120056869 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DRIVER - There is provided an organic light emitting diode driver capable of compensating for pixel deterioration in real time during the driving of pixels by selectively compensating pixels, requiring compensation, for the deterioration thereof. The organic light emitting diode driver includes: a converter converting input data into compensation data used to selectively compensate for pixel deterioration according to whether or no the input data has been calibrated; a driver driving pixels of a pixel unit according to the compensation data from the converter; and a compensator providing the converter with a deterioration compensation signal according to deterioration information obtained from a pixel driven by the driver. | 03-08-2012 |