Method and system for measuring and controlling an OLED display element for improved lifetime and light output
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing lifetime of an OLED display element, the OLED display element comprising a plurality of addressable discrete OLED pixels, each of said OLED pixels being driven by a supply voltage and a drive current provided by a current driver, each OLED pixel having a threshold voltage, the method comprising, for an OLED pixel:
- determining an environmental parameter which affects aging of an OLED pixel, determining a first operational parameter indicative of aging of the OLED pixel, and compensating at least partly for aging by changing a second operating parameter of the OLED pixel based on the determination of the environmental parameter and the first operational parameter.
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Abstract
A method of optimizing lifetime of an OLED display element and an OLED display element with optimized lifetime for possible use in a tiled display, while maintaining light output are described. It compensates an OLED operating parameter such as supply voltage and/or on-time of the operating current based on at least one environmental factor which affects aging and on at least one operating factor which is indicative of aging, e.g. by determining the brightness of an OLED display element. To optimize the light output, pre-charge of the aged OLED display elements can be optimized. The knowledge of the working temperature of OLED tiles may be used to regulate the cooling and thus the working temperature, thus improving the lifetime of the display. Furthermore the intensity and contrast of the display illumination may be set within predefined limits to reduce the aging.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for optimizing lifetime of an OLED display element, the OLED display element comprising a plurality of addressable discrete OLED pixels, each of said OLED pixels being driven by a supply voltage and a drive current provided by a current driver, each OLED pixel having a threshold voltage, the method comprising, for an OLED pixel:
determining an environmental parameter which affects aging of an OLED pixel, determining a first operational parameter indicative of aging of the OLED pixel, and compensating at least partly for aging by changing a second operating parameter of the OLED pixel based on the determination of the environmental parameter and the first operational parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An OLED display element, the OLED display element comprising a plurality of addressable discrete OLED pixels, each of said OLED pixels being driven by a supply voltage and a drive current provided by a current driver, each OLED pixel having a threshold voltage, wherein the display element further comprises:
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means for determining an environmental parameter which affects aging of an OLED pixel, means for determining a first operational parameter indicative of aging of the OLED pixel, and means for compensating at least partly for aging by changing a second operating parameter of the OLED pixel based on the determination of the environmental parameter and the first operational parameter. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A control device for controlling an OLED display element comprising a plurality of addressable discrete OLED pixels, each of said OLED pixels being driven by a supply voltage and a drive current controlled by the control device, each OLED pixel having a threshold voltage, wherein the control device comprises:
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means for determining an environmental parameter which affects aging of an OLED pixel, means for determining a first operational parameter indicative of aging of the OLED pixel, and means for compensating at least partly for aging by changing a second operating parameter of the OLED pixel based on the determination of the environmental parameter and the first operational parameter.
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