ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
First Claim
1. An organic light emitting display comprising:
- a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels disposed at intersecting points of data lines, scan lines and light emitting control lines;
a temperature sensor provided to measure a temperature of the pixel unit;
a first analog/digital converter (first ADC) to convert temperature information measured by the temperature sensor into a first digital value;
a controller to receive the first digital value outputted from the first ADC and to output a control signal corresponding to the received first digital value;
a sensing unit to extract information of a degradation level of an organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels;
a second analog/digital converter (second ADC) to receive the information of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode extracted from the sensing unit and the control signal outputted from the controller and to generate a second digital value corresponding to the information of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode and the temperature of the pixel unit;
a conversion unit to convert an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′
) so as to display an image having uniform luminance regardless of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode according and the temperature of the pixel unit, by using the second digital value outputted from the second ADC; and
a data driver to receive the correction data (Data′
) outputted from the conversion unit and to generate data signals to be supplied to the pixels.
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Abstract
An organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels arranged at intersecting points of data lines, scan lines and light emitting control lines; a temperature sensor provided to measure a temperature of the pixel unit; a first analog/digital converter (first ADC) to convert information of the temperature measured in the temperature sensor into a first digital value; a controller to receive the first digital value outputted from the first ADC and outputting a control signal corresponding to the received first digital value; a sensing unit to extract a degradation level of an organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels; a second analog/digital converter (second ADC) to receive information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode extracted from the sensing unit and a control signal outputted from the controller and generating a second digital value corresponding to the information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode that is varied according to the temperature; a conversion unit to convert an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′) so as to display an image having uniform luminance regardless of the changes in the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode according to temperature, by using the second digital value outputted from the second ADC; a data driver to receive the correction data (Data′) outputted from the conversion unit and generating data signals to be supplied to the pixels.
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21 Claims
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1. An organic light emitting display comprising:
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a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels disposed at intersecting points of data lines, scan lines and light emitting control lines; a temperature sensor provided to measure a temperature of the pixel unit; a first analog/digital converter (first ADC) to convert temperature information measured by the temperature sensor into a first digital value; a controller to receive the first digital value outputted from the first ADC and to output a control signal corresponding to the received first digital value; a sensing unit to extract information of a degradation level of an organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels; a second analog/digital converter (second ADC) to receive the information of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode extracted from the sensing unit and the control signal outputted from the controller and to generate a second digital value corresponding to the information of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode and the temperature of the pixel unit; a conversion unit to convert an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′
) so as to display an image having uniform luminance regardless of the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode according and the temperature of the pixel unit, by using the second digital value outputted from the second ADC; anda data driver to receive the correction data (Data′
) outputted from the conversion unit and to generate data signals to be supplied to the pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9)
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- 8. The organic light emitting display according to claim 8, wherein the shift register unit receives a source start pulse (SSP) and a source shift clock (SSC) from a timing controller and sequentially generates an m-numbered sampling signal while shifting a source start pulse (SSP) in each one cycle of the source shift clock (SSC).
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11. The organic light emitting display according to claim 11, wherein the sampling latch unit includes m-numbered sampling latches so as to store m-numbered correction data (Data′
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17. A method of driving an organic light emitting display, the method comprising:
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measuring a temperature of a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels; converting information of the measured temperature into a first digital value; outputting a control signal corresponding to the converted first digital value; extracting information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels; receiving the control signal and the extracted information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode to generate a second digital value corresponding to the information of the degradation of the organic light emitting diode that is varied according to temperature; converting an input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′
) so as to display an image having uniform luminance regardless of changes in the degradation level of the organic light emitting diode according to temperature, by using the generated second digital value; andreceiving the correction data (Data′
) to generate data signals to be supplied to the pixels. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of driving an organic light emitting display, the method comprising:
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obtaining temperature information of a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels; converting the temperature information into a first digital value; outputting a control signal corresponding to the first digital value; obtaining degradation information of an organic light emitting diode included in each of the pixels; converting input data (Data) into a correction data (Data′
) using the control signal and the second digital data value; andgenerating data signals to be supplied to the pixels using the correction data (Data′
).
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