Organic light emitting diode display and method of driving the same
First Claim
1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:
- a data line;
a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse;
a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage;
a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage;
a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source;
a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element; and
a driving current stabilization circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current.
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Abstract
An organic light emitting diode display includes a data line, a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse, a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage, a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage, a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source, a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element, and a driving current stabilization circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current.
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39 Claims
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1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:
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a data line; a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse; a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage; a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage; a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source; a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element; and a driving current stabilization circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of driving a organic light emitting diode display including a data line, a gate line that crosses the data line to receive a scan pulse, a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage, a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage, a light emitting element to emit light due to a current flowing between the high potential driving voltage source and the low potential driving voltage source, and a drive element connected between the high potential driving voltage source and the light emitting element to control a current flowing in the light emitting element depending on a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the drive element, the method comprising:
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applying a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element; sinking a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage; and modifying the voltage between the gate and source electrodes to scale a current to be applied to the light emitting element from the reference current. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A drive stabilization circuit for an organic light emitting diode display comprising:
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a high potential driving voltage source to generate a high potential driving voltage to be applied to a drive element for driving a light emitting element; a low potential driving voltage source to generate a low potential driving voltage; and a data drive circuit to apply a first voltage to the gate electrode of the drive element to turn on the drive element and to sink a reference current through the drive element to set a source voltage of the drive element at a sensing voltage and to modify the voltage between the gate and source electrodes of the drive element to scale a current to be applied to a light emitting element from the reference current. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39)
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