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Active matrix display devices

US7564433B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2004
Grant dateJul 21, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/043
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An active matrix display device uses an amorphous silicon drive transistor for driving a current through an LED display element. First and second capacitors are connected in series between the gate and source of the drive transistor, with a data input to the pixel provided to the junction between the first and second capacitors. The second capacitor is charged to a pixel data voltage, and a drive transistor threshold voltage is stored on the first capacitor. This pixel arrangement enables a threshold voltage to be stored on the first capacitor, and this can be done each time the pixel is addressed, thereby compensating for age-related changes in the threshold voltage.

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