Patent ID: 8018449
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A light emitting display comprising: a pixel circuit that comprises pixels that emit light by a current; a scan driver that supplies a first scan signal, which is a write signal that selects the data signal, and a second scan signal, which is an erasing signal to the pixels; a deterioration sensor that detects a deterioration degree of the pixel circuit and generates bright signals depending to the deterioration degree; a timing controller including a selection signal generator that generates a plurality of selection signals depending on the bright signals from the deterioration sensor, a selector that selectively supplies N-bit digital data depending on each of the plurality of selection signals, and a plurality of data converters that converts the N-bit digital data selectively supplied from the selector into M-bit digital data and outputs the M-bit digital data, wherein N is a positive integer and M is a positive integer larger than N; and a data driver that supplies the M-bit data from the plurality of data converter to the pixels, wherein the timing controller divides one frame into a plurality of sub-fields corresponding to each bit of the M-bit data in order to represent gray level of the M-bit data, wherein each of the sub-fields is divided into light emitting times and non-light emitting times, wherein the light emitting times of each sub-field use at least one of a binary code consisting of 1:2:4:8:16:32 . . . and a non-binary code consisting of 1:2:4:6:10:14:19 . . . for representing k-bit digital data signal, wherein a supply voltage source that supplies a power voltage to the pixels including R pixels, G pixels and B pixels is one, wherein the selection signal generator supplies a selection signal of a first logic state to the selector when the brightness signal that is supplied from the deterioration sensor is within a first range, supplies a selection signal of a second logic state to the selector when the brightness signal is within a second range, and supplies a selection signal of a third logic state to the selector when the brightness signal is within a third range, wherein the selection signal generator generates the selection signal of the first logic state when the deterioration degree of the pixel circuit is relatively small, generates the selection signal of the second logic state when the deterioration degree of the pixel circuit is relatively middle, and generates the selection signal of the third logic state when the deterioration degree of the pixel circuit is relatively large, wherein the M-bit data are determined so that products of brightness values of the pixels of the pixel circuit and the light emitting times are uniform, wherein the M-bit data are determined so that the light emitting times are set to be short when the deterioration degree of the pixels is low and the brightness values of the pixels are high, and wherein the M-bit data are determined so that the light emitting times are set to be long when the deterioration degrees of the pixels is high and the brightness values of the pixels are low.