Patent Publication Number: US-8970574-B2

Title: Light emitting display apparatus and method of driving the same

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0009860, filed on Feb. 6, 2009, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a light emitting display apparatus, and more particularly, to an organic light emitting display apparatus and a method of driving the same. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Organic light emitting display apparatuses are display apparatuses that display an image by applying a current or a voltage to organic light emitting diodes (OLED) to emit light by electrically exciting phosphorous organic compound materials. 
     An OLED includes an anode layer, an organic thin layer, and a cathode layer. The organic thin layer of the OLED has a multi-layer structure including an emitting material layer (EML), an electron transport layer (ETL), and a hole transport layer (HTL) in order to improve balance between electrons and holes to increase light emitting efficiency, and may further include an electron injecting layer (EIL) and a hole injecting layer (HIL). The organic thin layer emits light when holes are combined with electrons in the emitting material layer (EML). 
     In general, organic light emitting display apparatuses include a plurality of pixels arranged in an N×M matrix, where N and M are natural numbers, and a plurality of driving circuits for driving each of the pixels. The pixels are driven using a passive matrix driving method or an active matrix driving method. In a passive matrix driving method, anode lines and cathode lines are arranged to cross each other perpendicularly and the lines are selected to be driven. In an active matrix driving method, a data signal is applied to each pixel using a switching device, and a capacitor is used to store the data signal, thereby maintaining a previously applied data signal during a period in which data signals are not applied. In order to realize a switching device, a thin film transistor (TFT) may be used. An active matrix driving method is classified as a voltage programming method and/or a current programming method, according to whether a voltage or a current is applied to a capacitor in order to maintain a voltage of the capacitor. 
     A driving transistor may be used to apply a current corresponding to a data signal to an OLED of each of the pixels. The driving transistor supplies a current according to a data signal input to a gate terminal and supplies the current to the OLED. The amplitude of the current is determined according to a difference in a gate voltage determined by the data signal and a source voltage determined by a driving voltage. 
     Holes and electrons are excited in the OLED by the current provided by the driving transistor, and light is emitted as the electrons and the holes are combined. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention provides a light emitting display apparatus and a method of driving the same, whereby problems related to variations in the power voltage applied to each pixel, according to the position of the pixels, which is due to a parasitic resistance component of a wiring or a voltage drop due to a current applied to each pixel circuit according to an increased size of a panel, are addressed. 
     The present invention also provides a light emitting display apparatus and a method of driving the same, whereby variations of a power voltage that is applied to compensate for a threshold voltage of a driving circuit of each pixel circuit can be removed. 
     One embodiment of the present invention relates to a light emitting display apparatus including a plurality of pixel circuits, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a light emitting device, a driving transistor having a first electrode coupled to the light emitting device and a second electrode coupled to a first power voltage supply line, a compensation capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, a first switching device configured to provide a voltage from the second power voltage supply line to a second terminal of the compensation capacitor in response to an initialization control signal, and a second switching device configured to provide a data signal to the second terminal of the compensation capacitor in response to a scan signal, wherein the first power voltage supply line and the second power voltage supply line are electrically coupled. 
     Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a light emitting display apparatus including a first power voltage supply line configured to provide a first power voltage, a second power voltage supply line configured to provide a second power voltage, and a plurality of pixel circuits, each including a light emitting device, a driving transistor configured to receive the first power voltage and to generate a light emitting input signal for the light emitting device in response to a data signal, and a compensation capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, the compensation capacitor configured to receive the second power voltage and to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, wherein the first power voltage supply line and the second power voltage supply line are electrically coupled. 
     Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a light emitting display apparatus including a plurality of pixel circuits, a first power voltage supply line configured to provide a first power voltage to each of the plurality of the pixel circuits, a second power voltage supply line configured to provide a second power voltage to each of the plurality of the pixel circuits, and a power voltage compensating unit configured to compensate for a voltage drop of the first power voltage supply line and the second power voltage supply line, wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits comprises a data input unit configured to receive a data signal, and to provide the data signal in response to a scan signal, a threshold voltage compensating unit configured to receive the data signal and the second power voltage, a driving unit configured to receive the data signal from the threshold voltage compensating unit and to generate a light emitting input signal based on the data signal and the first power voltage, and a light emitting unit configured to emit light in response to the light emitting input signal, wherein the threshold voltage compensating unit is configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving unit. 
     Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of driving a light emitting display apparatus including a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit including a light emitting device, a driving transistor configured to provide a light emitting input signal to the light emitting device based on a magnitude of a data signal, the driving transistor configured to be driven by a first power voltage, and a compensation capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a second power voltage via a switching device and a second terminal coupled to a gate terminal of the driving transistor, wherein the compensation capacitor is configured to compensate for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the method including charging the compensation capacitor to a level of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor by applying the second power voltage to the compensation capacitor via the switching device, compensating for the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, wherein the data signal is provided to a gate electrode of the driving transistor via the compensation capacitor, and providing the light emitting input signal, from the driving transistor, to the light emitting device, wherein a first power voltage supply line, for supplying the first power voltage, and a second power voltage supply line, for supplying the second power voltage, are electrically coupled. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The above and other features and aspects of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  illustrates a conventional pixel circuit of a light emitting display apparatus; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic view for explaining a phenomenon that occurs in a large-sized panel; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view illustrating a light emitting display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  illustrates a pixel circuit for a light emitting display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  illustrates a light emitting display apparatus that can be used with the pixel circuit of  FIG. 4 ; 
         FIG. 6  illustrates a pixel circuit for a light emitting display apparatus, according to another embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  illustrates a light emitting display apparatus that can be used with the pixel circuit of  FIG. 6 ; and 
         FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating a method of driving a light emitting display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS 
     In the following detailed description, with reference to the accompanying drawings, only certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention are shown and described by way of illustration. As those skilled in the art would recognize, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. The terms used herein should be understood with meanings and concepts in conformity with the technical aspects of the present invention, describing the present invention in ways that enable those of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic view illustrating a conventional pixel circuit of a light emitting display apparatus. 
     The pixel circuit of the light emitting display apparatus includes a light emitting device (e.g., an organic light emitting diode OLED), a driving transistor M 1 , a scanning transistor M 2 , and a storage capacitor Cst. The driving transistor M 1  supplies a current in response to a data signal Dm that is input through the scanning transistor M 2  to the light emitting device OLED. The data signal Dm is applied to the driving transistor M 1  only for a predetermined period in response to a scan signal Sn. Also, while the data signal Dm is being applied during a scanning period, the data signal Dm is stored in the storage transistor Cst, and a voltage corresponding to the data signal Dm is applied to the driving transistor M 1  even after the scanning period. When the current generated by the driving transistor M 1  is applied to the light emitting device OLED, the light emitting device OLED emits light having luminance corresponding to the amplitude of the current applied to the light emitting device OLED. 
     The amplitude of the current applied from the driving transistor M 1  to the light emitting device is as in Equation 1 below: 
                     I   OLED     =         β   2     ⁢       (       V   gs     -     V   th       )     2       =       β   2     ⁢       (     VDD   -     V   data     -          V   th            )     2                 Equation   ⁢           ⁢   1               
where I OLED  is a current applied to the light emitting device OLED, V gs  is a voltage between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the driving transistor M 1 , Vth is a threshold voltage of the driving transistor M 1 , Vdata is the voltage of the data signal Dm applied to the gate electrode of the driving transistor M 1  via the scanning transistor M 2 , and β is a constant. As expressed in Equation 1, the current supplied to the light emitting device OLED is a function of the voltage Vdata of the data signal Dm, a power voltage VDD, and the threshold voltage Vth. However, as the size of a panel is increased, the power voltage VDD, hereinafter referred to as a first power voltage VDD, and the threshold voltage Vth increasingly vary according to the position of pixels.
 
       FIG. 2  is a schematic view for explaining a phenomenon that occurs in a large-sized panel. 
     In general, a panel includes a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an N×M matrix, and a data signal Dm, a scan signal Sn, and a first power voltage VDD are applied to each of the pixel circuits. The first power voltage VDD may be commonly supplied to all of the pixel circuits. 
     However, as illustrated in  FIG. 2 , as the first power voltage VDD is supplied to each of the pixel circuits, a voltage drop may occur. A parasitic resistance component is usually present in a wiring for supplying a power voltage, and when the first power voltage VDD is supplied through the wiring, a voltage drop occurs due to the parasitic resistance component. Accordingly, due to this voltage drop, the longer the wiring between the pixel circuits and the voltage source of the first power voltage VDD, the greater the voltage drop of the first power voltage VDD supplied to each of the pixel circuits due to the parasitic resistance of the wiring. 
     Also, when the first power voltage VDD is applied as a driving voltage of the driving transistor M 1  of each pixel circuit, a current is supplied from a first power voltage supply line to the driving transistor M 1 . Due to the current being applied to each of the pixel circuits, the voltage level of the first power voltage VDD supplied to the pixel circuits drops as the position of the pixel circuit is farther away from a supply point of the first power voltage VDD as shown with B of  FIG. 2 . Thus, long range non-uniformity (LR), wherein the first power voltage VDD of Equation 1 varies according to the position of pixels, occurs. 
     Also, as described above, short range non-uniformity (SR), which refers to variation in the amount of current supplied to the light emitting device OLED due to variation in the threshold voltage Vth of a TFT caused by irregularities in the manufacturing process, may occur. The degree of the problem increases as the size of the panel increases. Referring now to  FIG. 4 , for example, in order to compensate for the irregularities (e.g., non-uniformities) in the threshold voltage Vth of the pixel circuits, each of the pixel circuits, according to one embodiment, further includes a compensation capacitor Cvth connected to a gate terminal of the driving transistor M 1 . By applying a predetermined power voltage to the compensation capacitor Cvth, embodiments of the pixel circuits compensate for irregularities in the threshold voltage Vth. The predetermined power voltage in one embodiment may be an additional second power voltage Vsus. The second power voltage Vsus may also vary due to a voltage drop shown by A in  FIG. 2  due to a parasitic resistance component of a second power voltage supply line and/or the voltage drop shown by B in  FIG. 2  due to a current applied to each of the pixel circuits. 
     In general, the supply line of the second power voltage Vsus has smaller supply capacity than the supply line of the first power voltage VDD. In this case, the second power voltage Vsus is more sensitive to the size of the panel, and thus varies more as the size of the panel is increased. 
     In order to solve this problem, in several embodiments, as shown in  FIG. 4 , for example, the first power voltage VDD and the second power voltage Vsus are electrically connected to each other to compensate for the variations in the second power voltage Vsus. 
       FIG. 3  illustrates a light emitting display apparatus  300  according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     The light emitting display apparatus  300  includes a plurality of pixel circuits Pnm, a first power voltage supply line  310 , a second power voltage supply line  320 , and a power voltage compensating unit  330 . 
     The plurality of pixel circuits Pnm may be arranged in an N×M matrix as illustrated in  FIG. 5 , for example. 
     The first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  are connected to each of the pixel circuits Pnm and apply a first power voltage VDD and a second power voltage Vsus, respectively, thereto. To this end, the first power voltage supply line  310  may be electrically connected to a first power voltage source (not shown) that supplies the first power voltage VDD, and the second power voltage supply line  320  may be electrically connected to a second power voltage source (not shown) that supplies the second power voltage Vsus. 
     Also, in a number of embodiments, the first power voltage VDD and the second power voltage Vsus may have the same voltage level. In one embodiment, for example, the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  may be connected to a single source to provide the same voltage level. 
     The power voltage compensating unit  330  compensates for variations between the voltage levels of the first power voltage supply line  310  and the voltage levels of the second power voltage supply line  320 . According to one embodiment of the invention, the power voltage compensating unit  330  may be realized by electrically connecting the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  to each other. Also, the electrical connection between the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  may be realized using additional wiring therebetween. Alternatively, the electrical connection may be realized using a switching device that electrically connects the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  in response to a control signal (e.g., a predetermined control signal). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and, in one embodiment, the power voltage compensating unit  330  may be realized using circuitry that can compensate for voltage drops of the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320 . 
     The plurality of the pixel circuits Pnm may include a light emitting unit  340 , a data input unit  350 , a driving unit  360 , and a threshold voltage compensating unit  370 . 
     The light emitting unit  340  receives a light emitting input signal and emits light having luminance according to the amplitude of the received light emitting input signal. The light emitting unit  340  may be any light emitting device that emits light in response to an electrical input signal. In one embodiment, the light emitting unit may be an OLED. Also, the light emitting input signal may be a current input. 
     Furthermore, the light emitting unit  340  may be configured to receive the light emitting input signal at periods (e.g., predetermined periods) in response to a light emitting control signal En. Then the light emitting input signal may be provided to the light emitting unit via a switching device that is switched in response to the light emitting control signal En. 
     In several embodiments, the data input unit  350  receives a data signal Dm in response to a scan signal Sn, and stores the received data signal Dm for a predetermined period, for example, until the data signal Dm of the next frame is provided to the data input unit  350 . To this end, the data input unit  350  may include a switching device that is switched in response to the scan signal Sn. Also, the data input unit  350  may further include a storage capacitor for storing the received data signal Dm. 
     In one embodiment, before the data signal Dm is provided to the data input unit  350 , the threshold voltage compensating unit  370  stores a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the driving unit  360  in order to compensate for the threshold voltage of the driving unit  360 , and then compensates for the voltage drop corresponding to the threshold voltage as the data signal Dm is provided to the driving unit  360 . To this end, the threshold voltage compensating unit  370  may include a compensation capacitor for storing a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving unit  360 . Also, the threshold voltage compensating unit  370  may further include a switching device that applies the second power voltage Vsus to the compensation capacitor in response to an initialization control signal Sn−1 that is generated during a predetermined period before the data signal Dm is provided to the data input unit  350 . Moreover, the threshold voltage compensating unit  370  may further include a switching device to diode-connect a driving transistor of the driving unit  360  in response to the initialization control signal Sn−1. 
     In one embodiment, the driving unit  360  receives the data signal Dm via the threshold voltage compensating unit  370 , generates a light emitting input signal corresponding to the amplitude of the data signal Dm, and outputs the light emitting input signal to the light emitting unit  340 . To this end, the driving unit  360  may include a driving transistor. The driving transistor may receive the data signal Dm from a gate electrode to generate the light emitting input signal. The first power voltage VDD may be applied to a source electrode of the driving transistor as a driving voltage of the driving transistor via the first power voltage supply line  310 . 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a pixel circuit for a light emitting display apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     The pixel circuit includes an organic light emitting device OLED, a driving transistor M 1 , a first switching device M 3 , a compensation capacitor Cvth, a second switching device M 2 , and a storage capacitor Cst. The first power voltage supply line  310  is connected to the driving transistor M 1  to supply a driving voltage, and the second power voltage supply line  320  is connected to an end of the first switching device M 3 . 
     In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  are electrically connected to each other to compensate for voltage drops of the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320 . To this end, a wire (e.g., power voltage compensation wiring) or another electrical conductor  400  is located between the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320 . 
     Before the data signal Dm is provided to the pixel circuit in response to the scan signal Sn, a voltage for compensating a threshold voltage of the driving transistor M 1  is stored in the compensation capacitor Cvth. To this end, an initialization control signal Sn−1 is applied during a predetermined period before a scan signal Sn is applied, and a second power voltage Vsus is applied to the compensation capacitor Cvth via the first switching device M 3  in response to the generated initialization control signal Sn−1. A voltage is stored in the compensation capacitor Cvth up to a voltage level corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor M 1  by the second power voltage Vsus. 
     In one embodiment, after the predetermined period in which the initialization control signal Sn−1 is applied, the scan signal Sn is applied, and the data signal Dm is provided through the second switching device M 2 . The data signal Dm is applied to the storage capacitor Cst during the period in which the scan signal Sn is applied, and the storage capacitor Cst stores the data signal Dm. The data signal Dm may be stored using a voltage programming method or a current programming method. 
     The data signal Dm stored in the storage capacitor Cst is provided to a gate electrode of the driving transistor M 1  through the compensation capacitor Cvth. Here, the threshold voltage of the driving transistor M 1  is compensated for by the compensation capacitor Cvth, and thus a light emitting input signal generated in the driving transistor M 1  is independent from the threshold voltage of the driving transistor M 1 . 
     The light emitting input signal is provided to the light emitting device OLED, and the light emitting device OLED emits light having luminance corresponding to the amplitude of the light emitting input signal. The light emitting input signal may be a current input. 
     In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 4 , the first switching device M 3  and the second switching device M 2  may be p-type metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), but are not limited thereto and may be replaced with any devices that function as switches in response to predetermined control signals. 
     In one embodiment, the second switching device M 2  and the storage capacitor Cst may correspond to the data input unit  350  of  FIG. 3 , and the first switching device M 3  and the compensation capacitor Cvth may correspond to the threshold voltage compensating unit  370  of  FIG. 3 . Similarly, the driving transistor M 1  may correspond to the driving unit  360  of  FIG. 3 , and the light emitting device OLED may correspond to the light emitting unit  340  of  FIG. 3 . Also, the power voltage compensation wiring  400  may correspond to the power voltage compensating unit  330  of  FIG. 3 . 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a light emitting display apparatus that can be used with the pixel circuit of  FIG. 4 . 
     A plurality of pixel circuits Pnm may be arranged in an N×M matrix. The first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  are connected to each of the pixel circuits Pnm. The first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  may be electrically connected to each other via the power voltage compensation wiring  400 . Also, the light emitting display apparatus, according to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 5 , may further include a scanning driver  510  supplying a scan signal Sn to the plurality of the pixel circuits Pnm, and a data driver  520  supplying a data signal Dm to the plurality of the pixel circuits Pnm. According to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 5 , the scan signal Sn is commonly supplied to all of the pixel circuits Pnm on the same row. 
     According to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 5 , a plurality of the power voltage compensation wirings  400  may be located at multiple positions. Also, according to another embodiment, the power voltage compensation wiring  400  may be located between the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  near a predetermined pixel circuit Pnm that is located farther from a first power voltage supply source (not shown) than other pixel circuits. In such case, the distance between a node along the first power source voltage line  310  corresponding to the predetermined pixel circuit Pnm and the first power voltage supply source (not shown) is longer than the distances between other nodes along the first power source voltage line  310  corresponding to other pixel circuits and the first power voltage supply source. Similarly, in other embodiments, the power voltage compensation wiring  400  may be located between the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  near a predetermined pixel circuit Pnm that is located farther from a second power voltage supply source (not shown) than other pixel circuits. In such case, the distance between a node along the second power source voltage line  320  corresponding to the predetermined pixel circuit Pnm and the second power voltage supply source (not shown) is longer than the distances between other nodes along the second power source voltage line  320  corresponding to other pixel circuits and the second power voltage supply source. 
       FIG. 6  is a pixel circuit for a light emitting display apparatus, according to another embodiment of the present invention. 
     The light emitting display apparatus according to the embodiment shown in  FIG. 6  includes a light emitting device OLED, a fourth switching device M 5 , a driving transistor M 1 , a first switching device M 3 , a third switching device M 4 , a compensation capacitor Cvth, a second switching device M 2 , and a storage capacitor Cst. A first power voltage supply line  310  is connected to the driving transistor M 1  to supply a driving voltage, and a second power voltage supply line  320  is connected to an end of the first switching device M 3 . 
     In one embodiment, when an initialization control signal Sn−1 is applied, the first switching device M 3  and the third switching device M 4  are turned on. 
     In one embodiment, as the third switching device M 4  is turned on, the driving transistor M 1  is diode-connected, and a voltage Vgs between a gate electrode and a source electrode of the driving transistor M 1  increases up to a threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor M 1 . A source voltage of the driving transistor M 1  is provided by the first power voltage VDD, and thus the voltage applied to the gate terminal of the driving transistor M 1 , that is, to one terminal of the compensation capacitor Cvth, is the sum of the first power voltage VDD and the threshold voltage Vth. 
     Also, as the first switching device M 3  is turned on, a second power voltage Vsus is applied to the other terminal of the compensation capacitor Cvth. 
     Accordingly, a voltage V Cvth  applied between the terminals of the compensation capacitor Cvth can be expressed as recited in Equation 2 below:
 
 V   Cvth   =V   Cvth1   −V   Cvth2 =( VDD+V   th )− V   sus   Equation 2
 
where V Cvth1  is a potential applied to one terminal of the compensation capacitor Cvth and V Cvth2  is a potential applied to the other terminal of the compensation capacitor Cvth.
 
     In one embodiment, the initialization control signal Sn−1 is no longer applied, and a scan signal Sn is applied. In such case, the operations of the second switching device M 2  and the storage capacitor Cst according to the scan signal Sn can be the same as described with reference to the embodiments of  FIG. 4 . 
     The voltage Vgs between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor M 1  after the data signal Dm is stored in the storage capacitor Cst can be expressed as recited in Equation 3 below:
 
 V   gs =( V   data +( VDD+V   th   −V   sus ))− VDD=V   data   +V   th   −V   sus   Equation 3
 
     A current I OLED  flowing to the light emitting device (e.g., OLED) can be expressed as recited in Equation 4 below: 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
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     In other words, a light emitting input signal as expressed in Equation 4 is provided to the light emitting device OLED, and light having luminance corresponding to the amplitude of the current I OLED , which is the light emitting input signal, is emitted from the light emitting device OLED. The amplitude of the light emitting input signal is dependent on the amplitudes of the data signal Vdata and the second power voltage Vsus as expressed in Equation 4. Accordingly, if the second power voltage Vsus is applied to the pixel circuits unevenly due to a voltage drop (A) or (B) (see  FIG. 2 ) according to the position of each pixel circuit along the second power voltage supply line  320 , distortions may occur in a displayed image. 
     In order to address this problem, a structure for compensating for the voltage drop of the second power voltage supply line  320  can be formed in the light emitting display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In some embodiments, the structure may be, for example, the power voltage compensation wiring  400  formed between the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320 . In the past, the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  have been arranged in a complementary relationship such that if one of the two lines is thickened, the other is reduced. In such case, a voltage drop along one of the two lines can develop, and thus, cross-talk may be generated. In several embodiments of the present invention, the first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  are electrically connected to each other so as to compensate for the voltage drops of the first power voltage supply line  310  and the voltage of the second power voltage supply line  320 , thereby preventing cross-talk. 
       FIG. 7  illustrates a light emitting display apparatus that can be used with the pixel circuit of  FIG. 6 . 
     In the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 7 , a plurality of pixel circuits Pnm may be arranged in an N×M matrix. The first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  are connected to each of the pixel circuits Pnm. The first power voltage supply line  310  and the second power voltage supply line  320  may be electrically connected to each other via the power voltage compensation wiring  400 . Also, the light emitting display apparatus, according to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 7 , may further include a scanning driver  510  supplying a scan signal Sn and a light emitting control signal En to the plurality of the pixel circuits Pnm, and a data driver  520  supplying a data signal Dm to the plurality of the pixel circuits Pnm. According to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the scan signal Sn may be commonly supplied to all of the pixel circuits Pnm of the same row. Also, according to the embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 7 , an initialization control signal Sn−1 is a scan signal of a previous row, which is applied before the scan signal Sn for a predetermined pixel circuit Pnm is applied. 
       FIG. 8  is a flowchart illustrating a method of driving a light emitting display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
     In one embodiment of the light emitting display apparatus, a data signal Dm is provided to each of the pixel circuits during a frame, and, more specifically, the data signal Dm may be provided sequentially to the pixel circuits Pnm arranged in the same columns while a scan signal Sn is generated during one frame. Also, the initialization control signal Sn−1 and the light emitting control signal En may be commonly supplied to the pixel circuits Pnm of the same rows or may be generated sequentially with respect to each row. 
     In one embodiment, when the initialization control signal Sn−1 is provided, a driving transistor M 1  is diode-connected, and a second power voltage Vsus is applied to a compensation capacitor Cvth via a first switching device M 3  in operation S 802 . The compensation capacitor Cvth is charged up to the level of a threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor M 1  while the initialization control signal Sn−1 is provided. 
     In one embodiment, after the initialization control signal Sn−1 is no longer applied, the scan signal Sn is applied. While the scan signal Sn is being applied, the data signal Dm is received and stored in the storage capacitor Cst in operation S 804 . The data signal Dm stored in a storage capacitor Cst is then provided to the gate terminal of the driving transistor M 1  via the compensation capacitor Cvth, and the driving transistor M 1  generates a light emitting display signal in response to the input data signal Dm. The driving transistor M 1  is driven by a first power voltage VDD. 
     Next, the light emitting control signal En is applied, and while the light emitting control signal En is being applied, the light emitting display signal generated by the driving transistor M 1  is provided to an organic light emitting device OLED in operation S 806 . The organic light emitting device OLED emits light having luminance according to the light emitting display signal. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a first power voltage supply line supplying the first power voltage and a second power voltage supply line supplying the second power voltage are electrically connected to each other. 
     In one embodiment, the light emitting display apparatus and the method of driving the same apparatus can compensate for the voltage drop of the power voltage applied to each pixel, which is due, at least in part, to the increased panel size. 
     In one embodiment, by compensating for the voltage drop of the power voltage, distortions in the output image of the light emitting display apparatus, which are also due, at least in part, to the increased panel size, can be reduced. 
     Furthermore, crosstalk between the plurality of power voltage supply lines can be removed. 
     While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the scope of the invention. Thus, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the present invention, the scope of which is defined by the following claims and their equivalents.