Patent Publication Number: US-8975630-B2

Title: Organic light emitting diodes display

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0079535 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jul. 8, 2013, the entire contents of which application are incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     (a) Technical Field 
     The present disclosure of invention relates to an organic light emitting diodes display. 
     (b) Description of Related Technology 
     A typical organic light emitting diodes display comprises light emitting elements each including two electrodes and an organic emitting layer positioned therebetween. Electrons injected from one of the electrode and holes injected from the other electrode combine with one another in the organic emitting layer to form an exciton, and light is emitted when the exciton discharges energy (e.g., in the form of photons). 
     The organic light emitting diodes display (OLEDD) includes a plurality of pixels each including one or more organic light emitting diodes that are each a self-light emitting element. The OLEDD typically further includes a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT&#39;s) for driving the one or more organic light emitting diodes are formed in each pixel and at least one capacitor for storing a drive level voltage. The plurality of thin film transistors typically includes a switching (OLED-addressing) thin film transistor and an OLED driving thin film transistor. 
     The switching thin film transistor includes a respective gate insulating layer having a relatively small thickness for the space between a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer for thereby providing a rapid switching operation. On the other hand, the OLED driving thin film transistor has a respective and relatively thicker gate insulating layer that broadens the interval between its driving gate electrode and corresponding driving semiconductor layer in order to be able to handle a broader driving range of gate voltages applied to the gate electrode of the driving thin film transistor. 
     In one class of embodiments, two gate insulating layers are positioned between the driving gate electrode and the driving semiconductor layer of the OLED driving thin film transistor. A problem with this configuration is that current scattering (mass production current deviation) of the driving thin film transistor may occur due to capacitance scattering associated with the two gate insulating layers. 
     It is to be understood that this background of the technology section is intended to provide useful background for understanding the here disclosed technology and as such, the technology background section may include ideas, concepts or recognitions that were not part of what was known or appreciated by those skilled in the pertinent art prior to corresponding invention dates of subject matter disclosed herein. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present teachings show how to provide an organic light emitting diodes display that is capable of reducing current scattering (mass production current deviation) of an OLED driving thin film transistor. 
     An exemplary embodiment provides an organic light emitting diodes display including: a substrate, a scan line disposed on the substrate and transferring a scan signal, a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and transferring a data signal and a driving voltage, respectively, a switching thin film transistor connected to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor and the driving voltage line, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to the driving thin film transistor, in which the driving thin film transistor includes a driving semiconductor layer including a driving channel region, and a driving source region and a driving drain region disposed on both lateral surfaces of the driving channel region, a first gate insulating layer covering the driving semiconductor layer, a floating gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer and disposed at a position corresponding to the driving channel region, a second gate insulating layer covering the first gate insulating layer and the floating gate electrode, and a driving gate electrode disposed on the second gate insulating layer and disposed at a position corresponding to the floating gate electrode, and permittivity of the second gate insulating layer is about 10 to about 100. 
     A thickness of the second gate insulating layer may be 100 Å to 1000 Å. 
     The second gate insulating layer may have a single-layered structure formed of any one of zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide, hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide, titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxide doped with metal. 
     The second gate insulating layer may have a multilayered structure, and each layer may be formed of any one of zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide, hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide, titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxide doped with metal. 
     The second gate insulating layer may have a multilayered structure including a layer formed of any one of zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide, hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide, titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxide doped with metal, and a layer formed of a silicon oxide layer or a silicon nitride layer. 
     The switching thin film transistor may include a switching semiconductor layer including a switching channel region, and a switching source region and a switching drain region disposed on both lateral surfaces of the switching channel region, and a switching gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer covering the switching semiconductor layer and disposed at a position corresponding to the switching channel region. 
     Impurity doping concentrations of the switching source region, the switching drain region, the driving source region, and the driving drain region may be substantially the same as each other. 
     The floating gate electrode may be disposed on the same layer as the switching gate electrode and the scan line. 
     The switching gate electrode may be connected to the scan line, and the floating gate electrode may be separated from the scan line. 
     The second gate insulating layer may cover the switching gate electrode. 
     The organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment may further include a storage capacitor connected to the driving thin film transistor and the driving voltage line. 
     The organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment may further include a first light emitting control thin film transistor and a second light emitting control thin film transistor connected to the driving thin film transistor, and a light emitting control line transferring a light emitting control signal to the first light emitting control thin film transistor and the second light emitting control thin film transistor, in which the driving thin film transistor may be connected to the driving voltage line and the organic light emitting diode through the first light emitting control thin film transistor and the second light emitting control thin film transistor. 
     The organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment may further include a compensation thin film transistor connected to the scan line and the driving thin film transistor. 
     The organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment may further include an initialization thin film transistor connected to the compensation thin film transistor, a prior scan signal line connected to the initialization thin film transistor and transferring a prior scan signal, and an initialization voltage line connected to the initialization thin film transistor and transferring an initialization voltage. 
     The organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment may further include a boosting capacitor connected to the scan line and the driving thin film transistor. 
     According to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, it is possible to reduce an occurrence of current scattering (deviation) of a driving thin film transistor by forming a second gate insulating layer using a material having a permittivity higher than that of stoichiometric silicon nitride (Si3N4). 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an equivalent circuit diagram of one pixel of an organic light emitting diodes display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure of invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a view schematically illustrating positions of a plurality of thin film transistors and capacitors in one pixel of the organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a specific layout view of one pixel of the organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diode display of  FIG. 3 , which is taken along line IV-IV. 
         FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diode display of  FIG. 3 , which is taken along line V-V. 
         FIG. 6  is a view schematically illustrating a first floating capacitor and a second floating capacitor of a driving thin film transistor of the organic light emitting diode display according to an exemplary embodiment. 
         FIG. 7  is a graph illustrating an f value according to permittivity and a thickness of the second gate insulating layer of the organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In the following detailed description, only certain exemplary embodiments of in accordance with the present teachings have been shown and described, simply by way of illustration. As those skilled in the art would realize in light of the present disclosure, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present teachings. 
     Accordingly, the drawings and description are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive. Like reference numerals designate like elements throughout the specification. 
     In addition, the size and thickness of each configuration shown in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for understanding and ease of description, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. 
     In the drawings, the thickness of layers, films, panels, regions, etc., are exaggerated for clarity. In the drawings, for understanding and ease of description, the thickness of some layers and areas is exaggerated. It will be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being “on” another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. 
     In addition, unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word “comprise” and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising”, will be understood to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements. Further, in the specification, the word “˜on” means positioning on or below the object portion, but does not essentially mean positioning on the upper side of the object portion based on a gravity direction. 
     In addition, an active matrix (AM) type organic light emitting diodes display having a 6Tr 2Cap structure is illustrated where six thin film transistors (TFT&#39;s, the 6Tr) and two capacitors (the 2Cap&#39;s) are provided in each one pixel as shown the accompanying drawings. However, the present disclosure of invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, in the organic light emitting diodes display, a plurality of thin film transistors and one or more capacitors may be provided in one pixel, and a separate wire may be further formed or a known wire may be omitted from being so formed in the organic light emitting diode display having various structures. Here, a pixel refers to a minimum picture forming element or cell unit (without consideration for its respective color) for displaying an image. Here, the organic light emitting diodes display displays the image through selective actuation of a plurality of such elemental pixels where some may have different colors than others (e.g., R, G, B, W). 
     An organic light emitting diodes display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to  FIGS. 1 to 5 . 
       FIG. 1  is an equivalent circuit diagram of one pixel of the organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , one pixel of the organic light emitting diodes display according to the present exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of signal lines  121 ,  122 ,  123 ,  124 ,  171 , and  172 , a plurality of thin film transistors T 1 , T 2 , T 3 , T 4 , T 5 , and T 6  connected to the plurality of signal lines. The pixel unit also includes capacitors Cst and Cb, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED). 
     Among the thin film transistors there is provided an OLED driving thin film transistor T 1 , a switching thin film transistor T 2 , a compensation thin film transistor T 3 , an initialization thin film transistor T 4 , a first light emitting control (enabling) thin film transistor T 5 , and a second light emitting control (enabling) thin film transistor T 6 . The capacitors include a storage capacitor Cst and a boosting capacitor Cb. 
     The signal lines include a scan line  121  transferring a current-row scan signal Sn, a prior scan line  122  transferring a prior scan signal Sn−1 to the initialization thin film transistor T 4 , a light emitting control (enabling) line  123  transferring a light emitting control signal En to the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  and to the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 , a data line  171  transferring a data signal Dm, a driving voltage line  172  transferring a driving voltage ELVDD and formed substantially in parallel to the data line  171 , and an initialization voltage line  124  transferring an initialization voltage Vint for initializing a state of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , a gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is connected to one end (one plate) Cst 1  of the storage capacitor Cst, a source electrode S 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is connected via the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  to the driving voltage line  172 , and a drain electrode D 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is electrically connected via the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  to an anode of the organic light emitting diode (OLED). The driving thin film transistor T 1  receives the data signal Dm from the data line  171  when the switching thin film transistor T 2  is turned on and depending the data signal Dm, the driving TFT T 1  later responds accordingly to supply a driving current to the organic light emitting diode (OLED). 
     A gate electrode G 2  of the switching thin film transistor T 2  is connected to the current-row scan line  121 , a source electrode S 2  of the switching thin film transistor T 2  is connected to the data line  171 , a drain electrode D 2  of the switching thin film transistor T 2  is connected via the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  to the driving voltage line  172  while being connected to the source electrode S 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . The switching thin film transistor T 2  is turned on according to the scan signal Sn transferred through the scan line  121  to perform the switching operation transferring the data signal Dm transferred to the data line  171  to the source electrode of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . 
     A gate electrode G 3  of the compensation thin film transistor T 3  is connected to the scan line  121 , a source electrode S 3  of the compensation thin film transistor T 3  is connected to the drain electrode D 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  and the anode of the organic light emitting diode (OLED), and a drain electrode D 3  of the compensation thin film transistor T 3  is connected to one end Cb 1  of the boosting capacitor Cb and a drain electrode D 4  of the initialization thin film transistor T 4 . The compensation thin film transistor T 3  is turned on according to the scan signal Sn transferred through the scan line  121  to connect the gate electrode G 1  and the drain electrode D 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  to each other, thus causing diode-connection operation by the driving thin film transistor T 1  when T 3  turns on. Therefore, the driving current flows through the diode-connected driving thin film transistor T 1  when Sn is active (e.g., pulled low). 
     A gate electrode G 4  of the initialization thin film transistor T 4  is connected to the prior scan line  122 , a source electrode S 4  of the initialization thin film transistor T 4  is connected to the initialization voltage line  124 , and a drain electrode D 4  of the initialization thin film transistor T 4  is connected to one end Cb 1  of the boosting capacitor, one end Cst 1  of the storage capacitor, the drain electrode D 3  of the compensation thin film transistor T 3 , and the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . The initialization thin film transistor T 4  is turned on according to the prior scan signal Sn−1 transferred through the prior scan line  122  to transfer the initialization voltage Vinit to the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 , thus performing an initialization operation initializing the voltage of the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  and initializing the voltage of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     A gate electrode G 5  of the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  is connected to the light emitting control line  123 , a source electrode S 5  of the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  is connected to the driving voltage line  172 , and a drain electrode D 5  of the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  is connected to the source electrode S 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  and the drain electrode S 2  of the switching thin film transistor T 2 . 
     A gate electrode G 6  of the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  is connected to the light emitting control line  123 , a source electrode S 6  of the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  is connected to the drain electrode D 5  of the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5 , and a drain electrode D 6  of the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  is electrically connected to the anode of the organic light emitting diode (OLED). The first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  are turned on according to a light emitting control signal En transferred through the light emitting control line  123  to transfer the driving voltage ELVDD to the organic light emitting diode (OLED), thus allowing the driving current to flow through the organic light emitting diode (OLED). 
     The scan line  121  connected to the gate electrode G 2  of the switching thin film transistor T 2  is connected to the other end Cb 2  of the boosting capacitor Cb, and one end Cb 1  of the boosting capacitor Cb is connected to the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . 
     The other end Cst 2  of the storage capacitor Cst is connected to the driving voltage line  172 , and a cathode of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) is connected to a common voltage ELVSS. Accordingly, the organic light emitting diode (OLED) receives a driving current Id from the driving thin film transistor T 1  to emit light, thereby displaying an image. 
     Hereinafter, a specific operation process of one pixel of the organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail. 
     First, the prior scan signal Sn−1 at a low level (an active level for the PMOS transistors shown here) is supplied through the prior scan line  122  during an initialization period. Then, the initialization thin film transistor T 4  is turned on in response to the prior scan signal Sn−1 at the low level, and the initialization voltage Vint is supplied from the initialization voltage line  124  through the initialization thin film transistor T 4  to the driving thin film transistor T 1  and storage capacitor Cst to initialize the driving thin film transistor T 1 . 
     Subsequently, Sn−1 goes high and then the scan signal Sn at the active low level is supplied through the scan line  121  during a data programming period. Then, the switching thin film transistor T 2  and the compensation thin film transistor T 3  are turned on in response to the scan signal Sn at the low level. 
     In this case, the driving thin film transistor T 1  is turned on in a diode-connection form by action of the compensation thin film transistor T 3 , and particularly, since the driving thin film transistor T 1  is initialized during the aforementioned initialization period, the driving thin film transistor T 1  is diode-connected in a forward direction. Therefore, the data signal Dm supplied from the data line  171  flows by way of the turned-on switching thin film transistor T 2 , the turned-on driving thin film transistor T 1 , and the turned-on compensation thin film transistor T 3 , such that a voltage corresponding to a difference between the data signal Dm and a threshold voltage Vth of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is stored in the storage capacitor Cst during this phase of the operations. 
     Subsequently, if supplying of the active-low scan signal Sn is stopped and the level of the voltage of the scan signal Sn is changed into a high level, the voltage applied to the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is changed corresponding to a difference of the voltage of the scan signal Sn by a coupling action of the boosting capacitor Cb. In this case, since the voltage applied to the gate electrode G 1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is changed by charge sharing between the storage capacitor Cst and the boosting capacitor Cb, a change amount of the voltage applied to the driving gate electrode G 1  varies in proportion to a difference of the voltage of the scan signal Sn and a charge sharing value between the storage capacitor Cst and the boosting capacitor Cb. 
     Subsequently, the light emitting control signal En supplied from the light emitting control line  123  during a light emitting period is changed from the high level to the active-low level. Then, the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  are turned on by the light emitting control signal En at the low level during the light emitting period. Thereby, the driving voltage ELVDD goes through the driving voltage line  172  via the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5 , the driving thin film transistor T 1 , the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 , and the organic light emitting diode (OLED) to allow the driving current to flow through a path to the common voltage ELVSS. 
     The driving current is controlled by the driving thin film transistor T 1 , and the driving thin film transistor T 1  generates the driving current having the magnitude corresponding to the voltage supplied to the gate electrode G 1  thereof. In this case, since the voltage reflecting the threshold voltage of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is stored in the storage capacitor Cst during the aforementioned data programming period, the threshold voltage of the driving thin film transistor T 1  is compensated for during the light emitting period. 
     Next, a detailed structure of the pixel of the organic light emitting diodes display illustrated in  FIG. 1  will be described in detail with reference to  FIGS. 2 to 5  together with  FIG. 1 . 
       FIG. 2  is a view schematically illustrating positions of a plurality of thin film transistors and capacitors in one pixel of the organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 3  is a specific layout view of one pixel of the organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment.  FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diode display of  FIG. 3 , which is taken along line IV-IV.  FIG. 5  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diode display of  FIG. 3 , which is taken along line V-V. 
     As illustrated in  FIGS. 2 to 5 , one pixel of the organic light emitting diodes display according to the present exemplary embodiment includes the scan (Sn) line  121 , the prior scan (Sn−1) line  122 , the light emitting control (En) line  123 , and the initialization voltage line  124  respectively applying the scan signal Sn, the prior scan signal Sn−1, the light emitting control signal En, and the initialization voltage Vint, and each formed to extend in a row direction. 
     Further, the pixel includes the data line  171  and the driving voltage line  172  crossing all of the scan line  121 , the prior scan line  122 , the light emitting control line  123 , and the initialization voltage line  124  and applying the data signal Dm and the driving voltage ELVDD, respectively, to the pixel. 
     Further, the pixel includes the driving thin film transistor T 1 , the switching thin film transistor T 2 , the compensation thin film transistor T 3 , the initialization thin film transistor T 4 , the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5 , the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 , the storage capacitor Cst, the boosting capacitor Cb, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED)  70 . 
     The driving thin film transistor T 1 , the switching thin film transistor T 2 , the compensation thin film transistor T 3 , the initialization thin film transistor T 4 , the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5 , and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  are disposed along a semiconductor layer  131 , and the semiconductor layer  131  is bent to have various shapes. 
     The semiconductor layer  131  is formed of polysilicon and includes a channel region not substantially doped with an impurity and a source region and a drain region doped with the impurity at both sides of the channel region. Herein, the impurity varies depending on a kind of thin film transistor, and an N type impurity or a P type impurity is feasible.  FIG. 1  shows N-type transistors. The semiconductor layer includes a driving semiconductor layer section  131   a  formed in the driving thin film transistor T 1 , a switching semiconductor layer section  131   b  formed in the switching thin film transistor T 2 , a compensation semiconductor layer section  131   c  formed in the compensation thin film transistor T 3 , an initialization semiconductor layer section  131   d  formed in the initialization thin film transistor T 4 , and a first light emitting control semiconductor layer section  131   e  and a second light emitting control semiconductor layer section  131   f  formed in the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 , respectively. 
     The driving thin film transistor T 1  includes the driving semiconductor layer section  131   a , a driving gate electrode  125   a , a driving source electrode  176   a , a driving drain electrode  177   a , and a floating gate electrode  25 . The driving source electrode  176   a  corresponds to a driving source region  176   a  doped with the impurity in the driving semiconductor layer  131   a , and the driving drain electrode  177   a  corresponds to a driving drain region  177   a  doped with the impurity in the driving semiconductor layer  131   a . The floating gate electrode  25  overlaps with the driving gate electrode  125   a , and is disposed beneath the driving gate electrode  125   a . The floating gate electrode  25  is disposed on the same layer as that of a switching gate electrode  125   b , a compensation gate electrode  125   c , a first light emitting control gate electrode  125   e , and a second light emitting control gate electrode  125   f  as will be described later, and the scan line  121 , the prior scan line  122 , and the light emitting control line  123 . 
     The switching thin film transistor T 2  includes the switching semiconductor layer  131   b , the switching gate electrode  125   b , a switching source electrode  176   b , and a switching drain electrode  177   b . The switching drain electrode  177   b  corresponds to a switching drain region  177   b  doped with the impurity in the switching semiconductor layer  131   b.    
     The compensation thin film transistor T 3  includes the compensation semiconductor layer  131   c , the compensation gate electrode  125   c , a compensation source electrode  176   c , and a compensation drain electrode  177   c . The compensation source electrode  176   c  corresponds to a compensation source region doped with the impurity in the compensation semiconductor layer  131   c , and the compensation drain electrode  177   c  corresponds to a compensation drain region doped with the impurity in the compensation semiconductor layer  131   c.    
     The initialization thin film transistor T 4  includes the initialization semiconductor layer  131   d , an initialization gate electrode  125   d , an initialization source electrode  176   d , and an initialization drain electrode  177   d . The initialization drain electrode  177   d  corresponds to an initialization drain region doped with the impurity in the initialization semiconductor layer  131   d.    
     The first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5  includes the first light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   e , the first light emitting control gate electrode  125   e , a first light emitting control source electrode  176   e , and a first light emitting control drain electrode  177   e . The first light emitting control drain electrode  177   e  corresponds to a first light emitting control drain region doped with the impurity in the first light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   e.    
     The second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  includes the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , the second light emitting control gate electrode  125   f , a second light emitting control source electrode  176   f , and a second light emitting control drain electrode  177   f . The second light emitting control source electrode  176   f  corresponds to a second light emitting control source region  176   f  doped with the impurity in the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f.    
     The storage capacitor Cst includes a first storage capacitive plate  132  and a second storage capacitive plate  127  disposed while a first gate insulating layer  141  is interposed therebetween. Herein, the first gate insulating layer  141  is a dielectric material, and a storage capacitance is determined by charges accumulated in the storage capacitor Cst and a voltage between both capacitive plates  132  and  127 . 
     The first storage capacitive plate  132  is disposed on the same layer as that of the driving semiconductor layer  131   a , the switching semiconductor layer  131   b , the compensation semiconductor layer  131   c , the first light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   e , and the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , and the second storage capacitive plate  127  is disposed on the same layer as the scan line  121 , the prior scan line  122 , and the like. 
     The driving semiconductor layer  131   a  of the driving thin film transistor T 1  connects to the switching semiconductor layer  131   b  and the compensation semiconductor layer  131   c  and the first light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   e  and the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , thus connecting one to the other. Therefore, the driving source electrode  176   a  is connected to the switching drain electrode  177   b  and the first light emitting control drain electrode  177   e , and the driving drain electrode  177   a  is connected to the compensation source electrode  176   c  and the second light emitting control source electrode  176   f.    
     The first storage capacitive plate  132  of the storage capacitor Cst is connected to the compensation drain electrode  177   c  and the initialization drain electrode  177   d , and connected through a connecting member  174  to the driving gate electrode  125   a . In this case, the connecting member  174  is disposed on the same layer as the data line  171 . The connecting member  174  is connected through a contact hole  167  formed in an interlayer insulating layer  160 , the first gate insulating layer  141 , and a second gate insulating layer  142  as will be described later to the first storage capacitive plate  132 , and connected through a contact hole  166  formed in the interlayer insulating layer  160  to the driving gate electrode  125   a.    
     The second storage capacitive plate  127  of the storage capacitor Cst is connected through a contact hole  168  formed in the interlayer insulating layer  160  to the driving voltage line  172 , and disposed substantially parallel to the scan line  121 . 
     A first boosting capacitive plate  133  of the boosting capacitor Cb is an extension portion extending from the first storage capacitive plate  132 , and a second boosting capacitive plate  129  is a protrusion portion protruding upwardly and downwardly from the scan line  121 . 
     The first boosting capacitive plate  133  has a hammer shape, and the first boosting capacitive plate  133  includes a handle portion  133   a  that is parallel to the driving voltage line  172  and a head portion  133   b  disposed at an end of the handle portion  133   a.    
     The head portion  133   b  of the first boosting capacitive plate  133  is positioned in the second boosting capacitive plate  129  to overlap with the second boosting capacitive plate  129 . Therefore, an area of the first boosting capacitive plate  133  of the boosting capacitor Cb is smaller than an area of the second boosting capacitive plate  129 . 
     Meanwhile, the switching thin film transistor T 2  is used as a switching element selecting the pixel that is to be programmed by the Dm signal to emit a corresponding amount of light. The switching gate electrode  125   b  is connected to the scan line  121 , the switching source electrode  176   b  is connected to the data line  171 , and the switching drain electrode  177   b  is connected to the driving thin film transistor T 1  and the first light emitting control thin film transistor T 5 . In addition, the second light emitting control drain electrode  177   f  of the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6  is directly connected through a contact hole  181  formed in a passivation layer  180  to a pixel electrode  191  of the organic light emitting diode  70 . 
     Hereinafter, a structure of an organic light emitting diode display according to the exemplary embodiment will be more specifically described according to the lamination (stacking) order. 
     In this case, the structure of the thin film transistor will be described based on the driving thin film transistor T 1 , the switching thin film transistor T 2 , and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 . In addition, since the remaining thin film transistors T 3 , T 4 , and T 5  are almost the same as the lamination structure of the driving thin film transistor T 1 , the switching thin film transistor T 2 , and the second light emitting control thin film transistor T 6 , a detailed description thereof will be omitted. 
     An insulative buffer layer  111  is disposed on a substrate  110  formed of an insulating material such as glass, quartz, ceramic, and plastic. 
     The driving semiconductor layer  131   a , the switching semiconductor layer  131   b , the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , and the first boosting capacitive plate  133  are disposed on the buffer layer  111 . 
     The driving semiconductor layer  131   a  includes a driving channel region  131   a   1 , and the driving source region  176   a  and the driving drain region  177   a  are facing spaced apart from each other while the driving channel region  131   a   1  is interposed therebetween. The switching semiconductor layer  131   b  includes a switching channel region  131   b   1 , and a switching source region  132   b  and a switching drain region  177   b  facing each other while the switching channel region  131   b   1  is interposed therebetween. The second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f  includes a light emitting control channel region  131   f   1 , and the light emitting control source region  176   f  and the light emitting control drain region  133   f  facing each other while the light emitting control channel region  131   f   1  is interposed therebetween. Herein, impurity doping concentrations of the switching source region  132   b , the switching drain region  177   b , the driving source region  176   a , and the driving drain region  177   a  may be the same as each other. 
     The first gate insulating layer  141  formed of a silicon nitride (SiNx) or silicon oxide (SiO2) is disposed on the driving semiconductor layer  131   a , the switching semiconductor layer  131   b , the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , and the first boosting capacitive plate  133 . 
     The scan line  121  including the switching gate electrode  125   b  and the compensation gate electrode  125   c , the prior scan line  122  including the initialization gate electrode  125   d , the light emitting control line  123  including the first light emitting control gate electrode  125   e  and the second light emitting control gate electrode  125   f , and a gate wire including the floating gate electrode  25  are disposed on the first gate insulating layer  141 . 
     The floating gate electrode  25  ( FIGS. 5-6 ) is separated from the scan line  121 , and the floating gate electrode  25  overlaps with the driving channel region  131   a   1  of the driving semiconductor layer  131   a . The switching gate electrode  125   b  is connected to the scan line  121 , and overlaps with the switching channel region  131   b   1  of the switching semiconductor layer  131   b . The second light emitting control gate electrode  125   f  overlaps with the light emitting control channel region  131   f   1  of the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f . The gate wire further includes the second storage capacitive plate  127  forming the storage capacitor Cst, and the second boosting capacitive plate  129  forming the boosting capacitor Cb. 
     The second gate insulating layer  142  is disposed on the gate wires  25 ,  125   b ,  125   c ,  125   c ,  125   e ,  125   f ,  121 ,  122 ,  123 ,  127 , and  129  and the first gate insulating layer  141 . 
     The second gate insulating layer  142  is formed of a high-K dielectric material having permittivity (dielectric constant ER) of 10 to 100, and a thickness thereof may be 100 Å to 1000 Å. 
     The high-K second gate insulating layer  142  may have a single-layered structure formed of any one of zirconium oxide (ZrO 3 ), zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide (HfO 3 ), hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide (TiO 2 ), titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide (Al2O3), and aluminum oxide doped with metal. 
     Further, the second gate insulating layer  142  may have a multilayered structure. In this case, each layer of the second gate insulating layer  142  may be formed of any one of zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide, hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide, titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxide doped with metal. 
     Further, the second gate insulating layer  142  may have a multilayered structure including a layer formed of any one of zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide doped with metal, hafnium oxide, hafnium oxide doped with metal, titanium oxide, titanium oxide doped with metal, aluminum oxide, and aluminum oxide doped with metal, and a layer formed of a silicon oxide layer or a silicon nitride layer. 
     The driving gate electrode  125   a  is disposed on the second gate insulating layer  142 . The driving gate electrode  125   a  overlaps with the floating gate electrode  25 . 
     In the driving thin film transistor T 1 , since the driving gate electrode  125   a  is disposed on the first gate insulating layer  141  and on the high-K second gate insulating layer  142 , the physical interval between the driving gate electrode  125   a  and the driving semiconductor layer  131   a  becomes broad. Therefore, because the corresponding electric field may be spread out across a greater distance, a driving range of the gate voltages applied to the driving gate electrode  125   a  can be broadened, and the grayscale of light emitted from the organic light emitting diode (OLED) can be more finely controlled by changing the magnitude of the gate voltage, and as a result, it is possible to increase a resolution of the organic light emitting diodes display and improve a display quality. 
     In this case, in the switching thin film transistor T 2 , since the second gate insulating layer  142  is not there interposed but rather only the first gate insulating layer  141  is interposed between the switching gate electrode  125   b  and the switching semiconductor layer section  131   b , a rapid switching operation is feasible for the switching thin film transistor T 2 . 
     The interlayer insulating layer  160  is disposed on the second gate insulating layer  142  and the driving gate electrode  125   a . The first gate insulating layer  141  (e.g., SiNx), the high-K second gate insulating layer  142 , and the interlayer insulating layer  160  have a contact hole  163  through which the second light emitting control drain region  133   f  of the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f  is exposed, and a contact hole  164  through which the switching source region  132   b  of the switching semiconductor layer  131   b  is exposed together. The interlayer insulating layer  160 , like the first gate insulating layer  141 , is made of an inorganic material such as a silicon nitride (SiNx) or a silicon oxide (SiOx, SiO 2 ). 
     The data line  171  including the switching source electrode  176   b , and data wires including the connecting member  174 , the second light emitting control drain electrode  177   f , and the driving voltage line  172  are disposed on the interlayer insulating layer  160 . 
     The switching source electrode  176   b  and the second light emitting control drain electrode  177   f  are connected through the contact holes  164  and  163  formed in the interlayer insulating layer  160 , the first gate insulating layer  141 , and the second gate insulating layer  142  to the switching source region  132   b  of the switching semiconductor layer  131   b  and the second light emitting control drain region  133   f  of the second light emitting control semiconductor layer  131   f , respectively. 
     The planarizing passivation layer  180  covering the data wires  171 ,  174 ,  177   f , and  172  is disposed on the interlayer insulating layer  160 , and the pixel electrode  191  is disposed on the passivation layer  180 . The pixel electrode  191  is connected through the contact hole  181  formed in the passivation layer  180  to the second light emitting control drain electrode  177   f.    
     A partition layer  350  is disposed on an edge of the pixel electrode  191  and the passivation layer  180 , and the partition layer  350  has a partition opening  351  through which the pixel electrode  191  is exposed. The partition layer  350  may be made of resins such as a polyacrylate resin and polyimides, silica-based inorganic materials, or the like. 
     An organic light emitting layer  370  is disposed on the pixel electrode  191  exposed through the partition opening  351 , and a common electrode  270  is disposed on the organic light emitting layer  370 . The organic light emitting diode  70  including the pixel electrode  191 , the organic light emitting layer  370 , and the common electrode  270  is formed. 
     Herein, the pixel electrode  191  is an anode that is a hole injection electrode, and the common electrode  270  is a cathode that is an electron injection electrode. However, the exemplary embodiment according to the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto, and the pixel electrode  191  may be the cathode and the common electrode  270  may be the anode according to a driving method of the organic light emitting diode display. Holes and electrons are injected from the pixel electrode  191  and the common electrode  270  into the organic light emitting layer  370 , and when an exciton formed by a combining of the injected holes and electrons falls from an excited state to a bottom state, light (photons) is/are emitted. 
     The organic light emitting layer  370  may be formed of a low molecular weight organic material or a high molecular weight organic material such as PEDOT (poly 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene). Further, the organic light emitting layer  370  may be formed of multilayers including one or more of a light emitting layer, a hole injection layer (HIL), a hole transporting layer (HTL), an electron transporting layer (ETL), and an electron injection layer (EIL). In the case where all the layers are included, the hole injection layer is disposed on the pixel electrode  191  that is the anode, and the hole transporting layer, the light emitting layer, the electron transporting layer, and the electron injection layer are sequentially laminated thereon. Since the common electrode  270  is formed of a reflection type conductive material, a bottom emitting type organic light emitting diode display is obtained. Material such as lithium (Li), calcium (Ca), lithium fluoride/calcium (LiF/Ca), lithium fluoride/aluminum (LiF/Al), aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), magnesium (Mg), or gold (Au) may be used as the reflection type material. 
       FIG. 6  is an equivalent circuit schematic illustrating the driving thin film transistor T 1  as having a first floating capacitor C 1  and a second floating capacitor C 2  for coupling a drive voltage applied to the driver gate electrode  125   a  so as to affect the channel region  131   a   1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 6 , in the driving thin film transistor T 1 , a first floating capacitor C 1  is formed to have as its dielectric, the high-K second gate insulating layer  142  formed between the driving gate electrode  125   a  and the floating gate electrode  25 . A second floating capacitor C 2  is formed to have as its dielectric, the inorganic (e.g., SiNx or SiOy or SiNxOy) first gate insulating layer  141  formed between the floating gate electrode  25  and the channel region  131   a   1  of the driving thin film transistor T 1 . The second floating capacitor C 2  is depicted as having additional parasitic couplings to the driving drain region  177   a  and the driving source region  176   a  of the driving semiconductor layer section  131   a.    
     Herein, a current of the driving thin film transistor T 1  may be modeled as satisfying the following Equation 1. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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     Herein, I is the current of the driving thin film transistor T 1 , β is a constant, a is a value of 
                 C   1         C   1     +     C   2     +     C   para         ,         
f is a value of
 
                 C   para       C   1       ,         
Cpara is the parasitic capacitance, Vgs is a voltage difference between the driving gate electrode and the driving source electrode, Vds is a voltage difference between the driving drain electrode and the driving source electrode, and Vth is the threshold voltage.
 
     In the driving thin film transistor T 1 , because the floating gate electrode  25  is interposed between the driving semiconductor layer section  131   a  and the driving gate electrode  125   a , an electric field dissipation interval between the driving gate electrode (DG)  125   a  and the driving semiconductor layer section  131   a  is broadened, and thus the driving range of the gate voltages that may be safely applied to the driving gate electrode (DG)  125   a  without danger of breakdown may be broadened. However, current scattering of the driving thin film transistor T 1  may occur due to capacitance value scattering of the first floating capacitor C 1  and of the second floating capacitor C 2 . 
     The fVds value in Equation 1 largely affects the current scattering of the driving thin film transistor T 1 , and an occurrence of the current scattering of the driving thin film transistor T 1  may be reduced by setting the fVds value to 0 or a value that is close to 0. In other words, if C 1  can be made substantially larger than Cpara, the ratio of Cpara/C 1  is driven towards zero. 
     In this case, one of the factors that may be used to set the fVds value at or close to 0 is that of constituting the second gate insulating layer  142  as a high-K dielectric material having permittivity of 10 to 100. As those skilled in the art will appreciate, the capacitance value of the first floating capacitor C 1  is a function of dielectric constant (permittivity), plate area and dielectric thickness. Thus, the use of a high-K and relatively thin dielectric layer  142  helps to set the f value close to 0 and helps to avoid mass production deviation (scattering) of the current passed through the driving thin film transistor T 1  as modeled by equation 1. 
       FIG. 7  is a graph illustrating variation in the f value (Y axis) as a function of both of permittivity and thickness of the second gate insulating layer  142  when employed in an organic light emitting diodes display such as that of the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , when permittivity of the second gate insulating layer was 10 and the thickness thereof was 1000 Å, the f value was about 0.225, when permittivity was 100 and the thickness was 1000 Å, the f value was about 0.025. Herein, the first gate insulating layer is formed of silicon dioxide (SiO2) and the thickness thereof is 2000 Å. 
     In a comparative other device in which a high-K dielectric was not used, the first gate insulating layer had the thickness of 2000 Å and was formed of silicon dioxide, and the second gate insulating layer had the thickness of 1000 Å, was formed of stoichiometric silicon nitride (Si3N4, dielectric constant of about 7.5), and it was found to have a non-zero f value of about 0.34. On the other hand, in all the embodiments in accordance with the present teachings where the dielectric constant (permittivity) was 10 or greater, the f value was less than 0.25 and when the dielectric constant (permittivity) was increased to 30 or higher, the f value was less than 0.10 as can be seen in plot points of  FIG. 7 . 
     In other words, when comparing the f value according to the present exemplary embodiment and a f value of the above mentioned comparative other device, when the second gate insulating layer  142  had permittivity of 10 and the thickness of 1000 Å, the f value was reduced by about 34%, and when the second gate insulating layer had permittivity of 100 and the thickness of 1000 Å, the f value was reduced by about 93%. That means that scattering (mass production deviation) of the current value was significantly reduced. 
     As described above, the fVds value in Equation 1 may be set to a value that is closed to 0 by forming the second gate insulating layer to have permittivity of 10 to 1000, accordingly, have the thickness of 100 Å to 1000 Å, thus setting the f value to a value that is close to 0. Therefore, the occurrence of the current scattering of the driving thin film transistor T 1  may be greatly reduced. 
     While the present disclosure of invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the present teachings are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the teachings.