Patent ID: 8111224

Claim:
An organic light emitting diode display comprising a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals, a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals, a plurality of pixels coupled to the data lines and the scan lines, and a plurality of pixel areas each defined by two neighboring data lines of the data lines and two neighboring scan lines of the scan lines, wherein each of the pixels comprises: at least four light emitting elements for emitting light in response to an applied current; a light emitting element driver for receiving at least one of the data signals through one of the plurality of data lines while a corresponding one of the selection signals is applied, and for outputting a data current through a transistor corresponding to the at least one of the data signals; and a switching unit for respectively transmitting the data current from the transistor of the light emitting element driver to the at least four light emitting elements, wherein for at least one of the pixels, at least two light emitting elements of the at least four light emitting elements are formed in adjacent pixel areas separated by a corresponding data line from among the plurality of pixel areas while configured to be controlled by data signals transmitted through the one of the plurality of data lines, and wherein at least one light emitting element of at least one other pixel from among the plurality of pixels is positioned substantially between the at least two light emitting elements, wherein for at least another one of the pixels, the light emitting element driver is formed in a pixel area while its corresponding at least four light emitting elements are formed in pixel areas different than the pixel area in which the light emitting element driver is formed, such that the light emitting element driver does not output current to any light emitting elements formed in the same pixel area in which the light emitting element driver is formed, and wherein the light emitting element driver of each of the pixels is configured to output data current corresponding to the data signals received through the one of the plurality of data lines through the transistor to at least two light emitting elements along a same row, such that a number of light emitting elements along a row direction of the organic light emitting diode display is greater than a total number of data lines in the organic light emitting diode display.