US 12,230,206 B2
Pixel circuit and display device including the same
Do Young Jung, Paju-si (KR); and Byeong Seong So, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Display Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,864.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0012427 (KR), filed on Jan. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0257744 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G09G 3/3233 (2016.01); G09G 3/3258 (2016.01); G09G 3/3266 (2016.01); G09G 3/3291 (2016.01)
CPC G09G 3/3233 (2013.01) [G09G 3/3258 (2013.01); G09G 3/3266 (2013.01); G09G 3/3291 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0243 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A pixel circuit, comprising:
a driving element including a first electrode connected to a pixel driving voltage line, a gate electrode connected to a first node, and a second electrode connected to a second node;
a first switch element configured to supply a data voltage to the first node in response to a first gate signal;
a second switch element configured to supply a reference voltage to the first node in response to a second gate signal;
a third switch element configured to supply an initialization voltage to a third node in response to a third gate signal;
a fourth switch element configured to connect the second node and the third node in response to a fourth gate signal;
a first capacitor having a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node;
a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to the pixel driving voltage line and a second electrode connected to the second node;
a third capacitor having a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of the second switch element and a second electrode connected to the second node; and
a light-emitting element having a first electrode connected to the third node and a second electrode connected to a low-potential power voltage line.
 
13. A pixel circuit, comprising:
a driving element including a first electrode connected to a pixel driving voltage line, a gate electrode connected to a first node, and a second electrode connected to a second node;
a first switch element configured to supply a data voltage to the first node in response to a first gate signal;
a second switch element configured to supply a reference voltage to the first node in response to a second gate signal;
a third switch element configured to supply an initialization voltage to a third node in response to a third gate signal;
a fourth switch element configured to connect the second node and the third node in response to a fourth gate signal;
a first capacitor having a first electrode connected to the first node and a second electrode connected to the second node;
a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to the pixel driving voltage line and a second electrode connected to the second node;
a fourth capacitor having a first electrode connected to the pixel driving voltage line and a second electrode connected to the first node; and
a light-emitting element first electrode connected to the third node and a second electrode connected to a low-potential power voltage line.
 
15. A display device, comprising
a display panel in which a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines intersecting the data lines, a plurality of power lines through which different voltages are applied, and a plurality of pixel circuits are disposed,
wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes:
a driving element including a first electrode connected to a pixel driving voltage line, a gate electrode connected to a first node, and a second electrode connected to a second node;
a first switch element configured to supply a data voltage to the first node in response to a first gate signal (SCAN1);
a second switch element configured to supply a reference voltage to the first node in response to a second gate signal (SCAN2);
a third switch element configured to supply an initialization voltage to a third node in response to a third gate signal (SCAN3);
a fourth switch element configured to connect the second node and the third node in response to a fourth gate signal (EM);
a first capacitor connected between the first node and the second node;
a second capacitor connected between the pixel driving voltage line and the second node;
a third capacitor connected between a gate electrode of the second switch element and the second node; and
a light-emitting element connected between the third node and a low-potential power voltage line.