Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes a first transistor coupled between a first power source and a first node, where the first transistor is turned on in response to a first control signal, a light-sensing element coupled between the first node and a second power source, where the light-sensing element generates photocharges in response to incident light, a storage capacitor coupled in parallel to the light-sensing element between the first node and the second power source, and an amplifier including a plurality of transistors coupled in series between the first power source and an output line, where the amplifier outputs a sensing signal corresponding to a voltage of the first node in response to a first driving signal.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes a first transistor coupled between a first power source and a first node, where the first transistor is turned on in response to a first control signal, a light-sensing element coupled between the first node and a second power source, where the light-sensing element generates photocharges in response to incident light, a storage capacitor coupled in parallel to the light-sensing element between the first node and the second power source, and an amplifier including a plurality of transistors coupled in series between the first power source and an output line, where the amplifier outputs a sensing signal corresponding to a voltage of the first node in response to a first driving signal.

Abstract: A display device includes a pixel. The pixel includes an emission unit and a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit to provide a first driving current to the emission unit in a first current flowing direction in a first mode, and to provide a second driving current to the emission unit in a second current flowing direction different from the first current flowing direction in a second mode. The emission unit includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from each other, a first light emitting element connected between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first current flowing direction, and a second light emitting element connected between the first electrode and the second electrode in the second current flowing direction.

Abstract: A display device includes pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, data lines, and sensing lines, a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and supplying a control signal to the control lines, a data driver for supplying one of an image data signal and a sensing data signal to the data lines, and a sensing circuit including an analog-digital converter (“ADC”) which converts a sensing value supplied through the sensing lines into a current code in a digital form, the sensing circuit correcting the current code by reflecting a conversion characteristic of the ADC, the sensing circuit sensing characteristics of the driving transistor based on the corrected current code.

Abstract: A display device includes: a pixel unit including a pixel connected to a data line; a data driver which supplies a sensing reference voltage to the data line during a sensing period, and supplies a data signal to the data line during a display period; and a sensing unit which receives a sensing current corresponding to the sensing reference voltage during the sensing period, and generates correction data based on the supplied sensing current. The sensing unit includes a current integrator which outputs a sensing voltage based on the sensing current input thereto through a first input terminal and based on the sensing reference voltage input thereto through a second input terminal.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit including: a first electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode to receive a first voltage, and an anode connected to a sensing line; a first switching element to determine the first voltage as a precharging voltage applied to a source terminal of the driving transistor when a sensing operation is performed, and to determine the first voltage as a maximum voltage used in a display panel when the sensing operation is not performed; a second electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode connected to the sensing line, and an anode configured to receive a second voltage; and a second switching element configured to determine the second voltage as the precharging voltage when the sensing operation is performed, and to determine the second voltage as a minimum voltage used in the display panel when the sensing operation is not performed.

Abstract: A display device includes pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, data lines, and sensing lines, a scan driver for supplying a scan signal to the scan lines and supplying a control signal to the control lines, a data driver for supplying one of an image data signal and a sensing data signal to the data lines, and a sensing circuit including an analog-digital converter (“ADC”) which converts a sensing value supplied through the sensing lines into a current code in a digital form, the sensing circuit correcting the current code by reflecting a conversion characteristic of the ADC, the sensing circuit sensing characteristics of the driving transistor based on the corrected current code.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes: a display area including a plurality of pixels; a compensation circuit configured to receive a current flowing through the plurality of pixels through a plurality of receiving lines connected to the plurality of pixels, and to generate a compensation value to compensate for deterioration of a driving transistor in each of the plurality of pixels based on the received current; a photo-sensor configured to measure external light to generate a light sensing signal; and a signal controller configured to cause the compensation circuit to generate the compensation value when no external light is incident on the photo-sensor such that the light sensing signal is received at a first voltage level and to perform external compensation to generate an image data signal by applying the compensation value to an image signal received from an external device.

Abstract: A display device includes a first amplifier and second data amplifier connected to a first data line and second data line, to a first high voltage power source and second high voltage power source and to a first low voltage power source and second low voltage power source, respectively, a first pixel and second pixel each having a data input terminal connected to the first data line and second data line, respectively. The first high voltage power source and the first low voltage power source determine an upper limit and a lower limit of an output voltage of the first amplifier, respectively, the second high voltage power source and the second low voltage power source determine an upper limit and a lower limit of an output voltage of the second amplifier, respectively, and the first low voltage power source and second low voltage power source are independent power sources.

Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit including: a first electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode to receive a first voltage, and an anode connected to a sensing line; a first switching element to determine the first voltage as a precharging voltage applied to a source terminal of the driving transistor when a sensing operation is performed, and to determine the first voltage as a maximum voltage used in a display panel when the sensing operation is not performed; a second electrostatic discharge diode including a cathode connected to the sensing line, and an anode configured to receive a second voltage; and a second switching element configured to determine the second voltage as the precharging voltage when the sensing operation is performed, and to determine the second voltage as a minimum voltage used in the display panel when the sensing operation is not performed.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device includes: a display area including a plurality of pixels; a compensation circuit configured to receive a current flowing through the plurality of pixels through a plurality of receiving lines connected to the plurality of pixels, and to generate a compensation value to compensate for deterioration of a driving transistor in each of the plurality of pixels based on the received current; a photo-sensor configured to measure external light to generate a light sensing signal; and a signal controller configured to cause the compensation circuit to generate the compensation value when no external light is incident on the photo-sensor such that the light sensing signal is received at a first voltage level and to perform external compensation to generate an image data signal by applying the compensation value to an image signal received from an external device.

Abstract: A display device includes a first amplifier and second data amplifier connected to a first data line and second data line, to a first high voltage power source and second high voltage power source and to a first low voltage power source and second low voltage power source, respectively, a first pixel and second pixel each having a data input terminal connected to the first data line and second data line, respectively. The first high voltage power source and the first low voltage power source determine an upper limit and a lower limit of an output voltage of the first amplifier, respectively, the second high voltage power source and the second low voltage power source determine an upper limit and a lower limit of an output voltage of the second amplifier, respectively, and the first low voltage power source and second low voltage power source are independent power sources.

Abstract: An image sensor includes a sensor pixel. The sensor pixel includes a first transistor coupled between a first power source and a first node, where the first transistor is turned on in response to a first control signal, a light-sensing element coupled between the first node and a second power source, where the light-sensing element generates photocharges in response to incident light, a storage capacitor coupled in parallel to the light-sensing element between the first node and the second power source, and an amplifier including a plurality of transistors coupled in series between the first power source and an output line, where the amplifier outputs a sensing signal corresponding to a voltage of the first node in response to a first driving signal.

Abstract: A controller controls the driving frequency and voltages for a display device. If image data corresponds to a moving picture, the controller drives a data driver and a gate driver at a moving picture frequency. If image data corresponds to a still image, drives the data driver and the gate driver at a still image frequency lower frequency than the moving picture frequency. When the still image is to be displayed, the signal controller also controls leakage current of a thin film transistor of a pixel based on a representative value of the image data, such that positive leakage current applied for a positive data voltage is equal to negative leakage current applied for a negative data voltage.

Abstract: A controller controls the driving frequency and voltages for a display device. If image data corresponds to a moving picture, the controller drives a data driver and a gate driver at a moving picture frequency. If image data corresponds to a still image, drives the data driver and the gate driver at a still image frequency lower frequency than the moving picture frequency. When the still image is to be displayed, the signal controller also controls leakage current of a thin film transistor of a pixel based on a representative value of the image data, such that positive leakage current applied for a positive data voltage is equal to negative leakage current applied for a negative data voltage.

Abstract: A display device includes a display unit, a common voltage measuring unit, and a signal controller. The display unit include a plurality of pixels, each including a liquid crystal capacitor including a terminal coupled to a common electrode to receive a common voltage and a pixel electrode to receive a gray scale voltage. The common voltage measuring unit measures a change in the common voltage resulting from a coupling between the common electrode and the pixel electrode when a test image including a specific pattern is output to the display unit. The signal controller detects a level of a residual DC voltage of a liquid crystal layer between the common electrode and pixel electrode based on a measured value of the common voltage.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged substantially in a matrix form, where a part of the plurality of pixels defines a pixel column block, a first scan signal is simultaneously applied to an n-th row pixel and an (n+2)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a second scan signal, which is applied prior to the first scan signal, is simultaneously applied to an (n+1)-th row pixel and an (n+3)-th row pixel of the pixel column block, a first data voltage is applied to the n-th row pixel and the (n+1)-th row pixel, a second data voltage having a polarity different from a polarity of the first data voltage is applied to the (n+2)-th row pixel and the (n+3)-th row pixel, and the polarities of the first data voltage and the second data voltage are inverted on a frame-by-frame basis.

Abstract: A driving method of a display device includes: determining each of a plurality of pixel rows of the display device as one of a motion picture display pixel row and a still image display pixel row by comparing image data of each of the pixel rows in a current frame and in a previous frame; and driving the motion picture display pixel row with a motion picture frequency and driving the still image display pixel row with a still image display frequency, which is lower than or equal to the motion picture frequency, where a plurality of still image display pixel rows are driven with at least two still image display frequencies.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel of a normally black type which receives a plurality of scan signals and a common voltage having a voltage level which periodically varies, and a backlight unit which provides backlight to the liquid crystal panel, where the plurality of scan signals sequentially has a scan-on voltage along a first direction, and the backlight has a luminance which is increased or decreased along the first direction.

Abstract: A controller for a liquid crystal display includes a data driver and a gate driver. The data driver applies data voltages having different polarities to a first pixel and a second pixel. The gate driver applies different gate-on voltages to a first gate line coupled to the first pixel and a second gate line coupled to the second pixel. The gate-on voltages have at least one of a different width or a different level when at least one of a still image or a moving picture is to be displayed. The different gate-on voltages translate into different pixel charging speeds, which may translate into improvements in the luminance and/or other properties of the display.