WO2001041111A1 - Display driving method and device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of driving passive matrix displays and, more particularly, to a method of driving displays based upon phosphorescent organic light emitting diode materials
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional display addressing system 100
- the addressing system 100 may be populated by a display matrix 110, a row driver 120 and a column driver 130
- the display matrix may 110 include an array of picture elements ("pixels") (not shown) typically organized into a regular array of columns and rows Each pixel row may be accessed electrically by a row line (collectively labeled 125) and each pixel column may be accessed electrically by a column line (collectively labeled 135).
- pixels picture elements
- Each pixel row may be accessed electrically by a row line (collectively labeled 125) and each pixel column may be accessed electrically by a column line (collectively labeled 135).
- the pixel's row line of the pixel typically carries an electrical excitation signal; its column line typically carries data corresponding to the desired display output
- FIG. 2 is a timing diagram illustrating a conventional method of driving the display matrix 110 of FIG. 1.
- display information typically is organized into frames.
- the display data of a first frame is rendered on the display matrix, cleared, and the display data of a second frame is rendered thereafter.
- conventional frame rates may span from 10-30 frames per second, a frame period may span from 30 to 100 ms.
- each row of a display matrix is driven with an excitation pulse having a duration of 1/N th of a frame, where N is the number of rows in the display matrix 110.
- the column driver generates data signals corresponding to the information content that should be displayed on the respective row.
- the row driver 120 advances to a subsequent row and applies the excitation pulse The process repeats for every row in the display matrix.
- Each row receives only a single excitation pulse per frame
- Light emitting devices when activated, typically emit light during the excitation pulse.
- the light output of these devices typically decays much faster than the frame period of the display. Human beings tend to perceive the output of the display as a time average of the light output over the entire frame
- the light emitting devices typically are driven with very high voltages that cause the devices to emit a very strong light output to achieve a predetermined perceived brightness
- materials that are chosen for such displays exhibit a linearity between the excitation potential used and the light output that the material generates - if one were to double the excitation potential, the material typically generates twice the light output. This is a well-known characteristic of displays
- OLEDs organic light emitting devices
- OLEDs using phosphors are beneficial because they tend to be highly efficient compared to those employing more conventional fluorescent dopants.
- phosphors tend energize very quickly but decay rather slowly.
- OLEDs, however, are current driven rather than voltage driven devices.
- Phosphor doped OLEDs do not exhibit the linearity described above with respect to other materials The materials reach a point that they will not generate any increased light output no matter how hard the material is driven.
- OLEDs may be stacked, a property that suggests that OLEDs can be applied in very compact display designs. Accordingly, there remains a significant commercial interest in the development of OLEDs for use in display devices.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide an addressing method that induces increased light output in an organic light emitting display by applying several excitation currents to each row in an display per frame
- the row excitation pulses may advance sequentially across every row in the display and, when the row driver reaches the last row in the display, the row driver returns to the first row in the display and begins again.
- the row driver may complete 10- 100,000 cycles across all rows in the display for each frame This method of addressing the display yields increase light output with a correspondingly lower powered excitation current.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a display system to which addressing methods of the present invention may be applied.
- FIG. 2 is a timing diagram illustrating addressing methods of the prior art.
- FIG. 3 is a timing diagram illustrating an addressing method according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIGS. 4(a)-4(b) are graphs illustrating differences in light output between embodiments of the present invention and those of the prior art.
- FIG. 5 is a graph illustrating calculated light output for various embodiments of the present invention with respect to a particular embodiment of display.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of a pixel suitable for use with the present invention.
- Embodiments of the present invention provide an addressing method that induces increased light output in an organic light emitting display.
- excitation currents may be applied to each row in an OLED display several times per frame.
- Row excitation pulses may advance sequentially across every row in the display when the row driver reaches the last row in the display, the row driver returns to the first row in the display and begins again.
- the row driver may complete 1,000-100,000 cycles across all rows in the display for each frame.
- FIG. 3 is a timing diagram illustrating operation of the present invention according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG 3 illustrates multiple current excitations being applied to each row in the display. The period of each frame may be thought to be sub-divided into multiple display cycles.
- the row driver 120 may drive excitation current onto each of the row lines 125 in sequence.
- each row in the display matrix 110 may be activated for 1/N th of a cycle but X times per frame, where X represents the number of cycles in a single frame
- the timing diagram of FIG. 3 illustrates a frame divided into several cycles.
- the number of cycles defines a cycle period
- Each row in the display matrix 110 may be excited at regular intervals corresponding to the cycle period.
- the cycle period may be tuned to the materials that are employed in the OLED device. For example, each different OLED material may have its own decay characteristic - when excited by a predetermined excitation current, the respective row will emit light for a predetermined time, then become dark.
- the number of cycles X for a given display may be tuned to ensure that the cycle period is shorter than the decay time of the materials in the display.
- the addressing method of the present invention advantageously causes a display matrix to generate a greater amount of light output at a lower driving power level than is available in the prior art.
- the displays may be populated by light emitting elements whose luminescence when an excitation current is instantaneously applied is characterized by an exponential decay constant ⁇ .
- a first display may be addressed in a manner that is conventional in the art - one excitation pulse per frame.
- a second display may be addressed according to the methods of the present invention - multiple excitation pulses per frame.
- FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) compare the light output from an individual pixel in each display.
- the pixels are driven by excitation current to achieve a peak power
- the excitation pulse causes the pixels to emit light at the excitation power level.
- the light output decays according the delay constant ⁇ .
- the average power of the light output over a frame time, T, in the example of FIG. 4(a) may be given by.
- FIG. 4(b) illustrates an example where there are only two excitation pulses per frame.
- the pixels are driven by excitation current to achieve a peak power level P'OE-
- each excitation pulse causes the pixels to emit light at the excitation power level.
- the light output decays according the delay constant ⁇ .
- the average power of the light output in the example of FIG. 4(a) may be given by.
- ⁇ 70 ⁇ s
- the display should achieve a 100 cd/m 2 output at an external quantum efficiency of 2.5%.
- the display may be able to achieve 1000 cd/m 2 at an external quantum efficiency of 0.5%.
- the quantum efficiency of phosphorescence falls rapidly to zero, at which point the display is no longer useful.
- a row driver would incrementally advance from row to row at approximately a 3MHz rate. This is an achievable display rate for modern computer systems.
- the preceding graph relates to calculated light output that may be obtained from a display device populated by pixels of PtOEP:CPB.
- An exemplary pixel is shown in FIG. 6 having a substrate layer of glass 210 coated by a thin layer of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) serving as an anode 220.
- ITO indium-tin-oxide
- a thin (100-500 A) organic hole transporting layer (HTL) 230 may be deposited on the anode layer 220.
- An emission layer 240 may be deposited on the surface of the HTL 230. This emission layer may include the PtOEP:CPB described above with respect to FIG. 5.
- An electron transport layer 250 may be provided upon the emission layer 240.
- the emission layer 240 typically provides the site for electrons injected from the electron transporting layer (ETL) 250 to recombine with holes from the HTL 230.
- the HTL 230 may include ⁇ -NPD and the ETL 250 may include Alq.
- the exemplary pixel of FIG. 6 may further include metal contacts 260 and/or 270 and and a top electrode 280.
- Contacts 260, 270 may be indium or Ti/Pt/Au.
- Electrode 280 may be a dual layer structure consisting of an alloy layer 282 (such as Mg/Ag) provided in direct contacting with the ETL 250, and a thicker second layer 284 having high work function metal layer. This second layer may be as gold (Au) or silver (Ag) provided on the Mg/Ag.
- the addressing scheme of the present invention can be used to provide a flat panel display having a higher brightness than is conventionally known.
- the display may be provided in any size, including displays as small as a few millimeters to as large as the size of a building, for almost any application.
- the images created on the display could be text or illustrations in full color, in any resolution depending on the size of the individual LED's.
- Display devices of the present invention are therefore appropriate for an extremely wide variety of applications including billboards and signs, computer monitors, displays for portable appliances such as cellphones, laptops, personal digital assistants and vehicular displays, telecommunications devices such as telephones, televisions, large area wall screens, theater screens and stadium screens.
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