New PMOS LTPS–TFT pixel for AMOLED to suppress the hysteresis effect on OLED current by employing a reset voltage driving

• Published in: Solid-state electronics Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 462 - 466
• Main Authors: Lee, Jae-Hoon, Park, Sang-Geun, Han, Sang-Myeon, Han, Min-Koo, Park, Kee-Chan
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2008; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: AMOLED; Applied sciences; Display; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Hysteresis; Optoelectronic devices; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; TFT pixel; Transistors; TFT pixel; AMOLED; Hysteresis; Gate voltage; Polycrystal; PMOS technology; LED displays; Matrix display; Voltage control; Active matrix; Organic light emitting diodes; Optoelectronic device; Silicon; Thin film transistor; Organic electronics
• ISSN: 0038-1101; 1879-2405
• DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2007.10.030

New PMOS LTPS (low temperature polycrystalline silicon)–thin film transistor (TFT) pixel circuit, which can suppress an OLED current error caused by the hysteresis of LTPS–TFT for active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display, is proposed and fabricated. The proposed pixel circuit employs a reset voltage driving so that the sweep direction of gate voltage in the current driving TFT is not altered by the gate voltage in the previous frame. Our experimental results show that OLED current error of the proposed pixel is successfully suppressed because a reset voltage can enable the starting gate voltage for a desired one not to be varied, while that of the conventional 2-TFT pixel exceeds over 15% due to the hysteresis of LTPS–TFT.