Display device and method of driving the same

Abstract

The present invention provides a display device and a method of driving the same. The display device includes: a light-emitting device; a first capacitor connected between a first contact point and a second contact point; a driving transistor including an input terminal connected to a first voltage, an output terminal, and a control terminal connected to the second contact point; a first switching transistor controlled by a first control signal and connected between a data voltage and the first contact point; a second switching transistor controlled by a second control signal and connected between a second voltage and the first contact point; a third switching transistor controlled by a third control signal and connected between the second contact point and the second voltage; a fourth switching transistor controlled by the first control signal and connected between the second contact point and the output terminal of the driving transistor; and a fifth switching transistor controlled by the second control signal and connected between the light-emitting device and the output terminal of the driving transistor.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority from and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2008-0092133, filed on Sep. 19, 2008, which is hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to a display device and a method of driving the same, and more particularly, to an organic light emitting device (OLED) and a method of driving the same.[0004]2. Discussion of the Background[0005]A pixel of an organic light emitting device includes an organic light emitting element, and a thin film transistor (TFT) and a capacitor that drive the OLED.[0006]The TFT is classified into a polysilicon TFT and an amorphous silicon TFT according to the kind of active layer.[0007]Because amorphous silicon forms a thin film by depositing at a low temperature, amorphous silicon may be used for a semiconductor layer of a switching element of a di...

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Benefits of technology

[0026]The present invention provides a display device having advantages of reducing a blurring phenomenon of an image of an organic light emitting devic

Problems solved by technology

However, because the amorphous silicon TFT has low electron mobility, it may be difficult to form a display element in a large size.

Further, in the amorphous silicon TFT, because a direct current (DC) voltage is continuously applied to a control terminal, a threshold voltage may be transited and thus the amorphous silicon TFT may be deteriorated.

Thus, deterioration of the amorphous silicon TFT may shorten a life-span of an OLED.

However, a laser shot mark formed when crystallizing the polysilicon TFT with a laser may cause a deviation in a threshold voltage of driving transistors within

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