21.2: Driving Method for a 2D‐3D Switchable AMOLED Display Using Progressive or Simultaneous Emission

Abstract

A driving method has been developed for a 2D-3D switchable AMOLED using progressive emission (PE) or simultaneous emission (SE). The proposed method is implemented by selecting PE mode for 2D to improve light emission ratio and SE mode for 3D to reduce left-right crosstalk without sacrificing luminance. This method also improves the contrast ratio by removing unnecessary light emission and can offer better uniformity by increasing the threshold voltage compensation time. A 240Hz-driven 30" 3D AMOLED display was built and it was confirmed that there is no ELVDD surge current in the SE mode. IntroductionRecently, various companies have focused on development of large-size AMOLED panels [1] and three dimensional (3D) displays [2,3]. Generally, there are two methods to drive an AMOLED panel. The first method is progressive emission (PE). The PE method uses sequential emission line by line after a data programming step. This method has been used to drive small-size AMOLED panels. The second method is simultaneous emission (SE). In the SE method, all pixels emit at the same time after the data programming step.The PE method has advantages such as higher light emission ratio and longer programming time compared to the SE method. This method also relieves electrical stress on an OLED by reducing OLED current, and lowers power consumption of the driving circuit. However, the conventional progressive driving scheme does not allow sufficient to compensate for threshold voltage variation of TFTs due to short programming time in high speed driven large-size AMOLED panels. It is necessary to increase the threshold voltage compensation time in order to improve uniformity of high speed driven large-size AMOLED panels.3D displays are classified into two types: stereoscopic 3D displays with special glasses to separate left and right images, and autostereoscopic 3D displays without glasses [4]. Auto-stereoscopic displays have some problems with limited viewing zone (angle and distance) and L-R crosstalk. However, stereoscopic displays that include passive/active glasses can be made L-R crosstalk-free from all viewing positions [2]. In order to realize L-R crosstalkfree performance without sacrificing luminance, the SE method is needed.In this paper, a driving method is proposed for a 2D-3D switchable AMOLED that can use both the PE method and the SE method. 2.Driving methods for 2D/3D switchable AMOLED display Figure 1 shows display driving schemes for the 2D-3D switchable AMOLED panel. Figure 1(a) shows 60Hz scanning progressive emission (PE) for 2D while figure 2(b) shows 240Hz scanning simultaneous emission (SE) for 2D. We propose the PE method for 2D because the scanning speed is 4 times slower than that of the SE method. This PE method can reduce the power consumption of the driving circuit with low frequency driving. In addition, a light emission ratio over 90% can be achieved in the PE method, which is larger than that of the SE method. This advantage can help relieve stress on the OLED by passing smaller current. We also p...

240 Hz OLED technology properties that can enable improved image quality

“…A particularly exciting OLED implementation in production at Samsung Display is Simultaneous Emission with Active Voltage control (SEAV) . The driving scheme has three dominant components: data buffering, timing control, and general emission.…”

“…[3][4][5] A particularly exciting OLED implementation in production at Samsung Display is Simultaneous Emission with Active Voltage control (SEAV). 6,7 The driving scheme has three dominant components: data buffering, timing control, and general emission. Each pixel can hold two analog values: the buffer value for the subsequent frame, and the control value.…”

P‐27: A Novel Pixel Circuit with Threshold Voltage Variation Compensation in Three‐Dimensional AMOLED on Silicon Microdisplay

“…Increasing emission time is a better choice to solve this problem. Among two driving methods for microdisplays, progressive emission (PE) and simultaneous emission (SE), the SE driving method is more suitable for 3D microdisplays because it reduces left-right crosstalk without sacrificing luminance [9]. Besides， high resolution, high luminance uniformity and high speed in pixel circuit design are all required to achieve a better image experience with the 3D microdisplays.…”

P‐46: Row‐Division Driving Scheme for Active Matrix OLED Displays

“…Various compensation circuits have been reported [3][4][5]. Conventionally, these circuits lead into two main driving methods.…”