Closed-Loop Power Transfer Line for Display Voltage Drop
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Solution Overview
Problem
In organic light emitting display devices, voltage drop in the driving power source leads to non-uniform luminance and vertical crosstalk, particularly exacerbated in larger displays, necessitating a method to minimize power source voltage drop.
Innovation Solution
A display device with a closed-loop power transfer line on the printed circuit board, where the driving power source is supplied through a network of parallel and connected lines to maintain uniform voltage levels, reducing voltage drop and ensuring consistent power delivery to pixels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of energy
If a conventional linear power transfer line is used, then the device complexity is low, but voltage drop increases in large area displays
Solution Approach 1:
The power transfer line is divided into multiple segments arranged in a closed-loop configuration, where each segment connects to adjacent segments to form a continuous loop. This segmentation allows the power to be distributed more evenly throughout the display panel, reducing voltage drop in any single segment while maintaining manageable complexity through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
The power transfer line transitions from a linear one-dimensional arrangement to a two-dimensional closed-loop structure that surrounds the pixel array. This dimensional change enables power to reach pixels from multiple directions, reducing the effective current path length and minimizing voltage drop across the display panel.
2Area of stationary object
If the display area is increased, then the productivity and coverage are improved, but voltage drop and luminance uniformity worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The closed-loop power transfer line configuration creates multiple current paths that converge to provide relatively uniform voltage distribution across the pixel array. By forming a loop around the display area, the design ensures that pixels at different positions (including edges and corners) receive power with minimal voltage drop, achieving equipotential conditions across the enlarged display area.
Solution Approach 2:
The power transfer line structure provides different current path characteristics to different regions of the display panel. Pixels near the loop receive power through shorter paths, while pixels at opposite sides receive power through complementary paths, ensuring that each local region receives optimized power delivery appropriate to its position in the enlarged display area.
3Object-generated harmful factors
If a single power transfer line is used, then the device complexity is low, but voltage drop causes bright and dark lines at pattern boundaries
Solution Approach 1:
The closed-loop configuration converts the potential harm of voltage drop into a benefit by creating redundant current paths. When current flows through the loop, voltage drop in one segment is compensated by the parallel path through the remainder of the loop, transforming what would be a harmful voltage gradient into a beneficial uniform voltage distribution that eliminates bright and dark lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The closed-loop structure provides inherent feedback mechanisms where voltage drop in any segment is automatically compensated by the remaining loop segments. The continuous loop ensures that power distribution self-regulates, with higher current density in segments experiencing greater voltage drop, thereby maintaining uniform luminance across pattern boundaries without requiring additional control circuitry.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution effectively minimizes voltage drop and prevents picture quality deterioration by maintaining a uniform driving power source voltage, reducing bright and dark lines at the boundaries of test patterns and enhancing display uniformity.
Implementation Method 1
a closed-loop type power transfer line which supplies the driving power source
Implementation Method 2
The organic light emitting device OLED is electrically connected between a source terminal of the driving transistor Tdr and a common voltage line Vss and emits light through the data current Ioled supplied from the driving transistor Tdr
Data Source
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AI summary
A display device that may minimize voltage drop of a power source supplied to a pixel (P) is disclosed. The display device comprises a power generator (220) generating a driving power source (VDD); a display panel (100) that includes a plurality of pixels (P) and displays images by using the driving power source (VDD); and a printed circuit board (500) having a power transfer line (510) for transferring the driving power source (VDD) output from the power generator (220) to the display panel (100), wherein the power transfer line (510) is provided in a closed-loop type.