Enhancement of brightness uniformity by a new voltage-modulated pixel design for AMOLED displays

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 743-745

  Lu, Hau Yan ^a   Liu, Po Tsun ^a   Chang, Ting Chang ^b   Chi, Sien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED); Current resistance (IR) drop; Pixel design; Polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors (poly Si TFTs); Uniformity

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ACTIVE-MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (AMOLED); CURRENT-RESISTANCE (IR) DROP; PIXEL DESIGN; POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 33748576592     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2006.880648     Document Type: Article

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