Lifetime amelioration for an AMOLED pixel circuit by using a novel AC driving scheme

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2652-2659

  Lin, Chih Lung ^a   Chou, Kuan Wen ^a   Hung, Chia Che ^a   Tu, Chun Da ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AC driving method; active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED); aperture ratio; OLED degradation; threshold voltage

Indexed keywords

AC-DRIVING; ACTIVE AREA; ACTIVE MATRIX OLED; ACTIVE-MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (AMOLED); AM-OLED; APERTURE RATIO; BRIGHTNESS UNIFORMITY; CURRENT ERROR; DATA RANGES; DC STRESS; DRIVING SCHEMES; DUTY RATIOS; LUMINANCE EFFICIENCY; OLED DEGRADATION; OUTPUT CURRENT; P-TYPE; PIXEL CIRCUIT; SIMULATION RESULT;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINANCE; PIXELS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE;

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES (OLED);

EID: 79960843691     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2151862     Document Type: Article

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