The display apparatus includes a substrate including an auxiliary circuit area and an auxiliary display area, an auxiliary pixel circuit on the auxiliary circuit area, an auxiliary display element on the auxiliary display area, and a connection line extending from the auxiliary circuit area to the auxiliary display area and configured to connect the auxiliary pixel circuit to the auxiliary display element. The connection line includes a first sub-line and a second sub-line which are on different layers, and the first sub-line is electrically connected to the second sub-line through a contact portion.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The LCD includes: an LCD panel, a grayscale voltage output portion and a grayscale voltage adjusting portion. The LCD panel includes a deformation area formed by bonding of a driver integrated circuit, and the deformation area includes a first subpixel. The grayscale voltage output portion is configured to output a first grayscale voltage to the first subpixel. The grayscale voltage adjusting portion is configured to adjust the first grayscale voltage into a second grayscale voltage, so that a brightness of the first subpixel at the second grayscale voltage is less than a brightness of the first subpixel at the first grayscale voltage.

A display device includes a display panel including a first display area including first pixels, and a second display area including a pixel portion, in which second pixels are disposed, and a transmission portion through which light is transmitted. The pixel portion of the second display area includes a base member, a metal layer disposed on the base member to define the transmission portion, a first active layer disposed on the metal layer and including a first material, and a first gate layer disposed on the first active layer. A hole is defined through the metal layer to overlap at least a part of the first active layer in a thickness direction.

A display device includes: a display panel including a display area including pixels and a non-display area including a dummy pixel; a scan driver which supplies a scan signal to the display panel; a data driver which supplies a data signal to the display panel; and a timing controller which supplies a first control signal for controlling the scan driver and a second control signal for controlling the data driver. The dummy pixel is connected to a bad pixel among the pixels in the display area through a repair line, and a connection of the dummy pixel to the repair line is cut off in an initialization phase in which a voltage of an initialization power source is supplied.

A device includes multiple row power lines and multiple row control lines arranged in rows, where each row control line corresponds to one of the row power lines. The device also includes multiple column power lines arranged in columns. The device further includes multiple unit cells, where each unit cell is coupled to one of the row power lines and one of the row control lines and selectively coupled to one of the column power lines. In addition, the device includes multiple row power switches and multiple column power switches arranged in pairs, where each pair includes one of the row power switches and one of the column power switches. Each pair is configured to selectively (i) connect a corresponding one of the rows and a corresponding one of the columns or (ii) isolate the corresponding one row and the corresponding one column from each other.

A display apparatus including first-through-third pixels sequentially arranged in a row direction, a first shielding electrode arranged between the first pixel and the second pixel, a first voltage line configured to transmit a first initialization voltage, a second voltage line configured to transmit a second initialization voltage, a first contact plug connecting the first pixel and the second pixel to the first voltage line, a second contact plug connecting the second pixel and the third pixel to the second voltage line, and a third contact plug connecting the first shielding electrode to the first voltage line.

A light emitting device includes pixel circuits arranged to form rows and columns and each including a light emitting element, signal lines each extending in a column direction and configured to supply a pixel signal to the pixel circuits, row selection lines each extending in a row direction and configured to supply a row selection signal to the pixel circuits, and column selection lines each extending in the column direction and configured to supply a column selection signal to the pixel circuits. At least one of the pixel circuits includes a light emission control circuit configured to allow the light emitting element of a pixel circuit indicated by the row selection signal and the column selection signal to emit light in a brightness according to the pixel signal that is being supplied to the pixel circuit.

A display device includes pixels connected to scan lines, sensing lines, readout lines, and data lines; a scan driver including stages to supply a scan signal and a sensing signal to the scan lines and the sensing lines; a data driver which supplies a data signal to the data lines; a timing controller which divides one frame into an active period including a scan period in which the data signal is supplied to the data lines and a display period in which the pixels emit light in response to the data signal, and a blank period including a sensing period in which electrical characteristics of the pixels are detected and a reset period in which the stages are reset; and a compensator which generates a compensation value for compensating for deterioration of the pixels based on sensing values provided from the readout lines during the sensing period.

A system is provided for controlling an array of pixels in a display in which each pixel includes a light-emitting device and a reference voltage source that controllably supplies a reference voltage having a magnitude that turns off the light-emitting device. While the reference voltage is coupled to a drive transistor, a control voltage is supplied to the gate of the drive transistor to cause the drive transistor to transfer to a node common to the drive transistor and the light-emitting device, a voltage that is a function of the threshold voltage and mobility of the drive transistor. During an emission cycle, the current conveyed through the light emitting device via the drive transistor is controlled by a voltage stored in the storage capacitor, which is a function of the threshold voltage and mobility of the drive transistor so that the current supplied to the light-emitting device remains stable.

A test method of a display panel and a test device are disclosed. The test method includes outputting a data signal of a preset test image to the display panel to cause plural light emitting elements to emit light according to the preset test image; outputting a starting signal to a scan circuit in the display panel to cause the scan circuit to output an active level of a switching circuit to the plural rows of first scan lines as connected, successively, according to a preset timing sequence; receiving a sensing signal from a sensor circuit, including voltage value information of a first terminal of every light emitting element; comparing the voltage value information of the first terminal of every light emitting element with the preset test image to obtain a test result. The test method solves the problem of missing detection of Mura.