Reduction of short-time image sticking in organic light-emitting diode display through transient analysis of low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor

Accurate compensation operation of low-temperature polycrystalline-silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) in pixel circuits is crucial to achieve steady and uniform luminance in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels. However, the device characteristics fluctuate over time due to various traps in the LTPS thin film transistor and at the interface with the gate insulator, resulting in abnormal phenomena such as short-time image sticking and luminance fluctuation, which degrade display quality during image change. Considering these phenomena, transient analysis was conducted through device simulation to optimize the pixel compensation circuit. In particular, we analyzed the behavior of traps within LTPS TFT in correlation with compensation circuit operation, and based on this, proposed a methodology for designing a reset voltage scheme for the driver TFT to reduce the image sticking phenomenon.