The present invention relates to an OLED display technology field, and more particularly to an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method.
The Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) possesses many outstanding properties of self-illumination, low driving voltage, high luminescence efficiency, short response time, high clarity and contrast, near 180° view angle, wide range of working temperature, applicability of flexible display and large scale full color display. The OLED is considered as the most potential display device.
The OLED can be categorized into two major types according to the driving methods, which are the Passive Matrix OLED (PMOLED) and the Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED), i.e. two types of the direct addressing and the Thin Film Transistor (TFT) matrix addressing. The AMOLED comprises pixels arranged in array and belongs to active display type, which has high lighting efficiency and is generally utilized for the large scale display devices of high resolution.
The AMOLED is a current driving element. When the electrical current flows through the organic light emitting diode, the organic light emitting diode emits light, and the brightness is determined according to the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode itself. Most of the present Integrated Circuits (IC) only transmit voltage signals. Therefore, the AMOLED pixel driving circuit needs to accomplish the task of converting the voltage signals into the current signals. The traditional AMOLED pixel driving circuit is generally the 2T1C, i.e. the structure of two thin film transistors plus one capacitor to convert the voltage into the current. However, the threshold voltage of the traditional 2T1C pixel driving circuit will drift along with the working times. Thus, it results in that the luminescence of the OLED is unstable and the nonuniform luminescence and uneven brightness among the respective pixels.
The main method of solving the AMOLED uneven brightness is to improve the pixel driving circuit, and to add the compensation function to make the influence of the threshold voltage variation of the drive thin film transistor to the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode be smaller.
As shown in
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(Vgs+Vth)2
wherein IOLED is the current of the organic light emitting diode D10, μ is the carrier mobility of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T10, and W and L respectively are the width and the length of the channel of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T10, and Vgs is the gate-source voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T10, and Vth is the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T10.
Vgs=VDD−Vth+ΔV+Vref−Vdata−VDD is substituted into the current calculation formula, and then:
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(ΔV+Vref−Vdata)2
Obviously, the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode D10 is irrelevant with the threshold voltage Vth of the first thin film transistor T10, and the present AMOLED pixel driving circuit realizes the compensation function.
However, the present AMOLED pixel driving circuit requires setting the two signals, the scan signal and the light emitting control signal to control the corresponding thin film transistors. The amount of the signal lines is increased to raise the loading of the control IC, which goes against the saving of the cost.
An objective of the present invention is to provide an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, which can decrease the amount of the control signals, and simplify the circuit structure and decrease the cost.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a pixel driving method, which can decrease the amount of the control signals, and simplify the circuit structure and decrease the cost.
For realizing the aforesaid objectives, the present invention first provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, comprising: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and an organic light emitting diode; all the respective thin film transistors are P type thin film transistors;
the first thin film transistor is a drive thin film transistor, and a gate thereof is electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor through a first node, and a source is electrically coupled to a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;
a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to the other end of the first capacitor through a second node;
a gate of the third thin film transistor receives a n+1 th scan signal corresponded with a next row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node, and a drain is electrically coupled to a reference voltage;
a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives the nth scan signal corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the first node, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;
the one end of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second node;
one end of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the power source positive voltage;
the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and a cathode is electrically coupled to a power source negative voltage.
The reference voltage is a constant voltage.
All of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.
The scan signal is a pulse signal, and a falling edge of the n+1th scan signal is later than a rising edge of the nth scan signal.
The nth scan signal and the n+1th scan signal are combined with each other, and correspond to a threshold voltage sensing stage, a holding stage, a programming stage and a drive stage one after another;
in the threshold voltage sensing stage, the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the n+1th scan signal is high voltage level;
in the holding stage, the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the n+1th scan signal is high voltage level;
in the programming stage, the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the n+1th scan signal is low voltage level;
in the drive stage, the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the n+1th scan signal is high voltage level.
The present invention further provides an AMOLED pixel driving method, comprising steps of:
step 1, providing an AMOLED pixel driving circuit;
the AMOLED pixel driving circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and an organic light emitting diode; all the respective thin film transistors are P type thin film transistors;
the first thin film transistor is a drive thin film transistor, and a gate thereof is electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor through a first node, and a source is electrically coupled to a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;
a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to the other end of the first capacitor through a second node;
a gate of the third thin film transistor receives a n+1th scan signal corresponded with a next row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node, and a drain is electrically coupled to a reference voltage;
a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives the nth scan signal corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the first node, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;
the one end of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second node;
one end of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the power source positive voltage;
the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and a cathode is electrically coupled to a power source negative voltage;
step 2, entering a threshold voltage sensing stage;
the nth scan signal provides low voltage level, and the second thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are activated, and the n+1th scan signal provides high voltage level, and third thin film transistor is deactivated; the data signal is transmitted to the second node, and the first capacitor and the second capacitor start to be charged, and the voltage of the first node, i.e. the gate voltage of the first thin film transistor Vg=VDD−f(Vth), and VDD represents the power source positive voltage, and Vth represents the threshold voltage of the first thin film transistor, and f(Vth) is the function related with Vth, which represents the anode voltage of the organic light emitting diode as the first thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the organic light emitting diode reach the current balance;
step 3, entering a holding stage;
the nth scan signal provides high voltage level, and the second thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are deactivated, and the n+1th scan signal provides high voltage level, and third thin film transistor is deactivated, and the first capacitor and the second capacitor start discharging and coupling with each other, and the voltage of the first node, i.e. the gate voltage of the first thin film transistor Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1, and ΔV1 represents the first voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor and the second capacitor;
step 4, entering a programming stage;
the nth scan signal provides high voltage level, and the second thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are deactivated, and the n+1th scan signal provides high voltage level, and third thin film transistor is deactivated, and the reference voltage is transmitted to the second node, and the voltage of the first node, i.e. the gate voltage of the first thin film transistor Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata, and Vref represents the reference voltage, and Vdata represents the data signal voltage;
step 5, entering a drive stage;
the nth scan signal provides high voltage level, and the second thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are deactivated, and the n+1th scan signal provides high voltage level, and third thin film transistor is deactivated, and the first capacitor and the second capacitor discharge again and couple with each other, and the voltage of the first node, i.e. the gate voltage of the first thin film transistor Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata+ΔV2, and +ΔV2 represents the second voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor and the second capacitor; the organic light emitting diode emits light.
The reference voltage is a constant voltage.
All of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.
The present invention further provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, comprising: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor and an organic light emitting diode; all the respective thin film transistors are P type thin film transistors;
the first thin film transistor is a drive thin film transistor, and a gate thereof is electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor through a first node, and a source is electrically coupled to a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;
a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to the other end of the first capacitor through a second node;
a gate of the third thin film transistor receives a n+1th scan signal corresponded with a next row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node, and a drain is electrically coupled to a reference voltage;
a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives the nth scan signal corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the first node, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;
the one end of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second node;
one end of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the power source positive voltage;
the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor, and a cathode is electrically coupled to a power source negative voltage;
wherein the reference voltage is a constant voltage;
wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.
The benefits of the present invention: the present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizing the 4T2C structure. In comparison with the pixel driving circuit of the 5T2C structure, the corresponding thin film transistor is controlled merely with arranging the scan signal. There will be the compensation function, and the amount of the control signals can be decreased, and the circuit structure is simplified and the cost is decreased. The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, in which the corresponding thin film transistor is controlled merely with the scan signal so that the amount of the control signals can be decreased, and the circuit structure is simplified and the cost is decreased.
In order to better understand the characteristics and technical aspect of the invention, please refer to the following detailed description of the present invention is concerned with the diagrams, however, provide reference to the accompanying drawings and description only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.
In drawings,
For better explaining the technical solution and the effect of the present invention, the present invention will be further described in detail with the accompanying drawings and the specific embodiments.
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the first thin film transistor T1 is a drive thin film transistor, and a gate thereof is electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor C1 through a first node A, and a source is electrically coupled to a power source positive voltage VDD, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode D1; a gate of the second thin film transistor T2 receives a nth scan signal SCAN(n) corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal data, and a drain is electrically coupled to the other end of the first capacitor C1 through a second node B; a gate of the third thin film transistor T3 receives a n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) corresponded with a next row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node B, and a drain is electrically coupled to a reference voltage Vref; a gate of the fourth thin film transistor T4 receives the nth scan signal SCAN(n) corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the first node A, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode D1; the one end of the first capacitor C1 is electrically coupled to the first node A, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second node B; one end of the second capacitor C2 is electrically coupled to the first node A, and the other end is electrically coupled to the power source positive voltage VDD; the anode of the organic light emitting diode D1 is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor T1 and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor T4, and a cathode is electrically coupled to a power source negative voltage VSS.
Specifically, all of the first thin film transistor T1, the second thin film transistor T2, the third thin film transistor T3, the fourth thin film transistor T4 are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.
As shown in
The scan signal is a pulse signal but significantly, being different from prior art, in which the falling edge of the n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) is generally set to be generated at the same time with the rising edge of the nth scan signal SCAN(n), a falling edge of the n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) is later than a rising edge of the nth scan signal SCAN(n) in the present invention, and the two are combined with each other to control the pixel driving circuit, and correspond to a threshold voltage sensing stage 1, a holding stage 2, a programming stage 3 and a drive stage 4 one after another.
Furthermore, with combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth) (1)
wherein VDD represents the power source positive voltage, and Vth represents the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and f(Vth) is the function related with Vth, which represents the anode voltage of the organic light emitting diode D1 as the first thin film transistor T1, the fourth thin film transistor T4 and the organic light emitting diode D1 reach the current balance;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1 (2)
wherein ΔV1 represents the first voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD;
the voltage of the second node B at the other end of the first capacitor C1 correspondingly changes with ΔV1 along with the first node A.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata (3)
wherein Vref represents the reference voltage, and Vdata represents the data signal voltage;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata+ΔV2 (4)
wherein ΔV2 represents the second voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is:
Vs=VDD (5)
the voltage of the second node B at the other end of the first capacitor C1 correspondingly changes with ΔV2 along with the first node A;
the organic light emitting diode D1 emits light.
Furthermore, as known, the formula of calculating the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode as the drive thin film transistor is a P type thin film transistor is:
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(Vgs+Vth)2 (6)
wherein IOLED is the current of the organic light emitting diode D1, μ is the carrier mobility of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and W and L respectively are the width and the length of the channel of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and Vgs is the gate-source voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and Vth is the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1.
The formula (7) is substituted into the formula (6) to obtain:
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(ΔV1+Vref−Vdata+ΔV2+Vth−f(Vth))2 (8)
As shown in
In comparison with the AMOLED pixel driving circuit of 5T2C structure in prior shown in
On the basis of the same inventive idea, the present invention further provides a AMOLED pixel driving method, comprising steps of:
step 1, providing an AMOLED pixel driving circuit.
As shown in
the first thin film transistor T1 is a drive thin film transistor, and a gate thereof is electrically coupled to one end of the first capacitor C1 through a first node A, and a source is electrically coupled to a power source positive voltage VDD, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode D1; a gate of the second thin film transistor T2 receives a nth scan signal SCAN(n) corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal data, and a drain is electrically coupled to the other end of the first capacitor C1 through a second node B; a gate of the third thin film transistor T3 receives a n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) corresponded with a next row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node B, and a drain is electrically coupled to a reference voltage Vref; a gate of the fourth thin film transistor T4 receives the nth scan signal SCAN(n) corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source is electrically coupled to the first node A, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode D1; the one end of the first capacitor C1 is electrically coupled to the first node A, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second node B; one end of the second capacitor C2 is electrically coupled to the first node A, and the other end is electrically coupled to the power source positive voltage VDD; the anode of the organic light emitting diode D1 is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor T1 and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor T4, and a cathode is electrically coupled to a power source negative voltage VSS.
Specifically, all of the first thin film transistor T1, the second thin film transistor T2, the third thin film transistor T3, the fourth thin film transistor T4 are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.
As shown in
The scan signal is a pulse signal but significantly, being different from prior art, in which the falling edge of the n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) is generally set to be generated at the same time with the rising edge of the nth scan signal SCAN(n), a falling edge of the n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) is later than a rising edge of the nth scan signal SCAN(n) in the present invention.
step 2, entering a threshold voltage sensing stage 1.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth) (1)
wherein VDD represents the power source positive voltage, and Vth represents the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and f(Vth) is the function related with Vth, which represents the anode voltage of the organic light emitting diode D1 as the first thin film transistor T1, the fourth thin film transistor T4 and the organic light emitting diode D1 reach the current balance;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD.
step 3, entering a holding stage 2.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1 (2)
wherein ΔV1 represents the first voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD;
the voltage of the second node B at the other end of the first capacitor C1 correspondingly changes with ΔV1 along with the first node A.
step 4, entering a programming stage 3.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata (3)
wherein Vref represents the reference voltage, and Vdata represents the data signal voltage;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is Vs=VDD.
step 5, entering a drive stage 4.
With combination of
Vg=VDD−f(Vth)+ΔV1+Vref−Vdata+ΔV2 (4)
wherein ΔV2 represents the second voltage variation value caused by the coupling function of the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2;
the source voltage of the first thin film transistor T1 is:
Vs=VDD (5)
the voltage of the second node B at the other end of the first capacitor C1 correspondingly changes with ΔV2 along with the first node A;
the organic light emitting diode D1 emits light.
Furthermore, as known, the formula of calculating the current flowing through the organic light emitting diode as the drive thin film transistor is a P type thin film transistor is:
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(Vgs+Vth)2 (6)
wherein IOLED is the current of the organic light emitting diode D1, μ is the carrier mobility of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and W and L respectively are the width and the length of the channel of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and Vgs is the gate-source voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1, and Vth is the threshold voltage of the drive thin film transistor, i.e. the first thin film transistor T1.
The formula (7) is substituted into the formula (6) to obtain:
IOLED=½Cox(μW/L)(ΔV1+Vref−Vdata+ΔV2+Vth−f(Vth))2 (8)
As shown in
The AMOLED pixel driving method of the present invention utilizes the pixel driving circuit of 4T2C structure. The nth scan signal SCAN(n) is utilized to control the second thin film transistor T2 and the fourth thin film transistor T4, and the n+1th scan signal SCAN(n+1) is utilized to replace the light emitting control signal EM in prior art to control the third thin film transistor T3. Namely, the corresponding thin film transistor is controlled merely with the scan signal. There will be the compensation function, and the amount of the control signals can be decreased, and the circuit structure is simplified and the cost is decreased.
In conclusion, the present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizing the 4T2C structure. In comparison with the pixel driving circuit of the 5T2C structure, the corresponding thin film transistor is controlled merely with arranging the scan signal. There will be the compensation function, and the amount of the control signals can be decreased, and the circuit structure is simplified and the cost is decreased. The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit, in which the corresponding thin film transistor is controlled merely with the scan signal so that the amount of the control signals can be decreased, and the circuit structure is simplified and the cost is decreased.
Above are only specific embodiments of the present invention, the scope of the present invention is not limited to this, and to any persons who are skilled in the art, change or replacement which is easily derived should be covered by the protected scope of the invention. Thus, the protected scope of the invention should go by the subject claims.
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