This application claims priority to China Application Serial Number 202110646060.0, filed Jun. 10, 2021, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to a display device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a display device capable for adjusting peak wavelengths of light emitting elements.
In nowadays techniques of display devices, since the chip size of light emitting elements is gradually decreased, the difficulty for detecting the variation of the light emitting elements is greatly increased, which may cause problems such as color deviation or reduced color fidelity of the display device. Therefore, how to decrease the chromatic aberration and increase the color fidelity is important issue in this techniques field.
One embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a display device. The display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel includes a first light emitting element and a first control circuit. The first control circuit is configured to provide a first driving current to the first light emitting element. The second sub-pixel includes a second light emitting element and a second control circuit. The second control circuit is configured to provide a second driving current to the second light emitting element. The first control circuit and the second control circuit are configured to differently control pulse amplitude of the first driving current and pulse amplitude of the second driving current, such that both of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element emit at a target wavelength or a color point range.
Another embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a display device. The display device includes a plurality of pixels. One of the pixels includes a first control circuit and a first sub-pixel with a first light emitting element. Another of the pixels includes a second control circuit and a second sub-pixel with a second light emitting element. The first control circuit is configured to provide a first driving current to the first light emitting element. The second control circuit is configured to provide a second driving current to the second light emitting element. The first control circuit and the second control circuit are configured to differently control pulse amplitude of the first driving current and pulse amplitude of the second driving current, such that the first light emitting element and first light emitting element emit at a target wavelength or a color point range.
The other embodiment of the present disclosure is to provide a driving method for operating a display device. The display device includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels comprise a first sub-pixel with a first light emitting element and a second sub-pixel with a second light emitting element. The driving method includes the following steps. A first driving current is provided to the first light emitting element. A second driving current is provided to the second light emitting element. Pulse amplitude of the first driving current and pulse amplitude of the second driving current are controlled differently, such that both of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element emit at a target wavelength or in a color point range.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following description and appended claims.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The invention can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
Reference is made to
As shown in
The sub-pixels 110 can be implemented by red sub-pixels, green sub-pixels and blue sub-pixels arranged alternately. For examples, the sub-pixels 110 from the first column to the third column sequentially are red sub-pixels, green sub-pixels and blue sub-pixels.
Reference is made to
To be noted that,
In some embodiments, the light emitting diode package 110M includes more control circuits (not shown on
In some embodiments, the light emitting element 114 has a width W2 from 1 micrometer to 100 micrometer, such as 1-5 micrometer, 5-10 micrometer, 10-25 micrometer or 25-50 micrometer, and a thickness T2 is less than 10 micrometer. In some embodiments, the light emitting element 114 enable the light emitting diode package 110M to emit at a ratio, 0.4%, of side emission over top emission.
In some embodiments, the light emitting element 116 has a width W3 from 100 micrometer to 1000 micrometer. The substrate 116 is used to package the light emitting element 114 having a width W2 ranging from 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers and a thickness T2 smaller than 10 micrometers. The black material layer 117 is configured to cover a top surface of the substrate 116 and expose a light-emitting surface of the light emitting element 114. The black material layer 117 preferably has a thickness less than 10 micrometers. In the present disclosure, the light emitting element 114 has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of the black material layer 117. However, it is not intend to limit the present disclosure.
In some embodiment, the transparent material layer 118 covers the light emitting element 114 and the black material layer 117. The transparent material layer 118 has a thickness T3, 50 micrometers. A ratio of the width of the substrate over the thickness of the transparent material layer is equal to or greater than 4. The substrate 116 can be implemented by a printed circuit board, a sapphire substrate or a glass substrate.
Reference is made to
To be noted that,
Reference is made to
In some embodiments, the light emitting element 114 can be realized as micro light emitting diode, light emitting diode or other light emitting elements. If the light emitting element 114 is implemented by the micro light emitting diode, the light emitting element 114 can be transferred from micro light emitting diode wafer. In some embodiments, the control circuit 112 can be realized as control circuit, application specific integrated circuit or other circuits.
The control circuit 112 is configured to provide a driving current to drive the light emitting element 114 to emit light. In other word, the emission brightness of the light emitting element 114 is determined by the amplitude and width of the driving current provided by the control circuit 112. For better understanding, how to determine the emission brightness of the light emitting element 114 according to the amplitude and width of the driving current will be described in the following paragraphs.
Reference is made to
Reference is also made to
In some embodiments, each of the first light emitting element 114a, the second light emitting element 114b and the third light emitting element 114c can be realized as a micro light emitting diode. The said micro light emitting diode has a width with a range from 1 micrometer to 100 micrometers.
Reference is made to
Compare to the general light emitting diode, the size of the micro light emitting diode is much smaller. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the micro light emitting diode, the wavelength variations of each micro light emitting diodes on the wafer is hard to determined, to select and eliminate the defective micro light emitting diodes. The aforesaid wavelength variations can be realized as differences between a target wavelength (a expect wavelength) and the peak wavelengths of the micro light emitting diodes under the same driving current flowing through the micro light emitting diodes. Generally, even a wavelength difference is only 3 nm between two adjacent light emitting diodes (e.g., the peak wavelengths of the two adjacent light emitting diodes are respectively 530 nm and 527 nm), the wavelength difference of 3 nm can be perceivably by human visual. Therefore, since the defective micro light emitting diodes are hard to select and eliminate from the wafer, the wavelength difference between the adjacent light emitting diodes is need to be decreased, and the color fidelity of the display is need to be increased, the peak wavelengths of the micro light emitting diodes can be detected, after the micro light emitting diodes are mounted on the circuit substrate (array), by other optic instrument (e.g. integrating sphere).
In some embodiments, after the manufacturing process of the micro light emitting diodes (such as the light emitting element 114) and before transferring the micro light emitting diodes from the wafer, each of the micro light emitting diodes may include a semiconductor stack and a supporting breakpoint. When the carrier substrate (e.g. a sapphire substrate) is removed by breaking the supporting breakpoint, the semiconductor stack can be separated from the carrier substrate.
In one embodiment, the supporting breakpoint is disposed between the light emitting surface and the carrier substrate. In another embodiment, the supporting breakpoint is disposed between a surface opposite to the light emitting surface and the carrier substrate. In the other embodiment, the supporting breakpoint is disposed on a surface adjacent to the light emitting surface.
Reference is also made to
To decrease the wavelength difference between the adjacent light emitting elements with the same color, how to adjust the wavelengths of the light emitting elements in the sub-pixels 110a 110b and 110c to a target wavelength will be described in the following embodiments. For better understanding, the light emitting elements in the sub-pixel 110c is supposed to have the target wavelength, and the target wavelength of 513 nm in the following embodiments is merely for example. To adjust the adjacent light emitting elements to have the same target wavelength, the peak wavelength of the light emitting elements in the sub-pixels 110a 110b needs to be adjusted from 519 nm and 516 nm to 513 nm.
Reference is made to
In step S110, a first driving current is provided to a first light emitting element, and a second driving current is provided to a second light emitting element. For example, a first driving current is provided to a first light emitting element 114a in the sub-pixel 110a by a first control circuit 112a in the sub-pixel 110a. A second driving current is provided to a second light emitting element 114b in the sub-pixel 110b by a second control circuit 112b in the sub-pixel 110b. A third driving current is provided to a third light emitting element 114c in the sub-pixel 110c by a third control circuit 112c in the sub-pixel 110c.
In step S120, pulse amplitudes of the first driving current and the second driving current are controlled differently, such that the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element emit at a target wavelength.
For better understanding, how to differently control the pulse amplitude of the first driving current and the pulse amplitude of the second driving current, reference is also made to
In step S122, pulse amplitude of the first driving current is set, such that the first light emitting element emits at the target wavelength. For example, the first driving current flowing through the first light emitting element 114a in the sub-pixels 110a is set/adjust from 0.25 mA to 1 mA, such that the peak wavelength, 519 nm, of the first light emitting element 114a in the sub-pixels 110a can be adjusted to the target wavelength, 513 nm, as point A′ shown in
In step S124, pulse amplitude of the second driving current is set, such that the second light emitting element emits at the target wavelength. For example, the second driving current flowing through the second light emitting element 114b in the sub-pixels 110b is set/adjust from 0.25 mA to 0.5 mA, such that the peak wavelength, 516 nm, of the second light emitting element 114b in the sub-pixels 110b can be adjusted to the target wavelength, 513 nm, as point B′ shown in
Since the peak wavelength of the third light emitting element 114c driven by the third driving current, in the sub-pixels 110c, is considered as the target wavelength (such as 513 nm) for the example, the third driving current provided to the third light emitting element 114c in the sub-pixels 110c does not need to be adjusted.
Since the adjustment of the pulse amplitudes of the driving currents in step S120 will change the gray levels of the sub pixels 110a and 110b, in the following step S130 will describe how to adjust duty ratio of the light emitting element of each sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c in the emission period TP, in order to control the gray levels of the adjacent sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c, with the same target wavelength, by the persistence of human vision. And, since the duty ratio of the light emitting element in the emission period TP can be determined as the pulse width of the driving current, the wavelength of the light emitting element will not be changed by adjusting the duty ratio of the light emitting element. That is, the wavelength of the light emitting element can be maintained at constant even the pulse width of the driving current is adjusted.
In the following embodiment, gray levels of the sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c are adjusted to the same for example. And, since the driving current flowing through the light emitting element 114c in the sub-pixels 110c has the minimum value (0.25 mA), the duty ratio of the third light emitting element 114c in the sub-pixels 110c is set at 100% for example. That is, the reference values of the maximum brightness of the sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c can be considered as the pulse amplitude of the third driving current flowing through the light emitting element in the sub-pixels 110c multiplied by the pulse width thereof (that is, pulse amplitude, 0.25 mA, multiplied by the duty ratio, 100%), as shown in
After step S120, step S130 is performed. In step S130, gray levels of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are adjusted. In some embodiments, step S130 includes step S132 and 134, as shown in
In step S132, pulse width of the first driving current is controlled, according to the pulse amplitude of the first driving current, to adjust the gray level of the first light emitting element. For example, since the first driving current have pulse amplitude AmpMax, 1 mA, the pulse width of the first driving current is set to the duty ratio of 25%. As a result, the gray level of the first light emitting element 114a can be adjusted to the same with the gray level of third light emitting element 114c, as shown in
In step S134, pulse width of the second driving current is controlled, according to the pulse amplitude of the second driving current, to adjust the gray level of the second light emitting element. For example, since the second driving current have pulse amplitude, 0.5 mA, the pulse width of the first driving current is set to the duty ratio of 50%. As a result, the gray level of the second light emitting element 114b can be adjusted to the same with the gray level of third light emitting element 114c, as shown in
In some embodiments, the first light emitting element 114a and the second light emitting element 114b can emit at a color point range (e.g. +/−1.5˜2 nm) be performing step S110˜S130. The operation is similar with the aforesaid manner, and the description is omitted. The color difference of the wavelength variation in the aforesaid color point range is not perceivably by human visual, and therefore the emission colors of the first light emitting element 114a and the second light emitting element 114b are adjusted to within the aforesaid color point range can decrease the color difference between the light emitting elements, so as to improve the display image.
In some embodiments, when the pulse amplitude of the first driving current and the pulse amplitude of the second driving current are at the test value, and the differences between the peak wavelengths of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element is less than 15 nm, the aforesaid steps S110˜S130 can be performed to control the first light emitting element 114a and the second light emitting element 114b emit at the target wavelength or the color point range.
To be noted that, in order to control the light emitting elements in the sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c to emit at the same target wavelength, the pulse amplitude of the driving current of each light emitting elements in the sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c can be maintained, and the pulse width of the driving current of each light emitting elements in the sub-pixels 110a, 110b and 110c can be controlled to display at different gray levels.
In some embodiments, the pulse amplitude of the driving current in each of the sub-pixels 110 can be set, before the display panel leaves the factory, to maintain at a constant value and to improve the color fidelity, and the pulse width of the driving current in each of the sub-pixels 110 can be controlled, according to lookup table, to display at the corresponding gray level.
In the other embodiment, reference is made to
Reference is made to
In some embodiments, the light emitting diode package 110M further include single control circuit (not shown in
Reference is made to
Reference is made to
The light emitting element 214_r, 214_g and 214_b can be realized as the light emitting elements in each of the red sub pixel, the green sub pixel and the blue sub pixel. The control circuit 212 is configured to provide the corresponding driving currents to the light emitting element 214_r, 214_g and 214_b, to drive the light emitting element 214_r, 214_g, and 214_b to emit lights.
Reference is also made to
The pixel 210b includes a second control circuit 212b and a second light emitting element 214b_r, 214b_g and 214b_b. The second control circuit 212b is configured to provide the corresponding driving currents to the second light emitting elements 214b_r, 214b_g and 214b_b.
The pixel 210c includes a third control circuit 212c and a third light emitting element 214c_r, 214c_g and 214c_b. The third control circuit 212c is configured to provide the corresponding driving currents to the third light emitting elements 214c_r, 214c_g and 214c_b.
The first light emitting element 214a_r, the second light emitting element 214b_r and the third light emitting element 214c_r can be realized as the light emitting elements of red sub pixels in the pixels 210a, 210b and 210c. The first light emitting element 214a_g, the second light emitting element 214b_g and the third light emitting element 214c_g can be realized as the light emitting elements of green sub pixels in the pixels 210a, 210b and 210c. The first light emitting element 214a_b, the second light emitting element 214b_b and the third light emitting element 214c_b can be realized as the light emitting elements of blue sub pixels in the pixels 210a, 210b and 210c.
Reference is made to
The operations to adjust the peak wavelengths of the light emitting elements of each green sub pixels in the pixels 210a, 210b and 210c to the target wavelength are similar with the aforesaid embodiment of
Summary, the disclosure is to control the pulse amplitude of the driving current provided for the light emitting element, such that the light emitting element can emit at the target wavelength, and to control the pulse width of the driving current provided for the light emitting element to change the gray level of the light emitting element, in order to increase the utilization rate, which may reduce the manufacturing cost, and to improve the color fidelity and decrease the color deviation of the display.
Although specific embodiments of the disclosure have been disclosed with reference to the above embodiments, these embodiments are not intended to limit the disclosure. Various alterations and modifications may be performed on the disclosure by those of ordinary skills in the art without departing from the principle and spirit of the disclosure. Thus, the protective scope of the disclosure shall be defined by the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
202110646060.0 | Jun 2021 | CN | national |
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
---|---|---|---|
10764975 | Valentine | Sep 2020 | B2 |
20070075627 | Kimura | Apr 2007 | A1 |
20080218071 | Kobayashi | Sep 2008 | A1 |
20140267456 | Ando | Sep 2014 | A1 |
20160248031 | Seo | Aug 2016 | A1 |
20170188427 | Cok et al. | Jun 2017 | A1 |
20180285619 | Kim | Oct 2018 | A1 |
20190073944 | Li | Mar 2019 | A1 |
20190371232 | Kim | Dec 2019 | A1 |
20200312216 | Kim | Oct 2020 | A1 |
20210256898 | Kim | Aug 2021 | A1 |
20220328716 | Yang | Oct 2022 | A1 |
Number | Date | Country | |
---|---|---|---|
20220398973 A1 | Dec 2022 | US |