This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 2023106453574, filed May 31, 2023, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present application relates to the display field, and more particularly, to a display driving circuit, a display driving method and a display panel.
OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) display panels have the advantages of being self-luminous, bendable, thin, high brightness, low power consumption, fast response and wide colour gamut, and are widely used in electronic products such as TVs, mobile phones and notebooks.
At present, the driving mode of organic light-emitting diodes is mostly DC driving. With the increase of luminescence time, the luminous efficiency will decrease. If AC driving is adopted, the capacitance effect of OLED can not be ignored. As AC signal of the OLED cathode changes, the signal of the OLED anode will also change, in order to reduce the change of anode voltage, it is necessary to couple a relatively large capacitor in the anode and configure a complex compensation circuit. Large capacitance and complex compensation circuit will occupy a large amount of space in the display area, which will reduce the available display area (panel aperture ratio) and increase the power consumption.
There are provide a display driving circuit, a display driving method and a display panel according to embodiments of the present disclosure. The technical solution is as below:
According to a first aspect of embodiments, there is provided a display driving circuit, which includes a first transistor, the first transistor being connected to a display light-emitting subcircuit, and the display driving circuit further includes:
According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is a display driving method, the display driving method is used for driving the display driving circuit. The display driving method includes:
According to a third aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is a display panel, including:
It should be understood that the above general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not intended to limit the present disclosure.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the description, illustrate embodiments consistent with the present application and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the present application. It will be apparent that the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained from them without creative effort for those of ordinary skill in the art.
The exemplary embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the example embodiments can be implemented in a variety of forms and should not be construed as being limited to the examples set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that the present application will be more comprehensive and complete, and the concept of exemplary embodiments will be fully communicated to those skilled in the art.
Further, the described features, structures or characteristics may be incorporated in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description many specific details are provided to give a full understanding of the embodiments of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the technical aspects of the present application may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or other methods, components, devices, steps and the like may be employed. In other instances, the common methods, devices, implementations or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the present application.
The present application is described in further detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. It should be noted that the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present application described below can be combined mutually in case of no conflict. The following embodiments described with reference to the drawings are illustrative and only used to explain the present application, but may not be interpreted as the restrictions of the present application.
The first transistor 110 is a driving transistor, and the first transistor 110 is configured with a control terminal, a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first transistor 110 is indirectly connected to an anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200. The display light-emitting subcircuit 200 may include an organic light-emitting diode. The first transistor 110 may be an N-type transistor, and the control terminal, the first terminal and the second terminal of the first transistor 110 may be a gate, a source and a drain thereof, respectively.
The storage subcircuit 120 is connected to a control terminal of the first transistor 110 through a first node A, and the storage subcircuit 120 is connected to a first terminal of the first transistor 110 through a second node B. The storage subcircuit 120 is used for storing a threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 and a data voltage Vdata. The compensation subcircuit 130 is connected to a first light-emitting control line 330 (outputting a first light-emitting control signal EM1), a second terminal of the first transistor 110 and a power supply high-voltage terminal 350. A voltage of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 is Vdd. The main function of the compensation subcircuit 130 is to write the threshold voltage Vth to the storage subcircuit 120, thereby compensating the threshold voltage difference of different driving transistors and eliminating the display unevenness caused by the threshold voltage difference.
The data writing subcircuit 140 is connected to the data line 320, the scan line 310, and the first node A, and is configured for writing a signal of the data line 320 to the storage subcircuit 120 in response to a signal of the scan line 310 (i.e., a scan signal Gate). A light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is connected to a second light-emitting control line 340 (outputting a second light-emitting control signal EM2) and a second node B, and the light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is also connected to an anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 through a third node C, and a cathode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is connected to the scan line 310.
The reverse bias subcircuit 150 is connected to the scan line 310, the third node C, and the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, and is used for enabling potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be equal or enabling potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be reversed in response to the signal of the scan line 310.
When the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is driven by a direct current, the luminescent material of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is always subjected to a forward biased voltage, and the defects in the luminescent material will trap space charges. With the increase of luminescent time, a built-in electric field will be formed in the luminescent material due to the accumulation of space charges, and the luminescent efficiency of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 will be reduced.
In this embodiment, the first terminal of the first transistor 110 is connected to the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, the storage subcircuit 120 is connected to the control terminal of the first transistor 110 through the first node A, the storage subcircuit 120 is connected to the first terminal of the first transistor 110 through the second node B, the compensation subcircuit 130 is connected to the first light-emitting control line 330, the second terminal of the first transistor 110 and the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, the data writing subcircuit 140 is connected to the data line 320, the scan line 310 and the first node A, the light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is connected to the second light-emitting control line 340 and the second node B, and the light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is further connected to the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 through the third node C, a cathode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is connected to the scan line 310, and the reverse bias subcircuit 150 is connected to the scan line 310, the third node C and the power supply high-voltage terminal 350.
When the signal of the scan line 310 is at the low level VgL, the scan line 310 serves as a power supply low-voltage terminal, and the current flows from the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, passing through the compensation subcircuit 130, the first transistor 110, the light-emitting control subcircuit 160, and the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, to the scan line 310 to drive the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to emit light. The anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is greater than the cathode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, and the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is in a forward biased state. When the signal of the scan line 310 is at a high level VgH, the cathode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 changes to the high potential VgH, and the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is raised according to the charge conservation principle. The reverse bias subcircuit 150 turns on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 in response to the signal of the scan line 310, and the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 changes to a potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. The potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 is less than or equal to the high potential VgH of the signal of the scan line 310, to enable the potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be equal or enable the potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be reversed, that is, the built-in electric field formed by the forward bias of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is eliminated, and the luminous efficiency of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is improved. By using the scan line 310 as the power supply low-voltage terminal, the number of signals required is reduced, thereby reducing the space occupied by signal traces.
By turning on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 changes into the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. Compared with the solution of coupling a larger capacitor at the anode and configuring a complex compensation circuit, this embodiment reduces the space occupied by the display driving circuit in the display area, improves the aperture ratio of the display panel, and reduces the power consumption of the display panel.
In addition, since the threshold voltage Vth of different driving transistors is different, the current and luminance of different display light-emitting subcircuits 200 are also different, which causes display unevenness of the display panel. According to this embodiment, the difference in threshold voltages of different driving transistors is compensated by providing a compensation subcircuit 130 to write the threshold voltage Vth into the storage subcircuit 120 before data is written into the storage subcircuit 120, thereby eliminating the display unevenness caused by the difference in threshold voltages.
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The high potential VgH of the signal of the scan line 310 is greater than the high potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. When the reverse bias subcircuit 150 turns on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anodes of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to change the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 can be reversely biased to more thoroughly eliminate the built-in electric field formed by the forward bias of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 and further improve the luminous efficiency of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200.
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The fourth transistor 151 is controlled by the scan line 310. When the signal of the scan line 310 is a high-level signal, the fourth transistor 151 turns on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, and changes the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, thereby achieving reverse bias of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200.
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When the display driving circuit is operated, a potential VA of the first node A is 0 before the data voltage Vdata is written, and the first transistor 110 is not completely turned off. The voltage Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 may be reduced to 0, thereby discharging through the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. When a source-drain voltage difference of the first transistor 110 is Vgs, where Vgs=VA−VB, and the potential VB of the second node B is equal to −Vth, Vgs=Vth, that is, when the second node B is discharged to −Vth, the first transistor 110 is completely turned off, and the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 is written into the storage subcircuit 120.
The compensation subcircuit 130 connects the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the second terminal of the first transistor 110, and the threshold voltage Vth is written into the storage subcircuit 120 before data is written into the storage subcircuit 120, thereby compensating the threshold voltage difference of different driving transistors and eliminating the display unevenness caused by the threshold voltage difference.
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When the display driving circuit operates, after the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 is written into the storage subcircuit 120, the scan line 310 controls the third transistor 141 to be turned on, the third transistor 141 turns on the data line 320 and the first node A, and writes the data voltage Vdata into the first node A, that is, into the storage subcircuit 120. When the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 emits light, the driving current of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is not affected by the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110.
The data writing subcircuit 140 includes the third transistor 141, and the third transistor 141 controls the data voltage Vdata to be written to the first node A in response to the scan signal, which features in a simple structure.
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The light-emitting control subcircuit 160 includes the fifth transistor 161, and the fifth transistor 161 controls the second node B and the third node C to be turned on in response to a signal of the second light-emitting control line 340, and the current flows from the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, passing through the compensation subcircuit 130, the first transistor 110, the light-emitting control subcircuit 160, and the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, to the scan line 310 to drive the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to emit light, which features in a simple structure of controlling the display light-emitting subcircuit 200.
It should be noted that the first transistor 110, the second transistor 131, the third transistor 141, the fourth transistor 151, and the fifth transistor 161 may be N-type transistors, but are not limited thereto, and one or more of the first transistor 110, the second transistor 131, the third transistor 141, the fourth transistor 151, and the fifth transistor 161 may also be P-type transistors, as the case may be.
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The storage subcircuit 120 includes a first capacitor 121, the data voltage Vdata can be maintained through the first capacitor 121 so that the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 can stably emit light.
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When the display driving circuit operates, the second node B potential is −Vth by compensation of the compensation subcircuit 130. When the data voltage Vdata is written to the first node A, the potential VA of the first node A changes from 0 to Vdata, and according to the capacitive coupling effect, the potential VB of the second node B changes from −Vth to (Cs/(Cs+Cd))*Vdata−Vth, where Cs is a capacitance of the first capacitor 121, and Cd is the capacitance of the second capacitor 122.
When the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 emits light, the current I flowing through the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is:
Where Vgs is a potential difference between the gate and source of the first transistor 110, i.e., Vgs=VA−VB. Therefore, the current I flowing through the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is:
Where μ is a carrier mobility, k=W/L, W is a channel width of the first transistor 110, and L is a channel length of the first transistor 110.
Thus, the current I flowing through the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is not affected by the threshold voltage Vth and the voltage Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. That is to say, by compensating the threshold voltage, the present application eliminates the influence of the threshold voltage Vth and the voltage Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 on the driving circuit, and improves the display unevenness of the display panel.
This embodiment provides a display driving method, and the display driving method is used for driving the display driving circuit disclosed in the first embodiment.
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Meanwhile, before the data voltage Vdata is written, the potential VA of the first node A is 0, and the first transistor 110 is not completely turned off. The voltage Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 may be reduced to 0, thereby discharging through the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. When a source-drain voltage difference of the first transistor 110 is Vgs, where Vgs=VA−VB, and the potential VB of the second node B is equal to −Vth, Vgs=Vth, that is, when the second node B is discharged to −Vth, the first transistor 110 is completely turned off, and the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 is written into the first capacitor 121.
It should be noted that the threshold voltage Vth may be written into the first capacitor 121 by the second node B discharging to the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 after the voltage Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 drops to 0, but it is not limited to this, the threshold voltage Vth may also be written into the first capacitor 121 by cutting off the data voltage Vdata to make the potential VA of the first node A be 0 at the end of the previous frame, as the case may be. At the end of the previous frame, the potential VB of the second node B is (Cs/(Cs+Cd))*Vdata−Vth, the data voltage Vdata is cut off so that the potential VA of the first node A is 0, and the first capacitor 121 can be discharged. When the first capacitor 121 is discharged to −Vth, the first transistor 110 is completely turned off, and the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 is written into the first capacitor 121.
In the first stage T1, the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is changed into the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 to perform reverse biasing of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, when the threshold voltage Vth of the first transistor 110 is written into the first capacitor 121; in the second stage T2, the data voltage Vdata is written into the storage subcircuit 120; and in the third stage T3, the fifth transistor 161 is turned on, the current flows from the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, passing through the compensation subcircuit 130, the first transistor 110, the light-emitting control subcircuit 160, and the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, to the scan line 310 to drive the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to emit light. The reverse bias subcircuit 150 turns on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to change the anode potential of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, to reverse bias the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, which eliminates the built-in electric field formed by the forward bias of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 and further improves the luminous efficiency of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200.
The display panel includes the display driving circuit 100, the first terminal of the first transistor 110 in the display driving circuit 100 is connected to the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, the storage subcircuit 120 is connected to the control terminal of the first transistor 110 through the first node A, the storage subcircuit 120 is connected to the first terminal of the first transistor 110 through the second node B, the compensation subcircuit 130 is connected to the first light-emitting control line 330, the second terminal of the first transistor 110 and the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, the data writing subcircuit 140 is connected to the data line 320, the scan line 310 and the first node A, the light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is connected to the second light-emitting control line 340 and the second node B, and the light-emitting control subcircuit 160 is further connected to the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 through the third node C, a cathode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is connected to the scan line 310, and the reverse bias subcircuit 150 is connected to the scan line 310, the third node C and the power supply high-voltage terminal 350. The reverse bias subcircuit 150 can turn on the power supply high-voltage terminal 350 and the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200, and change the potential of the anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 into the potential Vdd of the power supply high-voltage terminal 350, enable the potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be equal or enable the potentials of the cathode and anode of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 to be inverted, that is, the built-in electric field formed by the forward bias of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is eliminated, and the luminous efficiency of the display light-emitting subcircuit 200 is improved.
The terms “first”, “second”, etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood to indicate or imply relative importance or imply the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defined with “first”, “second”, etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of this application, “multiple” means two or more, unless expressly specified otherwise. Thus, features defined with “first”, “second” and the like may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present application, “multiple” means two or more unless otherwise expressly specified.
In the present application, unless otherwise explicitly provided and limited, the terms such as “mount,” “connect,” should be understood broadly, which, for example, may refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; which may refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; which may refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection via an intermediate medium; which may also refer to a communication between the insides of two elements. For those ordinarily skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present application will be understood according to the specific circumstances.
In the content of the description, illustrations of the reference terms “some embodiments,” “example,” etc. mean that specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics described in connection with the embodiment or example are encompassed in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this description, the schematic formulation of the above terms need not be directed to the same embodiments or examples. Further, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Further, without contradicting one another, those skilled in the art may combine and incorporate different embodiments or examples described in the description and features of different embodiments or examples.
Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as limiting the present application. Those of ordinary skill in the art may make changes, variations, alternatives and modifications to the above-mentioned embodiments within the scope of the present application. Therefore, any changes or modifications made in accordance with the claims and descriptions of the present application should fall within the scope of the patent of the present application.
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202310645357.4 | May 2023 | CN | national |