The present disclosure relates to technical field of light emitting, in particular to an electronic device and a display driving method.
Light-emitting diode (LED) display refers to a technology that a huge quantity of traditional LEDs are transferred to a circuit substrate after arraying, miniaturizing and then addressing, an ultra-small spacing LED is formed, and a length of a millimeter level LED is further reduced to a micron level to achieve an ultra-high pixel and an ultra-high resolution, which can theoretically adapt to screens of various sizes.
An electronic device provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of device groups and a plurality of driving elements; wherein a first terminal of at least one device group of the plurality of device groups is coupled with a positive signal line, a second terminal of at least one device group of the plurality of device groups is coupled with an output terminal of any one driving element of the plurality of driving elements, and a reference voltage terminal of the driving element of the plurality of driving elements is configured to be coupled with a reference signal line; and the driving element of the plurality of driving elements is configured to control the positive signal line and the reference voltage terminal of the driving element to form an electrical loop within a working time duration of a light-emitting period, and adjust a potential of the second terminal of the at least one device group coupled with the driving element before the working time duration of the light-emitting period.
In some examples, any one of the plurality of driving elements is further configured to control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal of the driving element for a first compensation time before the working time duration.
In some examples, the driving element of the plurality of driving elements is further configured to control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal at an end moment of the first compensation time.
In some examples, the driving element of the plurality of driving elements is further configured to control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal of the driving element for a second compensation time within the working time duration.
In some examples, the first compensation time and the second compensation time are successively-continuous time durations.
In some examples, for the at least one device group of the plurality of device groups, the second compensation time corresponding to the at least one device group is less than the first compensation time corresponding to the at least one device group.
In some examples, for the at least one device group of the plurality of device groups, the second compensation time corresponding to the at least one device group is less than half of the first compensation time corresponding to the at least one device group.
In some examples, the at least one device group includes a plurality of devices; and each device of the plurality of devices is provided with a first compensation time and a second compensation time corresponding to the device, and the second compensation time corresponding to each device of the plurality of devices is less than half of the first compensation time corresponding to each device of the plurality of devices.
In some examples, at least two devices of the plurality of devices respectively correspond to different first compensation times, wherein a first compensation time which is relatively larger among the different first compensation times corresponds to a second compensation time which is relatively larger.
In some examples, second compensation times corresponding to at least part of the plurality of devices are the same.
In some examples, the driving element of the plurality of driving elements is further configured to control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal of the driving element for a potential compensation time according to the pre-stored potential compensation time corresponding to the device group coupled with the driving element, wherein the potential compensation time is the first compensation time; or the potential compensation time is a sum of the first compensation time and the second compensation time.
In some examples, the driving element of the plurality of driving elements includes a processing control circuit and a data driving circuit; the data driving circuit is coupled with the processing control circuit, the output terminal and the reference voltage terminal respectively; the processing control circuit is configured to generate a light-emitting control signal within the light-emitting period and send the light-emitting control signal to the data driving circuit; and generate a potential adjusting control signal according to the potential compensation time and send the potential adjusting control signal to the data driving circuit; and the data driving circuit is configured to control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal according to the received light-emitting control signal within the light-emitting period, and control the second terminal of the corresponding device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal according to an effective level of the received potential adjusting control signal, wherein an effective level duration of the potential adjusting control signal corresponding to the device group is the potential compensation time.
In some examples, the data driving circuit includes at least one data driving sub-circuit; one data driving sub-circuit is coupled with one output terminal; and the data driving sub-circuit is configured to receive the light-emitting control signal and the potential adjusting control signal corresponding to the coupled device group, control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal of the driving element in response to the light-emitting control signal, and control the second terminal of the coupled device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal in response to the potential adjusting control signal.
In some examples, the light-emitting control signal includes a driving control signal and a current control signal; the data driving sub-circuit comprises a modulation circuit, a constant current source circuit and a potential adjusting circuit, wherein the constant current source circuit is coupled with the processing control circuit and the modulation circuit respectively, and the modulation circuit is coupled with an corresponding output terminal; the potential adjusting circuit is coupled with the processing control circuit and an corresponding output terminal respectively; the constant current source circuit is configured to receive the current control signal of the corresponding device group and output a current of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal according to the received current control signal; the modulation circuit is configured to receive the driving control signal of the corresponding device group and input a current generated by the constant current source circuit to the coupled output terminal according to the effective level of the received driving control signal, so as to control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal of the driving element within the working time duration; and the potential adjusting circuit is configured to receive the potential adjusting control signal of the corresponding device group and control the second terminal of the coupled device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal according to the received potential adjusting control signal.
In some examples, the electronic device further includes: a control circuit; the control circuit is coupled with the plurality of driving elements respectively; the control circuit is configured to store the potential compensation time of the device group corresponding to each coupled driving element and send an potential compensation time of an device group corresponding to each driving element to each driving element when the electronic device is started; and each of the driving elements is configured to receive and store the potential compensation time sent by a system circuit when the electronic device is started, and clear the stored potential compensation time when the electronic device is shut down.
In some examples, a driving signal terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements is configured to be coupled with a driving signal line; the control circuit is further configured to be coupled with the driving signal line and store an address of each coupled driving element, and transmit driving data carrying the address of the driving element to the driving signal line; and each of the driving elements is further configured to receive the driving data and generate the light-emitting control signal according to the driving data when the address, corresponding to the driving element, in the drive data is recognized.
In some examples, an addressing signal terminal of any one of the plurality of driving elements is configured to be coupled with a site selection signal line; the control circuit is further configured to be coupled with the site selection signal line and input a power supply voltage to the site selection signal line; and each of the driving elements is further configured to receive the power supply voltage through the addressing signal terminal.
A display driving method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure is performed by an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a plurality of device groups and a plurality of driving elements; and the display driving method includes: controlling a positive signal line and a reference voltage terminal to form an electrical loop within a working time duration of one light-emitting period; wherein a potential of a second terminal of a coupled device group is adjusted before the working time duration of the light-emitting period.
To make objectives, technical solutions and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. The embodiments in the present disclosure and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other in the case of not conflicting. Based on the described embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those ordinarily skilled in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in the present disclosure shall have the ordinary meanings understood by those ordinarily skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains. The words “first”. “second” and similar words used in the present disclosure do not indicate any order, quantity or importance, but are merely used to distinguish different components. The words “comprise” or “include” or similar words indicate that an element or item appearing before such the word covers listed elements or items appearing after the word and equivalents thereof, and does not exclude other elements or items. The words “connect” or “couple” or similar words are not limited to physical or mechanical connection, but may include electrical connection, whether direct or indirect.
It needs to be noted that sizes and shapes of all figures in the accompanying drawings do not reflect true scales, and are only intended to schematically illustrate the content of the present disclosure. Same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions all the time.
During specific implementation, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronic device may be a display apparatus, and a functional unit is a pixel unit. Exemplarily, the display apparatus may be a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a laptop, a digital photo frame, a navigator and any product or component with a display function. Other essential components of the display apparatus shall be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art, and is omitted herein and also shall not become a restriction to the present disclosure.
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In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device further includes a plurality of device groups, a first terminal of one device group may be coupled with a positive signal line, and a second terminal of the device group may be coupled with an output terminal of one driving element 112. As shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, one device group includes at least one device. For example, one device group includes a plurality of devices. Exemplarily, the device may be set as a light emitting device, and then one device group may include at least one light emitting device. Exemplarily, the first terminal of the device group may be a positive electrode of the light emitting device, and the second terminal may be a negative electrode of at least one light emitting device. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, one device group ZL includes a plurality of devices. In a case that one driving element controls one device group, the quantity of the output terminals of the driving element 112 may be the same as the quantity of the devices in the device group ZL. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, in a case that one driving element controls a plurality of device groups, the quantity of the output terminals of the driving element 112 may be correlated with the quantity of all devices in the plurality of device groups ZL. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a first positive voltage VLED1 may be transmitted on the first positive signal line Van, a second positive voltage VLED2 may be transmitted on the second positive signal line Vbn, a reference voltage VSS may be transmitted on the reference signal line Gn, a power supply voltage VCC and site selection information may be transmitted on the site selection signal line Sm, and driving data may be transmitted on the driving signal line Dn.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first color light emitting device 1111 may be a red light emitting device, the second color light emitting device 1112 may be a green light emitting device, and the third color light emitting device 1113 may be a blue light emitting device. When the red light emitting device, the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device are driven to emit light of the same brightness, a voltage required to be applied to the positive electrode R+ of the red light emitting device is generally greater than a voltage required to be applied to the positive electrode G+ of the green light emitting device and is generally greater than a voltage required to be applied to the positive electrode B+ of the blue light emitting device. Therefore, if the positive electrodes of the red light emitting device, the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device are all coupled with the same positive signal line, a voltage that needs to be loaded on the positive signal line is relatively large, which not only increases power consumption, but also makes the voltages loaded on the positive electrodes of the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device too large, thereby shortening its service life. Therefore, the first positive signal line Van and the second positive signal line Vbn are arranged respectively, the positive electrode R+ of the red light emitting device is coupled with the second positive signal line Vbn, and the positive electrode G+ of the green light emitting device and the positive electrode B+ of the blue light emitting device are coupled with the first positive signal line Van. In practical applications, the second positive voltage VLED2 applied to the second positive signal line Von may be higher than the first positive voltage VLED1 applied to the first positive signal line Van, which not only enables the red light emitting device to realize its light-emitting brightness, but also may reduce the power consumption and prolong the service life of the green light emitting device and the blue light emitting device.
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In some embodiments, since signals transmitted by the signal lines of different types have different types, the different types of signal lines have different line widths. If the signal lines extend in the first direction FS1, the width of the signal lines refers to the width of the signal lines in a direction perpendicular to its main body extension (such as the second direction FS2). For example, as shown in
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Exemplarily, an average width L3 of the reference signal line Gn may be greater than an average width L2 of the first positive signal line Van, or an average width L1 of the second positive signal line Vbn, or an average width L5 of the site selection signal transfer line Qn, or an average width L4 of the driving signal line Dn, which is not limited here.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light emitting devices may be, for example, mini light emitting diodes (Mini LEDs) or micro light emitting diodes (Micro LEDs). Exemplarily, an orthographic projection of each light emitting device on the base substrate may be a quadrangle, and a value of a size of a long side or wide side of the quadrangle may be in a range of 80 μm to 350 μm. The light emitting devices may be arranged on the base substrate through a surface mounting technology (SMT) or a mass transfer technology.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may further include: a control circuit, and the control circuit is coupled with each of the plurality of driving elements 112 respectively. As shown in
Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the set edge appears in the pulse of the frame refresh signal, the system circuit 300 may send an image signal of a corresponding display frame to the logic control circuit. Exemplarily, the set edge of the frame refresh signal may be a falling edge. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, each display frame further includes a plurality of display sub-frames, in a display frame, the logic control circuit repeatedly sends the same driving data to the driving elements K times at a first frequency, and the first frequency is a product of a frequency of the frame refresh signal FB and K. A value of K may be 32, 64 and the like, which is not limited here.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the logic control circuit stores an address of each driving element coupled with it in advance. In addition, in order to control the synchronous working of each driving element coupled with the logic control circuit as much as possible, the logic control circuit may generate a row synchronous signal in each display frame and output corresponding driving data to the coupled driving elements when a set edge appears in a pulse of the generated row synchronous signal, and a frequency of the row synchronous signal is a first frequency. Exemplarily, in a display frame, the quantity of the set edge of the row synchronous signal may be K. In this way, when the set edge appears in the pulse of the row synchronous signal, the driving data may be sent to the driving elements.
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A working process of the logic control circuit 200_2 may refer to a working process of the logic control circuit 200_1, which is not specifically repeated here. It should be noted that the set edge of the row synchronous signal may also be a rising edge, and its implementation may refer to that of the set edge of the row synchronous signal being the falling edge, which is not repeated here.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, any driving element 112 may control the positive signal line and its reference voltage terminal O6 to form an electrical loop within a working time duration of a light-emitting period. Since the positive signal line is coupled with the first terminal of the light emitting device in the device group, and the reference voltage terminal O6 of the driving element 112 is coupled with the second terminal of the light emitting device in the device group, and when the positive signal line forms the electrical loop at least successively through the coupled device group, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6, the light emitting device may be controlled to emit light under the control of current signals with different current amplitudes and/or different duty ratios. Exemplarily, each light-emitting period corresponds to one display sub-frame, and the working time duration is a time duration for forming the above electrical loop. For example, the positive signal line includes a first positive signal line and a second positive signal line, and any driving element 112 may control the first positive signal line to form the electrical loop within the working time duration of each display sub-frame successively through the coupled first color light emitting device 1111, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the first color light emitting device 1111 to emit light; may control the second positive signal line to form the electrical loop within the working time duration of each display sub-frame successively through the coupled second color light emitting device 1112, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and its reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the second color light emitting device 1112 to emit light; and may control the second positive signal line to form the electrical loop within the working time duration of each display sub-frame successively through the coupled third color light emitting device 1113, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and its reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the third color light emitting device 1113 to emit light.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a working process of the electronic device may include an address allocation stage t1 and a data signal transmission stage t3. The logic control circuit 200_1 and the display panel 110_1 of the electronic device are taken as an example, and it is explained in conjunction with the signal timing diagrams shown in
In the address allocation stage t1, the logic control circuit 200_1 may input site selection information sm (m is a positive integer, and 1≤m≤M) to each site selection signal line Sm successively. The driving element 112 may receive the corresponding site selection information sm.
In the data signal transmission stage t3, that is, when the first falling edge of the row synchronous signal HB appears, the logic control circuit 200_1 may provide driving data da carrying the address of each driving element 112 coupled with the logic control circuit 200_1 to each driving signal line Dn respectively. When the corresponding address in the driving data is recognized, the driving element 112 may receive the driving data and generate a light-emitting control signal according to the driving data, so as to control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop successively through the device group coupled with the driving element 112, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6. Exemplarily, each driving data da may include a plurality of pieces of sub-data information dam (m is a positive integer, and 1≤m≤M) successively arranged according to a specific order (for example, the specific order may be an order of physical positions of the driving elements). In this way, the plurality of pieces of sub-data information dam may be successively input to each driving signal line Dn, so that each driving signal line Dn successively transmits corresponding sub-data information dam to each driving element 112 in a corresponding column of functional units. The sub-data information may include an address ID corresponding to each functional unit P and pixel data information of a functional unit P corresponding to the address ID and coupled with the driving signal line Dn. When it is recognized that the address ID in the sub-data information dam is the same as the address ID received in the address allocation stage t1, the driving element 112 may receive the sub-data information dam and generate a light-emitting control signal corresponding to each output terminal of the driving element 112 according to the driving data, so as to control the coupled positive signal line (such as the first positive signal line and/or the second positive signal line) to form the electrical loop successively through the device group coupled with the driving element 112, the output terminal of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6.
In some examples, a structure of the display panel, the logic control circuit 200_1 and the display panel 100_1 shown in
It should be noted that each driving data da includes a set of the sub-data information corresponding to M driving elements arranged in the second direction FS2, and the sub-data information includes driving information of the device group connected with each driving element among the M driving elements.
Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the logic control circuit may further input a power supply voltage to the site selection signal line Sm, and the driving element 112 may receive the power supply voltage transmitted by the site selection signal line Sm through the addressing signal terminal O5. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the structure shown in
It can be understood that before the stage t1, the driving element 112 of the present disclosure may be in a sleep state, which is a low-power working mode or a non-working state. The power supply voltage VCC is input to the addressing signal terminal O5 of the driving element 112 through the site selection signal line Sm, so that the driving element 112 relieves the sleep state, namely, a stage 10 in
In some other examples, a structure of the display panel, the logic control circuit 200_1 and the display panel 100_1 shown in
The driving element 112 may generate a light-emitting control signal EM1_1 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 coupled with an output terminal O1_1, a light-emitting control signal EM1_2 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 coupled with an output terminal O1_2, a light-emitting control signal EM1_3 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 coupled with an output terminal O1_3, a light-emitting control signal EM1_4 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 coupled with an output terminal O1_4, a light-emitting control signal EM2_1 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 coupled with an output terminal O2_1, a light-emitting control signal EM2_2 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 coupled with an output terminal O2_2, a light-emitting control signal EM2_3 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 coupled with an output terminal O2_3, a light-emitting control signal EM2_4 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 coupled with an output terminal O2_4, a light-emitting control signal EM3_1 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 coupled with an output terminal O3_1, a light-emitting control signal EM3_2 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 coupled with an output terminal O3_2, a light-emitting control signal EM3_3 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 coupled with an output terminal O3_3, and a light-emitting control signal EM3_4 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 coupled with an output terminal O3_4. Under the control of the light-emitting control signals EM1_1-EM1_4, at least one positive signal line may form an electrical loop successively through the first color light emitting device 1111, the output terminal O1 (including any one of O1_1-O1_4) of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the corresponding first color light emitting device 1111 to emit light; under the control of the light-emitting control signals EM2_1-EM2_4, the at least one positive signal line may form an electrical loop successively through the second color light emitting device 1112, the output terminal O2 (including any one of O2_1-O2_4) of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the corresponding second color light emitting device 1112 to emit light; and under the control of the light-emitting control signals EM3_1-EM3_4, the at least one positive signal line may form an electrical loop successively through the third color light emitting device 1113, the output terminal O3 (including any one of O3_1-O3_4) of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6, so as to enable the corresponding third color light emitting device 1113 to emit light.
It should be noted that a working process of the display panel shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the functional unit includes a plurality of device groups, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, each display frame may further include a current set stage t2 before the data signal transmission stage 13, for example, the current set stage t2 may be located between the address allocation stage t1 and the data signal transmission stage t3. In the current set stage t2, the logic control circuit 200_1 inputs current set information Co with the address ID to each driving signal line Dn. When the driving element 112 recognizes the corresponding address in the current set information Co, the driving element 112 may receive the current set information Co and may control the amplitude of a driving current of the driving element 112 according to the received current set information Co, so as to further accurately control the light-emitting brightness of the corresponding functional unit. Exemplarily, as shown in
Optionally, a length of the current set information Co may be 63 bits, and the current set information Co specifically may include: a start instruction of 1 bit, an address ID of 8 bits, a current set instruction DCX of 1 bit, an interval instruction IoT of 1 bit, data of 16 bits composed of a frame start instruction C and a control instruction P1 (for example, it is required to provide a current amplitude correction coefficient of a light emitting diode coupled with a certain output terminal), an interval instruction IoT of 1 bit, reserved control instruction positions P2+P3 of 16 bits, an interval instruction IoT of 1 bit, reserved control instruction positions P4+P5 of 16 bits, and an end instruction EoT of 2 bits. When the current set instruction DCX is a set value, it represents that current setting is performed, for example, when DCX is 0, it represents that current setting is performed.
It can be understood that in a process of displaying pictures by display frames one by one, the display panel may not display a picture (such as displaying all black) in a first display frame that an electronic device enters after the electronic device is started, but perform the process of stages t0 and t1 in the first display frame, and the electronic device may only perform the stages t2 and t3 in second and subsequent display frames. In this way, each display sub-frame in each display frame may have the process of the stages t2 and 13 respectively. Alternatively, the process of stages t0, t1 and t2 may also be performed in the first display frame, and the electronic device may only perform the process of the stage t3 in the second and subsequent display frames. In this way, each display sub-frame in each display frame may have the process of the stage t3 respectively. That is, in the timing diagram shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light-emitting control signal may include a driving control signal and a current control signal. Each data driving sub-circuit may include a modulation circuit and a constant current source circuit. The constant current source circuit is coupled with the processing control circuit 1122 and the modulation circuit respectively, and the modulation circuit is coupled with a corresponding output terminal. The constant current source circuit may receive the current control signal of the corresponding device group and output a current of a constant amplitude corresponding to current control signal according to the received current control signal. The modulation circuit may receive the driving control signal of the corresponding device group and input a current generated by the constant current source circuit to the coupled output terminal according to an effective level of the received driving control signal, so as to control the positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal within a working time duration.
Exemplarily, as shown in
In addition, the light-emitting control signal EM2 may include a driving control signal PWM2 and a current control signal DAC2, and the data driving sub-circuit 11212 includes: a modulation circuit 112121 and a constant current source circuit 112122. The constant current source circuit 112122 may receive the current control signal DAC2 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 and output a current IL2 of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal DAC2 according to the received current control signal DAC2. The modulation circuit 112121 may receive the driving control signal PWM2 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 and input the current IL2 generated by the constant current source circuit 112122 to the output terminal O2 coupled to the modulation circuit 112121 according to an effective level (such as a high level) of the received driving control signal PWM2, to control the second positive signal line Vbn to form the electrical loop at least successively through the second color light emitting device 1112, the output terminal O2 of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6 within the working time duration, so as to enable the second color light emitting device 1112 to emit light. That is, within a duration of the effective level of the driving control signal PWM2, the second color light emitting device 1112 may be considered to be in the working time duration. In this way, the driving control signal PWM2 and the current control signal DAC2 may be combined with each other to control the light-emitting brightness of the second color light emitting device 1112 in each display sub-frame in each display frame.
In addition, the light-emitting control signal EM3 may include a driving control signal PWM3 and a current control signal DAC3, and the data driving sub-circuit 11213 includes: a modulation circuit 112131 and a constant current source circuit 112132. The constant current source circuit 112132 may receive the current control signal DAC3 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 and output a current IL3 of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal DAC3 according to the received current control signal DAC3. The modulation circuit 112131 may receive the driving control signal PWM3 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 and input the current IL3 generated by the constant current source circuit 112132 to the output terminal O3 coupled the modulation circuit 112131 according to an effective level (such as a high level) of the received driving control signal PWM3, to control the second positive signal line Vbn to form the electrical loop at least successively through the third color light emitting device 1113, the output terminal O3 of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6 within the working time duration, so as to enable the third color light emitting device 1113 to emit light. That is, within a duration of the effective level of the driving control signal PWM3, the third color light emitting device 1113 may be considered to be in the working time duration. In this way, the driving control signal PWM3 and the current control signal DAC3 may be combined with each other to control the light-emitting brightness of the third color light emitting device 1113 in each display sub-frame in each display frame.
It should be noted that the effective level of the driving control signal may also be a low level, which is not limited here.
To sum up, when the modulation circuit is turned on the above electrical loop is turned on, and the device group emits light. When the modulation circuit is turned off, the above electrical loop is turned off, and the device group does not emit light. Therefore, the modulation circuit may modulate a current flowing through the device group under the control of the driving control signal PWM, so that the current flowing through the device group appears as a current signal that may be modulated by a pulse width. Therefore, the driving control signal PWM may be used as a pulse width modulation signal. In addition, the modulation circuit may modulate the current flowing through the device group according to a duty ratio and other parameters of the driving control signal PWM, so as to control a working state of the device group. For example, when the device group contains the light emitting device, by increasing the duty ratio of the driving control signal PWM, a total light-emitting duration of the light emitting device in a display frame (or a display sub-frame) may be prolonged, and then total light-emitting brightness of the light emitting device in the display frame (or the display sub-frame) is improved, so that the brightness of the device group where the light emitting device is located is increased. On the contrary, by decreasing the duty ratio of the driving control signal PWM, the total light-emitting duration of the light emitting device in a display frame (or a display sub-frame) may be shortened, and then the total light-emitting brightness of the light emitting device in the display frame (or the display sub-frame) is reduced, so that the brightness of the device group where the light emitting device is located is reduced.
Exemplarily, the modulation circuit may be a switch element, for example, may be a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a thin film transistor (TFT) and other transistors. Of course, in practical applications, a specific implementation of the modulation circuit may be determined according to the requirements of the practical applications, which is not limited here.
Exemplarily, the constant current source circuit may have various implementations, for example, the constant current source circuit may be set as a constant-current diode, a circuit composed of a digital analog converter and a trigger, a current mirror circuit and the like. Of course, in practical applications, a specific implementation of the constant current source circuit may be determined according to the requirements of the practical applications, which is not limited here.
In some examples, pixel data information Rda of 16 bits corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 is taken as an example, the pixel data information of 16 bits corresponding to other light emitting device adopts the same data type and coding rules. Exemplarily, the pixel data information Rda is 16 bits, and may have, but not limited to the following implementations: the current control signal DAC1 accounts for 6 bits and the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 10 bits; or the current control signal DAC1 accounts for 5 bits and the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 11 bits; or the current control signal DAC1 accounts for 4 bits and the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 12 bits; or the current control signal DAC1 accounts for 3 bits and the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 13 bits.
The situation that the current control signal DAC1 accounts for 6 bits and the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 10 bits as an example, the current control signal DAC1 may control the constant current source circuit 112112 to output 64 (26) types of different current amplitudes. The constant current source circuit 112112 may have different current gears, such as 2 uA, 3 uA and 5 uA. The current gear being 2 uA is taken as an example, a maximum value of a current IL1 that can be output by the constant current source circuit 112112 is 128 uA (2 uA*64), and a minimum value is 2 uA (2 uA*1), so that the amplitude of the current IL1 may totally have 64 optional values, and different brightness requirements of the first color light emitting device 1111 may be met. The driving control signal PWM1 accounts for 10 bits, and the duty ratio of the driving control signal PWM1 may have 1024 (210) types of different cases. The more bits the driving control signal PWM1 accounts for, the more the types of the duty ratio.
Since the positive and negative electrodes of each light emitting device are correspondingly connected with connection bonding pads on a base substrate, capacitance may be formed among the connection bonding pads in a case of a voltage difference between the connection bonding pads, the capacitance is a self parasitic capacitance of the light emitting device, and a capacitance value is from several picofarad (pF) to tens of pF. In an equivalent circuit, the capacitance is connected in parallel with the light emitting devices. Since the electronic device includes a plurality of device groups, and each device group includes at least one light emitting device, the capacitance values of the self parasitic capacitance of the light emitting devices are different due to the fluctuation of the manufacturing process or different light-emitting states. Therefore, the time for different light emitting devices to switch from a turned-off state (namely off state ZT-off) to a light-emitting state (namely on state ZT-on) or from the light-emitting state (namely on state ZT-on) to the turned-off state (namely off state ZT-off) is different, resulting in different light emitting devices actually showing different brightness when they should display the same brightness, thus affecting visual perception.
It can be understood that although each connection bonding pad may also form capacitance with the signal lines due to overlapping, the capacitance value of the capacitance is smaller, which will not be discussed in the embodiment of the present disclosure.
Exemplarily, the first color light emitting device 1111 is taken as an example, as shown in
It can be understood that when the light emitting device is in the light-emitting state (namely on state ZT-on), as long as a voltage difference between the positive and negative electrodes of the light emitting device is greater than a lighting voltage of the light emitting device, the light emitting device may emit light. Therefore, the voltage of the negative electrode of the light emitting device does not need to be reduced to the reference voltage VSS to enable the light emitting device to emit light, instead, the value of the voltage of the negative electrode of the light emitting device plus the lighting voltage of the light emitting device is smaller than the voltage of the positive electrode of the light emitting device, and the light emitting device may be in the light-emitting state (namely on state ZT-on).
In order to solve the above problems, the driving element 112 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may further adjust a potential of a second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element before the working time duration of the light-emitting period, for example, the potential of the second terminal of the device group is pulled down. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, any one of the plurality of driving elements may control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal of the driving element for a first compensation time before the working time duration, so as to adopt the reference voltage loaded on the reference voltage terminal to adjust a potential of the second terminal of the coupled device group within the first compensation time. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, any one of the plurality of driving elements may control the positive signal line to form an electrical loop at least successively through the device group coupled with the driving element, the output terminal of the driving element and the reference voltage terminal at an end moment of the first compensation time. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, any one of the plurality of driving elements may control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal of the driving element for a second compensation time within the working time duration. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first compensation time and the second compensation time may be successively-continuous time durations. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a device group includes a plurality of devices (such as light emitting devices), a second terminal of the device group may include negative electrodes of a plurality of light emitting devices, the negative electrode of each light emitting device is connected with different output terminals of the same driving element, and then, the first compensation time and/or the second compensation time corresponding to each light emitting device are different, so that the potentials of the negative electrodes of different light emitting devices may be accurately adjusted.
Since there is an overlapping time duration between the second compensation time and the working time duration of the light emitting device, in order to avoid the influence of the second compensation time on the brightness of the light emitting device when it is normally working, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, for at least one device group among the plurality of device groups, the second compensation time corresponding to the device group is less than the first compensation time corresponding to the device group. Specifically, the second compensation time corresponding to each device in the device group may be less than the first compensation time corresponding to each device in the device group, for example, the second compensation time corresponding to each light emitting device may be less than the first compensation time corresponding to each light emitting device. During specific implementation, the second compensation time is less than half of the first compensation time.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, at least two device groups among the plurality of device groups correspond to different first compensation times and/or second compensation times respectively. The plurality of devices belonging to the same device group may correspond to different first compensation times and/or second compensation times respectively when realizing a specific gray scale. For example, a device group includes a first color light emitting device 1111, a second color light emitting device 1112 and a third color light emitting device 1113, a first compensation time corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 is 60 ns, a first compensation time corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 is 35 ns and a first compensation time corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 is 8 ns, then, a second compensation time corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 may be 10 ns, a second compensation time corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 may be 5 ns and a second compensation time corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 may be 2 ns.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second compensation times corresponding to at least part of the plurality of device groups may be the same. Exemplarily, the second compensation times corresponding to the at least part of device groups may be set as 1 ns, which may reduce the design difficulty of the second compensation time.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, any one of the plurality of driving elements 112 may control the second terminal of the device group coupled with the driving element to be on with the reference voltage terminal O6 of the driving element for a potential compensation time according to the pre-stored potential compensation time corresponding to the device group coupled with the driving element, and the potential compensation time is a sum of the first compensation time and the second compensation time. Of course, the potential compensation time is the first compensation time. A situation that the potential compensation time is the sum of the first compensation time and the second compensation time is taken as an example for illustration below. When the potential compensation time is the first compensation time, its working process may be done in the same way, which is not repeated here.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, since the potential of the negatively electrode of the light emitting device is adjusted before the light emitting device emits light, the self parasitic capacitance of the light emitting device discharges in advance, but it is necessary to avoid that the light emitting device emits light in a non-working time duration due to the potential of the negative electrode of the light emitting device being adjusted in advance. Therefore, the first compensation time ts1 is provided with a maximum value ts1-max, and during specific implementation, the first compensation time ts1 should not exceed the maximum value ts1-max. Exemplarily, the maximum value ts1-max of the first compensation time ts1 may be determined according to a formula: V+−VF=Vs·ets1-max/R
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a processing control circuit 1122 may further, according to the potential compensation time, generate a potential adjusting control signal within a light-emitting period, and send the potential adjusting control signal to a data driving circuit. The data driving circuit may control the second terminal of the corresponding device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal according to an effective level of the received potential adjusting control signal, wherein a duration of the effective level of the potential adjusting control signal corresponding to the device group is the potential compensation time. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the data driving circuit includes a data driving sub-circuit, the data driving sub-circuit may receive the potential adjusting control signal output by the processing control circuit 1122 and control the second terminal of the coupled device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal in response to the potential adjusting control signal. Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the data driving sub-circuit may further include a potential adjusting circuit, and the potential adjusting circuit is coupled with the processing control circuit and the corresponding output terminal respectively. In addition, the potential adjusting circuit may receive the potential adjusting control signal of the corresponding device group and control the second terminal of the coupled device group to be on with the reference voltage terminal according to the received potential adjusting control signal. Exemplarily, as shown in
Exemplarily, the potential adjusting circuit may include a switch element, for example, may be a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a thin film transistor (TFT) and other transistors. Of course, in practical applications, a specific implementation of the potential adjusting circuit may be determined according to the requirements of the practical applications, which is not limited here.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
Exemplarily, as shown in
Then, the processor 11221 sends the driving control signal PWM1 to the data driving sub-circuit 11211, sends the driving control signal PWM2 to the data driving sub-circuit 11212, sends the driving control signal PWM3 to the data driving sub-circuit 11213, and sends the current amplitude control information and the potential adjusting information corresponding to each color light emitting device to the control circuit 11222. The control circuit 11222 may generate the current control signals DAC1, DAC2 and DAC3 according to the current amplitude control information, and generate the potential adjusting control signals OVS1, OVS2 and OVS3 according to the potential adjusting information. Then, the control circuit 11222 may send the current control signal DAC1 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS1 to the data driving sub-circuit 11211, sends the current control signal DAC2 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS2 to the data driving sub-circuit 11212 and sends the current control signal DAC3 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS3 to the data driving sub-circuit 11213.
The potential adjusting circuit 112113 in the data driving sub-circuit 11211 may receive the potential adjusting control signal OVS1 and control the negative electrode of the first color light emitting device 1111 to be on with the reference voltage terminal O6 in response to the effective level of the potential adjusting control signal OVS1. The constant current source circuit 112112 may receive the current control signal DAC1 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 and output a current IL1 of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal DAC1 according to the received current control signal DAC1. The modulation circuit 112111 may receive the driving control signal PWM1 corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111 and input the current IL1 generated by the constant current source circuit 112112 to the coupled output terminal O1 according to an effective level (such as a high level) of the received driving control signal PWM1, to control the first positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the first color light emitting device 1111, the output terminal O1 of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6 within the working time duration, so as to enable the first color light emitting device 1111 to emit light. In this way, the driving control signal PWM1, the current control signal DAC1 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS1 may be combined with one another to control the light-emitting brightness and time of the first color light emitting device 1111 in each display sub-frame.
The potential adjusting circuit 112123 in the data driving sub-circuit 11212 may receive the potential adjusting control signal OVS2 and control the negative electrode of the second color light emitting device 1112 to be on with the reference voltage terminal O6 in response to the effective level of the potential adjusting control signal OVS2. The constant current source circuit 112122 may receive the current control signal DAC2 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 and output a current IL2 of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal DAC2 according to the received current control signal DAC2. The modulation circuit 112121 may receive the driving control signal PWM2 corresponding to the second color light emitting device 1112 and input the current IL2 generated by the constant current source circuit 112122 to the coupled output terminal O2 according to an effective level (such as a high level) of the received driving control signal PWM2, to control the second positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the second color light emitting device 1112, the output terminal O2 of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6 within the working time duration, so as to enable the second color light emitting device 1112 to emit light. That is, within a duration of the effective level of the driving control signal PWM2, the second color light emitting device 1112 may be considered to be in the working time duration. In this way, the driving control signal PWM2, the current control signal DAC2 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS2 may be combined with one another to control the light-emitting brightness and time of the second color light emitting device 1112 in each display sub-frame.
The potential adjusting circuit 112133 in the data driving sub-circuit 11213 may receive the potential adjusting control signal OVS3 and control the negative electrode of the third color light emitting device 1113 to be on with the reference voltage terminal O6 in response to the effective level of the potential adjusting control signal OVS3. The constant current source circuit 112132 may receive the current control signal DAC3 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 and output a current IL3 of a constant amplitude corresponding to the current control signal DAC3 according to the received current control signal DAC3. The modulation circuit 112131 may receive the driving control signal PWM3 corresponding to the third color light emitting device 1113 and input the current IL3 generated by the constant current source circuit 112132 to the coupled output terminal O3 according to an effective level (such as a high level) of the received driving control signal PWM3, to control the second positive signal line to form the electrical loop at least successively through the third color light emitting device 1113, the output terminal O3 of the driving element 112 and the reference voltage terminal O6 within the working time duration, so as to enable the third color light emitting device 1113 to emit light. That is, within a duration of the effective level of the driving control signal PWM3, the third color light emitting device 1113 may be considered to be in the working time duration. In this way, the driving control signal PWM3, the current control signal DAC3 and the potential adjusting control signal OVS3 may be combined with one another to control the light-emitting brightness and time of the third color light emitting device 1113 in each display sub-frame.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the potential compensation time may be stored in the processor 11221. In order to reduce the storage requirements of the processor 11221, exemplarily, the control circuit may store the potential compensation time of the device group corresponding to each coupled driving element 112. For example, a system circuit stores the potential compensation time of the device group corresponding to each coupled driving element 112. When an electronic device is started, the system circuit may send the potential compensation time of the device group corresponding to each driving element 112 to each driving element 112. When the electronic device is started, the driving elements 112 may receive and store the potential compensation time sent by the system circuit, and clear the stored potential compensation time when the electronic device is shut down. Exemplarily, the system circuit may send the potential compensation time of the device group corresponding to each driving element 112 to each driving element 112 in a display frame F0, and the driving elements 112 receive and store the potential compensation time sent by the system circuit in the display frame F0.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In conjunction with
When the electronic device is started, the display frame F0 may display no any image, such as showing a black picture, and in the display frame F0, a stage 10, a stage t1 and a stage t2 are successively performed. The process of the stages to and t1 may be described as above, which will be repeated here. In the stage 12, reserved control instruction positions P2+P3 of 16 bits and/or reserved control instruction positions P4+P5 of 16 bits in current set information Co may carry the potential compensation times respectively corresponding to the first color light emitting device 1111, the second color light emitting device 1112 and the third color light emitting device 1113 one to one. In this way, the processor 11221 may store the received potential compensation times.
It should be noted that the above potential compensation times may be determined by testing before the electronic device leaves a factory. Exemplarily, a method for determining the potential compensation times may be: controlling each light emitting device in a display panel to show brightness of a specific gray scale (a preset gray scale, for example, may be a low gray scale), shooting the lightened display panel by a camera, so as to collect original brightness data at each position of the display panel, and dividing the original brightness of the same specific gray scale shown by each light emitting device into a plurality of intervals, wherein there is a mapping relationship between each interval and a potential compensation time. For the specific gray scale, the corresponding interval may be found according to the original brightness data corresponding to each light emitting device, so as to determine the potential compensation time corresponding to each light emitting device. For example, when the same specific gray scale is displayed, the original brightness shown by each light emitting device may be divided into eight intervals: L0-L1, L1-L2, L2-L3, L3-L4, L4-L5, L5-L6, L6-L7, and L7-L8. A brightness range of L0-L1 corresponds to a potential compensation time 0 ns, a brightness range of L1-L2 corresponds to a potential compensation time 5 ns, a brightness range of L2-L3 corresponds to a potential compensation time 10 ns, a brightness range of L3-L4 corresponds to a potential compensation time 20 ns, a brightness range of L4-L5 corresponds to a potential compensation time 40 ns, a brightness range of L5-L6 corresponds to a potential compensation time 50 ns, a brightness range of L6-L7 corresponds to a potential compensation time 60 ns, and a brightness range of L7-L8 corresponds to a potential compensation time 70 ns. If the original brightness data of the light emitting device when displaying the specific gray scale corresponds to the brightness range of L6-L7, it may be determined that the potential compensation time corresponding to the light emitting device when displaying the specific gray scale is 60 ns. Accordingly, the determined potential compensation time corresponding to each light emitting device when displaying the specific gray scale is stored, for example, stored in the system circuit 300.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display driving method, which may be performed by the above electronic device. The display driving method may include: the positive signal line and the reference voltage terminal of the driving element are controlled to form an electrical loop within a working time duration of a light-emitting period. A potential of a second terminal of a device group coupled with the driving element is adjusted before the working time duration of the light-emitting period. It should be noted that a working principle and a specific implementation of the display driving method are basically the same as those of the electronic device in the above embodiments. Therefore, the working method of the display driving method may be implemented by referring to the specific implementation of the electronic device in the above embodiments, which will not be repeated here.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments of the present disclosure may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Therefore, the present disclosure may take the form of a full hardware embodiment, a full software embodiment, or an embodiment combining software and hardware. Besides, the present disclosure may adopt the form of a computer program product implemented on one or more computer available storage media (including but not limited to a disk memory, a CD-ROM, an optical memory and the like) containing computer available program codes.
The present disclosure is described with reference to the flow charts and/or block diagrams of the method, device (system), and computer program product according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that each flow and/or block in the flow chart and/or block diagram and the combination of flows and/or blocks in the flow chart and/or block diagram can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be provided to processors of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, an embedded processor or other programmable data processing devices to generate a machine, so that instructions executed by processors of a computer or other programmable data processing devices generate an apparatus for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flow chart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.
These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-readable memory capable of guiding a computer or other programmable data processing devices to work in a specific manner, so that instructions stored in the computer-readable memory generate a manufacturing product including an instruction apparatus, and the instruction apparatus implements the functions specified in one or more flows of the flow chart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.
These computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing devices, so that a series of operation steps are executed on the computer or other programmable devices to produce computer-implemented processing, and thus, the instructions executed on the computer or other programmable devices provide steps for implementing the functions specified in one or more flows of the flow chart and/or one or more blocks of the block diagram.
Although the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure have been described, those skilled in the art can make additional changes and modifications on these embodiments once they know the basic creative concept. So the appended claims are intended to be construed to include the preferred embodiments and all changes and modifications that fall into the scope of the present disclosure.
Apparently, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and variations to the embodiments of the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure. In this way, under the condition that these modifications and variations to the embodiments of the present disclosure fall within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure and their equivalent technologies, the present disclosure is also intended to include these modifications and variations.
The present application is a National Stage of International Application No. PCT/CN2022/088732, filed on Apr. 24, 2022, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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PCT/CN2022/088732 | 4/24/2022 | WO |