This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Number 108138296, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure generally relates to a display device. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a pixel circuit of the display device in which substantially immune to effects caused by leakage currents.
Compared with liquid crystal displays (LCDs), organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays have the advantages of low power consumption, high color saturation and high response speed, making them being regarded as one of the next generation of mainstream display products. OLED displays use transistors operated in the saturation region as current sources to drive OLEDs. However, the OLED pixel circuits usually needs control signals having complex waveforms, and also face problems of leakage currents through thin film transistors (TFTs).
The disclosure provides a pixel circuit including a compensation circuit, a writing circuit, a light emitting element, and a power supplying circuit. The compensation circuit comprises a first node, and is configured to provide a driving current according to a voltage of the first node and a system high voltage. The writing circuit is configured to provide a data voltage to the compensation circuit according to a first control signal so that the compensation circuit sets the voltage of the first node. The light emitting element is configured to emit light according to the driving current. The power supplying circuit is configured to couple the compensation circuit to the light emitting element according to a first emission signal, is configured to provide the system high voltage to the compensation circuit according to a second emission signal, and is configured to provide a system low voltage to the compensation circuit according to a second control signal to reset the voltage of the first node. The first control signal is opposite to the first emission signal, and the second control signal is opposite to the second emission signal.
The disclosure provides a display device including a gate driving circuit, a pixel array, and a source driving circuit. The gate driving circuit is configured to provide multiple control signals and multiple emission signals, in which the multiple control signals are opposite to the multiple emission signals, respectively. The pixel array is coupled with the gate driving circuit, and comprises multiple pixel circuits. Each of the multiple pixel circuits includes a compensation circuit, a writing circuit, a light emitting element, and a power supplying circuit. The compensation circuit comprises a first node, and is configured to provide a driving current according to a voltage of the first node and a system high voltage. The writing circuit is configured to provide a data voltage to the compensation circuit according to a first control signal of the multiple control signals, so that the compensation circuit sets the voltage of the first node. The light emitting element is configured to emit lights according to the driving current. The power supplying circuit is configured to conduct the compensation circuit to the light emitting element according to a first emission signal of the multiple emission signals, is configured to provide the system high voltage to the compensation circuit according to a second emission signal of the multiple emission signals, and is configured to provide a system low voltage to the compensation circuit according to a second control signal of the multiple control signals so as to reset the voltage of the first node. The source driving circuit is coupled with the pixel array, and is configured to provide the data voltage.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are by examples, and are intended to provide further explanation of the disclosure as claimed.
Reference will now be made in detail to the present embodiments of the disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used in the drawings and the description to refer to the same or like parts.
In practice, the display device 100 may be implemented as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display or a Micro LED display.
In one frame period, each of the control signals S[1]-S[n] is maintained at the logic high level for a time length (e.g., a time length P1), and each of the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n] is maintained at the logic low level for another time length (e.g., a time length P2). In some embodiments, in the frame period, the time length that any one of the control signals S[1]-S[n] having the logic high level would be the same as the time length that any one of the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n] having the logic low level, that is, the time length P1 is the same as the time length P2.
In other words, the control signals S[1]-S[n] and the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n] having simple waveforms contribute to a simple circuit structure of the gate driving circuit 130 so that the display device 100 can be implemented with a slim border. For example, the gate driving circuit 130 may comprise two different kinds of shift register circuits to respectively generates the control signals S[1]-S[n] and the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n], or the gate driving circuit 130 may comprise only one kind of shift register circuits having inverters to simultaneously generate control signals S[1]-S[n] and emission signals EM[1]-EM[n].
The writing circuit 320 is configured to provide the data voltage Vdata[n] to the compensation circuit 310 according to the control signal S[n], and configured to provide the reference voltage Vref to the compensation circuit 310 according to the emission signal EM[n]. In some embodiments, the compensation circuit 310 sets the voltage of the first node N1 according to the data voltage Vdata[n] and the reference voltage Vref. The power supplying circuit 330 is configured to couple the compensation circuit 310 to the light emitting element DI according to the emission signal EM[n], and configured to provide the system high voltage OVDD to the compensation circuit 310 according to the emission signal EM[n−1]. In addition, the power supplying circuit 330 is further configured to provide a system low voltage OVSS to the compensation circuit 310 according to the control signal S[n−1], in which the compensation circuit 310 couples the first node N1 to the power supplying circuit 330 according to the control signal S[n] and the control signal S[n−1] so as to reset the voltage of the first node N1.
Notably, one pixel circuit PX of the display device 100 shares signals with other pixel circuits PX disposed at the adjacent rows to further reduce the circuit structure of the gate driving circuit 130. For example, the pixel circuit PX surrounded by the dotted lines of
In one embodiment, the compensation circuit 410 comprises a first input terminal IN1, a second input terminal IN2, a first node N1, and a driving transistor Td, in which a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal of the driving transistor Td is coupled with a first input terminal IN1, a second input terminal IN2, and the first node N1, respectively. The first input terminal IN1 is configured to receive the system high voltage OVDD from the power supplying circuit 430. The second input terminal IN2 is configured to receive the system low voltage OVSS from the power supplying circuit 430, and is coupled with the light emitting element DI through the power supplying circuit 430.
When the power supplying circuit 430 provides the system high voltage OVDD, the compensation circuit 410 disconnects the first node N1 from the first input terminal IN1 and the second input terminal IN2 according to the control signal S[n] and the control signal S[n−1], in which the compensation circuit 410 further provides the driving current Idr to the light emitting element DI according to the voltage of the first node N1 and the system high voltage OVDD. In this situation, a voltage of the first input terminal IN1 is higher than the voltage of the first node N1, and the voltage of the first node N1 is higher than a voltage of the second input terminal IN2. As a result, a leakage current may flow from the first input terminal IN1 to the first node N1, and another leakage current may flow from the first node N1 to second input terminal IN2, so as to stabilize the voltage of the first node N1, which will be further described in the following paragraphs.
In another embodiment, the compensation circuit 410 further comprises a first switch T1, a second switch T2, and a storage capacitor Cs. A first terminal of the first switch T1 is coupled with the second input terminal IN2. A second terminal of the first switch T1 is coupled with the first node N1. A control terminal of the first switch T1 is configured to receive the control signal S[n]. A first terminal of the second switch T2 is coupled with the first input terminal IN1. A second terminal of the second switch T2 is coupled with the first node N1. A control terminal of the second switch T2 is configured to receive the control signal S[n−1]. A first terminal of the storage capacitor Cs is coupled with the first node N1, and a second terminal of the storage capacitor Cs is coupled with the writing circuit 420.
The compensation circuit 410 of each of the above embodiments may be used to realize the compensation circuit 310 of
The writing circuit 420 is coupled with the compensation circuit 410, and comprises a third switch T3 and a fourth switch T4. A first terminal of the third switch T3 is coupled with the storage capacitor Cs. A second terminal of the third switch T3 is configured to receive the data voltage Vdata[n]. A control terminal of the third switch T3 is configured to receive the control signal S[n]. A first terminal of the fourth switch T4 is coupled with the storage capacitor Cs. A second terminal of the fourth switch T4 is configured to receive the reference voltage Vref. A control terminal of the fourth switch T4 is configured to receive the emission signal EM[n].
In one embodiment, the writing circuit 420 may be used to realize the writing circuit 320 of
The power supplying circuit 430 comprises a fifth switch T5, a sixth switch T6, and a seventh switch T7. A first terminal of the fifth switch T5 is configured to receive the system high voltage OVDD. A second terminal of the fifth switch T5 is coupled with the first input terminal IN1 of the compensation circuit 310. A control terminal of the fifth switch T5 is configured to receive the emission signal EM[n−1]. A first terminal of the sixth switch T6 is configured to receive the system low voltage OVSS. A second terminal of the sixth switch T6 is coupled with the second input terminal IN2 of the compensation circuit 410. A control terminal of the sixth switch T6 is configured to receive the control signal S[n−1]. A first terminal of the seventh switch T7 is coupled with the second input terminal IN2. A second terminal of the seventh switch T7 is coupled with the first terminal of the light emitting element DI. A control terminal of the seventh switch T7 is configured to receive the emission signal EM[n].
In one embodiment, the power supplying circuit 430 may be used to realize the power supplying circuit 330 of
In one embodiment, the pixel circuit PXa of
In practice, the switches and the driving transistor Td of the above embodiments may be realized by any suitable kinds of P-type transistors. For example, the thin-film transistors or the MOS field-effect transistor. The light emitting element DI may be realized by the OLED or the Micro LED.
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Specifically, the voltage of the first node N1 during the compensation period may be calculated by the following Formula 1:
V1=OVDD−|Vth| (Formula 1)
The symbol “V1” represents the voltage of the first node N1, and the symbol “Vth” represents the threshold voltage of the driving transistor Td.
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Specifically, the voltage of the first node N1 during the emission stage may be described by the following Formula 2:
V1=OVDD−|Vth|+(Vref−Vdata) (Formula 2)
In addition, the driving transistor Td is operated in the saturation region, and provides the driving current Idr according to the voltage of the first node N1 and the system high voltage OVDD. The driving current Idr during emission stage may be described by the following Formula 3:
The symbol “k” represents a product of carrier mobility, gate oxide capacitance per unit area, and a width-to-length ratio of the driving transistor Td.
As can be appreciated from Formula 3, even if the threshold voltage of the driving transistor Td varies because of multiple reasons such as the manufacture processes and the degradation, or if the system high voltage OVDD varies because of the current-resistor drop (IR drop) effect, a normal relationship remains between the magnitude of the driving current Idr and the data voltage Vdata[n].
On the other hand, as shown in
The switches of the above embodiments may be realized by any suitable kinds of N-type transistors. In these implementations, the waveforms of the control signal S[n], the control signal S[n−1], the emission signal EM[n], and the emission signal EM[n−1] are respectively opposite to that of the corresponding signals of
In addition, as shown in Table 1, in the cases respectively corresponding to the low, medium and high gray levels, the voltage of the first node N1 varies for less than 3% during the emission stage.
The shift register circuits 810[1]-810[n] are configured to perform shift register operations according to clock signals Ck1-Ck4 and a start signal ST, so as to output the control signals S[1]-S[n] and/or the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n] having the logic high level. The shift register circuits 810[1]-810[n] are also configured to stabilize the control signals S[1]-S[n] and/or the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n] at the logic low level according to the power input VSQ and the power input VSG.
In one embodiment, the gate driving circuit 800 can be used to realize the gate driving circuit 130 of
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For example, the shift register unit 812[1] outputs the control signal S[1] to the inverter 814[1], while the inverter 814[1] outputs the emission signal EM[1] opposite to the control signal S[1]. As another example, the shift register unit 812[2] outputs the control signal S[2] to the inverter 814[2], while the inverter 814[2] outputs the emission signal EM[2] opposite to the control signal S[2].
In another embodiment, the shift register units 812[1]-812[n] are configured to provide the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n], respectively. The inverters 814[1]-814[n] are configured to provide the control signals S[1]-S[n], respectively, according to the emission signals EM[1]-EM[n].
In other words, since the gate driving circuit 800 provides signals having different waveforms despite the simple circuit structure thereof, the gate driving circuit 800 is suitable for slim-border displays.
Certain terms are used throughout the description and the claims to refer to particular components. One skilled in the art appreciates that a component may be referred to as different names. This disclosure does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not in function. In the description and in the claims, the term “comprise” is used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean “include, but not limited to.” The term “couple” is intended to compass any indirect or direct connection. Accordingly, if this disclosure mentioned that a first device is coupled with a second device, it means that the first device may be directly or indirectly connected to the second device through electrical connections, wireless communications, optical communications, or other signal connections with/without other intermediate devices or connection means.
The term “and/or” may comprise any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. In addition, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” herein are intended to comprise the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Other embodiments of the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the present disclosure disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the present disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
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108138296 | Oct 2019 | TW | national |