The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to a pixel circuitry, a pixel driving method and a display device.
In related art, during the operation of a pixel circuitry, at a non-light-emitting stage, residual electric charges at a previous light-emitting stage may remain in a parasitic capacitor at a first node (a node electrically connected to a first end of a driving circuitry), and a current leakage occurs for a first voltage end through a transistor of a first light-emission control circuitry, so a certain amount of electric charges are accumulated at the first node when the pixel circuitry enters the light-emitting stage again. As a result, brightness values increase gradually within a same display period, and thereby flicker occurs.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a pixel circuitry, including a first light-emission control circuitry, a driving circuitry, a second light-emission control circuitry, a resetting control circuitry and a light-emitting element. The first light-emission control circuitry is electrically connected to a light-emission control line, a first voltage end and a first node, and configured to control the first voltage end to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the first node under the control of a light-emission control signal from the light-emission control line. A control end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to a second node, a first end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to the first node, and a second end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to a third node. The driving circuitry is configured to generate a driving current for driving the light-emitting element under the control of a potential at the control end. The second light-emission control circuitry is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, the third node and a fourth node, and configured to control the third node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal. A first electrode of the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the fourth node, and a second electrode of the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a second voltage end. The resetting control circuitry is electrically connected to a resetting control line, a connection node and a first initial voltage end for providing a first initial voltage, and configured to provide the first initial voltage to the connection node under the control of a resetting control signal from the resetting control line. The connection node is the first node, the third node or the fourth node.
Optionally, the resetting control circuitry is further electrically connected to a fifth node, and configured to, under the control of the resetting control signal, control the first initial voltage end to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fifth node, control the fifth node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the connection node, and maintain a potential at the fifth node.
Optionally, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. The first control circuitry is electrically connected to the resetting control line, the connection node and the fifth node, and configured to control the connection node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal. The second control circuitry is electrically connected to the resetting control line, the fifth node and the first initial voltage end, and configured to write the first initial voltage from the first initial voltage end into the fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal. The first energy storage circuitry is electrically connected to the fifth node, and configured to store electric energy.
Optionally, the resetting control line is the light-emission control line, or the resetting control signal from the resetting control line is the same as the light-emission control signal from the light-emission control line.
Optionally, the first control circuitry includes a first transistor and the second control circuitry includes a second transistor. A control electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the resetting control line, a first electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the fifth node, and a second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third node. A control electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the resetting control line, a first electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the fifth node.
Optionally, the first transistor is an oxide thin film transistor, and the second transistor is a low temperature poly-silicon thin film transistor.
Optionally, the first energy storage circuitry includes a first capacitor, a first end of which is electrically connected to the fifth node, and a second end of which is electrically connected to the first voltage end.
Optionally, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, a compensation control circuitry, a first initialization circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry and a second initialization circuitry. The data write-in circuitry is electrically connected to a write-in control line, a data line and the first node, and configured to write a data voltage from the data line into the first node under the control of a write-in control signal from the write-in control line. The compensation control circuitry is electrically connected to a compensation control line, the control end of the driving circuitry and the second end of the driving circuitry, and configured to control the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the second end of the driving circuitry under the control of a compensation control signal from the compensation control line. The first initialization circuitry is electrically connected to an initialization control line, a second initial voltage end and the control end of the driving circuitry, and configured to write a second initial voltage from the second initial voltage end into the control end of the driving circuitry under the control of an initialization control signal from the initialization control line. The second energy storage circuitry is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry, and configured to store electric energy. The second initialization circuitry is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a third initial voltage end and the fourth node, and configured to write a third initial voltage from the third initial voltage end into the fourth node under the control of the write-in control signal.
Optionally, the first light-emission control circuitry includes a third transistor, the second light-emission control circuitry includes a fourth transistor, and the driving circuitry includes a driving transistor. A control electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, a first electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first voltage end, and a second electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first node. A control electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the third node, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth node. A control electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the second node, a first electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the first node, and a second electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the third node.
Optionally, the data write-in circuitry includes a fifth transistor, the compensation control circuitry includes a sixth transistor, the first initialization circuitry includes a seventh transistor, the second initialization circuitry includes an eighth transistor, and the second energy storage circuitry includes a second capacitor. A control electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the data line, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the first end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the compensation control line, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the initialization control line, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the second initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the third initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth node. A first end of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the second node, and a second end of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the first voltage end.
In another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a pixel driving method for the above-mentioned pixel circuitry. A display period includes a non-light-emitting stage and a light-emitting stage. The pixel driving method includes, at the non-light-emitting stage, applying, by a resetting control circuitry, a first initial voltage to a connection node under the control of a resetting control signal.
Optionally, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. The pixel driving method includes: at the light-emitting stage, writing, by the second control circuitry, the first initial voltage into a fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal, and storing, by the first energy storage circuitry, the first initial voltage in the fifth node; and at the non-light-emitting stage, controlling, by the first control circuitry, the fifth node to be electrically connected to the connection node under the control of the resetting control signal, to write the first initial voltage into the connection node.
Optionally, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, a compensation control circuitry, a first initialization circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry and a second initialization circuitry. A first display stage of the display period includes an initialization stage, a compensation stage and the light-emitting stage arranged sequentially in that order, and the compensation stage includes a data write-in stage. The pixel driving method includes: at the initialization stage, writing, by the first initialization circuitry, a second initial voltage into a control end of a driving circuitry under the control of the resetting control signal, so that the driving circuitry controls a first node to be electrically connected to a third node at the beginning of the compensation stage under the control of a potential at a control end of the driving circuitry; at the data write-in stage, writing, by the data write-in circuitry, a data voltage Vdata from a data line into the first node under the control of a write-in control signal; at the compensation stage, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, a second node to be electrically connected to the third node under the control of a compensation control signal; and at the light-emitting stage, controlling, by a first light-emission control circuitry, a first voltage end to be electrically connected to the first node under the control of a light-emission control signal, and controlling, by a second light-emission control circuitry, the third node to be electrically connected to the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal, so that the driving circuitry generates a driving current for driving a light-emitting element.
Optionally, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, the non-light-emitting stage includes a data write-in stage, a display frame includes a refresh display sub-frame and at least one maintenance display sub-frame, the refresh display sub-frame includes the display period, and the maintenance display sub-frame includes the display period. The pixel driving method further includes: within the maintenance display sub-frame, providing, by the data line, a first voltage signal; and at the data write-in stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, writing, by the data write-in circuitry, the first voltage signal into the first node under the control of the write-in control signal.
Optionally, the pixel circuitry further includes a compensation control circuitry, and the display period further includes a compensation stage. The pixel driving method further includes: at the data write-in stage within the refresh display sub-frame, providing, by the data line, a data voltage, and writing, by the data write-in circuitry, the data voltage into the first node under the control of the write-in control signal; at the compensation stage within the refresh display sub-frame, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to a second end of the driving circuitry under the control of the compensation control signal; at the light-emitting stage within the refresh display sub-frame and at the light-emitting stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, controlling, by the first light-emission control circuitry, the first voltage end to be electrically connected to the first node under the control of the light-emission control signal, and controlling, by the second light-emission control circuitry, the third node to be electrically connected to the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal, so that the driving circuitry generates the driving current for driving the light-emitting element; and within the maintenance display sub-frame, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically disconnected from the second end of the driving circuitry under the control of the compensation control signal.
Optionally, within the display frame, a frequency of the write-in control signal is smaller than a frequency of the light-emission control signal.
In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned pixel circuitry.
In the following, the present disclosure will be described hereinafter in a clear and complete manner in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. Obviously, the following embodiments merely relate to a part of, rather than all of, the embodiments of the present disclosure, and based on these embodiments, a person skilled in the art may, without any creative effort, obtain the other embodiments, which also fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
All transistors adopted in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be triodes, thin film transistors (TFT), field effect transistors (FETs) or any other elements having an identical characteristic. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to differentiate two electrodes other than a control electrode from each other, one of the two electrodes is called as first electrode and the other is called as second electrode.
In actual use, when the transistor is a TFT or FET, the first electrode may be a drain electrode and the second electrode may be a source electrode, or the first electrode may be a source electrode and the second electrode may be a drain electrode.
The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a pixel circuitry, which includes a first light-emission control circuitry, a driving circuitry, a second light-emission control circuitry, a resetting control circuitry and a light-emitting element. The first light-emission control circuitry is electrically connected to a light-emission control line, a first voltage end and a first node, and configured to control the first voltage end to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the first node under the control of a light-emission control signal from the light-emission control line. A control end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to a second node, a first end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to the first node, and a second end of the driving circuitry is electrically connected to a third node. The driving circuitry is configured to generate a driving current for driving the light-emitting element under the control of a potential at the control end. The second light-emission control circuitry is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, the third node and a fourth node, and configured to control the third node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal. A first electrode of the light-emitting element is electrically connected to the fourth node, and a second electrode of the light-emitting element is electrically connected to a second voltage end. The resetting control circuitry is electrically connected to a resetting control line, a connection node and a first initial voltage end for providing a first initial voltage, and configured to provide the first initial voltage to the connection node under the control of a resetting control signal from the resetting control line. The connection node is the first node, the third node or the fourth node.
During the operation of the pixel circuitry, a display period includes a non-light-emitting stage and a light-emitting stage. At the non-light-emitting stage, the resetting control circuitry applies the first initial voltage to the connection node under the control of the resetting control signal, so that superfluous electric charges additionally accumulated at the first node are cancelled out by the first initial voltage applied to the connection node at the beginning of the light-emitting stage. In this way, it is able to inhibit such a phenomenon that brightness values increase gradually within a same display period (the display period may be, but not limited to, one frame), thereby to suppress the occurrence of flicker.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first voltage end may be, but not limited to, a high voltage end, and the second voltage end may be, but not limited to, a low voltage end.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the light-emitting element may be, but not limited to, an organic light-emitting diode.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the non-light-emitting stage may include, but not limited to, a time period in the display period other than the light-emitting stage.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the resetting control line is the light-emission control line, or the resetting control signal from the resetting control line and the light-emission control signal from the light-emission control line are one same control signal. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the resetting control circuitry is further electrically connected to a fifth node, and configured to, under the control of the resetting control signal, control the first initial voltage end to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fifth node, control the fifth node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the connection node, and maintain a potential at the fifth node.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, a value of the first initial voltage may be greater than or equal to −3V and smaller than or equal to −2.3V. For example, the first initial voltage may be, but not limited to, −3V, −2.3V, −2.4V, −2.5V or −2.8V.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. The first control circuitry is electrically connected to the resetting control line, the connection node and the fifth node, and configured to control the connection node to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal. The second control circuitry is electrically connected to the resetting control line, the fifth node and the first initial voltage end, and configured to write the first initial voltage from the first initial voltage end into the fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal. The first energy storage circuitry is electrically connected to the fifth node, and configured to store electric energy.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. At the light-emitting stage, the second control circuitry writes the first initial voltage into the fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal, and the first energy storage circuitry stores the first initial voltage at the fifth node N5. At the non-light-emitting stage, the first control circuitry controls the fifth node to be electrically connected to the third node under the control of the resetting control signal, to write the first initial voltage into the connection node.
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Optionally, the first control circuitry includes a first transistor and the second control circuitry includes a second transistor. A control electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the resetting control line, a first electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the fifth node, and a second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third node. A control electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the resetting control line, a first electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the fifth node.
Optionally, the first transistor is an oxide thin film transistor, and the second transistor is a low temperature poly-silicon thin film transistor.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first energy storage circuitry includes a first capacitor, a first end of which is electrically connected to the fifth node, and a second end of which is electrically connected to the first voltage end.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, a compensation control circuitry, a first initialization circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry and a second initialization circuitry. The data write-in circuitry is electrically connected to a write-in control line, a data line and the first node, and configured to write a data voltage from the data line into the first node under the control of a write-in control signal from the write-in control line. The compensation control circuitry is electrically connected to a compensation control line, the control end of the driving circuitry and the second end of the driving circuitry, and configured to control the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to or electrically disconnected from the second end of the driving circuitry under the control of a compensation control signal from the compensation control line. The first initialization circuitry is electrically connected to an initialization control line, a second initial voltage end and the control end of the driving circuitry, and configured to write a second initial voltage from the second initial voltage end into the control end of the driving circuitry under the control of an initialization control signal from the initialization control line, so that the driving circuitry controls the first end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuitry under the potential at the control end at the beginning of the compensation stage. The second energy storage circuitry is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry, and configured to store electric energy. The second initialization circuitry is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a third initial voltage end and the fourth node, and configured to write a third initial voltage from the third initial voltage end into the fourth node under the control of the write-in control signal, so as to control the light-emitting element not to emit light.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry 41, a compensation control circuitry, a first initialization circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry and a second initialization circuitry. The data write-in circuitry is configured to write the data voltage into the node. The compensation control circuitry is configured to compensate for a threshold voltage. The first initialization circuitry is configured to reset the potential at the control end of the driving circuitry, so that the driving circuitry controls the first end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuitry under the control of the potential at the control end at the beginning of the compensation stage. The second energy storage circuitry is configured to maintain the potential at the control end of the driving circuitry. The second initialization circuitry is configured to reset a potential at the first electrode of the light-emitting element, so as to control the light-emitting element not to emit light.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, during the operation of the pixel circuitry, when an image is to be displayed at a low frequency, a display frame includes a refresh display sub-frame and at least one maintenance display sub-frame. Within the maintenance display sub-frame, the data line provides a first voltage signal. At the data write-in stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, the data write-in circuitry writes the first voltage signal into the first node under the control of the write-in control signal.
Within the maintenance display sub-frame, even when a current leakage occurs for a transistor of the data write-in circuitry, the potential at the first node is also maintained as a first voltage value (the first voltage value is a value of the first voltage signal), so as to maintain the potential at the first node as approximately a same value when an image is displayed at different frequencies, thereby to reduce a difference in the brightness values.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first voltage signal is a high voltage signal, and the first voltage value is greater than or equal to 2.5V and smaller than or equal to 7V. For example, the first voltage value may be, but not limited to, 2.5V, 3V, 4V, 4.6V, 5V, 5.5V, 6.4V or 7V.
In the related art, when an image is displayed by the pixel circuitry at a low frequency, a display frame includes a refresh display sub-frame and at least one maintenance display sub-frame. Within the refresh display sub-frame, the data voltage is written into the pixel circuitry to enable the light-emitting element to emit light, and the maintenance display sub-frame is at least used to prolong a light-emission time period and achieve a low frequency. Within the maintenance display sub-frame, the data line provides a direct-current voltage signal, and for example, the direct-current voltage signal is 6.4V. Within the maintenance display sub-frame, the direct-current voltage signal may leak into the first node through a transistor of the data write-in circuitry, so that the potential at the first node increases. When the pixel circuitry enters the light-emitting stage again, a driving current for driving a transistor of the driving circuitry increases, and thereby the brightness value increases. Based on the above, in at least one of the present disclosure, within the maintenance display sub-frame, the data line provides the first voltage signal, so as to reduce the difference in the brightness values at different frequencies for displaying.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when an image is displayed by the pixel circuitry at a low frequency, the data line is controlled to provide the first voltage signal within a time period of the refresh display sub-frame other than the data write-in stage. When an image is displayed normally by the pixel circuitry (i.e., a display frequency of the pixel circuitry is relatively high), the data line is controlled to provide the first voltage signal within a time period of the display frame other than the data write-in stage.
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In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the third initial voltage end I3 may be, but not limited to, a same initial voltage end as the first initial voltage end I1. In actual use, the third initial voltage end I3 may be different from the first initial voltage end I1.
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Optionally, the first light-emission control circuitry includes a third transistor, the second light-emission control circuitry includes a fourth transistor, and the driving circuitry includes a driving transistor. A control electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, a first electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first voltage end, and a second electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the first node. A control electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the light-emission control line, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the third node, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth node. A control electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the second node, a first electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the first node, and a second electrode of the driving transistor is electrically connected to the third node.
Optionally, the data write-in circuitry includes a fifth transistor, the compensation control circuitry includes a sixth transistor, the first initialization circuitry includes a seventh transistor, the second initialization circuitry includes an eighth transistor, and the second energy storage circuitry includes a second capacitor. A control electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the data line, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the first end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the compensation control line, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the initialization control line, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the second initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving circuitry. A control electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the write-in control line, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the third initial voltage end, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically connected to the fourth node. A first end of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the second node, and a second end of the second capacitor is electrically connected to the first voltage end.
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The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a pixel driving method for the above-mentioned pixel circuitry. A display period includes a non-light-emitting stage and a light-emitting stage. The pixel driving method includes, at the non-light-emitting stage, applying, by a resetting control circuitry, a first initial voltage to a connection node under the control of a resetting control signal, so that superfluous electric charges accumulated at a first node are cancelled out by the first initial voltage at the connection node when the pixel circuitry enters the light-emitting stage again. In this way, it is able to inhibit such a phenomenon that the brightness values increase gradually within a same display period (the display period may be the period for displaying one frame), thereby to suppress the occurrence of flicker.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. The pixel driving method includes: at the light-emitting stage, writing, by the second control circuitry, the first initial voltage into a fifth node under the control of the resetting control signal, and storing, by the first energy storage circuitry, the first initial voltage in the fifth node; and at the non-light-emitting stage, controlling, by the first control circuitry, the fifth node to be electrically connected to the connection node under the control of the resetting control signal, to write the first initial voltage into the connection node.
During the implementation, the resetting control circuitry includes a first control circuitry, a second control circuitry and a first energy storage circuitry. At the light-emitting stage, the second control circuitry writes the first initial voltage into the fifth node and the first energy storage circuitry stores the first initial voltage at the fifth node. At the non-light-emitting stage, the first control circuitry writes the first initial voltage into the connection node.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, a compensation control circuitry, a first initialization circuitry, a second energy storage circuitry and a second initialization circuitry. A first display stage of the display period includes an initialization stage, a compensation stage and the light-emitting stage arranged sequentially in that order, and the compensation stage includes a data write-in stage. The pixel driving method includes: at the initialization stage, writing, by the first initialization circuitry, a second initial voltage into a control end of a driving circuitry under the control of the resetting control signal, so that the driving circuitry controls a first node to be electrically connected to a third node at the beginning of the compensation stage under the control of a potential at a control end of the driving circuitry; at the data write-in stage, writing, by the data write-in circuitry, a data voltage Vdata from a data line into the first node under the control of a write-in control signal; at the compensation stage, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, a second node to be electrically connected to the third node under the control of a compensation control signal; and at the light-emitting stage, controlling, by a first light-emission control circuitry, a first voltage end to be electrically connected to the first node under the control of a light-emission control signal, and controlling, by a second light-emission control circuitry, the third node to be electrically connected to the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal, so that the driving circuitry generates a driving current for driving a light-emitting element.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pixel circuitry further includes a data write-in circuitry, the non-light-emitting stage includes a data write-in stage, a display frame includes a refresh display sub-frame and at least one maintenance display sub-frame, the refresh display sub-frame includes the display period, and the maintenance display sub-frame includes the display period. The pixel driving method further includes: within the maintenance display sub-frame, providing, by the data line, a first voltage signal; and at the data write-in stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, writing, by the data write-in circuitry, the first voltage signal into the first node under the control of the write-in control signal.
Within the maintenance display sub-frame, even when a current leakage occurs for a transistor of the data write-in circuitry, the potential at the first node is also maintained as a first voltage value (the first voltage value is a value of the first voltage signal), so as to maintain the potential at the first node as a same value when an image is displayed at different frequencies, thereby to reduce a difference in the brightness values.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the pixel circuitry further includes a compensation control circuitry, and the display period further includes a compensation stage. The pixel driving method further includes: at the data write-in stage within the refresh display sub-frame, providing, by the data line, a data voltage, and writing, by the data write-in circuitry, the data voltage into the first node under the control of the write-in control signal; at the compensation stage within the refresh display sub-frame, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically connected to a second end of the driving circuitry under the control of the compensation control signal; at the light-emitting stage within the refresh display sub-frame and at the light-emitting stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, controlling, by the first light-emission control circuitry, the first voltage end to be electrically connected to the first node under the control of the light-emission control signal, and controlling, by the second light-emission control circuitry, the third node to be electrically connected to the fourth node under the control of the light-emission control signal, so that the driving circuitry generates the driving current for driving the light-emitting element; and within the maintenance display sub-frame, controlling, by the compensation control circuitry, the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically disconnected from the second end of the driving circuitry under the control of the compensation control signal.
According to the pixel driving method in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, at the light-emitting stage within the refresh display sub-frame and the light-emitting stage within the maintenance display sub-frame, the driving circuitry drives the light-emitting element to emit light, and within the maintenance display sub-frame, the compensation control circuitry controls the control end of the driving circuitry to be electrically disconnected from the second end of the driving circuitry. In this regard, even when the transistor of the data write-in circuitry is turned on in a special time period within the maintenance display sub-frame, the control end of the driving circuitry is not electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuitry, so the display brightness may not be adversely affected.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, within the display frame, a frequency of the write-in control signal is smaller than a frequency of the light-emission control signal.
In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the pixel circuitry is operated in a low-frequency display mode, the display frame includes a refresh display sub-frame and at least one maintenance display sub-frame, and within the display frame, a frequency of the write-in control signal is smaller than a frequency of the light-emission control signal, so as to reduce the power consumption.
The present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned pixel circuitry.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the display device may be any product or member having a display function, e.g., mobile phone, tablet computer, television, display, laptop computer, digital photo frame or navigator.
The above are preferred embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be noted that a person skilled in the art may implement various improvements and modifications without departing from the principle of the present disclosure. These improvements and modifications should also fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/083081 | 3/25/2022 | WO |