The present application is a US national phase of PCT Application No. PCT/CN2016/088313, filed on Jul. 4, 2016, which is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610004123.1, filed on Jan. 4, 2016, and the entire contents thereof are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and more particularly, to a pixel compensation circuit and an AMOLED display device.
Flat display devices have been widely used due to their advantages such as slimness, low power consumption, non-radiation, and the like. A currently available flat display device mainly includes a liquid crystal display device (LCD) and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device.
An OLED display device displays an image by self-illumination, and thus does not require any backlight. Accordingly, the OLED display device is regarded as a next generation of display device that may replace the LCD due to its outstanding characteristics such as high contrast ratio, small thickness, wide viewing angle, fast response speed, flexibility, wide operating temperature range, simple structure and manufacturing process, and the like.
The OLED may be classified into two major types of a passive matrix OLED (PMOLED) and an active matrix OLED (AMOLED) according to a driving scheme, which may correspond to two types of a directly addressing type and a thin film transistor (TFT) matrix addressing type. The PMOLED has relative high power consumption and thus is not suitable for large sized display devices. Accordingly, the PMOLED is generally used in small sized display devices. The AMOLED is generally used in large sized display devices with high definition due to its high luminous efficacy.
In the above AMOLED display device, the OLED D is driven according to the current generated under a saturated state of the second transistor T2. However, a critical voltage of the second transistor T2 in each pixel may be different due to the non-uniformity of the TFT manufacturing process. Also, various shifts may occur in the threshold voltage Vth of the second transistor T2 during the illumination of the OLED D. Accordingly, while driving the OLED with the above 2T1C driving circuit, the respective pixels may have a poor brightness uniformity, resulting in a defect such as display unevenness.
It should be noted that, information disclosed in the above background portion is provided only for better understanding of the background of the present disclosure, and thus it may contain information that does not form the prior art known by those ordinary skilled in the art.
The present disclosure provides a pixel compensation circuit and an AMOLED display device including the pixel compensation circuit.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel compensation circuit including a data signal writing module, a high voltage writing module, a first reference voltage generation module, a driving transistor, a capacitor and a light emitting device. The data signal writing module is connected to a first end of the capacitor. The high voltage writing module is connected to the first end of the capacitor. The first reference voltage generation module is connected to a second end of the capacitor, an anode of the light emitting device and a drain electrode of the driving transistor. A gate electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the second end of the capacitor, a source electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the high voltage writing module, and the drain electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the anode of the light emitting device. A cathode of the light emitting device is connected to a common grounding electrode.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a pixel compensation circuit, wherein the pixel compensation circuit comprises a data signal writing module, a high voltage writing module, a first reference voltage generation module, a driving transistor, a capacitor and a light emitting device. The data signal writing module is connected to a first end of the capacitor. The high voltage writing module is connected to the first end of the capacitor. The first reference voltage generation module is connected to a second end of the capacitor, an anode of the light emitting device and a drain electrode of the driving transistor. A gate electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the second end of the capacitor, a source electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the high voltage writing module, and the drain electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the anode of the light emitting device. A cathode of the light emitting device is connected to a common grounding electrode.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
This section provides a summary of various implementations or examples of the technology described in the disclosure, and is not a comprehensive disclosure of the full scope or all features of the disclosed technology.
The accompanying drawings, which constitute a part of this specification, provide further explanation of the present disclosure and, together with the following detailed implementations, serve to explain the present disclosure, rather than limiting the present disclosure. In the drawings:
Hereinafter, detailed implementations of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be appreciated that the detailed implementations described herein serve to illustrate and explain the present disclosure only, rather than limiting the present disclosure.
In particular, as illustrated in
The high voltage writing module 2 includes a high voltage signal terminal VDD and a second transistor T2. A control electrode (i.e., the gate electrode) of the second transistor T2 is connected to a light emitting signal terminal EM, a source electrode of the second transistor T2 is connected to the high voltage signal terminal VDD, and a drain electrode of the second transistor T2 is connected to the first end of the capacitor C.
In addition, the first reference voltage generation module 3 includes a reference current terminal If, a third transistor T3 and a fourth transistor T4. A control electrode (i.e., the gate electrode) of the third transistor T3 is connected to the gate line Scan, a source electrode of the third transistor T3 is connected to the reference current terminal If, and a drain electrode of the third transistor T3 is connected to a source electrode of the fourth transistor T4, the drain electrode of the driving transistor DTFT and the anode of the light emitting device 4. A control electrode (i.e., the gate electrode) of the fourth transistor T4 is connected to the gate line Scan, and a drain electrode of the fourth transistor T4 is connected to the second end of the capacitor C.
In the present embodiment, each of the first transistor T1, the second transistor T2, the third transistor T3, the fourth transistor T4 and the driving transistor DTFT may be a P-type transistor. In this case, the timings of the respective signals are illustrated in
A first period t1 is a period during which the light emitting device 4 does not emit light. In particular, during the first period t1, the scan signal output from the gate line Scan has a low level, the light emitting signal output from the light emitting signal terminal EM has a high level, and the data signal output from the data signal line DATA has a high level. In this case, the first transistor T1 is turned on, the second transistor T2 is turned off, and the third transistor T3 and the fourth transistor T4 are turned on. The equivalent circuit diagram at this time is illustrated in
Referring to
In addition, the reference current terminal If is connected to the second end of the capacitor C, that is, the reference current terminal If is connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT. The reference current terminal If provides a reference current If which is a set value. In the case where the reference current terminal If provides a reference current If, the reference current If may satisfy the following equation (1).
If=k(Vgs−Vth)2 (1)
In the above equation (1), k denotes a constant associated with the driving transistor DTFT, Vth denotes a threshold voltage of the driving transistor DTFT, and Vgs denotes a voltage difference between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor DTFT, i.e., Vgs=g−Vs, wherein Vg denotes a gate electrode voltage of the driving transistor DTFT, and Vs denotes a source electrode voltage of the driving transistor DTFT.
During the period t1, the source electrode voltage of the driving transistor DTFT is VDD, and thus the above equation (1) may be transformed into the following equation (2).
If=k(Vg−VDD−Vth)2 (2)
According to the above equation (2), the gate electrode voltage Vg of the driving transistor DTFT may be calculated as follow.
vg=√{square root over (If/k)}+VDD+Vth (3)
The calculated voltage Vg is the voltage at the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT during the period t1, i.e., a voltage at the second end of the capacitor C that is written by the reference current terminal If.
In practice, the magnitude of the voltage Vg written at the second end of the capacitor C and the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT may be controlled by setting a value of the reference current If, such that the required voltage is maintained at the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT during the period t1.
As illustrated in
According to the above disclosure, during the period t1, a voltage difference Δs across both ends of the capacitor C may be calculated as follow:
Δs=Vg−VDATA=√{square root over (If/k)}+VDD+Vth−VDATA (4)
A second period t2 is a period during which the light emitting device 4 emits light. In particular, during the second period t2, the scan signal output from the gate line Scan has a high level, the light emitting signal output from the light emitting signal terminal EM has a low level, and the data signal output from the data signal line DATA has a low level. In this case, the first transistor T1 is turned off, the second transistor T2 is turned on, and the third transistor T3 and the fourth transistor T4 are turned off. The equivalent circuit diagram at this time is illustrated in
Referring to
Δs=Vg−VDATA=√{square root over (If/k)}+VDD+Vth−VDATA (4)
The voltage at the first end of the capacitor C equals to that at the source electrode of the driving transistor DTFT, and the voltage at the second end of the capacitor C equals to that at the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT. Accordingly, the voltage difference Vgs between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor DTFT equals to the above value of Δs.
Accordingly, it can be seen that during the period t2, a current for driving the light emitting device 4 to emit light generated according to the driving transistor DTFT is:
According to the above equation (5), the current IOLED for driving the light emit device 4 to emit light is irrelevant to the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor DTFT. Accordingly, brightness of the light emitting device 4 will not be affected by the uniformity of the manufacturing process of the driving transistor DTFT and the shift occurred in the threshold voltage Vth thereof during the illumination, thereby preventing a brightness change of the light emitting device 4 during the illumination and improving brightness uniformity during the illumination.
In addition, during the period t2, since the capacitor C is floated, when a voltage at the high voltage signal terminal VDD has changed, the voltage difference Vgs between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor DTFT will remain unchanged, such that the generated driving current IOLED does not change according to the change of the voltage at the high voltage signal terminal VDD. Accordingly, it is possible to further ensure the driving current IOLED to be held steady, thereby preventing a brightness change of the light emitting device 4 during the illumination and improving brightness uniformity during the illumination.
In particular, the voltage cleaning module 5 includes a second reference voltage signal terminal Vi, a fifth transistor T5 and a sixth transistor T6. A control electrode of the fifth transistor T5 is connected to the light emitting signal terminal EM, a source electrode of the fifth transistor T5 is connected to the drain electrode of the driving transistor DTFT, and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor T5 is connected to the anode of the light emitting device 4. A control electrode of the sixth transistor T6 is connected to the gate line, a source electrode of the sixth transistor T6 is connected to the second reference voltage signal terminal Vi, and a drain electrode of the sixth transistor T6 is connected to the anode of the light emitting device 4.
In the present embodiment, the timings of respective signals are the same as those in the previous embodiment. In particular, during the first period t1, the fifth transistor T5 is turned off and the sixth transistor T6 is turned on. In this case, the driving transistor DTFT and the second end of the capacitor C are disconnected from the light emitting device 4, and the second reference voltage signal terminal Vi is connected to the anode of the light emitting device 4. Accordingly, in the present embodiment, during the period t1, instead of the gate voltage Vg in the previous embodiment, the second reference voltage Vi is inputted at the anode of the light emitting device 4 to clean the voltage remained at the anode of the light emitting device 4 when the last frame of image is finished.
In the present embodiment, a separate voltage cleaning module 5 is used to clean the voltage at the anode of the light emitting device 4, such that the first reference voltage generation module 3 is required to write voltage at the second end of the capacitor C only, so as to ensure a voltage difference Δs between both ends of the capacitor C satisfying the equation (4), while it is unnecessary to write voltage at the anode of the light emitting device 4. Firstly, in this way, while determining a value of the reference current If, it is unnecessary to consider cleaning the voltage at the anode of the light emitting device 4, such that the value of the reference current If may be determined more easily. Secondly, in this way, the voltage written at the anode of the light emitting device 4 from the voltage cleaning module 5 and the voltage written at the second end of the capacitor C from the first reference voltage generation module 3 may be controlled independently, resulting in a simpler and more reliable control means.
To sum up, in the pixel compensation circuit according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, before the light emitting device 4 emits light, the first reference voltage generation module 3 writes at the second end of the capacitor C and the gate electrode of the driving transistor DTFT a voltage including a threshold voltage Vth component of the driving transistor DTFT, such that the driving current generated during the light emitting period of the light emitting device 4 is irrelevant to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor DTFT. In this way, brightness of the light emitting device 4 will not be affected by the uniformity of the manufacturing process of the driving transistor DTFT and the shift occurred in the threshold voltage Vth during the illumination, thereby preventing a brightness change of the light emitting device 4 during the illumination and improving brightness uniformity during the illumination. In addition, during the illumination period of the light emitting device 4, the capacitor C is kept floated, such that a voltage difference across both ends of the capacitor, i.e., the voltage difference between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the driving transistor DTFT, remains constant. Accordingly, the driving current does not change as the voltage of the high voltage signal terminal VDD changes, thereby further preventing a brightness change of the light emitting device 4 during the illumination and improving brightness uniformity during the illumination.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an AMOLED display device. The AMOLED display device includes the pixel compensation circuit according to the previous embodiments.
In the AMOLED display device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, by using the above pixel compensation circuit, it is possible to prevent the brightness change of the light emitting device in each pixel in one frame of image, and prevent the brightness non-uniformity of the light emitting device in each pixel due to the manufacturing process of the driving transistor in each pixel, thereby improving the display effect and display uniformity.
It should be appreciated that, the above embodiments are exemplary implementations for illustrating the principle of the present disclosure, while the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Various modifications and improvements can be made by those ordinary skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and essential of the present disclosure. All these modifications and improvements will also fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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