This application is a National Phase of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/092754 having International filing date of May 28, 2020, which claims the benefit of priority of Chinese Application No. 202010257945.7 filed on Apr. 2, 2020. The contents of the above applications are all incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein in their entirety.
The present invention relates to a display technology field, and in particular to a pixel driving circuit and a display panel having a display mode and a photosensitive display mode.
With development of display technology, users' requirements for a high screen-to-body ratio have gradually increased. Panel manufacturing companies have gradually proposed a variety of different types of display panels to increase a proportion of a display area. Recently, a trend of full-screens is to further integrate sensors such as fingerprint identification sensors, cameras, face identification sensors, and distance sensing sensors into display panels, so that the display panels have gradually transitioned from a simple display interface to a comprehensive perception interactive interface. For example, a frontal camera function is required in a mobile phone, and with increasing requirements for the screen-to-body ratio, it is necessary to reserve a hole 11 or notched area 12 on a display panel of the mobile phone as a photosensitive area of the camera (as shown in
An object of the present invention is to provide a pixel driving circuit and a display panel having a display mode and a photosensitive display mode to solve problems in the prior art.
To achieve the object described above, a first aspect of the present invention provides a pixel driving circuit, comprising:
Further, when the first enable signal is at a high potential, the second enable signal is at a low potential; when the first enable signal is at the low potential, the second enable signal is at the high potential.
Further, the light-emitting driving circuit further comprises:
Further, the first switch, the second switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch are thin film transistors.
Further, the light-emitting driving circuit further comprises:
Further, the fourth switch is in a constantly-turned-on state due to the storage capacitor.
Further, when the pixel driving circuit is in the display mode, all of the first switch, the third switch, and the fourth switch are all in the turned-on state.
Further, a first terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to the input voltage, a second terminal of the second switch is configured to receive the second enable signal, a third terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a second terminal of the photoelectric conversion device, a first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device is connected to the circuit node, and the photosensitive driving circuit further comprises:
Further, the fifth switch is a thin film transistor.
Further, when the pixel driving circuit is in the photosensitive display mode, the fifth switch is turned on to reset the micro light-emitting diode, and then the fifth switch is turned off and the second switch is turned on to make the photoelectric conversion device generate the photocurrent.
Further, the light-emitting driving circuit comprises a circuit with a uniformity compensating function, the circuit is disposed at a front end of the pixel driving circuit to receive a data signal, and the circuit is configured to compensate signals received by the micro light-emitting diode.
Further, the photosensitive driving circuit comprises an electrical signal amplifying module, and the electrical signal amplifying module is disposed between the micro light-emitting diode and the photoelectric conversion device and is configured to enhance an intensity of a light-responsive current generated by the photoelectric conversion device.
Further, the pixel driving circuit is disposed in a thin film transistor array substrate comprising the first and the second switches, and an anode terminal of the micro light-emitting diode is electrically connected to a drain terminal of the first switch through a bonding layer, wherein a material of the bonding layer is one of a metal material or a metal alloy.
Further, an anode terminal of the photoelectric conversion device is electrically connected to a drain terminal of the second switch through a material of an active layer of the second switch.
Further, an anode terminal of the photoelectric conversion device is electrically connected to a drain terminal of the second switch through the bonding layer.
Further, a material of the anode terminal of the photoelectric conversion device is a transparent conductive thin film.
A second aspect of the present invention provides a display panel, comprising any aspect of the pixel driving circuit described above.
In the present invention, by disposing a pixel driving circuit, a micro light-emitting diode, and a photoelectric conversion device in pixels, different driving operations may be performed to emit light for display according to a display mode and a photosensitive display mode of the micro-light emitting diode, to realize that functions of electronic devices are integrated into a display panel without specifically reserving areas for the electronic devices to achieve full-screen display.
In order to make objectives, technical solutions and effects of the present invention more clear and specific, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to appending drawings. It should be understood that specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention.
The following descriptions for respective embodiments refer to the appending drawings to illustrate embodiments of the present invention that can be implemented. Spatially relative terms mentioned in the present invention refer only to directions referring to the appending drawings. Therefore, the used spatially relative terms is configured to illustrate and understand the present invention, not to limit the present invention.
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In the present embodiment, the light-emitting driving circuit specifically includes three switches (T1, T3, and T4) and a storage capacitor Cs. The photosensitive driving circuit specifically includes two switches (T2 and T5). Each of the switches includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, and all of the five switches may be thin film transistors (TFTs), so that each of the switches have a source terminal, a drain terminal, and a gate terminal, which correspond to the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal, respectively. It can be understood that the first terminal may be the source terminal or the drain terminal. If the first terminal is the source terminal, the third terminal is the drain terminal, and vice versa. Generally, a terminal connected to an input voltage is the source terminal, and another terminal is the drain terminal. For the sake of convenience in describing, the switches of the present invention are preferably p-type transistors, and this will be used to illustrate, but should not be explained as a limitation to the present invention.
In the present embodiment, pixels in a display panel may have a display mode used for receiving data signals and a photosensitive display mode with electronic device functions. That is, it is realized that functions of electronic devices (such as cameras) may be integrated into the display panel without specifically reserving holes or notched areas as photosensitive areas, thereby increasing a screen-to-body ratio. For the sake of convenience in describing, a camera function shown as an example below.
Specifically, the light-emitting driving circuit further includes: the third switch T3, a first terminal of the third switch T3 is configured to receive a data signal source Data, a second terminal of the third switch T3 is configured to receive a scan signal source Scan, and a third terminal of the third switch T3 is electrically connected to a second terminal of the fourth switch T4 and a first terminal of the storage capacitor Cs, wherein the scan signal source Scan is a potential signal coming from a scan line, and an input of a potential signal of the data signal source Data is controlled by the potential signal coming from the scan line. A fourth switch T4, a first terminal of the fourth switch T4 is electrically connected to an input voltage VDD, the second terminal of the fourth switch T4 is electrically connected to the third terminal of the third switch T3 and the first terminal of the storage capacitor Cs, and a third terminal of the fourth switch T4 is electrically connected to a first terminal of a first switch T1. A storage capacitor Cs, the first terminal of the storage capacitor Cs is electrically connected to the third terminal of the third switch T3 and the second terminal of the fourth switch T4 and a second terminal of the storage capacitor Cs is electrically connected to the input voltage VDD, wherein the first terminal of the first switch T1 is electrically connected to the third terminal of the fourth switch T4, a second terminal of the first switch T1 is configured to receive the first enable signal EN1, and a third terminal of the first switch T1 is electrically connected to a first terminal of the micro-light emitting diode M1. A potential signal of the first enable signal EN1 is configured to control a turned-on state and turned-off state of the first switch T1.
Furthermore, the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 (anode) is electrically connected to the third terminal of the fourth switch T4, and a second terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 (cathode) is electrically connected to the reference voltage VSS. When the pixel driving circuit is in a display mode, that is, in a case that the camera function is not activated, potential signals of the scan signal source Scan and the first enable signal EN1 are at a high potential, it represents the first switch T1, the third switch T3, and the fourth switch T4 are in an turned-on state. In one embodiment, a voltage difference between the second terminal (gate electrode terminal) of the fourth switch T4 and the first terminal of the fourth switch T4 connected to the input voltage VDD may be kept by means of the storage capacitor Cs, so that the fourth switch T4 is in a constantly-turned on state. Therefore, the first terminal of the micro-light emitting diode M1 may be connected to the input voltage VDD with high potential, forming a forward bias voltage, and may receive the potential signal coming from the data signal source Data to emit light for display.
Specifically, the photosensitive driving circuit further includes: a second switch T2, a first terminal of the second switch T2 is electrically connected to the input voltage VDD, a second terminal of the second switch T2 is configured to receive the second enable signal EN2, and a third terminal of the second switch T2 is electrically connected to a first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device M2. The fifth switch T5, a first terminal of the fifth switch T5 is electrically connected to the circuit node N, a second terminal of the fifth switch T5 is configured to receive a reset signal source RST, and a third terminal of the fifth switch T5 is electrically connected to the reference voltage VSS, wherein a potential signal of the second enable signal EN2 is configured to control an turned-on state and turned-off state of the second switch T2, a potential signal of the reset signal source RST is configured to control an turned-on state and turned-off state of the fifth switch T5 to reset a potential of the micro light-emitting diode M1. It can be understood that based on the above-mentioned description, the circuit node N is a common intersection point between the third terminal of the first switch T1, the first terminal of the fifth switch T5, the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode, and the second terminal of the photoelectric conversion device.
Furthermore, the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 is electrically connected to the circuit node N, the second terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 is electrically connected to the reference voltage VSS. The first terminal (anode) of the photoelectric conversion device M2 is electrically connected to the third terminal of the second switch T2, and the second terminal (cathode) of the photoelectric conversion device M2 is electrically connected to the circuit node N. When the pixel driving circuit is in the photosensitive display mode, that is, in a case that the camera function is activated, the potential signal of the reset signal source RST is at a high potential to turn on the fifth switch T5 first to reset the potential of the micro light-emitting diode M1, then the fifth switch T5 is turned off. Then, a potential signal of the second enable signal EN2 is at a high potential to turn on the second switch T2, and first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device M2 may be connected to the input voltage VDD with a high potential, to make the photoelectric conversion device M2 form a reverse bias voltage, so that when the photoelectric conversion device M2 detects external light, the incident light is converted into a photocurrent, and when the photocurrent is received by the micro light-emitting diode M1, a light-emitting display is performed.
In summary, since the display mode and the photosensitive display mode are different driving operations, when the pixel driving circuit is in the display mode (that is, the camera function is not activated), the scan signal source Scan and the first enable signal EN1 are at high potentials, the second enable signal EN2 and the reset signal source RST are at low potentials, which indicates that the first switch T1, the first third switch T3, and the fourth switch T4 is in a turned-on state, so that the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 may be connected to the input voltage VDD with a high potential and receives the potential signal of the data signal source Data to emit light for display. Since the second switch T2 and the fifth switch T5 are in an turned-off state, the first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device M2 cannot be connected to the input voltage VDD to convert a photocurrent, resulting in the photoelectric conversion device M2 is disabled. In addition, when the pixel driving circuit is in the photosensitive display mode (that is, the camera function is activated), the first enable signal EN1 is at a low potential, and the reset signal source RST and the second enable signal EN2 are at high potentials, which indicates that the first switch T1 is in an turned-off state, so that the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 cannot be connected to the input voltage VDD and receive the potential signal of the data signal source Data (whether or not the third switch T3 and the fourth switch T4 are in turned-on states). Furthermore, because the second switch T2 and the fifth switch T5 are in turn-on states, the potential of the micro light-emitting diode M1 is reset, then the first terminal of the photoelectric conversion device M2 is connected to the input voltage VDD with a high potential to convert a photocurrent, and when the photocurrent is received by the micro light-emitting diode M1, a light-emitting display is performed.
In one embodiment, the light-emitting driving circuit may further include a circuit with a uniformity compensating function to compensate signals received by the micro light-emitting diode M1, such as a circuit with a brightness compensating function not affected by a threshold voltage, and the circuit with the uniformity compensating function may be composed of a plurality of thin film transistors. The circuit with the uniformity compensating function may be disposed at a front end of the pixel driving circuit (area A shown in
In one embodiment, the photosensitive driving circuit may further include an electrical signal amplifying module to enhance intensity of a light-responsive current generated by the photoelectric conversion device M2, thereby improving performance. The electrical signal amplifying module may be disposed between the first terminal of the micro light-emitting diode M1 and the second terminal of the photoelectric conversion device M2 (area B shown in
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In the present invention, by disposing the pixel driving circuit, the micro light-emitting diode, and the photoelectric conversion device in the pixels, the different driving operations may be performed to emit light for display according to the display mode and the photosensitive display mode of the micro-light emitting diode, to realize that the functions of the electronic devices are integrated into the display panel without specifically reserving areas for the electronic devices to achieve full-screen display.
Although the present invention has been disclosed above in the preferred embodiments, the above preferred embodiments are not intended to limit the present invention. For persons skilled in this art, various modifications and alterations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The protective scope of the present invention is controlled by the scope as defined in the claims.
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