The present application relates to display technologies, and more particularly, to a pixel driving circuit and a display panel.
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLED) are a kind of current-type organic light-emitting devices that emit light through an injection and a recombination of carriers, and a luminous intensity is proportional to an injected current.
In an OLED display panel, each pixel includes an organic light emitting diode and a pixel driving circuit for driving the organic light emitting diode. In the pixel driving circuit, a formula of the current flowing through the driving transistor is I=K(Vgs−Vth)2, wherein K is an intrinsic conductivity factor of the driving transistor, Vgs is a gate-source potential difference of the driving transistor, Vth is a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. Therefore, it can be seen that a current flowing through the driving transistor, that is, the current used to drive the organic light-emitting diode to emit light, is related to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor. However, due to uneven manufacturing process of the display panel, the threshold voltage of each driving transistor may be different, resulting in uneven display brightness. In addition, with the use of the display panel, the transistors will age and change, making the threshold voltages of each of the transistors drift, and aging degrees of each of driving transistors are different, so the threshold voltage drift degrees of each of driving transistors are also different, which will also cause unstable and uneven display brightness.
In view of the above-mentioned problems, currently, the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is generally compensated by the pixel driving circuit, so that the driving current flowing through the organic light emitting diode is independent of the threshold voltage of the driving transistor. However, the current pixel driving circuit generally detects the threshold voltage of the driving transistor by detecting the gate-source potential difference of the driving transistor when the driving transistor is turned off. However, because the threshold voltage is detected only by coupling a storage capacitor between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the drive transistor to maintain a gate potential of the drive transistor to maintain an on-state of the driving transistor. Therefore, a gate electrode potential tends to drop and become unstable, to make the detected threshold voltage of driving transistor finally is also not accurate.
Therefore, it is necessary to propose a new pixel driving circuit, so that when the driving transistor is detected, the gate electrical potential of the driving transistor can be kept stable, to accurately detect the threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, embodiments of the present application provide a pixel driving circuit, including: a driving module, a data writing module, an initialization module, a first capacitor, and a detection module wherein a control terminal of the driving module is connected to a first node, and wherein an input terminal of the driving module is connected to a constant voltage terminal of high electrical potential, and wherein an output terminal is connected to a second node;
In addition, one embodiment of the present application also provides a display panel that includes an organic light-emitting diode and the pixel drive circuit described above. The organic light emitting diode is coupled between the output terminal of the driving module of the pixel driving circuit and the constant voltage terminal of low electrical potential, to make the pixel driving circuit configured to drive the organic light emitting diode to emit light.
In the pixel driving circuit and the display panel provided by the embodiments of the present application, a driving module is connected to a control terminal of the driving module, so that an electrical potential of control terminal of the driving module can be kept stable through a detection module when a threshold voltage of the driving module is obtained. In this way, a detected threshold voltage of the driving module is accurate, so that the threshold voltage of the driving module can be accurately compensated, and the display uniformity and stability of the display panel are improved.
The technical solutions and other beneficial effects of the present application will be made obvious by describing in detail the specific embodiments of the present application in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the figures in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive steps shall fall within a protection scope of the present application.
It should be noted that in the embodiments of the present application, in order to distinguish the other two terminals of each module except a control terminal. One terminal is called an input terminal and another terminal is called an output terminal. Since the output terminal and the input terminal of each module are symmetrical, the input terminal and the output terminal are interchangeable.
In addition, in the embodiments of the present application, in order to distinguish other two electrodes other than a gate electrode of the transistor, one of the electrodes is referred to as a source electrode and another electrode is referred to as a drain electrode. Since the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor are symmetrical, the source electrode and drain electrode are interchangeable. According to the form in the figure, it is stipulated that a middle terminal of the transistor is the gate electrode, a signal input terminal is the source electrode, and a signal output terminal is the drain electrode. In addition, the transistors used in all the embodiments of the present application may include P-type and/or N-type transistors. The P-type transistor is turned on when the gate electrode is at a low electrical potential and turned off when the gate electrode is at a high electrical potential. The N-type transistor is turned on when the gate electrode is at the high electrical potential, and turns off when the gate electrode is at the low electrical potential.
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A control terminal of the driving module 100 is connected to a first node G. An input terminal of the driving module is connected to a constant voltage terminal of high electrical potential VDD. An output terminal is connected to a second node S.
A control terminal of the data writing module 200 is connected to a first scan signal line Scan1. An input terminal of the data writing module is connected to a data signal line Data. An output terminal of the data writing module is connected to the first node G.
A control terminal of the initialization module 300 is connected to a second scan signal line Scan2. An input terminal of the initialization module 300 is connected to a reset signal line Vini. An output terminal of the initialization module 300 is connected to the second node S.
A first terminal of the first capacitor C1 is connected to a first node G. A second terminal of the first capacitor C1 is connected to the second node S.
The detection module 400 is connected to the first node G and is configured to control an electrical potential of the first node G to detect and compensate the threshold voltage of the driving module 100.
The pixel driving circuit provided by the embodiment of the present application connects the detection module 400 to the control terminal of the driving module 100, so that the detection module 400 keeps the control terminal potential of the driving module 100 stable when the threshold voltage of the driving module 100 is obtained, so that the acquired threshold voltage of the driving module 100 is accurate, so that the threshold voltage of the driving module 100 can be accurately compensated, and the display uniformity and stability of the display panel are improved.
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Specifically, the electrical potentials of the first input terminal of the operational amplifier OP and the second input terminal of the operational amplifier OP can be kept substantially the same based on virtual short characteristics of the operational amplifier OP, and when the second switch SW2 is turned off, the operational amplifier OP and the second capacitor C2 constitute an integrator.
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It should be noted that the analog-to-digital converter ADC and the digital-to-analog converter DAC generally include voltage comparators, control modules, memory and other devices (not shown in the figure), which are configured process the output voltage Vout of the integrator constituted by the operational amplifier OP and the second capacitor C2 to obtain the voltage Vout that needs to be compensated for the data signal Data, which is superimposed on the data signal Data to compensate the data signal Data.
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In some embodiments, the data writing module 200 includes a second thin film transistor T2. A gate electrode of the second thin film transistor T2 of the second thin film transistor T2 is connected to the first scan signal line Scan1. A source electrode of the second thin film transistor T2 is connected to the data signal line Data. A drain electrode of second thin film transistor T2 is connected to the first node G.
In some embodiments, the initialization module 300 includes a third thin film transistor T3. A gate electrode of the third thin film transistor T3 is connected to the second scan signal line Scan2. A source electrode of the third thin film transistor T3 is connected to the reset signal line Vini. A drain electrode of the third thin film transistor T3 is connected to the second node S.
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In the first time period t1, an electrical potential of the first node G is an electrical potential of the constant voltage terminal of high electrical potential VDD, and an electrical potential of the second node S is an electrical potential Vini of the reference signal line.
In the second period t2, the electrical potential of the first node G is the electrical potential Vref of the reference signal line, and the electrical potential of the second node S is a difference Vref−Vth between the electrical potential Vref of the reference signal line and a threshold voltage Vth of the driving module 100.
In the third period t3, the electrical potential of the first node G is the electrical potential Vref of the reference signal line, and the electrical potential of the second node S is the electrical potential Vini of the reference signal line.
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In the fourth period t4 and the fifth period t5, the electrical potential Vdata+Vth+Vini of the first node G is a sum of an electrical potential Vdata of the data signal line, the threshold voltage Vth of the first thin film transistor T1, and the electrical potential Vini of the reset signal line, The electrical potential of the second node S is the electrical potential Vini of the reference signal line.
Based on the above embodiment, if the first thin film transistor T1, the second thin film transistor T2, and the third thin film transistor T3 are all N-type thin film transistors, the control signals corresponding to the first switch SW1, the second switch SW2, and the third switch SW3 are high electrical turned on, and the corresponding control signals are low electrical potential are low electrical turned off. With reference to
First, the threshold voltage detection stage A includes the first period t1, the second period t2, and the third period t3.
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It should be noted that since the net charge stored on the two plates of each capacitor is 0, that is, the amount of charge stored on the two plates of each capacitor is the same, but the electrical properties are opposite. According to a principle of conservation of charge in the closed surface, in
Based on this, in the second period t2, the charge stored at the first terminal of the first capacitor C1 is Q1=C1*Vth, and the electrical potentials of the first terminal and the second terminal of the second capacitor C2 are the same, so that the second capacitor C2 does not store charge. Therefore, the charge stored at the second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is Q2=0, that is, the total charge stored at the first terminal of the first capacitor C1 and the second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is Q=Q1+Q2=C1*Vth.
In the third period t3, the charge stored at the first terminal of the first capacitor C1 is Q1=C1*(Vref−Vini), and the charge stored at the second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is Q2′=C2*(Vref−Vout). That is, the total charge stored in the first terminal of the first capacitor C1 and the second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is Q′=Q1′+Q2′=C1*(Vref−Vini)+C2*(Vref−Vout).
According to Q=Q′, C1*Vth=C1*(Vref−Vini)+C2*(Vref−Vout), therefore: Vth=Vref−Vini+C2*(Vref−Vout)/C1, so as to extract the threshold voltage of the first thin film transistor T1.
Further, the display compensation stage B includes a fourth period t4 and a fifth period t5.
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It should be noted that the display process of each frame of image includes a normal display process (organic light-emitting diode OLED emits light) and a field blanking process (organic light-emitting diode OLED does not emit light). Generally, the display compensation stage is performed during the normal display process. The threshold voltage detection stage is performed during the field blanking process, so that the threshold voltage detection does not affect the normal display process.
The pixel driving circuit provided by the embodiment of the present application connects the operational amplifier of the compensation module to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, so that when the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is detected, the gate electrical potential of the driving transistor can be stabilized by the compensation module, to make the detected threshold voltage of the driving transistor accurate, thereby accurately compensating the threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
Based on the foregoing embodiment, one embodiment of the present application also provides a display panel including an organic light emitting diode, and the pixel driving circuit described above. The pixel driving circuit is used to drive the organic light emitting diode to emit light. The display panel and the pixel driving circuit have a same structure and beneficial effects. Since the above-mentioned embodiments have described the pixel driving circuit in detail, it will not be repeated here.
In the above-mentioned embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own focus. For parts that are not described in detail in one embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.
The description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the technical solutions and core ideas of the present application. Those of ordinary skill in the art should understand that they can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalently replaced some of the technical features. These modifications or replacements do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from a scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application.
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