This is a National Phase Application filed under 35 U.S.C. 371 as a national stage of PCT/CN2018/103986, filed on Sep. 4, 2018, an application which claims the priority of the Chinese Patent Application No. 201710952751.7 filed on Oct. 13, 2017, the contents of each is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of sensor technology, and in particular, to a temperature sensor, an array substrate, and a display device.
A multi-stage ring oscillator is typically manufactured by using TFTs, and a temperature value is measured by detecting an output frequency of the multi-stage ring oscillator.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a temperature sensor, an array substrate, and a display device.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor includes: a ring oscillator, a comparator, a low-pass filter disposed between the ring oscillator and the comparator, and a signal converter, the ring oscillator is configured to output a square-wave signal; the low-pass filter is configured to filter out a high-frequency component in the square-wave signal output from the ring oscillator and output the filtered square-wave signal to the comparator; the comparator is configured to compare a filtered square-wave signal input to the comparator with a reference signal, and output a comparison square-wave signal; and the signal converter is coupled to the comparator and configured to convert the comparison square-wave signal output from the comparator to a temperature value.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a first capacitor; a first end of the first capacitor is coupled to an output terminal of the ring oscillator and a first input terminal of the comparator; and a second end of the first capacitor is grounded.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a second capacitor and a third transistor; a first end of the second capacitor is coupled to a drain electrode of the third transistor and a first input terminal of the comparator; and a second end of the second capacitor is grounded; and a gate electrode of the third transistor is coupled to a first-level signal terminal, and a source electrode of the third transistor is coupled to an output terminal of the ring oscillator.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a third capacitor and a sixth transistor; a first end of the third capacitor is coupled to a drain electrode of the sixth transistor and a first input terminal of the comparator, and a second end of the third capacitor is grounded; and a gate electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to a high-level signal terminal, and a source electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to an output terminal of the ring oscillator.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a fourth capacitor and a first resistor; a first end of the fourth capacitor is coupled to a second end of the first resistor and a first input terminal of the comparator, and a second end of the fourth capacitor is grounded; and a first end of the first resistor is coupled to an output terminal of the ring oscillator.
In some embodiments, the ring oscillator includes n stages of ring oscillation circuits, where n is an odd number greater than or equal to 5; and each stage of ring oscillation circuit includes at least one first transistor and at least one second transistor.
In some embodiments, at each stage of ring oscillation circuit, a gate electrode and a source electrode of a first transistor are coupled to a first-level signal terminal, and a drain electrode of the first transistor is coupled to a source electrode of a second transistor at a same stage of ring oscillation circuit; a gate electrode of a second transistor at a first stage of ring oscillation circuit is coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator, a gate electrode of a second transistor at each of the remaining stages of ring oscillation circuits of the n stages of ring oscillation circuits other than the first stage of ring oscillation circuit is coupled to a source electrode of a second transistor at an immediately previous adjacent stage of ring oscillation circuit and a drain electrode of a first transistor at the immediately previous adjacent stage of ring oscillation circuit, and a drain electrode of the second transistor at each stage of ring oscillation circuit is coupled to a second-level signal terminal; and a source electrode of a second transistor at a nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and a drain electrode of a first transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit are coupled to an input terminal of the low-pass filter.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a first capacitor; a first end of the first capacitor is coupled to the source electrode of the second transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and the drain electrode of the first transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and the first input terminal of the comparator; and a second end of the first capacitor is grounded.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a second capacitor and a third transistor; a first end of the second capacitor is coupled to a drain electrode of the third transistor and the first input terminal of the comparator; and a second end of the second capacitor is grounded; and a gate electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the first-level signal terminal, and a source electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the source electrode of the second transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and the drain electrode of the first transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a third capacitor and a sixth transistor; a first end of the third capacitor is coupled to a drain electrode of the sixth transistor and the first input terminal of the comparator, and a second end of the third capacitor is grounded; and a gate electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to a high-level signal terminal, and a source electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to the source electrode of the second transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and the drain electrode of the first transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit.
In some embodiments, the low-pass filter includes a fourth capacitor and a first resistor; a first end of the fourth capacitor is coupled to a second end of the first resistor and the first input terminal of the comparator, and a second end of the fourth capacitor is grounded; and a first end of the first resistor is coupled to the source electrode of the second transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit and the drain electrode of the first transistor at the nth stage of ring oscillation circuit.
In some embodiments, the temperature sensor further includes a pre-oscillation circuit having a fourth transistor and a fifth transistor, wherein a gate electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator, a source electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to a third-level signal terminal, and a drain electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to a gate electrode of a second transistor at a first stage of ring oscillation circuit and a source electrode of the fifth transistor; and a drain electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to a fourth-level signal terminal, and a gate electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to a fifth-level signal terminal.
In some embodiments, the signal converter includes: a buffer coupled to the comparator and configured to convert the comparison square-wave signal output from the comparator to an identifiable voltage signal; and a digital signal processor coupled to the buffer and configured to process the identifiable voltage signal output from the buffer and output the temperature value.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, an array substrate is provided. The array substrate includes the temperature sensor described above, and includes a display region and a frame region at an edge of the display region. The temperature sensor is disposed in the frame region, and display transistors are disposed in the display region.
According to an aspect of the disclosure, a display device including the array substrate described above is provided.
In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the present disclosure will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments.
In the temperature sensor according to the embodiment, the low-pass filter 2 is disposed between the ring oscillator 1 and the comparator 3, so that the square-wave signal output from the ring oscillator 1 passes through the low-pass filter 2, and the low-pass filter 2 directly filters out (i.e. removes) the high-frequency component from the square-wave signal output from the ring oscillator 1, thereby improving a signal-to-noise ratio of the ring oscillator 1 and a test accuracy of the temperature sensor.
Thereafter, the low-level signal is applied to a gate electrode of the second transistor T2a at the first stage, such that the second transistor T2a at the first stage is turned off. A source of the first transistor T1a at the first stage is at a high level, and thus the second transistor T2b at the second stage is turned on. A drain electrode of the first transistor T1b at the second stage is at a low level, and thus the second transistor T2c at the third stage is turned off. A drain electrode of the first transistor T1c at the third stage is at a high level, and thus the second transistor T2d at the fourth stage is turned on. A drain electrode of the first transistor T1d at the fourth stage is at a low level, and thus the second transistor T2e at the fifth stage is turned off, and the drain electrode of the first transistor T1e at the fifth stage is at a high level, that is, the ring oscillator 1 outputs a high-level signal, thereby realizing that the ring oscillator 1 can output oscillation signals with high and low levels, that is, the ring oscillator can output a square-wave signal. In the embodiment, the five-stage ring oscillator 1 is described as an example. It can be understood that the ring oscillator 1 with more stages is similar to those in the present embodiment, and the details thereof is omitted herein.
In an embodiment, the gate electrode and source electrode of the first transistor T1 at each stage are coupled to the first-level signal terminal VGH1, and a drain electrode of the first transistor T1 at each stage is coupled to a source electrode of the second transistor T2 at the same stage. The gate electrode of the second transistor T2a at the first stage is coupled to a first input terminal of the comparator 3. Each of the gate electrodes of the remaining second transistors T2b, T2c, T2d, and T2e except the second transistor T2a at the first stage is coupled to a source electrode of the second transistor T2 at the immediately previous stage and a drain electrode of the first transistor T1 at the immediately previous stage. A drain electrode of the second transistor T2 at each stage is coupled to a second-level signal terminal VGL2. A source electrode of the second transistor T2e at the fifth stage and a drain electrode of first transistor T1e at the fifth stage are coupled to an input terminal of the low-pass filter 2.
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In an embodiment, an array substrate including the temperature sensor according to the above embodiment is provided. The array substrate includes a display region and a frame region at an edge of the display region. The temperature sensor is disposed in the frame region, and display transistors are disposed in the display region. The first transistors T1 and the second transistors T2 are formed when the display transistors are formed.
In an embodiment, a display device including the array substrate described above is provided. The display device may be any product or component having a display function, such as a liquid crystal display panel, an electronic paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, and the like.
Obviously, various changes for the specific implementation of the foregoing embodiments can be made; for example, the transistors may be connected as needed, and the source and drain electrodes of the transistors may be arranged as needed.
It should be understood that the above embodiments are merely exemplary embodiments for the purpose of illustrating the principles of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Various variations and improvements can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and essence of the present disclosure, and these variations and improvements shall be considered to fall into the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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