Detailed Description
Embodiments of a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and an organic light emitting display panel according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 2, a pixel circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the device comprises a data writing module 1, a threshold compensation module 2, a light-emitting control module 3, a reset module 4, a driving transistor M0, a light-emitting diode oled and a shunt module 5; wherein,
the reset module 4 is connected to the gate of the driving transistor M0, and is configured to reset the gate of the driving transistor M0 under the control of the first Scan signal Scan 1;
the threshold compensation module 2 is respectively connected to the gate of the driving transistor M0, the first pole of the driving transistor M0, the data write module 1, and the first power voltage terminal VDD, and is configured to perform threshold compensation on the driving transistor M0 under the control of the first Scan signal Scan 1;
the data writing module 1 is used for providing a data signal Vdata to the pixel circuit under the control of a second Scan signal Scan 2;
the light emitting control module 3 is respectively connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor M0 and the first power voltage terminal VDD, and is configured to make the first power voltage terminal VDD and the first electrode of the driving transistor M0 in a conducting state under the control of the third Scan signal Scan 3;
the shunt module 5 is respectively connected to the second pole of the driving transistor M0 and the shunt terminal Vss, and is configured to shunt the drain current of the driving transistor M0 to the shunt terminal Vss under the control of the fourth Scan signal Scan 4;
the led oled is connected between the second power voltage terminal VEE and the second pole of the driving transistor M0.
The pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a data writing module, a threshold compensation module, a light emitting control module, a reset module, a driving transistor, a light emitting diode and a shunting module; the threshold compensation module can compensate the threshold of the driving transistor, so that the threshold voltage drift of the driving transistor can be compensated, the influence of the threshold voltage on the light emitting diode is avoided, and the uniformity of the brightness of a display picture is improved. In addition, as the shunt module connected with the second pole of the driving transistor is also arranged, when the light emitting diode is required to be in a dark state, the leakage current of the driving transistor can be shunted to the shunt end under the control of the fourth scanning signal, so that the problem that the dark state of the existing pixel circuit is not dark is solved.
In a specific implementation, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the shunting terminal needs to meet a requirement that when the driving transistor is turned on, a potential of the shunting terminal is less than a potential of the second pole of the driving transistor, so that the leakage current of the driving transistor can be shunted to the shunting terminal.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3, the shunting terminal Vss and the second power voltage terminal VEE are the same terminal, and the current leakage of the driving transistor M0 is shunted through the second power voltage terminal VEE, so that circuit layout can be reduced.
It should be noted that, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the driving transistor is a P-type transistor, and the principle of the driving transistor being an N-type transistor is the same, but when the driving transistor is an N-type transistor, the anode of the light emitting diode needs to be connected to the first power supply voltage terminal, but the pixel circuit is not limited thereto. When the driving transistor is a P-type transistor, the threshold voltage V is increased due to the P-type transistorthNegative, in order to ensure the driving transistor M0 can work normally, the voltage of the first power voltage terminal is generally higher than the voltage of the second power voltage terminal, and the first terminal of the driving transistor is the source and the second terminal of the driving transistor is the drain.
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to specific examples. It should be noted that the present embodiment is for better explaining the present invention, but not limiting the present invention.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the threshold compensation module 2 includes a first transistor M1, a first capacitor C1, and a second capacitor C2; wherein,
a first end of the first capacitor C1 is connected to the gate of the driving transistor M0, and a second end of the first capacitor C1 is connected to the first end of the second capacitor C2, the first pole of the first transistor M1 and the data writing module 1, respectively; a second terminal of the second capacitor C2 is connected to the first power supply voltage terminal VDD; the second pole of the first transistor M1 is connected to the first pole of the driving transistor M0, and the gate of the first transistor M1 is used for receiving the first Scan signal Scan 1.
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the threshold compensation module in the pixel circuit, and in the specific implementation, the specific structure of the threshold compensation module is not limited to the above structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and may also be other structures known by those skilled in the art, and is not limited herein.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the data writing module 1 includes a second transistor M2; wherein,
the gate of the second transistor M2 is used for receiving the second Scan signal Scan2, the first pole of the second transistor M2 is used for receiving the data signal Vdata, and the second pole of the second transistor M2 is connected to the threshold compensation module 2.
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the data writing module in the pixel circuit, and in the specific implementation, the specific structure of the data writing module is not limited to the above structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and may be other structures known to those skilled in the art, which is not limited herein.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the reset module 4 includes a third transistor M3; wherein,
the gate of the third transistor M3 is used for receiving the first Scan signal Scan1, the first pole of the third transistor M3 is used for receiving the reference signal Vref, and the second pole of the third transistor M3 is connected to the gate of the driving transistor M0.
In practical implementation, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the potential of the reference signal Vref needs to be sufficient to enable the driving transistor to be turned on.
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the reset module in the pixel circuit, and in the specific implementation, the specific structure of the reset module is not limited to the above structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and may be other structures known to those skilled in the art, and is not limited herein.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the light emission control module 3 includes a fourth transistor M4; wherein,
a gate of the fourth transistor M4 is for receiving the third Scan signal Scan3, a first pole of the fourth transistor M4 is connected to the first power voltage terminal VDD, and a second pole of the fourth transistor M4 is connected to the first pole of the driving transistor M0.
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the light emission control module in the pixel circuit, and in the specific implementation, the specific structure of the light emission control module is not limited to the above structure provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and may be other structures known to those skilled in the art, and is not limited herein.
Optionally, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the current dividing module 5 includes a fifth transistor M5; wherein,
the gate of the fifth transistor M5 is used for receiving the fourth Scan signal Scan4, the first pole of the fifth transistor M5 is connected to the second pole of the driving transistor M0, and the second pole of the fifth transistor M5 is connected to the shunt terminal VSS (the shunt terminal VSS and the second power voltage terminal VEE are the same in fig. 4).
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the shunting module in the pixel circuit, and in the specific implementation, the specific structure of the shunting module is not limited to the above structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and may be other structures known to those skilled in the art, and is not limited herein.
Further, in the pixel circuit according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 5, the first Scan signal Scan1 and the fourth Scan signal Scan4 are the same signal. Since the first Scan signal Scan1 and the fourth Scan signal Scan4 are the same signal, a trace for providing the first Scan signal Scan1 or the fourth Scan signal Scan4 can be reduced.
Further, in the above-mentioned pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 and fig. 7, the pixel circuit further includes a current-cut-off module 6 connected between the second pole of the driving transistor M0 and the anode of the light emitting diode oled, where the current-cut-off module 6 is configured to enable the second pole of the driving transistor M0 and the light emitting diode oled to be in an open circuit state under the control of the fifth Scan signal Scan5, so that when the light emitting diode oled needs to be in a dark state, the current-cut-off module 6 enables the driving transistor M0 and the light emitting diode oled to be in an open circuit state, thereby shunting all the leakage current of the driving transistor M0 from the current-shunt module.
Alternatively, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the current interception module 6 includes a sixth transistor M6; wherein,
a gate of the sixth transistor M6 is for receiving the fifth Scan signal Scan5, a first pole of the sixth transistor M6 is connected to the second pole of the driving transistor M0, and a second pole of the sixth transistor M6 is connected to an anode of the light emitting diode oled.
The above is merely an example of the specific structure of the current-cut-off module in the pixel circuit, and in the implementation, the specific structure of the current-cut-off module is not limited to the above structure provided by the embodiment of the present invention, and may be other structures known to those skilled in the art, and is not limited herein.
In a specific implementation, in order to simplify a manufacturing process flow of the pixel circuit, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor may all be P-type transistors or all may be N-type transistors, which is not limited herein.
In detail, of course, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the fifth scan signal and the fourth scan signal may be the same signal, so that the circuit wiring may be simplified, but one of the fifth transistor and the sixth transistor is required to be a P-type transistor, and the other is required to be an N-type transistor.
The Transistor in the above embodiments of the present invention may be a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) or a Metal oxide semiconductor field effect Transistor (MOS), and is not limited herein. In a specific implementation, the first electrode of the transistors may be a source, and the second electrode may be a drain, or the first electrode may be a drain, and the second electrode may be a source.
The following describes the operation of the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention by taking the pixel circuits shown in fig. 4 and fig. 6 as examples. For convenience of description, a connection point of the first capacitor C1, the second capacitor C2, and the second switching transistor M2 is referred to as a first node a, a gate of the driving transistor M0 is referred to as a second node B, a first pole of the driving transistor M0 is referred to as a third node C, and a high-level signal is denoted by 1 and a low-level signal is denoted by 0 in the following description.
The operation of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4 is described by taking the structure of the pixel circuit as an example, wherein in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4, all the transistors are P-type transistors, and each P-type transistor is turned off under the action of a high-level signal and turned on under the action of a low-level signal; the corresponding input timing diagram is shown in fig. 8. Specifically, four periods of T1, T2, T3, and T4 in the input timing chart shown in fig. 8 are selected.
In the first time period T1, Scan1 is 0, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 0, and Scan4 is 0.
The second transistor M2 is in an off state, and the first transistor M1, the third transistor M3, the fourth transistor M4, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an on state. The reference signal Vref is transmitted to the second node B through the turned-on third transistor M3, the potential of the second node B is Vref, and the driving transistor M0 is turned on; the voltage VDD of the first power voltage end VDD is transmitted to the first node a sequentially through the turned-on fourth transistor M4 and the turned-on first transistor M1, and the potentials of the third node C and the first node a are both VDD; meanwhile, the drain current of the driving transistor M0 is shunted to the second power voltage terminal VEE through the turned-on fifth transistor M5, and the led oled is in a dark state.
In the second time period T2, Scan1 is 0, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 1, and Scan4 is 0.
The second transistor M2 and the fourth transistor M4 are in an off state, and the first transistor M1, the third transistor M3 and the fifth transistor M5 are in an on state. The potential difference between the second node B and the third node C gradually approaches the threshold voltage V of the driving transistor M0thWhen the potential difference between the second node B and the third node C is equal to the threshold voltage VthAt this time, the driving transistor M0 is turned off. At this time, the potential of the second node B is still Vref, and the potentials of the third node C and the first node A are changed from Vdd to Vref-VthThe compensation of the threshold voltage is realized. When the driving transistor M0 is turned on, the drain current of the driving transistor M0 is shunted to the second power voltage terminal through the turned-on fifth transistor M5, so the led oled is always in a dark state at this stage.
In the third time period T3, Scan1 is 1, Scan2 is 0, Scan3 is 1, and Scan4 is 1.
The first transistor M1, the third transistor M3, the fourth transistor M4, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an off state, and the second transistor M2 is in an on state. The data signal Vdata is provided to the first node a through the turned-on second transistor M2, so that the potential of the first node a becomes Vdata, and the potential of the second node B becomes Vdata + V according to the principle of conservation of electric quantity of the capacitor due to the floating state of the first capacitor C1thThereby realizing data writing.
In the fourth time period T4, Scan1 is 1, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 0, and Scan4 is 1.
The first transistor M1, the second transistor M2, the third transistor M3, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an off state, and the fourth transistor M4 is in an on state. The voltage VDD of the first power voltage terminal VDD is transmitted to the third node C, which is VDD, through the turned-on fourth transistor M4, and the potential of the second node B is maintained at Vdata + V due to the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2thThe driving transistor M0 is in saturation state, and the operating current I flowing through the driving transistor M0 and driving the light emitting diode oled to emit light is known from the current characteristic in saturation stateoledSatisfies the formula: i isoled=K(Vgs–Vth)2=K[(Vdata+Vth)-Vdd-Vth]2=K(Vdata-Vdd)2Where K is a structural parameter, this number is relatively stable in the same structure and can be calculated as a constant.
It can be seen that the working current flowing through the light emitting diode is not influenced by the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and is only related to the data signal and the first power voltage terminal, thereby thoroughly solving the problem of the driving transistor due to the processThreshold voltage shift caused by manufacturing process and long-time operation on working current I of light-emitting diodeoledThe influence of (2) improves the panel display non-uniformity.
In addition, in the first time period and the second time period, the fifth transistor is in a conducting state, and the conducting fifth transistor enables the drain electrode of the driving transistor to be shunted to the second power supply voltage end, so that the problem that the dark state of the light emitting diode is not dark can be solved.
The operation of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 6 is described as an example, and the corresponding input timing chart is shown in fig. 9. Specifically, four periods of T1, T2, T3, and T4 in the input timing chart shown in fig. 9 are selected.
In the first time period T1, Scan1 is 0, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 0, Scan4 is 0, and Scan5 is 1.
The second transistor M2 and the sixth transistor M6 are in an off state, and the first transistor M1, the third transistor M3, the fourth transistor M4 and the fifth transistor M5 are in an on state. The reference signal Vref is transmitted to the second node B through the turned-on third transistor M3, the potential of the second node B is Vref, and the driving transistor M0 is turned on; the voltage VDD of the first power voltage end VDD is transmitted to the first node a sequentially through the turned-on fourth transistor M4 and the turned-on first transistor M1, and the potentials of the third node C and the first node a are both VDD; meanwhile, since the sixth transistor M6 disconnects the driving transistor M0 from the led oled, the drain current of the driving transistor M0 is entirely shunted to the second power voltage terminal VEE through the turned-on fifth transistor M5, and the led oled is completely in a dark state.
In the second time period T2, Scan1 is 0, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 1, Scan4 is 0, and Scan5 is 1.
The second transistor M2, the fourth transistor M4, and the sixth transistor M6 are in an off state, and the first transistor M1, the third transistor M3, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an on state. The potential difference between the second node B and the third node C gradually approaches the threshold voltage V of the driving transistor M0thWhen it comes toThe potential difference between the two nodes B and the third node C is equal to the threshold voltage VthAt this time, the driving transistor M0 is turned off. At this time, the potential of the second node B is still Vref, and the potentials of the third node C and the first node A are changed from Vdd to Vref-VthThe compensation of the threshold voltage is realized. When the driving transistor M0 is turned on, since the sixth transistor M6 disconnects the driving transistor M0 from the led oled, the drain current of the driving transistor M0 is all shunted to the second power voltage terminal VEE through the turned-on fifth transistor M5, and therefore the led oled is always in a dark state at this stage.
In the third time period T3, Scan1 is 1, Scan2 is 0, Scan3 is 1, Scan4 is 1, and Scan5 is 0.
The first transistor M1, the third transistor M3, the fourth transistor M4, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an off state, and the second transistor M2 and the sixth transistor M6 are in an on state. The data signal Vdata is provided to the first node a through the turned-on second transistor M2, so that the potential of the first node a becomes Vdata, and the potential of the second node B becomes Vdata + V according to the principle of conservation of electric quantity of the capacitor due to the floating state of the first capacitor C1thThereby realizing data writing.
In the fourth time period T4, Scan1 is 1, Scan2 is 1, Scan3 is 0, Scan4 is 1, and Scan5 is 0.
The first transistor M1, the second transistor M2, the third transistor M3, and the fifth transistor M5 are in an off state, and the fourth transistor M4 and the sixth transistor M6 are in an on state. The voltage VDD of the first power voltage terminal VDD is transmitted to the third node C, which is VDD, through the turned-on fourth transistor M4, and the potential of the second node B is maintained at Vdata + V due to the first capacitor C1 and the second capacitor C2thThe driving transistor M0 is in saturation state, and the operating current I flowing through the driving transistor M0 and driving the light emitting diode oled to emit light is known from the current characteristic in saturation stateoledSatisfies the formula: i isoled=K(Vgs–Vth)2=K[(Vdata+Vth)-Vdd-Vth]2=K(Vdata-Vdd)2Where K is a structural parameter, this number is relatively stable in the same structure and can be calculated as a constant.
It can be seen that the working current flowing through the light emitting diode is not influenced by the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, and is only related to the data signal and the first power voltage terminal, thereby thoroughly solving the problem that the threshold voltage drift of the driving transistor caused by the process and long-time operation causes the working current I of the light emitting diodeoledThe influence of (2) improves the panel display non-uniformity.
In addition, in the first time period and the second time period, the sixth transistor M6 disconnects the driving transistor M0 from the light emitting diode oled, the fifth transistor is in a conducting state, and the conducting fifth transistor enables the drain electrode of the driving transistor to shunt the second power voltage end, so that the problem that the dark state of the light emitting diode is not dark is solved.
Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a driving method of the pixel circuit, as shown in fig. 10, including:
s101, in a first time period, a reset module resets a grid electrode of a driving transistor under the control of a first scanning signal; the light-emitting control module enables the first power voltage end and the first electrode of the driving transistor to be in a conducting state under the control of the third scanning signal; the shunt module shunts the leakage current of the driving transistor to a shunt end under the control of a fourth scanning signal;
s102, in a second time period, the reset module resets the grid electrode of the driving transistor under the control of the first scanning signal; the threshold compensation module is used for performing threshold compensation on the driving transistor under the control of the first scanning signal; the shunt module shunts the leakage current of the driving transistor to a shunt end under the control of a fourth scanning signal;
s103, in a third time period, the data writing module provides a data signal to the pixel circuit under the control of the second scanning signal;
s104, in a fourth time period, the light-emitting control module enables the first power voltage end and the first electrode of the driving transistor to be in a conducting state under the control of the third scanning signal; the light emitting diode emits light.
According to the pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the invention, the threshold compensation module can compensate the threshold of the driving transistor, so that the threshold voltage drift of the driving transistor can be compensated, the influence of the threshold voltage on the light emitting diode is avoided, and the uniformity of the brightness of a display picture is improved. In addition, in the first time period and the second time period, the shunting module shunts the leakage current of the driving transistor to the shunting end under the control of the fourth scanning signal, so that the problem that the dark state of the existing pixel circuit is not dark is solved.
Further, when the pixel circuit includes the cut-off module, in the driving method provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:
the cut-off module makes the second pole of the driving transistor and the light emitting diode in an open circuit state under the control of the fifth scanning signal in the first time period and in the second time period. Therefore, the problem that the dark state of the existing pixel circuit is not dark can be thoroughly solved.
Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention further provides an organic light emitting display panel, including the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present invention, where the organic light emitting display panel may be a display panel of a computer, a mobile phone, a television, a notebook, an all-in-one machine, and other essential components of the display panel are all understood by those skilled in the art, and are not described herein again, nor should be limitations to the present invention.
The pixel circuit, the driving method thereof and the organic light emitting display panel provided by the embodiment of the invention comprise a data writing module, a threshold compensation module, a light emitting control module, a reset module, a driving transistor, a light emitting diode and a shunt module; the threshold compensation module can compensate the threshold of the driving transistor, so that the threshold voltage drift of the driving transistor can be compensated, the influence of the threshold voltage on the light emitting diode is avoided, and the uniformity of the brightness of a display picture is improved. In addition, as the shunt module connected with the second pole of the driving transistor is also arranged, when the light emitting diode is required to be in a dark state, the leakage current of the driving transistor can be shunted to the shunt end under the control of the fourth scanning signal, so that the problem that the dark state of the existing pixel circuit is not dark is solved.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present invention fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention and their equivalents, the present invention is also intended to include such modifications and variations.