EP1771838B1 - Bildanzeigevorrichtung und steuerungsverfahren für die anzeigevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1771838B1
EP1771838B1 EP05793298A EP05793298A EP1771838B1 EP 1771838 B1 EP1771838 B1 EP 1771838B1 EP 05793298 A EP05793298 A EP 05793298A EP 05793298 A EP05793298 A EP 05793298A EP 1771838 B1 EP1771838 B1 EP 1771838B1
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  • the present invention relates to a display device, a display control circuit and an image display method.
  • Image display devices are increasingly used in all kinds of applications such as in motor vehicles, digital cameras or mobile phones.
  • OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
  • passive matrix OLED display devices are already widely commercialized. However, they consume a lot of electrical energy and have a reduced life.
  • Active Matrix OLED displays have built-in electronics, and have many benefits such as reduced power consumption, high resolution, compatibility with video rates, and longer life than OLED display devices passive matrix.
  • these display devices comprise an active matrix formed in particular by a network of light emitters.
  • Each light emitter is linked to a pixel or subpixel of an image to be displayed and is addressed by an array of column electrodes and line electrodes via an addressing circuit.
  • the addressing circuits include current modulators able to control the current flowing through the emitters and therefore the luminance of each pixel or sub-pixel of the display device.
  • these modulators are thin-film transistors, called Thin Film Transistors (TFTs), made of polycrystalline silicon using low-temperature poly-crystalline silicon (LTPS) technology from a silicon layer. amorphous.
  • TFTs Thin Film Transistors
  • LTPS low-temperature poly-crystalline silicon
  • this technology introduces local spatial variations of the trigger threshold voltage between these transistors. These variations are due to the fact that the seals and grain size of silicon are not sufficiently controllable during the step of crystallization of amorphous silicon (Si-a) in polycrystalline silicon (Poly-Si).
  • TFT transistors fed by the same supply voltage and controlled by identical voltages or display currents generate currents of different intensities.
  • the threshold threshold voltages of the thin film transistors may vary inhomogeneously over time.
  • the heterogeneity of the tripping thresholds of these transistors causes non-uniformity of the brightness of the display device comprising such transistors. This results in differences in luminance levels and obvious visual discomfort for the user.
  • the document EP-1 381 019 discloses a display device comprising a compensation circuit comprising an operational amplifier whose output is connected to the gate of a modulator and whose non-inverting input is successively connected to the anode of each emitter of the same column, without going through the modulator associated with said transmitter.
  • this device is extremely complicated. It requires in particular the control of a large number of switches.
  • the object of the present invention is the implementation of a simpler display device.
  • the present invention relates to an active matrix image display device characterized in that one of the non-inverting input and the inverting input of the operational amplifier is connected to said output supply means for forming, with the gate of the modulator connected to the output of the operational amplifier, a feedback loop of the operational amplifier, when one of said transmitters is selected.
  • the input of the operational amplifier is not connected to the common terminal of the emitter-modulator series of each pixel, but at one end of this series.
  • the invention therefore makes it possible to directly control the power supply current of the emitters in each power supply column of the emitters, at least during the addressing phase of these emitters.
  • An advantage of the invention is that this control is performed without measuring this current.
  • Each emitter is periodically addressed to each image to be displayed, or several times for each image, according to the display method used.
  • the device comprises one or more of the following characteristics.
  • One of said ends of each emitter-modulator series of said column which is connected to the output of said supply means, corresponds to the drain or source of said modulators.
  • the output of the operational amplifier 35 then delivers a control signal V c which is a function of the display signal V data 22 , V data 23 and the trigger threshold voltage V th of the modulator 26 connected to the selected transmitter 22. 23, 24.
  • the control signal V c is adapted to charge the capacitor 30.
  • One of the non-inverting input (+) and the inverting input (-) of the operational amplifier connected to the output of said supply means is adapted to receive a signal dependent on the value of the display signal intended to be addressed to a selected transmitter in said column.
  • said power supply means further comprise a control generator which is adapted to successively supply power and discontinue each of the emitters of a column by providing a control signal at one of said ends of a column. the transmitter-modulator series corresponding to said transmitter, said control signal depending on the value of the display signal intended to be addressed to a selected transmitter in said column.
  • the control generator thus supplies one transmitter at a time, and only during its addressing phase.
  • the supply means then generally further comprise a holding generator whose function is to feed the column transmitters out of their addressing phases.
  • This sustain generator is generally able to supply the emitters of all the columns, outside of their addressing phases.
  • Such a device requires switching means adapted to switch the power of the transmitters between the control generator and the sustain generator. In practice, therefore, there are generally two additional switches in each addressing circuit, one for connecting the transmitter-modulator series of this circuit to the addressing generator during the addressing phases, the other for connecting this series. transmitter-modulator to the sustain generator outside the addressing phases.
  • the output of the driving generator is connected to one of the non-inverting input (+) and the inverting input (-) of the operational amplifier. Only during the addressing of an emitter of this column, this same output is also connected, via a closed switch for addressing, to said end of the corresponding emitter-modulator series.
  • Said control generator comprises a display voltage generator and a resistive element connected in series, and the voltage generator is adapted to generate a voltage dependent on the value of the display signal intended to be addressed to a transmitter selected in said column.
  • This resistance may be an internal resistance to the voltage generator.
  • the value of the current flowing in this resistor and therefore in this emitter during its addressing phase is independent of the trigger threshold voltage of the modulator associated with this emitter.
  • the value of the current is then on the one hand proportional to the difference between said value of the display signal and the value of the voltage applied to the other one of the non-inverting input and the inverting input of the operational amplifier. on the other hand inversely proportional to the resistance value of the resistive element.
  • said power supply means comprise a control generator capable of supplying power, and this time continuously, all the emitters of a column by providing the same control signal to one said ends of each emitter-modulator series of a column, said control signal being a function of the sum of the values of the display signal previously addressed and being addressed to all the emitters of the column for a period of time. picture.
  • Said control generator comprises a display voltage generator and a resistive element connected in series, and the voltage generator is adapted to generate a voltage depending on the sum of the values of the display signal previously addressed and being addressed to all the emitters of the column for a duration of image.
  • This resistance may be an internal resistance to the voltage generator. Thanks to this series resistance, the value of the current flowing in this resistor and therefore in this emitter is independent of the tripping threshold voltage of the modulator associated with this emitter. The value of the current is then on the one hand proportional to the difference between said sum of the values of the display signal and the value of the voltage applied to the other one of the non-inverting input and the inverting input of the operational amplifier, on the other hand inversely proportional to the value of the resistance of the resistive element.
  • the addressing circuits of the transmitters are simplified with respect to the first variant, since it is no longer necessary to switch one end of the transmitter-modulator series alternately to two different generators as in the first variant.
  • the output of the driving generator is connected on the one hand to one of the non-inverting input (+) and the inverting input (-) of the operational amplifier, on the other hand, without intermediate switch, to said end of the corresponding emitter-modulator series.
  • Said control means also comprise a reference generator capable of delivering a reference signal to the other from the inverting input (-) and the non-inverting input (+) of the operational amplifier.
  • Each transmitter has particular electrical and / or optical properties and the value of each reference signal is a function of said electrical and / or optical properties.
  • Each transmitter is associated with the illumination of a color, and the reference signal is able to be modulated according to the color assigned to said selected transmitter.
  • a given white shade is classically identified by its trichromatic coordinates. Thanks to the invention, it is possible to easily optimize the chromatic performances of the device and to compensate for the differences in aging between the emitters.
  • the emitters are grouped into pluralities of adjacent emitters adapted to each emit a different color, and, for each plurality, said reference signals are allocated to the different emitters of this plurality so that the addressing of these emitters by the same display signal value generates the emission of said white tint by this plurality.
  • Said control means further comprise data storage means capable of storing the value of the display signal addressed to each transmitter during an image duration.
  • the method comprises the characteristic according to which the control signal is a function of the sum of the values of the display signals addressed to all the emitters of the column during an image duration.
  • the figure 1 represents an image display device according to the invention. This is constituted by an active matrix 1 controlled by control means 2.
  • the active matrix 1 comprises a plurality of addressing circuits 3, 4, 5, 6, each associated with a transmitter (not shown) and distributed along lines and columns.
  • the means 2 for controlling the active matrix comprise a control system 7, a selection control circuit 8 and an addressing control circuit 10.
  • the control system 7 is adapted to receive an image display signal, to process it (for example, to decode and decompress it) and to output a synchronization signal to the selection control circuit 8 and signal signals. display at the addressing control circuit 10.
  • the selection control circuit 8 is connected to a plurality of line electrodes 14, 15, each associated with a line of transmitters. Sure receiving the synchronization signal, the circuit 8 is adapted to generate a selection pulse V select successively at each line electrode 14, to select in turn all the addressing circuits 3, 6 of this line, at a frequency scan corresponding to an image duration.
  • the selection pulse V select is a logical data selection of the transmitters.
  • the addressing control circuit 10 is connected to a plurality of column electrodes 16, 17 and a plurality of driving electrodes 18, 19, each associated with a transmitter column 21A, 21B. It comprises a plurality of addressing control units 20A, 20B, each adapted to address and supply the addressing circuits 3, 4, 5, 6 of a column 21A, 21B via an electrode 16, 17 and a control electrode 18, 19.
  • the row electrodes 14, 15, 16, 17 of the column and control 18, 19 respectively allow to select, address and supply a specific addressing circuit among the set of circuits 3, 4, 5, 6 of the display device.
  • the figure 2 represents light emitters 22, 23, 24 each associated with an addressing circuit 3, 4, 5 of a set of pixels of a column of emitters 21A and the addressing control unit 20A specific to this column of transmitters 21A and the selection control circuit 8 of the addressing circuits 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • the emitters 22, 23, 24 of the display device are organic light emitting diodes. They include an anode and a cathode.
  • the structure of these diodes is "conventional", that is to say that the anodes are in a lower layer, the side of the substrate, and the cathodes in the upper layer.
  • Each transmitter is a pixel elementary. These elementary pixels are of the same nature (emission of identical color) in the case of a monochrome screen or are structured in the form of triplets red, green and blue in the case of a color screen.
  • all emitters 22, 23, 24 of a column are associated with sub-pixels of the same color.
  • the emitters of three adjacent columns are successively associated with the colors red, green and blue.
  • the bias voltages necessary for emitters 22, 23, 24 to be traversed by a current of the same value vary according to the current-voltage characteristics of these emitters, and in particular as a function of the color of the sub-pixels associated with the emitters 22, 23, 24 of each column.
  • This circuit 3 comprises a current modulator 26, a switch 28 formed of a transistor, a storage capacitor 29 and a feed electrode 30.
  • the current modulator 26 and the switch 28 are thin film transistors (Thin Film Transistor), based on a technology using polycrystalline silicon (Poly-Si), amorphous silicon (a-Si) or Microcrystalline silicon ( ⁇ c-Si) deposited in thin layers on a glass substrate.
  • Thin Film Transistor thin film transistors
  • Such components comprise three electrodes: a drain electrode and a source electrode between which flows a modulated current called drain current, and a gate electrode to which the control voltage V c is applied.
  • the source of the modulator 26 is connected to the anode of the emitter 22, so as to connect in series the modulator 26 and the emitter 22.
  • One 31 of the ends of this series, namely here the drain of the modulator 26 is connected to the control electrode 18.
  • the gate of the modulator 26 is connected on the one hand, to a first terminal of the capacitor 29 and on the other hand, to a current passage electrode (drain or source) of the switch 28, via an electrical line 33.
  • the other current-carrying electrode (drain or source) of the switch 28 is connected to the column electrode 16.
  • the gate of the switch 28 is connected to the line electrode 14.
  • the second terminal of each capacitor 29 of the set of circuits 3, 4, 5 of the column 21A is connected to the supply electrode 30.
  • the other end 32 of each series modulator-emitter namely here the cathode of the emitter 22 is connected to a supply electrode 34.
  • the two feed electrodes 30 and 34 can be interconnected at the same potential by a driver not shown.
  • the modulator 26, represented on the figure 2 is of type n, so that, in operation, its drain current flows between its drain and its source. Note that such a device can also be used to drive p-type TFTs, always with conventional structure diodes, as illustrated in FIG. figure 10 .
  • the capacitor 29, arranged between the gate and the source of the modulator 26, is adapted to substantially maintain a constant control voltage at the gate of the modulator 26 during a time interval corresponding to the duration of an image T1, T2 in order to maintain the brightness of the transmitter during this time.
  • the supply electrode 30 is able to provide the voltage necessary to bias the desired potential to one of the terminals of the capacitor 29, as known in the state of the art.
  • the control unit 20A is adapted to compensate, with the feedback loop described hereinafter, the trigger threshold voltage V th of each modulator 26 of the set of addressing circuits 3, 4, 5 of FIG. 21A column and to supply the transmitters 22, 23, 24 of the 21A transmitters column.
  • an operational amplifier 35 having an inverting input -, a non-inverting input + and an output.
  • the output of this amplifier 35 is connected to the column electrode 16 and its non-inverting input + is connected to the control electrode 18 supplying the transmitters of the column via their associated modulator.
  • this non-inverting input + is simultaneously connected to the anode of each emitter 22, 23, 24 of the column 21A via the modulator 26 associated therewith.
  • a feedback loop of the amplifier 35 is formed by the driving electrode 18, the end 31 of the modulator-emitter series, the modulator 26, the line 33 and the column electrode 16. each time a switch 28 of an addressing circuit 3, 4, 5 of the transmitter column 21A is closed. Note that the end 31 of the modulator-transmitter series which is part of the feedback loop corresponds, in the embodiments presented on figures 2 and 10 , to one of the drain or source of the modulator of this series.
  • the amplifier 35 is able to operate in feedback and thus compensate for the trigger threshold voltage V th of each modulator 26 of the addressing circuits 3, 4, 5 of the transmitter column 21A, as will be explained. in the following description.
  • control unit 20A is suitable for addressing and supplying the emitters 22, 23, 24 of the column 21A with the driving current I.
  • This current I depends on the sum of the values of the display voltages V data 22 , V data 23, V data 24 addressed to transmitters 22, 23, 24 of this column 21A.
  • control current generator 36 for this purpose, it comprises a control current generator 36 and a reference voltage generator 38, respectively connected to the non-inverting input + and the inverting input - of the amplifier 35.
  • the current generator 36 is formed by a variable voltage generator 39 connected in series with a resistor 40.
  • the control electrode 18 is connected to the output of the resistor 40, at the node 42, which thus forms one of the outputs of the current generator 36.
  • the generator 39 is a variable voltage generator whose voltage varies as a function of the values of the display signal V data 22 , V data 23 intended to be addressed to the transmitters 22, 23, as will be explained in the following description.
  • the generator 38 is a generator adapted to deliver a reference voltage which is fixed during the settings of the display device and which is specific to each column.
  • a variable voltage generator it is also possible to use a variable voltage generator; the variation of the reference voltage as a function of the column of transmitters 21A addressed will be explained in the following description.
  • the output of the generator 38 is connected to the inverting input - of the amplifier 35, via, optionally, a resistor 44.
  • This resistor 44 is not absolutely necessary for the operation of the control unit 20A. It only has an advantageous function of balancing between the two inputs of the operational amplifier 35.
  • a capacitor 46 is connected between the inverting input - of the amplifier 35 and the output of this amplifier.
  • the Resistor 44 and capacitor 46 constitute a compensation network which advantageously increases the accuracy and stability of the circuit.
  • the control unit 20A also comprises data storage means 48 and a control module 50 of the generators 38 and 39.
  • the storage means 48 comprise a database 52 adapted to store on the one hand the value of the display signal V data 22 , V data 23 addressed to each transmitter 22, 23 of the column 21A during the previous period of time. T1 image and, secondly, an identification or location data of the transmitter 22, 23 to which this value has been addressed.
  • These storage means 48 also comprise a directory 54 adapted to store a reference voltage value to be associated with all the transmitters of the column 21A. This value is a function of the red, green or blue color associated with the emitters 22, 23 of the column 21A.
  • Emitters associated with different colors have different current-voltage characteristics, as can be seen on the figure 12 . Consequently, it is necessary to apply different voltages across a red emitter and across a blue emitter to obtain the same luminance and the same value of the current flowing through these emitters.
  • the reference voltage values of the directories 54 of each column are set here according to the color of the emitters of a column 21A. This operation is performed at the factory, during the settings of the display device that are performed prior to its commissioning. These reference values are set to compensate for the variations between the electrical current-voltage characteristics and / or the luminous characteristics of the different emitters of the device, as will be described later.
  • these characteristics depend mainly on the emission color of the emitters, there will be three different reference voltage values, a first value V ref.R common to all the red emitters of a first column, a second value V ref.G common to all the green emitters of a second column and a third value V ref.B common to all the blue emitters of a third column.
  • these reference voltage values are specific to each column of emitters, so as to compensate for variations in current-voltage electrical characteristics and / or light characteristics between the emitters of different columns, even when they are of the same emission color.
  • a current can flow in a transmitter only if the V data display signal addressed to it is greater than the reference voltage V ref associated therewith.
  • reference voltage values as low as possible will be preferably set while adjusting the display device while achieving the desired compensations.
  • the control module 50 is connected to the storage means 48 for searching and recording information therein.
  • the module 50 is adapted to receive the display signal transmitted by the system 7 and to control the generators 38 and 39 as a function of this signal and the information stored in the storage means 48.
  • circuits 8 and 10 are adapted to address, supply and successively select all the emitters 22, 23, 24 of the matrix 1.
  • step 60 the control unit 20A and the circuit 8 control the lighting of the first transmitter 22 of the column 21A.
  • This step 60 includes steps 62 to 69.
  • step 62 the circuit 8 generates a selection select pulse V 22 at the line electrode 14. This pulse, shown in FIG. figure 4 , is suitable for closing the switch 28.
  • the module 50 interrogates the directory 54 to know the reference voltage associated with the column of the transmitter 22.
  • This reference voltage is in particular a function of the color of the sub-pixels associated with the transmitters 22 , 23, 24 of this column.
  • the module 50 controls the generator 38 so that it delivers the reference voltage V ref 21A for the transmitters of the column 21A whose value is constant and equal V ref a .
  • the module 50 receives from the control system 7 the value V a of the display voltage V data 22 to be addressed to the transmitter 22 as well as the identification or the position of the addressed transmitter 22 associated with this value. Then, the module 50 stores in the database 52 this value V a and the identification of the issuer to which this value is addressed.
  • the module 50 controls the generator 39 so that it generates the value V a of the display voltage V data 22 to be addressed to the transmitter 22, as represented on FIG. the figure 6 .
  • the generator 38 supplies a reference voltage V ref 21A equal to V ref a , to the inverting input - of the amplifier 35.
  • the generator 39 applies a voltage V data to the resistor 40. equal to V a , represented on the figure 6 .
  • the optional resistor 44 does not intervene in the calculation of the current, because no significant current, at least compared to the value of the driving current of I 22 , circulates in this resistance.
  • the potential difference between the inverting input - and the noninverting input + of the amplifier 35 is canceled.
  • the voltage at the node 42 is then equal to V ref a .
  • a compensation of the triggering threshold voltage of the transmitter 22 of the device is obtained directly, without going through a measurement of the current crossing this transmitter.
  • control voltage V c is a function not only of the display signal of the V data transmitter 22 and of the reference voltage V ref associated with this transmitter, but also of the trigger threshold voltage V th of the modulator 26.
  • the control voltage V c applied to the gate of the modulator 26 is adapted and modulated by the amplifier 35 to compensate for the trigger threshold voltage V th of this modulator.
  • control voltage V c at the output of the amplifier 35 is adjusted exactly to the voltage required to address the transmitter 22 with the value V a of the display voltage V data 22 and that whatever the value of the trigger threshold voltage V th of the modulator 26 and this even if it varies over time.
  • This control voltage V c is then maintained at the gate of the modulator 26 by the capacitor 29 for the rest of the image duration, whereas the switch 28 of the circuit 3 is reopened, as is known in the art. state of the art.
  • Step 70 the second emitter 23 of the column 21A is illuminated.
  • Step 70 includes steps 72 to 79.
  • step 72 the circuit 8 outputs a select select pulse 23 , as shown in FIG. figure 5 , at the line electrode 15.
  • the module 50 determines the reference voltage V ref 21A associated with the column of the transmitter 23, by interrogating the storage means 48. As the transmitter 23 is in the same column as the emitter 22 and therefore these emitters are associated with the same color, the value V ref of this reference voltage V ref 21A is identical to the value V ref a of the reference voltage V ref 22 generated during addressing the first transmitter 22.
  • the module 50 controls the reference generator 38, so that it generates the voltage V ref a determined during the step 74.
  • the module 50 receives from the system 7 and records in the database 52, the value V b of the display voltage V data 23 to be sent to the transmitter 23 and represented on the figure 6 as well as the identification or the position of the addressed transmitter 23 associated with this value.
  • the module 50 adds the value V a of the display voltage V data 22 previously sent to the transmitter 22 of the same column at the value V b of the display voltage V data 23 intended to be addressed to the next transmitter 23.
  • the module 50 controls the generator 39 so that it delivers a display voltage equal to the voltage value calculated during the step 78, namely V a + V b .
  • the current I 22 (V data22 - V ref a ) / R necessary for the illumination of the transmitter 22, continues to feed the modulator 26.
  • the same control voltage V c is maintained at the gate of the modulator 26 of the first circuit 3, by the capacitor 29, and not by the amplifier 35 since the switch 28 of the circuit 3 is now open.
  • This voltage Vc controls the intensity of the current supplying the transmitter 22 so that this intensity is equal to the intensity programmed in step 60.
  • the switch 28 of the circuit 4 has been closed in the step 72, the column electrode 16, the amplifier 35, the control electrode 18, the end 31 of the modulator-emitter series, the modulator 26 of the second circuit 4 and the line 33 of the second circuit 4 form a new loop of Again, the control voltage V c coming out of the amplifier 35 compensates, as before, the trigger threshold voltage V th of the modulator 26 of the second circuit 4.
  • step 80 comprises the steps 82 to 89.
  • the module 50 then controls the generator 39 so that it delivers a display voltage equal to the new calculated value of the sum ⁇ not V data . not .
  • a second addressing of the circuit 4 is performed in the same way. After an image duration T2, all the emitters 22, 23, 24 of the column 21A are illuminated as a function of display voltages representative of the new image data to be displayed by these emitters.
  • a value of the reference voltage V ref 22 equal to V ref a has been applied to the inverting input - of the amplifier 35 and a value of the display voltage V data 22 equal to V a has been addressed to the transmitter 22 during the image duration T1. This value of the voltage V a continues to be addressed during the new image duration T2.
  • the value of the display voltage addressed to the transmitter 23 is equal to V b during the first and previous image duration T3 ( figure 6 ), then is zero during the next frame duration T4.
  • this device and this display method make it possible to avoid an initialization phase prior to the programming of the addressing circuits 3, 4, 5.
  • the use of a reference voltage applied to one of the inputs of the amplifier 35 and specific to each column of transmitters, or groups of columns, as here groups of different colors advantageously allows to reduce the consumption of the display device. Indeed, if one chooses the values of the reference voltages not only so as to compensate variations variations of the electrical and / or luminous characteristics of the transmitters of different columns but also so as to obtain a mean value of reference voltage the as low as possible for each column, it is possible to shift the V data values of the display signals by a similar amount and decrease, which reduces the electrical power to be generated by the power generator 39.
  • figure 2 of an OLED display device with a conventional structure it is the anode of the emitters 22, 23 which forms the interface with the active matrix 1 ("conventional" structure diodes): the drain (n-type case) or the source (p-type case) modulators 26, is then connected to the control electrode 18, and the cathode of the emitters 22, 23 is connected to the electrode 34.
  • the control electrode 18 is then connected to the node 42 where join one of the outputs of the power supply means 36 and the non-inverting input + of the amplifier 35.
  • the present invention also applies to display devices with a so-called inverted structure, in which the cathode of the emitters forms the interface with the active matrix: the drain (p type case) or the source (n type case) of the modulators 26 is then connected to the control electrode 18, and the anode of the emitters 22, 23 is connected to the electrode 34.
  • the control electrode 18 is connected to the node 42 where one of the outputs of the supply means 36 and, this time, the inverting input - of the amplifier 35.
  • This circuit being much more stable than that described for conventional structure diodes, advantageously, no resistor 44 nor any capacitor 46 balancing and / or compensation are no longer necessary.
  • the display signals then correspond to negative voltages and the currents of the diodes are "pulled" from the supply electrodes 34.
  • the generator 38 is able to modify the reference voltage as a function of the aging of the emitters or to lower it in a low consumption mode.
  • a reference voltage is associated with each column of transmitters.
  • the storage means 48 comprise a database suitable for storing the values of the reference voltages to be applied to each column of transmitters.
  • the control unit 50 is able to search in this database for the value the reference voltage to be applied to the inverting input - of the amplifier 35 depending on the identification or position of the column of this transmitter.
  • the difference (V ref x - V ref y ) is preferably established so as to compensate for the differences in electrical and / or luminous characteristics of the different columns of the device. transmitters.
  • Part of a display device according to a third embodiment of the invention is illustrated on the figure 13 .
  • This display device comprises addressing circuits 103 connected, on the one hand, to addressing control units 20A by means of electrodes of FIG. column 16 and control electrodes 18 and, secondly, to a selection circuit 8 by line electrodes 14.
  • the circuit 103 is suitable for addressing and supplying a transmitter 22 whose cathode is connected to a supply electrode 34.
  • It comprises a current modulator 26, three switches 28, 106, 108 formed of a transistor, a storage capacitor 29 and a ground electrode 110.
  • the drain of the modulator 26 is connected to the anode of the emitter 22, so as to connect in series the modulator 26 and the emitter 22.
  • the gate of the modulator 26 is connected, on the one hand, to a first terminal of the capacitor 29 and, secondly, a current passage electrode (drain or source) of the switch 28, via an electrical line 33.
  • the other current passage electrode (drain or source) of the switch 28 is connected to the column electrode 16.
  • the gate of the switch 28 is connected to the line electrode 14.
  • the second terminal of the capacitor 29 is connected to the ground electrode 110.
  • the source of the modulator 26 is connected, on the one hand, to the drain of the switch 108 and, on the other hand, to a current flow electrode (drain or source) of the switch 106.
  • the source of the switch 108 is connected to the 110.
  • the gate of the switch 108 is connected to the line electrode 14.
  • the other electrode e current passage (drain or source) of the switch 106 is connected to the control electrode 18.
  • the gate of the switch 106 is connected to the line electrode 14.
  • the control unit 20A has been partially represented. It has the same components as the control unit shown on the figure 2 and works the same way.
  • the control electrode 18 is connected to the inverting input of the operational amplifier 35 and the resistor 40.
  • the column electrode 16 is connected to the output of the operational amplifier 35.
  • the control unit 20A is adapted to successively supply power and discontinue each of the emitters 22 of the addressing circuits 103 of a column 21A by supplying a current I 21 to one of the ends of the series of emitters 22. - modulators 26.
  • the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier 35 is adapted to receive a reference voltage for the emitters 22 of the column 21A and whose value is a function of the color of the sub-pixels associated with the emitters 22 of this column.
  • the display voltage V data to be addressed to the transmitter 22 is applied to the resistor 40. This voltage generates a control current which is applied to the current-pass electrode of the switch 106.
  • the line electrode 14 is set to a logic state O, so that the switches 28 and 106 are closed and the switch 108 is open.
  • the tripping threshold voltage of the gate of the modulator 26 is compensated by the amplifier 35 operating in feedback and this independently of the characteristics of the modulator 26.
  • the voltage at the gate of the modulator 26 is stored in the capacitor 29.
  • the line electrode 14 goes to a logic state 1 and, consequently, the switches 28 and 106 are open and the switch 108 is closed.
  • the voltages at the drain, source and gate electrodes of the modulator 26 have not varied during the transition from the refresh phase to the storage phase, so that the same current flows through the emitter 22 during the transition from the refresh phase to the storage phase.
  • this device makes it possible to finely control the current flowing through the emitter 22, which generates a precise grid scale, uniform brightness and low noise even on high resolution screens.
  • the programming time of this display device is reduced compared to display devices without feedback.
  • this display device allows significant dispersions on the characteristics and in particular on the trigger threshold voltage of the modulator 26.

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  1. Bildanzeigevorrichtung mit Aktivmatrix (1) mit
    - mehreren Lichtsendern (22, 23, 24), die ein Gitter aus Sendern bilden, welche in Zeilen und Spalten (21A, 21B) angeordnet sind, wobei jeder Sender (22, 23, 24) geeignet ist, um periodisch mit einem Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) repräsentativ für Anzeige Daten einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) eines Anzeigesignals adressiert zu werden,
    - einem Strommodulator (26), der mit jedem Lichtsender (22, 23, 24) des Gitters in Reihe geschaltet ist, um Sender-Modulator-Reihen zu bilden, wobei der Modulator (26) eine Quelle, eine Senke, ein Array aufweist, wobei der Modulator geeignet ist, um bei einer Spannung zwischen der Senke bzw. der Quelle und dem Array, welche höher oder gleich einer Schwellenspannung für das Auslösen (Vth) des Modulators ist, mit einem Senkenstrom zur Speisung des Senders (22, 23, 24) durchströmt zu werden,
    - einem Kondensator (29) für die Speicherung von elektrischen Ladungen, welcher geeignet ist, an dem Array jedes Modulators (26) während der Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) eine Steuerspannung aufrechtzuerhalten,
    - Auswahlmitteln (8, 14, 15), die geeignet sind, die Sender (22) einer selben Zeile auszuwählen,
    - Treibermitteln (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48) für die Beleuchtung der Sender mit - für jede Spalte (21A) - Mitteln (36, 39, 40) zur Speisung dieser Sender (22, 23, 24), umfassend einen Ausgang (42), der mit einem der Enden (31, 32) jeder Sender-Modulator-Reihe der Spalte (21A) verbunden ist, und mindestens einen betriebsbereiten Verstärker (35) für die Steuerung der entsprechenden Modulatoren (26) mit einem invertierenden Eingang (-), einem nicht invertierenden Eingang (+) und einem Ausgang, wobei der Ausgang des Verstärkers (35) geeignet ist, um mit dem Array jedes Modulators (26) dieser Spalte (21A) verbunden zu werden, wenn ein mit diesem Modulator (26) verbundener Sender (22, 23, 24) ausgewählt wird, um die Steuerspannung an das Array anzulegen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass entweder der nicht invertierende Eingang (+) oder der invertierende Eingang (-) des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) mit dem Ausgang (42) der Speisungsmittel (36, 39, 40) verbunden ist, um mit dem Array des Modulators (26), das mit dem Ausgang des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) verbunden ist, eine Rückkopplungsschleife des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) zu bilden, wenn einer der Sender (22, 23, 24) ausgewählt ist.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eines der Enden (31, 32) jeder Sender-Modulator-Reihe der Spalte (21A), das mit dem Ausgang (42) der Speisungsmittel (36, 39, 40) verbunden ist, der Senke oder der Quelle der Modulatoren (26) entspricht.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einer unter dem nicht invertierenden Eingang (+) und dem invertierenden Eingang (-) des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35), der mit dem Ausgang (42) der Speisungsmittel verbunden ist, geeignet ist, um ein Signal zu empfangen, das von dem Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals abhängt, der dazu bestimmt ist, an einen ausgewählten Sender (22, 23, 24) in der Spalte (21A) adressiert zu werden.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Speisungsmittel (36, 39, 40) ferner einen Treibergenerator (36, 39, 40) umfassen, der geeignet ist, um jeden der Sender (22, 23, 24) einer Spalte (21A) aufeinander folgend diskontinuierlich mit Leistung zu beaufschlagen durch Bereitstellung eines Treibersignal (ln) an einem der Enden (31, 32) der Sender-Modulator-Reihe, das dem Sender entspricht, wobei das Treibersignal (ln) von dem Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals abhängt, der dazu bestimmt ist, an einen ausgewählten Sender (22, 23, 24) in der Spalte (21A) adressiert zu werden.
  5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Treibergenerator (36, 39, 40) einen Generator (39) der Anzeigespannung (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) und ein resistives Element (40), die in Reihe geschaltet sind, umfasst, und dass der Spannungsgenerator (39) geeignet ist, um eine Spannung zu erzeugen, die von dem Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals abhängt, der dazu bestimmt ist, an einen ausgewählten Sender (22, 23, 24) in der Spalte (21A) adressiert zu werden.
  6. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Speisungsmittel (36, 39, 40) ferner einen Treibergenerator (36, 39, 40) umfassen, der geeignet ist, um die Gesamtheit der Sender (22, 23, 24) einer Spalte (21A) kontinuierlich mit Leistung zu beaufschlagen durch Bereitstellung eines selben Treibersignals (1) an einem der Enden (31, 32) jeder Sender-Modulator-Reihe einer Spalte (21A), wobei das Treibersignal (1) von der Summe der Werte (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals abhängt, die an die Gesamtheit der Sender (22, 23) der Spalte (21A) während einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) zuvor adressiert wurden und gerade adressiert werden.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Treibergenerator (36, 39, 40) einen Generator (39) der Anzeigespannung (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) und ein resistives Element (40), die in Reihe geschaltet sind, umfasst, und dass der Spannungsgenerator (39) geeignet ist, um eine Spannung zu erzeugen, die von der Summe der Werte (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals abhängt, die an die Gesamtheit der Sender (22, 23) der Spalte (21A) während einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) zuvor adressiert wurden und gerade adressiert werden.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie kein Schaltmittel zwischen dem Ausgang der Speisungsmittel und jedem der Enden der Sender-Modulator-Reihen der Spalte umfasst.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 7 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Spannungsgenerator (39) mit dem resistiven Element (40) verbunden ist, um einen Treiberstrom (1) abzugeben, der sich aus der folgenden Beziehung I = ∑ n = 1 p V data n - V ref n R
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     ergibt, bei der
    R das resistive Element (40) ist,
    Vref n eine dem Sender n zugeordnete Referenzspannung ist,
    Vdata n der Wert der Anzeigespannung ist, der an den Sender n adressiert wird, und
    p die Gesamtanzahl von Sendern in einer Spalte ist.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Treibermittel (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48) ferner einen Referenzgenerator (38) umfassen, der geeignet ist, um ein Referenzsignal (Vref) an den anderen unter dem invertierenden Eingang (-) und dem nicht invertierenden Eingang (+) des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) auszugeben.
  11. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Sender (22, 23, 24) besondere elektrische und/oder optische Eigenschaften aufweist und dass der Wert jedes Referenzsignals (Vref) von den genannten elektrischen und/oder optischen Eigenschaften abhängt.
  12. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jeder Sender (22, 23, 24) der Beleuchtung einer Farbe zugeordnet ist und dass das Referenzsignal (Vref) geeignet ist, um in Abhängigkeit von der Farbe, die dem ausgewählten Sender (22, 23, 24) zugeordnet ist, moduliert zu werden.
  13. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 10 oder 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Sender (22, 23, 24) in Vielzahlen von aneinander grenzenden Sendern (22, 23, 24) zusammengefasst sind, die geeignet sind, um jeweils eine unterschiedliche Farbe auszustrahlen, und dass bei jeder Vielzahl die Referenzsignale (Vref) den einzelnen Sendern dieser Vielzahl so zugeordnet sind, dass die Adressierung dieser Sender mit einem selben Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals die Ausstrahlung eines weißen Farbtons durch diese Vielzahl bewirkt.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Treibermittel (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48) ferner Datenspeicherungsmittel (48) umfassen, die geeignet sind, um den Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) des Anzeigesignals, der an jeden Sender (22, 23) während einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) adressiert wird, zu speichern.
  15. Verfahren zur Steuerung einer Bildanzeigevorrichtung mit Aktivmatrix (1) mit mehreren Lichtsendern (22, 23, 24), die ein Gitter aus Sendern bilden, welche in Zeilen und Spalten (21A, 21B) angeordnet sind, wobei jeder Sender (22, 23) geeignet ist, um periodisch während einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) mit einem für ein Datum über die Anzeige repräsentativen Wert (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) adressiert zu werden, mit einem Strommodulator (26) mit einer Quelle, einer Senke, einem Array, wobei entweder die Senke oder die Quelle jedes Modulators (26) mit einem Sender (22, 23, 24) des Arrays in Reihe geschaltet ist, um eine Sender-Modulator-Reihe mit zwei Enden (31, 32) zu bilden, mit Auswahlmitteln (8, 14, 15), die geeignet sind, um die Sender (22, 23) einer Zeile auszuwählen, mit einem Kondensator (29) für die Speicherung von elektrischen Ladungen, welcher geeignet ist, an dem Array des bzw. jedes Modulators (26) während der Bilddauer (T1, T2) eine Steuerspannung aufrechtzuerhalten, und mit Treibermitteln (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48) für die Beleuchtung der Sender (22, 23) einer Spalte mit - für jede Spalte (21A) - Mitteln (36, 39, 40) zur Speisung dieser Sender (22, 23, 24), umfassend einen Ausgang (42), der mit einem der Enden (31, 32) jeder Sender-Modulator-Reihe der Spalte (21A) verbunden ist, und mindestens einen betriebsbereiten Verstärker (35) mit einem invertierenden Eingang (-), einem nicht invertierenden Eingang (+) und einem Ausgang, wobei das Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:
    - Übermittlung eines Auswahlsignal (Vselect) an eine Zeile von Sendern (22) durch die Auswahlmittel (8, 14, 15) und
    - Anlegen eines Treibersignals (1) an eines der Enden (31, 32) jeder Sender-Modulator-Reihe einer Spalte (21A) durch die Treibermittel (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48),
    - Anlegen eines Steuerungssignals (Vc) an das mit dem ausgewählten Sender (22) verbundene Array jedes Modulators (26) durch die Treibermittel (20A, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 48),
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es ferner den folgenden Schritt umfasst:
    - Auswahl einer Zeile von Sendern zur Bildung einer Rückkopplungsschleife des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) mit dem Array des Modulators (26), das mit dem Ausgang des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35) verbunden ist, und mit einem unter dem nicht invertierenden Eingang (+) und dem invertierenden Eingang (-) des betriebsbereiten Verstärkers (35), der mit dem Ausgang (42) der Mittel (36, 39, 40) zur Speisung dieser Sender (22, 23) verbunden ist.
  16. Verfahren nach Anspruch 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Treibersignal (1) von der Summe der Werte (Vdata 22, Vdata 23) der Anzeigesignal abhängt, die an die Gesamtheit der Sender (22, 23) der Spalte (21A) während einer Bilddauer (T1, T2, T3, T4) adressiert werden.
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