WO2021159664A1 - 像素电路、像素电路的驱动方法和显示面板 - Google Patents
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- the embodiments of the present application relate to the field of display technology, such as a pixel circuit, a driving method of the pixel circuit, and a display panel.
- Micro-Light Emitting Diode (Micro-LED) display devices can miniaturize the size of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and have higher performance than organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display devices.
- LEDs light-emitting diodes
- OLED organic light-emitting diode
- the Micro-LED works at low current density, the luminous efficiency is low.
- the light-emitting wavelength is different from the light-emitting wavelength when the grayscale is high, which causes the color shift problem of the display color of the Micro-LED display device.
- the Micro-LED display device displays, it can use a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal with a digital driving method to drive its light through the power supply, so as to improve the color shift problem of the display color of the Micro-LED display device.
- PWM pulse width modulation
- the data signal and the PWM signal of the power supply need to be accurately synchronized, which makes the design of the driving circuit for driving the Micro-LED to emit light very complicated.
- the present application provides a pixel circuit, a driving method of the pixel circuit, and a display panel, so as to reduce the design complexity of the driving circuit on the basis of improving the color shift of the display panel.
- an embodiment of the present application provides a pixel circuit, including a data writing module, a storage module, a driving module, and a light emitting device;
- the driving module includes a first control terminal and a second control terminal.
- the data writing module is used to write data signals into the first control terminal of the driving module during the data writing stage;
- the storage module is used to maintain The potential of the first control terminal;
- the second control terminal is electrically connected to the pulse width modulation signal input terminal of the pixel circuit, and is used to control the driving module to input the pulse width modulation signal input terminal in the light-emitting phase
- the pulse width modulation signal provides a discontinuous drive current, and the light emitting device emits light in response to the drive current.
- the embodiments of the present application also provide a method for driving a pixel circuit.
- the pixel circuit includes a data writing module, a storage module, a driving module, and a light emitting device.
- the driving module includes a first control terminal and a second control terminal. Control terminal; the method includes:
- the data writing module of the pixel circuit writes a data signal into the first control terminal of the driving module of the pixel circuit; the storage module maintains the voltage of the first control terminal of the driving module;
- the second control terminal of the driving module controls the driving module to provide a discontinuous driving current according to the pulse width modulation signal input from the pulse width modulation signal input terminal of the pixel circuit, and the light emitting device responds to the driving The current glows.
- an embodiment of the present application also provides a display panel, including the pixel circuit provided in any embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit in the related art
- Figure 2 is a graph showing the relationship between current and luminous efficiency of a light-emitting diode in the related art
- FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a dual-gate N-type transistor
- 5 is a schematic diagram of the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor when different constant bias voltages are applied to the top gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor;
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages applied;
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor when different constant bias voltages are applied to the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor;
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages applied;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the thickness of the second gate insulating layer is 500 nm;
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the thickness of the second gate insulating layer is 500 nm;
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the thickness of the first gate insulating layer is 150 nm;
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the thickness of the first gate insulating layer is 150 nm;
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the material of the first gate insulating layer is SiNx/SiO2;
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages when the material of the first gate insulating layer is SiNx/SiO2;
- Figure 15 shows that the material of the first gate insulating layer is CYTOP, the thickness is 300nm, the thickness of the active layer is 20nm, and the material of the second gate insulating layer is PDMS, the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor is 600nm thick.
- Figure 16 shows that the material of the first gate insulating layer is CYTOP, the thickness is 300nm, the thickness of the active layer is 20nm, the material of the second gate insulating layer is PDMS, and the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor is 600nm thick.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the transfer characteristic curve of a dual-gate N-type transistor
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a relationship curve between light intensity and current of a PWM signal modulated light-emitting device with a 1% duty cycle according to an embodiment of the application;
- FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- FIG. 20 is a timing diagram of the pixel circuit of FIG. 19;
- FIG. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- FIG. 22 is a timing diagram corresponding to the pixel circuit of FIG. 21;
- FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- FIG. 24 is a timing diagram corresponding to the pixel circuit of FIG. 23;
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a driving method of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- FIG. 26 is a display panel provided by an embodiment of the application.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit in the related art.
- the pixel circuit includes a switching transistor M1, a driving transistor M2, a storage capacitor c1, and a light emitting diode D1.
- the gate of the switching transistor M1 is electrically connected to the scan signal line scan
- the first electrode of the switching transistor M1 is electrically connected to the data line data
- the second electrode of the switching transistor M1 is connected to the gate of the driving transistor M2 and the first electrode of the storage capacitor c1
- the first electrode of the driving transistor M2 and the second electrode of the storage capacitor c1 are electrically connected to the first power signal line Vdd
- the second electrode of the driving transistor M2 is electrically connected to the anode of the light emitting diode D1
- the cathode of the light emitting diode D1 is electrically connected to The second power signal line Vss is electrically connected.
- Fig. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between current and luminous efficiency of a light-emitting diode in the related art.
- the abscissa is the current I flowing through the light-emitting diode
- the ordinate is the luminous efficiency of the light-emitting diode.
- the light-emitting efficiency of the light-emitting diode is relatively low, and the light-emitting wavelength is different from the high gray scale, which is likely to cause problems such as low light-emitting efficiency and color shift of the light-emitting diode.
- the power supply can be used as a PWM signal to drive the light-emitting diode D1 to emit light with a digital driving method.
- the light-emitting diode D1 works under the condition of high gray scale and high brightness. The problems of low luminous efficiency and color drift of the light-emitting diodes are avoided.
- the light-emitting time of the light-emitting diode can be controlled by the PWM signal of the power supply. Due to the visual pause effect of the human eye, the brightness integral felt by the human eye within a frame time (including 12 sub-frames) is the actual gray-scale brightness of the pixel.
- a frame can be divided into multiple sub-frames according to the gray scale, and the light-emitting brightness of the low-level gray scale is relatively small, and the corresponding sub-frame time is relatively short, and the light-emitting brightness of the high-level gray scale is relatively large, and the corresponding sub-frame time is relatively long.
- the data signal and the PWM signal of the power supply need to be accurately synchronized, which makes the design of the driving circuit for driving the pixel circuit very complicated and increases the manufacturing cost of the display panel.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- the pixel circuit includes a data writing module 110, a storage module 120, a driving module 130, and a light emitting device 140;
- the driving module 130 includes a first control terminal 131 and a second control terminal 132, and the data writing module 110 is provided with To write data signals into the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 130 during the data writing stage;
- the storage module 120 is set to maintain the potential of the first control terminal 131; the second control terminal 132 and the pulse width modulation signal input terminal of the pixel circuit
- the Vpwm is electrically connected and configured to control the driving module 130 to provide a discontinuous driving current according to the pulse width modulation signal input from the pulse width modulation signal input terminal Vpwm during the light-emitting phase, and the light-emitting device 140 emits light in response to the driving current.
- the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 130 receives the data signal during the data writing phase, and maintains the data voltage of the first control terminal 131 through the storage module 120.
- the second control terminal 132 inputs the PWM signal of the pulse width modulation signal input terminal Vpwm.
- the PWM signal has a first level and a second level.
- the first level and the second level of the PWM signal directly affect the transfer characteristic curve of the driving module 130, so that the driving module 130 is in an on or off state when the PWM signal outputs different levels.
- the driving module 130 may include a dual gate N-type transistor.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a dual-gate N-type transistor. As shown in FIG.
- the dual-gate N-type transistor sequentially includes a substrate 401, a bottom gate 402, a first gate insulating layer 403, an active layer 404, a second gate insulating layer 405, a top gate 406, and a passivation layer. 407 and the source and drain electrode layer 408.
- the substrate 401 may be glass.
- the bottom gate 402, the top gate 406, and the drain electrode layer 408 are all formed by patterning a conductive layer.
- the conductive layer can be molybdenum (Mo), aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), titanium (Ti), copper (Cu), indium tin oxide (Indium Tin Oxide, ITO), indium doped zinc oxide (Indium doped Zinc Oxide, IZO), Ag nanowires, carbon nanotubes, graphene conductive films, etc.
- the conductive layer can be a single layer or a stacked layer.
- the active layer 404 may be a lanthanide-doped metal oxide semiconductor layer, the first gate insulating layer 403.
- the second gate insulating layer 405 and the passivation layer 407 can be inorganic insulating layers such as silicon dioxide (SiO2), silicon nitride (SiNx) or aluminum oxide (AlOx), or other organic insulating layers, and each layer can be Single layer or laminated structure.
- the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor can be adjusted by adjusting the material and thickness of the first gate insulating layer 403 and the second gate insulating layer 405.
- C ACT V gate2 when the voltage of the capacitor, C ACT V gate2 is applied to the top gate depletion of the active layer, C GI2 capacitance, C GI1 is a second gate insulating layer capacitance of the first gate insulating layer. This indicates the charge coupling effect between the bottom gate 402 and the top gate 406 when the channel of the dual-gate N-type transistor is completely depleted.
- Table 1 shows the materials and thickness of each layer of a dual-gate N-type transistor.
- Table 1 shows the materials and thickness of each layer of a dual-gate N-type transistor.
- Table 1 shows the materials and thickness of each layer of a dual-gate N-type transistor.
- Table 5 is a schematic diagram of the current of a dual-gate N-type transistor when different constant bias voltages are applied to the top gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the abscissa is the voltage V G applied to the top gate and the ordinate is the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor. I DS . Fig.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages applied, wherein the abscissa is the constant bias value V top of the top-gate of the double-gate N-type transistor, and the ordinate is the double-gate N-type
- the change value of the threshold voltage of the transistor, the theoretical value is the threshold voltage change value calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the threshold voltage change value obtained in the experiment.
- the constant voltage of the top grid is -20V to 20V
- the step is 5V for a test record point.
- the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor When a negative constant voltage is applied to the top gate, the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor will move in parallel to the positive direction; when a positive constant voltage is applied to the top gate, its threshold voltage will move in parallel to the negative direction. And from the comparison of the theoretical value and the experimental value in FIG. 6, the threshold voltage variation value obtained by the experimental test is very close to the theoretical value.
- the formula (1) is applicable to the relationship between the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor and the bias voltage of the top gate.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the current of a dual-gate N-type transistor when different constant bias voltages are applied to the bottom gate of a dual-gate N-type transistor, where the abscissa is the voltage V G applied to the bottom gate, and the ordinate is the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor I DS .
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the current of a dual-gate N-type transistor when different constant bias voltages are applied to the bottom gate of a dual-gate N-type transistor, where the abscissa is the voltage V G applied to the bottom gate, and the ordinate is the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor I DS .
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltages applied, where the abscissa is the constant bias value V bottom of the bottom gate of the dual-gate N-type transistor, and the ordinate is the dual-gate N-type transistor
- the change value of the threshold voltage of the transistor the theoretical value is the threshold voltage change value calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the threshold voltage change value obtained in the experiment.
- the change rule of the threshold voltage is the same as the change rule of a different constant bias voltage applied to the top gate. It can be seen that an effective spatial alternating electric field is formed between the top gate and the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor.
- the cumulative effect of electrons in the front channel will change. That is, under the condition of applying a negative constant voltage, the vertically distributed spatial electric field will increase, so that more electrons are captured by the insulating layer/active layer interface, which in turn causes the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor to be more positive; When a positive constant voltage is applied, the vertically distributed spatial electric field will be weakened, resulting in a negative threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor.
- Table 2 shows the material and thickness of each layer of another dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the difference from Table 1 is that the thickness of the second gate insulating layer is 500 nm.
- 9 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the thickness of the second gate insulating layer is 500 nm, where the abscissa is the constant bias voltage of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the value V top the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor, the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment. It can be seen from FIG.
- the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor with a second gate insulating layer with a thickness of 500 nm is less than the threshold voltage of a double-gate N-type transistor with a second gate insulating layer with a thickness of 300 nm.
- the vertical electric field generated from the top gate to the bottom gate will be significantly weakened.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the thickness of the second gate insulating layer is 500 nm, wherein the abscissa is the constant bias voltage of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the value V bottom the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor
- the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1)
- the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment.
- the changing rule of the threshold voltage is the same as the changing rule of applying a different constant bias voltage to the top gate.
- Table 3 shows the material and thickness of each layer of another dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the difference from Table 1 is that the thickness of the first gate insulating layer is 150 nm.
- 11 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the thickness of the first gate insulating layer is 150 nm, where the abscissa is the constant bias voltage of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the value V top the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor, the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment. It can be seen from FIG.
- the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor with a 150nm-thick first gate insulating layer is greater than the threshold voltage of a double-gate N-type transistor with a 200nm-thick first gate insulating layer, which indicates For the thinner first gate insulating layer, the vertical electric field generated from the top gate to the bottom gate will be significantly enhanced.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the thickness of the first gate insulating layer is 150 nm, wherein the abscissa is the constant bias voltage of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the value V bottom the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor
- the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1)
- the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment.
- the changing rule of the threshold voltage is the same as the changing rule of applying a different constant bias voltage to the top gate.
- Table 4 shows the material and thickness of each layer of another dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the difference from Table 1 is that the first gate insulating layer uses SiNx/SiO2 material.
- 13 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the material of the first gate insulating layer is SiNx/SiO2, where the abscissa is the constant of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the bias voltage value V top the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor, the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment. It can be seen from FIG.
- the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor with the first gate insulating layer of SiNx/SiO2 material is greater than the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor with the first gate insulating layer of AlOx material. It shows that for the first gate insulating layer of silicon oxynitride material, the vertical electric field generated from the top gate to the bottom gate will be significantly enhanced.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of the transfer curve of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor with different constant bias voltage when the material of the first gate insulating layer is SiNx/SiO2, wherein the abscissa is the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor
- the constant bias value Vbottom the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor, the theoretical value is the change value of the threshold voltage calculated by formula (1), and the experimental value is the change value of the threshold voltage obtained in the experiment.
- the changing rule of the threshold voltage is the same as the changing rule of applying a different constant bias voltage to the top gate.
- Table 5 shows the materials and thickness of each layer of another dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the material of the first gate insulating layer is CYTOP with a thickness of 300 nm
- the thickness of the active layer is 20 nm
- the material of the second gate insulating layer is polydimethylsiloxane (polydimethylsiloxane).
- PDMS with a thickness of 600nm.
- Figure 15 shows that the material of the first gate insulating layer is CYTOP, the thickness is 300nm, the thickness of the active layer is 20nm, and the material of the second gate insulating layer is PDMS, the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor is 600nm thick.
- a schematic diagram of the transfer curves of different constant bias voltages where the abscissa is the constant bias value V top of the top gate of the double-gate N-type transistor, and the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor.
- the theoretical value is passed
- the threshold voltage change value obtained by formula (1) is calculated, and the experimental value is the threshold voltage change value obtained by the test in the experiment. It can be seen from FIG. 15 that the first gate insulating layer with a thickness of 300nm and the material is CYTOP, and the thickness of the active layer is 20nm, the material of the second gate insulating layer is PDMS, and the thickness of the double-gate N-type transistor is 600nm.
- the threshold voltage adjustment range is greater than the threshold voltage of the dual-gate N-type transistor in Table 1, which indicates that the vertical electric field generated by the dual-gate N-type transistor in Table 5 from the top gate to the bottom gate will be significantly enhanced.
- Figure 16 shows that the material of the first gate insulating layer is CYTOP, the thickness is 300nm, the thickness of the active layer is 20nm, the material of the second gate insulating layer is PDMS, and the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor is 600nm thick.
- a schematic diagram of the transfer curves of different constant bias voltages where the abscissa is the constant bias value V bottom of the bottom gate of the double-gate N-type transistor, and the ordinate is the change value of the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor.
- the theoretical value is passed
- the threshold voltage change value obtained by formula (1) is calculated, and the experimental value is the threshold voltage change value obtained by the test in the experiment.
- the changing rule of the threshold voltage is the same as the changing rule of applying a different constant bias voltage to the top gate.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the transfer characteristic curve of a dual-gate N-type transistor. Wherein, the abscissa is the voltage value written by the second gate, and the ordinate is the current of the dual-gate N-type transistor.
- the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor shifts to the negative direction, that is, the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor decreases, so that the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor is reduced.
- the voltage is less than the voltage difference between the gate and the source of the double-gate N-type transistor, and the double-gate N-type transistor is turned on to generate a driving current, thereby driving the light-emitting device 140 to emit light. From the current formula (2) of the double-gate N-type transistor, it can be seen that the lower the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor, the greater the current of the double-gate N-type transistor.
- I OLED is the current flowing through the double-gate N-type transistor
- ⁇ is the carrier mobility of the double-gate N-type transistor
- W and L are the width and length of the channel of the double-gate N-type transistor, respectively
- V GS is The voltage difference between the gate and source of the double-gate N-type transistor
- V TH is the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor.
- the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor shifts in the positive direction, that is, the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor increases, making the threshold voltage of the double-gate N-type transistor greater than that of the double-gate N-type transistor If the voltage difference between the gate and the source of the double-gate N-type transistor is cut off, that is, the driving current is not connected, and the light-emitting device 140 does not emit light. It can be seen that by adjusting the duty ratio of the PWM signal, the time during which the PWM signal is output at a high level can be adjusted, and thus the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device 140 can be adjusted.
- the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 140 maintains the data voltage, so there is no need to synchronize the data voltage with the duty cycle of the PWM signal to control the light-emitting device 140 to emit light.
- the design complexity of the driving circuit for driving the pixel circuit can be reduced, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the display panel.
- the driving module 130 may also include a dual-gate P-type transistor.
- the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor shifts in the positive direction, that is, the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor increases, making the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor greater than that of the dual-gate P-type transistor Due to the voltage difference between the gate and the source of the double-gate P-type transistor, the driving current cannot be generated and the light-emitting device 140 does not emit light.
- the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor shifts in the reverse direction, that is, the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor decreases, making the threshold voltage of the dual-gate P-type transistor smaller than that of the dual-gate P-type transistor. Due to the voltage difference between the gate and source of the transistor, the double-gate P-type transistor is turned on to generate a driving current, thereby driving the light-emitting device 140 to emit light.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a relationship curve between light intensity and current of a PWM signal modulated light emitting device with a duty ratio of 1% provided by an embodiment of the application.
- the abscissa is the driving current I flowing through the light-emitting device
- the ordinate is the luminous intensity L of the light-emitting device.
- the curve L1L2 is the luminous intensity before the PWM signal modulates the light-emitting device
- the curve L1'L2' is the luminous intensity after the PWM signal modulates the light-emitting device. It can be seen from the curve L1L2 and the curve L1'L2' that the light-emitting device works in the driving current area corresponding to the relatively high luminous efficiency and the stable light-emitting color, and then modulated by the PWM signal to make the light-emitting brightness of the light-emitting device correspond to the low current and low gray scale, thus achieving When the light-emitting device works in an area with high luminous efficiency and stable luminous color, the luminous brightness corresponding to different gray scales can be met.
- the PWM signal is provided to the second control terminal of the driving module through the pulse width modulation signal input terminal, so that the driving module provides a discontinuous driving current to the light-emitting device, thereby controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device.
- the first control terminal of the driving module maintains the data voltage, so there is no need to synchronize the data voltage with the duty cycle of the PWM signal to control the light-emitting device to emit light, so driving pixels can be reduced
- the design complexity of the driving circuit for the circuit operation further reduces the manufacturing cost of the display panel.
- the light-emitting device works in the driving current region corresponding to the relatively high luminous efficiency and the stable light-emitting color.
- the light-emitting brightness of the light-emitting device corresponds to low current and low grayscale, so that the light-emitting device works in high luminous efficiency and luminous color. Meet the luminous brightness corresponding to different gray scales in the stable area.
- the first terminal of the data writing module 110 is electrically connected to the data signal input terminal Vdata of the pixel circuit, and the second terminal of the data writing module 110 is connected to the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 130 and the storage
- the first terminal of the module 120 is electrically connected, the control terminal of the data writing module 110 is electrically connected to the scan signal input terminal Scan1 of the pixel circuit;
- the first terminal of the driving module 130 is electrically connected to the first power signal input terminal VDD of the pixel circuit and the storage module
- the second terminal of 120 is electrically connected, the second terminal of the driving module 130 is electrically connected to the anode of the light emitting device 140, and the cathode of the light emitting device 140 is electrically connected to the second power signal input terminal VSS of the pixel circuit.
- the scan signal input terminal Scan1 of the pixel circuit controls the data signal input from the data signal input terminal Vdata to be written to the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 130 through the data writing module 110, and the first control terminal 131 of the driving module 130 is maintained through the storage module 120.
- the scan signal input terminal Scan1 of the pixel circuit controls the data writing module 110 to stop writing the data voltage
- the PWM signal at the pulse width modulation signal input terminal Vpwm controls the driving module 130 to provide a discontinuous current, thereby controlling the light-emitting device 140 to emit light time.
- FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- the data writing module 110 includes a first transistor T1
- the storage module 120 includes a storage capacitor Cst
- the driving module 130 includes a driving transistor Tdr;
- the gate of the first transistor T1 is the control terminal of the data writing module 110.
- the first terminal of a transistor T1 is the first terminal of the data writing module 110
- the second terminal of the first transistor T1 is the second terminal of the data writing module 110
- the first terminal of the storage capacitor Cst is the first terminal of the storage module 120
- the second terminal of the storage capacitor Cst is the second terminal of the memory module 120
- the driving transistor Tdr is a double-gate transistor.
- the first terminal of the double-gate transistor drives the first terminal of the module 130
- the second terminal of the double-gate transistor drives the first terminal of the module 130.
- Two terminals; the bottom gate of the double-gate transistor is the first control terminal of the driving module 130
- the top gate of the double-gate transistor is the second control terminal of the driving module 130
- the top gate of the double-gate transistor is the first control terminal of the driving module 130
- the control terminal, the bottom gate of the double-gate transistor is the second control terminal of the driving module 130.
- FIG. 20 is a timing diagram of the pixel circuit of FIG. 19.
- scan1 is the timing of the scan signal input from the scan signal input terminal Scan1
- vdd is the timing of the first power signal input from the first power signal input terminal VDD
- vss is the timing of the second power signal input from the second power signal input terminal VSS.
- Timing pwm is the timing of the PWM signal input from the pulse width modulation signal input terminal Vpwm.
- scan1 is at a high level, the first transistor T1 is controlled to be turned on, the data voltage is written to the gate of the driving transistor Tdr through the first transistor T1, and the data voltage is maintained through the storage capacitor Cst.
- scan1 is at a high level, and the first transistor T1 is controlled to be turned off.
- the first gate of the driving transistor Tdr is at a high level.
- the driving transistor Tdr is turned on.
- the driving transistor Tdr is in an off state. Therefore, the on-time of the driving transistor Tdr is controlled by controlling the duty ratio of the pwm signal, thereby controlling the time during which the driving transistor Tdr provides the driving current to the light-emitting device 140, thereby controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device 140.
- the driving current of the driving transistor Tdr is related to the magnitude of the data voltage. As shown in FIG. 19, when the driving transistor Tdr is an N-type transistor, the greater the data voltage, the greater the driving current output by the driving transistor Tdr, and the brighter the light-emitting brightness of the corresponding light-emitting device 140. The smaller the data voltage, the smaller the driving current output by the driving transistor Tdr, and the darker the light-emitting brightness of the corresponding light-emitting device 140.
- FIG. 21 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- the pixel circuit further includes a reset module 150; the control terminal of the reset module 150 is electrically connected to the scan signal input terminal Scan1 of the pixel circuit, and the first terminal of the reset module 150 is electrically connected to the reference signal input terminal Vref, The second end of the reset module 150 is electrically connected to the anode of the light emitting device 140; the reset module 150 is configured to reset the light emitting device 140.
- the reset module 150 resets the anode of the light-emitting device 140 while the data writing module 110 writes the data voltage to the driving module 130, so as to avoid the voltage remaining after the light-emitting device 140 in the previous frame from affecting the light emission of the current frame.
- the luminous brightness of the device 140 is the same as to be used for generating the light-emitting device 140.
- the reset module 150 includes a second transistor T2; the gate of the second transistor T2 is the control terminal of the reset module 150, the first terminal of the second transistor T2 is the first terminal of the reset module 150, and the second transistor The second pole of T2 resets the second end of the module 150.
- FIG. 22 is a timing diagram corresponding to the pixel circuit of FIG. 21, where vref is the timing of the reference signal provided by the reference signal input terminal Vref. The working process of the pixel circuit will be described with reference to FIG. 21 and FIG. 22.
- scan1 is at a high level, and the first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2 are controlled to be turned on.
- the data voltage is written to the gate of the driving transistor Tdr through the first transistor T1 and passes through the storage capacitor Cst. Maintain the data voltage.
- the reference signal vref input from the reference signal input terminal Vref is written to the anode of the light emitting device 140 through the second transistor T2 to reset the light emitting device 140.
- scan1 is at a high level, and the first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2 are controlled to be turned off.
- the first gate of the driving transistor Tdr is at a high level.
- the driving transistor Tdr is turned on.
- the driving transistor Tdr is in an off state. Therefore, the on-time of the driving transistor Tdr is controlled by controlling the duty ratio of the pwm signal, thereby controlling the time during which the driving transistor Tdr provides the driving current to the light-emitting device 140, thereby controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device 140.
- FIG. 23 is a schematic structural diagram of another pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application.
- the pixel circuit further includes a sensing module 160; the control terminal of the sensing module 160 is electrically connected to the sensing control signal input terminal SENSE of the pixel circuit, and the first terminal of the sensing module 160 is electrically connected to the anode of the light emitting device 140, The second end of the sensing module 160 is electrically connected to the sensing signal output terminal ISENSE; the sensing module 160 is set to sense the potential of the light emitting device 140.
- the sensing control signal input terminal SENSE inputs the sensing control signal to control the sensing module 160 to be turned on, and the current of the driving module 130 is output to the sensing signal output terminal ISENSE, and is output to the outside through the sensing signal output terminal ISENSE
- the external sensing circuit compensates the pixel circuit according to the current flowing through the driving module 130.
- the sensing module includes a third transistor T3; the gate of the third transistor T3 is the control terminal of the sensing module 160, the first pole of the third transistor T3 is the first terminal of the sensing module 160, and the third transistor T3 The second pole is the second end of the sensing module 160.
- FIG. 24 is a timing diagram corresponding to the pixel circuit of FIG. 23, where sense is the timing of the sensing control signal output by the sensing control signal input terminal SENSE. The working process of the pixel circuit will be described with reference to FIG. 23 and FIG. 24.
- scan1 is at a high level, and the first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2 are controlled to be turned on.
- the data voltage is written to the gate of the driving transistor Tdr through the first transistor T1 and passes through the storage capacitor Cst. Maintain the data voltage.
- the reference signal vref input from the reference signal input terminal Vref is written to the anode of the light emitting device 140 through the second transistor T2 to reset the light emitting device 140.
- the sensing control signal sense output by the sensing control signal input terminal SENSE is high, controlling the third transistor T3 to turn on, the current of the driving transistor Tdr is output to the external sensing circuit through the third transistor T3, and the external circuit passes the data Processing, adding a compensation signal to the data voltage, thereby improving the uniformity of light emission of the entire display panel.
- scan1 is at a high level, and the first transistor T1 and the second transistor T2 are controlled to be turned off.
- the first gate of the driving transistor Tdr is at a high level.
- the driving transistor Tdr is turned on.
- the driving transistor Tdr is in an off state. Therefore, the on-time of the driving transistor Tdr is controlled by controlling the duty ratio of the pwm signal, thereby controlling the time during which the driving transistor Tdr provides the driving current to the light-emitting device 140, thereby controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device 140.
- FIG. 25 is a flowchart of a driving method of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the application. As shown in FIG. 25, the method includes step S10 to step S20.
- step S10 in the data writing stage, the data writing module of the pixel circuit writes the data signal into the first control terminal of the driving module of the pixel circuit; the storage module maintains the voltage of the first control terminal of the driving module.
- step S20 in the light emitting phase, the second control terminal of the driving module controls the driving module to provide a discontinuous driving current according to the pulse width modulation signal input from the pulse width modulation signal input terminal of the pixel circuit, and the light emitting device emits light in response to the driving current.
- the voltage of the first control terminal is maintained at the data Signal.
- the PWM signal is provided to the second control terminal of the driving module in the light-emitting phase, so that the driving module provides a discontinuous driving current to the light-emitting device, thereby controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting device.
- the first control terminal of the driving module maintains the data voltage, so there is no need to synchronize the data voltage with the duty cycle of the PWM signal to control the light-emitting device to emit light, so driving pixels can be reduced
- the design complexity of the driving circuit for the circuit operation further reduces the manufacturing cost of the display panel.
- the light-emitting device works in the driving current region corresponding to the relatively high luminous efficiency and the stable light-emitting color.
- the light-emitting brightness of the light-emitting device corresponds to low current and low grayscale, so that the light-emitting device works in high luminous efficiency and luminous color. Meet the luminous brightness corresponding to different gray scales in the stable area.
- FIG. 26 is a display panel provided by an embodiment of the application. As shown in FIG. 26, the display panel includes the pixel circuit 101 provided by any embodiment of the present application.
- the display panel further includes a pulse width modulation signal line 210, a gate driving circuit 220, and a data driving circuit 230;
- the pixel circuit 101 includes a scanning signal input terminal, a data signal input terminal, and a pulse width modulation signal input terminal; pulse width modulation
- the signal line 210 is electrically connected to the pulse width modulation signal input terminal
- the output terminal 221 of the gate driving circuit 220 is electrically connected to the scanning signal input terminal of the pixel circuit
- the output terminal 231 of the data driving circuit 230 is electrically connected to the data signal input terminal of the pixel circuit. connect.
- the pulse width modulation signal line 210 is configured to output a PWM signal and provide the PWM signal for the pulse width modulation signal input end of the pixel circuit.
- the output terminal 221 of the gate driving circuit 220 is electrically connected to the scanning signal input terminal of the pixel circuit 101 through a scanning signal line to provide the pixel circuit 101 with a scanning signal row by row, so that the pixel circuit 101 is driven row by row.
- the output terminal 231 of the data driving circuit 230 is electrically connected to the data signal input terminal of the pixel circuit 101 through a data signal line to provide the pixel circuit 101 with a data signal.
- the pixel circuit 101 can communicate with the corresponding data signal line electrically connected to it under the action of the scanning signal input from the scanning signal line electrically connected to it, and the data signal line transmits the data signal to the corresponding pixel driving circuit 101, thereby realizing display The display function of the device.
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- 一种像素电路,包括数据写入模块、存储模块、驱动模块和发光器件;所述驱动模块包括第一控制端和第二控制端,所述数据写入模块设置为在数据写入阶段将数据信号写入所述驱动模块的第一控制端;所述存储模块设置为维持所述第一控制端的电位;所述第二控制端与所述像素电路的脉冲宽度调制信号输入端电连接,设置为控制所述驱动模块在发光阶段根据所述脉冲宽度调制信号输入端输入的脉冲宽度调制信号提供非连续驱动电流,所述发光器件响应所述驱动电流发光。
- 根据权利要求1所述的像素电路,其中,所述数据写入模块的第一端与所述像素电路的数据信号输入端电连接,所述数据写入模块的第二端与所述驱动模块的第一控制端和所述存储模块的第一端电连接,所述数据写入模块的控制端与所述像素电路的扫描信号输入端电连接;所述驱动模块的第一端与所述像素电路的第一电源信号输入端和所述存储模块的第二端电连接,所述驱动模块的第二端与所述发光器件的阳极电连接,所述发光器件的阴极与所述像素电路的第二电源信号输入端电连接。
- 根据权利要求2所述的像素电路,其中,所述数据写入模块包括第一晶体管,所述存储模块包括存储电容,所述驱动模块包括驱动晶体管;所述第一晶体管的栅极为所述数据写入模块的控制端,所述第一晶体管的第一极为所述数据写入模块的第一端,所述第一晶体管的第二极为所述数据写入模块的第二端;所述存储电容的第一极为所述存储模块的第一端,所述存储电容的第二极为所述存储模块的第二端;所述驱动晶体管为双栅晶体管,所述双栅晶体管的第一极为所述驱动模块的第一端,所述双栅晶体管的第二极为所述驱动模块的第二端;所述双栅晶体管的底栅极为所述驱动模块的第一控制端,所述双栅晶体管的顶栅极为所述驱动模块的第二控制端,或者,所述双栅晶体管的顶栅极为所述驱动模块的第一控制端,所述双栅晶体管的底栅极为所述驱动模块的第二控制端。
- 根据权利要求1所述的像素电路,还包括复位模块;所述复位模块的控制端与所述像素电路的扫描信号输入端电连接,所述复位模块的第一端与参考信号输入端电连接,所述复位模块的第二端与所述发光器件的阳极电连接;所述复位模块设置为对所述发光器件进行复位。
- 根据权利要求4所述的像素电路,其中,所述复位模块包括第二晶体管;所述第二晶体管的栅极为所述复位模块的控制端,所述第二晶体管的第一极为所述复位模块的第一端,所述第二晶体管的第二极为所述复位模块的第二端。
- 根据权利要求1所述的像素电路,还包括感应模块;所述感应模块的控制端与所述像素电路的感应控制信号输入端电连接,所述感应模块的第一端与所述发光器件的阳极电连接,所述感应模块的第二端与感应信号输出端电连接;所述感应模块设置为感应所述发光器件的电位。
- 根据权利要求6所述的像素电路,其中,所述感应模块包括第三晶体管;所述第三晶体管的栅极为所述感应模块的控制端,所述第三晶体管的第一极为所述感应模块的第一端,所述第三晶体管的第二极为所述感应模块的第二端。
- 一种像素电路的驱动方法,所述像素电路包括数据写入模块、存储模块、驱动模块和发光器件,所述驱动模块包括第一控制端和第二控制端;所述方法包括:在数据写入阶段,所述像素电路的数据写入模块将数据信号写入所述像素电路的驱动模块的第一控制端;所述存储模块维持所述驱动模块的第一控制端的电压;在发光阶段,所述驱动模块的第二控制端控制所述驱动模块根据所述像素电路的脉冲宽度调制信号输入端输入的脉冲宽度调制信号提供非连续驱动电流,所述发光器件响应所述驱动电流发光。
- 一种显示面板,包括权利要求1-7任一所述的像素电路。
- 根据权利要求9所述的显示面板,还包括脉冲宽度调制信号线、栅极 驱动电路和数据驱动电路;所述像素电路包括扫描信号输入端、数据信号输入端和脉冲宽度调制信号输入端;所述脉冲宽度调制信号线与所述脉冲宽度调制信号输入端电连接,所述栅极驱动电路的输出端与所述像素电路的扫描信号输入端电连接,所述数据驱动电路的输出端与所述像素电路的数据信号输入端电连接。
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