IP Library Granted Patent US 10,332,446
Granted Patent B2
US 10,332,446 · App. 15/364,350 · Granted Jun 25, 2019

Driving circuit of active-matrix organic light-emitting diode with hybrid transistors

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Patent No.
US 10,332,446
App. No.
15/364,350
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving circuit includes a current drive unit and a reset compensation and light emitting control circuit. The current drive unit includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor and the second transistor are connected in series, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor include a silicon semiconductor layer. The reset compensation and light emitting control circuit is coupled to the current drive unit. The reset compensation and light emitting control circuit includes a third transistor connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, wherein the third transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor.

Claims (10)

1. A driving circuit comprising:

a current drive unit including a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are connected in series, and wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise a silicon semiconductor layer; and

a reset compensation and light emitting control circuit coupled to the current drive unit, the reset compensation and light emitting control circuit comprising a third transistor connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, wherein the third transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer;

wherein the reset compensation and light emitting control circuit further includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor; and the current drive unit further comprises a seventh transistor; the first transistor has a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the fourth transistor and a second terminal of the seventh transistor, and a second terminal connected to a first terminal of the second transistor and a first terminal of the third transistor; the second transistor has a second terminal connected to an organic light-emitting diode and a first terminal of the sixth transistor, and a control terminal connected a first control signal; the third transistor has a second terminal connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, one terminal of the first capacitor, one terminal of the second capacitor and a first terminal of the fifth transistor, and a control terminal connected to a second control signal and the other terminal of the second capacitor; the other terminal of the first capacitor is connected to a low level; the fourth transistor has a first terminal connected to a data line, a control terminal connected to the second control signal; the fifth transistor has a second terminal connected to a third control signal and a second terminal of the sixth transistor, and a control terminal connected to a four control signal; the sixth transistor has a control terminal connected to a fifth control signal; the seventh transistor has a first terminal connected to the high level, and a control terminal connected to the first control signal; wherein the fifth transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor and the seventh transistor is a low temperature poly-silicon transistor.

2. A display device, the display device comprising:

a substrate,

a display media disposed above the substrate,

a current drive unit disposed above the substrate, the current drive unit including a first transistor and a second transistor, wherein the first transistor and the second transistor are connected in series, and wherein the first transistor and the second transistor comprise a silicon semiconductor layer; and

a reset compensation and light emitting control circuit coupled to the current drive unit, the reset compensation and light emitting control circuit comprising a third transistor connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, wherein the third transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer;

wherein the reset compensation and light emitting control circuit further includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor; and the current drive unit further comprises a seventh transistor; the first transistor has a first terminal connected to a second terminal of the fourth transistor and a second terminal of the seventh transistor, and a second terminal connected to a first terminal of the second transistor and a first terminal of the third transistor; the second transistor has a second terminal connected to an organic light-emitting diode and a first terminal of the sixth transistor, and a control terminal connected a first control signal; the third transistor has a second terminal connected to a control terminal of the first transistor, one terminal of the first capacitor, one terminal of the second capacitor and a first terminal of the fifth transistor, and a control terminal connected to a second control signal and the other terminal of the second capacitor; the other terminal of the first capacitor is connected to a low level; the fourth transistor has a first terminal connected to a data line, a control terminal connected to the second control signal; the fifth transistor has a second terminal connected to a third control signal and a second terminal of the sixth transistor, and a control terminal connected to a four control signal; the sixth transistor has a control terminal connected to a fifth control signal; the seventh transistor has a first terminal connected to the high level, and a control terminal connected to the first control signal; wherein the fifth transistor is an oxide semiconductor transistor and the seventh transistor is a low temperature poly-silicon transistor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2026
From: INNOLUX CORP.
To: PREVALENT DISPLAY LLC
Reel/Frame 075669/0430 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2016
From: CHEN, LIEN-HSIANG; KUO, KUNG-CHEN; TSENG, MING-CHUN; CHOU, CHENG-HSU; LEE, KUAN-FENG
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040461/0979 →