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US 11,393,394 · App. 16/094,442 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Compensation method and compensation apparatus for organic light-emitting display and display device

Inventors: Haixia Xu (Beijing, CN); Song Meng (Beijing, CN); Yue Wu (Beijing, CN); Wenchao Bao (Beijing, CN); Min He (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,393,394
App. No.
16/094,442
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compensation method and a compensation apparatus for an organic light-emitting display, and a display device are disclosed. The compensation method includes: determining a write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in a row to be compensated in a current frame according to a data voltage and a gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame, the gain value being greater than 1; and respectively writing back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in scan time of a blank period of the current frame.

Claims (57)

1. A compensation method for an organic light-emitting display, comprising:

determining a write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in a row to be compensated in a current frame according to a data voltage and a gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame, the gain value being greater than 1; and

respectively writing back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in a scan time of a blank period of the current frame,

wherein a display time of the current frame comprises a plurality of row scan time periods, each row scan time period is a scan time of pixels in one row, a scan time of the blank period comprises last W 1 row scan time periods in the plurality of row scan time periods, and the last W 1 row scan time periods comprise a charge phase and a compensation write-back phase, wherein W 1 is a positive integer,

a quantity of row scan time periods included in the charge phase in the last W 1 row scan time periods is greater than a quantity of row scan time periods included in the compensation write-back phase in the last W 1 row scan time periods,

the gain value is determined by adopting a formula: A=M/(M−N), wherein

A represents the gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated,

M represents a quantity of the plurality of row scan time periods included in the display time of the current frame, and

N represents the quantity of row scan time periods included in the charge phase.

2. The compensation method according to claim 1 , wherein

the compensation method further comprises:

in the charge phase, charging a sense line corresponding to each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated, the sense line being used for detecting an electrical signal of the sub-pixel to be compensated; and

in the compensation write-back phase, calculating a compensation voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in a next frame subsequent to the current frame according to the electrical signal detected.

3. The compensation method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

in the compensation write-back phase, respectively writing back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated.

4. The compensation method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame according to the data voltage and the gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame comprises:

acquiring the gain value of each sub-pixel to be compensated; and

respectively multiplying a data voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the current frame by the gain value to obtain the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the current frame.

5. The compensation method according to claim 1 , wherein all sub-pixels to be compensated in the row to be compensated work in a same color.

6. The compensation method according to claim 2 , wherein the sub-pixel to be compensated comprises a pixel circuit, the pixel circuit comprises a drive transistor, a data writing transistor, and a sense transistor, the compensation write-back phase comprises a write-back sub-phase and a re-light-emitting sub-phase, and

the respectively writing back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated comprises:

when the charge phase is completed, resetting a voltage of the sense line;

in the write-back sub-phase, controlling the data writing transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned on, and writing the write-back voltage into a gate electrode of the drive transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated; and

in the re-light-emitting sub-phase, controlling the data writing transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned off, and controlling the sense transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned off.

7. The compensation method according to claim 6 , wherein, in the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated, a drive signal of the data writing transistor and a drive signal of the sense transistor are a same signal.

8. A compensation apparatus for an organic light-emitting display, comprising:

a write-back determination circuit, configured to determine a write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in a row to be compensated in a current frame according to a data voltage and a gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame, the gain value being greater than 1; and

a write-back compensation circuit, configured to respectively write back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in a scan time of a blank period of the current frame,

wherein a display time of the current frame comprises a plurality of row scan time periods, each row scan time period is a scan time of pixels in one row, a scan time of the blank period comprises last W 1 row scan time periods in the plurality of row scan time periods, and the last W 1 row scan time periods comprise a charge phase and a compensation write-back phase, wherein W 1 is a positive integer,

a quantity of row scan time periods included in the charge phase in the last W 1 row scan time periods is greater than a quantity of row scan time periods included in the compensation write-back phase in the last W 1 row scan time periods,

the gain value is determined by adopting a formula: A=M/(M−N), wherein

A represents the gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated,

M represents a quantity of the plurality of row scan time periods included in the display of the current time frame, and

N represents the quantity of row scan time periods included in the charge phase.

9. The compensation apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein

the write-back compensation circuit is configured to:

in the charge phase, charge a sense line corresponding to each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated, the sense line being used for detecting an electrical signal of the sub-pixel to be compensated; and

in the compensation write-back phase, calculate a compensation voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in a next frame subsequent to the current frame according to the electrical signal detected.

10. The compensation apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the write-back compensation circuit is further configured to: in the compensation write-back phase, respectively write back the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated in the current frame correspondingly to the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated.

11. The compensation apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the write-back determination circuit is configured to: acquire the gain value of each sub-pixel to be compensated; and respectively multiply a data voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the current frame by the gain value to obtain the write-back voltage of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the current frame.

12. The compensation apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the sub-pixel to be compensated comprises a pixel circuit and a light-emitting component, the pixel circuit comprises a drive transistor, a data writing transistor, a sense transistor, and a capacitor, and

the drive transistor is configured to drive the light-emitting component to emit light;

the data writing transistor is configured to write the data voltage into a gate electrode of the drive transistor when the data writing transistor is turned on;

the capacitor is configured to store the data voltage and maintain the data voltage at the gate electrode of the drive transistor; and

the sense transistor is configured to charge the sense line corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated.

13. The compensation apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the compensation write-back phase comprises a write-back sub-phase and a re-light-emitting sub-phase, and the write-back compensation circuit is configured to:

when the charge phase is completed, reset a voltage of the sense line;

in the write-back sub-phase, control the data writing transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned on, and write the write-back voltage into the gate electrode of the drive transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated; and

in the re-light-emitting sub-phase, control the data writing transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned off, and control the sense transistor of each sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated to be turned off.

14. The compensation apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein a source electrode of the data writing transistor is configured to receive the data voltage, a gate electrode of the data writing transistor is connected with a gate line to receive a first drive signal, and a drain electrode of the data writing transistor is connected with the gate electrode of the drive transistor;

a source electrode of the drive transistor is connected with a first power supply end, and a drain electrode of the drive transistor is connected with a first end of the light-emitting component;

a first end of the capacitor is connected with the gate electrode of the drive transistor, and a second end of the capacitor is connected with the drain electrode of the drive transistor; and

a source electrode of the sense transistor is connected with the drain electrode of the drive transistor, a drain electrode of the sense transistor is connected with the sense line corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated, and a gate electrode of the sense transistor is configured to receive a second drive signal.

15. The compensation apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein, in the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated, the first drive signal and the second drive signal are a same signal.

16. A display device, comprising the compensation apparatus according to claim 8 .

17. The compensation method according to claim 5 , wherein the gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated corresponds to a color corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated.

18. The compensation apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the gain value of the sub-pixel to be compensated in the row to be compensated corresponds to a color corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2018
From: XU, HAIXIA; MENG, SONG; WU, YUE; BAO, WENCHAO; HE, MIN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710333919.6 · May 12, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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