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Granted Patent B2
US 11,227,548 · App. 16/949,209 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Pixel circuit and display device

Inventor: Minghua Xuan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G09G3/3258G09G3/3291G09G3/3233
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Patent No.
US 11,227,548
App. No.
16/949,209
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel circuit and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a data writing circuit, a storage capacitor circuit, a driving circuit, a light-emitting duration control circuit, and a light-emitting device, where the data writing circuit is configured to, in response to a gate driving signal, write a display data voltage on a display data line to a control end of the driving circuit; a first end of the storage capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control end of the driving circuit; the light-emitting duration control circuit is configured to, in response to a duration data voltage provided by a duration data line, turn on or turn off an electrical connection between the second end of the driving circuit and the light-emitting device, to control a light-emitting duration of the light-emitting device.

Claims (35)

1. A pixel circuit, comprising: a data writing circuit, a storage capacitor circuit, a driving circuit, a light-emitting duration control circuit, and a light-emitting device, wherein

the data writing circuit is configured to, in response to a gate driving signal provided by a gate line, write a display data voltage on a display data line to a control end of the driving circuit;

a first end of the storage capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control end of the driving circuit, and a second end of the storage capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a first voltage end;

a first end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to a power supply voltage line, a second end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to the light-emitting device via the light emitting duration control circuit, and the driving circuit is configured to, in response to a potential of a control end of the driving circuit, enable the first end of the driving circuit to electrically connect to the second end of the driving circuit;

the light-emitting duration control circuit is configured to, in response to a duration data voltage provided by a duration data line, turn on or turn off an electrical connection between the second end of the driving circuit and the light-emitting device, to control a light-emitting duration of the light-emitting device,

wherein the light-emitting duration control circuit comprises a switch control circuit, a duration data voltage writing circuit and a holding capacitor circuit, wherein

the duration data voltage writing circuit is configured to, in response to a duration control signal provided by a duration control line, write the duration data voltage provided by the duration data line to a first end of the holding capacitor circuit;

the first end of the holding capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control end of the switch control circuit, and a second end of the holding capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a second voltage end;

the switch control circuit is configured to, in response to a potential of the first end of the holding capacitor circuit, turn on or turn off the electrical connection between the second end of the driving circuit and the light-emitting device.

2. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the duration data voltage writing circuit comprises a duration data voltage writing transistor;

a control electrode of the duration data voltage writing transistor is electrically connected to the duration control line, a first electrode of the duration data voltage writing transistor is electrically connected to the duration data line, and a second electrode of the duration data voltage writing transistor is electrically connected to the first end of the holding capacitor circuit.

3. The pixel circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the holding capacitor circuit is configured to hold the potential of the first end of the holding capacitor circuit to be equal to a potential of the duration data voltage in a case that the duration data voltage writing circuit writes the duration data voltage to the first end of the holding capacitor circuit.

4. The pixel circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the duration data voltage writing transistor is an NMOS transistor.

5. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the holding capacitor circuit includes a capacitor, a first end of the capacitor is electrically connected to the control end of the switch control circuit, and a second end of the capacitor is electrically connected to the second voltage end.

6. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the switch control circuit comprises a switch transistor;

a control electrode of the switch transistor is electrically connected to the first end of the holding capacitor circuit, a first electrode of the switch transistor is electrically connected to the second end of the driving circuit, and a second electrode of the switch transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting device.

7. The pixel circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the switch transistor is an NMOS transistor.

8. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a light-emitting control circuit, wherein

the first end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to the power supply voltage line via the light-emitting control circuit, and the light-emitting control circuit is configured to, in response to a light-emitting control signal provided by a light-emitting control line, enable the first end of the driving circuit to electrically connect to the power supply voltage line.

9. The pixel circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the driving circuit comprises a driving transistor, a control electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor circuit, a first electrode of the driving transistor is connected to a second end of the light-emitting control circuit, and a second electrode of the driving transistor is connected to a first end of the light-emitting duration control circuit.

10. The pixel circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting control circuit comprises a light-emitting control transistor, wherein a control electrode of the light-emitting control transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting control line, a first electrode of the light-emitting control transistor is connected to the power supply voltage line, and a second electrode of the light-emitting control transistor is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor.

11. The pixel circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting control transistor is a PMOS transistor.

12. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the gate line comprises a first gate line and a second gate line;

the data writing circuit comprises a first data writing transistor and a second data writing transistor;

a gate of the first data writing transistor is connected to the first gate line, a source of the first data writing transistor is connected to the data line, and a drain of the first data writing transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor circuit;

a gate of the second data writing transistor is connected to the second gate line, a drain of the second data writing transistor is connected to the data line, and a source of the second data writing transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor circuit;

the first data writing transistor is a type-P transistor, and the second data writing transistor is a type-N transistor.

13. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is an organic light-emitting device.

14. A display device comprising the pixel circuit according to claim 1 .

15. A pixel circuit, comprising: a data writing circuit, a storage capacitor circuit, a driving circuit, a light-emitting duration control circuit, a light-emitting device, and a light-emitting control circuit, wherein

the data writing circuit is configured to, in response to a gate driving signal provided by a gate line, write a display data voltage on a display data line to a control end of the driving circuit;

a first end of the storage capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a control end of the driving circuit, and a second end of the storage capacitor circuit is electrically connected to a first voltage end;

a first end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to a power supply voltage line, a second end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to the light-emitting device via the light emitting duration control circuit, and the driving circuit is configured to, in response to a potential of a control end of the driving circuit, enable the first end of the driving circuit to electrically connect to the second end of the driving circuit;

the light-emitting duration control circuit is configured to, in response to a duration data voltage provided by a duration data line, turn on or turn off an electrical connection between the second end of the driving circuit and the light-emitting device, to control a light-emitting duration of the light-emitting device,

the first end of the driving circuit is electrically connected to the power supply voltage line via the light-emitting control circuit, and the light-emitting control circuit is configured to, in response to a light-emitting control signal provided by a light-emitting control line, enable the first end of the driving circuit to electrically connect to the power supply voltage line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2020
From: XUAN, MINGHUA
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201922088205.0 · Nov 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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