IP Library Granted Patent US 11,636,803
Granted Patent B2
US 11,636,803 · App. 17/684,247 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Display device and driving method therefor

Inventors: Yuan Yao (Kunshan, CN); Shuai Ye (Kunshan, CN); Guangyuan Sun (Kunshan, CN); Wenyuan Xi (Kunshan, CN)
Assignee: Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd.
G09G3/32G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0247G09G2340/0435
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Patent No.
US 11,636,803
App. No.
17/684,247
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device and a driving method therefor. The display device includes pixel units and pixel scanning circuits, and each of the pixel scanning circuits corresponds to the pixel units of a row. The driving method for the display device includes: driving, by a first driving signal corresponding to a first scanning frequency, the pixel scanning circuits, the first driving signal having row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the first scanning frequency; obtaining a switching signal, and driving, by a second driving signal corresponding to a second scanning frequency, the pixel scanning circuits according to the switching signal. The second driving signal has row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the second scanning frequency, the first scanning frequency is less than the second scanning frequency, and the row period of the first driving signal is greater than the row period of the second driving signal.

Claims (48)

1. A driving method for a display device, the display device comprising n rows of pixel units and n pixel scanning circuits, and each of the pixel scanning circuits corresponding to the pixel units of a row, the driving method for the display device comprising: driving, by a first driving signal corresponding to a first scanning frequency, the n pixel scanning circuits, first driving signal has n row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the first scanning frequency; and

obtaining a switching signal, and driving, by a second driving signal corresponding to a second scanning frequency, the n pixel scanning circuits according to the switching signal, wherein the second driving signal has n row periods corresponding to a frame of image under the second scanning frequency, the first scanning frequency is less than the second scanning frequency, and the row period of the first driving signal is greater than the row period of the second driving signal;

wherein, n is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

2. The driving method for the display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of row periods of the first driving signal comprises a first charging time;

each of row periods of the second driving signal comprises a second charging time; and

the first charging time is greater than the second charging time.

3. The driving method for the display device according to claim 2 , wherein: the first charging time corresponding to the pixel units in an ith row is within an ith row period of the first driving signal;

the second charging time corresponding to the pixel units in the ith row is within an ith row period of the second driving signal; and

i is greater than or equal to 1, and less than or equal to n.

4. The driving method for the display device according to claim 3 , wherein: each first charging time has a same start time point and a same end time point within each of the row periods of the first driving signal; and

each second charging time has a same start time point and a same end time point within each of the row periods of the second driving signal.

5. The driving method for the display device according to claim 2 , wherein: the first driving signal includes two clock signals;

the two clock signals of the first driving signal comprise n first effective level signals corresponding to n first charging time;

each of the first effective level signals comprises a first falling edge and a first rising edge;

the first falling edge of each of the first effective level signals in an ith row period of the first driving signal is within the first charging time in the ith row period of the first driving signal, and a start time point of the first falling edge of each of the first effective level signal in the ith row period of the first driving signal is the same as a start time point of the first charging time in the ith row period of the first driving signal;

the first rising edge of each of the first effective level signals in the ith row period of the first driving signal is within a first non-charging time in an (i+1)th row period of the first driving signal;

the second driving signal includes two clock signals;

the two clock signals of the second driving signal comprise n second effective level signals corresponding to n second charging time;

each of the second effective level signals comprises a second falling edge and a second rising edge;

the second falling edge of each of the second effective level signals in the ith row period of the second driving signal is within the second charging time in the ith row period of the second driving signal, and a start time point of the second falling edge of each of the second effective level signals in the ith row period of the second driving signal is the same as a start time point of the second charging time in the ith row period of the second driving signal; and

the second rising edge of each of the second effective level signals in the ith row period of the second driving signal is within a second non-charging time in an (i+1)th row period of the second driving signal.

6. The driving method for the display device according to claim 5 , wherein: time periods, which first rising edges of all the first effective level signals in the first driving signal last for are identical;

time periods, which first falling edges of all the first effective level signals in the first driving signal last for, are identical;

time periods, which second rising edges of all the second effective level signals in the second driving signal last for, are identical; and

time periods, which second falling edges of all second effective level signals in the second driving signal last for, are identical.

7. The driving method for the display device according to claim 5 , wherein a time period, which each of the first effective level signals lasts for, is greater than a time period, which each of the second effective level signals lasts for.

8. The driving method for the display device according to claim 7 , wherein: a length of time, in which each of the first effective level signal in the ith row period of the first driving signal continues to be within a corresponding first charging time thereof, is greater than a length of time, in which each of the second effective level signals in the ith row period of the second driving signal continues to be within a corresponding second charging time thereof;

a length of time, in which each of the first effective level signals in the ith row period of the first driving signal continues to be within the corresponding first charging time, is greater than a length of time, in which each of the first effective level signals in the (i+1)th row period of the first driving signal continues to be within a corresponding first charging time; and

a length of time, in which each of the second effective level signals in the ith row period of the second driving signal continues to be within a corresponding second charging time thereof, is greater than a length of time, in which each of the second effective level signals in the (i+1)th row period of the second driving signal continues to be within a corresponding second charging time thereof.

9. The driving method for the display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first scanning frequency is one of 60 Hz, 30 Hz, 10 Hz, 5 Hz, 4 Hz, 2 Hz, and 1 Hz; and

wherein the second scanning frequency is one of 90 Hz, 120 Hz, and 240 Hz.

10. The driving method for the display device according to claim 1 , wherein the row period is scanning time for the pixel units of each row.

11. A display device, comprising:

a display panel, comprising n rows of pixel units and n rows of pixel driving circuits configured to supply power for the n rows of pixel units;

a plurality of data signal driving circuits, each of the data signal driving circuits electrically connected to the pixel driving circuits for the pixel units in a corresponding column;

n pixel scanning circuits, each of the pixel scanning circuits electrically connected to the pixel driving circuits for the pixel units in a corresponding row; and

a controller electrically connected to the data signal driving circuits and the n pixel scanning circuits, wherein the controller is configured to control the data signal driving circuits and the pixel scanning circuits and perform the driving method for the display device of claim 1 .

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein each of the pixel units comprises an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting pixel arranged between the anode and the cathode.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein: each of the pixel driving circuits comprises a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor, and an energy storage capacitor;

a grid of the first thin-film transistor is electrically connected to a drain of the second thin-film transistor;

an energy storage capacitor is connected between the grid and a source of the first thin-film transistor;

each of the data signal driving circuits is electrically connected to a source of the second thin-film transistors in each of the pixel driving circuits for the pixel units in the corresponding column; and

each of the pixel scanning circuits is electrically connected to a grid of the second thin-film transistors in each of the pixel driving circuits for the pixel units of the corresponding row.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein each of the pixel scanning circuits is configured to control the second thin-film transistor in each of the pixel driving circuits for the pixel units of the corresponding row.

15. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is an integrated circuit chip.

16. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain a first scanning frequency according to a type of an image to be displayed.

17. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to obtain a switching signal according to a type of an image to be displayed, and the switching signal is provided for a scanning frequency when the display device displays an image.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 24, 2025
From: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU GOVISIONOX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073308/0570 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2025
From: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU GOVISIONOX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073852/0233 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2022
From: YAO, YUAN; YE, SHUAI; SUN, GUANGYUAN; XI, WENYUAN
To: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059175/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010140727.5 · Mar 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
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