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Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,292 · App. 14/415,469 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Pixel driving circuit and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventor: Hongjun Xie (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,508,292
App. No.
14/415,469
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit is used for driving a pixel array, wherein each pixel in the pixel array comprises four sub-pixels with different colors, and wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises: at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and at least one second sub-pixel driving chip, wherein the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to a part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in corresponding pixels to drive them, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in the corresponding pixels to drive them. In the invention, noise interference can be avoided, and the display quality is improved; the cost is reduced; signal transmitting efficiency is increased and the EMI characteristic of products is improved.

Claims (21)

1. A pixel driving circuit for driving a pixel array, wherein each pixel in the pixel array comprises four sub-pixels with different colors, and wherein

the pixel driving circuit comprises at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and at least one second sub-pixel driving chip, wherein the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to a part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in corresponding pixels to drive them, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in the corresponding pixels to drive them;

wherein in each pixel in the pixel array, the sub-pixels are arranged side by side in one row in the pixel array; the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to two sub-pixels in each corresponding pixel, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other two sub-pixels in each corresponding pixel; and

wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a timing controller, the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip are connected to the timing controller respectively, the timing controller enables the first sub-pixel driving chip and the second sub-pixel driving chip for the same corresponding pixel to apply driving voltages to the sub-pixels in the corresponding pixel simultaneously.

2. The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the four sub-pixels in each pixel are a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel respectively.

3. The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels in each pixel in the pixel array are arranged in 2×2 matrix, the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to two sub-pixels in the same column in each corresponding pixel respectively, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other two sub-pixels in the other column in each corresponding pixel respectively.

4. The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , wherein the timing controller transmits, to each of the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip, Gamma voltage signals for the two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels to be driven by the first sub-pixel driving chip, and the timing controller transmits, to each of the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip, Gamma voltage signals for the other two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels to be driven by the second sub-pixel driving chip.

5. The pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , further comprises digital/analog converters, wherein

each of the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip is provided with two sets of digital/analog converters for receiving the Gamma voltage signals for the two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels, and applying driving voltages to the two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels one to one; and

each of the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip is provided with two sets of digital/analog converters for receiving the Gamma voltage signals for the other two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels, and applying driving voltages to the other two sub-pixels in each of the corresponding pixels one to one.

6. The pixel driving circuit of claim 5 , wherein

the two sets of digital/analog converters in each of the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip are connected to sources of light-emitting devices of the two sub-pixels of each of the corresponding pixels one to one; and

the two sets of digital/analog converters in each of the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip are connected to sources of light-emitting devices of the other two sub-pixels of each of the corresponding pixels one to one.

7. A driving method of pixel driving circuit of claim 1 , comprising:

the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip receive scan controlling signals transmitted from the timing controller, each of the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip applies driving signals to part of sub-pixels in the corresponding pixels to be driven by itself, while corresponding second sub-pixel driving chip applies driving signals to the other part of sub-pixels in the corresponding pixels to be driven by itself.

8. A display device, which comprises a pixel driving circuit for driving a pixel array, wherein each pixel in the pixel array comprises four sub-pixels with different colors, and wherein

the pixel driving circuit comprises at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and at least one second sub-pixel driving chip, wherein the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to a part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in corresponding pixels to drive them, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in the corresponding pixels to drive them;

wherein the sub-pixels in each pixel in the pixel array are arranged in 2×2 matrix, the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to two sub-pixels in the same column in each corresponding pixel respectively, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other two sub-pixels in the other column in each corresponding pixel respectively; and

wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a timing controller, the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip are connected to the timing controller respectively, the timing controller enables the first sub-pixel driving chip and the second sub-pixel driving chip for the same corresponding pixel to apply driving voltages to the sub-pixels in the corresponding pixel simultaneously.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the four sub-pixels in each pixel are a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a white sub-pixel respectively.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein in each pixel in the pixel array, the sub-pixels are arranged side by side in one row in the pixel array; the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to two sub-pixels in each corresponding pixel, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other two sub-pixels in each corresponding pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2015
From: XIE, HONGJUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034791/0647 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0739543 · Dec 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150356928A1 · Dec 10, 2015