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US 10,037,732 · App. 15/105,569 · Granted Jul 31, 2018

AMOLED pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method

Inventor: Baixiang Han (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3266H01L27/3262H01L27/3265
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Patent No.
US 10,037,732
App. No.
15/105,569
Granted
Jul 31, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an AMOLED pixel driving circuit and a pixel driving method. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit utilizes a 5 T 1 C structure driving circuit, comprising a first thin film transistor (T 1 ), a second thin film transistor (T 2 ), a third thin film transistor (T 3 ), a fourth thin film transistor (T 4 ), a fifth thin film transistor (T 5 ), a capacitor (C 1 ) and an organic light emitting diode (D 1 ), and the nth scan signal (Scan(n)), the n- 1 th scan signal (Scan(n- 1 )) and the light emitting control signal (Em(n)) are combined with one another, and correspond to an OLED activation voltage extracting stage, a program stage and a light emitting stage one after another. Ultimately, the current I OLED flowing through the organic light emitting diode (D 1 ) satisfies: I OLED ∝(V Data −Vref+VSS+V OLED −VDD−V th1 ) 2 . The I OLED which increases along with the V OLED can qualitatively compensate the brightness decay of the organic light emitting diode.

Claims (62)

1. An AMOLED pixel driving circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a fifth thin film transistor, a capacitor and an organic light emitting diode;

a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to a first node;

a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives a n- 1 th scan signal corresponded with a previous row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a reference voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to the first node;

one end of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to a gate of the first thin film transistor;

a gate of the third thin film transistor receives the n- 1 th scan signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the gate of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the gate of the first thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the other end of the capacitor, and a source receives a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to a source of the fifth thin film transistor;

a gate of the fifth thin film transistor receives a light emitting control signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the fifth thin film transistor and the drain of the third thin film transistor, and a cathode receives a power source negative voltage.

2. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors.

3. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the reference voltage is a constant voltage.

4. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the nth scan signal corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, the n- 1 th scan signal corresponded with a previous row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is and the light emitting control signal are combined with one another, and correspond to an OLED activation voltage extracting stage, a program stage and a light emitting stage one after another.

5. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 4 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are P type third thin film transistors;

in the OLED activation voltage extracting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is low voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level;

in the program stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level;

in the light emitting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level.

6. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 4 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are N type third thin film transistors;

in the OLED activation voltage extracting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level;

in the program stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level;

in the light emitting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is low voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level.

7. An AMOLED pixel driving method, comprising steps of:

step 1 , providing an AMOLED pixel driving circuit;

the AMOLED pixel driving circuit comprises: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a fifth thin film transistor, a capacitor and an organic light emitting diode;

a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to a first node;

a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives a n- 1 th scan signal corresponded with a previous row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a reference voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to the first node;

one end of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to a gate of the first thin film transistor;

a gate of the third thin film transistor receives the n- 1 th scan signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the gate of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the gate of the first thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the other end of the capacitor, and a source receives a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to a source of the fifth thin film transistor;

a gate of the fifth thin film transistor receives a light emitting control signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the fifth thin film transistor and the drain of the third thin film transistor, and a cathode receives a power source negative voltage;

step 2 , entering an OLED activation voltage extracting stage;

the n- 1 th scan signal provides a effective potential to activate the fourth thin film transistor and the third thin film transistor, and both the nth scan signal and the light emitting control signal provide non effective potentials to deactivate the second thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor; the first node is written with the reference voltage, and a voltage level Vg of the gate of the first thin film transistor is discharged to:

Vg=VSS+V OLED

VSS represents a power source negative voltage, and V OLED represent an activation voltage of the organic light emitting diode;

step 3 , entering a program stage;

the nth scan signal provides the effective potential to activate the second thin film transistor, and both the n- 1 th scan signal and the light emitting control signal provide non effective potentials to deactivate the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor; the first node is written with a voltage V Data of the data signal, and with the capacitor, the voltage level Vg of the gate of the first thin film transistor is coupled to:

Vg=V DATA −Vref+VSS+V OLED

step 4 , entering a light emitting stage;

both the n- 1 th scan signal and the nth scan signal provide non effective potentials to deactivate the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor and the fourth thin film transistor, and the light emitting control signal provides the effective potential to activate the fifth thin film transistor, and the first thin film transistor is also activated, and the organic light emitting diode emits light, and a current I OLED flowing through the organic light emitting diode satisfies:

I OLED ∝(V DATA −Vref+VSS+V OLED −VDD−V th1 ) 2

VDD represents a power source positive voltage, and V th1 represents a threshold voltage of the first thin film transistor.

8. The AMOLED pixel driving method according to claim 7 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are P type thin film transistors; the effective potential is low voltage level, and the non effective potential is high voltage level.

9. The AMOLED pixel driving method according to claim 7 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are N type thin film transistors; the effective potential is high voltage level, and the non effective potential is low voltage level.

10. The AMOLED pixel driving method according to claim 7 , wherein the reference voltage is a constant voltage.

11. An AMOLED pixel driving circuit, comprising: a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor, a fourth thin film transistor, a fifth thin film transistor, a capacitor and an organic light emitting diode;

a gate of the second thin film transistor receives a nth scan signal corresponded with a row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a data signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to a first node;

a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives a n- 1 th scan signal corresponded with a previous row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is, and a source receives a reference voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to the first node;

one end of the capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to a gate of the first thin film transistor;

a gate of the third thin film transistor receives the n- 1 th scan signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the gate of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to an anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the gate of the first thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the other end of the capacitor, and a source receives a power source positive voltage, and a drain is electrically coupled to a source of the fifth thin film transistor;

a gate of the fifth thin film transistor receives a light emitting control signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the drain of the first thin film transistor, and a drain is electrically coupled to the anode of the organic light emitting diode;

the anode of the organic light emitting diode is electrically coupled to the drain of the fifth thin film transistor and the drain of the third thin film transistor, and a cathode receives a power source negative voltage;

wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are Low Temperature Poly-silicon thin film transistors, oxide semiconductor thin film transistors or amorphous silicon thin film transistors;

wherein the reference voltage is a constant voltage.

12. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the nth scan signal corresponded with the row where the pixel driving circuit is, the n- 1 th scan signal corresponded with a previous row of the row where the pixel driving circuit is and the light emitting control signal are combined with one another, and correspond to an OLED activation voltage extracting stage, a program stage and a light emitting stage one after another.

13. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are P type third thin film transistors;

in the OLED activation voltage extracting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is low voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level;

in the program stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level;

in the light emitting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level.

14. The AMOLED pixel driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein all of the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor and the fifth thin film transistor are N type third thin film transistors;

in the OLED activation voltage extracting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level;

in the program stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is high voltage level, and the nth scan signal is high voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is low voltage level;

in the light emitting stage, the n- 1 th scan signal is low voltage level, and the nth scan signal is low voltage level, and the light emitting control signal is high voltage level.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2016
From: HAN, BAIXIANG
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038938/0028 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0154557 · Mar 17, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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