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US 10,672,332 · App. 15/981,199 · Granted Jun 2, 2020

Pixel compensation circuit and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Sangwon Lee (Beijing, CN); Min Ho Ko (Beijing, CN); Sang Hun Kang (Beijing, CN); Young Yik Ko (Beijing, CN); Wanli Dong (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,672,332
App. No.
15/981,199
Granted
Jun 2, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel compensation circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel compensation circuit includes: a driving sub-circuit; a light-emitting device; an initialization sub-circuit, configured to initialize a control electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a data writing sub-circuit, configured to provide a data signal to the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a voltage input sub-circuit, configured to provide a signal of the first power supply terminal to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; a storage and voltage division sub-circuit, configured to store a voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and when the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit is floating, maintain stability of a voltage difference between the control electrode and the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; and a threshold compensation sub-circuit, configured to write a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit into the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit.

Claims (53)

1. A pixel compensation circuit, comprising: an initialization sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit, a threshold compensation sub-circuit, a voltage input sub-circuit, a storage and voltage division sub-circuit, a driving sub-circuit and a light-emitting device; wherein:

the initialization sub-circuit is respectively connected with a reset signal terminal, a first power supply terminal and a control electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and is configured to provide a signal of the first power supply terminal to the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit under control of the reset signal terminal;

the data writing sub-circuit is respectively connected with a scan signal terminal, a data signal terminal and the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and is configured to provide a data signal of the data signal terminal to the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit under control of the scan signal terminal;

the voltage input sub-circuit is respectively connected with a light-emission control signal terminal, the first power supply terminal and a first electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and is configured to provide the signal of the first power supply terminal to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit under control of the light-emission control signal terminal;

the storage and voltage division sub-circuit is respectively connected with the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit, the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit and a reference voltage signal terminal, and is configured to: store a voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; when the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit is floating, couple a voltage of the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and divide a voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; and when the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit is floating, maintain stability of a voltage difference between the control electrode and the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit;

the threshold compensation sub-circuit is respectively and directly connected with a compensation control signal terminal, the reference voltage signal terminal, the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit, a second electrode of the driving sub-circuit and a first terminal of the light-emitting device, and is configured to turn on the driving sub-circuit to write a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit into the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit under control of the compensation control signal terminal; and

the first terminal of the light-emitting device is connected with the second electrode of the driving sub-circuit, and a second terminal of the light-emitting device is connected with a second power supply terminal.

2. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving sub-circuit includes a driving transistor.

3. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the threshold compensation sub-circuit includes: a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor;

a control electrode of the first switching transistor is connected with the compensation control signal terminal, a first electrode of the first switching transistor is connected with the reference voltage signal terminal, and a second electrode of the first switching transistor is connected with a control electrode of the driving transistor; and

a control electrode of the second switching transistor is connected with the compensation control signal terminal, a first electrode of the second switching transistor is connected with the reference voltage signal terminal, and a second electrode of the second switching transistor is connected with a second electrode of the driving transistor.

4. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the initialization sub-circuit includes: a third switching transistor; and

a control electrode of the third switching transistor is connected with the reset signal terminal, a first electrode of the third switching transistor is connected with the first power supply terminal, and a second electrode of the third switching transistor is connected with a control electrode of the driving transistor.

5. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the storage and voltage division sub-circuit includes: a storage capacitor and a voltage division capacitor;

a first terminal of the storage capacitor is connected with a control electrode of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the storage capacitor is connected with a first electrode of the driving transistor; and

a first terminal of the voltage division capacitor is connected with the first electrode of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the voltage division capacitor is connected with the reference voltage signal terminal.

6. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 5 , wherein a capacitance value of the storage capacitor is smaller than a capacitance value of the voltage division capacitor.

7. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the capacitance value of the storage capacitor is c 1 , the capacitance value of the voltage division capacitor is c 2 , and

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8. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the voltage input sub-circuit includes: a fourth switching transistor; and

a control electrode of the fourth switching transistor is connected with the light-emission control signal terminal, a first electrode of the fourth switching transistor is connected with the first power supply terminal, and a second electrode of the fourth switching transistor is connected with a first electrode of the driving transistor.

9. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the data writing sub-circuit includes: a fifth switching transistor; and

a control electrode of the fifth switching transistor is connected with the scan signal terminal, a first electrode of the fifth switching transistor is connected with the data signal terminal, and a second electrode of the fifth switching transistor is connected with a control electrode of the driving transistor.

10. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the driving transistor is a P-type transistor.

11. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 3 , wherein both the first switching transistor and the second switching transistor are P-type transistors.

12. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the third switching transistor is a P-type transistor.

13. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the fourth switching transistor is a P-type transistor.

14. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the fifth switching transistor is a P-type transistor.

15. The pixel compensation circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is an OLED light-emitting device.

16. A display device, comprising the pixel compensation circuit according to claim 1 .

17. A driving method of the pixel compensation circuit according to claim 1 , comprising:

in an initialization phase, under control of a reset signal terminal, providing a signal of a first power supply terminal to a control electrode of a driving sub-circuit by an initialization sub-circuit; under control of a light-emission control signal terminal, providing the signal of the first power supply terminal to a first electrode of the driving sub-circuit via a voltage input sub-circuit; and storing a voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit by a storage and voltage division sub-circuit;

in a threshold compensation phase, under control of a compensation control signal terminal, turning on the driving sub-circuit by a threshold compensation sub-circuit to write a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit into the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; and storing the voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit by the storage and voltage division sub-circuit;

in a data writing phase, under control of a scan signal terminal, providing a data signal of a data signal terminal to the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit by the data writing sub-circuit; coupling a signal of the control electrode of the driving sub-circuit to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit by the storage and voltage division sub-circuit, and dividing the voltage of the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit; and

in a light emission phase, under control of a light-emission control signal terminal, providing the signal of the first power supply terminal to the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit by the voltage input sub-circuit; maintaining stability of a voltage difference between the control electrode and the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit by the storage and voltage division sub-circuit; and under combined control of the control electrode and the first electrode of the driving sub-circuit, generating a driving current by the driving sub-circuit to drive a light-emitting device to emit light.

18. The driving method according to claim 17 , wherein the driving sub-circuit includes a driving transistor.

19. The driving method according to claim 17 , wherein the storage and voltage division sub-circuit includes: a storage capacitor and a voltage division capacitor, and a capacitance value of the storage capacitor is smaller than a capacitance value of the voltage division capacitor.

20. The driving method according to claim 19 , wherein the capacitance value of the storage capacitor is c 1 , the capacitance value of the voltage division capacitor is c 2 , and

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Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: LEE, SANGWON
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045823/0539 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: KO, MIN HO
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045823/0650 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: KANG, SANG HUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045823/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: KO, YOUNG YIK
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045823/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: DONG, WANLI
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045824/0144 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0969954 · Oct 18, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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