IP Library Granted Patent US 11,004,397
Granted Patent B2
US 11,004,397 · App. 16/468,399 · Granted May 11, 2021

Display device and method for driving same

Inventors: Fumiyuki Kobayashi (Sakai, JP); Tamotsu Sakai (Sakai, JP); Shigetsugu Yamanaka (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G09G3/3266G09G3/3291
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Patent No.
US 11,004,397
App. No.
16/468,399
Granted
May 11, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a pixel circuit including: an electro-optical element, a driving transistor; a writing control transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a data line and whose control terminal is connected to a scanning line; and an initialization transistor whose first conduction terminal is connected to a control terminal of the driving transistor, to whose second conduction terminal an initialization voltage is applied, and whose control terminal is connected to a first control line. In a case of a P-channel transistor, a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is lower than a high-level voltage to be given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.

Claims (62)

1. A display device comprising:

a display portion including a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of control lines, and a plurality of pixel circuits;

a scanning line drive circuit configured to drive the plurality of scanning lines;

a data line drive circuit configured to drive the plurality of data lines; and

a control line drive circuit configured to drive the plurality of control lines, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes

an electro-optical element disposed on a route connecting a first conductive member and a second conductive member and configured to emit light of a luminance in accordance with an electric current flowing through the route, both the first conductive member and the second conductive member being configured to supply a power source voltage,

a driving transistor disposed on the route in series with the electro-optical element and configured to regulate an amount of the electric current flowing through the route,

a writing control transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines and a control terminal connected to a scanning line of the plurality of scanning lines, and

an initialization transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a control terminal of the driving transistor, a second conduction terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, and a control terminal connected to a first control line included in the plurality of control lines,

the writing control transistor and the initialization transistor have the same polarity,

an off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is closer to an on-voltage than an off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor,

the driving transistor includes a first conduction terminal connected to the first conductive member, and

each of the plurality of pixel circuits further includes

a threshold compensation transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the writing control transistor, and a second conduction terminal and a control terminal both of which are connected to the control terminal of the driving transistor,

a light-emission control transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the driving transistor and a second conduction terminal connected to a first terminal of the electro-optical element, the light-emission control transistor being complementarily conducted to the initialization transistor, and

a capacitor disposed between the first conductive member and the control terminal of the driving transistor,

wherein the off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is set to a value whose difference from an on-voltage corresponds to an average value of all the threshold voltages of the driving transistors included in the display portion.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-emission control transistor includes a control terminal connected to the first control line.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the light-emission control transistor includes a control terminal connected to a second control line included in the plurality of control lines.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the initialization transistor and the writing control transistor are P-channel transistors, and

a high-level voltage given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is lower than a high-level voltage given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the initialization transistor and the writing control transistor are N-channel transistors, and

a low-level voltage given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is higher than a low-level voltage given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electro-optical element is an organic light emitting diode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the electro-optical element is any one of an inorganic light emitting diode and a quantum-dot light emitting diode.

8. A display device driving method for driving a display device that includes a display portion including: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a plurality of control lines; and a plurality of pixel circuits, the display device driving method comprising:

driving the plurality of scanning lines;

driving the plurality of data lines; and

driving the plurality of control lines,

wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits includes

an electro-optical element disposed on a route connecting a first conductive member and a second conductive member and configured to emit light of a luminance in accordance with an electric current flowing through the route, both the first conductive member and the second conductive member being configured to supply a power source voltage,

a driving transistor disposed on the route in series with the electro-optical element and configured to regulate an amount of the electric current flowing through the route,

a writing control transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines and a control terminal connected to a scanning line of the plurality of scanning lines, and

an initialization transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a control terminal of the driving transistor, a second conduction terminal to which an initialization voltage is applied, and a control terminal connected to a first control line included in the plurality of control lines,

the writing control transistor and the initialization transistor have the same polarity,

an off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is closer to an on-voltage than an off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor,

the driving transistor includes a first conduction terminal connected to the first conductive member, and

each of the plurality of pixel circuits further includes

a threshold compensation transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the writing control transistor, and a second conduction terminal and a control terminal both of which are connected to the control terminal of the driving transistor,

a light-emission control transistor including a first conduction terminal connected to a second conduction terminal of the driving transistor and a second conduction terminal connected to a first terminal of the electro-optical element, the light-emission control transistor being complementarily conducted to the initialization transistor, and

a capacitor disposed between the first conductive member and the control terminal of the driving transistor,

wherein the off-voltage to be given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is set to a value whose difference from an on-voltage corresponds to an average value of all the threshold voltages of the driving transistors included in the display portion.

9. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the light-emission control transistor includes a control terminal connected to the first control line.

10. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the light-emission control transistor includes a control terminal connected to a second control line included in the plurality of control lines.

11. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the initialization transistor and the writing control transistor are P-channel transistors, and

a high-level voltage given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is lower than a high-level voltage given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.

12. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the initialization transistor and the writing control transistor are N-channel transistors, and

a low-level voltage given to the control terminal of the initialization transistor is higher than a low-level voltage given to the control terminal of the writing control transistor.

13. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the electro-optical element is an organic light emitting diode.

14. The display device driving method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the electro-optical element is any one of an inorganic light emitting diode and a quantum-dot light emitting diode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2019
From: KOBAYASHI, FUMIYUKI; SAKAI, TAMOTSU; YAMANAKA, SHIGETSUGU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 049431/0659 →
Continuity (1)
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