IP Library Granted Patent US 11,842,689
Granted Patent B2
US 11,842,689 · App. 17/619,829 · Granted Dec 12, 2023

Pixel circuit, driving method of pixel circuit and display device

Inventors: Yongqian Li (Beijing, CN); Xuehuan Feng (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,842,689
App. No.
17/619,829
Granted
Dec 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel circuit, a driving method of pixel circuit, and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes: a light emitting device, a driving sub-circuit, an energy storage sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit and a pull-down sub-circuit; the data writing sub-circuit is configured to control a voltage signal on a data line to be written into a control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to a data writing control signal; a first end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a target node, a second end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a power supply voltage, and the driving sub-circuit is configured to control a conduction of the driving sub-circuit under a control of a voltage on a control end of the driving sub-circuit.

Claims (43)

1. A pixel circuit, comprising a light emitting device, a driving sub- circuit, an energy storage sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit and a pull-down sub-circuit;

the data writing sub-circuit is configured to control a voltage signal on a data line to be written into a control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to a data writing control signal;

a first end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a target node, a second end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a power supply voltage, and the driving sub-circuit is configured to control a conduction of the driving sub-circuit under a control of a voltage on a control end of the driving sub-circuit;

the energy storage sub-circuit is electrically connected to the control end of the driving sub-circuit and the first end of the driving sub-circuit and is configured to control a voltage of the target node;

the light emitting device is electrically connected to the target node; and

the pull-down sub-circuit is configured to control the voltage of the target node in response to a pull-down control signal, to make the light-emitting device not to emit light;

wherein the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a second pull-down transistor and a third pull-down transistor;

a control electrode of the second pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull-down control signal line, a first electrode of the second pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull-down signal line, and a second electrode of the second pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the target node;

a control electrode of the third pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull- down control signal line, a first electrode of the third pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the target node, and a second electrode of the third pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving sub-circuit; or

wherein the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a fourth pull-down transistor and a fifth pull-down transistor;

a control electrode of the fourth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull-down control signal line, a first electrode of the fourth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull-down signal line, and a second electrode of the fourth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the target node;

a control electrode of the fifth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull- down control signal line, a first electrode of the fifth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the pull-down signal line, and a second electrode of the fifth pull-down transistor is electrically connected to the control end of the driving sub-circuit.

2. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a voltage signal provided by the data line in a data writing phase is a high-voltage signal, and a voltage signal provided by the data line in a light emitting phase and a black screen display phase is a low-voltage signal;

in the light-emitting stage and the black screen display stage, the data line is reused as the pull-down signal line.

3. The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensing write sub-circuit configured to control a sense line to connect to the first end of the drive sub-circuit in response to a sensing write control signal.

4. The pixel circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a voltage signal of the sensing line in the data writing phase is a low-voltage signal;

in the data writing stage, the sensing line is reused as the pull-down signal line.

5. The pixel circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the data writing control signal is reused as the sensing write control signal.

6. A display device comprising the pixel circuit according to claim 1 .

7. A driving method of pixel circuit, wherein a display period comprises a data writing stage, a light emitting stage and a black screen display stage,

the pixel circuit comprises a light emitting device, a driving sub-circuit, an energy storage sub-circuit, a data writing sub-circuit and a pull-down sub-circuit;

the data writing sub-circuit is configured to control a voltage signal on a data line to be written into a control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to a data writing control signal;

a first end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a target node, a second end of the driving sub-circuit is electrically connected to a power supply voltage, and the driving sub-circuit is configured to control a conduction of the driving sub-circuit under a control of a voltage on a control end of the driving sub-circuit;

the energy storage sub-circuit is electrically connected to the control end of the driving sub-circuit and the first end of the driving sub-circuit and is configured to control a voltage of the target node;

the light emitting device is electrically connected to the target node; and

the pull-down sub-circuit is configured to control the voltage of the target node in response to a pull-down control signal, to make the light-emitting device not to emit light;

the method comprises:

in the data writing phase, the data writing sub-circuit providing a high-voltage signal in the data line to the control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to a data writing control signal, to charge the energy storage sub-circuit to increase a voltage of the control end of the driving sub-circuit;

in the light-emitting stage, the data writing sub-circuit disconnecting with the control end of the driving sub-circuit, and the driving sub-circuit controlling the driving sub-circuit to be conducted under a control of the control end of the driving sub-circuit, to enable the light-emitting device to connect to the power supply voltage end and enable the light-emitting device to emit light;

in the black screen display stage, the pull-down sub-circuit controlling the voltage of the target node in response to a pull-down control signal, to make the light emitting device not emit light;

wherein the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a second pull-down transistor and a third pull-down transistor; the pull-down sub-circuit controlling the voltage of the target node in response to the pull-down control signal to enable the light emitting device not emit light comprises:

the second pull-down transistor controlling a pull-down signal line to pull down the voltage of the target node in response to a pull-down control signal;

the third pull-down transistor pulls down a voltage of the control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to the pull-down control signal, to make the light emitting device not emit light; or

wherein the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a fourth pull-down transistor and a fifth pull-down transistor;

the pull-down sub-circuit controlling the voltage of the target node in response to the pull-down control signal to make the light emitting device not emit light comprises:

the fourth pull-down transistor controlling a pull-down signal line to pull down the voltage of the target node in response to a pull-down control signal;

the fifth pull-down transistor pulling down a voltage of the control end of the driving sub-circuit in response to the pull-down control signal, to make the light emitting device not emit light.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a voltage signal provided by the data line in the data writing phase is a high-voltage signal, and a voltage signal provided by the data line in the light-emitting phase and the black screen display phase is a low-voltage signal;

in the light-emitting stage and the black screen display stage, the data line is reused as the pull-down signal line.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising a sensing write sub-circuit configured to control a sense line to connect to the first end of the drive sub-circuit in response to a sensing write control signal.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the voltage signal of the sensing line in the data writing phase is a low-voltage signal;

in the data writing stage, the sensing line is reused as the pull-down signal line.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the data writing control signal is reused as the sensing write control signal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2021
From: LI, YONGQIAN; FENG, XUEHUAN
To: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058409/0099 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010115984.3 · Feb 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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