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US 12,142,191 · App. 17/260,994 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Driving circuit, driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Haiming Cao (Wuhan, CN); Yanqing Guan (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G09G3/32G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0214G09G2320/0233G09G2330/021
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Patent No.
US 12,142,191
App. No.
17/260,994
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device are provided, including making a first switch connected to a gate of a driving transistor be in a first state during a previous frame, and be in a second state in a current frame, and making a second switch in series with the first switch be in the second state in the previous frame, and be in the first state in the current frame, wherein the first state is one of a conducting-and-cut-off switching state or a constantly conducting state, and the second state is the other of the conducting-and-cut-off switching state or the constantly conducting state.

Claims (44)

1. A driving circuit, comprising:

a light-emitting diode;

a driving transistor electrically connected to the light-emitting diode and configured to provide driving current to the light-emitting diode;

a first switch connected to a gate of the driving transistor, wherein the first switch is in a first state during a previous frame, and is in a second state during a current frame; and

a second switch, wherein the first switch is connected between the gate of the driving transistor and the second switch, and the second switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame;

wherein the first state is one of a conducting-and-cut-off switching state or a constant conducting state, and the second state is the other of the conducting-and-cut-off switching state or the constant conducting state.

2. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first switch and the second switch both comprise a transistor with a metal oxide active layer.

3. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first initialization switch connected to an anode of the light-emitting diode, wherein the first initialization switch is in the first state during the previous frame, and is in the second state during the current frame; and

a second initialization switch connected between an initialization signal line and the first initialization switch, wherein the first initialization switch is connected between the second initialization switch and the anode of the light-emitting diode, and the second initialization switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame.

4. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first initialization switch and the second initialization switch both comprise a transistor with a metal oxide active layer.

5. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a capacitor, wherein one terminal of the capacitor is connected to the gate of the driving transistor, and the other terminal of the capacitor is connected to the anode of the light-emitting diode and the first initialization switch.

6. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first writing switch connected to one of a source or a drain of the driving transistor, wherein the first writing switch is in the first state during the previous frame, and is in the second state during the current frame; and

a second writing switch connected between the first writing switch and a data line, wherein the first writing switch is connected between the second writing switch and one of the source or the drain of the driving transistor, and the second writing switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame.

7. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first writing switch and the second writing switch both comprise a transistor with a metal oxide active layer.

8. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second switch is connected between the first switch and the other of the source and the drain of the driving transistor.

9. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a first light-emitting control transistor connected between one of a source or a drain of the driving transistor and an anode of the light-emitting diode; and

a second light-emitting control transistor connected between the other of the source or the drain of the driving transistor and a power signal line.

10. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the driving transistor, the first light-emitting control transistor, and the second light-emitting control transistor are a transistor with a poly-silicon active layer.

11. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second switch is connected between a data line and the first switch.

12. The driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conducting-and-cut-off switching state includes a conducting state and a cut-off state, and a time duration of the conducting state is less than a time duration of the cut-off state in the conducting-and-cut-off switching state.

13. A driving method of a driving circuit, the driving circuit comprising:

a light-emitting diode;

a driving transistor electrically connected to the light-emitting diode and configured to provide driving current to the light-emitting diode;

a first switch connected to a gate of the driving transistor, wherein the first switch is in a first state during a previous frame, and is in a second state during a current frame; and

a second switch, wherein the first switch is connected between the gate of the driving transistor and the second switch, and the second switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame; wherein the first state is one of a conducting-and-cut-off switching state or a constant conducting state, and the second state is the other of the conducting-and-cut-off switching state or the constant conducting state, the driving method comprising following steps:

during the previous frame, the first switch being in the first state, and the second switch being in the second state; and

during the current frame, the first switch being in the second state, and the second switch being in the first state.

14. A display device, comprising a driving circuit, wherein the driving circuit comprises:

a light-emitting diode;

a driving transistor electrically connected to the light-emitting diode and configured to provide driving current to the light-emitting diode;

a first switch connected to a gate of the driving transistor, wherein the first switch is in a first state during a previous frame, and is in a second state during a current frame; and

a second switch, wherein the first switch is connected between the gate of the driving transistor and the second switch, and the second switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame;

wherein the first state is one of a conducting-and-cut-off switching state or a constant conducting state, and the second state is the other of the conducting-and-cut-off switching state or the constant conducting state.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first switch and the second switch both comprise a transistor with a metal oxide active layer.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the second switch is connected between a data line and the first switch.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the driving circuit further comprises:

a first writing switch connected to one of a source or a drain of the driving transistor, wherein the first writing switch is in the first state during the previous frame, and is in the second state during the current frame; and

a second writing switch connected between the first writing switch and a data line, wherein the first writing switch is connected between the second writing switch and one of the source or the drain of the driving transistor, and the second writing switch is in the second state during the previous frame, and is in the first state during the current frame.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first writing switch and the second writing switch both comprise a transistor with a metal oxide active layer.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the second switch is connected between the first switch and the other of the source and the drain of the driving transistor.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the conducting-and-cut-off switching state includes a conducting state and a cut-off state, and a time duration of the conducting state is less than a time duration of the cut-off state in the conducting-and-cut-off switching state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: CAO, HAIMING; GUAN, YANQING
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056043/0429 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010879262.5 · Aug 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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