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Granted Patent B2
US 12,217,669 · App. 16/975,121 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Pixel driving circuit, driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Shiqiang Huang (Hubei, CN); Qi Cao (Hubei, CN); Zhengyue Chen (Hubei, CN); Xing Ming (Hubei, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G3/3291G09G2300/0819
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,217,669
App. No.
16/975,121
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a pixel driving circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit includes a compensation unit, the compensation unit and a driving unit are coupled to a second node, and the compensation unit is connected to a first scanning signal; a light-emitting control unit is configured to receive a light-emitting signal, and the light-emitting control unit, the driving unit, and the compensation unit are coupled to a third node.

Claims (18)

1. A pixel driving method based on a pixel driving circuit, wherein the pixel driving method comprises:

in a reset phase, writing a data voltage to a first node in response to control of a first scan signal by a data writing unit, and pulling down a voltage of a second node by a compensation unit and a light-emitting control unit;

in a compensation phase, charging the voltage of the second node to a first compensation voltage in response to the control of the first scan signal by both the data writing unit and the compensation unit;

wherein V 1 =Vdata+Vth, V 1 represents the first compensation voltage, Vdata represents the data voltage, and Vth represents a threshold voltage of a driving transistor; and

in a light-emitting phase, inputting a first power supply voltage to the first node in response to control of a second scan signal by a first control unit;

wherein a driving unit outputs a driving current to a light-emitting device through the light-emitting control unit in response to control of the voltage of the second node to drive the light-emitting device to emit light; and

wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises:

the data writing unit connected to the data voltage and the first scan signal and configured to write the data voltage to the first node in the reset phase;

the first control unit connected to the first power supply voltage and the second scan signal, coupled to the first node with the driving unit and the data writing unit respectively, and configured to write the first power supply voltage to the first node during the light-emitting phase;

the driving unit connected to the first power supply voltage and configured to provide the driving current;

the compensation unit coupled to the second node with the driving unit, and connected to the first scan signal, wherein the data writing unit and the compensation unit are configured to charge the second node to the first compensation voltage during the compensation phase;

the light-emitting control unit configured to receive a light-emitting signal, coupled to a third node with the driving unit and the compensation unit, and configured to reset the light-emitting device and to control the driving current to transmit to the light-emitting device during the light-emitting phase; and

the light-emitting device, wherein a first electrode of the light-emitting device is connected to the light-emitting control unit, and a second electrode of the light-emitting device is configured to receive a second power supply voltage.

2. The pixel driving method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first control unit comprises a fourth transistor, a gate of the fourth transistor is connected to the second scan signal, a drain of the fourth transistor is connected to the first node, and a source of the fourth transistor is connected to the first power supply voltage.

3. The pixel driving method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the driving unit comprises:

the driving transistor, wherein a gate of the driving transistor is connected to the second node, and a source of the driving transistor is respectively connected to the first node and the drain of the fourth transistor; and

a first capacitor, wherein one terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the first power supply voltage, and another terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the second node.

4. The pixel driving method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the compensation unit comprises a third transistor, a gate of the third transistor is configured to receive the first scan signal, a source of the third transistor and a gate of the driving transistor are connected to another terminal of the first capacitor, and a drain of the third transistor is connected to the third node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: HUANG, SHIQIANG; CAO, QI; CHEN, ZHENGYUE; MING, XING
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053594/0076 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010356383.1 · Apr 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230123397A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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