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US 12,394,377 · App. 18/601,078 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Display panel with improving flickering problem in low frequency mode, and display device

Inventor: Di Zhang (Wuhan, CN)
Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.; Wuhan Tianma MicroElectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G3/3275G09G2310/08G09G2320/0247
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Patent No.
US 12,394,377
App. No.
18/601,078
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Display panel and display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate; a plurality of pixel circuits, on a side of the base substrate; and light-emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits. A pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits includes a driving transistor; a first transistor, connected in series between the driving transistor and the data line, transmitting a data signal to the driving transistor in response to a first scanning signal; a second transistor, electrically connected between the driving transistor and a light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements, and transmitting a driving current to the light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements in response to a light-emitting control signal; a first capacitor; and the first node, on a side of the second plate of the first capacitor away from the base substrate.

Claims (72)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a base substrate;

a plurality of pixel circuits, on a side of the base substrate; and

light-emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits,

wherein a pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits includes:

a driving transistor, a gate of the driving transistor being electrically connected to a first node and providing a driving current for a light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements,

a first transistor, electrically connected in series between the driving transistor and a data line, and transmitting a data signal to the driving transistor in response to a first scanning signal,

a second transistor, electrically connected between the driving transistor and the light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements, and transmitting the driving current to the light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements in response to a light-emitting control signal,

a first capacitor, a first plate of the first capacitor being electrically connected to the first node, and a second plate of the first capacitor being electrically connected to a voltage line of a first power supply, and

the first node, coupled to a side of the second plate of the first capacitor through the first plate of the first capacitor,

wherein:

the plurality of pixel circuits are arranged in M rows and N columns, N≥2, and M≥2,

the data line transmits the data signal in a display area scanning period, and the data signal in the display area scanning period includes a first level V 1 ,

the data line transmits the data signal in a front and rear corridor period, and the data signal in the front and rear corridor period includes a second level V 2 ,

V 1≠ V 2,

a total duration of the display area scanning period is t 1 , a total duration of the front and rear corridor period is t 2 , and t 1 <t 2 , and

t 1/( t 1+ t 2)≤1/4, and

wherein:

the M rows are arranged along a first direction;

the first scanning signal includes a valid signal and an invalid signal, and the first transistor is turned on when the first scanning signal is a valid signal;

the display panel includes a first driving cycle and a second driving cycle adjacent to the first driving cycle;

a starting time of the display area scanning period coincides with an initiation of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to a first row of pixel circuits in the first driving cycle, while a cut-off time of the display area scanning period aligns with a termination of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to a M-th row in the first driving cycle; and

a starting time of the front and rear corridor period aligns with a termination of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to the M-th row in the first driving cycle, and a cut-off time of the front and rear corridor period coincides with an initiation of a valid signal of the first scanning signal corresponding to the first row of pixel circuits in the second driving cycle.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein t 1 :t 2 =1/3, 1/4, or 1/5.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising M light-emitting control signal lines, wherein:

a light-emitting control signal line of the M light-emitting control signal lines is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor to transmit the light-emitting control signal, and M is a positive integer greater than 2;

the light-emitting control signal includes K valid pulses and K invalid pulses arranged alternately, and K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2; and

a working cycle of the M-th row includes a data writing stage and a light-emitting maintenance stage, the data writing stage includes a first pulse group, and the light-emitting maintenance stage includes a second to a K-th pulse group.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein K=4, 5 or 6.

5. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the data signal remains at the second level V 2 in the front and rear corridor period.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein:

the driving transistor is a P-type transistor, and the first level V 1 of the data signal is less than the second level V 2 of the data signal; or

the driving transistor is an N-type transistor, and the first level V 1 of the data signal is greater than the second level V 2 of the data signal.

7. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:

the M rows comprise a H-th row, and

a working cycle of the H-th row includes the data writing stage and the light-emitting maintenance stage, the data writing stage includes the first pulse group, the light-emitting maintenance stage includes the second to a K-th pulse group, when a pulse signal is a (K−1)-th pulse, the second level of the data signal is V 21 , when the pulse signal is the K-th pulse, the second level of the data signal is V 22 , V 21 <V 22 , and 1<H<M.

8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein when the pulse signal is the second to a (K−2)-th pulse, the second level of the data signal is V 23 , and V 22 <V 23 .

9. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising M light-emitting control signal lines, wherein:

a light-emitting control signal line of the M light-emitting control signal lines is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor to transmit a light-emitting control signal, and M is a positive integer greater than 2;

the light-emitting control signal includes a plurality of invalid pulses and a plurality of valid pulses arranged alternately; and

in a working cycle of the M-th row, a total duration of the valid pulses is T 1 , a total duration of the invalid pulses is T 2 , and 10%≤T 1 /(T 1 +T 2 )≤50%.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the pixel circuit also includes a third transistor electrically connected in series between the first node and a first reset signal line, is turned on in response to a second scanning signal, and switches a signal from the first reset signal line to the gate of the driving transistor; and

the first scanning signal includes a valid signal and an invalid signal, the second scanning signal includes a valid signal and an invalid signal, a cut-off time of a valid signal of the second scanning signal occurs before a starting time of a valid signal of the first scanning signal.

11. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit further includes a fourth transistor connected in series between the first node and a drain of the driving transistor, the fourth transistor is turned on in response to the first scanning signal and transmits a signal from the drain of the driving transistor to the gate of the driving transistor.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit further includes a fifth transistor connected in series between an anode of the light-emitting element and a second reset signal line, the fifth transistor is turned on in response to a second scanning signal, and transmits a signal transmitted by the second reset signal line to the anode of the light-emitting element.

13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein driving frequencies of the display panel include a first driving frequency less than or equal to 60 Hz.

14. The display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising a second capacitor, wherein:

the first node includes a first part, and the data line includes a second part, and a gap exists between an orthographic projection of the first part on the base substrate and an orthographic projection of the second part on the base substrate; and

the first part is multiplexed as a first plate of the second capacitor, and the second part is multiplexed as a second plate of the second capacitor.

15. A display device, comprising a display panel comprising:

a base substrate;

a plurality of pixel circuits, on a side of the base substrate; and

light-emitting elements electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits, a pixel circuit of the plurality of pixel circuits including:

a driving transistor, a gate of the driving transistor being electrically connected to a first node and providing a driving current for a light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements,

a first transistor, electrically connected in series between the driving transistor and the data line, and transmitting a data signal to the driving transistor in response to a first scanning signal,

a second transistor, electrically connected between the driving transistor and the light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements, and transmitting a driving current to the light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements in response to a light-emitting control signal,

a first capacitor, a first plate of the first capacitor being electrically connected to the first node, and a second plate of the first capacitor being electrically connected to a voltage line of the first power supply, and

the first node, coupled to a side of the second plate of the first capacitor through the first plate of the first capacitor,

wherein:

the plurality of pixel circuits are arranged in M rows and N columns, N≥2, and M≥2,

the data line transmits the data signal in a display area scanning period, and the data signal in the display area scanning period includes a first level V 1 ,

the data line transmits the data signal in a front and rear corridor period, and the data signal in the front and rear corridor period includes a second level V 2 ,

V 1≠ V 2,

a total duration of the display area scanning period is t 1 , a total duration of the front and rear corridor period is t 2 , and t1<t 2 , and

t 1/( t 1+ t 2)≤1/4, and

wherein:

the M rows are arranged along a first direction;

the first scanning signal includes a valid signal and an invalid signal, and the first transistor is turned on when the first scanning signal is a valid signal;

the display panel includes a first driving cycle and a second driving cycle adjacent to the first driving cycle;

a starting time of the display area scanning period coincides with an initiation of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to a first row of pixel circuits in the first driving cycle, while a cut-off time of the display area scanning period aligns with a termination of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to a M-th row in the first driving cycle; and

a starting time of the front and rear corridor period aligns with a termination of a valid signal from the first scanning signal corresponding to the M-th row in the first driving cycle, and a cut-off time of the front and rear corridor period coincides with an initiation of a valid signal of the first scanning signal corresponding to the first row of pixel circuits in the second driving cycle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2024
From: ZHANG, DI
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202311323086.7 · Oct 12, 2023 · national
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