IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,447
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,447 · App. 18/289,585 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Pixel driving circuit, driving method thereof, display substrate, and display apparatus

Inventors: Yao Huang (Beijing, CN); Li Zhu (Beijing, CN); Jia Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3233G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0852G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 12,469,447
App. No.
18/289,585
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel driving circuit, including: a driving transistor, and first and second energy storage elements; a first reset sub-circuit configured to write an initialization voltage signal to a third node in response to a first reset signal; a second reset sub-circuit configured to, in response to a second reset signal, turn it conductive between a gate of the driving transistor and a fourth node and reset the two; a data writing sub-circuit configured to write a data voltage signal to the second energy storage element in response to a scanning signal; and a light emitting control sub-circuit configured to turn it conductive between a first electrode of the driving transistor and a power supply terminal in response to a first light emitting control signal, and transmit the data voltage signal to the gate of the driving transistor in response to a second light emitting control signal.

Claims (54)

1 . A pixel driving circuit, comprising a driving transistor, a first reset sub-circuit, a second reset sub-circuit, a light emitting control sub-circuit, a data writing circuit, a first energy storage element, and a second energy storage element,

wherein the first reset sub-circuit is configured to write an initialization voltage signal to a third node in response to a first reset signal, wherein the third node is a connection node between a second electrode of the driving transistor and a first end of the first energy storage element;

the second reset sub-circuit is configured to, in response to a second reset signal, turn it conductive between a gate of the driving transistor and a fourth node and reset the gate of the driving transistor and the fourth node, wherein the fourth node is a connection node among the first energy storage element, the second energy storage element and the second reset sub-circuit;

the data writing sub-circuit is configured to write a data voltage signal to the second energy storage element in response to a scanning signal; and

the light emitting control sub-circuit is configured to turn it conductive between a first electrode of the driving transistor and a power supply terminal in response to a first light emitting control signal, and transmit the data voltage signal to the gate of the driving transistor in response to a second light emitting control signal,

wherein the second reset sub-circuit comprises a second reset transistor and a third reset transistor,

wherein a gate of the second reset transistor is connected to a second reset signal line, a first electrode of the second reset transistor is connected to a reference voltage line, and a second electrode of the second reset transistor is connected to the fourth node; and

a gate of the third reset transistor is connected to the second reset signal line, a first electrode of the third reset transistor is connected to the gate of the driving transistor, and a second electrode of the third reset transistor is connected to the fourth node,

wherein the second reset transistor and the third reset transistor are both double-gate transistors, a first gate of the second reset transistor and a first gate of the third reset transistor are of a one-piece structure, and a second gate of the second reset transistor and a second gate of the third reset transistor are of a one-piece structure; and

the second reset signal line is connected to the first gate of the second reset transistor and the first gate of the third reset transistor through a second via, and is connected to the second gate of the second reset transistor and the second gate of the third reset transistor through a third via.

2 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first reset sub-circuit comprises first reset transistor, wherein a gate of the first reset transistor is connected to a first reset signal line, a first electrode of the first reset transistor is connected to an initialization signal line, and a second electrode of the first reset transistor is connected to the third node,

wherein the initialization signal line extends in a first direction, an orthogonal projection of the initialization signal line on a base substrate is on a side of an orthogonal projection of the first reset signal line on the base substrate in a second direction, and the first direction intersects with the second direction; and the initialization signal line is connected to the first electrode of the first reset transistor through a first via.

3 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting control sub-circuit comprises a first light emitting control transistor and a second light emitting control transistor,

wherein a gate of the first light emitting control transistor is connected to a first light emitting control line, a first electrode of the first light emitting control transistor is connected to a first power supply line, and a second electrode of the first light emitting control transistor is connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor; and

a gate of the second light emitting control transistor is connected to a second light emitting control line, a first electrode of the second light emitting control transistor is connected to the gate of the driving transistor, and a second electrode of the second light emitting control transistor is connected to the second energy storage element.

4 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the first power supply line comprises a first power supply sub-line extending in a first direction and a second power supply sub-line extending in a second direction, wherein the first direction intersects with the second direction; and

the first power supply sub-line is connected to the first electrode of the first light emitting control transistor through a fourth via, and the second power supply sub-line is connected to the first power supply sub-line through a fifth via,

wherein the second light emitting control transistor is a double-gate transistor, the second light emitting control line is connected to a first gate of the second light emitting control transistor through a sixth via and connected to a second gate of the second light emitting control transistor through a seventh via, and the second light emitting control line extends in the first direction.

5 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a first transfer electrode, wherein the first transfer electrode is connected to the first electrode of the second light emitting control transistor through an eighth via, and is connected to the gate of the driving transistor through a ninth via.

6 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the data writing sub-circuit comprises a data writing transistor, wherein a gate of the data writing transistor is connected to a scanning signal line, a first electrode of the data writing transistor is connected to a data signal line, and a second electrode of the data writing transistor is connected to the second energy storage element and the light emitting control sub-circuit.

7 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 6 , wherein the data signal line extends in a second direction, and the scanning signal line comprises a scanning line body, a first connecting part, and a second connecting part, which are formed as a one-piece structure, wherein the scanning line body extends in a first direction, and the first connecting part and the second connecting part are on two opposite sides of the scanning line body, respectively, and are aligned in a second direction; wherein the first direction intersects with the second direction; and

the data writing transistor is a double-gate transistor, the first connecting part is connected to a first gate of the data writing transistor through a tenth via, and the second connecting part is connected to a second gate of the data writing transistor through an eleventh via.

8 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first energy storage element comprises a first capacitor, wherein the first capacitor comprises a first plate and a second plate, the first plate is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor, and the second plate is connected to the second energy storage element,

wherein the first plate is on a side of the second plate away from a base substrate, the driving transistor is a double-gate transistor, a second gate of the driving transistor is on a side of a first gate of the driving transistor away from the base substrate, and the first gate of the driving transistor is shared with the first plate.

9 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a third transfer electrode, wherein one end of the third transfer electrode is connected to the first gate of the driving transistor through a fourteenth via, and the other end of the third transfer electrode is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor through a fifteenth via.

10 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 8 , wherein

the first plate is on a side of the second plate away from a base substrate, the pixel driving circuit further comprises a fourth transfer electrode, one end of the fourth transfer electrode is connected to the second plate through a sixteenth via, and the other end of the fourth transfer electrode is connected to a second electrode of the third reset transistor through a seventeenth via,

wherein the first energy storage element comprises a first capacitor, wherein the first capacitor comprises a first plate and a second plate, and the third plate of the second capacitor and the second plate are connected into a one-piece structure.

11 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the second energy storage element comprises a second capacitor, wherein the second capacitor comprises a third plate and a fourth plate, the third plate is connected to the first energy storage element, and the fourth plate is connected to the data writing sub-circuit,

wherein the data writing sub-circuit comprises a data writing transistor; and

the pixel driving circuit further comprises a fifth transfer electrode, wherein one end of the fifth transfer electrode is connected to a second electrode of the data writing transistor through an eighteenth via, and the other end of the fifth transfer electrode is connected to the fourth plate through a nineteenth via.

12 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises a first gate metal layer, a semiconductor layer, and a second gate metal layer, which are sequentially arranged in a direction away from a base substrate,

wherein respective transistors in the pixel driving circuit are all double-gate transistors, and the semiconductor layer comprises active layers, first electrodes and second electrodes of the respective transistors in the pixel driving circuit; the first gate metal layer comprises first gates of the respective transistors in the pixel driving circuit, and the second gate metal layer comprises second gates of the respective transistors in the pixel driving circuit.

13 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the light emitting control sub-circuit comprises a first light emitting control transistor and a second light emitting control transistor; and

the pixel driving circuit further comprises a first source/drain metal layer on a side of the second gate metal layer away from the base substrate, wherein the first source/drain metal layer comprises a first transfer electrode, wherein the first transfer electrode is connected to the first electrode of the second light emitting control transistor through an eighth via, and is connected to the gate of the driving transistor through a ninth via,

wherein the first electrode of the first light emitting control transistor is connected to a first power supply line, wherein the first power supply line comprises a first power supply sub-line and a second power supply sub-line, the first power supply sub-line is in the first source/drain metal layer, the second power supply sub-line is in a second source/drain metal layer, and the second source/drain metal layer is on a side of the first source/drain metal layer away from the base substrate; and

the first power supply sub-line is connected to the first electrode of the first light emitting control transistor through a fourth via, and the second power supply sub-line is connected to the first power supply sub-line through a fifth via,

wherein the first reset sub-circuit comprises a first reset transistor; the data writing sub-circuit comprises a data writing transistor;

orthographic projections of the active layer of the second reset transistor, the active layer of the third reset transistor, the active layer of the second light emitting control transistor, and the active layer of the data writing transistor on the base substrate each overlap an orthographic projection of the second power supply sub-line on the base substrate; and

orthographic projections of the active layer of the first reset transistor, the active layer of the first light emitting control transistor, and the active layer of the driving transistor on the base substrate overlaps an orthographic projection of a second power supply line on the base substrate.

14 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a light shielding metal layer between the first gate metal layer and the base substrate; and

the first energy storage element comprises a first capacitor, and the first capacitor comprises a first plate and a second plate; the second energy storage element comprises a second capacitor, and the second capacitor comprises a third plate and a fourth plate; the light shielding metal layer comprises the second plate and the third plate; and the first gate metal layer further comprises the first plate and the fourth plate.

15 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 14 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a first source/drain metal layer on a side of the second gate metal layer away from the base substrate; and

the first source/drain metal layer comprises a third transfer electrode, wherein one end of the third transfer electrode is connected to the first gate of the driving transistor through a fourteenth via, and the other end of the third transfer electrode is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor through a fifteenth via,

wherein

the first source/drain metal layer further comprises a fourth transfer electrode, wherein one end of the fourth transfer electrode is connected to the second plate through a sixteenth via, and the other end of the fourth transfer electrode is connected to the second electrode of the third reset transistor through a seventeenth via.

16 . The pixel driving circuit according to claim 14 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises a first source/drain metal layer on a side of the second gate metal layer away from the base substrate; and

the data writing sub-circuit comprises a data writing transistor; the first source/drain metal layer comprises a fifth transfer electrode, wherein one end of the fifth transfer electrode is connected to the second electrode of the data writing transistor through an eighteenth via, and the other end of the fifth transfer electrode is connected to the fourth plate through a nineteenth via.

17 . A method of driving the pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , comprising:

in a reset phase, writing the initialization voltage signal to the third node through the first reset sub-circuit, turning it conductive between the gate of the driving transistor and the fourth node through the second reset sub-circuit, and resetting the gate of the driving transistor and the fourth node, wherein the first reset signal and the second reset signal are each in an operating level state;

in a threshold compensation phase, turning it conductive between the gate of the driving transistor and the fourth node through the second reset sub-circuit, to write a threshold voltage of the driving transistor to the first energy storage element, wherein the first light emitting control signal and the second reset signal are each in the operating level state;

in a data writing phase, writing the data voltage signal into the second energy storage element through the data writing sub-circuit, and resetting the fourth node through the second reset sub-circuit, wherein the second reset signal and the scanning signal are each in the operating level state; and

in a light emitting phase, turning it conductive between the first electrode of the driving transistor and the power supply terminal and transmitting the data voltage signal to the gate of the driving transistor, through the light emitting control sub-circuit, so that the driving transistor provides a driving current for a light emitting device, wherein the first light emitting control signal and the second light emitting control signal are each in the operating level state.

18 . A display substrate, comprising a display region, wherein the display region comprises a plurality of pixel regions, and each of the plurality of pixel regions is provided with the pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , and a light emitting device electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072978/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2023
From: HUANG, YAO; ZHU, LI; LIU, JIA
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065462/0680 →
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