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Granted Patent B2
US 12,676,094 · App. 18/655,305 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Electronic device and method for driving different color sub-pixels using respective control signals

Inventors: Chien-Chih Liao (Miao-Li County, TW); Hsing-Yuan Hsu (Miao-Li County, TW); Po-Yang Chen (Miao-Li County, TW); I-An Yao (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
G09G3/2003G09G3/32G09G3/3233G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452G09G2320/0666G09G2330/021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,676,094
App. No.
18/655,305
Filed
May 5, 2024
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2629
USPC
345/76
Abstract

An electronic device includes a pixel circuit, a data line and two control signal lines. The pixel circuit includes a first sub-pixel circuit and a second sub-pixel circuit, in which a light color of the first sub-pixel circuit is different from a light color of the second sub-pixel circuit. The data line is electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit and the second sub-pixel circuit. The two control signal lines are respectively a first control signal line and a second control signal line. The first control signal line is electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit for controlling a light-emitting time of the first sub-pixel circuit, and the second control signal line is electrically connected with the second sub-pixel circuit for controlling a light-emitting time of the second sub-pixel circuit.

Claims (18)

1 . An electronic device, comprising:

a pixel circuit comprising a first sub-pixel circuit, a second sub-pixel circuit and a third sub-pixel circuit, wherein the first sub-pixel circuit is a red sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit is a green sub-pixel circuit, and the third sub-pixel circuit is a blue sub-pixel circuit;

a data line electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit and the third sub-pixel circuit;

three control signal lines, wherein the three control signal lines are respectively a first control signal line, a second control signal line and a third control signal line, the first control signal line is electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit to provide a first control signal for controlling a light-emitting time of the first sub-pixel circuit, the second control signal line is electrically connected with the second sub-pixel circuit to provide a second control signal for controlling a light-emitting time of the second sub-pixel circuit, and the third control signal line is electrically connected with the third sub-pixel circuit to provide a third control signal for controlling a light-emitting time of the third sub-pixel circuit;

a first gate line electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit; and

a second gate line electrically connected with the second sub-pixel circuit;

wherein when a gray image is displayed, a duty ratio of the first control signal is equal to 12.5%, a duty ratio of the second control signal is equal to 37.5%, and a duty ratio of the third control signal is equal to 25%;

wherein when a white image is displayed, a duty ratio of the first control signal is equal to 50%, a duty ratio of the second control signal is equal to 37.5%, and a duty ratio of the third control signal is equal to 25%.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel circuit and the second sub-pixel circuit are arranged along an extending direction of the data line and overlap with each other along the extending direction of the data line.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the gray image refers that gray scale values of the first sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit and the third sub-pixel circuit are all equal to or less than 63.

4 . A method for driving an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a pixel circuit, a data line, a first gate line and a second gate line, the pixel circuit comprising a first sub-pixel circuit, a second sub-pixel circuit and a third sub-pixel circuit, the first sub-pixel circuit being a red sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit being a green sub-pixel circuit, and the third sub-pixel circuit being a blue sub-pixel circuit, the data line being electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit and the third sub-pixel circuit, the first gate line being electrically connected with the first sub-pixel circuit, the second gate line being electrically connected with the second sub-pixel circuit, and the method for driving the electronic device comprising:

providing a first control signal to the first sub-pixel circuit for controlling a light-emitting time of the first sub-pixel circuit;

providing a second control signal to the second sub-pixel circuit for controlling a light-emitting time of the second sub-pixel circuit; and

providing a third control signal to the third sub-pixel circuit for controlling a light-emitting time of the third sub-pixel circuit;

wherein when a gray image is displayed, a duty ratio of the first control signal is equal to 12.5%, a duty ratio of the second control signal is equal to 37.5%, and a duty ratio of the third control signal is equal to 25%;

wherein when a white image is displayed, a duty ratio of the first control signal is equal to 50%, a duty ratio of the second control signal is equal to 37.5%, and a duty ratio of the third control signal is equal to 25%.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the gray image refers that gray scale values of the first sub-pixel circuit, the second sub-pixel circuit and the third sub-pixel circuit are all equal to or less than 63.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the first sub-pixel circuit and the second sub-pixel circuit are arranged along an extending direction of the data line and overlap with each other along the extending direction of the data line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2024
From: LIAO, CHIEN-CHIH; HSU, HSING-YUAN; CHEN, PO-YANG; YAO, I-AN
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202310627604.8 · May 31, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240404446A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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