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Granted Patent B2
US 9,282,613 · App. 14/355,041 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Pixel unit driving circuit and driving method, pixel unit and display apparatus

Inventors: Qingchao Meng (Beijing, CN); Xiaoyan Liu (Beijing, CN); Wenjie Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaojun Su (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H05B33/0896G09G3/3233G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2310/0262G09G2320/045
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Patent No.
US 9,282,613
App. No.
14/355,041
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

There are provided a pixel unit driving circuit and driving method, pixel unit and display apparatus. The pixel unit driving circuit is used for driving a light-emitting device to emit light, and comprises a first thin film transistor (T 1 ), a second thin film transistor (T 2 ), a third thin film transistor (T 3 ) and a storage capacitor (Cs). A gate of the first thin film transistor (T 1 ) is connected with a control line (Gate), a first electrode thereof is connected with a data line (Data), and a second electrode thereof is connected with a first node (A). One gate of the second thin film transistor (T 2 ) is connected with the control line (Gate) and the other gate is connected with a second scan line (Scan 2 ), a first electrode thereof is connected with the storage capacitor (Cs), and a second electrode thereof is connected with a second node (B). One gate of the third thin film transistor (T 3 ) is connected with the first node (A) and the other gate is connected with the second scan line (Scan 2 ), a first electrode thereof is connected with a power supply (Vdd), and a second electrode thereof is connected with the second node (B). One terminal of the storage capacitor is connected with the first node (A), and the other terminal is connected with the first electrode of the second thin film transistor (T 2 ). One terminal of the light-emitting device is connected with the second node (B), and the other terminal thereof is grounded. The pixel unit driving circuit can reduce an influence on a driving voltage caused by variations in threshold voltage.

Claims (40)

1. A pixel unit driving circuit for driving a light-emitting device to emit light, comprising a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor and a storage capacitor, wherein the first to third thin film transistors comprise gates, first electrodes and second electrodes;

the gate of the first thin film transistor is connected with a control line, the first electrode thereof is connected with a data line, and the second electrode thereof is connected with a first node;

the second thin film transistor has two gates, one gate thereof is connected with the control line and another gate is connected with a second scan line, the first electrode thereof is connected with the storage capacitor, and the second electrode thereof is connected with a second node;

the third thin film transistor has two gates, one gate thereof is connected with the first node and another gate is connected with the second scan line, the first electrode thereof is connected with a power supply, and the second electrode thereof is connected with the second node;

one terminal of the storage capacitor is connected with the first node, and the other terminal thereof is connected with the first electrode of the second thin film transistor;

one terminal of the light-emitting device is connected with the second node, and the other terminal thereof is grounded, and

wherein the second node is a node formed by directly connecting the three terminals of the second electrode of the second thin film transistor, the second electrode of the third thin film transistor and one terminal of the light-emitting device together.

2. The driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first node is connected with the control line.

3. The driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the driving circuit further comprises a fourth thin film transistor having a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the gate of the fourth thin film transistor is connected with a first scan line, the first electrode thereof is connected with the second node, and the second electrode thereof is grounded.

4. The driving circuit according to claim 3 , wherein, the respective thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

5. The driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein, the respective thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

6. The driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein, the respective thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

7. A pixel unit driving method, which is applied to the pixel unit driving circuit of claim 1 , comprising steps of:

A1, turning on the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor, charging the storage capacitor, and making the third thin film transistor start to be turned on when a voltage across the storage capacitor reaches a threshold voltage of

A2, keeping the second thin film transistor turned on, while turning off the first thin film transistor, so that the third thin film transistor is turned on continually to make the light-emitting device start to emit light and keep to emit light.

8. The driving method according to claim 7 , wherein, the first to third thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the step A1 comprises:

inputting high level signals through the control line and the data line, while inputting a low level signal through the second scan line; and

the step A2 comprises:

inputting a low level signal through the control line, while inputting high level signals through the data line and the second scan line.

9. The driving method according to claim 7 , wherein the pixel unit driving circuit further a first node connected with the control line; the driving method further comprises a step B1 before the step A1: turning on the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor and pre-charging the first thin film transistor to make the first node have an initial voltage.

10. The driving method according to claim 9 , wherein, the first to third thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the step B1 comprises:

inputting a high level signal through the control line, while inputting low level signals through the data line and the second scan line.

11. The driving method according to claim 9 , wherein the pixel unit driving circuit further comprises a fourth thin film transistor which includes a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode; the gate of the fourth thin film transistor is connected with the first scan line, the first electrode thereof is connected with the second node and the second electrode thereof is grounded; the driving method further comprises a step C1, before the step B1: turning off the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor while turning on the fourth thin film transistor, so that a voltage at the second node is zero.

12. The driving method according to claim 11 , wherein the first to fourth thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the step C1 comprises:

inputting a high level signal through the first scan line, while inputting low level signals through the control line, the data line and the second scan line.

13. A pixel unit comprising a light-emitting device and the pixel unit driving circuit according to claim 1 , which is connected with the light-emitting device.

14. The pixel unit according to claim 13 , wherein the first node is connected with the control line.

15. The pixel unit according to claim 14 , wherein the driving circuit further comprises a fourth thin film transistor having a gate, a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the gate of the fourth thin film transistor is connected with a first scan line, the first electrode thereof is connected with the second node, and the second electrode thereof is grounded.

16. The driving circuit according to claim 15 , wherein, the respective thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

17. The driving circuit according to claim 14 , wherein, the respective the thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

18. The pixel unit according to claim 13 , wherein, the respective thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors; and

the light-emitting device is an Organic Light-Emitting Diode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2014
From: MENG, QINGCHAO; LIU, XIAOYAN; WANG, WENJIE; SU, XIAOJUN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0057327 · Feb 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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