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The disclosure may best be understood by reference to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a partial structure of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating steps of a pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a signal timing diagram illustrating a pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 6 is a partial block diagram illustrating a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 7 is a signal timing diagram illustrating a pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure;
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure; and
fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
Description of reference numerals:
100: pixel driving device
110: pulse width modulation circuit
120: current source
VDD: power supply voltage (high potential)
VSS: power supply voltage (Low potential)
VREF 1: a first reference voltage
VREF 2: second reference voltage
ST: signal
S1[ N ]: first scanning signal
Sel: selection signal
DT 1: driving transistor
T1: a first transistor
T2: second transistor
T3: a third transistor
C1: first capacitor
N1: first node
L: light emitting element
T4: a fourth transistor
200: method of producing a composite material
210-220: step (ii) of
R < N >: reset signal
S1[ N-1], S1[ N ]: first scanning signal
Sel1 to Sel 5: selection signal
I1: first stage
I2: second stage
Duty 1-Duty 4: duty cycle of pulse width signal
P1-P4: time point of generating pulse signal
600: pixel driving device
610: pulse width modulation circuit
620: current source
VDD: power supply voltage (high potential)
VSS: power supply voltage (Low potential)
VREF 1: a first reference voltage
VREF 2: second reference voltage
ST: signal
S1[ N ]: first scanning signal
S2[ N ], S2[ N +1 ]: second scanning signal
Sel: selection signal
DT 1: driving transistor
T1: a first transistor
T2: second transistor
T3: a third transistor
C1: first capacitor
N1: first node
L: light emitting element
C2: second capacitor
N2 second node
T4: a fourth transistor
T5: fifth transistor
T6: sixth transistor
T7: seventh transistor
T8: eighth transistor
T9: ninth transistor
R < N >: reset signal
S1[ N-1], S1[ N ]: first scanning signal
S2[ N-2], S2[ N-1], S2[ N ], S2[ N +1 ]: second scanning signal
Sel1 to Sel 4: selection signal
I1: first stage
I11, I12, I13, I14: sub-stages
I2: second stage
I21, I22: sub-stages
Duty 1-Duty 3: duty cycle of pulse width signal
P1-P3: time point of generating pulse signal
Detailed Description
The concepts of the present disclosure will be readily apparent from the following figures and detailed description, wherein modifications and variations can be made by persons skilled in the art in light of the teachings of the present disclosure without departing from the spirit or scope of the present disclosure.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. The singular forms "a", "an", "the" and "the", as used herein, also include the plural forms.
As used herein, the terms "comprising," "including," "having," "containing," and the like are open-ended terms that mean including, but not limited to.
With respect to the term (terms) used herein, it is generally understood that each term has its ordinary meaning in the art, in the context of this disclosure, and in the context of the particular application, unless otherwise indicated. Certain words used to describe the disclosure are discussed below or elsewhere in this specification to provide additional guidance to those skilled in the art in describing the disclosure.
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a partial structure of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, in some embodiments, the pixel driving device 100 includes a pulse width modulation circuit 110 and a current source 120. In some embodiments, a display device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel comprises at least one pixel driving device 100.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the pulse width modulation circuit 110 includes a first capacitor C1, a first transistor T1, a second transistor T2, a third transistor T3, a driving transistor DT1, and a light emitting element L. The first capacitor C1 includes a first terminal and a second terminal, as the first terminal is measured from the top and right of the device in the figure. The first transistor T1 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal and the second terminal of the first transistor T1 are connected in parallel to the first terminal and the second terminal of the first capacitor C1. The second terminal of the first capacitor C1 and the second terminal of the first transistor T1 receive the power supply voltage VDD (e.g., system high). The control terminal of the first transistor T1 is turned on according to the signal ST. The first node N1 is located at a first end of the first capacitor C1.
In addition, the second transistor T2 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the second transistor T2 is electrically connected to the first terminal of the first capacitor C1 and the first terminal of the first transistor T1. The control terminal of the second transistor T2 is turned on according to the selection signal Se 1. The third transistor T3 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the third transistor T3 is connected in series to the second terminal of the second transistor T2. A second terminal of the third transistor T3 receives a first reference voltage VREF 1. The control terminal of the third transistor T3 is turned on according to the scan signal S1[ N ].
In addition, the driving transistor DT1 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A first terminal of the driving transistor DT1 is electrically connected to the current source 120. The second terminal of the driving transistor DT1 is electrically connected to the first terminal of the light emitting element L. The control terminal of the driving transistor DT1 and the first capacitor C1 are electrically connected to the first node N1. The second terminal of the light emitting device L receives a power supply voltage VSS (e.g., a system low potential).
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1, the current source 120 includes a fourth transistor T4. The fourth transistor T4 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the fourth transistor T4 receives the power supply voltage VDD (e.g., system high). A second terminal of the fourth transistor T4 is electrically connected to the first terminal of the driving transistor DT1 in the pulse width modulation circuit 110. A control terminal of the fourth transistor T4 receives the second reference voltage VREF 2.
Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating steps of a pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments, the pixel driving method 200 can be performed by the pixel driving apparatus 100 shown in fig. 1.
In addition, for the pixel driving method 200 to be easily understood, please refer to fig. 3, fig. 4 and fig. 5, wherein fig. 3 is a signal timing diagram illustrating the pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, and corresponds to the pixel driving device 100 of fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, and corresponds to the pixel driving device 100 of fig. 1.
In step 210, the pwm circuit is reset according to the reset signal or the previous stage first scan signal in the first stage.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 4, the pwm circuit 110 resets the pwm circuit 110 according to the signal ST at the first stage I1. In some embodiments, the signal ST may be a reset signal R [ N ] or a previous stage first scan signal S1[ N-1 ].
For example, the first transistor T1 is turned on in the first stage I1 according to the reset signal R [ N ] or the previous stage first scan signal S1[ N-1], and the power supply voltage VDD resets the first node N1 of the first capacitor C1 to a high level through the first transistor T1.
In step 220, a pwm signal is generated according to the first scan signal and the select signal in the second stage, and the current source is driven according to the pwm signal, such that the current source provides a current to the light emitting device.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, the pwm circuit 110 generates a pwm signal according to the first scan signal S1[ N ] and the select signal Sel during the second phase I2, and drives the current source 120 according to the pwm signal, so that the current source 120 provides a current to the light emitting device L.
In some embodiments, referring to FIG. 3, the select signals Sel 1-Sel 5 generate pulse signals according to one of a plurality of gray levels in the second phase I2. The time point at which the pulse signal is generated in the second phase I2 determines the duty cycle of the pwm signal.
Further, referring to FIG. 3, the selection signals Se11 through Se15 are arranged from top to bottom according to gray scale. As shown in fig. 3, the selection signal Se11 corresponds to a high gray level, the selection signal Se12 corresponds to a medium-high gray level, the selection signal Se13 corresponds to a medium-low gray level, the selection signal Sel4 corresponds to a low gray level, and the selection signal Se15 corresponds to a zero gray level. In some embodiments, the time point of the pulse signal generated in the second phase I2 is determined according to different selection signals, so as to determine different duty cycles of the pwm signal.
For example, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, in the second phase I2, the second transistor T2 generates a pulse signal according to the select signal Sel1, and determines the Duty cycle Duty1 of the pwm signal according to the time point P1 of the pulse signal. In some embodiments, the second transistor T2 may generate the time points P2, P3 and P4 corresponding to the pulse signals according to different selection signals, such as the selection signal Sel2, the selection signal Sel3 and the selection signal Sel4, in the second stage I2.
For example, referring to fig. 3 and 5, in the second stage I2, when the second transistor T2 is turned on according to the select signal Sel1 and the third transistor T3 is turned on according to the first scan signal S1[ N ] to generate the pulse signal, the second transistor T2 of the pulse width modulation circuit 110 rewrites the potential of the first node N1 of the first capacitor C1 according to the time point P1 of generating the pulse signal, and at this time, the first reference voltage VREF1 rewrites the original high potential of the first node N1 to the low potential through the second transistor T2 and the third transistor T3. Next, the rewritten first node N1 is maintained at a low potential to turn on the driving transistor DT 1. Subsequently, the driving transistor DT1 of the pulse width modulation circuit 110 drives the current source 120 according to the pulse width signal, continuously making the current source 120 supply current to the light emitting element L. It should be noted that the second transistor T2 of the pwm circuit 110 may generate corresponding driving steps by using different selection signals, and in the present embodiment, the selection signal Sel1 is taken as an example for description. Since the driving steps of the second transistor T2 using the select signals Sel2, Sel3, Sel4 and Sel5 are all similar to the driving steps using the select signal Sel1, the description is omitted for brevity.
Fig. 6 is a partial block diagram illustrating a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments, the pixel driving device 600 includes a pulse width modulation circuit 610 and a current source 620.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 6, the pixel driving device 600 corresponds to the pixel driving device 100 of fig. 1 and additionally adds electronic components to the pixel driving device 100, thereby increasing the functions of the pixel driving device.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 6, compared to the pwm circuit 110, the pwm circuit 610 further includes a ninth transistor T9. The ninth transistor T9 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A second terminal of the ninth transistor T9 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the driving transistor DT 1. The first terminal of the ninth transistor T9 is electrically connected to the control terminal of the ninth transistor T9 and turned on according to the secondary second scan signal S2[ N +1 ]. The rest of the structure of the pwm circuit 610 is the same as the pwm circuit 110 in fig. 1, and is not described herein for brevity.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and 6, the current source 620 additionally includes a second capacitor C2, a fifth transistor T5, a sixth transistor T6, a seventh transistor T7, and an eighth transistor T8, compared to the current source 120. The remaining structure of the current source 620 is the same as the current source 120 of fig. 1, and is not described herein for brevity.
Referring to fig. 6, the second capacitor C2 includes a first terminal and a second terminal. A first terminal of the second capacitor C2 is electrically connected to the control terminal of the fourth transistor T4. The fifth transistor T5 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the fifth transistor T5 receives the first reference voltage VREF1, the second terminal of the fifth transistor T5 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor C2, and the control terminal of the fifth transistor T5 is configured to receive the signal of the first node N1 of the pwm circuit 610 and is turned on according to the signal of the first node N1. The sixth transistor T6 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A first terminal of the sixth transistor T6 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second capacitor C2. A second terminal of the sixth transistor T6 receives a second reference voltage VREF 2. The control terminal of the sixth transistor T6 is turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N ]. The second node N2 is located at a first end of the second capacitor C2.
Furthermore, the seventh transistor T7 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A first terminal of the seventh transistor T7 is electrically connected to the first terminal of the second capacitor C2. The second terminal of the seventh transistor T7 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the second transistor T2 and the first terminal of the third transistor T3 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610. The control terminal of the seventh transistor T7 is turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N ]. The eighth transistor T8 includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. A first terminal of the eighth transistor T8 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the fourth transistor. The second terminal of the eighth transistor T8 is electrically connected to the second terminal of the seventh transistor and to the second terminal of the second transistor T2 and the first terminal of the third transistor T3 of the pwm circuit 610. The control terminal of the eighth transistor T8 is turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N ].
Fig. 7 is a signal timing diagram illustrating a pixel driving method according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments, electronic components are additionally added to the pixel driving apparatus 600 of fig. 6 to implement the function of the compensation circuit, and as compared with the signal timing diagram of fig. 3, the signal timing diagram of fig. 7 is divided into a plurality of sub-phases I11, I12, I13 and I14 in the first phase I1, and the function of the compensation circuit is implemented by a driving method of the plurality of sub-phases. Fig. 8 to 13 are schematic views illustrating states of elements of a pixel driving device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, which correspond to the pixel driving device 600 of fig. 6.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 in the first sub-phase I11 of the first phase I1 in fig. 7. Then, the control terminal of the first transistor T1 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 in fig. 8 is turned on according to the signal ST, and the power supply voltage VDD resets the first node N1 of the first capacitor C1 to a high potential through the first transistor T1. In some embodiments, the signal ST received by the control terminal of the first transistor T1 in FIG. 8 may be a different scan signal, such as the reset signal R [ N ] or the previous stage first scan signal S1[ N-1] or the previous stage second scan signal S2[ N-2] in FIG. 7.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, fig. 7 and fig. 8, in the first sub-phase I11 of the first phase I1, the first transistor T1 of the pwm circuit 610 is turned on according to the signal ST, and the power supply voltage VDD resets the first node N1 of the first capacitor C1 to a high potential through the first transistor T1. In some embodiments, the signal ST of FIG. 7 may be the reset signal R [ N ] or the previous-stage first scan signal S1[ N-1] or the previous-stage second scan signal S2[ N-2] of FIG. 8.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 during the second sub-phase I12 of the first phase I1 in fig. 7. Then, the third transistor T3 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 in fig. 9 is turned on according to the first scan signal S1[ N ], and the sixth transistor T6, the seventh transistor T7 and the eighth transistor T8 of the current source 620 are turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N ] to reset the potential of the second node N2 of the second capacitor C2.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 in the third sub-phase I13 of the first phase I1 in fig. 7. Next, the sixth transistor T6, the seventh transistor T7, and the eighth transistor T8 of the current source 620 in fig. 10 are turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N ] to compensate for the second node N2 of the second capacitor C2 of the current source 620, and the third transistor T3 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 at this sub-stage is turned off compared with fig. 9.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 11 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 in the fourth sub-phase I14 of the first phase I1 in fig. 7. Next, the driving transistor DT1 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 in fig. 11 is turned off according to the potential of the first node N1, and the ninth transistor T9 of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 is turned on according to the secondary second scan signal S2[ N ] to reset the potential of the light emitting element L.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 during the first sub-phase I21 of the second phase I2 in fig. 7. In fig. 12, all transistors of the pulse width modulation circuit 610 or all transistors of the current source 620 are turned off, so that the first node N1 of the first capacitor C1, the second node N2 of the second capacitor C2, and the light emitting element L maintain the original reset potential.
In some embodiments, first, fig. 13 is a schematic diagram illustrating the state of the pixel driving device 600 during the second sub-phase I22 of the second phase I2 in fig. 7. The second transistor T2 of the pwm circuit 610 in fig. 13 is turned on according to the select signal Sel and the third transistor T3 generates the pwm signal according to the first scan signal S1[ N ], and the driving transistor DT1 of the pwm circuit 610 drives the current source 620 according to the pwm signal, so that the current source 620 supplies a current to the light emitting element L. In some embodiments, the second transistor T2 in fig. 13 may generate the pulse width modulation signals of different duty cycles according to different selection signals in the second sub-phase I22, such as the selection signals Sel1, Sel2 and Sel3 in fig. 7, to generate the time points P1, P2 and P3 corresponding to the pulse signals.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and fig. 7, the signal ST received by the first transistor T1 of the pwm circuit 610 may be different scan signals according to different circuit layout designs of the pixel driving device 600. For example, if the pixel driving device 600 is a medium-sized circuit layout area and requires medium-sized current compensation, the first transistor T1 of the PWM circuit 610 is turned on according to the reset signal R [ N ]. In addition, if the pixel driving device 600 is a small circuit layout area and requires large current compensation, the first transistor T1 of the pwm circuit 610 is turned on according to the previous stage first scan signal S1[ N-1 ]. In addition, if the pixel driving device 600 has a large circuit layout area and requires large current compensation, the first transistor T1 of the pwm circuit 610 is turned on according to the second scan signal S2[ N-2 ].
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 1 and fig. 3, the pixel driving device 100 is operated in the first stage I1 and the second stage I2, i.e. updated by one Frame time or Frame per second.
In some embodiments, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the pixel driving device 600 goes through the first stage I1 and the second stage I2, i.e., one pixel frame number update.
In some embodiments, the current of the pixel driving device 100 or the pixel driving device 600 updated by one pixel frame number is determined according to the first reference voltage VREF1 and the second reference voltage VREF 2.
According to the foregoing embodiments, the present disclosure provides a pixel driving device. The display adopting the pixel driving device does not need to additionally arrange a data driving integrated circuit of a Chip On Film (COF) technology, so that the display adopting the pixel driving device can reduce the production cost.
Although the present disclosure has been disclosed above in terms of detailed embodiments, the present disclosure does not preclude other possible implementations. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be determined by the following claims and not limited by the foregoing embodiments.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. All changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the disclosure are desired to be protected by the following claims.