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EP1697919B1
EP1697919B1 EP04805608A EP04805608A EP1697919B1 EP 1697919 B1 EP1697919 B1 EP 1697919B1 EP 04805608 A EP04805608 A EP 04805608A EP 04805608 A EP04805608 A EP 04805608A EP 1697919 B1 EP1697919 B1 EP 1697919B1
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  • the invention relates to an image display screen.
  • the invention relates to a display screen based on organic electroluminescent materials, active matrix manufactured from amorphous silicon.
  • amorphous hydrogenated silicon thin film transistors have advantages over polycrystalline silicon transistors for the design of such screens because they are easier to manufacture and they exhibit uniformity of luminance over relatively large samples.
  • the trigger threshold voltage of the amorphous silicon transistors drifts over time when a voltage is applied. between their gate and their source.
  • the drift of the trigger threshold voltage of a transistor over time results in a modification of the current supplying the organic light emitting component to which it is connected and forming a pixel of the screen.
  • the luminance of these components is directly proportional to the current flowing through them.
  • the drift of the trigger threshold voltage of the transistors causes marking phenomena appearing on the screen after a certain display period.
  • a screen comprising control means able to maintain a constant voltage between the gate and the source of the amorphous silicon transistors of the active matrix of the screen to compensate for the drifts of their trigger threshold voltage.
  • a display screen comprising a control system capable of applying to the current modulator gate of the transmitters, a bias voltage having a polarity opposite to the polarity of the addressing voltage.
  • the luminance of this screen is low because the periods of application of this inverse polarization encroach on the time available for the display in each frame.
  • the object of the invention is to provide an alternating screen that has sufficient luminance and small variations thereof over time.
  • the subject of the invention is a display screen of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the duration of application of the polarization voltage having a polarization in inverse of the polarization of the addressing voltage is greater than the duration of an image frame.
  • the figure 1 schematically represents a display screen 2 based on organic electroluminescent materials, active matrix, according to the invention.
  • This screen 2 comprises an active matrix 4 as well as control means 6 thereof.
  • the active matrix 4 comprises light emitters 8, addressing circuits 10, column addressing electrodes 12, row selection electrodes 14, column driving units 16 and line driving units 18 .
  • the light emitters 8 of the display screen are organic electroluminescent diodes. They are able to be powered by a power generator V dd connected to their anode. They are each connected to an addressing circuit.
  • the addressing circuits 10 and the emitters 8 are distributed along lines and columns and form a network.
  • the addressing circuits 10, arranged in lines, are connected to the electrodes 14 for selecting lines.
  • the addressing circuits 10, arranged in columns, are connected to the column addressing electrodes 12.
  • the selection electrodes 14 are connected to the line driving units 18.
  • the addressing electrodes 12 are connected to the column driving units 16.
  • An example of an addressing circuit 10 according to the invention is represented on the figure 2 . It comprises a current modulator 20, a load capacitance 22 and a selection switch 24.
  • the current modulator 20 and the selector switch 24 are n-type Thin Film Transistors. Such components comprise three electrodes: a drain electrode, a source electrode and a gate electrode. A current is able to flow between the drain electrode and the source electrode of the transistor when a voltage greater than its trigger threshold voltage V th is applied between its gate electrode and its source electrode.
  • p-type transistors could also be used for carrying out the invention.
  • the drain of the modulator 20 is connected to the cathode of the emitter 8.
  • the source of the modulator 20 is connected to a ground electrode.
  • the gate of the modulator 20 is connected to a terminal of the load capacitor 22, the other terminal of which is connected to a ground electrode.
  • the gate of the modulator 20 is also connected to the source of the selection switch 24.
  • the drain of the switch 24 is connected to the column addressing electrode 12.
  • the gate of the switch 24 is connected to the electrode 14 for selecting lines.
  • the means 6 for controlling the addressing of the transmitters are represented on the figure 1 . They comprise a control system 26, a data bus 28, a gray scale voltage reference system 30, a transmission line 32 for a selection signal and a transmission line 34 for a synchronization signal. .
  • the control system 26 is able to control the successive addressing of each pixel of the screen for the constitution of image frames succeeding one another at a given scanning frequency, called the display frequency. It comprises addressing control means 36 and scanning control means 38.
  • the addressing control means 36 are connected to the column control units 16 by the data bus 28 to address addressing instructions to the column drive units 16.
  • the addressing instructions include digital data representative of image data during a screen operation mode called on-screen display mode and include polarization data during another operating mode of the called screen. Standby mode of the screen.
  • the column control units 16 comprise means for receiving bus addressing instructions 28 and are able to convert them to analog data using the reference system 32 and to apply a voltage representative of this data to a column addressing electrode 12.
  • the column driving units 16 are adapted to apply to the electrodes 12 polarization voltages having a polarity of sign opposite to the polarity of the addressing voltages, representative of image data, applied during the display mode.
  • the application of an address voltage representative of an image data to the gate of an amorphous silicon modulation transistor causes a drift of the trigger threshold voltages.
  • the application of a bias voltage causes a drift of its trigger threshold voltage in a reverse direction. More specifically, the trigger threshold voltage of the transistors increases during the display mode and decreases during the standby mode of the screen.
  • the value of the bias voltage applied by the control units is constant and predefined. It is for example between -8 volts and -25 volts.
  • the screen saver mode has a constant and predefined duration greater than one frame of image.
  • the duration of the screen saver mode is between 1 and 2 hours.
  • the screen saver mode is set automatically after the user presses an end of image display button at the scan rate.
  • control system 26 includes means for turning off the power of the transmitters during the standby mode of the screen.
  • means for turning off the power of the transmitters during the standby mode of the screen comprise for example a switch 37 and a line 39 for controlling the opening and closing of this switch.
  • the addressing control means 36 are connected to the control units 18 by the line 32, to transmit a selection signal to them.
  • the row control units 18 are able to apply a selection voltage successively to each selection electrode 14 to which the control unit 18 is connected to select an addressing circuit 10 of a transmitter of a column already addressed by a column addressing electrode 12.
  • the control units 16 and 18 are able to successively address all the transmitters of the screen.
  • the addressing control means 36 are connected to the column control units 16 via the line 34 to transmit a synchronization signal to the column control units 16 via the line 34. This signal makes it possible to synchronize the addressing of a column. column of transmitters to the selection of a line of transmitters.
  • the scan control means 38 are connected to the addressing control means. They include for example a clock that defines the period of the selection and synchronization pulses and thus controls the scanning speed of the screen.
  • the scan control means 38 is adapted to decrease the scanning frequency of the screen lines during the screen standby mode at a frequency lower than the scan frequency of the lines during the display of the images. Preferably, this frequency is then between 5 and 20 kilohertz.
  • the column driving unit 16 applies an address voltage representative of an image data to the addressing electrode 12.
  • the control unit 18 The switch 24 of the addressing circuit 10, at the intersection of the addressing electrode 12 and the selection electrode 14, is released.
  • the addressing voltage is applied to the gate of the modulator 20 and to a terminal of the charging capacitor 22.
  • the application of an addressing voltage to the gate of the modulator 20 generates the appearance of a drain current passing through the modulator 20 from its drain to its source. This current supplies the transmitter 8.
  • the potential stored at the gate of the modulator 20 by the load capacitance 22 makes it possible to maintain the current flowing through the transmitter 8 until the end of the image frame.
  • the column driving unit 16 applies to the addressing electrodes 12 a bias voltage.
  • the control unit 18 of lines applies a selection voltage to the electrode 14
  • the bias voltage applied to the electrode 12 is transmitted to the gate of the modulator 20 and to a terminal of the charging capacitance 22.
  • the charging capacitance 22 stores charges representative of the bias voltage at the electrode of the modulator 20.
  • the trigger threshold voltage of the modulator 20 which had drifted when the screen was previously in image display mode, then drifts in the opposite direction during the screen standby mode: it thus advantageously leads to compensation drifts that allows, in the long run, to maintain a level almost constant trigger threshold of all modulators of the screen.
  • the figure 3 represents a second embodiment of the invention.
  • control system 26 also comprises calculation means 40 able to evaluate the drift of the trigger threshold voltages of each modulator 24 of the screen.
  • These calculation means 40 comprise receiving means and summing means.
  • the receiving means is capable of collecting the value of each addressing voltage representative of an image data applied to the gate of each modulator 20 of the addressing circuits of the screen during the duration of the display mode.
  • the summing means are suitable for calculating the value of the drift of a modulator by adding, on the one hand, the values of the addressing voltages applied to a modulator 20 at each image frame and, on the other hand, of the total duration the display mode of the screen.
  • These calculation means 40 are adapted to search in a database for the value and the duration of the bias voltage to be applied to each modulator to compensate for the drift of its tripping threshold so that it regains its initial value.
  • the calculation means 40 are able to send to the addressing control means 36 the value and duration of the bias voltage to be applied to each modulator.
  • the addressing control means 36 are able to generate an addressing set and a selection and synchronization signal specific to each modulator.
  • the column control units 16 are able to apply to each modulator 20 of the screen a bias voltage of a value determined by the calculation means 40.
  • the row control units 16 are able to apply to each switch a selection voltage for discharging the charge capacity 22 after a period determined by the calculation means 40.
  • the screen marking phenomena are blurred using the invention.
  • the display screen according to the invention consumes little electrical energy.

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L'invention concerne un écran d'affichage d'images.The invention relates to an image display screen.

L'invention est relative à un écran d'affichage d'images du type propre à afficher des trames d'image, à une fréquence de balayage des lignes de l'écran comportant :

  • des émetteurs de lumière répartis selon des lignes d'émetteurs et des colonnes d'émetteurs pour former un réseau d'émetteurs, les émetteurs du réseau étant aptes à être alimentés par un courant pendant un mode d'affichage à l'écran ;
  • un circuit d'adressage d'un émetteur, associé à chaque émetteur du réseau, ledit circuit comportant :
  • un modulateur de courant apte à alimenter en courant ledit émetteur, pendant ledit mode d'affichage, ledit modulateur comprenant une électrode de grille et deux électrodes de passage du courant,
  • une capacité de charge apte à stocker, à chaque trame d'image, une tension d'adressage représentative d'une donnée d'image pendant ledit mode d'affichage, ladite tension étant appliquée à l'électrode de grille du modulateur de courant ;
  • un système de commande apte à appliquer une tension de polarisation à l'électrode de grille du modulateur de courant, pendant un mode de veille de l'écran, ladite tension de polarisation ayant une polarisation inverse à la polarisation de la tension d'adressage appliquée à ladite capacité de charge pendant le mode d'affichage à l'écran.
The invention relates to an image display screen of the type suitable for displaying image frames, at a scanning frequency of the lines of the screen comprising:
  • light emitters distributed along lines of emitters and columns of emitters to form a network of emitters, the emitters of the network being able to be powered by a current during an on-screen display mode;
  • an addressing circuit of a transmitter, associated with each transmitter of the network, said circuit comprising:
  • a current modulator capable of supplying current to said emitter during said display mode, said modulator comprising a gate electrode and two current-passing electrodes,
  • a charging capacitance capable of storing, at each image frame, an addressing voltage representative of an image data during said display mode, said voltage being applied to the gate electrode of the current modulator;
  • a control system adapted to apply a bias voltage to the gate electrode of the current modulator, during a screen standby mode, said bias voltage having a polarization inverse to the polarization of the applied addressing voltage at said load capacity during the on-screen display mode.

En particulier, l'invention est relative à un écran d'affichage à base de matériaux électroluminescents organiques, à matrice active fabriquée à partir de Silicium amorphe.In particular, the invention relates to a display screen based on organic electroluminescent materials, active matrix manufactured from amorphous silicon.

Les transistors en couches minces en Silicium amorphe hydrogéné présentent des avantages par rapport aux transistors en Silicium poly cristallin pour la conception de tels écrans car ils sont plus faciles à fabriquer et ils présentent une uniformité de luminance sur des échantillons de taille relativement importante.The amorphous hydrogenated silicon thin film transistors have advantages over polycrystalline silicon transistors for the design of such screens because they are easier to manufacture and they exhibit uniformity of luminance over relatively large samples.

Cependant, la tension de seuil de déclenchement des transistors en Silicium amorphe dérive au cours du temps lors de l'application d'une tension entre leur grille et leur source. La dérive de la tension de seuil de déclenchement d'un transistor en cours du temps se traduit par une modification du courant alimentant le composant organique émetteur de lumière auquel il est relié et formant un pixel de l'écran. Or, la luminance de ces composants est directement proportionnelle au courant qui les traverse.However, the trigger threshold voltage of the amorphous silicon transistors drifts over time when a voltage is applied. between their gate and their source. The drift of the trigger threshold voltage of a transistor over time results in a modification of the current supplying the organic light emitting component to which it is connected and forming a pixel of the screen. However, the luminance of these components is directly proportional to the current flowing through them.

En conséquence, la dérive de la tension de seuil de déclenchement des transistors provoque des phénomènes de marquage apparaissant sur l'écran après une certaine période d'affichage.As a result, the drift of the trigger threshold voltage of the transistors causes marking phenomena appearing on the screen after a certain display period.

Il est connu notamment par les documents EP-1 220 191 et US 2003/0094616 , un écran comprenant un moyen de contrôle apte à maintenir une tension constante entre la grille et la source des transistors en Silicium amorphe de la matrice active de l'écran pour compenser les dérives de leur tension de seuil de déclenchement.He is known in particular by the documents EP-1,220,191 and US 2003/0094616 , a screen comprising control means able to maintain a constant voltage between the gate and the source of the amorphous silicon transistors of the active matrix of the screen to compensate for the drifts of their trigger threshold voltage.

Il est connu notamment par le document US-2003/0052614 , un écran d'affichage comportant un système de commande apte à appliquer à la grille des modulateurs de courant des émetteurs, une tension de polarisation ayant une polarité inverse à la polarité de la tension d'adressage.He is known in particular by the document US-2003/0052614 , a display screen comprising a control system capable of applying to the current modulator gate of the transmitters, a bias voltage having a polarity opposite to the polarity of the addressing voltage.

Toutefois, la luminance de cet écran est faible car les périodes d'application de cette polarisation inverse empiètent sur la durée disponible pour l'affichage dans chaque trame.However, the luminance of this screen is low because the periods of application of this inverse polarization encroach on the time available for the display in each frame.

Le but de l'invention est de proposer un écran alternatif qui présente une luminance suffisante et de faibles variations de celle-ci au cours du temps.The object of the invention is to provide an alternating screen that has sufficient luminance and small variations thereof over time.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet un écran d'affichage du type précité, caractérisé en ce que la durée d'application de la tension de polarisation ayant une polarisation inverse à la polarisation de la tension d'adressage est supérieure à la durée d'une trame d'image.For this purpose, the subject of the invention is a display screen of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the duration of application of the polarization voltage having a polarization in inverse of the polarization of the addressing voltage is greater than the duration of an image frame.

Suivant des modes particuliers de réalisation, l'écran d'affichage comporte l'une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes :

  • le système de commande comprend des moyens de commande d'adressage aptes à appliquer d'une part ladite tension d'adressage à l'électrode de grille du modulateur de courant pendant le mode d'affichage à l'écran et, d'autre par, ladite tension de polarisation pendant le mode de veille de l'écran.
  • le système de commande comprend des moyens de commande de balayage des lignes de l'écran qui sont adaptés pour diminuer la fréquence de balayage des lignes de l'écran pendant le mode de veille de l'écran à une fréquence inférieure à la fréquence de balayage des lignes pendant le mode d'affichage.
  • la fréquence de balayage de l'écran est comprise entre 5 et 20 kilo Hertz pendant le mode de veille de l'écran ;
  • le mode de veille de l'écran a une durée constante et prédéfinie.
  • la durée du mode de veille de l'écran est comprise entre 1 et 2 heures.
  • la valeur de la tension de polarisation est constante et prédéfinie.
  • la valeur de la tension de polarisation est comprise entre - 8 Volts et
  • 25 Volts.
  • le système de commande comprend des moyens de calcul de la somme desdites tensions appliquées, à chaque trame d'image, à l'électrode de grille de chaque modulateur de courant pendant le mode d'affichage à l'écran, lesdits moyens de calcul étant aptes à déterminer des caractéristiques d'une tension de polarisation propre à être appliquée à chaque modulateur de courant, en fonction de ladite somme desdites tensions appliquées à ce modulateur, et le système de commande est apte à appliquer, à chaque modulateur, ladite tension de polarisation propre déterminée par les moyens de calcul, pendant le mode de veille de l'écran.
  • les caractéristiques de la tension de polarisation déterminées par les moyens de calcul comprennent la durée d'application de la tension de polarisation.
  • les caractéristiques de la tension de polarisation déterminées par les moyens de calcul comprennent la valeur de ladite tension de polarisation.
  • il comprend des moyens d'alimentation en puissance des émetteurs et le système de commande comporte des moyens pour couper l'alimentation des émetteurs pendant le mode de veille de l'écran.
According to particular embodiments, the display screen comprises one or more of the following features:
  • the control system comprises addressing control means adapted to apply firstly said addressing voltage to the gate electrode of the current modulator during the on-screen display mode and, on the other hand, by , said bias voltage during the standby mode of the screen.
  • the control system comprises scan control means of the screen lines which are adapted to decrease the scanning frequency of the screen lines during the screen standby mode at a frequency lower than the scanning frequency lines during the display mode.
  • the scanning frequency of the screen is between 5 and 20 kilo Hertz during the standby mode of the screen;
  • the screen saver mode has a constant and predefined duration.
  • the duration of the screen saver mode is between 1 and 2 hours.
  • the value of the bias voltage is constant and predefined.
  • the value of the bias voltage is between -8 volts and
  • 25 Volts.
  • the control system comprises means for calculating the sum of said voltages applied, at each image frame, to the gate electrode of each current modulator during the on-screen display mode, said calculating means being capable of determining characteristics of a bias voltage suitable for being applied to each current modulator, as a function of said sum of said voltages applied to this modulator, and the control system is able to apply, to each modulator, said voltage of own polarization determined by the calculation means, during the standby mode of the screen.
  • the characteristics of the bias voltage determined by the calculating means comprise the duration of application of the bias voltage.
  • the characteristics of the bias voltage determined by the calculating means comprise the value of said bias voltage.
  • it comprises power supply means of the transmitters and the control system comprises means for cutting off the power of the transmitters during the standby mode of the screen.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui va suivre, donnée uniquement à titre d'exemple et faite en se référant aux dessins, sur lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique d'un écran d'affichage selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue schématique d'un exemple de circuit d'adressage d'un émetteur selon l'invention ; et
  • la figure 3 est une vue schématique d'un écran d'affichage selon un second mode de réalisation de l'invention.
The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows, given solely by way of example and with reference to the drawings, in which:
  • the figure 1 is a schematic view of a display screen according to a first embodiment of the invention;
  • the figure 2 is a schematic view of an exemplary addressing circuit of a transmitter according to the invention; and
  • the figure 3 is a schematic view of a display screen according to a second embodiment of the invention.

La figure 1 représente de manière schématique un écran 2 d'affichage à base de matériaux organiques électroluminescents, à matrice active, selon l'invention.The figure 1 schematically represents a display screen 2 based on organic electroluminescent materials, active matrix, according to the invention.

Cet écran 2 comprend une matrice active 4 ainsi que des moyens de commande 6 de celle-ci.This screen 2 comprises an active matrix 4 as well as control means 6 thereof.

La matrice active 4 comprend des émetteurs de lumière 8, des circuits d'adressage 10, des électrodes 12 d'adressage de colonnes, des électrodes 14 de sélection de lignes, des unités 16 de pilotage de colonnes et des unités 18 de pilotage de lignes.The active matrix 4 comprises light emitters 8, addressing circuits 10, column addressing electrodes 12, row selection electrodes 14, column driving units 16 and line driving units 18 .

Les émetteurs de lumière 8 de l'écran d'affichage sont des diodes électroluminescentes organiques. Ils sont aptes à être alimentés par un générateur de puissance Vdd connecté à leur anode. Ils sont chacun raccordés à un circuit d'adressage. Les circuits d'adressage 10 et les émetteurs 8 sont répartis selon des lignes et des colonnes et forment un réseau.The light emitters 8 of the display screen are organic electroluminescent diodes. They are able to be powered by a power generator V dd connected to their anode. They are each connected to an addressing circuit. The addressing circuits 10 and the emitters 8 are distributed along lines and columns and form a network.

Les circuits d'adressage 10, disposés selon des lignes, sont connectés aux électrodes 14 de sélection de lignes. Les circuits d'adressage 10, disposés selon des colonnes, sont connectés aux électrodes 12 d'adressage de colonnes.The addressing circuits 10, arranged in lines, are connected to the electrodes 14 for selecting lines. The addressing circuits 10, arranged in columns, are connected to the column addressing electrodes 12.

Les électrodes de sélection 14 sont reliées aux unités 18 de pilotage de lignes. Les électrodes d'adressage 12 sont reliées aux unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes.The selection electrodes 14 are connected to the line driving units 18. The addressing electrodes 12 are connected to the column driving units 16.

Un exemple de circuit d'adressage 10 selon l'invention est représenté sur la figure 2. Il comprend un modulateur de courant 20, une capacité de charge 22 et un interrupteur de sélection 24.An example of an addressing circuit 10 according to the invention is represented on the figure 2 . It comprises a current modulator 20, a load capacitance 22 and a selection switch 24.

Le modulateur de courant 20 et l'interrupteur de sélection 24 sont des transistors en couches minces (Thin Film Transistor) de type n. De tels composants comprennent trois électrodes : une électrode de drain, une électrode de source et une électrode de grille. Un courant est apte à circuler entre l'électrode de drain et l'électrode de source du transistor quand une tension supérieure à sa tension de seuil de déclenchement Vth est appliquée entre son électrode de grille et son électrode de source. Alternativement, des transistors de type p pourraient également être utilisés pour la réalisation de l'invention.The current modulator 20 and the selector switch 24 are n-type Thin Film Transistors. Such components comprise three electrodes: a drain electrode, a source electrode and a gate electrode. A current is able to flow between the drain electrode and the source electrode of the transistor when a voltage greater than its trigger threshold voltage V th is applied between its gate electrode and its source electrode. Alternatively, p-type transistors could also be used for carrying out the invention.

Le drain du modulateur 20 est connecté à la cathode de l'émetteur 8. La source du modulateur 20 est raccordée à une électrode de masse. La grille du modulateur 20 est branchée à une borne de la capacité de charge 22 dont l'autre borne est reliée à une électrode de masse. La grille du modulateur 20 est également raccordée à la source de l'interrupteur de sélection 24. Le drain de l'interrupteur 24 est connecté à l'électrode d'adressage 12 de colonnes. La grille de l'interrupteur 24 est raccordée à l'électrode 14 de sélection de lignes.The drain of the modulator 20 is connected to the cathode of the emitter 8. The source of the modulator 20 is connected to a ground electrode. The gate of the modulator 20 is connected to a terminal of the load capacitor 22, the other terminal of which is connected to a ground electrode. The gate of the modulator 20 is also connected to the source of the selection switch 24. The drain of the switch 24 is connected to the column addressing electrode 12. The gate of the switch 24 is connected to the electrode 14 for selecting lines.

Les moyens 6 de commande de l'adressage des émetteurs sont représentés sur la figure 1. Ils comprennent un système de commande 26, un bus de données 28, un système de référence 30 de tension d'échelle de gris, une ligne 32 de transmission d'un signal de sélection et une ligne 34 de transmission d'un signal de synchronisation.The means 6 for controlling the addressing of the transmitters are represented on the figure 1 . They comprise a control system 26, a data bus 28, a gray scale voltage reference system 30, a transmission line 32 for a selection signal and a transmission line 34 for a synchronization signal. .

Le système de commande 26 est apte à commander l'adressage successif de chaque pixel de l'écran pour la constitution de trames d'image se succédant à une fréquence de balayage donnée, dite fréquence d'affichage. Il comprend des moyens de commande d'adressage 36 et des moyens de commande de balayage 38.The control system 26 is able to control the successive addressing of each pixel of the screen for the constitution of image frames succeeding one another at a given scanning frequency, called the display frequency. It comprises addressing control means 36 and scanning control means 38.

Les moyens de commande d'adressage 36 sont connectés aux unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes par le bus de données 28 pour adresser des consignes d'adressage aux unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes. Les consignes d'adressage comprennent des données numériques représentatives de données d'image pendant un mode de fonctionnement de l'écran appelé mode d'affichage à l'écran et comprennent une donnée de polarisation pendant un autre mode de fonctionnement de l'écran appelé mode de veille de l'écran.The addressing control means 36 are connected to the column control units 16 by the data bus 28 to address addressing instructions to the column drive units 16. The addressing instructions include digital data representative of image data during a screen operation mode called on-screen display mode and include polarization data during another operating mode of the called screen. Standby mode of the screen.

Les unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes comprennent des moyens de réception de consignes d'adressage par le bus 28 et sont propres à les convertir en données analogiques à l'aide du système de référence 32 et à appliquer une tension représentative de cette donnée à une électrode d'adressage 12 de colonnes.The column control units 16 comprise means for receiving bus addressing instructions 28 and are able to convert them to analog data using the reference system 32 and to apply a voltage representative of this data to a column addressing electrode 12.

Pendant le mode de veille de l'écran, les unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes sont adaptés pour appliquer aux électrodes 12 des tensions de polarisation ayant une polarité de signe opposé à la polarité des tensions d'adressage, représentatives de données d'image, appliquées pendant le mode d'affichage. L'application d'une tension d'adressage représentative d'une donnée d'image à la grille d'un transistor de modulation en Silicium amorphe entraîne une dérive des tensions de seuil de déclenchement. L'application d'une tension de polarisation entraîne une dérive de sa tension de seuil de déclenchement dans un sens inverse. Plus précisément, la tension de seuil de déclenchement des transistors augmente pendant le mode d'affichage et diminue pendant le mode de veille de l'écran.During the standby mode of the screen, the column driving units 16 are adapted to apply to the electrodes 12 polarization voltages having a polarity of sign opposite to the polarity of the addressing voltages, representative of image data, applied during the display mode. The application of an address voltage representative of an image data to the gate of an amorphous silicon modulation transistor causes a drift of the trigger threshold voltages. The application of a bias voltage causes a drift of its trigger threshold voltage in a reverse direction. More specifically, the trigger threshold voltage of the transistors increases during the display mode and decreases during the standby mode of the screen.

La valeur de la tension de polarisation appliquée par les unités de pilotage est constante et prédéfinie. Elle est par exemple comprise entre -8 Volts et -25 Volts.The value of the bias voltage applied by the control units is constant and predefined. It is for example between -8 volts and -25 volts.

Le mode de veille de l'écran a une durée constante et prédéfinie supérieure à une trame d'image. Préférentiellement, la durée du mode de veille de l'écran est comprise entre 1 et 2 heures.The screen saver mode has a constant and predefined duration greater than one frame of image. Preferably, the duration of the screen saver mode is between 1 and 2 hours.

Le mode de veille de l'écran s'établit automatiquement après que l'utilisateur ait appuyé sur un bouton de fin d'affichage d'image à la fréquence de balayage.The screen saver mode is set automatically after the user presses an end of image display button at the scan rate.

De plus, le système de commande 26 comprend des moyens pour couper l'alimentation des émetteurs pendant le mode de veille de l'écran. Ces moyens comprennent par exemple un interrupteur 37 et une ligne 39 de commande de l'ouverture et de la fermeture de cet interrupteur.In addition, the control system 26 includes means for turning off the power of the transmitters during the standby mode of the screen. These means comprise for example a switch 37 and a line 39 for controlling the opening and closing of this switch.

De même, les moyens de commande d'adressage 36 sont reliés aux unités de pilotage 18 par la ligne 32, pour leur transmettre un signal de sélection. Sur réception de ce signal de sélection, les unités de pilotage 18 de lignes sont aptes à appliquer une tension de sélection successivement à chaque électrode de sélection 14 auquel l'unité de pilotage 18 est reliée pour sélectionner un circuit d'adressage 10 d'un émetteur d'une colonne déjà adressée par une électrode d'adressage 12 de colonnes. Au cours d'une trame d'image, les unités de pilotage 16 et 18 sont aptes à adresser successivement l'ensemble des émetteurs de l'écran.Similarly, the addressing control means 36 are connected to the control units 18 by the line 32, to transmit a selection signal to them. On receipt of this selection signal, the row control units 18 are able to apply a selection voltage successively to each selection electrode 14 to which the control unit 18 is connected to select an addressing circuit 10 of a transmitter of a column already addressed by a column addressing electrode 12. During a frame image, the control units 16 and 18 are able to successively address all the transmitters of the screen.

Les moyens de commande d'adressage 36 sont reliés aux unités 16 de pilotage de colonnes par la ligne 34 pour transmettre un signal de synchronisation aux unités de pilotage 16 de colonnes par la ligne 34. Ce signal permet de synchroniser l'adressage d'une colonne d'émetteurs à la sélection d'une ligne d'émetteurs.The addressing control means 36 are connected to the column control units 16 via the line 34 to transmit a synchronization signal to the column control units 16 via the line 34. This signal makes it possible to synchronize the addressing of a column. column of transmitters to the selection of a line of transmitters.

Les moyens de commande de balayage 38 sont connectés aux moyens de commande d'adressage. Ils comprennent par exemple une horloge qui définit la période des impulsions de sélection et de synchronisation et commande ainsi la vitesse de balayage de l'écran.The scan control means 38 are connected to the addressing control means. They include for example a clock that defines the period of the selection and synchronization pulses and thus controls the scanning speed of the screen.

Les moyens de commande de balayage 38 sont aptes à diminuer la fréquence de balayage des lignes de l'écran pendant le mode de veille de l'écran à une fréquence inférieure à la fréquence de balayage des lignes pendant l'affichage des images. Préférentiellement, cette fréquence est alors comprise entre 5 et 20 kilohertz.The scan control means 38 is adapted to decrease the scanning frequency of the screen lines during the screen standby mode at a frequency lower than the scan frequency of the lines during the display of the images. Preferably, this frequency is then between 5 and 20 kilohertz.

Quand l'écran est en mode d'affichage, l'unité 16 de pilotage de colonnes applique une tension d'adressage représentative d'une donnée d'image à l'électrode d'adressage 12. Simultanément, l'unité 18 de pilotage de lignes applique une tension de sélection à l'électrode de sélection 14. L'interrupteur 24 du circuit d'adressage 10, au croisement de l'électrode d'adressage 12 et de l'électrode de sélection 14, est débloqué. La tension d'adressage est appliquée à la grille du modulateur 20 et à une borne de la capacité de charge 22. L'application d'une tension d'adressage à la grille du modulateur 20 génère l'apparition d'un courant de drain traversant le modulateur 20 de son drain vers sa source. Ce courant alimente l'émetteur 8. Par suite, le potentiel stocké à la grille du modulateur 20 par la capacité de charge 22, permet de maintenir le courant traversant l'émetteur 8 jusqu'à la fin de la trame d'image.When the screen is in display mode, the column driving unit 16 applies an address voltage representative of an image data to the addressing electrode 12. Simultaneously, the control unit 18 The switch 24 of the addressing circuit 10, at the intersection of the addressing electrode 12 and the selection electrode 14, is released. The addressing voltage is applied to the gate of the modulator 20 and to a terminal of the charging capacitor 22. The application of an addressing voltage to the gate of the modulator 20 generates the appearance of a drain current passing through the modulator 20 from its drain to its source. This current supplies the transmitter 8. As a result, the potential stored at the gate of the modulator 20 by the load capacitance 22 makes it possible to maintain the current flowing through the transmitter 8 until the end of the image frame.

Quand l'écran est en mode de veille, l'unité 16 de pilotage de colonnes applique aux électrodes d'adressage 12 une tension de polarisation. Lorsque l'unité de pilotage 18 de lignes applique une tension de sélection sur l'électrode 14, la tension de polarisation appliquée à l'électrode 12 est transmise à la grille du modulateur 20 et à une borne de la capacité de charge 22. La capacité de charge 22 stocke des charges représentatives de la tension de polarisation à l'électrode du modulateur 20. La tension de seuil de déclenchement du modulateur 20, qui avait dérivé lorsque l'écran était au préalable en mode d'affichage d'images, dérive alors en sens inverse pendant le mode de veille de l'écran : on abouti ainsi avantageusement à une compensation des dérives qui permet, sur le long terme, de maintenir à un niveau quasiment constant le seuil de déclenchement de tous les modulateurs de l'écran.When the screen is in standby mode, the column driving unit 16 applies to the addressing electrodes 12 a bias voltage. When the control unit 18 of lines applies a selection voltage to the electrode 14, the bias voltage applied to the electrode 12 is transmitted to the gate of the modulator 20 and to a terminal of the charging capacitance 22. The charging capacitance 22 stores charges representative of the bias voltage at the electrode of the modulator 20. The trigger threshold voltage of the modulator 20, which had drifted when the screen was previously in image display mode, then drifts in the opposite direction during the screen standby mode: it thus advantageously leads to compensation drifts that allows, in the long run, to maintain a level almost constant trigger threshold of all modulators of the screen.

La figure 3 représente un second mode de réalisation de l'invention.The figure 3 represents a second embodiment of the invention.

Selon ce mode de réalisation, le système de commande 26 comprend également des moyens de calcul 40 propres à évaluer la dérive des tensions de seuil de déclenchement de chaque modulateur 24 de l'écran.According to this embodiment, the control system 26 also comprises calculation means 40 able to evaluate the drift of the trigger threshold voltages of each modulator 24 of the screen.

Ces moyens de calcul 40 comprennent des moyens de réception et des moyens de sommation.These calculation means 40 comprise receiving means and summing means.

Les moyens de réception sont aptes à collecter la valeur de chaque tension d'adressage représentative d'une donnée d'image appliquée à la grille de chaque modulateur 20 des circuits d'adressage de l'écran pendant la durée du mode d'affichage.The receiving means is capable of collecting the value of each addressing voltage representative of an image data applied to the gate of each modulator 20 of the addressing circuits of the screen during the duration of the display mode.

Les moyens de sommation sont propres à calculer la valeur de la dérive d'un modulateur par addition d'une part des valeurs des tensions d'adressage appliquées à un modulateur 20 à chaque trame d'image et d'autre part de la durée totale du mode d'affichage de l'écran.The summing means are suitable for calculating the value of the drift of a modulator by adding, on the one hand, the values of the addressing voltages applied to a modulator 20 at each image frame and, on the other hand, of the total duration the display mode of the screen.

Ces moyens de calcul 40 sont adaptés pour rechercher dans une base de données la valeur et la durée de la tension de polarisation à appliquer à chaque modulateur pour compenser la dérive de son seuil de déclenchement afin qu'il retrouve sa valeur initiale.These calculation means 40 are adapted to search in a database for the value and the duration of the bias voltage to be applied to each modulator to compensate for the drift of its tripping threshold so that it regains its initial value.

Les moyens de calcul 40 sont aptes à envoyer aux moyens de commande d'adressage 36 les informations de valeur et de durée de tension de polarisation à appliquer à chaque modulateur. Les moyens de commande d'adressage 36 sont aptes à générer une consigne d'adressage ainsi qu'un signal de sélection et de synchronisation propre à chaque modulateur. Les unités de pilotages 16 de colonnes sont aptes à appliquer à chaque modulateur 20 de l'écran une tension de polarisation d'une valeur déterminée par les moyens de calcul 40. Les unités de pilotage 16 de lignes sont aptes à appliquer à chaque interrupteur une tension de sélection pour décharger la capacité de charge 22 après une durée déterminée par les moyens de calcul 40.The calculation means 40 are able to send to the addressing control means 36 the value and duration of the bias voltage to be applied to each modulator. The addressing control means 36 are able to generate an addressing set and a selection and synchronization signal specific to each modulator. The column control units 16 are able to apply to each modulator 20 of the screen a bias voltage of a value determined by the calculation means 40. The row control units 16 are able to apply to each switch a selection voltage for discharging the charge capacity 22 after a period determined by the calculation means 40.

Avantageusement, les phénomènes de marquage de l'écran sont estompés par utilisation de l'invention.Advantageously, the screen marking phenomena are blurred using the invention.

Comme l'alimentation en puissance des émetteurs est coupée pendant le mode de veille de l'écran, l'écran d'affichage selon l'invention consomme peu d'énergie électrique.As the power supply of the transmitters is cut off during the standby mode of the screen, the display screen according to the invention consumes little electrical energy.

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  1. Image display screen suitable for displaying image frames, comprising:
    - light emitters (8) distributed as rows of emitters and columns of emitters to form an array of emitters, the emitters of the array being able to be supplied with a current during a screen display mode;
    - an emitter addressing circuit (10), associated with each emitter (8) of the array, the said circuit comprising:
    - a current modulator (20) able to supply current to the said emitter (8), during the said display mode, the said modulator (20) comprising a gate electrode and two current flow electrodes,
    - a charge capacitance (22) able to store, at each image frame, an addressing voltage representative of an image datum during the said display mode, the said voltage being applied to the gate electrode of the current modulator;
    - a control system (26) able to apply a bias voltage to the gate electrode of the current modulator (20), during a screen standby mode, the said bias voltage having a bias inverse to the bias of the addressing voltage applied to the said charge capacitance (22) during the screen display mode,
    characterized in that the duration of application of the bias voltage having a bias inverse to the bias of the addressing voltage is greater than the duration of an image frame.
  2. Display screen according to Claim 1, characterized in that the control system (26) comprises addressing control means (12, 16, 28, 34, 36) able to apply on the one hand the said addressing voltage to the gate electrode of the current modulator (20) during the screen display mode and, on the other hand, the said bias voltage during the screen standby mode.
  3. Display screen according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the control system (26) comprises means of control of scanning (36, 38) of the lines of the screen that are adapted for decreasing the frequency of scanning of the lines of the screen during the screen standby mode to a frequency below the frequency of scanning of the lines during the display mode.
  4. Display screen according to any one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the control system (26) comprises means of calculation (40) of the sum of the said voltages applied, at each image frame, to the gate electrode of each current modulator (20) during the screen display mode, the said means of calculation (40) being able to determine characteristics of a bias voltage suitable for being applied to each current modulator, as a function of the said sum of the said voltages applied to this modulator (20), and in that the control system (26) is able to apply, to each modulator (20), the said suitable bias voltage determined by the means of calculation (40), during the screen standby mode.
  5. Display screen according to Claim 4, characterized in that the characteristics of the bias voltage that are determined by the means of calculation (40) comprise the duration of application of the bias voltage.
  6. Display screen according to Claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the characteristics of the bias voltage that are determined by the means of calculation (40) comprise the value of the said bias voltage.
  7. Display screen according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises means for supplying power (Vdd) to the emitters and in that the control system (26) comprises means (37, 39) for cutting the supply to the emitters (8) during the screen standby mode.
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