Pixel driving circuit and driving method therefor, and display panel and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12283234-B2
Application number	US-202418642994-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 23, 2024
Priority date	Jul 22, 2022
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A pixel driving circuit including a driving circuit, a first light emission control circuit and a first digital circuit. The driving circuit is connected to a first power source end, a first node and the light-emitting unit, and is used for providing, according to the voltage of the first node, a driving current for the light-emitting unit by using the first power source end; the first light emission control circuit is connected to a first digital signal end; and the first digital circuit comprises a first signal conversion circuit, and the first signal conversion circuit is connected to a first analog signal end and the first digital signal end and is used for inputting the first digital signal into the first digital signal end according to a first analog signal of the first analog signal end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pixel driving circuit, wherein the pixel driving circuit is used to drive a light-emitting unit to emit light, and the pixel driving circuit comprises:
a driving circuit, connected to a first power terminal, a first node, and the light-emitting unit, and configured to provide driving current to the light-emitting unit using the first power terminal according to a voltage of the first node;
a first light-emitting control circuit, connected to a first digital signal terminal, connected in series with the driving circuit between the first power terminal and the light-emitting unit, and configured to turn on or off a current path between the first power terminal and the light-emitting unit in response to a first digital signal of the first digital signal terminal; and
a first digital circuit, comprising a first signal conversion circuit, wherein the first signal conversion circuit is connected to a first analog signal terminal and the first digital signal terminal, and is configured to input the first digital signal to the first digital signal terminal according to a first analog signal of the first analog signal terminal.

2. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first digital circuit further comprises:
a first switch unit, connected between the first signal conversion circuit and the first analog signal terminal, and configured to connect the first signal conversion circuit and the first analog signal terminal in response to a signal of a first data writing signal terminal.

3. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first digital circuit further comprises:
a first detection circuit, connected to the first digital signal terminal, the first analog signal terminal, and a first data reading signal terminal, and configured to transmit a signal of the first digital signal terminal to the first analog signal terminal in response to a signal of the first data reading signal terminal.

4. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal conversion circuit comprises:
a first inverter, having an input end connected to the first analog signal terminal, and an output end connected to the first digital signal terminal; and
a second inverter, having an input end connected to the first digital signal terminal and an output end connected to the input end of the first inverter.

5. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving circuit comprises:
a driving transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first power terminal, a second electrode connected to a second node, and a gate electrode connected to the first node; and
the first light-emitting control circuit comprises:
a first transistor, having a first electrode connected to the second node, a second electrode connected to the light-emitting unit, and a gate electrode connected to the first digital signal terminal.

6. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the first switch unit comprises:
a second transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first analog signal terminal, a second electrode connected to the first signal conversion circuit, and a gate electrode connected to the first data writing signal terminal.

7. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the first signal conversion circuit comprises:
a first inverter, having an input end connected to the first analog signal terminal, and an output end connected to the first digital signal terminal; and
the first detection circuit is further configured to invert the signal transmitted from the first digital signal terminal to the first analog signal terminal.

8. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the first detection circuit comprises:
a third inverter, having an input end connected to the first digital signal terminal; and
a third transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first analog signal terminal, a second electrode connected to an output end of the third inverter, and a gate electrode connected to the first data reading signal terminal.

9. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises:
a first data writing circuit, connected to the first node, a data signal terminal and a first gate driving signal terminal, and configured to transmit a signal of the data signal terminal to the first node in response to a signal of the first gate driving signal terminal.

10. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises:
a second data writing circuit, connected to the first node, the data signal terminal and a second gate driving signal terminal, and configured to transmit the signal of the data signal terminal to the first node in response to a signal of the second gate driving signal terminal; and
a level polarity for turning on the first data writing circuit is opposite to a level polarity for turning on the second data writing circuit.

11. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the first data writing circuit comprises:
a fourth transistor, having a first electrode connected to the data signal terminal, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate electrode connected to the first gate driving signal terminal; and
the second data writing circuit comprises:
a fifth transistor, having a first electrode connected to the data signal terminal, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate electrode connected to the second gate driving signal terminal; and
among the fourth transistor and the fifth transistor, one transistor is an N-type transistor, and the other transistor is a P-type transistor.

12. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel driving circuit further comprises:
a second light-emitting control circuit, connected to a second digital signal terminal, connected in series with the driving circuit between the first power supply terminal and the light-emitting unit, and configured to turn on or off the current path between the first power terminal and the light-emitting unit in response to a second digital signal of the second digital signal terminal; and
a second digital circuit, comprising a second signal conversion circuit, wherein the second signal conversion circuit is connected to a second analog signal terminal and the second digital signal terminal, and is configured to input the second digital signal to the second digital signal terminal according to a second analog signal of the second analog signal terminal.

13. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the second digital circuit further comprises:
a second switch unit, connected between the second signal conversion circuit and the second analog signal terminal, and configured to connect the second signal conversion circuit and the second analog signal terminal in response to a signal of the second data writing signal terminal; and
a second detection circuit, connected to the second digital signal terminal, the second analog signal terminal, and a second data reading signal terminal, and configured to transmit a signal of the second digital signal terminal to the second analog signal terminal in response to a signal of the second data reading signal terminal.

14. The pixel driving circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the second signal conversion circuit comprises:
a fourth inverter, having an input end connected to the second analog signal terminal and an output end connected to the second digital signal terminal; and
a fifth inverter, having an input end connected to the

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Can
• Qu Yan
• Zhang Can
• Xuan Minghua
• Chen Xiaochuan
• Cong Ning
• Niu Jinfei
• Zhang Jingjing

Classifications

• G09G2310/027

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• G09G2300/0842

  forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor · CPC title

• G09G3/3233

  with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element · CPC title

• G09G3/32 Primary

  semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title