Sensing circuit and sensing method thereof, sensor chip, and display panel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12425019-B2
Application number	US-202318351282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2023
Priority date	Apr 14, 2023
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

Provided are a sensing circuit and a sensing method thereof, a sensor chip, and a display panel. The sensing circuit includes a first transistor including a first gate and a second gate, a first capacitor, a read circuit, and a bias compensation circuit. The first gate receives a sensing signal outputted by a sensor. The first capacitor is connected between the second gate and a first fixed potential signal terminal. The read circuit is connected between the first transistor and an output terminal of the sensing circuit. The bias compensation circuit is electrically connected to the first transistor and configured to input a bias voltage into the second gate of the first transistor. The bias voltage received by the second gate reduce the threshold voltage drift of the first transistor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sensing circuit comprising:
a first transistor comprising a channel region, a first gate, and a second gate, wherein the first gate is configured to receive a sensing signal outputted by a sensor;
a first capacitor comprising a first plate electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor, and a second plate electrically connected to a first fixed potential signal terminal;
a read circuit electrically connected to the first transistor and configured to control the first transistor to output a sensing current to an output terminal of the sensing circuit; and
a bias compensation circuit electrically connected to the first transistor and configured to input a bias voltage into the second gate of the first transistor.

2. The sensing circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a side of the first gate away from the channel region of the first transistor is provided with a first insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer is provided with a first via hole, and
wherein the first gate receives, through a conductive structure provided in the first via hole, the sensing signal output by the sensor.

3. The sensing circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a capacitance value C 1 per unit area between the first gate and the channel region of the first transistor and a capacitance value C 2 per unit area between the second gate and the channel region of the first transistor is C 2 satisfy: C 1 /C 2 ≥1.

4. The sensing circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a second insulating layer is sandwiched between the first gate and the channel region of the first transistor, and a third insulating layer is sandwiched between the second gate and the channel region of the first transistor,
wherein a dielectric constant of the second insulating layer is greater than a dielectric constant of the third insulating layer.

5. The sensing circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a distance between the first gate and the channel region of the first transistor is less than a distance between the second gate and the channel region of the first transistor.

6. The sensing circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the read circuit comprises a second transistor and a third transistor,
the second transistor comprises an input terminal for receiving a first voltage, and an output terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the first transistor, and
the third transistor comprises an input terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of the first transistor, and an output terminal electrically connected to the output terminal of the sensing circuit.

7. The sensing circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the bias compensation circuit comprises a fourth transistor and a fifth transistor,
the fourth transistor comprises an input terminal for receiving a second voltage, and an output terminal electrically connected to an input terminal of the first transistor, and
the fifth transistor comprises an input terminal electrically connected to an output terminal of the first transistor, and an output terminal electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor.

8. The sensing circuit according to claim 7 , further comprising a first reset circuit electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor, wherein the first reset circuit is configured to reset the second gate of the first transistor.

9. The sensing circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the first reset circuit comprises a sixth transistor, wherein the sixth transistor comprises an input terminal for receiving a reset voltage, and an output terminal electrically connected to the second gate of the first transistor.

10. The sensing circuit according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first transistor, the fifth transistor, or the sixth transistor comprises a metal oxide semiconductor layer.

11. The sensing circuit according to claim 8 , further comprising a second reset circuit electrically connected to the output terminal of the first transistor, wherein the second reset circuit is configured to reset the output terminal of the first transistor.

12. The sensing circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the second reset circuit comprises a seventh transistor, wherein the seventh transistor comprises an input terminal for receiving the reset voltage, and an output terminal electrically connected to the output terminal of the first transistor.

13. The sensing circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit, wherein the control circuit comprises an input terminal for receiving the sensing signal output by the sensor, and an output terminal electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor.

14. The sensing circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the control circuit comprises an eighth transistor and a second capacitor,
wherein the eighth transistor comprises an input terminal for receiving the sensing signal outputted by the sensor, and an output terminal electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor, and
the second capacitor comprises a first plate electrically connected to the output terminal of the eighth transistor, and a second plate electrically connected to a second fixed potential signal terminal.

15. A sensing method configured to sense, through the sensing circuit according to claim 1 , a sensing signal output by a sensor, the method having a plurality of working cycles, the plurality of working cycles comprising at least one first working cycle, each first working cycle comprising a bias compensation stage, a first integration stage, and a first read stage, and the method comprising:
at the bias compensation stage, turning on the bias compensation circuit, and inputting the bias voltage into the second gate of the first transistor;
at the first integration stage, turning off both the bias compensation circuit and the read circuit, and inputting the sensing signal outputted by the sensor into the first gate of the first transistor; and
at the first read stage, turning on the read circuit, and connecting the output terminal of the first transistor to the output terminal of the sensing circuit.

16. The sensing method according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of working cycles further comprise at least one second working cycle, each second working cycle comprises a second integration stage and a second read stage, and the sensing method further comprises:
at the second integration stage, turning off both the bias compensation circuit and the read circuit, and inputting the sensing signal outputted by the sensor into the first gate of the first transistor; and
at the second read stage, turning on the read circuit, and connecting the output terminal of the first transistor to the output terminal of the sensing circuit.

17. The sensing method according to claim 16 , wherein a frequency of the at least one second working cycle is greater than or equal to a frequency of the at least one first working cycle.

18. The sensing method according to claim 15 , wherein the sensing circuit further comprises a control circuit comprising an input terminal for receiving the sensing signal output by the sensor and an output terminal electrically connected to the first gate of the first transistor, and wherein the sensing method further comprises, at the integration stage, turning on the control circuit.

19. A sensor chip comprising:
a sensing circuit, including:
a first transistor comprising a channel region, a first gate, and a second gate, wherein the first gate is configured to rece

Assignees

• Shanghai Tianma Micro Elect Co

Inventors

• Huang Yukun
• Wang Linzhi
• Xi Kerui
• Lin Baiquan
• Jia Zhenyu
• Li Aowen
• Lu Haotian

Classifications

• G01D11/00

  Component parts of measuring arrangements not specially adapted for a specific variable (G01D13/00, G01D15/00 take precedence) · CPC title

• H10D30/6755

  Oxide semiconductors, e.g. zinc oxide, copper aluminium oxide or cadmium stannate · CPC title

• G01D5/24

  by varying capacitance · CPC title

• H10D30/6734 Primary

  having gate electrodes arranged on both top and bottom sides of the channel, e.g. dual-gate TFTs · CPC title

• H03K17/56 Primary

  by the use, as active elements, of semiconductor devices (using diodes H03K17/74) · CPC title