Display substrate and brightness compensation method thereof, and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12444345-B2
Application number	US-202218273989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2022
Priority date	Jul 20, 2021
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

A display substrate ( 910 ), comprising a plurality of pixel units (P 11 , P 12 , P 21 , P 22 ) and at least one compensation circuit. At least one pixel unit (P 11 , P 12 , P 21 , P 22 ) comprises: a main light-emitting unit and an auxiliary light-emitting unit; and the at least one compensation circuit is connected to the auxiliary light-emitting unit of the at least one pixel unit (P 11 , P 12 , P 21 , P 22 ). The at least one compensation circuit is configured to measure the brightness or temperature of the at least one pixel unit (P 11 , P 12 , P 21 , P 22 ) and control the auxiliary light-emitting unit of the at least one pixel unit (P 11 , P 12 , P 21 , P 22 ) to emit light according to a measurement result.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display substrate, comprising:
a plurality of pixel units and at least one compensation circuit;
wherein at least one pixel unit comprises a main light emitting unit and an auxiliary light emitting unit; the at least one compensation circuit is connected with the auxiliary light emitting unit of at least one pixel unit; and
the at least one compensation circuit is configured to detect a brightness of the at least one pixel unit and control the auxiliary light emitting unit of the at least one pixel unit to emit light according to a detection result,
wherein the compensation circuit comprises a compensation control circuit and at least one detection circuit connected to the compensation control circuit; the detection circuit is connected with the auxiliary light emitting unit of one pixel unit;
the detection circuit is configured to detect a brightness of the connected pixel unit; and
the compensation control circuit is configured to control the auxiliary light emitting unit connected to the detection circuit to emit light according to a detection result of the detection circuit,
wherein the compensation control circuit comprises a first control sub-circuit and a second control sub-circuit;
wherein the first control sub-circuit is connected to a first scan line, one voltage detection circuit and one detection circuit, and is configured to transmit the detection result of the detection circuit to the voltage detection circuit under the control of the first scan line, so that an external control circuit connected to the voltage detection circuit updates a compensation control signal according to the detection result; and
the second control sub-circuit is connected with the first scan line, a compensation data line, a second power supply line and at least one detection circuit, and is configured to transmit the compensation control signal provided by the compensation data line to the at least one detection circuit under the control of the first scan line, so as to control the at least one detection circuit to transmit the detection result to a corresponding auxiliary light emitting unit.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first control sub-circuit comprises a seventh transistor; the second control sub-circuit comprises an eighth transistor and a second capacitor;
wherein a control electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the first scan line, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the voltage detection circuit, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the detection circuit;
a control electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to the first scan line, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to the compensation data line, a second electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to a second electrode of the second capacitor, and a first electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the second power supply line; and
the second electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to the at least one detection circuit.

3. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit comprises a detection element, a fifth transistor, and a sixth transistor;
wherein a first electrode of the detection element is connected to a second electrode of the sixth transistor, and a second electrode of the detection element is connected to a second power supply line; a control electrode and a first electrode of the sixth transistor are connected with a first power supply line; and a control electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the compensation control circuit, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the first electrode of the detection element, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the auxiliary light emitting unit.

4. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the main light emitting unit comprises a main light emitting element and a main drive circuit connected to the main light emitting element;
wherein the main drive circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a first capacitor; a control electrode of the first transistor is connected to a first scan line, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected to a data line, and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected to a control electrode of the second transistor; a first electrode of the second transistor is connected to a first power supply line, and a second electrode of the second transistor is connected to a first electrode of the third transistor; a control electrode of the third transistor is connected to a second scan line, and a second electrode of the third transistor is connected to a voltage detection circuit; a first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the control electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the second electrode of the second transistor; and
a first electrode of the main light emitting element is connected with the second electrode of the second transistor, and a second electrode of the main light emitting element is connected with a second power supply line.

5. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary light emitting unit comprises an auxiliary light emitting element and an auxiliary drive circuit connected to the auxiliary light emitting element;
wherein the auxiliary drive circuit comprises a fourth transistor; a control electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the detection circuit, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to a first power supply line, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to a first electrode of the auxiliary light emitting element; and a second electrode of the auxiliary light emitting element is connected with a second power supply line.

6. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the main light emitting unit comprises a main light emitting element and a main drive circuit; the auxiliary light emitting unit comprises an auxiliary light emitting element and an auxiliary drive circuit; wherein both the main light emitting element and the auxiliary light emitting element are micro light emitting elements; and a light emitting area of the main light emitting element is larger than the light emitting area of the auxiliary light emitting element.

7. The display substrate according to claim 6 , comprising: a base substrate, a circuit structure layer arranged on the base substrate, and a plurality of light emitting diode chips; wherein the circuit structure layer comprises the compensation circuit and a main drive circuit and an auxiliary drive circuit of the pixel unit; at least one light emitting diode chip comprises a main light emitting element and an auxiliary light emitting element of the pixel unit;
the main light emitting element and the auxiliary light emitting element each comprises a first semiconductor layer, a quantum well layer and a second semiconductor layer stacked in sequence; doping types of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are different;
the main light emitting element and the auxiliary light emitting element each further comprises at least one of a first bonding electrode and a second bonding electrode;
the first bonding electrode of the main light emitting element is connected to the first semiconductor layer of the main light emitting element, and the second bonding electrode of the main light emitting element is connected to the second semiconductor layer of the main light emitting element; and
the first bonding electrode of the auxiliary light emitting element is connected to the first semiconductor layer of the auxiliary lig

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Weixing
• Peng Kuanjun
• Qin Bin
• Guo Kai
• Wang Tieshi
• Zhang Fangzhen

Classifications

• H10W90/00

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• G09G2310/08

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