Pixel circuit and driving method and display apparatus thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016240134-A1
Application number	US-201514803300-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2015
Priority date	Feb 12, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A pixel circuit and a driving method and display apparatus thereof are provided, which relate to the field of display technology and solve the problem that a drift in the threshold voltage of the DTFT influences the driving current. The pixel circuit comprises a reset unit, a driving unit, a control unit, an energy storage unit and a display unit. The driving unit is configured to output a control voltage or a driving current, the control unit is configured to cause a voltage of a second node to be equal to a voltage of a third level end and cause a voltage of a first node to be equal to the control voltage, or cause a voltage of a data signal end to be equal to the voltage of the second node, and the display unit is configured to display gray levels under the control of the driving current, a fourth scanning signal of a fourth scanning signal end and a voltage of a fourth level end. The embodiments of the present disclosure are used to manufacture displays.

First claim

I/We claim:

1 . A pixel circuit, comprising:
a reset unit connected to a first level end, a first scanning signal end, and a first node, and configured to cause a voltage of the first node to be equal to a voltage of the first level end under the control of a first scanning signal of the first scanning signal end; a driving unit connected to the first node, a second level end, and a third node, and configured to output a control voltage or a driving current via the third node under the control of the voltage of the first node and a voltage of the second level end; a control unit connected to a second scanning signal end, the first node, the third node, a third scanning signal end, a data signal end, a second node, and a third level end, and configured to cause a voltage of the second node to be equal to a voltage of the third level end and cause the voltage of the first node to be equal to the control voltage output by the third node under the control of a second scanning signal of the second scanning signal end, or cause a voltage of the data signal end to be equal to the voltage of the second node under the control of a third scanning signal of the third scanning signal end; an energy storage unit connected to the first node and the second node, and configured to store the voltage of the first node and the voltage of the second node; and a display unit connected to the third node, a fourth scanning signal end, and a fourth level end, and configured to display gray levels under the control of the driving current output by the third node, a fourth scanning signal of the fourth scanning signal end, and a voltage of the fourth level end.

2 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the reset unit comprises a first transistor which is a switch transistor; and
the first transistor has a first electrode connected to the first level end, a second electrode connected to the first node, a gate connected to the first scanning signal end, wherein the first electrode is one of a source and a drain, and the second electrode is the other of the source and the drain.

3 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit comprises a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor which are switch transistors;
the second transistor has a first electrode connected to the third node, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate connected to the second scanning signal end; the third transistor has a first electrode connected to the data signal end, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate connected to the third scanning signal end; and the fourth transistor has a first electrode connected to the third level end, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate connected to the second scanning signal end, wherein the first electrode is one of a source and a drain, and the second electrode is the other of the source and the drain.

4 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the display unit comprises a fifth transistor and an organic light emitting diode, the fifth transistor being a switch transistor;
the fifth transistor has a first electrode connected to the third node, a second electrode connected to a first electrode of the organic light emitting diode, and a gate connected to the fourth scanning signal end; the organic light emitting diode has a second electrode connected to the fourth level end; and the first electrode is one of a source and a drain, and the second electrode is the other of the source and the drain.

5 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving unit comprises a driving transistor, wherein,
the driving transistor has a first electrode connected to the second level end, a second electrode connected to the third node, and a gate connected to the first node; and the first electrode is one of a source and a drain, and the second electrode is the other of the source and the drain.

6 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the energy storage unit comprises a capacitor, wherein,
the capacitor has a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode connected to the second node.

7 . The pixel circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the first transistor is a P-type transistor or an N-type transistor.

8 . The pixel circuit according to claim 3 , wherein all of the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are P-type transistors or N-type transistors.

9 . The pixel circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the fifth transistor is a P-type transistor or an N-type transistor.

10 . The pixel circuit according to claim 5 , wherein the driving transistor is a P-type transistor or an N-type transistor.

11 . A display apparatus, comprising the pixel circuit according to claim 1 .

12 . A method for driving the pixel circuit according to claim 1 , comprising:
a first stage in which the reset unit causes the voltage of the first node to be equal to the voltage of the first level end under the control of the first scanning signal of the first scanning signal end; a second stage in which the driving unit outputs the control voltage via the third node under the control of the voltage of the first node; and the control unit causes the voltage of the first node to be equal to the control voltage output by the third node and causes the voltage of a second node to be equal to the voltage of the third level end under the control of the second scanning signal of a second scanning signal end, wherein the voltage of the first node is stored in the energy storage unit; a third stage in which the control unit causes the voltage of the second node to be equal to the voltage of the data signal end under the control of the third scanning signal of the third scanning signal end, wherein the voltage of the second node is stored in the energy storage unit; and a fourth stage in which the driving unit outputs the driving current via the third node under the control of the voltage of the first node; and the display unit displays gray levels under the control of the driving current, the fourth scanning signal of the fourth scanning signal end, and the voltage of the fourth level end.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the reset unit comprises a first transistor which is a switch transistor;
the first transistor has a first electrode connected to the first level end, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate connected to the first scanning signal end; in the first stage, the first transistor is in a turned-on state; in the second stage, the first transistor is in a turned-off state; in the third stage, the first transistor is in a turned-off state; and in the fourth stage, the first transistor is in a turned-off state.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the control unit comprises a second transistor, a third transistor, and a fourth transistor which are switch transistors;
the second transistor has a first electrode connected to the third node, a second electrode connected to the first node, and a gate connected to the second scanning signal end; the third transistor has a first electrode connected to the data signal end, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate connected to the third scanning signal end; the fourth transistor has a first electrode connected to the third level end, a second electrode connected to the second node, and a gate connected to the second scanning signal end; in the first stage, the second transistor is in a turned-off state, the third transistor is in a turned-off state, an

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Shengji
• Dong Xue
• Wang Haisheng
• Liu Yingming
• Zhao Weijie
• Ding Xiaoliang

Classifications

• G09G2320/043

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• G09G2310/0262

  The addressing of the pixel, in a display other than an active matrix LCD, involving the control of two or more scan electrodes or two or more data electrodes, e.g. pixel voltage dependent on signals of two data electrodes · CPC title

• G09G2310/0251

  Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage · CPC title

• G09G2300/0861

  with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes · CPC title

• G09G2300/0819

  used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing · CPC title