# US 10,373,538 B2 · Judging method of array test reliability, testing method and device of organic light emitting backplane > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,373,538 B2 - Document ID: US10373538B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/168,775 - Filed: 2016-05-31 - Published: 2017-02-23 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-19 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kun Cao; Zhongyuan Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10373538B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)} - G09G 2330/10: Dealing with defective pixels - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A judging method of array test reliability, comprising: Step 1, taking at least one of organic light emitting backplanes subjected to an array test as a sample substrate; Step 2, performing a scan on pixels of the sample substrate row by row and providing a data voltage signal; Step 3, detecting a current that is output to an anode of each pixel from a pixel circuit layer; Step 4, comparing the current that is output to the anode of each pixel from the pixel circuit layer with a predefined current, judging that the pixel is a defective pixel when the two are inconsistent; Step 5, comparing a judgment result of each pixel with a test result of the array test, judging that the array test is reliable when the two are consistent, judging that the array test is unreliable when the two are inconsistent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A judging method of array test reliability of an organic light emitting backplane, the organic light emitting backplane comprising a pixel circuit layer and an anode layer, the anode layer comprising an anode in each pixel of the organic light emitting backplane, the judging method of array test reliability comprising; Step 1, taking at least one of organic light emitting backplanes subjected to an array test as a sample substrate; Step 2, performing a scan on pixels of the sample substrate row by row and providing a data voltage signal; Step 3, detecting a current that is output to the anode of each pixel from the pixel circuit layer; Step 4, comparing the current that is output to the anode of each pixel from the pixel circuit layer with a predefined current, and judging that a pixel is a defective pixel when the current that is output to the anode of the pixel from the pixel circuit layer is inconsistent with the predefined current; and Step 5, comparing a judgment result of each pixel with a test result of the array test, judging that the array test is reliable when the judgment result is consistent with the test result, and judging that the array test is unreliable when the judgment result is inconsistent with the test result, the judging method of array test reliability further comprising a step to be performed between the Step 1 and the Step 2: Step 1.5, electrically connecting the anodes in a plurality of pixels, wherein, the Step 3 comprises: detecting a corresponding anode current every time when one row of pixels are scanned; the Step 4 comprises: Sub-step 4-1, comparing a detected anode current with the predefined current, judging that there is no defective pixel in the row of pixels corresponding to the detected anode current when the detected anode current is consistent with the predefined current, and judging that there is at least one defective pixel in the row of pixels corresponding to the detected anode current when the detected anode current is inconsistent with the predefined current; Sub-step 4-2, providing a scanning signal to the row of pixels having the defective pixel, and providing a data voltage signal sequentially to each pixel; Sub-step 4-3, detecting an anode current corresponding to each pixel; and Sub-step 4-4, comparing each anode current with the predefined current, and judging that a pixel corresponding to an anode current among the row of pixels having defective pixel is the defective pixel when the anode current is inconsistent with the predefined current. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The judging method of array test reliability of claim 1, wherein the Step 1.5 comprises: providing a cathode layer on the anode layer of the sample substrate to electrically connect the anodes in the pixels. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The judging method of array test reliability of claim 2, wherein a first image is generated from the test result of the array test performed on the sample substrate, the first image comprises a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a second color; the judging method of array test reliability further comprises a step to be performed between the Step 4 and the Step 5: generating a second image from the judgment result of the Step 4, the second image comprising a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the second color; the Step 5 comprises: comparing the first image and the second image, and judging that the array test is reliable when each pixel point in the first image has the same color as that of the corresponding pixel point in the second image, otherwise, judging that the array test is unreliable. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The judging method of array test reliability of claim 1, wherein a first image is generated from the test result of the array test performed on the sample substrate, the first image comprises a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a second color; the judging method of array test reliability further comprises a step to be performed between the Step 4 and the Step 5: generating a second image from the judgment result of the Step 4, the second image comprising a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the second color; the Step 5 comprises: comparing the first image and the second image, and judging that the array test is reliable when each pixel point in the first image has the same color as that of the corresponding pixel point in the second image, otherwise, judging that the array test is unreliable. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The judging method of array test reliability of claim 1, wherein a first image is generated from the test result of the array test performed on the sample substrate, the first image comprises a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the array test, the pixel point in the first image corresponding to the pixel has a second color; the judging method of array test reliability further comprises a step to be performed between the Step 4 and the Step 5: generating a second image from the judgment result of the Step 4, the second image comprising a plurality of pixel points corresponding to the pixels of the sample substrate, when a pixel is judged as a normal pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the first color, and when a pixel is judged as a defective pixel in the Step 4, the pixel point in the second image corresponding to the pixel has the second color; the Step 5 comprises: comparing the first image and the second image, and judging that the array test is reliable when each pixel point in the first image has the same color as that of the corresponding pixel point in the second image, otherwise, judging that the array test is unreliable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A testing method of an organic light emitting backplane, comprising steps of: performing an array test on a plurality of organic light emitting backplanes; and judging reliability of the array test by the judging method of array test reliability of claim 1; when it is judged that the array test is unreliable, the testing method comprises: adjusting the array test, and performing the adjusted array test on the sample substrate until the test result of the array test is consistent with the judgment result in the Step 4. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The testing method of an organic light emitting backplane of claim 6, wherein the step of adjusting the array test comprises: adjusting test conditions of the array test.