# US 11,308,866 B2 · OLED pixel compensation circuit and OLED pixel compensation method

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- Number: US 11,308,866 B2
- Document ID: US11308866B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/618,126
- Filed: 2019-11-06
- Published: 2021-12-30
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2019-09-12
- Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Fan Tian; Zhenling Wang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308866B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/3208: organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
- G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
- G09G 2300/0819: used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing
- G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor
- G09G 2300/0852: being a dynamic memory with more than one capacitor
- G09G 2310/0251: Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage
- G09G 2310/0262: 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
- G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
- G09G 2320/0233: Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen
- G09G 2320/0295: by monitoring each display pixel
- G09G 2320/045: Compensation of drifts in the characteristics of light emitting or modulating elements
- 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

The present disclosure proposes an OLED pixel compensation circuit and an OLED pixel compensation method. The OLED pixel compensation circuit includes an OLED, a driving transistor, a first TFT, a second TFT, a third TFT, a fourth TFT, a first capacitor, and a second capacitor. The present disclosure adopts 5T2C structure and the driving transistor is a double gate TFT to compensate the variance of the threshold voltage such that the luminance evenness is raised and the lifetime of the product is extended.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) pixel compensation circuit, comprising:
an OLED, having an anode connected to a third node and a cathode connected to a low voltage level line;
a driving transistor, which is a double gate thin film transistor (TFT), configured to drive the OLED, the driving transistor having a top gate coupled to a first node, a bottom gate coupled to a second node, a source coupled to the third node, and a drain coupled to a high voltage level line;
a first TFT, having a gate connected to a first control signal line, a first end connected to a data line, and a second end connected to the second node;
a second TFT, having a gate connected to a second control signal line, a first end connected to the data line, and a second end connected to the third node;
a third TFT, having a gate connected to a third control signal line, a first end connected to a constant voltage source via a first switch, and a second end connected to the first node;
a fourth TFT, having a gate connected to a fourth control signal line, a first end connected to the constant voltage source, and a second end connected to the third node;
a first capacitor, connected between the second node and the third node; and
a second capacitor, connected between the first node and the third node,
wherein signals of the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the third control signal line, the fourth control signal line and a switch control signal of the first switch are provided by an external timing controller,
wherein the signals of the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the third control signal line, the fourth control signal line and the switch control signal of the first switch are arranged as follows:
the OLED pixel compensation circuit sequentially enters an initiation phase, a detection phase, a threshold voltage storage phase, a data written phase, and a lighting phase;
in the initiation phase, the first control signal line, the third control signal line, and the fourth control signal line correspond to a high voltage level, the second control signal line corresponds to a low voltage level, and the switch control signal of the first switch corresponds to a close signal;
in the detection phase, the first control signal line and the third control signal line correspond to the high voltage level, the second control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level, and the switch control signal of the first switch corresponds to the close signal;
in the threshold voltage storage phase, the first control signal line and the second control signal line correspond to the high voltage level, the third control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level, and the switch control signal of the first switch corresponds to an open signal;
in the data written phase, the first control signal line corresponds to the high voltage level, the second control signal line, the third control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level, and the switch control signal of the first switch corresponds to the open signal; and
in the lighting phase, the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the third signal line and the fourth signal line all correspond to the low voltage level, and the switch control signal of the first switch corresponds to the open signal.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The OLED pixel compensation circuit of claim 1, wherein when a voltage applied to the top gate of the driving transistor increases, a voltage difference between the drain and the source of the driving transistor and the current characteristic curve of the driving transistor proportionally decreases according to the voltage.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The OLED pixel compensation circuit of claim 1, wherein the first TFT, the second TFT, the third TFT and the fourth TFT are all N-type transistors or P-type transistors.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The OLED pixel compensation circuit of claim 1, wherein the OLED pixel compensation circuit further comprises an external detection circuit, parallel connected to the constant voltage source and the first switch via a second switch.

### Claim 5

An Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) pixel compensation method comprising:
providing an OLED pixel compensation circuit, wherein the OLED pixel compensation circuit comprises:
a driving transistor, which is a double gate thin film transistor (TFT), configured to drive the OLED, the driving transistor having a top gate coupled to a first node, a bottom gate coupled to a second node, a source coupled to a third node, and a drain coupled to a high voltage level line;
a first TFT, having a gate connected to a first control signal line, a first end connected to a data line, and a second end connected to the second node;
a second TFT, having a gate connected to a second control signal line, a first end connected to the data line, and a second end connected to the third node;
a third TFT, having a gate connected to a third control signal line, a first end connected to a constant voltage source via a first switch, and a second end connected to the first node;
a fourth TFT, having a gate connected to a fourth control signal line, a first end connected to the constant voltage source, and a second end connected to the third node;
a first capacitor, connected between the second node and the third node; and
a second capacitor, connected between the first node and the third node;
an OLED, having an anode connected to the third node and a cathode connected to a low voltage level line;
entering an initiation phase, wherein in the initiation phase, the first control signal line, the third control signal line, and the fourth control signal line correspond to a high voltage level such that the first TFT, the third TFT and the fourth TFT are turned on, the second control signal line corresponds to a low voltage level such that the second TFT is turned off, the data line provides a predetermined voltage level such that the predetermined voltage level is written into the second node, the first switch is closed such that a voltage of the constant voltage source is written into the first node;
entering a detection phase, wherein in the detection phase, the first control signal line and the third control signal line correspond to the high voltage level such that the first TFT and the third TFT are turned on, the second control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level such that the second TFT and the fourth TFT are turned off, the first switch is closed, the data line provides the predetermined voltage, the driving transistor is turned on, a voltage of the third node increases as time goes by, a voltage difference between the source and the drain of the driving transistor decreases, when the voltage difference is equal to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the driving transistor cuts off, at this time, the threshold voltage is stored in the first capacitor;
entering a threshold voltage storage phase, wherein in the threshold voltage storage phase, the first control signal line and the second control signal line correspond to the high voltage level such that the first TFT and the second TFT are turned on, the third control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level such that the third TFT and the fourth TFT are turned off, the first switch is open, the data line provides the predetermined voltage level, the voltage of the source of the driving transistor is the predetermined voltage level, at this time, the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is stored in the second capacitor;
entering a data written phase, wherein in the data written phase, the first control signal line corresponds to the high voltage level such that the first TFT is turned on, the second control signal line, the third control signal line and the fourth control signal line correspond to the low voltage level such that the second TFT, the third TFT and the fourth TFT are turned off, the first switch is open, the data line provides a data signal high voltage level, and the data signal high voltage level is written into the second node; and
entering a lighting phase, wherein in the lighting phase, the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the third signal line and the fourth control signal line all correspond to the low voltage level such that the first TFT, the second TFT, the third TFT, and the fourth TFT are turned off, the first switch is open, the driving transistor is turned on and the OLED generates lights.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The OLED pixel compensation method of claim 5, wherein the voltage of the constant voltage source is lower than a threshold voltage of the OLED and a difference between the predetermined voltage level and the voltage of the constant voltage source is larger than the threshold voltage of the driving transistor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The OLED pixel compensation method of claim 5, wherein signals of the first control signal line, the second control signal line, the third control signal line, the fourth control signal line and a switch control signal of the first switch are provided by an external timing controller.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The OLED pixel compensation method of claim 5, wherein the pixel compensation circuit further comprises an external detection circuit, parallel connected to the constant voltage source and the first switch via a second switch, configured to output an external compensation signal.