# US 12,603,045 B2 · Electronic device for reducing output variation factors of pixel circuits > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,045 B2 - Document ID: US12603045B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/780,493 - Filed: 2024-07-23 - Published: 2024-11-14 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-12 - Assignees: Innolux Corporation - Applicants: Innolux Corporation - Inventors: Yuko Furui; Akihiro Iwatsu; Shuji Hagino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603045B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G06K 7/10722: {Photodetector array or CCD scanning} - G09G 2310/0291: Details of output amplifiers or buffers arranged for use in a driving circuit - G09G 2310/0297: Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns - 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 2360/14: Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors - 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) - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS ## Abstract An electronic device including a plurality of sensing pixel circuits is provided. At least one of the sensing pixel circuits includes a photoelectric sensing element, a first transistor device, a second transistor device, a third transistor device and a fourth transistor device. The fourth transistor device includes a first end, a second end and a control end. The first end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to a first end of the first transistor device. The second end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to a bias voltage. The control end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to a scan line. The fourth transistor device serves as a current sink in a pre-trap period. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device, comprising: a plurality of sensing pixel circuits, wherein at least one of the sensing pixel circuits comprises: a photoelectric sensing element, comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the photoelectric sensing element is coupled to a bias voltage; a first transistor device, comprising a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the control end of the first transistor device is coupled to a first scan line; a second transistor device, comprising a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the second transistor device is coupled to an operation voltage, the second end of the second transistor device is coupled to the first end of the first transistor device, and the control end of the second transistor device is coupled to the first end of the photoelectric sensing element; a third transistor device, comprising a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the third transistor device is coupled to a reset voltage, the second end of the third transistor device is coupled to the first end of the photoelectric sensing element, and the control end of the third transistor device is coupled to a reset line; and a fourth transistor device, comprising a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to the first end of the first transistor device, the second end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to the bias voltage, and the control end of the fourth transistor device is coupled to a second scan line, wherein in a pre-trap period, a first current flows through the second transistor device and the fourth transistor device from the operation voltage to the bias voltage, wherein in a first period, a second current flows to one of a plurality of current sources, and the first current is larger than the second current, wherein the pre-trap period precedes the first period. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second scan line is coupled to a specified pixel row of the sensing pixel circuits, and the first scan line is coupled to a pixel row of the sensing pixel circuits next to the second scan line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of amplifier circuit, wherein at least one of the amplifier circuits is coupled to the second end of the first transistor device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising: the plurality of current sources, wherein at least one of the current sources is coupled to the at least one amplifier circuit and the at least one sensing pixel circuit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic device of claim 4, wherein the electronic device has a peripheral area, and the amplifier circuits and the current sources are disposed in the peripheral area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one amplifier circuit comprises an amplifier, and the amplifier comprises a first input end and a second input end, wherein the first input end of the amplifier receives a sensing data, and the second input end of the amplifier receives a reference signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device has an active area, and the sensing pixel circuits are disposed in the active area.