# US 12,603,049 B2 · Pixel circuit and display panel

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- Number: US 12,603,049 B2
- Document ID: US12603049B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/946,973
- Filed: 2024-11-14
- Published: 2026-01-01
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2024-06-27
- Assignees: AUO Corporation
- Applicants: AUO Corporation
- Inventors: Yu-Chien Huang; Yung-Hsiang Lan; Yung-Chih Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603049B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
- G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor
- G09G 2300/0861: with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes
- G09G 2320/041: Temperature compensation
- 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 pixel circuit and a display panel are provided. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor, a light-emitting circuit, and a controlling circuit. The light-emitting circuit is coupled between the driving transistor and a light-emitting element. The controlling circuit is coupled to the light-emitting circuit and is coupled to the driving transistor at a first node. The controlling circuit sets a first voltage at the first node based on reference voltages according to controlling signals. During a light-emitting period, the light-emitting circuit generates an offset voltage on a first terminal of the light-emitting element according to a light-emitting signal, such that the controlling circuit sets the first voltage based on the offset voltage according to the controlling signals. Further, the driving transistor generates a driving current to the light-emitting element according to the first voltage, so that brightness of the light-emitting element at a high temperature is compensated.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pixel circuit, comprising:
a driving transistor configured to provide a driving current;
a light-emitting circuit coupled between the driving transistor and a light-emitting element and configured to provide the driving current to the light-emitting element according to a light-emitting signal; and
a controlling circuit coupled to the light-emitting circuit, coupled to the driving transistor at a first node, and configured to set a first voltage at the first node based on a plurality of reference voltages according to a plurality of controlling signals,
wherein during a light-emitting period, the light-emitting circuit generates an offset voltage on a first terminal of the light-emitting element according to the light-emitting signal, such that the controlling circuit sets the first voltage based on the offset voltage according to the controlling signals, and the driving transistor generates the driving current according to the first voltage,
wherein the controlling circuit comprises:
a resetting circuit coupled to the first node and configured to reset the first voltage based on a first reference voltage according to a first controlling signal during a resetting period;
a writing circuit coupled to the first node and the light-emitting circuit and configured to set the first voltage based on a second reference voltage according to a second controlling signal during a writing and compensating period; and
a compensating circuit coupled to the first node, the light-emitting circuit, and the driving transistor and configured to set the first voltage based on a third reference voltage according to a third controlling signal during the writing and compensating period.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein the offset voltage is related to a turn-on voltage of the light-emitting element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein during the light-emitting period, the resetting circuit and the compensating circuit are disabled according to the first controlling signal and the third controlling signal, and the writing circuit couples the offset voltage to the first node according to the second controlling signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting circuit comprises:
a first transistor having a controlling terminal to receive the light-emitting signal, wherein a first terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a first terminal of the driving transistor and the compensating circuit, and a second terminal of the first transistor is coupled to a first terminal of the light-emitting element; and
a second transistor having a controlling terminal to receive the light-emitting signal, wherein a first terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the first terminal of the light-emitting element, and a second terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the writing circuit at a second node.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The pixel circuit according to claim 4, wherein the writing circuit comprises:
a third transistor having a controlling terminal to receive the second controlling signal, wherein a first terminal of the third transistor receives the second reference voltage, and a second terminal of the third transistor is coupled to the second node; and
a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to the second node, wherein a second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the first node.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The pixel circuit according to claim 5, wherein the resetting circuit comprises:
a fourth transistor having a controlling terminal to receive the first controlling signal, wherein a first terminal of the fourth transistor receives the first reference voltage, and a second terminal of the fourth transistor is coupled to the first node.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The pixel circuit according to claim 6, wherein the compensating circuit comprises:
a fifth transistor having a controlling terminal to receive the third controlling signal, wherein a first terminal of the fifth transistor is coupled to the first terminal of the driving transistor, and a second terminal of the fifth transistor is coupled to the first node.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The pixel circuit according to claim 7, wherein a controlling terminal of the driving transistor is coupled to the first node, and a second terminal of the driving transistor receives the third reference voltage.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A display panel, comprising:
a gate driving circuit; and
a plurality of the pixel circuits according to claim 1, wherein the pixel circuits are coupled to the gate driving circuit and are arranged in an array.