# US 12,604,384 B2 · OLED print head > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,384 B2 - Document ID: US12604384B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/937,411 - Filed: 2024-11-05 - Published: 2025-09-18 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2024-03-18 - Assignees: Avision Inc. - Applicants: Avision Inc. - Inventors: Yen-Cheng Chen; Chin-Hung Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604384B2 ## CPC - H05B 45/60: Circuit arrangements for operating LEDs comprising organic material, e.g. for operating organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] or polymer light-emitting diodes [PLED] - B41J 2/45: using light-emitting diode {[LED] or laser} arrays - H05B 45/14: using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules - H05B 47/155: Coordinated control of two or more light sources - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ## Abstract An OLED print head includes a control unit, multiple light-emitting units and an OLED. Each light-emitting unit includes a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The first driving circuit includes a first capacitor and a first switch, and is configured to store a correction voltage corresponding to a correction signal in the first capacitor in response to a trigger pulse of a scan signal, and the first switch is controlled by the correction voltage. The second driving circuit includes a second capacitor and a second switch, and is configured to store an enable voltage corresponding to an enable signal in the second capacitor in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal, and the second switch is controlled by the enable voltage. When both the first switch and the second switch are turned on, the OLED obtains a driving current related to the correction voltage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An OLED print head, comprising: a control unit, configured to output a scan signal, an enable signal and a correction signal; and a plurality of light-emitting units, coupled to the control unit, each of the light-emitting units comprising: a first driving circuit, comprising a first capacitor and a first switch, and configured to store a correction voltage corresponding to the correction signal in the first capacitor in response to a trigger pulse of the scan signal, the first switch being controlled by the correction voltage; a second driving circuit, comprising a second capacitor and a second switch, and configured to store an enable voltage corresponding to the enable signal in the second capacitor in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal, the second switch being controlled by the enable voltage; and an OLED, coupled to the first switch and the second switch, the first switch and the second switch being deployed on a driving path of the OLED, an upstream end of the driving path having an operating voltage, and when both the first switch and the second switch are turned on, the OLED obtaining a driving current related to the correction voltage through the driving path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the first driving circuit further comprises a third switch, the first switch and the third switch respectively comprising a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal; the first terminal of the third switch receiving the correction signal, the second terminal of the third switch being coupled to the first capacitor, and the control terminal of the third switch receiving the scan signal so as to turn on the first terminal of the third switch and the second terminal of the third switch in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal, such that the first capacitor receives the correction signal through the third switch and is charged to the correction voltage; and the control terminal of the first switch being coupled to the first capacitor so as to turn on the first terminal of the first switch and the second terminal of the first switch under the control of the correction voltage. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the second driving circuit further comprises a fourth switch, the second switch and the fourth switch respectively comprising a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal; the first terminal of the fourth switch receiving the enable signal, the second terminal of the fourth switch being coupled to the second capacitor, and the control terminal of the fourth switch receiving the scan signal so as to turn on the first terminal of the fourth switch and the second terminal of the fourth switch in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal, such that the second capacitor receives the enable signal through the fourth switch and is charged to the enable voltage; and the control terminal of the second switch being coupled to the second capacitor so as to turn on or off the first terminal of the second switch and the second terminal of the second switch under the control of the enable voltage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the first driving circuit further comprises a third switch, and the second driving circuit further comprises a fourth switch, the third switch and the fourth switch respectively comprising a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal; the first terminal of the third switch receiving the correction signal, and the second terminal of the third switch being coupled to the first capacitor; the first terminal of the fourth switch receiving the enable signal, and the second terminal of the fourth switch being coupled to the second capacitor; the control terminal of the third switch and the control terminal of the fourth switch being coupled to each other to receive the scan signal; and the third switch and the fourth switch simultaneously turning on the respective first terminal and the second terminal in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the second switch, the first switch and the OLED are sequentially coupled along a flow direction of the driving current. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the first switch, the OLED and the second switch are sequentially coupled and a flow direction of the driving current. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein each of the light-emitting units further comprises: a fifth switch, deployed on the driving path of the OLED, and receiving the scan signal so as to be turned off in response to the trigger pulse of the scan signal and turned on during a light-emitting cycle of the OLED. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the control unit comprises: a scan signal generating circuit, comprising a plurality of scan signal output terminals and configured to output the scan signal through the scan signal output terminals; an enable signal generating circuit, comprising a plurality of enable signal output terminals and configured to output the enable signal through the enable signal output terminals; and a correction signal generating circuit, comprising a plurality of correction signal output terminals and configured to output the correction signal through the correction signal output terminals, wherein the light-emitting units are divided into a plurality of groups, and each of the scan signal output terminals is coupled to the light-emitting units with a same ordinal number as the scan signal output terminal in the groups; the enable signal output terminals are respectively coupled to the groups one-to-one, and each of the enable signal output terminals is coupled to all the light-emitting units in the same group; and the correction signal output terminals are respectively coupled to the groups one-to-one, and each of the correction signal output terminals is coupled to all the light-emitting units in the same group. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The OLED print head according to claim 8, wherein the scan signal generating circuit comprises a plurality of shift registers, each of the shift registers comprising a shift input terminal and a shift output terminal, and the shift registers being sequentially connected in series such that the output terminal of the previous-stage shift register is coupled to the shift input terminal of the later-stage shift register, wherein the output terminals are respectively coupled to the corresponding light-emitting units one-to-one, such that the trigger pulse is respectively transmitted to the light-emitting units sequentially through the output terminals. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The OLED print head according to claim 1, wherein the light-emitting units are configured to be distributed as a line; the light-emitting units are divided into a plurality of groups, and each of the groups is deployed in one section of the line; and the groups of light-emitting units are staggered and respectively lit according to a first light emitting sequence and a second light emitting sequence, wherein the first light emitting sequence is opposite to the second light emitting sequence.