Voltage-driving pixel unit having blocking transistor, driving method and OLED display
AssigneeBoe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsChunping Long, Haoran Gao
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Abstract
A voltage-driving pixel unit comprises a voltage-driving pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) driven by the voltage-driving pixel circuit is provided. The voltage-driving pixel circuit comprises a gate line, a data line, a power source line, a ground terminal, a switching transistor, a driving transistor, a compensating transistor, a blocking transistor and a storage capacitor.
Claims11
A voltage-driving pixel unit, comprising a voltage-driving pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) driven by the voltage-driving pixel circuit,
- wherein the voltage-driving pixel circuit comprises a gate line, a data line, a power source line, a ground terminal, a switching transistor, a driving transistor, a compensating transistor, a blocking transistor and a storage capacitor,
- wherein the switching transistor is used to control inputting of a data signal voltage from the data line, a gate electrode of the switching transistor is connected with the gate line, a drain electrode of the switching transistor is connected with the data line, and a source electrode of the switching transistor is connected with a gate electrode of the driving transistor;
- the compensating transistor is used to pre-store an instant threshold voltage of the driving transistor to the storage capacitor, a gate electrode of the compensating transistor is directly connected with the power source line or a cathode of the OLED, a drain electrode of the compensating transistor is connected with a source electrode of the blocking transistor, and a source electrode of the compensating transistor is connected with source electrode of the switching transistor;
- the driving transistor is used to provide a driving current to the OLED, a gate electrode of the driving transistor is connected with one side of the storage capacitor, and a source electrode of the driving transistor is connected with the other side of the storage capacitor;
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- the blocking transistor is used to block a connection between the driving transistor and the power source line, both a gate electrode and a drain electrode of the blocking transistor are directly connected with the power source line or the cathode of the OLED, and a source electrode of the blocking transistor is connected with a drain electrode of the driving transistor.
A driving method for a voltage-driving pixel unit, the voltage-driving pixel unit comprising a voltage-driving pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) driven by the voltage-driving pixel circuit, the voltage-driving pixel circuit comprising a gate line, a data line, a power source line, a ground terminal, a switching transistor, a driving transistor, a compensating transistor, a blocking transistor and a storage capacitor, the method comprising:
- after supplying a high level signal via the power source line, thus storing a voltage larger than the threshold voltage of the driving transistor into the storage capacitor, and setting a cathode of the OLED to a high level, setting the power source to a low level, thus reversely biasing the OLED and turning on the driving transistor,
- step 1 of applying a low level signal to the gate line, applying a signal voltage to the power source line and the ground terminal respectively, thus directly turning on the compensating transistor and the blocking transistor and charging the storage capacitor to a threshold voltage of the driving transistor;
- step 2 of applying a high level signal to the gate line and applying a signal voltage to the power source line and the ground terminal respectively, thus directly rendering the compensating transistor and the blocking transistor in an OFF state, turning on the switching transistor, and writing a data signal voltage from the data line to the storage capacitor;
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- step 3 of applying a low level signal to the gate line, applying a signal voltage to the power source line and the ground terminal respectively, thus directly turning on the blocking transistor and driving the OLED to emit light with the voltage stored in the storage capacitor.
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