# US 9,437,139 B2 · Pixel driving current extracting apparatus and pixel driving current extracting method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,437,139 B2 - Document ID: US9437139B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/362,004 - Filed: 2013-10-18 - Published: 2015-10-22 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-11 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Danna Song; Liye Duan; Zhongyuan Wu; Cuili Gai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437139B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3258: with pixel circuitry controlling the voltage across the light-emitting element - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - G09G 2310/0248: Precharge or discharge of column electrodes before or after applying exact column voltages - G09G 2310/0291: Details of output amplifiers or buffers arranged for use in a driving circuit - G09G 2320/0242: Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours - G09G 2320/0295: by monitoring each display pixel - G09G 2320/045: Compensation of drifts in the characteristics of light emitting or modulating elements - G09G 2330/028: Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers in a matrix display other than LCD - 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 driving current extracting apparatus and a pixel driving current extracting method, the pixel driving current extracting apparatus comprises driving current extracting circuits corresponding to pixel driving circuits for respective colors respectively. Each of the driving current extracting circuits comprises a driving current amplifying and converting unit connected to the pixel driving circuit, for amplifying and converting a driving current of the pixel driving circuit into a voltage signal. A driving current computing unit connected to the driving current amplifying and converting unit is used for computing a pixel driving current according to the voltage signal. An amplification ratio of the driving current amplifying and converting unit in the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for respective colors is inversely proportional to a magnitude of the pixel driving current for respective colors. The pixel driving currents for respective colors are extracted uniformly and amplified properly without being distorted, thereby providing a well data support for the subsequent signal processing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pixel driving current extracting apparatus, comprising driving current extracting circuits corresponding to pixel driving circuits for respective colors respectively, each of the driving current extracting circuits comprising: a driving current amplifying and converting unit connected to the pixel driving circuit, for amplifying and converting a driving current of the pixel driving circuit into a voltage signal; and a driving current computing unit connected to the driving current amplifying and converting unit, for computing a pixel driving current according to the voltage signal; wherein the driving current amplifying and converting unit comprises a first amplifier and a first capacitor; a first input terminal of the first amplifier is connected to an end of the first capacitor and the pixel driving circuit corresponding to the driving current extracting circuit, and a second input terminal of the first amplifier is connected to a reference voltage; an output terminal of the first amplifier is connected to the other end of the first capacitor and the driving current computing unit; an amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for respective colors is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the pixel driving current for respective colors, the driving current computing unit is used for performing operations of differentiating and amplifying after dividing the voltage signal to obtain the pixel driving current, the driving current computing unit comprises a second amplifier, a second switch, a third switch, a second capacitor and a third capacitor; the output terminal of the first amplifier is connected to an end of the second switch and an end of the third switch, respectively; the other end of the second switch is connected to an end of the second capacitor and a first input terminal of the second amplifier, respectively, and the other end of the second capacitor is grounded; and the other end of the third switch is connected to an end of the third capacitor and a second input terminal of the second amplifier, respectively, and the other end of the third capacitor is grounded. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driving current amplifying and converting unit further comprises a first switch connected in parallel with the first capacitor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pixel driving current extracting apparatus comprises the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for a red color, a green color and a blue color, respectively; among the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for the red color, the green color and the blue color, the amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuit corresponding to the pixel driving circuit for the green color is the largest, and the amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuit corresponding to the pixel driving circuit for the blue color is the smallest. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first switch, the second switch and the third switch are all switch transistors. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first switch, the second switch and the third switch are connected to a timing controller, respectively, the timing controller being used for controlling on-off timings of the first switch, the second switch and the third switch, respectively. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driving current computing unit further comprises a differential analog to digital converter connected to an output terminal of the second amplifier, the differential analog to digital converter being used for converting an analog signal into a digital signal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first amplifier is an operational amplifier for converting an input current into a voltage, and the second amplifier is a fully differential operational amplifier for computing and amplifying an voltage difference between the second capacitor and the third capacitor. ### Claim 8 A pixel driving current extracting method, comprising the steps of: extracting a driving current, amplifying and converting by a driving current amplifying and converting unit the driving current of a pixel driving circuit into a voltage signal; and computing the driving current to perform the operations of differentiating and amplifying after dividing the voltage signal to obtain a pixel driving current, wherein the driving current amplifying and converting unit comprises a first amplifier and a first capacitor; a first input terminal of the first amplifier is connected to an end of the first capacitor and the pixel driving circuit corresponding to the driving current extracting circuit, and a second input terminal of the first amplifier is connected to a reference voltage; an output terminal of the first amplifier is connected to the other end of the first capacitor and the driving current computing unit; an amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for respective colors is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the pixel driving current for respective colors, further comprising the steps of: turning on a first switch, a second switch and a third switch, to reset a voltage of an output terminal of a first amplifier to a reference voltage (S1); turning off the first switch, to charge a first capacitor by a current inputted from the pixel driving circuit (S2); and turning off the second switch and the third switch sequentially to obtain voltage values of a second capacitor and a third capacitor, and computing and amplifying a voltage difference between the second capacitor and the third capacitor by a second amplifier (S3). ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The pixel driving current extracting method of claim 8, further comprising the step of: inputting the amplified voltage difference into a differential analog to digital converter, to obtain a digital signal (S4). ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the pixel driving current extracting apparatus comprises the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for a red color, a green color and a blue color, respectively; among the driving current extracting circuits corresponding to the pixel driving circuits for the red color, the green color and the blue color, the amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuit corresponding to the pixel driving circuit for the green color is the largest, and the amplification ratio of the first amplifier in the driving current extracting circuit corresponding to the pixel driving circuit for the blue color is the smallest. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the driving current computing unit further comprises a differential analog to digital converter connected to an output terminal of the second amplifier, the differential analog to digital converter being used for converting an analog signal into a digital signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first amplifier is an operational amplifier for converting an input current into a voltage, and the second amplifier is a fully differential operational amplifier for computing and amplifying an voltage difference between the second capacitor and the third capacitor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first amplifier is an operational amplifier for converting an input current into a voltage, and the second amplifier is a fully differential operational amplifier for computing and amplifying an voltage difference between the second capacitor and the third capacitor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 6) The pixel driving current extracting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first amplifier is an operational amplifier for converting an input current into a voltage, and the second amplifier is a fully differential operational amplifier for computing and amplifying an voltage difference between the second capacitor and the third capacitor.