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- the present invention relates to a display device and a control method thereof, and more particularly to a display device using an organic electroluminescence (EL) element and a control method thereof.
- EL organic electroluminescence
- an organic EL display device includes a display unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits each having an organic EL element are arranged in a matrix, and a drive circuit for driving the display unit.
- the principle pixel circuit used in the active matrix type organic EL display device is composed of an organic EL element, a switching transistor, a capacitor, and a driving transistor.
- the selection switching transistor of the pixel is turned on, and after the data voltage corresponding to the luminance signal of the pixel is recorded on the capacitor from the signal line, the selection switching transistor is turned off. As a result, the data voltage is held in the capacitor.
- a current having a magnitude corresponding to the voltage held in the capacitor is supplied from the driving transistor to the organic EL element, and the organic EL element emits light with luminance corresponding to the current supplied from the driving transistor.
- FIG. 30 is a circuit diagram showing a conventional pixel circuit 90 disclosed in Patent Document 1. As shown in FIG.
- the pixel circuit 90 includes transistors M1 to M5, capacitors Cvth and Cst, and an organic EL element OLED.
- the signal line Dm transmits a data voltage Vdata corresponding to the light emission luminance of the organic EL element OLED.
- the pixel circuit 90 generally operates as follows. In the following description, the operation of applying the voltage A to one end of the capacitor and the voltage B to the other end and holding the voltage (A ⁇ B) that is the difference between the voltage A and the voltage B in the capacitor is described as voltage A is expressed as being held in the capacitor with reference to voltage B. This expression is used throughout this specification.
- the voltage VDD ⁇ Vth which is reduced by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor M1 from the source voltage (here, the power supply voltage VDD) of the transistor M1, is held by the capacitor Cvth with reference to the reference voltage Vsus.
- the data voltage Vdata is held by the capacitor Cst with reference to the power supply voltage VDD.
- a voltage obtained by adding the voltage Vsus ⁇ (VDD ⁇ Vth) held in the capacitor Cvth and the voltage VDD ⁇ Vdata held in the capacitor Cst (that is, the voltage at both ends of the series circuit including the capacitors Cvth and Cst).
- Voltage is a voltage Vsus ⁇ Vdata + Vth obtained by adding the threshold voltage Vth to the difference between the reference voltage Vsus and the data voltage Vdata.
- the voltage Vsus ⁇ Vdata + Vth is applied as a bias voltage between the gate and source terminals of the transistor M1. Since the bias voltage includes the threshold voltage Vth and the source voltage of the transistor M1 is VDD, the source current of the transistor M1 cancels the influence of the threshold voltage Vth and the source voltage of the transistor M1, and the reference voltage Vsus A current having a magnitude depending only on the difference between the data voltage Vdata and the data voltage Vdata can be supplied to the organic EL element OLED.
- the voltage drop of the power supply voltage VDD supplied to the pixel circuit is caused by the amount of current consumed by the neighboring pixel circuit (whether light is emitted, whether the brightness is large, etc.), particularly in a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged. It is inevitably produced depending on the size, and its size changes every moment and is difficult to predict.
- the power supply voltage VDD is a voltage in which a voltage drop of ⁇ V1 or ⁇ V2 has occurred from the original power supply voltage VDD0.
- FIG. 31A is a circuit diagram for explaining a Vth detection operation, that is, an operation for holding a voltage that is lowered by the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor M1 from the source voltage (here, the power supply voltage VDD) of the transistor M1 in the capacitor Cvth. It is. Transistors M3 and M5 that become non-conductive in this operation are indicated by dotted lines. Assuming that the power supply voltage VDD at this time is VDD0 ⁇ V1, the voltage VDD0 ⁇ V1 ⁇ Vth is held in the capacitor Cvth with reference to the reference voltage Vsus.
- FIG. 31B is a circuit diagram for explaining the data write operation, that is, the operation of acquiring the data voltage Vdata through the transistor M3 and holding the data voltage Vdata with the capacitor Cst.
- Transistors M2, M4, and M5 that become non-conductive in this operation are indicated by dotted lines.
- the power supply voltage VDD at this time is VDD0 ⁇ V2
- the data voltage Vdata is held in the capacitor Cst with the power supply voltage VDD0 ⁇ V2 as a reference.
- FIG. 31C shows a light emission operation, that is, an operation of supplying a current from the transistor M1 to the organic EL element OLED by applying a bias voltage held in the capacitors Cvth and Cst between the gate and the source of the transistor M1. It is a circuit diagram to explain. Transistors M2, M3, and M4 that become non-conductive in this operation are indicated by dotted lines.
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Cox ⁇ (W / L)
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ Cox ⁇ (W / L)
- ⁇ is the mobility of the transistor
- Cox is the gate insulating film capacitance of the transistor per unit area
- W is the channel width of the transistor
- L is the channel length of the transistor is there.
- the voltage drop amount ⁇ V1 of the power supply voltage VDD at the Vth detection operation completion time and the voltage drop of the power supply voltage VDD at the data write operation The variation amount difference ( ⁇ V1 ⁇ V2) from the amount ⁇ V2 becomes large, the pixel current cannot be controlled with high accuracy only by the data voltage Vdata, and the organic EL element OLED emits light with accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage. Will not be possible and display quality will deteriorate.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and has a pixel circuit capable of causing an organic EL element to emit light with an accurate luminance corresponding to a data voltage without being affected by fluctuations in power supply voltage.
- An object is to provide a device and a control method thereof.
- a display device is a display device having a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, and each of the pixel circuits includes a drive transistor, A first capacitor whose first terminal is connected to the source terminal of the drive transistor, a gate terminal of the drive transistor, and a data line for transmitting a data voltage corresponding to luminance are switched between conduction and non-conduction.
- a first switching element, a second switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal of the driving transistor and the second terminal of the first capacitor, and a second of the first capacitor A third switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between the terminal and a reference voltage line that transmits a constant reference voltage; a first power supply line that transmits a first power supply voltage; A fourth switching element for switching between conduction and non-conduction with the source terminal of the transistor; a first terminal connected to the drain terminal of the drive transistor; and a second terminal for transmitting a second power supply voltage.
- a light emitting element connected to the power line.
- a control method for the display device wherein the fourth switching element is in a non-conducting state in each of the pixel circuits, and the third switching is performed. And a step of detecting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor by bringing the element into a conductive state.
- the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is electrically disconnected from the source voltage of the driving transistor and the gate terminal of the driving transistor is connected to a predetermined voltage. Therefore, the detected threshold voltage does not include the influence of fluctuations in the power supply voltage.
- a bias voltage corresponding to the data voltage and corrected with the detected threshold voltage Vth is applied between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the driving transistor, and current is supplied from the driving transistor to the light emitting element. Since it can be supplied, the light emitting element can be made to emit light with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage without being affected by fluctuations in the power supply voltage.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the display device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of connection between the pixel circuit, the scan line driver circuit, and the signal line driver circuit in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the pixel circuit in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 4 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the pixel circuit in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the display device according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of connection between the pixel circuit, the scan line driver circuit, and the signal line driver circuit in Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the pixel circuit in the first embodiment.
- FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the pixel circuit in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 9 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the pixel circuit in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 11 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the pixel circuit in the second embodiment.
- FIG. 13 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in a modification of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 14 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of the operation of the pixel circuit in a modification of the second embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 16 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 18 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 19 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in a modification of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 16 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the third embodiment.
- FIG. 17 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of
- FIG. 20 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in a modification of the third embodiment.
- FIG. 21 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 4.
- FIG. 22 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 4.
- FIG. 24 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 25 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 5.
- FIG. 21 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a pixel circuit in Embodiment 4.
- FIG. 22 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the fourth embodiment.
- FIG. 23 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of
- FIG. 26 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 27 is a circuit diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of the pixel circuit in Embodiment 5.
- FIG. 28 is a timing chart illustrating an example of a control signal and a data signal in the fifth embodiment.
- FIG. 29 is an external view showing an example of a thin flat TV incorporating the display device of the present invention.
- FIG. 30 is a circuit diagram showing an example of a configuration of a conventional pixel circuit.
- FIG. 31 is a diagram for explaining a mechanism in which an error in light emission luminance occurs in a conventional pixel circuit.
- a display device is a display device having a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, each of the pixel circuits including a drive transistor and a first terminal of the drive transistor.
- a first switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between a first capacitor connected to a source terminal of the first transistor, a gate terminal of the drive transistor, and a data line that transmits a data voltage corresponding to luminance, and the drive
- a second switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal of the transistor and the second terminal of the first capacitor, the second terminal of the first capacitor, and a constant reference voltage
- a third switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction with a reference voltage line to be transmitted; a first power supply line that transmits a first power supply voltage; and a source terminal of the drive transistor
- a fourth switching element for switching between conduction and non-conduction, a first terminal connected to the drain terminal of the drive transistor, and a second terminal connected to a second power supply line for
- a display device is a display device having a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, and each of the pixel circuits has a drain terminal that transmits a first power supply voltage.
- a drive transistor connected to one power line, a first capacitor whose first terminal is connected to a source terminal of the drive transistor, a gate terminal of the drive transistor, and a data voltage corresponding to luminance are transmitted.
- a first switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction with the data line to be switched, and a second switching element that switches conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal of the drive transistor and the second terminal of the first capacitor element A third switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal of the first capacitive element and a reference voltage line that transmits a constant reference voltage; and a first terminal
- a fourth switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between a light emitting element connected to a second power supply line for transmitting a second power supply voltage, a source terminal of the drive transistor, and a second terminal of the light emitting element; And comprising.
- each of the pixel circuits may detect the threshold voltage of the driving transistor with the fourth switching element in a non-conductive state and the third switching element in a conductive state.
- the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is detected while the source terminal of the driving transistor is electrically disconnected from the power supply voltage and the gate terminal of the driving transistor is connected to a predetermined voltage.
- the threshold voltage to be used does not include the influence of the fluctuation of the power supply voltage.
- a bias voltage corresponding to the data voltage and corrected with the detected threshold voltage Vth is applied between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the driving transistor, and current is supplied from the driving transistor to the light emitting element. Since it can be supplied, the light emitting element can be made to emit light with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage without being affected by fluctuations in the power supply voltage.
- Each of the pixel circuits further includes a second capacitor having a first terminal connected to the gate terminal of the driving transistor and a second terminal connected to the second terminal of the first capacitor element.
- An element may be provided.
- the threshold voltage can be detected by applying the data voltage held in the second capacitive element to the gate terminal of the driving transistor. Therefore, after acquiring the data voltage from the data line to the second capacitor element, it is possible to detect the threshold voltage with higher accuracy by taking a sufficient time.
- the capacitance value of the second capacitance element can be made smaller than the capacitance value of the first capacitance element.
- the first switching element and the third switching element may be double-gate thin film transistors, and the second switching element may be a double-gate thin film transistor. It may be.
- the light emitting element can emit light with more accurate luminance.
- a control method is a display device control method, wherein the display device includes a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, and each of the pixel circuits includes a drive transistor. And conduction and non-conduction between the first capacitor whose first terminal is connected to the source terminal of the driving transistor, the gate terminal of the driving transistor, and the data line transmitting the data voltage corresponding to the luminance.
- a third switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal and a reference voltage line that transmits a constant reference voltage; a first power line that transmits a first power supply voltage; A fourth switching element for switching between conduction and non-conduction with the source terminal of the transistor; a first terminal connected to the drain terminal of the drive transistor; and a second terminal for transmitting a second power supply voltage.
- a light emitting element connected to a power supply line, wherein the control method sets the fourth switching element in a non-conductive state and the third switching element in a conductive state in each of the pixel circuits. And detecting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
- a control method is a display device control method, wherein the display device includes a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, and each of the pixel circuits includes a drain terminal.
- the display device includes a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged, and each of the pixel circuits includes a drain terminal.
- a drive transistor connected to a first power supply line for transmitting a first power supply voltage
- a first capacitor having a first terminal connected to a source terminal of the drive transistor, and a gate terminal of the drive transistor
- a first switching element that switches between conduction and non-conduction with a data line that transmits a data voltage corresponding to luminance, conduction between the gate terminal of the drive transistor and the second terminal of the first capacitor element
- a third switch that switches conduction and non-conduction between the second switching element that switches between non-conduction, the second terminal of the first capacitive element, and a reference voltage line that transmits a constant reference voltage.
- a fourth switching element that switches non-conduction, and the control method is configured such that, in each of the pixel circuits, the fourth switching element is non-conductive, and the third switching element is conductive. And detecting a threshold voltage of the driving transistor.
- the second switching element and the fourth switching element are made non-conductive, and the first switching element is made conductive.
- a bias voltage corresponding to the data voltage Vdata and corrected with the threshold voltage Vth in each of the pixel circuits and the step of writing the data voltage from the data line And applying a current between a gate terminal and a source terminal of the driving transistor to supply a current from the driving transistor to the light emitting element.
- the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is detected while the source terminal of the driving transistor is electrically disconnected from the power supply voltage and the gate terminal of the driving transistor is connected to a predetermined voltage.
- the threshold voltage to be used does not include the influence of the fluctuation of the power supply voltage.
- a bias voltage corresponding to the data voltage and corrected with the detected threshold voltage Vth is applied between the gate terminal and the source terminal of the driving transistor, and current is supplied from the driving transistor to the light emitting element. Since it is supplied, the light emitting element can be made to emit light with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage without being affected by fluctuations in the power supply voltage.
- the display device in Embodiment 1 is a display device having a display portion in which a plurality of pixel circuits are arranged in a matrix, and each pixel circuit corresponds to light emission luminance regardless of fluctuations in power supply voltage.
- An accurate bias voltage is configured to be held by the capacitor.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the display device 1 according to the first embodiment.
- the display device 1 includes a display unit 2, a control circuit 3, a scanning line driving circuit 4, a signal line driving circuit 5, and a power supply circuit 6.
- the display unit 2 includes a plurality of pixel circuits 10 arranged in a matrix. A scanning signal line is provided in each row of the matrix, and a data signal line is provided in each column of the matrix.
- the control circuit 3 is a circuit that controls the operation of the display device 1.
- the control circuit 3 receives a video signal from the outside and displays an image represented by the video signal on the display unit 2.
- the signal line drive circuit 5 is controlled.
- the scanning line driving circuit 4 supplies a control signal for controlling the operation of the pixel circuit 10 to the pixel circuit 10 via the scanning signal line provided in each row of the display unit 2.
- the signal line drive circuit 5 supplies a data signal, which is a voltage signal corresponding to the light emission luminance, to the pixel circuit 10 via the data signal line provided in each column of the display unit 2.
- the power supply circuit 6 supplies power for operating the display device 1 to each part of the display device 1.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing an example of connection between the pixel circuit 10 and the scanning line driving circuit 4 and the signal line driving circuit 5.
- signal lines SCAN, MERGE, RESET, and ENAB are provided as scanning signal lines commonly connected to a plurality of pixel circuits 10 arranged in the same row.
- a signal line DATA is provided as a data signal line commonly connected to the plurality of pixel circuits 10 arranged in the same column.
- the display unit 2 is transmitted with a positive power supply voltage supplied from the power supply circuit 6 and with a power supply line VDD distributed to the pixel circuit 10 and a negative power supply voltage supplied from the power supply circuit 6.
- a power supply line VSS distributed to the pixel circuit 10 and a reference voltage line VR that transmits a constant reference voltage supplied from the power supply circuit 6 and distributes it to the pixel circuit 10 are provided.
- the power supply lines VDD and VSS and the reference voltage line VR are connected to all the pixel circuits 10 in common.
- a reference voltage line that does not supply a direct current is generated at a connection point between each of the power supply lines VDD and VSS that supply current to the organic EL element EL and the pixel circuit 10 due to a voltage drop due to a voltage drop caused by electrical resistance. There is no steady voltage drop in VR.
- Each pixel circuit 10 disposed in the display unit 2 is connected to the scanning line driving circuit 4 through signal lines SCAN, MERGE, RESET, and ENAB in the row where the pixel circuit 10 is disposed, and the pixel circuit 10 is disposed.
- the signal line DATA is connected to the signal line drive circuit 5 by the signal line DATA of the row that has been processed.
- the signal lines SCAN, MERGE, RESET, and ENAB transmit a control signal for controlling the operation of the pixel circuit 10 from the scanning line driving circuit 4 to the pixel circuit 10.
- the signal line DATA transmits a data signal corresponding to the light emission luminance from the signal line driving circuit 5 to the pixel circuit 10.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 10.
- the pixel circuit 10 is a circuit that causes an organic EL element to emit light with a luminance corresponding to a data signal, and includes a driving transistor TD, switching transistors T1 to T4, a capacitor C1, and an organic EL element EL.
- the drive transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T4 are configured by n-type thin film transistors (TFTs).
- the drain terminal d of the driving transistor TD is connected to the power supply line VDD.
- the capacitor C1 has a first (right side of the drawing) terminal connected to the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD, and a second (left side of the drawing) connected to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD via the switching transistor T2. It is connected.
- the organic EL element EL has a first (lower side of the drawing) terminal connected to the power supply line VSS.
- the switching transistor T1 according to the control signal transmitted by the signal line SCAN, switches conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g and the data line DATA of the drive transistor TD.
- the switching transistor T2 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line MERGE.
- the switching transistor T3 in accordance with a control signal transmitted by the signal line RESET, switches conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR.
- the switching transistor T4 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD and the second (upper side of the drawing) terminal of the organic EL element EL according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB.
- the switching transistors T1 to T4 are examples of the first to fourth switching elements
- the capacitor C1 is an example of the first capacitance element
- the organic EL element EL is an example of the light emitting element.
- the power supply line VDD is an example of a first power supply line
- the power supply line VSS is an example of a second power supply line.
- the data signal is an example of a data voltage.
- FIG. 4 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 10 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal
- the horizontal axis represents time. Since the switching transistors T1 to T4 of the pixel circuit 10 are composed of n-type transistors, each of the switching transistors T1 to T4 is in a conductive state when the corresponding control signal is at a high level, and the corresponding control signal is It becomes a non-conducting state during the Low level period.
- the C1 reset operation is an operation for resetting the voltage of the capacitor C1 to a predetermined voltage.
- the switching transistors T1, T3, and T4 are turned on, the voltage of the data line DATA is set to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD, and the voltage of the second terminal of the capacitor C1 is
- the reference voltage VR is set, and the on-voltage of the organic EL element EL corresponding to the voltage of the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD is used as a negative power source for the source voltage of the driving transistor TD that is the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1.
- a voltage added to the voltage VSS is set. Accordingly, the voltage of the capacitor C1 is because it is initialized for each frame, the influence of the voltage of the previous frame preceding the frame remains in the capacitor C1 when the termination is eliminated.
- the data write operation is an operation in which the data voltage Vdata is transmitted from the signal line DATA to the pixel via the switching transistor T1 (that is, the data voltage Vdata is written into the pixel circuit 10).
- the Vth detection operation is an operation in which a predetermined voltage is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD to detect the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor TD.
- the data voltage Vdata is used as the predetermined voltage.
- the switching transistor T4 In data write and Vth detection period, the switching transistor T4 is non-conductive, the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the switching transistor T1 is turned on the state of conduction, the data voltage Vdata from the signal line DATA is acquired, the data voltage Vdata is applied to the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD.
- the positive power supply voltage VDD is set to a voltage higher than a voltage obtained by adding the maximum value of the threshold voltage Vth in the drive transistors TD of all the pixels to the maximum voltage of the signal line DATA.
- the drive transistor TD so always operates in the saturation region, the drain-source current of the drive transistor TD is controlled only by the voltage between the gate and source terminals. Since the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD is now fixed to the data voltage Vdata, the drain / source current of the driving transistor TD is eventually controlled by the voltage of the source terminal s.
- the switching transistor T4 Since the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conducting state, only the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is connected to the source terminal of the driving transistor TD, and the drain / source current of the driving transistor TD flows to the capacitor C1. . Therefore, the capacitor C1 is charged, and the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1, that is, the voltage of the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD rises and finally becomes Vdata ⁇ Vth, that is, the voltage between the gate and source terminals of the driving transistor TD When it becomes the same as the threshold voltage Vth of the drive transistor TD, the drive transistor TD is turned off.
- the voltage of the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage Vdata ⁇ Vth that is lower than the data voltage Vdata by the threshold voltage Vth without being affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS. To do.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is VR- (Vdata-Vth), This voltage, the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and a negative power supply voltage VSS is not contained at all.
- the light emission operation is an operation of supplying a current from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL by applying a bias voltage corresponding to the data voltage Vdata and corrected by the threshold voltage Vth between the gate and source terminals of the drive transistor TD. It is.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage VR ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ Vth) held in the capacitor C1 is the gate of the driving transistor TD. Applied between source terminals.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (VR ⁇ Vdata) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are preferably configured by double-gate TFTs, and more preferably, the switching transistor T2 may also be configured by double-gate TFTs. According to such a configuration, the leakage of the capacitor C1 can be reduced, so that the organic EL element EL can emit light with more accurate luminance.
- the pixel circuit 10 can be modified as follows.
- the switching transistor T2 may be a p-type transistor. Since the level of the control signal is inverted, the switching transistor T2 is constituted by p-type transistor can be controlled by the control signal of the switching transistor T1, T3 constituted by n-type transistors. In that case, the signal lines SCAN, MERGE, and RESET may be shared by one signal line.
- the signal line ENAB and the signal line MERGE in the adjacent row may be shared by one signal line.
- the drive transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T5 can all be composed of p-type transistors. Hereinafter, such a pixel circuit will be described.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 20. Similar to the pixel circuit 10 shown in FIG. 3, the pixel circuit 20 is a circuit that causes the organic EL element to emit light with a luminance corresponding to the data signal, and includes a drive transistor TD, switching transistors T1 to T4, a capacitor C1, and an organic EL element EL. Consists of
- the pixel circuit 20 is different from the pixel circuit 10 in that the drive transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T5 are all configured by p-type transistors.
- the capacitor C1 has a first (right side of the drawing) terminal connected to the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD, and a second (left side of the drawing) connected to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD via the switching transistor T2. Has been.
- the organic EL element EL has a first (upper side in the drawing) terminal connected to the drain terminal d of the driving transistor TD and a second (lower side in the drawing) connected to the power supply line VSS.
- the switching transistor T1 according to the control signal transmitted by the signal line SCAN, switches conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g and the data line DATA of the drive transistor TD.
- the switching transistor T2 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line MERGE.
- the switching transistor T3 in accordance with a control signal transmitted by the signal line RESET, switches conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR.
- the switching transistor T4 in accordance with control signals transmitted by the signal line ENAB, switches the power supply line VDD, the conduction and non-conduction between the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD.
- the switching transistors T1 to T4 are examples of the first to fourth switching elements
- the capacitor C1 is an example of the first capacitance element
- the organic EL element EL is an example of the light emitting element.
- the power supply line VDD is an example of a first power supply line
- the power supply line VSS is an example of a second power supply line.
- the data signal is an example of a data voltage.
- FIG. 6 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 20 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal
- the horizontal axis represents time. Since the switching transistors T1 to T4 of the pixel circuit 20 are composed of p-type transistors, each of the switching transistors T1 to T4 is in a conductive state during a period in which the corresponding control signal is at a low level, and the corresponding control signal is A non-conductive state is entered during the high level period.
- Control signals for operating the pixel circuit 20 shown in FIG. 6 is simply the inverted control signal level of the control signal for operating the pixel circuit 10 shown in FIG.
- the switching transistors T3 and T4 are in a conductive state, the reference voltage VR is set to the second terminal of the capacitor C1, and the positive power supply voltage VDD is applied to the first terminal of the capacitor C1. Is set.
- the capacitor C1 is because it is initialized to the same voltage for each frame, the influence of the voltage of the previous frame preceding the frame remains in the capacitor C1 when the termination is eliminated.
- the data write operation and the Vth detection operation are performed in parallel.
- FIG. 7A is a circuit diagram for explaining a data write operation and a Vth detection operation.
- the switching transistors T2 and T4 that become non-conductive in the data writing and Vth detection periods are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistor T4 In the data writing and Vth detection period, the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conductive state, and the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the positive power supply voltage VDD.
- the switching transistor T1 is turned on the state of conduction, the data voltage Vdata from the signal line DATA is acquired, the data voltage Vdata is applied to the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD.
- the negative power supply voltage VSS is a voltage obtained by adding the maximum value of the threshold voltage Vth in the drive transistors TD of all the pixels to the minimum voltage of the signal line DATA, and subtracting the threshold voltage Vth (EL) of the organic EL element EL. Set lower.
- the drive transistor TD always operates in the saturation region, so that the source / drain current of the drive transistor TD is controlled only by the voltage between the source and gate terminals. Since the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD is now fixed to the data voltage Vdata, the drain current of the driving transistor TD is eventually controlled by the voltage of the source terminal s.
- the capacitor C1 Only the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is connected to the source terminal of the drive transistor TD because the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conductive state, and the source / drain current of the drive transistor TD flows from the capacitor C1. . Therefore, the capacitor C1 is discharged, and the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1, that is, the voltage of the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD drops and finally becomes Vdata + Vth, that is, the gate-source voltage of the driving transistor TD is driven. When the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor TD is the same, the driving transistor TD is turned off.
- the voltage at the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage Vdata + Vth that is increased by the threshold voltage Vth from the data voltage Vdata without being affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is (Vdata + Vth) ⁇ VR, and this voltage does not include the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- FIG. 7B is a circuit diagram illustrating the light emission operation.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 that become non-conductive during the light emission period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage (Vdata + Vth) ⁇ VR held in the capacitor C1 is between the gate and the source of the driving transistor TD. To be applied.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ VR) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are preferably configured by double-gate TFTs, and more preferably, the switching transistor T2 may also be configured by double-gate TFTs. According to such a configuration, the leakage of the capacitor C1 can be reduced, so that the organic EL element EL can emit light with more accurate luminance.
- the pixel circuit 20 can be modified in the same manner as the modification described in the pixel circuit 10. That is, the signal lines SCAN and RESET may be shared by one signal line, and the switching transistor T2 is configured by an n-type transistor, and the signal lines SCAN, MERGE, and RESET are shared by one signal line. May be.
- the signal line ENAB and the signal line MERGE in the adjacent row may be shared by one signal line.
- the combined use of the signal lines reduces the footprint of the signal lines, and is therefore useful for improving the arrangement density of the pixel circuits 20 and realizing a high-definition display device. Further, since the number of outputs of the scanning line driving circuit 4 can be reduced, the circuit size can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
- FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 11 in the second embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 11 is configured by adding a capacitor C2 for holding the data voltage Vdata to the pixel circuit 10 of FIG.
- the capacitor C2 is connected in parallel with the switching transistor T2.
- the capacitor C2 is an example of a second capacitor element.
- FIG. 9 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 11 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 21 in the second embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 21 is configured by adding a capacitor C2 for holding the data voltage Vdata to the pixel circuit 20 of FIG.
- the capacitor C2 is connected in parallel with the switching transistor T2.
- the capacitor C2 is an example of a second capacitor element.
- FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 21 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- the driving transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T4 are constituted by n-type transistors in the pixel circuit 11, and are constituted by p-type transistors in the pixel circuit 21.
- the pixel circuit 11 and the pixel circuit 21 are configured to perform equivalent operations when given control signals whose levels are inverted as shown in FIGS. 9 and 11, respectively.
- Data write operation is performed in the data write period from time t2 to t3.
- FIG. 12A is a circuit diagram for explaining the data write operation. Switching transistors T2 and T4 that are in a non-conductive state in the data writing period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned on, the data voltage Vdata is acquired from the signal line DATA, and the data voltage Vdata is held in the capacitor C2 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- FIG. 12B is a circuit diagram illustrating the C1 reset operation.
- the switching transistors T1 and T2 that become non-conductive in the C1 reset period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T3 and T4 are in a conductive state, the reference voltage VR is set to the second terminal of the capacitor C1, and the positive power supply voltage VDD is applied to the first terminal of the capacitor C1. Is set.
- the capacitor C1 is because it is initialized to the same voltage for each frame, the influence of the voltage of the previous frame preceding the frame remains in the capacitor C1 when the termination is eliminated.
- the Vth detection operation is performed.
- FIG. 12C is a circuit diagram illustrating the Vth detection operation. Switching transistors T1, T2, and T4 that are in a non-conductive state during the Vth detection period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistor T4 is non-conductive, and the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the positive power supply voltage VDD.
- the data voltage Vdata held in the capacitor C2 is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD.
- the voltage at the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is not affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS, and the threshold value is changed from the data voltage Vdata by the same operation as in FIG. The voltage converges to the voltage Vdata + Vth increased by the voltage Vth.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is (Vdata + Vth) ⁇ VR, and this voltage does not include the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- FIG. 12 (d) is a circuit diagram illustrating the light emitting operation.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 that become non-conductive during the light emission period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage (Vdata + Vth) ⁇ VR held in the capacitor C1 is the gate / source terminal of the driving transistor TD. Applied between.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ VR) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are preferably configured by double-gate TFTs, and more preferably, the switching transistor T2 may also be configured by double-gate TFTs. According to such a configuration, the leakage of the capacitor C1 can be reduced, so that the organic EL element EL can emit light with more accurate luminance.
- the pixel circuit 11 and 21 can be modified as follows.
- the signal lines MERGE and RESET may be shared by one signal line, and the switching transistor T2 of the pixel circuit 21 may be an n-type.
- the signal lines MERGE and RESET may be shared by a single signal line.
- the shared use of the signal line reduces the footprint of the signal line, so it is useful for improving the arrangement density of the pixel circuits 11 and 21 and realizing a high-definition display device. Further, since the number of outputs of the scanning line driving circuit 4 can be reduced, the circuit size can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
- FIG. 13 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 11 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- FIG. 14A is a circuit diagram illustrating the C1 reset operation.
- the switching transistors T1 and T2 that become non-conductive in the C1 reset period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T3 and T4 are turned on, the reference voltage VR is set to the second terminal of the capacitor C1, and the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is set to the first terminal of the capacitor C1.
- a voltage obtained by adding the voltage of the organic EL element EL corresponding to the voltage of the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD to the negative power supply voltage VSS is set as the source voltage of the driving transistor TD which is the terminal voltage.
- FIG. 14B is a circuit diagram for explaining the data write operation.
- the switching transistor T2 that becomes non-conductive in the data writing period is indicated by a dotted line.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned on, the data voltage Vdata is acquired from the signal line DATA, and the data voltage Vdata is held in the capacitor C2 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the Vth detection operation is performed.
- FIG. 14C is a circuit diagram for explaining the Vth detection operation. Switching transistors T1, T2, and T4 that are in a non-conductive state during the Vth detection period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistor T4 is non-conductive, and the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the data voltage Vdata held in the capacitor C2 is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD.
- the positive power supply voltage VDD is set higher than a voltage obtained by adding the maximum value of the threshold voltage Vth in the drive transistors TD of all the pixels to the maximum voltage of the signal line DATA.
- the drive transistor TD so always operates in the saturation region, the drain-source current of the drive transistor TD is controlled only by the voltage between the gate and source terminals. Since the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD is now fixed to the data voltage Vdata, the drain / source current of the driving transistor TD is eventually controlled by the voltage of the source terminal s.
- the capacitor C1 Only the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is connected to the source terminal of the drive transistor TD because the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conducting state, and the drain-source current of the drive transistor TD is connected to the capacitor C1. Flowing. Therefore, the capacitor C1 is charged, and the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1, that is, the voltage of the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD rises and finally becomes Vdata ⁇ Vth, that is, the voltage between the gate and source terminals of the driving transistor TD When it becomes the same as the threshold voltage Vth of the drive transistor TD, the drive transistor TD is turned off.
- the voltage of the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage Vdata ⁇ Vth that is lower than the data voltage Vdata by the threshold voltage Vth without being affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS. To do.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is VR- (Vdata-Vth), This voltage, the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and a negative power supply voltage VSS is not contained at all.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- FIG. 14D is a circuit diagram illustrating the light emitting operation.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 that become non-conductive during the light emission period are indicated by dotted lines.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage VR ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ Vth) held in the capacitor C1 is the gate of the driving transistor TD. Applied between source terminals.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (VR ⁇ Vdata) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the capacitor C2 has a role of holding the gate voltage of the drive transistor TD in the Vth detection period shown in FIGS. 12C and 14C, and is shown in FIGS. 12D and 14D.
- the capacitor C1 holds the gate voltage of the drive transistor TD. That is, in order to reduce the current density of the organic EL element EL during the light emission period and to extend the life of the organic EL element EL, the capacitor C2 holds the voltage when the light emission period is set longer than the Vth detection period.
- the time is shorter than the time during which the capacitor C1 holds the voltage. That is, the capacitance of the capacitor C2 can be made smaller than the capacitance of the capacitor C1.
- FIG. 15 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 12 in the third embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 12 is configured by adding a switching transistor T5 to the pixel circuit 11 of FIG.
- the signal line ENAB provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines ENAB1 and ENAB2.
- the switching transistor T4 conducts and disconnects the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD and the second (upper side of the drawing) terminal of the organic EL element EL in accordance with the control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB1. Switch.
- the switching transistor T5 is inserted between the power supply line VDD and the drain terminal d of the drive transistor TD, and in accordance with a control signal transmitted by the signal line ENAB2, the conduction and non-conduction between the power supply line VDD and the drain terminal d of the drive transistor TD. Switch continuity.
- FIG. 16 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 12 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- FIG. 17 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 22 in the third embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 22 is configured by adding a switching transistor T5 to the pixel circuit 21 of FIG.
- the signal line ENAB provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines ENAB1 and ENAB2.
- the switching transistor T4 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the power supply line VDD and the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD in accordance with a control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB1.
- the switching transistor T5 is inserted between the drain terminal d of the driving transistor TD and the first (upper side in the drawing) terminal of the organic EL element EL, and the drain of the driving transistor TD is transmitted according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB2. Switch between conduction and non-conduction between the terminal d and the first terminal of the organic EL element EL.
- FIG. 18 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 22 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- the driving transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T5 are configured by n-type transistors in the pixel circuit 12, and are configured by p-type transistors in the pixel circuit 22.
- the pixel circuit 12 and the pixel circuit 22 are configured to perform equivalent operations when given control signals whose levels are inverted as shown in FIGS. 16 and 18, respectively.
- the operation of the pixel circuit 12 performed in accordance with the control signal and the data signal shown in FIG. 16 is compared with the operation of the pixel circuit 11 performed in accordance with the control signal and the data signal shown in FIG.
- the switching transistor T5 is in a non-conductive state and the drain terminal d of the drive transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the positive power supply voltage VDD.
- C1 reset operation and data write operation are different.
- the capacitance of the capacitor C2 can be made smaller than the capacitance of the capacitor C1, and a larger area than the capacitor C2 can be secured for the capacitor C1, and the driving transistor can be secured during the light emission period. It becomes possible to stabilize the current supplied from the TD to the organic EL element EL. That is, the display quality is improved.
- FIG. 19 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 12 over one frame period.
- FIG. 20 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 22 over one frame period.
- the control signal for operating the pixel circuit 22 shown in FIG. 20 is a control signal obtained by simply inverting the level of the control signal for operating the pixel circuit 12 shown in FIG.
- the switching transistors T3 and T4 are in a conductive state, the reference voltage VR is set to the second terminal of the capacitor C1, and the source voltage of the driving transistor TD that is the first terminal of the capacitor C1. Is set to a voltage obtained by adding the OFF voltage of the organic EL element EL to the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the capacitor C1 is because it is initialized to the same voltage for each frame, the influence of the voltage of the previous frame preceding the frame remains in the capacitor C1 when the termination is eliminated.
- the switching transistor T2 is also in a conductive state, the voltage of the capacitor C2 is reset to zero.
- the Vth detection operation is performed.
- the switching transistor T4 is non-conductive, and the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the switching transistors T2 and T3 are turned on, and the reference voltage VR is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD.
- the voltage at the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage VR ⁇ Vth that is lower than the reference voltage VR by the threshold voltage Vth without being affected by the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- Data write operation is performed during the data write period from time t6 to t7.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned on, the data voltage Vdata is acquired from the signal line DATA, and is held in the capacitor C2 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- the switching transistors T1 to T3 are non-conductive, and a voltage (Vdata ⁇ VR) + Vth obtained by adding the voltages held in the capacitors C1 and C2 is applied between the gate and source terminals of the driving transistor TD.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ VR) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- FIG. 21 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 13 in the fourth embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 13 is configured by adding a capacitor C3 to the pixel circuit 11 of FIG.
- the signal line RESET provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines RESET1 and RESET2.
- the switching transistor T3 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second (left side of the drawing) terminal of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR in accordance with the control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET1.
- the capacitor C3 has a first (upper side of the drawing) terminal connected to the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD and a second (lower side of the drawing) connected to the signal line RESET2.
- FIG. 22 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 13 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- FIG. 23 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 23 according to the fourth embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 23 is configured by adding a capacitor C3 to the pixel circuit 21 of FIG.
- the signal line RESET provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines RESET1 and RESET2.
- the switching transistor T3 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal (left side of the paper) of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET1.
- the capacitor C3 has a first (lower side of the drawing) terminal connected to the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD, and a second (upper side of the drawing) connected to the signal line RESET2.
- FIG. 24 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 23 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- the driving transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T5 are configured by n-type transistors in the pixel circuit 13 and configured by p-type transistors in the pixel circuit 23.
- the pixel circuit 13 and the pixel circuit 23 are configured to perform equivalent operations when given control signals whose levels are inverted as shown in FIGS. 22 and 24, respectively.
- Data write operation is performed in the data write period from time t2 to t3.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned on, the data voltage Vdata is acquired from the signal line DATA, and the data voltage Vdata is held in the capacitor C2 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the Vth detection operation is performed.
- the switching transistor T4 is non-conductive, and the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the data voltage Vdata held in the capacitor C2 is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD.
- the positive power supply voltage VDD is set higher than a voltage obtained by adding the maximum value of the threshold voltage Vth in the drive transistors TD of all the pixels to the maximum voltage of the signal line DATA.
- RESET2 falls from High to Low.
- the voltage change amount of RESET2 at this time is ⁇ Vrst
- the voltage of the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD is Vso (VDD ⁇ Vso) immediately before t4
- Vso ⁇ Vrst ⁇ C3 / (C1 + C3) Become.
- the falling voltage fluctuation amount ⁇ Vrst of RESET2 is set so that Vdata ⁇ Vso + ⁇ Vrst ⁇ C3 / (C1 + C3) ⁇ Vth.
- the drive transistor TD since the voltage between the gate and the source terminal of the drive transistor TD becomes larger than the threshold voltage Vth, the drive transistor TD becomes conductive, and a current flows from the drain terminal to the source terminal of the drive transistor TD. At this time, since the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conductive state, the drain-source current of the driving transistor TD flows to the capacitor C1 and the capacitor C3, and no current is supplied to the organic EL element EL so that it does not emit light.
- the capacitor C1 and the capacitor C3 are charged, and the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1, that is, the voltage of the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD rises to Vdata-Vth, that is, the gate / source terminal of the driving transistor TD.
- Vdata-Vth the gate / source terminal of the driving transistor TD.
- the voltage of the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage Vdata ⁇ Vth that is lower than the data voltage Vdata by the threshold voltage Vth without being affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is VR- (Vdata-Vth), This voltage, the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and a negative power supply voltage VSS is not contained at all.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage VR ⁇ (Vdata ⁇ Vth) held in the capacitor C1 is the gate of the driving transistor TD. Applied between source terminals.
- a current Ids ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (VR ⁇ Vdata) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the drive transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the pixel circuit 13 and 23 can be modified as follows.
- the signal lines RESET2 and SCAN that transmit control signals having similar waveforms may be shared by a single signal line.
- the time during which the control signal transmitted through the signal line SCAN is active (High level in FIG. 22, Low level in FIG. 24) is 1 in the data write period as shown by the broken line in FIGS. You may expand to length more than double.
- the time during which the control signal transmitted through the signal line SCAN is active is twice as long as the data writing period
- the enlarged portion is the data writing period of the pixel circuits arranged in adjacent rows. Is equal to Therefore, the enlarged control signal transmitted through the signal line SCAN and the control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET2 in the adjacent row have the same waveform, so that the signal line SCAN and the signal line RESET2 in the adjacent row May also be used.
- the shared use of the signal line reduces the footprint of the signal line, so it is useful for improving the arrangement density of the pixel circuits 13 and 23 and realizing a high-definition display device. Further, since the number of outputs of the scanning line driving circuit 4 can be reduced, the circuit size can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
- the capacitance of the capacitor C2 can be made smaller than the capacitance of the capacitor C1, and a larger area than the capacitor C2 can be secured for the capacitor C1, and the driving transistor can be secured during the light emission period. It becomes possible to stabilize the current supplied from the TD to the organic EL element EL. That is, the display quality is improved.
- Embodiment 5 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
- FIG. 25 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 14 in the fifth embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 14 is configured by adding a switching transistor T6 to the pixel circuit 11 of FIG.
- the signal line RESET provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines RESET1 and RESET2, and the signal lines MERGE and ENAB provided in each row are changed to one signal. Also used for line ENAB.
- the reference voltage line VR of the display unit 2 is changed to two reference voltage lines VR1 and VR2.
- the signal lines MERGE and ENAB may be installed independently.
- the switching transistor T6 may be connected to the reference voltage line VR2 and the second terminal of the organic EL element EL, thereby enabling the voltage reset operation of the organic EL element EL, for example, the organic EL element By applying a reverse bias voltage to the EL, it is possible to suppress the deterioration of the organic EL element EL.
- the switching transistor T3 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second (left side of the drawing) terminal of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR1 in accordance with a control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET1.
- the switching transistor T2 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB.
- the switching transistor T6 is inserted between the reference voltage line VR2 and the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD, and is connected between the reference voltage line VR2 and the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD in accordance with a control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET2. And switching non-conduction.
- FIG. 26 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 14 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- FIG. 27 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the pixel circuit 24 in the fifth embodiment.
- the pixel circuit 24 is configured by adding a switching transistor T6 to the pixel circuit 21 of FIG.
- the signal line RESET provided in each row of the display unit 2 is changed to two signal lines RESET1 and RESET2, and the signal lines MERGE and ENAB provided in each row are changed to one signal. Also used for line ENAB.
- the reference voltage line VR of the display unit 2 is changed to two reference voltage lines VR1 and VR2.
- the switching transistor T3 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the second terminal (left side of the paper) of the capacitor C1 and the reference voltage line VR according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET1.
- the switching transistor T2 switches between conduction and non-conduction between the gate terminal g of the drive transistor TD and the second terminal of the capacitor C1 according to the control signal transmitted through the signal line ENAB.
- the switching transistor T6 is inserted between the reference voltage line VR2 and the first (upper side of the drawing) terminal of the organic EL element EL, and according to the control signal transmitted by the signal line RESET2, the reference voltage line VR2 and the organic EL element Switches between conduction and non-conduction with the first terminal of the EL.
- FIG. 28 is a timing chart showing an example of a control signal and a data signal for operating the pixel circuit 23 over one frame period.
- the vertical axis represents the level of each signal, and the horizontal axis represents time.
- the driving transistor TD and the switching transistors T1 to T4, T6 are configured by n-type transistors in the pixel circuit 14 and configured by p-type transistors in the pixel circuit 24.
- the pixel circuit 14 and the pixel circuit 24 are configured to perform an equivalent operation when supplied with control signals whose levels are inverted as shown in FIGS. 26 and 28, respectively.
- Data write operation is performed in the data write period from time t2 to t3.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned on, the data voltage Vdata is acquired from the signal line DATA, and the data voltage Vdata is held in the capacitor C2 with reference to the reference voltage VR.
- the switching transistors T3 and T6 are turned on, the reference voltage VR1 is set as the voltage at the second terminal of the capacitor C1, and the reference voltage is set as the voltage at the first terminal of the capacitor C1.
- VR2 is set.
- the capacitor C1 is because it is initialized to the same voltage for each frame, the influence of the voltage of the previous frame preceding the frame remains in the capacitor C1 when the termination is eliminated.
- the reference voltages VR1 and VR2 are set so that VR1 ⁇ VR2 ⁇ Vth.
- the drive transistor TD is turned on, but the switching transistor T4 is in a non-conductive state, so that no current is supplied to the organic EL element EL and no light is emitted.
- the Vth detection operation is performed.
- the switching transistors T4 and T6 are non-conductive, and the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD is electrically disconnected from the negative power supply voltage VSS and the reference voltage VR2.
- the data voltage Vdata held in the capacitor C2 is applied to the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD.
- the positive power supply voltage VDD is set higher than a voltage obtained by adding the maximum value of the threshold voltage Vth in the drive transistors TD of all the pixels to the maximum voltage of the signal line DATA.
- the drive transistor TD always operates in the saturation region, so that the drain-source current of the drive transistor TD is controlled only by the voltage between the gate and source terminals. Since the gate terminal g of the driving transistor TD is now fixed to the data voltage Vdata, the drain / source current of the driving transistor TD is eventually controlled by the voltage of the source terminal s.
- the capacitor C1 Only the first terminal of the capacitor C1 is connected to the source terminal of the driving transistor TD because the switching transistors T4 and T6 are in a non-conductive state, and the drain-source current of the driving transistor TD is the capacitor C1. Flowing into. Therefore, the capacitor C1 is charged, and the voltage of the first terminal of the capacitor C1, that is, the voltage of the source terminal s of the driving transistor TD rises and finally becomes Vdata ⁇ Vth, that is, the voltage between the gate and source terminals of the driving transistor TD When it becomes the same as the threshold voltage Vth of the drive transistor TD, the drive transistor TD is turned off.
- the voltage of the source terminal s of the drive transistor TD converges to the voltage Vdata ⁇ Vth that is lower than the data voltage Vdata by the threshold voltage Vth without being affected by the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS. To do.
- This voltage is held in the capacitor C1 with reference to the reference voltage VR1.
- the voltage held in the capacitor C1 is VR1- (Vdata-Vth), and this voltage does not include the influence of the positive power supply voltage VDD and the negative power supply voltage VSS.
- the light emission operation is performed.
- the switching transistors T1 and T3 are turned off, the switching transistor T2 is turned on, and the voltage VR1- (Vdata ⁇ Vth) held in the capacitor C1 is the gate of the driving transistor TD ⁇ Applied between sources.
- a current Isd ⁇ / 2 ⁇ (VR1 ⁇ Vdata) 2 having an accurate magnitude corresponding to the data voltage Vdata is supplied from the driving transistor TD to the organic EL element EL.
- Light can be emitted with an accurate luminance corresponding to the data voltage Vdata without being affected by voltage fluctuations.
- the pixel circuit 14 and 24 can be modified as follows.
- the switching transistor T3 may be configured by a p-type transistor in the pixel circuit 14 and an n-type transistor in the pixel circuit 24, and the signal lines RESET1 and ENAB may be shared by one signal line.
- the control signal transmitted through the signal line SCAN and the control signal transmitted through the signal line RESET2 in the adjacent row may be used together.
- the shared use of the signal line reduces the footprint of the signal line, so it is useful for improving the arrangement density of the pixel circuits 14 and 24 and realizing a high-definition display device. Further, since the number of outputs of the scanning line driving circuit 4 can be reduced, the circuit size can be reduced and the cost can be reduced.
- the capacitance of the capacitor C2 can be made smaller than the capacitance of the capacitor C1, and a larger area than the capacitor C2 can be secured for the capacitor C1, and the driving transistor can be secured during the light emission period. It becomes possible to stabilize the current supplied from the TD to the organic EL element EL. That is, the display quality is improved.
- the display device and the control method thereof according to the present invention in particular, the characteristic pixel circuit used in the display device and the operation thereof have been described with some embodiments and modifications.
- the present invention is not limited to these embodiments and modifications.
- the present invention also includes a display device and a control method therefor that are implemented by variously conceivable by those skilled in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention, and by arbitrarily combining the components and operations in the embodiments and modifications. It is.
- the display device according to the present invention may be incorporated in a thin flat TV as shown in FIG.
- a thin flat TV capable of displaying an image represented by a video signal with high accuracy is realized.
- the present invention is useful for a display device using an organic EL element, and particularly useful for an active matrix type organic EL display device.
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本発明の実施の形態1について、図面を参照しながら説明する。
本発明の実施の形態2について、図面を参照しながら説明する。
本発明の実施の形態2の変形例について、図面を参照しながら説明する。本変形例では、図8に示した画素回路11の動作の別の一例が示される。
本発明の実施の形態3について、図面を参照しながら説明する。
本発明の実施の形態3の変形例について、図面を参照しながら説明する。本変形例では、画素回路12、22の動作の別の一例が示される。
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2 表示部
3 制御回路
4 走査線駆動回路
5 信号線駆動回路
6 電源回路
10~14、20~24、90 画素回路
TD 駆動トランジスタ
T1~T6 スイッチングトランジスタ
C1、C2 キャパシタ
EL 有機EL素子
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- 複数の画素回路を配置してなる表示部を有する表示装置であって、
前記画素回路の各々は、
駆動トランジスタと、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子に接続された第1の容量素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、輝度に対応したデータ電圧を伝達するデータ線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第1のスイッチング素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第2のスイッチング素子と、
前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と、一定の参照電圧を伝達する参照電圧線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第3のスイッチング素子と、
第1の電源電圧を伝達する第1の電源線と、前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第4のスイッチング素子と、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのドレイン端子に接続され、第2の端子が第2の電源電圧を伝達する第2の電源線に接続された発光素子と、
を備える表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々は、前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態、かつ、前記第3のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記駆動トランジスタの閾値電圧検出を行う、
請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々は、さらに、第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子に接続され、第2の端子が前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と接続された第2の容量素子を備える、
請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記第2の容量素子の容量値は、前記第1の容量素子の容量値よりも小さい、
請求項3に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々において、前記第1のスイッチング素子及び前記第3のスイッチング素子は、ダブルゲート型の薄膜トランジスタである、
請求項1に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々において、前記第2のスイッチング素子は、ダブルゲート型の薄膜トランジスタである、
請求項5に記載の表示装置。 - 複数の画素回路を配置してなる表示部を有する表示装置であって、
前記画素回路の各々は、
ドレイン端子が第1の電源電圧を伝達する第1の電源線に接続された駆動トランジスタと、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子に接続された第1の容量素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、輝度に対応したデータ電圧を伝達するデータ線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第1のスイッチング素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第2のスイッチング素子と、
前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と、一定の参照電圧を伝達する参照電圧線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第3のスイッチング素子と、
第1の端子が第2の電源電圧を伝達する第2の電源線に接続された発光素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子と、前記発光素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第4のスイッチング素子と、
を備える表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々は、前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態、かつ、前記第3のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記駆動トランジスタの閾値電圧検出を行う、
請求項7に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々は、さらに、第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子に接続され、第2の端子が前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と接続された第2の容量素子を備える、
請求項7に記載の表示装置。 - 前記第2の容量素子の容量値は、前記第1の容量素子の容量値よりも小さい、
請求項9に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々において、前記第1のスイッチング素子及び前記第3のスイッチング素子は、ダブルゲート型の薄膜トランジスタである、
請求項7に記載の表示装置。 - 前記画素回路の各々において、前記第2のスイッチング素子は、ダブルゲート型の薄膜トランジスタである、
請求項11に記載の表示装置。 - 表示装置の制御方法であって、
前記表示装置は、複数の画素回路を配置してなる表示部を有し、
前記画素回路の各々は、
駆動トランジスタと、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子に接続された第1の容量素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、輝度に対応したデータ電圧を伝達するデータ線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第1のスイッチング素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第2のスイッチング素子と、
前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と、一定の参照電圧を伝達する参照電圧線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第3のスイッチング素子と、
第1の電源電圧を伝達する第1の電源線と、前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第4のスイッチング素子と、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのドレイン端子に接続され、第2の端子が第2の電源電圧を伝達する第2の電源線に接続された発光素子と、
を備え、
前記制御方法は、前記画素回路の各々において、前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態、かつ、前記第3のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記駆動トランジスタの閾値電圧を検出するステップを含む、
表示装置の制御方法。 - 前記制御方法は、さらに、
前記画素回路の各々において、前記第2のスイッチング素子及び前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態とすると共に、前記第1のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記データ線からデータ電圧が書き込まれるステップと、
前記画素回路の各々において、前記第4のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にし、前記データ電圧Vdataに対応しかつ前記閾値電圧Vthで補正されたバイアス電圧を前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子とソース端子との間に印加して、前記駆動トランジスタから前記発光素子に電流を供給するステップと、
を含む請求項13に記載の表示装置の制御方法。 - 表示装置の制御方法であって、
前記表示装置は、複数の画素回路を配置してなる表示部を有し、
前記画素回路の各々は、
ドレイン端子が第1の電源電圧を伝達する第1の電源線に接続された駆動トランジスタと、
第1の端子が前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子に接続された第1の容量素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、輝度に対応したデータ電圧を伝達するデータ線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第1のスイッチング素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子と、前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第2のスイッチング素子と、
前記第1の容量素子の第2の端子と、一定の参照電圧を伝達する参照電圧線との導通及び非導通を切り換える第3のスイッチング素子と、
第1の端子が第2の電源電圧を伝達する第2の電源線に接続された発光素子と、
前記駆動トランジスタのソース端子と、前記発光素子の第2の端子との導通及び非導通を切り換える第4のスイッチング素子と、
を備え、
前記制御方法は、前記画素回路の各々において、前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態、かつ、前記第3のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記駆動トランジスタの閾値電圧を検出するステップを含む、
表示装置の制御方法。 - 前記制御方法は、さらに、
前記画素回路の各々において、前記第2のスイッチング素子及び前記第4のスイッチング素子を非導通の状態とすると共に、前記第1のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にして、前記データ線からデータ電圧が書き込まれるステップと、
前記画素回路の各々において、前記第4のスイッチング素子を導通の状態にし、前記データ電圧Vdataに対応しかつ前記閾値電圧Vthで補正されたバイアス電圧を前記駆動トランジスタのゲート端子とソース端子との間に印加して、前記駆動トランジスタから前記発光素子に電流を供給するステップと、
を含む請求項15に記載の表示装置の制御方法。
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