一种新型的OLED像素补偿驱动电路

为了防止有机发光二极管(organic light-emitting diode,OLED)显示器随着使用时间增加而造成OLED像素驱动电路发生阈值电压和电源电压漂移,从而引起显示屏亮度不均匀和不稳定的现象,本文对OLED像素补偿驱动电路进行研究。首先对通用型的2T1C驱动电路进行分析,找出引起显示器亮度不均匀和不稳定的原因,然后以目前使用较多的4T1C像素补偿驱动电路为例,对该电路进行了深入的分析,指出这种电路结构的缺陷,最后针对这些缺陷,提出了改进的5T1C像素补偿驱动电路,并且对该电路进行了仿真,验证了其可行性。仿真结果表明,在显示阶段,输出电流稳定在2μA。基本可以改善OLED显示器亮度不稳定和不均匀的缺点。     

几种电流型AMOLED像素电路及其电流缩放比的分析

分析了4种典型的电流型AM OLED像素驱动电路的工作原理,从中总结出了补偿阈值电压漂移的方法--自动调节存储电容的电压以保证电流不变.着重提出了电流缩放比的定义,对传统结构、电流镜结构、分压结构和电容耦合结构这4种电流型AM OLED像素驱动电路的电流缩放比进行了比较和分析.在这4种电路中,电流缩放比依次增大,显示出电流型像素电路在解决电容充电时间问题上的进步与完善.     

一种新的有源OLED交流驱动电路

在电流编程像素电路的基础上提出了一种新的交流驱动电路结构.该电路结构不仅能实现OLED的交流驱动,而且能避免由于制作过程的变化和长时间的工作引起的驱动管阈值电压漂移的现象,这种现象将导致OLED显示屏的亮度不一致.另外这种驱动方式还能消除在反偏脉冲起始和结束时刻的尖峰电流.最后,用AIM-SPICE软件对电路进行了仿真,仿真结果表明OLED器件在恢复时间内处于反偏状态.     

一种新的有源OLED交流驱动电路

在电流编程像素电路的基础上提出了一种新的交流驱动电路结构.该电路结构不仅能实现OLED的交流驱动,而且能避免由于制作过程的变化和长时间的工作引起的驱动管阈值电压漂移的现象,这种现象将导致OLED显示屏的亮度不一致.另外这种驱动方式还能消除在反偏脉冲起始和结束时刻的尖峰电流.最后,用AIM-SPICE软件对电路进行了仿真,仿真结果表明OLED器件在恢复时间内处于反偏状态.     

一种驱动MOS管工作在饱和区的硅基OLED微显示像素电路

硅基OLED微显示中为了在极小的像素面积内实现微小的OLED工作电流,其像素驱动电路的驱动MOS管一般工作在亚阈值区,存在OLED电流对驱动MOS管的阈值电压和栅源电压失配敏感、外围电路复杂等问题,如果驱动MOS管工作在饱和区则可避免这些问题,但为了获得微小的驱动电流,必须采用尺寸大的倒比MOS管,这又与极小的像素面积冲突。本文提出了一种采用脉宽调制(PWM)技术、驱动MOS管工作在饱和区的OLED微显示像素驱动电路,PWM信号减少了一帧内OLED的实际工作时间,OLED的脉冲电流变大,使驱动MOS倒比管的尺寸减小;由于PWM信号占空比小,同时实现了OLED微小的平均像素驱动电流和亮度。结果表明PWM信号占空比为3%时,实现的OLED驱动电流和像素亮度范围分别为27pA~2.635nA、2.19~225.1cd/m~2,同时采用双像素版图共用技术,在15μm×15μm的像素面积内实现了像素驱动电路的版图设计。     

硅基OLED像素及驱动电路研究

从分析不同OLED(Organic light emitting diode,有机发光二极管)像素电路特点出发,分析并总结硅基OLED像素电路特点及设计要点.根据电压控制和电流控制电路的仿真结果,并从人眼的视觉时间积分特性出发,提出采用由两个晶体管一个电容构成的交流电压控制OLED像素电路及时间灰度法驱动相结合设计方案,在实现灰度的线性控制同时改善OLED寿命.并且随着分辨率及灰度级数的增加,可结合采用像素数据并行写入的方式降低电路系统的工作频率,并降低电路功耗.     

无源有机电致发光显示驱动电路的研究

分析了几种典型的PM—OLED行驱动和列驱动电路，提出了一些改进措施，并设计了具体的应用电路，介绍了目前OLED阵显示屏驱动IC的最新发展状况，阐述了用驱动IC来驱动OLED矩阵显示屏的方法，为OLED的实际应用提供了一些可行的方案。     

一种支持OLED亮度补偿的电流型PWM像素驱动电路

OLED(organic light-emitting diode,OLED)微显示器长时间工作在高对比度、高亮度的状态下,OLED像素衰退不一致,发光亮度衰退也不一致,会产生残影现象。因此,提出了一种改进的电流型PWM像素驱动电路,保持了对OLED像素衰退补偿效果,同时可以读出OLED阳极电压,计算得到OLED衰退信息,以便于对OLED亮度衰退进行有效的补偿。文章中分析了改进的电流型PWM驱动电路结构,及其对OLED衰退补偿和亮度补偿的原理。通过模拟仿真,得到几个影响OLED衰退补偿效果的关键参数。当OLED像素衰退电阻R_oled小于40 MΩ时,该电流型PWM驱动电路电流衰退度与传统2T1C驱动电路相比,只为其衰退度的50%。     

16级灰度320×240像素硅基有机发光驱动电路研究

使用华润上华（CSMC）0.5微米标准CMOS工艺实现了320×240像素硅基有机发光（OLED-on-Silicon）驱动电路。驱动电路集成了4位D/A转换器,实现16级灰度。提出了一种能够实现OLED微显示要求的极小电流驱动的3管电压控制型像素驱动电路。D/A转换器与像素驱动电路均以PMOS晶体管组成。OLED像素驱动中的传输门与电容器能够用来对D/A转换器的输出进行取样。在OLED像素驱动电路中加入一个额外的PMOS管,可以控制D/A转换器只驱动开启的一行,以降低芯片功耗。驱动电路可以正确的工作在50Hz帧频状态下,并给出了最终的电路版图。单个像素面积28.4μm×28.4μm,整个显示区域面积为10.7mm×8.0mm（对角线尺寸为0.52英寸）。测量的像素灰度电压波形表明驱动电路功能正确,测量芯片功耗为350mW左右。     

AM-OLED四管像素驱动电路特性研究

为了消除2-TFT像素驱动电路中TFT阈值电压变化对OLED像素电流的影响,设计了基于多晶硅的4-TFT像素驱动电路.使用Hspice仿真软件,验证了在该电路中,流过OLED的电流与TFT管的阈值电压无关.同时,通过选择器件参数,保证在像素选通与非选通期间,都有近似恒定的电流流过OLED.     

Characterization of AMOLED pixel circuit without power line

We fabricated and evaluated the simple active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel circuits without power line and proved that it is useful for the AMOLED display. Without power line in the pixel circuit we got higher-aperture ratio of emission area than the pixel with power line and the pixel with high aperture ratio can give a long life time due to lower current density of organic light emitting diode. However, the lack of power line requires the verification of the driving scheme of the pixel circuit. After fabrication of two types of AMOLED with and without power line in the pixel, we evaluated the pixel currents under various conditions. The operation of the pixel circuit without power line gave similar characteristics to that of the pixel circuit with power line. By the comparison, we verified that the pixel without power line is acceptable for the application to the AMOLED display combined with feedback compensation scheme for the uniform brightness.     

一种基于低温多晶硅薄膜晶体管的交流AMOLED像素补偿电路

This paper presents a new poly-Si pixel circuit employing AC driving mode for active matrix organic light-emitting diode （AMOLED） displays. The proposed pixel circuit, which consists of one driving thin-film tran- sistor （TFT）, three switching TFTs, and one storage capacitor, can effectively compensate for the threshold voltage variation in poly-Si and the OLED degradation. As there is no light emission, except for during the emitting period, and a small number of devices used in the proposed pixel circuit, a high contrast ratio and a high pixel aperture ratio can be easily achieved. Simulation results by SMART-SPICE software show that the non-uniformity of the OLED current for the proposed pixel circuit is significantly decreased （〈 10%） with an average value of 2.63%, while that of the conventional 2T1C is 103%. Thus the brightness uniformity of AMOLED displays can be improved by using the proposed pixel circuit.     

基于低温多晶硅薄膜晶体管的AMOLED交流像素电路

This work presents a new voltage programmed pixel circuit for an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode(AMOLED) display.The proposed pixel circuit consists of six low temperature polycrystalline silicon thinfilm transistors(LTPS TFTs),one storage capacitor,and one OLED,and is verified by simulation work using HSPICE software.Besides effectively compensating for the threshold voltage variation of the driving TFT and OLED,the proposed pixel circuit offers an AC driving mode for the OLED,which can suppress the degradation of the OLED.Moreover,a high contrast ratio can be achieved by the proposed pixel circuit since the OLED does not emit any light except for the emission period.     

有源OLED像素电路的设计与仿真

设计了有源OLED显示用非晶硅薄膜晶体管恒流型4-TFT像素驱动电路，并给出了驱动方法。应用HSPICE仿真了恒流型像素驱动电路的工作过程，详细分析了源（Source）电压VDD、存储电容Cs，以及开关晶体管T1、驱动晶体管T3的宽长比等参数对电路的输出特性的影响。仿真结果表明，此电路可以在整个帧周期持续供给OLED器件电流，并且解决了由于各像素驱动管阈值电压的差异带来的OLED亮度的不均匀问题。     

VT Compensation Circuit for AM OLED Displays Composed of Two TFTs and One Capacitor

In this paper, we propose the threshold-voltage compensation pixel circuit that is composed of two thin-film transistors (TFTs) and one capacitor (2T1C). It not only compensates the deviation of the threshold voltage of the driver TFT but also actualizes the large aperture ratio for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices as well as the traditional 2T1C circuit. We show the result of SPICE simulation for the pixel circuit; it indicates that the circuit can allocate the relatively large aperture ratio for OLED devices     

Mirrored OLED pixel circuit for threshold voltage and mobility compensation with IGZO TFTs

In this paper, pixel circuit using mirroring structure with Indium–Gallium–Zinc oxide (IGZO) thin film transistors (TFTs) for active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display is proposed. This pixel circuit consists of only four TFTs, and one capacitor. Due to the mirroring structure, characteristic of the driving TFT can be precisely sensed by the sensing TFT, which is deployed in a discharging path for gate electrode of the driving TFT. This discharging process is strongly dependent on threshold voltage (V_T) and effective mobility of the sensing TFT. Circuit operating details are discussed, and compensation effects for threshold voltage shift and mobility variations are verified through numerical derivation and SPICE simulations. Furthermore, compared with conventional schematics, the proposed pixel circuit might have much simplified external driving circuits, and it is a promising alternative solution of high performance AMOLED display.     

A New Pixel Circuit Compensating for Brightness Variation in Large Size and High Resolution AMOLED Displays

A new pixel design and driving method for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) display using low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor (LTPS-TFT) is proposed. The new circuit consists of five TFTs and one capacitor to eliminate the variation in the threshold voltage of the TFTs, and the drop in the supply voltage in a single frame operation. The proposed pixel circuit has been verified to realize uniform output current by the simulation work using HSPICE software. The simulated error rate of the output current is also discussed in this paper. The novel pixel design has great potential for use in large size and high resolution AMOLED displays.     

AMOLED panel driven by OTFTs on polyethylene fabric substrate

In this study, AMOLED display panel was fabricated on polyethylene (PET) fabric substrate. By considering flexibility of the PET fabric, organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), which used TIPS-pentacene as the active layer material, were adopted as the driving devices for the OLEDs. A standard pixel circuit was employed using two OTFTs and one capacitor and one OLED. The panel specifications were as follows; a pixel pitch of 1.5 × 1.5 mm, a resolution of 32 × 32, an aperture ratio of 22%, and a diagonal length of 2.7 inches. The large surface roughness of the PET fabric could be reduced down to 0.3 μm from the initial roughness of 10 μm by coating polyurethane and photo-acrylic with a two-step process. On the smoothened fabric, the OTFTs and OLEDs were integrated into the pixel array through the key processes, the self-patterning of the gate dielectric of the OTFTs and the patterning of the TIPS-pentacene layer. The mobility of two OTFTs was 0.23 and 0.34 cm²/V∙sec in the pixel array, respectively, and the luminance of the OLED was 64,459 cd/m². The AMOLED panel successfully operated to vary the luminance of each pixel according to the applied voltages.     

Design of a 16 gray scales 320×240 pixels OLED-on-silicon driving circuit

A 320×240 pixel organic-light-emitting-diode-on-silicon (OLEDoS) driving circuit is implemented using the standard 0.5 μm CMOS process of CSMC. It gives 16 gray scales with integrated 4 bit D/A converters. A three-transistor voltage-programmed OLED pixel driver is proposed, which can realize the very small current driving required for the OLEDoS microdisplay. Both the D/A converter and the pixel driver are implemented with pMOS devices. The pass-transistor and capacitance in the OLED pixel driver can be used to sample the output of the D/A converter. An additional pMOS is added to OLED pixel driver, which is used to control the D/A converter operating only when one row is on. This can reduce the circuit's power consumption. This driving circuit can work properly in a frame frequency of 50 Hz, and the final layout of this circuit is given. The pixel area is 28.4×28.4 μm2 and the display area is 10.7×8.0 mm2 (the diagonal is about 13 mm). The measured pixel gray scale voltage shows that the function of the driver circuit is correct, and the power consumption of the chip is about 350 mW.     

Restraining for switching effects in an AC driving pixel circuit of the OLED-on-silicon

The AC driving scheme for OLEDs,which uses the pixel circuit with two transistors and one capacitor(2T1C),can extend the lifetime of the active matrix organic light-emitting diode(AMOLED) on silicon,but there are switching effects during the switch of AC signals,which result in the voltage variation on the storage capacitor and cause the current glitch in OLED.That would decrease the gray scale of the OLED.This paper proposes a novel pixel circuit consisting of three transistors and one capacitor to realize...