硅基液晶像素电路的研究

分析研究了微显示器件的场缓存技术与现有硅基液晶场缓存像素电路的结构特点,提出了一种新型的像素电路结构,此电路改变了以往电路结构中专门采用一个晶体管对像素电容进行放电的做法,通过同一个晶体管对像素电容进行充放电。电路经过Hspice仿真,对结果进行分析表明,其功能及特性符合设计要求,像素电容电荷保持率达到99%。电路具有结构简单,占用芯片面积小,像素电容电荷保持率高等优点,适合高亮度、高分辨率微显示器件的设计与制造。     

一种新型LCoS低功耗帧存储像素电路设计

开发了一种新型的帧存储像素电路结构,实现了像素内低功耗。通过SPICE仿真对新型像素结构的工作时序和功耗进行了验证。本像素结构通过像素内嵌电压比较器对相邻两场数据电压进行比较来实现帧存储像素电路放电操作的智能控制,这种智能放电操作降低了LCoS的功耗。     

一种提高硅基OLED微显示器对比度的像素电路

提出了一种应用于硅基有机发光二极管(Organic light emitting diode,OLED)微显示驱动芯片的新型像素单元电路,具有三个MOSFET和一个存储电容。相比传统的电压驱动像素单元电路,增加的一个MOSFET,可以根据输入数据的变化,自动调节其等效电阻,降低像素单元的最小输出电流。本像素电路能够在较宽的OLED公共阴极电压范围内维持很大的电流比率。该电路采用SMIC 0.35μm 2P4M混合信号工艺进行设计,目前已成功应用于一款分辨率为800×600,像素节距为15μm×15μm的硅基OLED驱动芯片,经测试验证,输出电流范围为280pA~65nA,可以同时满足OLED阵列高亮度和高对比度的要求。     

改进的OLED像素驱动电路

有机电致发光显示器件(OLED)被认为是LCD最强有力的竞争者.因OLED显示屏的像素驱动电路至少由两个TFT管和一个电容组成,在实际制作驱动电路中,电容面积较大,影响显示屏开口率.基于对像素驱动电路的深入研究,提出一种改进的像素驱动电路,改进后的电路面积较小.通过仿真验证和理论推导计算证明该驱动电路不仅性能稳定而且可以明显地提高显示屏的开口率.     

硅基高清OLED微显示器像素驱动电路的设计

本文提出几种新型的硅基OLED高清微显示器像素驱动电路。通过对这几种电路工作方式的详细研究,在性能、面积等方面分别进行对比,评价各个电路的优缺点。文中像素阵列的驱动方式基于分形扫描理论,提高扫描效率。     

分辨率为800×600的硅基OLED微显示驱动芯片设计

设计了一款用于驱动分辨率为800×600的OLED微显示器的驱动芯片,利用10位的DAC将数字视频信号转成模拟信号,然后经过两个8位DAC实现数据的偏压和增益调整,可以适应微显示器在不同环境下对亮度和对比度的需要。像素电路采用了改进型的电压型驱动方式,能够在较宽的OLED公共阴极电压范围内维持很大的电流比率。该电路采用0.35μm 2P4M混合信号工艺完成了设计,进行了流片验证,已在芯片表面成功制作了OLED阵列,实现了微显示器的静态和动态画面显示,微显示器亮度可达11 000cd/m2,在此条件下,对比度可达到10 000∶1。     

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。     

基于CPLD的Si基液晶芯片显示驱动

以复杂可编程逻辑器件(CPLD))作为QVGA微显示视频核心控制单元,搭建LCOS微显示芯片驱动系统.通过对CPLD编程产生与微显示芯片相匹配的控制信号与显示数据信号,实现对显示芯片的驱动控制,向微显示芯片输入16帧顺序16级灰度电压测试信号以测试像素的灰度响应.测试结果表明电压灰度响应正确,通过控制行列坐标的方式产生测试图像,驱动微显示芯片显示出测试图像,验证了LCOS微显示芯片显示功能的正确性,显示效果良好,视频刷新频率可达到60 Hz.     

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。     

硅基有机发光微显示像素驱动电路设计

由于微型显示像素面积的限制,硅基有机发光微显示像素驱动电路需要实现足够小的驱动电流.文章提出的三管电压控制型像素驱动电路与常规的采用电流镜电路的电流控制型像素驱动电路都能实现微显示所需的小电流驱动.利用Synopsys公司的H-spice软件对两种电路仿真比较,发现电流控制型电路具有线性灰度和较宽的有效灰度范围,但是通过调整电压控制型电路中与OLED并联的晶体管的宽长比,即可使其有效灰度范围与电流控制型电路可比.同时也发现电流控制型电路的功耗是电压控制型电路的4倍以上,且电路形式较复杂,工艺要求较高.所以三管电压控制型电路更适合于硅基有机发光微显示驱动电路.     

Enhancement of Brightness Uniformity by a New Voltage-Modulated Pixel Design for AMOLED Displays

This letter presents a new pixel design and driving method for active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays using low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors (TFTs). The proposed pixel 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 by the source-follower-type connection and the bootstrap. The proposed pixel circuit has been verified to realize uniform output current by the simulation work using the HSPICE software. The novel pixel design has great potential for use in large-size and high-resolution AMOLED displays.     

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.     

Novel frame buffer pixel circuits for liquid-crystal-on-silicon microdisplays

A 32 /spl times/ 16 liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCOS) backplane with novel frame buffer pixels is designed and fabricated using the AMI Semiconductor's 0.5-/spl mu/m double-poly triple-metal CMOS process. The three novel pixel circuits described herein increase the brightness of an XGA LCOS microdisplay by at least 36% without sacrificing image contrast ratio. The increase of brightness is attributed to maximizing overall image view time, allowing an image to be displayed at full contrast while the next image is buffered onto the backplane. The new circuits achieve this by removing charge sharing and charge inducement problems shown in previously proposed frame buffer pixel circuits. Voltages on the pixel electrodes measured through rail-to-rail operational amplifiers with negative feedback vary from 0 to 4.25 V (6-V power source). All data voltage levels remain constant over a frame time with less than 1% drop, thus ensuring maximum contrast ratio. Modeling and experimental measurement on the fabricated chip show that these pixel circuits outperform all others to date based on storage time, data storage level, and potential for highest contrast ratio with maximum brightness.     

A single-chip CMOS APS camera with direct frame difference output

A complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel sensor (APS) camera chip with direct frame difference output is reported in this paper. The proposed APS cell circuit has in-pixel storage for previous frame image data so that the current frame image and the previous frame image can be read out simultaneously in differential mode. The signal swing of the pixel circuit is maximized for low supply voltage operation. The pixel circuit occupies 32.2×32.2 μm² of chip area with a fill factor of 33%. A 128×98 element prototype camera chip with an on-chip 8-bit analog-to-digital converter has been fabricated in a 0.5-μm double-poly double-metal CMOS process and successfully tested. The camera chip consumes 56 mW at 30 frames/s with 3.3 V power supply     

一种新型大动态范围CMOS图像传感器

提出了一种具有新型像素结构的大动态范围CMOS图像传感器,通过调整单个像素的积分时间来自适应不同的局部光照情况,从而有效提高动态范围。设计了一种低延时、低功耗、结构简单的新型pixel级电压比较器及基于可逆计数器的时间-电压编码电路。采用0.6μm DPDM标准数字CMOS工艺参数对大动态范围像素单元电路进行仿真,积分电容电压Vcint与光电流呈良好的线性关系,其动态范围可达126dB。在3.3V供电电压下,单个像元功耗为2.1μW。     

一种新型的电压型AMOLED像素补偿电路

针对常用3T1C结构的AMOLED像素补偿电路容易受到阈值电压漂移影响的问题,介绍了一种新型电压型4T2C结构的AMOLED像素补偿电路,阐明了该电路的工作原理,并对OLED的驱动电流作了定性分析。结果显示该驱动电流值只与驱动电压及电源电压有关,从而有效地解决了因阈值电压变化而造成的显示器亮度不均匀的问题。该电路已通过Spectre仿真软件验证了其有效性。     

基于PXA270处理器的18象素位深显示驱动设计与实现

基于PXA270处理器和WinCE操作系统,根据显示屏的时序特性,设计实现18 bit/pixel,象素位深)存储模式下的LCD显示驱动.重点介绍了在帧缓冲区中采用18 bit/pixel Packed(Bit Per Pixel_Packed,压缩象素位深)方式存储象素的处理方法,以及LCD控制器、屏接口硬件设计和显示驱动底层流程.实验表明,采用18 bit/pixel Packed的存储方式画质显示更为鲜明,视频文件播放更加流畅,采用BMQ软件测试系统总分达到745分.     

A Novel Voltage Driving Method Using 3-TFT Pixel Circuit for AMOLED

A novel voltage driving method using three thin-film transistors (TFTs) for active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is presented and verified by automatic integrated circuit modeling SPICE simulation. The proposed novel 3-TFT pixel circuit, which successfully compensates for the threshold voltage variations, uses few TFTs with simplified control signals, and the current nonuniformity of the proposed circuit is 0.19% to 1.99% throughout the entire data range. To compensate for variations in OLED current, the proposed circuit utilizes a novel driving scheme that uses a diode connection current source with a biased voltage.