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.     

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。     

一种LTPS-TFT AMOLED像素电路的理论研究

本文对一种LTPS-TFT AMOLED电压型阈值电压(V_(th))补偿像素电路进行了理论研究,分析了影响V_(th)补偿效果的主要因素。电路的补偿效果主要由驱动TFTV_(th)的获取精度和随后的保持精度决定。在V_(th)获取过程中,相关误差主要由驱动TFT转移特性电流对存储电容充电的充电率不足产生;在显示信号与V_(th)叠加过程中,与V_(th)保持节点连接的电容增量等因素会造成V_(th)保持精度的损失。根据分析的结果,本文解释了高分辨率像素电路补偿效果下降的原因。     

基于改善AMOLED TFT均匀性和稳定性像素补偿电路

有机发光二极管显示器(OLED)正越来越多地用于中小尺寸的显示,但在大尺寸方面进展缓慢,因为在有源大尺寸方面对OLED的稳定性和均匀性要求较高,需要设计像素补偿电路。各研究机构提出了像素补偿电路用于改善OLED的均匀性和稳定性等问题,文中对目前采用有源OLED的α-Si TFT和p-Si TFT的各种像素补偿电路进行了分析。分析结果表明,文中设计方案取得了一定的效果,但尚存不足。     

AMOLED像素电路的设计与仿真研究

为了解决驱动管阈值电压漂移带来的OLED亮度不均匀的问题,介绍了一种新的AMOLED四管像素电路,利用HSPICE仿真软件详细分析了电路各参数对其输出特性的影响,同时给出了参数设计的方法.最后从延长OLED的使用寿命出发,对电路进行了改进并根据已设计的参数进行了仿真,结果表明改进后的电路功能不变,且在驱动阶段,驱动电流...     

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。     

用于柔性显示的有机薄膜晶体管像素驱动电路

文中建立一种基于有机半导体TFT器件的模型,并将其应用于基于有机TFT的AMOLED显示背板驱动电路设计,以实现阈值电压补偿功能。首先制备低压有机TFT器件,并利用PSPICE工具对有机TFT器件进行建模;然后详细分析选取模型参数,建立能够准确反映器件电学特性的模型;最后基于模型指导,设计采用有机TFT的7T1C结构的AMOLED像素驱动电路。此外,分析有机TFT器件具有的温度依赖迁移率特性对屏幕亮度均匀性产生的影响。仿真结果表明：AMOLED像素驱动电路可有效实现对TFT器件阈值电压的补偿;且屏幕亮度不一致率低于5%,远低于传统的2T1C像素驱动电路,可大幅降低屏幕亮度的不均匀性。文中建立的有机TFT模型也可为其他基于有机器件的电路设计提供指导。     

AM-OLED的像素电路集锦(一)

用于AM-OLED的LTPS TFTs的阈值电压(Vth)和沟道迁移率(μ)在空间分布上是不够均匀的,用于AM-OLED的a-Si TFTs的Vth和μ会随时间偏移,这些缺点会造成显示屏亮度的不均匀性和不稳定性.为此,需要引入各种像素补偿电路,使显示屏发光亮度的均匀性和稳定性符合商品要求(文章分为两期刊登,本篇为第一部...     

多晶硅OLED象素常用驱动电路分析

在多晶硅TFT-OLED中，驱动电路所用TFT的阈值变化量(△VT）会导致显示亮度不均匀，以及灰度低下。因此，需要设计特殊的象素驱动电路来克服这些缺陷。本文把一些常用驱动电路分成OLED的模拟驱动和数字驱动电路，对其性能和工作机理进行细致分析，并指出其中的电路局限性，其间给出产生高灰度的方法。     

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.     

具有顶部发光结构的AMOLED交流驱动电路

A new voltage programmed pixel circuit with top emission design for active-matrix organic lightemitting diode(AMOLED) displays is presented and verified by HSPICE simulations.The proposed pixel circuit consists of five poly-Si TFTs,and can effectively compensate for the threshold voltage variation of the driving TFT.Meanwhile,the proposed pixel circuit offers an AC driving mode for the OLED by the two adjacent pulse voltage sources,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.     

AMOLED pixel driver circuits based on poly-Si TFTs: A comparison

In this paper, four different driver circuits for an active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel based on thin film transistor (TFT) technology are analyzed and compared. In particular, the comparison analyzed accuracy, driving speed, power consumption and area occupied. Moreover, in order to allow array simulations, the RC equivalent models of the pixel were also derived. The results were achieved considering a QVGA display (320×240), a line frequency of 60 Hz, and were verified by simulations with AIM-SPICE.     

A new current scaling pixel circuit for AMOLED

A new active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel design, composed of four polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistor (poly-Si TFT) and one capacitor, is proposed by employing a novel current scaling scheme. The simulation results, based on the measured characteristics of an OLED and poly-Si TFTs, show that the proposed pixel design would scale down the data current more effectively, so as to guarantee a lower charging time compared with the conventional current mirror structure, as well as successfully compensate the variation of the electrical characteristics of the poly-Si TFTs, such as the threshold voltage and mobility.     

A new voltage-modulated AMOLED pixel design compensating for threshold voltage variation in poly-Si TFTs

A new voltage-modulated active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) pixel design, which successfully compensates for the threshold voltage variations in poly-Si thin-film transitors (TFTs), is proposed, and verified by SPICE simulation and experiments. In order to compensate for variations in OLED current, the proposed pixel design employs a new voltage modulation scheme using diode connections.     

A novel 3-TFT voltage driving method of compensating VTH shift for a-Si:H TFT and OLED degradation for AMOLED

This work demonstrates the feasibility of a novel pixel circuit by using three a-Si:H TFTs. The proposed circuit can stabilize the OLED current and provide an additional driving current to ameliorate the brightness degradation of the AMOLED. Measurement results indicate that the current degradation of the proposed circuit, caused by V_TH variations, is less than 5% over more than 50,000 s at 60 °C, whereas that of a conventional 2T1C pixel circuit is larger than 34%. Furthermore, to ameliorate the decrease in luminance owing to the OLED degradation, the OLED current can be increased by 10% by analyzing the current degradation and modulating the detected voltage appropriately.     

A new a-Si:H TFT pixel circuit compensating the threshold voltage shift of a-Si:H TFT and OLED for active matrix OLED

We propose a new hydrogenated amorphous silicon thin-film transistor (a-Si:H TFT) pixel circuit for an active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) employing a voltage programming. The proposed a-Si:H TFT pixel circuit, which consists of five switching TFTs, one driving TFT, and one capacitor, successfully minimizes a decrease of OLED current caused by threshold voltage degradation of a-Si:H TFT and OLED. Our experimental results, based on the bias-temperature stress, exhibit that the output current for OLED is decreased by 7% in the proposed pixel, while it is decreased by 28% in the conventional 2-TFT pixel.     

A new pixel circuit for driving organic light-emitting diode with low temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors

A new pixel circuit design for active matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED), based on the low-temperature polycrystalline silicon thin-film transistors (LTPS-TFTs) is proposed and verified by SPICE simulation. Threshold voltage compensation pixel circuit consisting of four n-type TFTs, one p-type TFT, one additional control signal, and one storage capacitor is used to enhance display image quality. The simulation results show that this pixel circuit has high immunity to the variation of poly-Si TFT characteristics.