US-20260128004-A1 - PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND CONTROL METHOD

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Abstract

A pixel circuit, a display panel and a control method are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting device, a driving module, and a light-emitting control module. By inserting the corresponding number of black frame insertion pulses into the light-emitting control signal during the early light-emitting stage and the late light-emitting stage of one frame, the difference between the sum of the light-emitting currents in the early light-emitting stage of said frame and the sum of the light-emitting currents in the late light-emitting stage of said frame can be reduced, and the perceived brightness difference in one frame can be effectively reduced, so as to improve the screen flickers.

Inventors

Liang Sun
Mian Zeng

Assignees

WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20251230
Priority Date: 20210416

Claims (20)

1 . A pixel circuit, comprising: a light-emitting device; a driving module electrically connected to the light-emitting device for driving the light-emitting device to emit light; and a light-emitting control module connected to the driving module, wherein the light-emitting control module, the light-emitting device and the driving module are connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, a control terminal of the light-emitting control module is configured for receiving a light-emitting control signal, and the light-emitting control signal comprises black frame insertion pulses and light-emitting pulses, wherein the black frame insertion pulses are configured for cutting off an illumination loop of the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting pulses are configured for conducting the illumination loop; wherein a light-emitting stage of a frame of the pixel circuit at least comprises an early light-emitting stage of said frame and a late light-emitting stage of said frame, a time ratio of the early light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame and a time ratio of the late light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame are same or different; a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the early light-emitting stage of said frame is a first ratio value, a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the late light-emitting stage of said frame is a second ratio value, and the first ratio value is greater than the second ratio value.
2 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein in the early light-emitting stage of said frame, the black frame insertion pulses and the light-emitting pulses are alternate.
3 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein in the early light-emitting stage of said frame and/or the late light-emitting stage of said frame, at least one of widths of the black frame insertion pulses and a number of the black inserting pulses is different.
4 . The pixel circuit according to claim 3 , wherein a number of the black frame insertion pulses within a unit time of at least portion of a time period in the early light-emitting stage of said frame is greater than a number of the black frame insertion pulses within a unit time of at least portion of a time period in the late light-emitting stage of said frame; and/or widths of at least portion of the black frame insertion pulses in the early light-emitting stage of said frame are greater than widths of at least portion of the black frame insertion pulses in the late light-emitting stage of said frame.
5 . The pixel circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses within at least portion of a time period decreases in the order from a beginning to an end of the early light-emitting stage of said frame.
6 . The pixel circuit according to claim 5 , wherein from the beginning to the end of the early light-emitting stage of said frame, a number of the black frame insertion pulses within the at least portion of the time period decreases, and/or widths of the black frame insertion pulses within the at least portion of the time period decrease.
7 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the second ratio value is greater than or equal to zero.
8 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a writing transistor, one of a source/drain of the writing transistor is configured for receiving data signal, and the data signal is configured to improve overall brightness of the light-emitting stage of said frame by adjusting charging potential of the data signal.
9 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a duty ratio of the early light-emitting stage of said frame to the light-emitting stage of said frame is greater than or equal to 25% and less than or equal to 75%.
10 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting stage of said frame further comprises an intermediate light-emitting stage of said frame between the early light-emitting stage of said frame and the late light-emitting stage of said frame, wherein a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the intermediate light-emitting stage of said frame is a third ratio value, the third ratio value is greater than or equal to the second ratio value, and the third ratio value is less than the first ratio value.
11 . The pixel circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the driving module comprises a driving transistor, and the light-emitting control module comprises a first light-emitting control transistor and a second light-emitting control transistor, one of a source and a drain of the first light-emitting control transistor is connected to the first voltage terminal, the other of the source and the drain of the first light-emitting control transistor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the driving transistor, the other of the source and the drain of the driving transistor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second light-emitting control transistor, the other of the source and the drain of the second light-emitting control transistor is connected to an anode of the light-emitting device, a cathode of the light-emitting device is connected to the second voltage terminal, and a gate of the first light-emitting control transistor and a gate of the second light-emitting control transistor both are configured for receiving the light-emitting control signal.
12 . The pixel circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a transmission transistor, a first reset transistor, a second reset transistor, and a storage capacitor, one of a source and a drain of the transmission transistor is connected to the other of the source and the drain of the driving transistor, the other of the source and the drain of the transmission transistor is connected to a gate of the driving transistor, one terminal of the storage capacitor and one of a source and a drain of the first reset transistor, the other terminal of the storage capacitor is connected to the first voltage terminal, the other of the source and the drain of the first reset transistor is connected to one of a source and a drain of the second reset transistor and is configured for receiving a reset signal, and the other of the source and the drain of the second reset transistor is connected to the anode of the light-emitting device; and wherein each of the transmission transistor and the first reset transistor is a low-temperature polysilicon thin film transistor.
13 . A display panel, comprising: a light-emitting driving circuit; and a pixel circuit connected to the light-emitting driving circuit that provides the light-emitting control signal, wherein the pixel circuit comprises: a light-emitting device; a driving module electrically connected to the light-emitting device for driving the light-emitting device to emit light; and a light-emitting control module connected to the driving module, wherein the light-emitting control module, the light-emitting device and the driving module are connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, a control terminal of the light-emitting control module is configured for receiving a light-emitting control signal, and the light-emitting control signal comprises black frame insertion pulses and light-emitting pulses, wherein the black frame insertion pulses are configured for cutting off an illumination loop of the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting pulses are configured for conducting the illumination loop; wherein a light-emitting stage of a frame of the pixel circuit at least comprises an early light-emitting stage of said frame and a late light-emitting stage of said frame, a time ratio of the early light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame and a time ratio of the late light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame are same or different; a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the early light-emitting stage of said frame is a first ratio value, a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the late light-emitting stage of said frame is a second ratio value, and the first ratio value is greater than the second ratio value.
14 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the light-emitting driving circuit comprises multiple emitting on array EOA units in cascade, each of the multiple EOA units is configured to output a corresponding light-emitting control signal, and a first stage EOA unit of the multiple EOA units is configured to receive a light-emitting initial signal, and the light-emitting initial signal comprises the black frame insertion pulses.
15 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein in the early light-emitting stage of said frame, the black frame insertion pulses and the light-emitting pulses are alternate.
16 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein in the early light-emitting stage of said frame and/or the late light-emitting stage of said frame, at least one of widths of the black frame insertion pulses and a number of the black inserting pulses is different.
17 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the second ratio value is greater than or equal to zero.
18 . The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a writing transistor, one of a source/drain of the writing transistor is configured for receiving data signal, and the data signal is configured to improve overall brightness of the light-emitting stage of said frame by adjusting charging potential of the data signal.
19 . A method for controlling a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a light-emitting driving circuit; and a pixel circuit connected to the light-emitting driving circuit that provides the light-emitting control signal, wherein the pixel circuit comprises: a light-emitting device; a driving module electrically connected to the light-emitting device for driving the light-emitting device to emit light; and a light-emitting control module connected to the driving module, wherein the light-emitting control module, the light-emitting device and the driving module are connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal, a control terminal of the light-emitting control module is configured for receiving a light-emitting control signal, and the light-emitting control signal comprises black frame insertion pulses and light-emitting pulses, wherein the black frame insertion pulses are configured for cutting off an illumination loop of the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting pulses are configured for conducting the illumination loop; wherein a light-emitting stage of a frame of the pixel circuit at least comprises an early light-emitting stage of said frame and a late light-emitting stage of said frame, a time ratio of the early light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame and a time ratio of the late light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame are same or different; a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the early light-emitting stage of said frame is a first ratio value, a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the late light-emitting stage of said frame is a second ratio value, and the first ratio value is greater than the second ratio value, and wherein the method for controlling a display panel comprises: controlling the light-emitting driving circuit to provide the light-emitting control signal to the pixel circuit during the light-emitting stage of said frame of the pixel circuit.
20 . The method for controlling a display panel according to claim 19 , wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a writing transistor, one of a source/drain of the writing transistor is configured for receiving data signal, and the method further comprises: adjusting charging potential of the data signal to improve overall brightness of the light-emitting stage of said frame.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 18/922,514, filed on Oct. 22, 2024, which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 17/419,747, filed on Jun. 30, 2021, which is a National Phase application of PCT Patent Application No. PCT/CN2021/092685, filed on May 10, 2021, which claims the priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 202110411773.9, filed on Apr. 16, 2021 and entitled “Pixel Circuit, Display Panel and Control Method”, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and more particularly, to a pixel circuit, display panel and control method. BACKGROUND For self-luminous pixel circuits, such as 2T1C pixel circuits, 3T1C pixel circuits, 6T2C pixel circuits, or 7T1C pixel circuits, since a gate of a driving transistor has leakage currents, there are different light-emitting currents in light-emitting stages of a same frame, which show the brightness difference between the brightnesses of the same frame, and such brightness difference is the screen flickers which are perceivable by human eyes. It should be noted that the above introduction of the background is only for convenience of clear and complete understanding of technical solutions of the present disclosure. Therefore, it cannot be considered that the aforementioned technical solutions are well known to those skilled in the art just because they appear in the background of the present disclosure. SUMMARY Technical Problem A pixel circuit, a display panel, and a control method are provided to solve the technical problem of the screen flickers caused by large brightness difference of one frame in the pixel circuit. In a first aspect, a pixel circuit is disclosed, which includes a light-emitting device, a driving module, and a light-emitting control module. The driving module is electrically connected to the light-emitting device for driving the light-emitting device to emit light. The light-emitting control module is connected to the driving module, wherein the light-emitting control module, the light-emitting device and the driving module are connected in series between a first voltage terminal and a second voltage terminal. A control terminal of the light-emitting control module is configured for receiving a light-emitting control signal, and the light-emitting control signal includes black frame insertion pulses and light-emitting pulses, the black frame insertion pulses are configured for cutting off an illumination loop of the pixel circuit, and the light-emitting pulses are configured for conducting the illumination loop. A light-emitting stage of a frame of the pixel circuit at least includes an early light-emitting stage of said frame and a late light-emitting stage of said frame, a time ratio of the early light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame and a time ratio of the late light-emitting stage in the light-emitting stage of said frame are same or different; a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the early light-emitting stage of said frame is a first ratio value, a duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses to the late light-emitting stage of said frame is a second ratio value, and the first ratio value is greater than the second ratio value. In one of embodiments, in the early light-emitting stage of said frame, the black frame insertion pulses and the light-emitting pulses are alternate. In one of embodiments, in the early light-emitting stage of said frame and/or the late light-emitting stage of said frame, at least one of widths of the black frame insertion pulses, a number of the black inserting pulses is different. In one of embodiments, the number of the black frame insertion pulses within a unit time of at least portion of a time period in the early light-emitting stage of said frame is greater than the number of the black frame insertion pulses within a unit time of at least portion of a time period in the late light-emitting stage of said frame; and/or widths of at least portion of the black frame insertion pulses in the early light-emitting stage of said frame are greater than widths of at least portion of the black frame insertion pulses in the late light-emitting stage of said frame. In one of embodiments, the duty ratio of the black frame insertion pulses within at least portion of a time period decreases in the order from a beginning to an end of the early light-emitting stage of said frame. In one of embodiments, from the beginning to the end of the early light-emitting stage of said frame, the number of the black frame insertion pulses within the at least portion of the time period decreases, and/or widths of the black frame insertion pulses within the at least portion of the time period decrease. In one of embodiments, the second ratio value is greater than or equal to zero. In