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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tong Lu, Oxford, GB;

Michael James Brownlow, Oxford, GB;

Tim Michael Smeeton, Oxford, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/325 (2016.01); G09G 3/3266 (2016.01); G09G 3/3275 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 3/325 (2013.01); G09G 3/3266 (2013.01); G09G 3/3275 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0861 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0243 (2013.01); G09G 2310/0267 (2013.01); G09G 2330/021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pixel circuit for a display device operable in an initialization phase, a compensation phase, a data programming phase, and an emission phase, whereby the one horizontal time is minimized while maintaining accurate compensation of the threshold voltages of the drive transistors, and further accounting for any variations in the voltage supplies. The pixel circuit includes a first drive transistor configured to control an amount of current to a light-emitting device during an emission phase depending upon voltages applied to a gate and a first terminal of the first drive transistor; and a second drive transistor that is configured as a source follower, wherein a first terminal of the second drive transistor is connected to a first power supply line and a second terminal of the second drive transistor is connected to a first terminal of the first drive transistor. The first drive transistor is one of a p-type or n-type transistor and the second drive transistor is the other of a p-type or n-type transistor. A light-emitting device is electrically connected at a first terminal to a second terminal of the first drive transistor during the emission phase and at a second terminal to a second power supply line.


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