Display Driver Circuit Sensing Time Reduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing display devices face inefficiencies due to the long sensing time required to detect the characteristics of subpixels, which reduces the operational efficiency and leads to luminance deviations among subpixels, affecting brightness uniformity and image quality.
Innovation Solution
A display device is developed that reduces sensing time by addressing size deviations among transistors, utilizing differentiated data overshooting-based data driving to synchronize and shorten sensing times across subpixels, thereby improving sensing efficiency without compromising accuracy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If sensing characteristics of circuit devices in each subpixel is performed to review luminance deviation, then sensing accuracy is improved, but sensing time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by equalizing the sizes of driving transistors in different subpixels before the sensing process. This pre-adjustment ensures that all subpixels have substantially equal sensing times, allowing the sensing operation to start and complete simultaneously across all subpixels. As a result, the sensing time is determined by the longest subpixel (which is now equal to others), eliminating the need to wait for the slowest subpixel to finish sensing, thus significantly reducing total sensing time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the physical parameter of transistor size (specifically channel width and length) to equalize sensing characteristics across different subpixels. By adjusting these geometric parameters, the patent ensures that all driving transistors have substantially equal on-currents and sensing times, transforming a variable sensing process into a uniform one that completes simultaneously across all subpixels, thereby optimizing the time-efficiency tradeoff.
2Reliability
If sensing characteristics of circuit devices in each subpixel is performed, then luminance deviation can be compensated, but operational efficiency of the display device is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary size equalization of driving transistors before sensing begins. This pre-conditioning ensures that all subpixels are ready to sense at the same rate and complete sensing simultaneously. Consequently, the sensing operation can be performed in parallel across all subpixels without creating bottlenecks, significantly reducing the total sensing time required and improving operational efficiency while still enabling comprehensive luminance deviation compensation.
Solution Approach 2:
By changing the transistor size parameters to achieve uniform characteristics across all subpixels, the patent enables simultaneous and efficient sensing operations. This parameter standardization allows the sensing process to complete in the time required for a single subpixel rather than requiring sequential sensing or waiting for the slowest subpixel, thereby improving productivity while maintaining the ability to compensate for luminance deviations.
3Measurement precision
If different sensing times are allowed for different subpixels, then sensing accuracy for each subpixel is maintained, but sensing time deviation occurs reducing overall efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the transistor size parameters (channel dimensions) of driving transistors in different subpixels to achieve substantially equal on-currents and sensing times. This parameter equalization transforms the sensing process from one with varying times to one with uniform sensing characteristics across all subpixels, eliminating sensing time deviation while preserving the ability to accurately sense each subpixel's characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates equipotentiality in the sensing process by equalizing the driving transistor characteristics across all subpixels. This ensures that all subpixels have substantially equal sensing capabilities and complete sensing at the same time, eliminating the time deviation that would otherwise occur. The sensing process becomes synchronized across all subpixels, maximizing overall efficiency while maintaining individual sensing accuracy.
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AI summary
A display device may include a display panel and a driver circuit. The display panel may include subpixels, data lines, and reference voltage lines. The driver circuit may drive the data lines. A first subpixel may be connected to a first data line and a first reference voltage line. A driving time of the first subpixel may include a first initialization time in which a reference voltage is applied to the first reference voltage line and a first tracking time in which a voltage of the first reference voltage line increases from the reference voltage. During the first tracking time, a first data signal transferred to the first subpixel through the first data line may be changed from a first voltage value to a reference driving voltage value. The first voltage value may be higher than the reference driving voltage value. The display device may reduce a sensing time.