System and methods for thermal compensation in AMOLED displays
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of pixels including one or more first pixels, one or more second pixels different from the one or more first pixels, and a pixel different from the one or more first pixels and the one or more second pixels; and
a controller for programming the pixel to control the brightness of the pixel, and for estimating a temperature of the pixel at a first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more first pixels, and for estimating a temperature of the pixel at a second time different from the first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more second pixels.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a circuit and technique to determine the temperature of an AMOLED display in order to calibrate programming data signals. The temperature of selected pixels of a plurality of pixels in an AMOLED display is measured via one of several disclosed methods. A thermal sensor for the selected pixels may be used. A measurement of output voltage data may be used to estimate temperature. A finite element analysis model may be used based on consumed power of the selected pixel. The temperature data for the selected pixel is then interpolated to the neighboring non-selected pixels to estimate the temperature of those pixels.
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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
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a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of pixels including one or more first pixels, one or more second pixels different from the one or more first pixels, and a pixel different from the one or more first pixels and the one or more second pixels; and a controller for programming the pixel to control the brightness of the pixel, and for estimating a temperature of the pixel at a first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more first pixels, and for estimating a temperature of the pixel at a second time different from the first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more second pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of determining temperature of a pixel of a display including a controller and a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of pixels including the pixel, one or more first pixels different from the pixel, and one or more second pixels different from the pixel and the one or more first pixels, the pixel programmed by the controller to control the brightness of the pixel, the method comprising:
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estimating by the controller a temperature of the pixel at a first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more first pixels and estimating by the controller a temperature of the pixel at a second time different from the first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more second pixels. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon instructions for determining temperature of a pixel of a display including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, the plurality of pixels including the pixel, one or more first pixels different from the pixel, and one or more second pixels different from the pixel and the one or more first pixels, the pixel programmed to control the brightness of the pixel, the non-transitory machine readable medium comprising machine executable code which when executed by at least one machine, causes the at least one machine to:
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estimate a temperature of the pixel at a first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more first pixels; and estimate a temperature of the pixel at a second time different from the first time with use of one or more pixel temperatures determined only for the one or more second pixels. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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