EXTERNAL COMPENSATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE
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1. An external compensation circuit, comprising:
- a regulation sub-circuit, and a compensation sub-circuit;
whereinthe regulation sub-circuit is connected to a reference current source, a current detection terminal of a pixel circuit, a first node and a second node respectively, and configured to regulate a potential at the first node and a potential at the second node according to a reference current provided by the reference current source, and configured to regulate the potential at the second node according to a collected driving current loaded to a light-emitting unit by the pixel circuit; and
the compensation sub-circuit is connected to the first node, the second node, and a data signal terminal of the pixel circuit respectively, and configured to calibrate a data signal to be input to the pixel circuit according to a potential difference between the first node and the second node, and input the calibrated data signal to the pixel circuit.
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Abstract
Provided are an external compensation circuit and method, and display device in the field of display techniques. The external compensation circuit includes a regulation sub-circuit that may collect a driving current loaded to a light-emitting unit and a reference current from a reference current source, and regulate potentials at two nodes connected to a compensation sub-circuit according to the collected current, to enable the compensation sub-circuit to calibrate a data signal to be input to a pixel circuit according to a potential difference between the two nodes.
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1. An external compensation circuit, comprising:
- a regulation sub-circuit, and a compensation sub-circuit;
whereinthe regulation sub-circuit is connected to a reference current source, a current detection terminal of a pixel circuit, a first node and a second node respectively, and configured to regulate a potential at the first node and a potential at the second node according to a reference current provided by the reference current source, and configured to regulate the potential at the second node according to a collected driving current loaded to a light-emitting unit by the pixel circuit; and the compensation sub-circuit is connected to the first node, the second node, and a data signal terminal of the pixel circuit respectively, and configured to calibrate a data signal to be input to the pixel circuit according to a potential difference between the first node and the second node, and input the calibrated data signal to the pixel circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- a regulation sub-circuit, and a compensation sub-circuit;
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14. An external compensating method, applied to an external compensation circuit, wherein the external compensation circuit comprises:
- a regulation sub-circuit and a compensation sub-circuit;
wherein the regulation sub-circuit is connected to a reference current source, a current detection terminal of a pixel circuit, a first node and a second node respectively; and
the compensation sub-circuit is connected to the first node, the second node, and a data signal terminal of the pixel circuit respectively;
the method comprising;a reset phase, in which the regulation sub-circuit collects a reference current provided by the reference current source, and regulates a potential at the first node and a potential at a second node according to the reference current; and a detecting phase, in which the regulation sub-circuit collects a driving current loaded to a light-emitting unit by the pixel circuit and regulates the potential at the second node according to the driving current, and the compensation sub-circuit calibrates a data signal to be input to the pixel circuit according to a potential difference between the first node and the second node, and inputs a calibrated data signal to the pixel circuit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
- a regulation sub-circuit and a compensation sub-circuit;
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18. A display device, comprising:
- a pixel circuit and an external compensation circuit connected to the pixel circuit, wherein the external compensation circuit comprises;
a regulation sub-circuit and a compensation sub-circuit;
whereinthe regulation sub-circuit is connected to a reference current source, a current detection terminal of the pixel circuit, a first node and a second node respectively, and configured to regulate a potential at the first node and a potential at the second node according to a reference current provided by the reference current source, and configured to regulate the potential at the second node according to a collected driving current loaded to the light-emitting unit by the pixel circuit; and the compensation sub-circuit is connected to the first node, the second node, and a data signal terminal of the pixel circuit respectively, and configured to calibrate a data signal to be input to the pixel circuit according to a potential difference between the first node and the second node, and input a calibrated data signal to the pixel circuit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
- a pixel circuit and an external compensation circuit connected to the pixel circuit, wherein the external compensation circuit comprises;
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