System and methods for extraction of threshold and mobility parameters in AMOLED displays

• US 9,355,584 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IGNIS Innovation Incorporated
• Original Assignee: IGNIS Innovation Incorporated
• Inventors: Chaji, Gholamreza, Azizi, Yaser
• Primary Examiner(s): LEE, NICHOLAS J
• Application Number:
  US14/680,554
• Publication Number:
  US 20150213744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 420 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 19/0092 measuring current only all subgroups of G01R19/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/043 Compensation electrodes or other additional electrodes in matrix displays related to distortions or compensation signals, e.g. for modifying TFT threshold voltage in column driver
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0465 Improved aperture ratio, e.g. by size reduction of the pixel circuit, e.g. for improving the pixel density or the maximum displayable luminance or brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0819 used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0842 forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0866 by means of changes in the pixel supply voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0251 Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0291 Details of output amplifiers or buffers arranged for use in a driving circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/08 Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0233 Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/029 by monitoring one or more pixels in the display panel, e.g. by monitoring a fixed reference pixel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0295 by monitoring each display pixel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/043 Preventing or counteracting the effects of ageing
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/045 Compensation of drifts in the characteristics of light emitting or modulating elements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/028 Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers in a matrix display other than LCD
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3233 with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3258 with pixel circuitry controlling the voltage across the light-emitting element
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3266 Details of drivers for scan electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3291 in which the data driver supplies a variable data voltage for setting the current through, or the voltage across, the light-emitting elements
• CPC Class Codes: H03F 3/2171 : with field-effect devices H03F3/2173 - H03F3/2178 take precedence

Abstract

A system to improve the extraction of transistor and OLED parameters in an AMOLED display includes a pixel circuit having an organic light emitting device, a drive device to provide a programmable drive current to the light emitting device, a programming input to provide the programming signal, and a storage device to store the programming signal. A charge-pump amplifier has a current input and a voltage output. The charge-pump amplifier includes an operational amplifier in negative feedback configuration. The feedback is provided by a capacitor connected between the output and the inverting input of the operational amplifier. A common-mode voltage source drives the non-inverting input of the operational amplifier. An electronic switch is coupled across the capacitor to reset the capacitor. A switch module including the input is coupled to the output of the pixel circuit and an output is coupled to the input of the charge-pump amplifier.

Claims

1. A method of determining the mobility of a drive transistor in a pixel circuit based on transient settling of the pixel circuit, the method comprising:

setting the output of the drive transistor to a reset voltage;

disconnecting the reset voltage and allowing the output voltage to be adjusted by the drive transistor;

sampling the transient output voltage of the drive transistor at a fixed time interval; and

calculating the mobility of the drive transistor from the sampled output voltage of the drive transistor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the threshold voltage of the drive transistor is compensated prior to calculating the mobility of the drive transistor.

3. A method of determining the mobility of a drive transistor in a pixel circuit based on transient settling of the pixel circuit, the method comprising:

setting the output of the drive transistor to a reset voltage;

disconnecting the reset voltage and allowing the output voltage to be adjusted by drive transistor;

sampling the output voltage of the drive transistor at a fixed time interval; and

calculating the mobility of the drive transistor from the sampled output voltage of the drive transistor,

wherein the transient voltage is sampled at a plurality of different timing intervals and mobility is extracted from the sampled voltages.

4. A method of determining the mobility of a drive transistor in a pixel circuit based on transient settling of the pixel circuit, the method comprising:

setting the output of the drive transistor to a reset voltage;

disconnecting the reset voltage and allowing the output voltage to be adjusted by drive transistor;

sampling the output voltage of the drive transistor at a fixed time interval; and

calculating the mobility of the drive transistor from the sampled output voltage of the drive transistor,

wherein the output voltage is amplified before sampling.

5. A method of extracting mobility from a drive transistor in a pixel circuit based on the transient settling of the drive transistor comprising:

measuring the current of the drive transistor over a constant interval by converting the current into voltage by integration; and

sampling the output voltage at constant interval; and

calculating the mobility of the drive transistor from the measured current.

6. A method of extracting mobility from a drive transistor in a pixel circuit based on the transient settling of the drive transistor comprising:

measuring the current of the drive transistor at a constant interval at a plurality of different timing intervals and mobility is extracted from the sampled currents.