Patents by Inventor Xingyao ZHOU

Xingyao ZHOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11568825
    Abstract: Provided are a driving method for a display panel, display driving device and electronic apparatus. The display panel includes a shift register. A drive signal of the shift register includes a trigger signal and a clock signal. The driving method includes: a current FPS in a current display mode is acquired; a current trigger signal and a current clock signal of the shift register is determined according to the current FPS; the shift register is provided with the current trigger signal and the current clock signal. A refresh frequency of the current trigger signal is the same as the current FPS. The current clock signal is the same as a reference clock signal in a reference display mode at least within an effective action duration of the current trigger signal. The current FPS is less than or equal to the reference FPS in the reference display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li
  • Publication number: 20230005426
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a method for driving the same are provided. The display apparatus includes pixel circuits and a threshold detection module. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor and a data voltage writing module including an output terminal electrically connected to the driving transistor. The threshold detection module is configured to detect a threshold voltage of the driving transistor. An operating process of the pixel circuit includes a first phase and a second phase. The first phase includes a data writing phase and a light-emitting phase. The second phase includes an adjusting phase and a light-emitting phase. The driving transistor receives a data voltage during the data writing phase. During the adjusting phase, the driving transistor receives an adjusting voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor that is detected by the threshold detection module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Yana GAO, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11521549
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a method for driving the same, and a display panel are provided. An operating sequence of the pixel driving circuit includes a first light-emitting stage and a second light-emitting stage after the first light-emitting stage. The first light-emitting stage includes a data writing stage and a light-emitting stage after the data writing stage. The second light-emitting stage includes a correcting stage and a light-emitting stage after the correcting stage. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving module, a threshold voltage capturing module configured to be turned on during the data writing stage and to write a data voltage to a control terminal of the driving module, and a coupling module configured to adjust a coupling voltage of the control terminal of the driving module during the correcting stage and the light-emitting stage of the second light-emitting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jian Kuang, Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Lilian Kuang
  • Patent number: 11521554
    Abstract: Provided are gate driver circuit, display panel, display device, and driving method thereof. The gate driver circuit includes cascaded shift registers. Each shift register includes input unit, node control unit, first output unit, and second output unit. first terminal, control terminal, and second terminal of the input unit respectively electrically connected to signal input terminal, first signal terminal, and first node. first terminal, second terminal, third terminal, fourth terminal, first control terminal, second control terminal and fifth terminal of the node control unit respectively electrically connected to the first node, the first signal terminal, first power supply voltage terminal, second power supply voltage terminal, the first node, second signal terminal, and second node. As such, one shift register outputs two control signals, the number of shift registers in the gate driver circuit can be reduced, and the bezel of the display panel and the display device can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220375411
    Abstract: A shift register and its driving method, and a display panel are provided in the present disclosure. The shift register includes a first pull-down module, configured to, in response to a conduction level of a first node, transmit a first clock signal of a first clock signal output terminal to a first output terminal; further includes a first pull-up module, configured to, in response to a conduction level of a second node, transmit a first cut-off level signal of a first cut-off level voltage terminal to the first output terminal; and further includes a first node control module, configured to, when the first cut-off level signal is outputted at the first output terminal, transmit a second cut-off level voltage signal outputted from one of an input terminal and a second cut-off level voltage terminal to the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mengmeng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220366830
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display panel, a driving method, and a display apparatus. The display panel includes pixel circuits, the pixel circuits include: a drive transistor, with a gate electrically connected to a first node, a first electrode electrically connected to a second node; a voltage writing module, electrically connected to a first scanning signal line, a data line, and second node; a threshold compensation module, wherein a driving cycle of the pixel circuit includes a writing phase and a holding phase, writing phase includes a first non-light-emission period, and holding phase includes a second non-light-emission period; voltage writing module writes a display voltage into second node in first non-light-emission period in response to an enable level of first scanning signal, writes a node reset voltage into the second node in the second non-light-emission period in response to the enable level of the first scanning signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU, Yue LI, Jian KUANG, Yuantao WU, Jing HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220343853
    Abstract: A display panel, a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus are provided. A pixel driving circuit includes a driving transistor, a data writing circuit, and an adjusting circuit. The driving transistor has a gate electrically connected to a first node, and first and second electrodes respectively electrically connected to a second node and a third node. An operating period of the pixel driving circuit comprises a data writing period including first and second adjusting stages and a data writing period between the first and second adjusting stages. A data writing circuit is configured to provide a data signal to the second node during the data writing period. An adjusting circuit is configured to provide a first adjusting signal to the second node or the third node during the first adjusting stage, and to provide a second adjusting signal to the second node during the second adjusting stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li
  • Publication number: 20220343851
    Abstract: A display panel, a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes data signal lines and pixel circuits. The pixel circuit includes a driving module and a data voltage writing module. The data voltage writing module is connected between the data signal line and the input terminal of the driving module. The display panel has first and second phases when displaying one frame of an image. The first phase includes a data writing phase and a light-emitting phase. The second phase includes an adjusting phase and a light-emitting phase. During the data writing phase, the data voltage writing module is turned on, and the data signal line transmits the data voltage. During the adjusting phase, the data voltage writing module is turned on, and the data signal line transmits the adjusting voltage corresponding to the data voltage transmitted during the data writing phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jian Kuang, Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220335901
    Abstract: Provided is an output control device for providing control signals for a pixel circuit, which includes: a first output device configured to output a first control signal for controlling writing of a data signal into the pixel circuit, and a third output device configured to output a third control signal for controlling resetting of the light emitting element. A frequency of the third control signal is higher than a frequency of the first control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Mengmeng ZHANG, Yana GAO, Xingyao ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20220335896
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a method for driving the same and a display panel are provided. In an embodiment, the pixel driving circuit includes: a driving circuit; a light-emitting circuit including a first electrode and a first reset circuit. In an embodiment, a working timing sequence of the pixel driving circuit includes working periods, one of which includes first and second light-emitting stages. In an embodiment, the first and second light-emitting stages each include a reset stage and a light-emitting stage, wherein, during the reset stage of the first light-emitting stage, the first reset circuit transmits a first reset voltage to the first electrode of the light-emitting circuit and during the reset stage of the second light-emitting stage, the first reset circuit transmits a modification reset voltage to the first electrode of the light-emitting circuit, the modification reset voltage being different from the first reset voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Jian Kuang, Xingyao Zhou, Yana Gao, Mengmeng Zhang, Gaojun Huang
  • Patent number: 11475818
    Abstract: Provided are a display panel, a display device and a driving method of the display panel. In the same row of pixel units, first control terminals of data write modules of sub-pixels having a first color are connected to the same first scanning line; and in the same row of pixel units, first control terminals of data write modules of sub-pixels having other colors except the first color are connected to the same second scanning line. The data write module is configured to provide a data signal cached by a data line for the drive transistor. In the same row of the pixel units, within time of one frame of a picture, time of providing data signals for data lines connected to sub-pixels having the first color is within time of writing data signals cached by data lines into pixel circuits of sub-pixels having the other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD, WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou, Mengmeng Zhang, Zhi Liu, Kang Yang
  • Patent number: 11475840
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting display panel and a display device are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a control circuit. The control circuit includes a plurality of transistors. The plurality of transistors includes at least one first-type transistor, and each of the at least one first-type transistor has a channel width and a channel length, one of which is greater than five times the other one. Each of the at least one first-type transistor is a single-gate transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MIOROLECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Shuai Yang, Yue Li, Zhi Liu, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11475828
    Abstract: Provided are a touch display screen and a driving method of the touch display screen. The driving method of the touch display screen includes: one frame cycle includes at least one touch control stage, the at least one touch control stage is staggered from a scanning stage of a pixel row electrically connected to at least one first scanning line and overlaps a scanning stage of a pixel row electrically connected to at least one second scanning line. The first scanning lines overlap edge regions of the touch electrode rows in the second direction, and the second scanning lines overlap center regions of the touch electrode rows in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD, WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Lin Cheng, Yingying Wu, Xingyao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220328003
    Abstract: Provided is a pixel driving circuit, a display panel and a display apparatus. The pixel driving circuit includes: driving transistor having gate electrode connected to first node, first electrode connected to second node, and second electrode electrically connected to third node coupled to light emitting element; storage capacitor connected to the first node; and M first transistors having M first and second electrodes connected to the first node M functional signal terminals, respectively, M?1. A driving cycle of the pixel driving circuit includes light-emitting stage and N non-light-emitting stages, N?M. The M first transistors are respectively turned on in the N non-light-emitting stages, and the M first transistors are all turned off in the light-emitting stage. One of the N non-light-emitting stages includes first non-light-emitting stage adjacent to the light-emitting stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Jian Kuang, Yuantao Wu
  • Publication number: 20220310016
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a driving method, a display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel driving circuit include a driving module, configured to drive a light-emitting element to emit light, wherein a control terminal of the driving module is electrically connected to a first node, and a first terminal is electrically connected to a second node; a data writing module, configured to write data signals, wherein a control terminal of the data writing module is electrically connected with a first scan signal line, and a first terminal is electrically connected with a data signal terminal; and a coupling module, configured to couple the data signals to the first terminal of the driving module, wherein a first terminal of the coupling module is electrically connected to a second terminal of the data writing module, and a second terminal is electrically connected to the second node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Shuai YANG, Xingyao ZHOU, Yue LI, Mengmeng ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220301499
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes data lines located in a display region, and a power bus, connection traces, and a control circuit that are located in a non-display region. The connection trace at least partially overlaps with the power bus in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the display panel, and has a first area that is an overlapping area between the connection trace and the power bus. The control circuit includes control transistors. A first electrode and/or a second electrode of the control transistor is coupled to the connection trace. The control transistors include a first control transistor and a second control transistor. The connection trace coupled to the first control transistor and the connection trace coupled to the second control transistor have different first areas. Channel areas of the first control transistor and the second control transistor are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Xingyao Zhou, Yana Gao, Wei Liu, Kang Yang, Jian Kuang
  • Publication number: 20220301507
    Abstract: A pixel driving circuit, a method for driving the same, and a display panel are provided. An operating sequence of the pixel driving circuit includes a first light-emitting stage and a second light-emitting stage after the first light-emitting stage. The first light-emitting stage includes a data writing stage and a light-emitting stage after the data writing stage. The second light-emitting stage includes a correcting stage and a light-emitting stage after the correcting stage. The pixel driving circuit includes a driving module, a threshold voltage capturing module configured to be turned on during the data writing stage and to write a data voltage to a control terminal of the driving module, and a coupling module configured to adjust a coupling voltage of the control terminal of the driving module during the correcting stage and the light-emitting stage of the second light-emitting stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Jian KUANG, Mengmeng ZHANG, Xingyao ZHOU, Lilian KUANG
  • Patent number: 11450274
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel, a driving method of the display panel, and a display device. A switching module of a pixel circuit in the display panel includes a first transistor and a second transistor. A second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first electrode of the second transistor at a first node. A second electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to a gate electrode of a driving transistor at a second node. The driving transistor is configured to provide a driving current for a light emitting module according to a potential of the second node in a light emitting phase. An input end of each potential adjustment module is electrically connected to the second node of one pixel circuit, and an output end of each potential adjustment module is electrically connected to the first node of at least one pixel circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Xingyao Zhou
  • Patent number: 11417259
    Abstract: Disclosed are a driving method of a display device and a driving device is described. The driving method of a display panel includes that in response to determining that the display device enters a low power consumption state, controlling a light intensity detection component to detect in real time whether the display device is in a strong light environment; in a case where the display device is in the strong light environment, controlling a driver chip to adjust a picture refresh frequency to a first frequency; in a case where the display device is not in the strong light environment, determining a current gray scale of the display device according to a latest user setting instruction, determining an optimal refresh frequency according to the current gray scale and a corresponding relationship between a preset gray scale and the optimal refresh frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD. SHANGHAI BRANCH
    Inventors: Shuai Yang, Xingyao Zhou, Yue Li, Mengmeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11410609
    Abstract: Provided is an output control device for providing control signals for a pixel circuit, which includes: a first output device configured to output a first control signal for controlling writing of a data signal into the pixel circuit, a second output device configured to output a second control signal for controlling a light emitting element to emit light, and a third output device configured to output a third control signal for controlling resetting of the light emitting element. A frequency of the third control signal is higher than a frequency of the first control signal. In a first period, the second control signal is an active level signal and the third control signal is an inactive level signal. In a second period, the second control signal is an inactive level signal and the third control signal is an active level signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventors: Mengmeng Zhang, Yana Gao, Xingyao Zhou