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Abstract
This letter introduces an analog pulse width modulation (A-PWM) pixel circuit for progressive-emission (PE) active-matrix micro light-emitting diode (AM$\mu $ LED) displays, which is enabled by a single sweep signal instead of the conventional multiple sweep signals. The PE mode is implemented by double resetting the in-pixel comparator, thereby dividing one frame into two sub-frames, where each sub-frame contains one segment of the sweep signal, together forming a complete ramp waveform. The proposed pixel circuits were fabricated using amorphous indium gallium zinc oxide thin-film transistors (a-IGZO TFTs). Measurement results showed that the A-PWM pixel circuit can express gray levels in the PE mode, and the error rate is lower than 3.62% at 64 gray level even for a ${V} _{\text {T}}$ shift of 2 V.
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IEEE Electron Device Letters publishes original and significant contributions relating to the theory, modeling, design, performance and reliability of electron and ion integrated circuit devices and interconnects, involving insulators, metals, organic materials, micro-plasmas, semiconductors, quantum-effect structures, vacuum devices, and emerging materials with applications in bioelectronics, biomedical electronics, computation, communications, displays, microelectromechanics, imaging, micro-actuators, nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, photovoltaics, power ICs and micro-sensors.