Patent Publication Number: US-11024228-B2

Title: Pixel circuit, driving method therefor and display device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application is the National Stage of PCT/CN2018/075781 filed on Feb. 8, 2018, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 of Chinese Application No. 201710147593.8 filed on Mar. 13, 2017, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pixel circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. 
     BACKGROUND 
     An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is one of hotspots in current research fields. Compared with a liquid crystal display (LCD), an OLED display has advantages such as low energy consumption, low production cost, self-illumination, wide viewing angle, fast response speed, and the like; the design of a pixel circuit is a core technology content of the OLED display, and has important research significance. 
     During an image display phase of each frame, in an actual operation process, it cannot be ensured that transistors in a pixel circuit are completely turned off without loss, and electric leakage can occur when the transistors cannot be completely turned off. 
     SUMMARY 
     In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, comprising: an initialization module, a data write and compensation module, a drive module, a light-emitting unit, and a leakage-current eliminating module. The initialization module is configured to be respectively connected to the drive module, a first signal terminal, a first voltage terminal and an initial voltage terminal, and is configured to, under control of the first signal terminal, input a signal of the initial voltage terminal and a signal of the first voltage terminal to the drive module to initialize the drive module; the data write and compensation module is configured to be respectively connected to the drive module, a scan signal terminal and a data voltage terminal, and is configured to, under control of the scan signal terminal, write a signal of the data voltage terminal to the drive module to perform threshold voltage compensation on the drive module; the drive module is configured to be further connected to the light-emitting unit and a second voltage terminal, and is configured to output a signal of the second voltage terminal to the light-emitting unit in a turn-on state, so as to drive the light-emitting unit to emit light; the light-emitting unit is configured to be further connected to the first voltage terminal, an enable signal terminal and a third voltage terminal, and is configured to, under control of the enable signal terminal, input the signal of the first voltage terminal to the drive module to control the drive module to be turned on, and emit light under control of the enable signal terminal and the third voltage terminal; and the leakage-current eliminating module is configured to be respectively connected to the initialization module, the drive module and the enable signal terminal, and is configured to, under the control of the enable signal terminal, cause the initialization module to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal when the initialization module is in a turn-off state. 
     For example, the leakage-current eliminating module comprises a first transistor, a gate electrode of the first transistor is connected to the enable signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected to the drive module, and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected to the initialization module. 
     For example, the drive module comprises a storage capacitor and a driving transistor, a first end of the storage capacitor is connected to the initialization module, the data write, compensation module, and the light-emitting unit, and a second end of the storage capacitor is connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor; a first electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the second voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the driving transistor is connected to the light-emitting unit, the data write and compensation module. 
     For example, the initialization module comprises a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor; a gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the first signal terminal, a first electrode of the second transistor is connected to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the second transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor; a gate electrode of the third transistor is connected to the first signal terminal, a first electrode of the third transistor is connected to the first signal terminal, and a second electrode of the third transistor is connected to a gate electrode of the fourth transistor; a first electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the initial voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the second end of the storage capacitor. 
     For example, the data write and compensation module comprises a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor; a gate electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the scan signal terminal, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the data voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor; a gate electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the scan signal terminal, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the second end of the storage capacitor. 
     For example, the light-emitting unit comprises a seventh transistor, an eighth transistor, and a light-emitting component; a gate electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the enable signal terminal, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor; a gate electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to the enable signal terminal, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is connected to an anode of the light-emitting component; a cathode of the light-emitting component is connected to the third voltage terminal; the seventh transistor and the eighth transistor are first-type transistors, and the first transistor is a second-type transistor. 
     For example, the seventh transistor and the eighth transistor are P-type transistors, and the first transistor is an N-type transistor; or the seventh transistor and the eighth transistor are N-type transistors, and the first transistor is a P-type transistor. 
     For example, the gate electrode of the first transistor is connected to the enable signal terminal, the first electrode of the first transistor is connected to the second electrode of the fourth transistor, and the second electrode of the first transistor is connected to the gate electrode of the fourth transistor. 
     In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device, comprising the pixel circuit in the first aspect. 
     In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a driving method of the pixel circuit, comprising: in an initialization phase of a frame, under control of a first signal terminal, inputting, by an initialization module, a signal of an initial voltage terminal and a signal of a first voltage terminal to a drive module to initialize the drive module; in a data writing phase of the frame, under control of a scan signal terminal, writing, by a data write and compensation module, a signal of a data voltage terminal to the drive module to perform threshold voltage compensation on the drive module; under control of an enable signal terminal, causing, by a leakage-current eliminating module, the initialization module to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal when the initialization module is in a turn-off state; in a light-emitting phase of the frame, under the control of the enable signal terminal, inputting the signal of the first voltage terminal to the drive module to control the drive module to be turned on, and controlling a light-emitting unit to emit light under control of the enable signal terminal and a third voltage terminal. 
     For example, the leakage-current eliminating module comprises a first transistor, the initialization module comprises a fourth transistor, and the drive module comprises a storage capacitor. Under the control of the enable signal terminal, causing, by a leakage-current eliminating module, the initialization module to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal when the initialization module is in a turn-off state, comprises: in the data writing phase, controlling the first transistor to be turned on by the enable signal terminal, inputting a voltage of a second end of the storage capacitor to a gate electrode of the fourth transistor via the first transistor, making a voltage of the gate electrode of the fourth transistor and a voltage of a second electrode of the fourth transistor both equal to the voltage of the second end of the storage capacitor, a gate-source voltage of the fourth transistor being zero voltage; where in the light-emitting phase, the enable signal terminal controls the first transistor to be turned off and the fourth transistor to be turned off, a current of the fourth transistor is a zero current, so that no signal is output to the initial voltage terminal. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In order to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required for describing the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described in the following; it is obvious that the described drawings below are only related to some embodiments of the disclosure, those skilled in the art can obtain other drawing(s) based on these drawings, without any inventive work. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit; 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic structural diagram of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic structural diagram of an example of respective modules of the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 2 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a timing diagram of respective signals for driving the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIGS. 5-7  are exemplary equivalent circuit diagrams of the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 3  corresponding to different situations; and 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic flow chart of a driving method of a pixel circuit provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     REFERENCE NUMBERS 
       10 —initialization module;  20 —data write and compensation module;  30 —drive module;  40 —light-emitting unit;  50 —leakage-current eliminating module. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the disclosure. 
     A display area of a display panel comprises a plurality of pixel circuits. As shown in  FIG. 1 , in a light-emitting phase of the pixel circuit, because the second transistor M 2  cannot be completely turned off, resulting in that a portion of the electric current flowing from the driving transistor M 3  to the light-emitting component leaks into the path through transistors M 3 -M 5 -M 2 , thus the current flowing through the light-emitting component is unstable, the brightness of the light-emitting component is affected, and a phenomenon of flicker easily occurs when the light-emitting component emits light. 
     Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device, which can reduce a leakage current in the pixel circuit. 
     Embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device, by adding a leakage-current eliminating module connected to an initialization module in the pixel circuit, in a phase when the initialization module is turned off, under the control of the leakage-current eliminating module, the initialization module does not output a signal to an initial voltage terminal (that is, in the light-emitting phase, the current flowing to the light-emitting component does not leak into other paths), thereby ensuring the stability of the current flowing into the light-emitting unit, avoiding a flicker problem of the light-emitting unit during the light-emitting process, and reducing power consumption of the pixel circuit to some extent. 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, as shown in  FIG. 2 , comprising: an initialization module  10 , a data write and compensation module  20 , a drive module  30 , a light-emitting unit  40 , and a leakage-current eliminating module  50 . 
     Specifically, the initialization module  10  is respectively connected to the drive module  30 , a first signal terminal S 1 , a first voltage terminal V 1  and an initial voltage terminal Vinit, and is configured to, under the control of the first signal terminal S 1 , input a signal of the initial voltage terminal Vinit and a signal of the first voltage terminal V 1  to the drive module  30  and initialize the drive module  30 . 
     The data write and compensation module  20  is respectively connected to the drive module  30 , a scan signal terminal S 2  and a data voltage terminal Vdata, and is configured to, under the control of the scan signal terminal S 2 , write a signal of the data voltage terminal Vdata to the drive module  30  and perform threshold voltage compensation on the drive module  30 . 
     The drive module  30  is further connected to the light-emitting unit  40  and a second voltage terminal V 2 , and is configured to output a signal of the second voltage terminal V 2  to the light-emitting unit  40  in a turn-on state, so as to drive the light-emitting unit  40  to emit light. 
     The light-emitting unit  40  is further connected to the first voltage terminal V 1 , an enable signal terminal EM and a third voltage terminal V 3 , and is configured to, under the control of the enable signal terminal EM, input the signal of the first voltage terminal V 1  to the drive module  30  to control the drive module  30  to be turned on, and emit light under the control of the enable signal terminal EM and the third voltage terminal V 3 . 
     The leakage-current eliminating module  50  is respectively connected to the initialization module  10 , the drive module  30  and the enable signal terminal EM, and is configured to, under the control of the enable signal terminal EM, cause the initialization module  10  to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal Vinit when the initialization module  10  is in a turn-off state. 
     Because a current of a light-emitting component (such as, an organic light-emitting diode) in a single pixel is only in a nano-ampere (nA) level during a light-emitting phase, even a small leakage current has a significant influence on the light-emitting phase. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit, the leakage-current eliminating module  50  connected to the initialization module  10  is added in the pixel circuit, so that in the phase when the initialization module  10  is turned off, under the control of the leakage-current eliminating module  50 , the initialization module  10  has no signal to output to the initial voltage terminal Vinit (that is, in the light-emitting phase, the current flowing to the light-emitting component does not leak into other paths), thereby ensuring the stability of the current flowing into the light-emitting unit  40 , avoiding a flicker problem of the light-emitting unit  40  during a light-emitting process, and reducing power consumption of the pixel circuit to some extent. 
     More specifically, as shown in  FIG. 3 , the leakage-current eliminating module  50  comprises a first transistor T 1  for example. 
     A gate electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the enable signal terminal EM, a first electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the drive module  30 , and a second electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the initialization module  10 . 
     It should be noted that, the leakage-current eliminating module  50  may further comprise a plurality of first transistors T 1  connected in parallel. What have been described above is merely exemplary illustration of the leakage-current eliminating module  50 , and other structures having the same functions as the leakage-current eliminating module  50  will not be described in detail herein, but are all intended to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the drive module  30  comprises a storage capacitor Cst and a driving transistor Td for example. 
     A first end of the storage capacitor Cst is connected to the initialization module  10 , the data write and compensation module  20 , and the light-emitting unit  40 , and a second end of the storage capacitor Cst is connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor Td and the first electrode of the first transistor T 1 . 
     A first electrode of the driving transistor Td is connected to the second voltage terminal V 2 , and a second electrode of the driving transistor Td is connected to the light-emitting unit  40  and the data write and compensation module  20 . 
     It should be noted that, the drive module  30  may further comprise a plurality of driving transistors Td connected in parallel. What have been described above is merely exemplary illustration of the drive module  30 , and other structures having the same functions as the drive module  30  will not be described in detail herein, but are all intended to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the initialization module  10  comprises a second transistor T 2 , a third transistor T 3  and a fourth transistor T 4 . 
     A gate electrode of the second transistor T 2  is connected to the first signal terminal S 1 , a first electrode of the second transistor T 2  is connected to the first voltage terminal V 1 , and a second electrode of the second transistor T 2  is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     A gate electrode of the third transistor T 3  is connected to the first signal terminal S 1 , a first electrode of the third transistor T 3  is connected to the first signal terminal S 1 , and a second electrode of the third transistor T 3  is connected to a gate electrode of the fourth transistor T 4 . 
     A first electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  is connected to the initial voltage terminal Vinit, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  is connected to the second end of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     It should be noted that, the initialization module  10  may further comprise a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the second transistor T 2 , and/or a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the third transistor T 3 , and/or a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the fourth transistor T 4 . What have been described above is merely exemplary illustration of the initialization module  10 , and other structures having the same functions as the initialization module  10  will not be described in detail herein, but are all intended to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     More specifically, as shown in  FIG. 3 , the gate electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the enable signal terminal EM, the first electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the second electrode of the fourth transistor T 4 , and the second electrode of the first transistor T 1  is connected to the gate electrode of the fourth transistor T 4 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the data write and compensation module  20  comprises a fifth transistor T 5  and a sixth transistor T 6  for example. 
     A gate electrode of the fifth transistor T 5  is connected to the scan signal terminal S 2 , a first electrode of the fifth transistor T 5  is connected to the data voltage terminal Vdata, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor T 5  is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     A gate electrode of the sixth transistor T 6  is connected to the scan signal terminal S 2 , a first electrode of the sixth transistor T 6  is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor Td, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor T 6  is connected to the second end of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     It should be noted that, the data write and compensation module  20  may further comprise a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the fifth transistor T 5 , and/or a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the sixth transistor T 6 . What have been described above is merely exemplary illustration of the data write and compensation module  20 , and other structures having the same functions as the data write and compensation module  20  will not be described in detail herein, but are all intended to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , the light-emitting unit  40  comprises a seventh transistor T 7 , an eighth transistor T 8 , and a light-emitting component L for example. 
     A gate electrode of the seventh transistor T 7  is connected to the enable signal terminal EM, a first electrode of the seventh transistor T 7  is connected to the first voltage terminal V 1 , and a second electrode of the seventh transistor T 7  is connected to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst. 
     A gate electrode of the eighth transistor T 8  is connected to the enable signal terminal EM, a first electrode of the eighth transistor T 8  is connected to the second electrode of the driving transistor Td, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor T 8  is connected to an anode of the light-emitting component L. 
     A cathode of the light-emitting component L is connected to the third voltage terminal V 3 . 
     The seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are first-type transistors, and the first transistor T 1  is a second-type transistor. 
     For example, the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are P-type transistors, and the first transistor T 1  is an N-type transistor. That is, in the pixel circuit, the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are turned on under the control of a low voltage, and the first transistor T 1  is turned on under the control of a high voltage. 
     Alternatively, the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are N-type transistors, and the first transistor T 1  is a P-type transistor. That is, in the pixel circuit, the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are turned on under the control of a high voltage, and the first transistor T 1  is turned on under the control of a low voltage. 
     In summary, in the pixel circuit provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, when the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  in the light-emitting unit  40  are turned on, the first transistor T 1  in the leakage-current eliminating module  50  is turned off; when the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  in the light-emitting unit  40  are turned off, the first transistor T 1  in the leakage-current eliminating module  50  is turned on. 
     It should be noted that, the light-emitting unit  40  may further comprise a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the seventh transistor T 7 , and/or a plurality of switching transistors that are connected in parallel with the eighth transistor T 8 . What have been described above is merely exemplary illustration of the light-emitting unit  40 , and other structures having the same functions as the light-emitting unit  40  will not be described in detail herein, but are all intended to fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. 
     Based on the above descriptions of the specific circuits of the respective modules, a specific driving process of the above pixel drive circuit will be described in detail below in conjunction with  FIGS. 3 and 4 . 
     It should be noted that, first, the embodiment of the present disclosure does not limit types of transistors in respective modules and units, that is, the driving transistor Td, the first transistor T 1 , the second transistor T 2 , the third transistor T 3 , the fourth transistor T 4 , the fifth transistor T 5 , the sixth transistor T 6 , the seventh transistor T 7 , and the eighth transistor T 8  may be N-type transistors or P-type transistors, however, the type of the seventh transistor T 7  and the type of the eighth transistor T 8  are opposite to the type of the first transistor T 1 . The driving transistor Td, the second transistor T 2 , the third transistor T 3 , the fourth transistor T 4 , the fifth transistor T 5 , the sixth transistor T 6 , the seventh transistor T 7 , and the eighth transistor T 8  are P-type transistors, and the first transistor T 1  is an N-type transistor, which is taken as an example to describe the following embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     For example, first electrodes of the above transistors may be drain electrodes, and second electrodes of the above transistors may be source electrodes; or, the first electrodes may be the source electrodes, and the second electrodes may be the drain electrodes. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited thereto. 
     In addition, according to different conductive manners of the transistors, the transistors in the above pixel circuit may be classified into enhancement-type transistors and depletion-type transistors, which is not limited in the embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     Secondly, the embodiments of the present disclosure are all described by taking the case where a high level is input to the second voltage terminal V 2  and a low level is input to the third voltage terminal V 3  or the third voltage terminal V 3  is grounded, as an example, moreover, the high level and low level herein only indicate a relative magnitude relationship between the input voltages. 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , a display process of each frame of the pixel circuit can be divided into an initialization phase P 1 , a data writing and compensating phase P 2  and a light-emitting phase P 3 . 
     In the initialization phase P 1 , a low level signal is input to the first signal terminal S 1 , and a high level signal is input to the enable signal terminal EM and a high level signal is input to the scan signal terminal S 2 . In this way, an equivalent circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 3  is shown in  FIG. 5 . The first transistor T 1 , the second transistor T 2 , the third transistor T 3  and the fourth transistor T 4  are all turned on, the fifth transistor T 5 , the sixth transistor T 6 , the seventh transistor T 7 , the eighth transistor T 8  and the driving transistor Td are all turned off (the transistor or transistors in a turn-off state are indicated by “X”). 
     For example, the second transistor T 2  is turned on, so the voltage of the first voltage terminal V 1  is written to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst; the third transistor T 3  and the fourth transistor T 4  are turned on, so the voltage of the initial voltage terminal Vinit is written to the second end of the storage capacitor Cst, so as to initialize voltages of two ends of the storage capacitor Cst. In addition, the voltage of the initial voltage terminal Vinit should be higher than the turn-on voltage of the driving transistor Td, and when the voltage of the initial voltage terminal Vinit is written to the second end of the storage capacitor Cst, the driving transistor Td should remain in a turn-off state. 
     In the data writing phase P 2 , a low level signal is input to the scan signal terminal S 2 , and a high level signal is input to the first signal terminal S 1  and a high level signal is input to the enable signal terminal EM. In this way, an equivalent circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 3  is shown in  FIG. 6 . The first transistor T 1 , the fifth transistor T 5 , the sixth transistor T 6  and the driving transistor Td are all turned on, and the second transistor T 2 , the third transistor T 3 , the fourth transistor T 4 , the seventh transistor T 7  and the eighth transistor T 8  are all turned off. 
     For example, the fifth transistor T 5  is turned on, so the voltage of the data voltage terminal Vdata is written to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst, the voltage at the first end of the storage capacitor Cst changes from V 1  to Vdata, and the change quantity is ΔV 1 =V 1 −Vdata, thus the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst becomes Vinit−ΔV 1 . In this situation, the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst controls the driving transistor Td to be turned on. When both the driving transistor Td and the sixth transistor T 6  are turned on, the voltage of the second voltage terminal V 2  is written to the second end of the storage capacitor Cst via the driving transistor Td and the sixth transistor T 6 . Because the driving transistor Td has a threshold voltage Vth, the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst becomes V 2 +Vth at this time. The voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst rises, and is higher than the turn-on voltage for controlling the driving transistor Td, so as to control the driving transistor Td to be turned off. 
     On this basis, the first transistor T 1  is turned on, the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst (the gate electrode of the driving transistor Td) is written to the second electrode of the fourth transistor T 4 , and then is written to the gate electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  via the first transistor T 1 , thus the gate electrode and the second electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  are short-circuited, that is, the gate-source voltage Vgs of the fourth transistor T 4  is zero (0). According to the characteristics of the transistors, the P-type transistor has no threshold voltage loss when the P-type transistor transmits a low potential, and the N-type transistor has no threshold voltage loss when the N-type transistor transmits a high potential. 
     At this situation, under the function of the third transistor T 3  (the third transistor T 3  is in a turn-off state), the signal of the first signal terminal S 1  can be prevented from being written to the gate electrode of the driving transistor Td via the first transistor T 1 , thereby avoiding affecting the potential of the gate electrode of the driving transistor Td and affecting the display in the display phase. 
     In the light-emitting phase P 3 , a low level signal is input to the enable signal terminal EM, and a high level signal is input to the first signal terminal S 1  and a high level signal is input to the scan signal terminal S 2 . Based on this, an equivalent circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in  FIG. 3  is shown in  FIG. 7 . The seventh transistor T 7 , the eighth transistor T 8  and the driving transistor Td are all turned on, and the first transistor T 1 , the second transistor T 2 , the third transistor T 3 , the fourth transistor T 4 , the fifth transistor T 5  and the sixth transistor T 6  are all turned off. 
     For example, the seventh transistor T 7  is turned on, so the voltage of the first voltage terminal V 1  is written to the first end of the storage capacitor Cst, the voltage at the first end of the storage capacitor Cst changes from Vdata to V 1 , and the change quantity is ΔV 2 =Vdata−V 1 , based on this, the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst becomes V 2 +Vth−ΔV 2 =V 2 +Vth−Vdata+V 1 . In this situation, the voltage at the second end of the storage capacitor Cst drops and controls the driving transistor Td to be turned on. When both the driving transistor Td and the eighth transistor T 8  are turned on, the voltage of the second voltage terminal V 2  is written to the anode of the light-emitting component L via the driving transistor Td and the eighth transistor T 8 . The voltage of the third voltage terminal V 3  is written to the cathode of the light-emitting component L, and in this situation, the light-emitting component L starts to display an image. 
     In the light-emitting phase P 3 , after the driving transistor Td is turned on, when the value obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor Td from the gate-source voltage Vgs of the driving transistor Td is less than or equal to the drain-source voltage Vds of the driving transistor Td, that is, when Vgs−Vth≤Vds, the driving transistor Td can be in a saturation turn-on state, at this time, a driving current I flowing through the driving transistor Td is: 
     
       
         
           
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     Here, K=W/L×C×u, W/L is the ratio of width to length of the driving transistor Td, C is the capacitance of the channel insulating layer, and u is the channel carrier mobility. 
     The above parameters are only related to the structure of the driving transistor Td, and therefore, the current flowing through the driving transistor Td is merely related to the data voltage which is used for implementing display and outputted by the data voltage terminal Vdata, and the voltage outputted by the first voltage terminal V 1 , the current is not related to the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor Td, thereby eliminating the influence of the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor Td on the luminance of the light-emitting component L, and improving the uniformity of the luminance of the light-emitting component L. 
     On this basis, in the light-emitting phase P 3 , because a gate-source voltage Vgs of the fourth transistor T 4  is 0 (in the above data writing phase P 2 , the gate-source voltage Vgs of the fourth transistor T 4  has been set to 0), and the fourth transistor T 4  has no threshold voltage loss, that is, the threshold voltage Vth=0. At this time, a current I flowing through the fourth transistor T 4  is:
 
 I= ½ K ( V   gs   −V   th ) 2 =0.
 
     Hence, no leakage current is generated over the path through transistors Td-T 6 -T 4 , so the flicker generated by the light-emitting component L during the light-emitting process can be reduced, the efficiency of the display panel can be improved, and the power consumption can be reduced to some extent. 
     For example, in the data writing phase P 2 , under the control of the enable signal terminal, the first transistor T 1  is turned on, so the gate-source voltage of the fourth transistor T 4  is zero voltage; and in the light-emitting phase P 3 , the first transistor T 1  is turned off, the fourth transistor T 4  is turned off, and the current of the fourth transistor T 4  is a current of zero, thus no signal is output to the initial voltage terminal Vinit (that is, no leakage current is output to the initial voltage terminal Vinit via the fourth transistor T 4 ). 
     For example, the ranges of operation voltages (V 1 /S 1 /Vinit/Vdata) of the pixel circuit determine the range of the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td. In an existing pixel circuit, the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td may be a negative value, and may also be a positive value, and this design can optimize the leakage currents of a part of gray scales for some pixel circuits. For example, in a case where the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td is a positive value, the gate electrode attracts negative charges, the larger the absolute value of the attracted negative charges (less than a reverse breakdown voltage), the smaller the current between the source electrode and the drain electrode. Therefore, in the case where the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td is a positive value, the current flowing through the driving transistor Td itself is small, the leakage current is smaller, so the optimization effect is not significant. 
     In a case where the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td is a negative value, the gate electrode attracts positive charges, the larger the absolute value of the attracted positive charges, the larger the current between the source electrode and the drain electrode. Thus, in the case where the gate voltage of the driving transistor Td is a negative value, the current flowing through the driving transistor Td is relatively large, and the leakage current has a great influence on the light-emitting component. In this regard, the pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure can eliminate the leakage current. 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display device, comprising any one of the pixel circuits as described above. The display device may comprise a pixel unit array, and each pixel unit comprises any one of the pixel circuits as described above. The display device provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure has the same or similar advantages as the pixel circuit provided by the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure, because the pixel circuit has been described in detail in the foregoing embodiments, and the redundant portions will be omitted here. 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving method of a pixel circuit, as shown in  FIG. 8 , the driving method comprises the following operations: 
     S 10 , in an initialization phase P 1  of a frame, under the control of a first signal terminal S 1 , inputting, by an initialization module  10 , a signal of an initial voltage terminal Vinit and a signal of a first voltage terminal V 1  to a drive module  30  to initialize the drive module  30 . 
     S 20 , in a data writing phase P 2  of the frame, under the control of a scan signal terminal S 2 , writing, by a data write and compensation module  20 , a signal of a data voltage terminal Vdata to the drive module  30  to perform threshold voltage compensation on the drive module  30 . 
     Under the control of an enable signal terminal EM, causing, by a leakage-current eliminating module  50 , the initialization module  10  to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal Vinit when the initialization module  10  is in a turn-off state. 
     S 30 , in a light-emitting phase P 3  of the frame, under the control of the enable signal terminal EM, inputting the signal of the first voltage terminal V 1  to the drive module  30  to control the drive module  30  to be turned on, and controlling a light-emitting unit  40  to emit light under the control of the enable signal terminal EM and a third voltage terminal V 3 . 
     Because the current of a light-emitting component (such as, an organic light-emitting diode) in a single pixel is only in an nA level during the light-emitting phase, even a small leakage current has a significant influence on the light-emitting phase. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a driving method of a pixel circuit, the leakage-current eliminating module  50  connected to the initialization module  10  is added in the pixel circuit, so that in a phase when the initialization module  10  is turned off, under the control of the leakage-current eliminating module  50 , the initialization module  10  has no signal to output to the initial voltage terminal Vinit (that is, in the light-emitting phase, the current flowing to the light-emitting component does not leak into other paths), thereby ensuring the stability of the current flowing into the light-emitting unit  40 , avoiding a flicker problem of the light-emitting unit  40  during the light emitting process, and reducing power consumption of the pixel circuit to some extent. 
     For example, in a case where the first transistor T 1  is an N-type transistor, other transistors are P-type transistors, under the control of the enable signal terminal EM, causing, by the leakage-current eliminating module  50 , the initialization module  10  to output no signal to the initial voltage terminal Vinit when the initialization module  10  is in a turn-off state, specifically comprises: in the data writing phase, controlling the first transistor t 1  to be turned on by the enable signal terminal EM, inputting the voltage of a second end of the storage capacitor Cst to a gate electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  via the first transistor T 1 , making a voltage of the gate electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  and the voltage of a second electrode of the fourth transistor T 4  both equal to the voltage of the second end of the storage capacitor Cst, the gate-source voltage of the fourth transistor T 4  being zero voltage. 
     That is, the enable signal terminal EM controls the first transistor T 1  to be turned on, so the gate-source voltage Vgs of the fourth transistor T 4  is zero. 
     In the light-emitting phase, the enable signal terminal controls the first transistor to be turned off and the fourth transistor to be turned off, and the current of the fourth transistor is zero, so that no signal is output to the initial voltage terminal. 
     What have been described above are only specific implementations of the present disclosure, the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any modifications or substitutions easily occur to those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.