This application claims priority of No. 109118584 filed in Taiwan R.O.C. on Jun. 3, 2020 under 35 USC 119, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The invention relates to display panel driving technology, and more particularly to a display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and a display device using the same.
As resolution and frame rate of panels are getting higher and higher, the charging time requirement on the pixel also becomes more and more severe, and the operation speed of the display driver integrated circuit must be increased therewith. However, the operation speed of the display driver integrated circuit is limited by the speed of the internal analog circuit of the chip.
An objective of the invention is to provide a display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and a display device using the same, wherein an input terminal of a source operation amplifier is pre-charged, so that the source operation amplifier can have fast response to the data voltage in order to increase the driving speed, so that the display driver circuit can be applied to a display panel with higher resolution.
In view of this, the invention provides a display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate. The display driver circuit includes a GAMMA output circuit, multiple digital-to-analog converters (DACs), multiple source operation amplifiers and at least one pre-charging circuit. The GAMMA output circuit outputs multiple grayscales of GAMMA voltages. Each DAC includes an output terminal. Each DAC receives the GAMMA voltages, and provides an output data voltage according to display data. Each source operation amplifier includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminals of the source operation amplifiers are correspondingly coupled to the output terminals of the DACs, and receive the corresponding output data voltages. The pre-charging circuit is disposed between the input terminal of at least one of the source operation amplifiers and the output terminal of at least one of the DACs and pre-charges the input terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier, so that the output terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier can have fast response to the received output data voltage.
The invention further provides a display device. The display device includes a display panel and a display driver circuit. The display driver circuit includes a GAMMA output circuit, multiple digital-to-analog converters (DACs), multiple source operation amplifiers and at least one pre-charging circuit. The GAMMA output circuit outputs multiple grayscales of GAMMA voltages. Each DAC includes an output terminal. Each DAC receives the GAMMA voltages, and provides an output data voltage according to display data. Each source operation amplifier includes an input terminal and an output terminal. The input terminals of the source operation amplifiers are correspondingly coupled to the output terminals of the DACs, and receive the corresponding output data voltages. The pre-charging circuit is disposed between the input terminal of at least one of the source operation amplifiers and the output terminal of at least one of the DACs and pre-charges the input terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier, so that the output terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier can have fast response to the received output data voltage.
In the display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and the display device using the same according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-charging circuit includes a first switch circuit, a voltage supply circuit and a selection circuit. The first switch circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the source operation amplifier and the output terminal of at least one of the DACs. The voltage supply circuit is to provide multiple voltages. The selection circuit includes multiple input terminals and an output terminal, wherein the input terminals of the selection circuit respectively receive the voltages, and the output terminal of the selection circuit is coupled to the input terminal of the source operation amplifier. Before the DAC provides the corresponding output data voltage, the first switch circuit disconnects the input terminal of the source operation amplifier from the output terminal of the DAC. The selection circuit selects a specific voltage of the voltages, provided by the voltage supply circuit, to be outputted to the input terminal of the source operation amplifier according to a corresponding portion of the display data to perform pre-charging.
In the display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and the display device using the same according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-charging circuit includes a buffer circuit, which is coupled between the output terminal of the selection circuit and the input terminal of the source operation amplifier to increase current driving ability and speed up pre-charging. In a preferred embodiment, the pre-charging circuit further includes a second switch circuit which is coupled between the buffer circuit and the input terminal of the source operation amplifier, wherein before the DAC provides the output data voltage, the first switch circuit disconnects the input terminal of the source operation amplifier from the output terminal of at least one of the DACs, and the second switch circuit turns on, wherein when pre-charging is finished, the second switch circuit turns off, and the first switch circuit turns on.
In the display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and the display device using the same according to the embodiment of the present invention, the pre-charging circuit includes a first switch circuit, a buffer circuit and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the source operation amplifier and the output terminal of at least one of the DACs. The buffer circuit is coupled between the input terminal of the source operation amplifier and the output terminal of at least one of the DACs, and performs pre-charging according to the output data voltage outputted from the output terminal of at least one of the DACs. The second switch circuit is coupled between the buffer circuit and the input terminal of the source operation amplifier, wherein before the DAC provides the output data voltage, the first switch circuit disconnects the input terminal of the source operation amplifier from the output terminal of at least one of the DACs, and the second switch circuit turns on, wherein the buffer circuit performs pre-charging according to the output data voltage outputted from the output terminal of at least one of the DACs, wherein when pre-charging is finished, the second switch circuit turns off, and the first switch circuit turns on.
In the display driver circuit for high resolution and high frame rate and the display device using the same according to the embodiment of the present invention, the time period in which the pre-charging circuit pre-charges the source operation amplifier includes a predetermined time before the at least one of the DACs provides the corresponding output data voltage. In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the time period in which the pre-charging circuit pre-charges the source operation amplifier includes a predetermined time after the at least one of the DACs provides the corresponding output data voltage. In the other preferred embodiment of the present invention, the time period in which the pre-charging circuit pre-charges the source operation amplifier comprises a predetermined time before, when and after the at least one of the DACs provides the corresponding output data voltage.
The essence of the invention is to pre-charge the input terminal of the source operation amplifier, and to turn off the front stage of DACs upon charging, so that the time constant seen by the output of the DAC becomes smaller, and the pre-charging circuit can focus on pre-charging. Therefore, the source operation amplifier can have the fast response on the data voltage to increase the driving speed, so that the display driver circuit can be applied to the display panel with the higher resolution.
Under the same manufacturing process conditions, the parasitic capacitor 302 of the differential input pair of the source operation amplifier SOP relates to the height dimension of the transistor. Meanwhile, random mismatch of the differential input pair of the source operation amplifier SOP is an important factor for the display quality of the display driver integrated circuit, and the solution of suppressing the random mismatch can be made by enlarging the area of the key component. Thus, it also causes that the parasitic capacitor 302 of the differential input pair of the source operation amplifier SOP cannot be reduced. This condition also causes the key reason that the load 300 seen from the GAMMA operational amplifier GOP cannot be reduced, and further causes the insufficient rising ability of the signal that disables the signal from timely reaching the target voltage under the high-resolution condition.
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The GAMMA output circuit 601 outputs multiple grayscales of GAMMA voltages. Each digital-to-analog converter DAC receives the GAMMA voltage outputted by the GAMMA output circuit 601, and provides the output data voltage for the corresponding source operation amplifier SOP according to display data. The input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP is correspondingly coupled to the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC to receive the corresponding output data voltage. The pre-charging circuit 602 is coupled between the input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP and the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC, and pre-charges the input terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier SOP, so that the output terminal of the coupled source operation amplifier SOP can have the fast response on the received output data voltage.
In this embodiment, the pre-charging circuit 602 includes a control circuit 701, a first switch circuit SW1, a second switch circuit SW2, a selection circuit 702, an analog buffer circuit AOP and a voltage supply circuit 703. The voltage supply circuit 703 provides multiple voltages V1, V2, V3 . . . . The first switch circuit SW1 is coupled between the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP and the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC. The selection circuit 702 includes multiple input terminals and an output terminal. The input terminals of the selection circuit 702 respectively receive the voltages V1, V2, V3 . . . , and the output terminal of the selection circuit 702 is coupled to the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP through the analog buffer circuit AOP and the second switch circuit SW2.
When the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, the control circuit 701 controls the first switch circuit SW1 to disconnect the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP from the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC. At this time, the load of the output terminal of the GAMMA operational amplifier GOP is only R1′, so that the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC can quickly rise to the output data voltage. In addition, the control circuit 701 controls the second switch circuit SW2 to turn on at the same time (e.g., at the time of turning off the first switch circuit SW1). At this time, the control circuit 701 controls the selection circuit 702 to provide a specific voltage VP similar to the above-mentioned output data voltage, to increase the current driving ability through the analog buffer circuit AOP, and to pre-charge the parasitic capacitor C1′ of the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP. Then, the control circuit 701 controls the first switch circuit SW1 to turn on, and the second switch circuit SW2 to turn off. At this time, the normal operation is recovered. With the above-mentioned pre-charging technology, the response speed of the source operation amplifier SOP to the output data voltage inputted by its input terminal can be increased, and this is beneficial to driving the display panel with the higher resolution or higher frame rate. In an embodiment, the time period in which the pre-charging circuit 602 pre-charges the source operation amplifier SOP may be a predetermined time before the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, or when the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, or after the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage; and may also be a predetermined time before, when and after the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage.
According to the explanation of the above-mentioned embodiments, those skilled in the art can understand that if the voltage supply circuit 703 can provide the voltage with the stabler and higher driving ability, then the analog buffer circuit AOP can be omitted. Meanwhile, because the selection circuit 702 itself is a switch network, the second switch circuit SW2 can also be omitted under the circumstance that the analog buffer circuit AOP is not provided. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the above-mentioned circuit.
When the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, the control circuit 801 controls the first switch circuit SW1 to disconnect the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP from the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC. At this time, the load of the output terminal of the GAMMA operational amplifier GOP is only R1′, so that the output terminal of the digital-to-analog converter DAC can quickly rise to the output data voltage. In addition, the control circuit 801 controls the second switch circuit SW2 to turn on at the same time. At this time, the analog buffer circuit AOP rapidly pre-charges the parasitic capacitor C1′ of the positive input terminal of the source operation amplifier SOP. Then, the control circuit 801 controls the first switch circuit SW1 to turn on, and the second switch circuit SW2 to turn off. At this time, the normal operation is recovered. With the above-mentioned pre-charging technology, the response speed of the source operation amplifier SOP to the output data voltage inputted by its input terminal can be increased, and this is beneficial to driving the display panel with the higher resolution or higher frame rate. In an embodiment, the time period in which the pre-charging circuit 602 pre-charges the source operation amplifier SOP may be a predetermined time before the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, or when the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage, or after the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage; and may also be a predetermined time before, when and after the digital-to-analog converter DAC provides the output data voltage. The time period can be can be controlled by the timing controller for example.
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Furthermore, applicants had performed the charging/discharging speed on HSPICE simulation. The condition of the discharging simulation on HSPICE is from 7.8V to 4V. The original circuit need about 2.227 us. The circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.216 us. The condition of the charging simulation on HSPICE is from 4V to 7.8V. The original circuit need about 2.210 us. The circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.232 us. When the condition of the discharging simulation on HSPICE is from 7.8V to 0.2V, the original circuit need about 2.296 us, and the circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.400 us. When the condition of the charging simulation on HSPICE is from 0.2V to 4V, the original circuit need about 2.225 us, and the circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.241 us. When the condition of the discharging simulation on HSPICE is from 4V to 0.2V, the original circuit need about 2.318 us, and the circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.267 us. When the condition of the charging simulation on HSPICE is from 0.2V to 7.8V, the original circuit need about 2.229 us, and the circuit in the preferred embodiment of the present invention only need 1.389 us. According to the simulation above, the present invention can shorten the driving period about 37.7%˜45.4%, such that the driving circuit can satisfy the high resolution and high frame rate display product requirement.
In summary, the essence of the invention is to pre-charge the input terminal of the source operation amplifier, and to turn off the front stage of DACs upon charging, so that the time constant seen by the output of the DAC becomes smaller, and the pre-charging circuit can focus on pre-charging. Therefore, the source operation amplifier can have the fast response to the data voltage to increase the driving speed, so that the display driver circuit can be applied to the display panel with the higher resolution.
While the present invention has been described by way of examples and in terms of preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications. Therefore, the scope of the appended claims should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications.
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