This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 92130766, filed Nov. 4, 2003.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to a display and a driving circuit thereof, and more particularly to a flat panel display and a driving circuit thereof.
2. Description of the Related Art
Because of the advance of technology, electronic devices are widely used in our daily life, such as ATM, PC, cellular phone and TV. We can get information through the displays.
In recently years, the flat panel display (FPD) has gradually replaced the traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) display. The flat panel display (FPD) may be classified into a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display panel (PDP), an organic light emitting display (OLED), a field emission display (FED), etc. In almost all of the flat panel display FPD, a plurality of scanning (gate) signals is incorporated with a plurality of data (source) signals for generating images on the display.
According to the conventional source driving circuit, the buffer 138 is provided for enhancing the driving ability of the signal (such as the current of the signal) without changing the signal characteristic (such as the voltage of the signal). In order to provide sufficient signal driving ability to the pixel, the conventional LCD 110 provides a buffer 138 at each source terminal. For example, if the LCD 110 has 400 source terminals, correspondingly 400 buffers are required, and accordingly, the high power consumption thereof is substantially high.
Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a driving circuit of a display for reducing power consumption and heat generated from the buffers. Moreover, the present invention can also reduce the number of components in the driving device allowing further shrinkage in size and area of the circuit and thereby reducing the cost.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a driving circuit of a flat panel display for reducing power consumption and heat generation. Moreover, the present invention can also reduce the number of components in the driving device allowing further shrinkage in size and area of the circuit and reduce the cost.
In order to achieve the above objects and other advantages of the present invention, a driving circuit of a display for converting a first display data to an image driving signal is provided. The driving circuit includes a gamma voltage generator, a plurality of first buffers and a converter. The gamma voltage generator is used to provide a plurality of first gamma voltages. Each of the first buffers is provided for receiving each of the first gamma voltages to generate a second gamma voltage respectively. The converter is provided for receiving the second gamma voltages and the first display data to output the image driving signal by selecting one of the corresponding second gamma voltages according to the first display data.
According to one preferred driving circuit of the display, the gamma voltage further receives a plurality of gamma adjusting voltages for generating a plurality of corresponding first gamma voltages. Additionally, the driving circuit is further provided for receiving a horizontal synchronous signal and a second display data, wherein the driving circuit of a display further includes, for example but not limited to, a shift register and a second buffer. The shift register is provided for receiving the second display data to generate a third display data. The second buffer is provided for receiving the third display data and the horizontal synchronous signal is provided to latch the third display data according to a timing of the horizontal synchronous signal and to generate the first display data.
In order to achieve the above objects and other advantages of the present invention, a flat panel display is disclosed. The flat panel display includes a display panel, a timing controller, a set of gate driving circuits and a set of source driving circuits. The display panel has a plurality of pixels. The timing controller is provided for outputting a scanning signal, a first display data and a horizontal synchronous signal. The set of gate driving circuits has a plurality of gate drivers for receiving the scanning signal. The set of source driving circuit has a plurality of source drivers, wherein each of the source drivers converts a first display data into an image driving signal according to a timing of the horizontal synchronous signal. The source driver includes, for example but not limited to, a gamma voltage generator, a plurality of first buffers and a converter. The gamma voltage generator is used for providing a plurality of first gamma voltages. Each of the first buffers is provided for receiving each of the first gamma voltages to generate a second gamma voltage respectively. The converter is provided for receiving the second gamma voltages and the first display data to output the image driving signal by selecting one of the corresponding second gamma voltages according to the first display data.
Accordingly, in the present invention since a buffer is disposed at each gamma voltage output terminal of the gamma voltage generator, and therefore buffers at the source terminals as required in the prior art liquid crystal display are not required. Therefore, the present invention can reduce the power consumption and heat generated from the buffers. Moreover, the present invention also reduces the number of components in the driving circuit device allowing further shrinkage in size and area of the driving circuit and reduces the cost. Because the need of a buffer for each source terminal can be avoided, and therefore when the number of source terminals increase with the increase in number of pixels, buffers for the source terminals are not required. Accordingly, the number of the components in the driving device can be significantly reduced allowing shrinkage in size and area of the driving circuit and also the cost thereof is significantly reduced.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
In general, a plurality of buffers are usually disposed at the input terminals of the source of the prior art driving circuit of the display panel for enhancing the driving ability of the signals. In other words, the buffers are disposed at the output ends of the of the source drivers. Therefore, if a display has, for example, 400 source terminals, in the prior art structure 400 buffers are required. Alternatively, the present invention provides a buffer at each gamma voltage output terminal of the gamma voltage generator for overcoming the problems of requiring a large number of buffers for a correspondingly large number of source terminals as in case of the prior art. For example, if R, G and B color each has a six-bit data, 64 gray level gamma voltages are required. Thus, in the present invention, only 64 buffers are required. In the present invention, the number buffers need not be equal to the number of the source terminals and in fact can be substantially less than the number of the source terminals. Accordingly, the chip area, the power consumption and the heat generation from the buffers can be substantially reduced. Moreover, the present invention also reduces the number of components in the driving device allowing further shrinkage in size and area of the circuit and reduces the costs thereof.
Hereinafter, a liquid crystal display (LCD) according to a preferred embodiment of the preset invention is described.
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In the present invention, the gamma generator 230 can receive a plurality of gamma adjusting voltages 232 and output the gamma voltages 231 corresponding to the gamma adjusting voltages 232. The gamma generator 230 can also generate a plurality of different gamma voltages 231. Each of the gamma voltages 231 represents a pixel gray level. In the embodiment, the gamma voltages 231 may have, for example but not limited to, 64 gray levels. In order to enhance the driving ability of the gamma voltages 231, a buffer 240 is connected to each gamma voltage 231. Each buffer 240 receives a level gamma voltage 231 and outputs a gamma voltage 241. The buffer 240 is provided for enhancing the driving ability of the signal (such as the current of the signal) but without changing the characteristic of the signal (such as the voltage of the signal). The D/A converter 226 receives the display data 225 and the gamma voltage 241 simultaneously, and outputs the image driving signal 227 by selecting the corresponding gamma voltage 241 according to the display data 225.
In another embodiment of the present invention, a flat panel display is disclosed. Referring to
It is preferable that the flat panel display includes, for example but not limited to, a liquid crystal display (LCD), an amorphous silicon LCD, a low temperature poly-silicon LCD, an organic light emitting diode display, or a reflective LCD. More preferably, the reflective LCD includes, for example but not limited to, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS).
Accordingly, in the present invention since a buffer is disposed at each gamma voltage output terminal of the gamma voltage generator, and therefore buffers need not be disposed at the source terminals as required in the prior art liquid crystal display. Therefore, the present invention can reduce the power consumption and heat generation from the buffers. Moreover, the present invention also reduces the number of components in the driving circuit device allowing further shrinkage in size and area of the driving circuit and reduces the cost. Because the need of a buffer for each source terminal can be avoided, and therefore when the number of source terminals increase with the increase of in the number of pixels, buffers for the source terminals are not required. Accordingly, the number of the components in the driving device can be significantly reduced allowing shrinkage in size and area of the driving circuit and also the cost thereof can be significantly reduced.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present invention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present invention cover modifications and variations of this invention provided they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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92130766 | Nov 2003 | TW | national |