Information
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Patent Grant
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6650341
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Patent Number
6,650,341
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Date Filed
Wednesday, December 20, 200024 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, November 18, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
Agents
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CPC
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US Classifications
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International Classifications
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Abstract
A liquid crystal drive circuit for AC-driving a liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal drive circuit being constituted of a switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period, the liquid crystal drive circuit comprising a differential operational amplifier 204, a first reference voltage input terminal 200 connected to one input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, a first capacitor group 205 connected to the other input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, for dividing second and third reference voltages 201 and 202, a second capacitor group 206 connected between an output terminal and the other input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, and switch means 207 to 218 for changing a connection condition of the first capacitor group and the second capacitor group to the differential operational amplifier, the switch means being on-off controlled at every predetermined periods for changing the connection condition, so that a color unevenness is minimized when the liquid crystal panel is displayed. In a liquid crystal drive circuit for generating a drive voltage for a graduation display realized by applying a predetermined voltage to a liquid crystal panel, an output voltage error appearing at the time of an AC drive can be compensated in units of frames.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a liquid crystal driving method and a liquid crystal driving circuit, and more specifically to a liquid crystal driving method and a liquid crystal driving circuit, which can control unevenness in color in a liquid crystal panel, attributable to a voltage shift occurring in the case of carrying out an AC driving on the basis of a potential on an opposing electrode in the liquid crystal panel.
In general, a liquid crystal panel is written with several tens frames (several tens screen images) per second, and an output signal of a liquid crystal drive circuit carries out an AC drive on the basis of a potential on an opposing electrode in the liquid crystal panel, in units of scan line or in units of frame. Namely, if an DC voltage continues to be applied to the liquid crystal, ions are accumulated in one electrode, with the result that the liquid crystal becomes immediately deteriorated. In order to avoid this deterioration, the AC drive is carried out by inverting, in units of one frame or a few frames, the positive/negative polarity of the liquid crystal drive circuit output signal, which is a video signal voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal.
FIG. 7
shows an example of the liquid crystal drive circuit for carrying out the AC drive on the basis of the potential on the opposing electrode in the liquid crystal panel in the above mentioned manner. This liquid crystal drive circuit is a technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Pre-examination Publication No. JP-A-09-218671, and is a switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period. This D/A converter is mainly constituted of a differential operational amplifier
304
connected to an output terminal
303
and having a non-inverted input terminal connected to a first reference voltage input terminal
300
. An inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
304
is connected to a first capacitor group
305
including a plurality of capacitors which are constituted of unitary capacitors as a basic element. A second capacitor or a second capacitor group (which will be expediently generically called the second capacitor group in this description)
306
is connected between the non-inverted input terminal and the output terminal
303
of the differential operational amplifier
304
. In addition, the following switch group is constituted for on-off switching between the differential operational amplifier
304
, the first capacitor group
305
and the second capacitor group
306
.
Namely, a first switch group
307
is provided in which one end of each switch is connected to one end of a corresponding capacitor in the first capacitor group
305
and the other end of each switch is connected in common to a second reference voltage input terminal
301
. A second switch group
308
is provided in which one end of each switch is connected to one end of a corresponding capacitor in the first capacitor group
305
and the other end of each switch is connected in common to a connection node between third and fourth switches
309
and
310
explained hereinafter. There are provided the third switch
309
having one end connected to the other end of the second switch group
308
and the other end connected to the first reference voltage input terminal
300
and the non-inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
304
, the fourth switch
301
having one end connected to the other end of the second switch group
308
and the one end of the third switch
309
and the other end connected to a third reference voltage input terminal
302
, and a fifth switch
311
connected in parallel to the second capacitor group
306
.
In this liquid crystal drive circuit, two values are selected from gamma-compensated analog gradation voltages of for example 8 to 10 gradation levels, which are supplied from an external circuit of the drive circuit, and the two selected values of the analog gradation voltages are supplied to the second and third reference voltage input terminals
301
and
302
, respectively, and on the other hand, the first to fifth switch groups and switches
307
to
311
are selected turned on, so that an analog gradation voltage is further divided with the result that one level of multi-gradated gradation data is outputted from the output terminal
303
as an analog image data. In addition, the polarity of the voltages applied to the second and third reference voltage input terminals
301
and
302
is inverted in order to carry out the AC drive. Incidentally, the inversion of the polarity of the reference voltage generates a large load when the liquid crystal drive circuit is operated. Therefore, the above referred Japanese publication discloses that a control circuit is provided for selectively operating each of the above mentioned switches. This control circuit receives a digital image data, a sample/hold input clock and a frame input clock, and inverts the polarity of the voltage outputted from the output terminal, on the basis of the voltage on the first reference voltage input terminal
300
, in accordance with the image data and the clocks. However, the detail will be omitted.
However, in the liquid crystal drive circuit shown in
FIG. 7
, since the output voltage is determined by a ratio between the first capacitor group
305
and the second capacitor group
306
, if the value of this ratio varies, the output voltage is deviated from a set value. For example, in the process of a fabrication of the liquid crystal drive circuit, when a reticle is prepared or when a capacitor is actually shot onto a wafer, if a difference occurs in capacitance between the first capacitor group
305
and the second capacitor group
306
, by changing from one circuit to another, from one chip to another, from one wafer to another, and from one lot to another, an error occurs in the output voltage as mentioned above, with the result that a display unevenness attributable to the output voltage difference occurs in an image displayed in the liquid crystal.
This output voltage difference can be specifically expressed by the following mathematical equations. Here, in order to simplify the calculation, it is assumed that the circuit shown in
FIG. 7
is a 2-bit switched capacitor type D/A converter. When the value of the first capacitor group
305
is deviated from the value of the second capacitor group
306
by a capacitance value Δα in a capacitance increasing direction, the voltage value of a positive side is expressed by the equation (1):
Vout
(positive, α)={
Vref
(4+Δα)}/(4+Δα) −4
V
2
/(4+Δα)−{χ(
V
1
+V
2
)}/(4+Δα) (1)
In a similar condition, the voltage value of a negative side is expressed by the equation (2):
Vout
(negative, α)=Δα/(4+Δα) +4
V
2
/(4+Δα)+{χ(
V
1
+V
2
)}/(4+Δα) (2)
where Vref is a first reference voltage supplied to the first reference voltage input terminal
300
, V
1
is a second reference voltage supplied to the second reference voltage input terminal
301
, and V
2
is a third reference voltage supplied to the third reference voltage input terminal
302
.
In the case of driving the liquid crystal panel, the AC drive is carried out by alternately outputting the voltage expressed by the equation (1) and the voltage expressed by the equation (2). However, if the capacitance value difference expressed by Δα occurs in each of the above equations, the amplitude of the voltage on the basis of the potential of the opposing electrode in the liquid crystal panel increases as shown in
FIG. 8
, or alternatively decreases, so that the output signal having an error is outputted. Therefore, an actually displayed color is expressed as an effective value=[(1)−(2)]/2. This effective value is expressed by the equation (3). Incidentally, the equation (3) is expressed in the form of A(Δα) which is a function of Δα.
Vout
(α)=4
Vref
/(4+Δα)−4
V
2
/(4+Δα)−{χ(
V
1
+V
2
) }/(
4+Δα)
(3)
Next, when the value of the second capacitor group
306
is deviated from the value of the first capacitor group
305
by a capacitance value Δβ in a capacitance increasing direction, the voltage value of a positive side and the voltage value of a negative side are expressed by the equations (4) and (5), respectively:
Vout
(positive, β)={
Vref
(8+Δβ)}/4−
V
2
−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δβ)/4 (4)
Vout
(negative, β)=−{
Vref
·Δβ)}/4+
V
2
+{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δβ)/4 (5)
Thus, an actually displayed color is expressed as an effective value=[(4)−(5)]/2. This effective value is expressed by the equation (6). Incidentally, the equation (6) is expressed in the form of B(Δβ) which is a function of Δβ.
Vout
(β)={
Vref
(4+Δβ)}/4−
V
2
−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δβ)/4/ (6)
Accordingly, a difference in the output between the equation (3) and the equation (6) is observed as a color unevenness between circuit outputs, between chips, between wafers, and between lots. If the degree of this color unevenness is expressed by a output voltage difference ΔV, the following equation (7) is obtained:
Δ
V=A
(Δα)−
B
(Δβ) (7)
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal driving method and a liquid crystal driving circuit, which can cancel the above mentioned color unevenness attributable to the deviation of the capacitance in the capacitor groups.
A liquid crystal drive method in accordance with the present invention is characterized in that in a liquid crystal drive method for carrying out a gradation display by AC-driving a liquid crystal panel by use of a liquid crystal drive circuit constituted of a switched capacitor type D/A converter, the liquid crystal panel is driven by alternately changing, at every predetermined periods, the polarity of an output error appearing in the liquid crystal drive circuit. Here, the polarity of the output error is alternately changed in units of “n” frames (where “n” is integer not less than 1).
In addition, a liquid crystal drive circuit in accordance with the present invention is constituted of a switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period, for AC-driving a liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal drive circuit comprising a differential operational amplifier, a first reference voltage connected to one input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, a first capacitor group connected to the other input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, for dividing second and third reference voltages, a second capacitor group connected between an output terminal and the other input terminal of the differential operational amplifier, and switch means for changing a connection condition of the first capacitor group and the second capacitor group to the differential operational amplifier, the switch means being on-off controlled at every predetermined periods for changing the connection condition.
As shown in a conception diagram of
FIG. 1
, the liquid crystal drive circuit in accordance with the present invention is constituted of a switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period, which comprises a differential operational amplifier
104
, a first reference voltage input terminal
100
connected to a non-inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
104
, a first capacitor group
105
connected to an inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
104
for dividing a reference voltage supplied from second and third reference voltage input terminals
101
and
102
, a second capacitor group
106
connected between an output terminal
103
and the inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
104
, and a switching means
107
for changing a connection condition of the first capacitor group
105
and the second capacitor group
106
to the differential operational amplifier
104
, so that by on-off controlling the switching means
107
at every predetermined periods, the connection condition is changed. Therefore, when there is an error or a variation in the capacitance value between the first capacitor group
105
and the second capacitor group
106
in the liquid crystal drive circuit so that an output error occurs which causes a color unevenness, the connection condition of the first capacitor group
105
and the second capacitor group
106
is exchanged by the switching means
107
at every “n” frames for example, so that the polarity of the appearing output error is inverted at every “n” frames, with the result that the appearing output error is canceled at every “2n” frames and therefore the color unevenness is canceled.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1
is a circuit diagram illustrating a conceptual construction of the liquid crystal drive circuit in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2
is a circuit diagram illustrating one embodiment of the liquid crystal drive circuit in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 3
is a timing chart illustrating a driving method for the liquid crystal drive circuit shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 4
is a circuit diagram showing a connection condition in a switch operation for first and second frames;
FIG. 5
is a circuit diagram showing a connection condition in a switch operation for third and fourth frames;
FIG. 6
is a waveform diagram showing an output signal when a liquid crystal is driven by the liquid crystal drive circuit shown in
FIG. 2
;
FIG. 7
is a circuit diagram of the prior art liquid crystal drive circuit; and
FIG. 8
is a waveform diagram showing an output signal when a liquid crystal is driven by the prior art liquid crystal drive circuit.
EMBODIMENTS
Now, one embodiment of the liquid crystal drive circuit in accordance with the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2
is a circuit diagram of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a liquid crystal drive circuit composed of a 2-bit switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period. This is mainly constituted of a differential operational amplifier
204
connected to an output terminal
203
and having a non-inverted input terminal connected to a first reference voltage input terminal
200
. This further includes a first capacitor group
205
connected to an inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
and constituted of a plurality of unitary capacitors as a basic element, and a second capacitor group
206
connected to the inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
and constituted of a plurality of unitary capacitors as a basic element. Furthermore, switch groups and switches are provided for changing the connection of a second reference voltage input terminal
201
and a third reference voltage input terminal
202
to the differential operational amplifier
204
and the first and second capacitor groups
205
and
206
.
Specifically, there are provided a “1A”th switch group
207
having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in the first capacitor group
205
and the other end connected to the reference voltage input terminal
201
, a “2A”th switch group
208
having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in the first capacitor group
205
, a “3A”th switch
209
having one end connected to the other end of the “2A”th switch group
208
and the other end connected to the inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
, a “4A”th switch
210
having one end connected to the other end of the “2A”th switch group
208
and the one end of the “3A”th switch
209
and the other end connected to the output terminal
203
of the differential operational amplifier
204
, a “5A”th switch
211
having one end connected to the other end of the “2A”th switch group
208
, the one end of the “3A”th switch
209
and the one end of the “4A”th switch
210
and the other end connected to the first reference voltage input terminal
200
and the non-inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
, and a “6A”th switch
212
having one end connected to the other end of the “2A”th switch group
208
and the respective one ends of the “3A”th switch
209
, the “4A”th switch
210
and the “5A”th switch
211
and the other end connected to the third reference voltage input terminal
202
.
Furthermore, there are provided a “1B”th switch group
213
having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in the second capacitor group
206
and the other end connected to the second reference voltage input terminal
201
, a “2B”th switch group
214
having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in the second capacitor group
206
, a “3B”th switch
215
having one end connected to the other end of the “2B”th switch group
214
and the other end connected to the inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
, a “4B”th switch
216
having one end connected to the other end of the “2B”th switch group
214
and the one end of the “3B”th switch
215
and the other end connected to the output terminal
203
of the differential operational amplifier
204
, a “5B”th switch
217
having one end connected to the other end of the “2B”th switch group
214
, the one end of the “3B”th switch
215
and the one end of the “4B”th switch
216
and the other end connected to the first reference voltage input terminal
200
and the non-inverted input terminal of the differential operational amplifier
204
, and a “6B”th switch
218
having one end connected to the other end of the “2B”th switch group
214
and the respective one ends of the “3B”th switch
215
, the “4B”th switch
216
and the “5B”th switch
217
and the other end connected to the third reference voltage input terminal
202
.
The “1A”th to “6A”th switch groups and switches, and the “1B”th to “6B”th switch groups and switches are so configured to be complementarily turned on and off in units of frame(s). In this embodiment, they are so configured to be alternately turned on and off in units of two frames. Namely,
FIG. 3
is a timing chart illustrating the on-off operations of those switch groups and switches. In the operation of those switch groups and switches, a high level indicates an ON condition,
Now, a liquid crystal driving method for the liquid crystal driving circuit having the above mentioned construction will be described with reference to
FIG. 2
to FIG.
5
. In FIG.
2
and
FIG. 3
, the “4A”th switch
210
and the “4B”th switch
216
function to alternately replace one of the first capacitor group
205
and the second capacitor group
206
by the other and vice versa at every two frames. Namely, as in first and second frames, fifth and sixth frames, etc., when the “4A”th switch
210
is OFF, the “4B”th switch
216
is ON, and furthermore, all of the “1B”th switch group
213
, the “3A”th switch
209
and the “5B”th switch
217
and the “6B”th switch
218
are maintained in an OFF condition, and at the same time, the “2B”th switch group
214
is maintained in an ON condition. In addition, the “1A”th switch group
207
, the “2A”th switch group
208
, the “5A”th switch
211
, the “6A”th switch
212
and the “3B”th switch
215
are on-off switched in accordance with an input data. The circuit excluding the switch groups and switches maintained in the OFF condition in this situation and their associated interconnections, is shown in FIG.
4
.
On the other hand, as in third and fourth frames, seventh and eighth frames, etc., when the “4B”th switch
216
is OFF, the “4A”th switch
210
is ON, and furthermore, all of the “1A”th switch group
207
, the “3B”th switch
215
and the “5A”th switch
21
A and the “6A”th switch
212
are maintained in an OFF condition, and at the same time, the “2A”th switch group
208
is maintained in an ON condition. In addition, the “1B”th switch group
213
, the “2B”th switch group
214
, the “5B”th switch
217
, the “6B”th switch
218
and the switch
209
are on-off switched in accordance with the input data. The circuit excluding the switch groups and switches maintained in the OFF condition in this situation and their associated interconnections, is shown in FIG.
5
.
Accordingly, this liquid crystal drive circuit is so constructed that, as in the first, second, fifth and sixth frames and in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth frames, the connection condition of the first capacitor group
205
to the differential operational amplifier
204
and the connection condition of the first capacitor group
205
to the differential operational amplifier
204
are replaced by each other in units of two frames, so that an operation output is obtained in the connection condition thus replaced. Here, when the value of the first capacitor group
205
is deviated from the value of the second capacitor group
206
by a capacitance value Δα in a capacitance increasing direction, the voltage value of a positive side and the voltage value of a negative side are expressed by the equations (8) to (11) for the first and second frames and the third and fourth frames, respectively:
Vout
(positive, α, 1, 2)={
Vref
(8+Δα)}/(4+Δα) −4
V
2
/(4+Δα)−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/(4+Δα) (8)
Vout
(negative, α, 1, 2)=Δα/(4+Δα) +4
V
2
/(4+Δα)+{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/(4+Δα) (9)
Vout
(positive, α, 3, 4)={
Vref
(8+Δα)}/4−
V
2
−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δα)/4 (10)
Vout
(negative, α, 3, 4)=−{
Vref
·Δα)}/4
+V
2
+{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δα)/4 (11)
where Vref is a first reference voltage supplied to the first reference voltage input terminal
200
, V
1
is a second reference voltage supplied to the second reference voltage input terminal
201
, and V
2
is a third reference voltage supplied to the third reference voltage input terminal
202
.
In the case of driving the liquid crystal panel, the AC drive is carried out by sequentially outputting the voltages expressed by the equations (8) to (11). If the capacitance value difference expressed in the equations (8) to (11) occurs, the output signal becomes as shown in FIG.
6
. Therefore, an actually displayed color, namely, an effective value is expressed by the equation (12):
{
Vout
(positive, α, 1, 2)−
Vout
(negative, α, 1, 2) +
Vout
(positive, α, 3, 4)−
Vout
(negative, α, 3, 4)}/4 (12)
Here, this equation (12) can be modified as the equation (13), similarly to the equation (3) and the equation (6) as mentioned above:
{
A
(Δα)+
B
(Δα)}/2 (13)
On the other hand, when the value of the second capacitor group
206
is deviated from the value of the first capacitor group
205
by a capacitance value Δβ in a capacitance increasing direction, the voltage value of a positive side and the voltage value of a negative side are expressed by the equations (14) to (17) for the first and second frames and the third and fourth frames, respectively:
Vout
(positive, β, 1, 2)={
Vref
(8+Δβ)}/(4+Δβ) −4
V
2
/(4+Δβ)−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/(4+Δβ) (14)
Vout
(negative, β, 1, 2)=Δβ/(4+Δβ) +4
V
2
/(4+Δβ)+{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/(4+Δβ) (15)
Vout
(positive, β, 3, 4)={
Vref
(8+Δβ)}/4
−V
2
−{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δβ)/4 (16)
Vout
(negative, β, 3, 4)=−{
Vref·Δβ)}/
4
+V
2
+{χ(
V
1
−V
2
)}/4−(
V
1
·Δβ)/4 (17)
Therefore, an actually displayed color, namely, an effective value is expressed by the equation (18):
{
Vout
(positive, β, 1, 2)−
Vout
(negative, β, 1, 2) +
Vout
(positive, β, 3, 4)−
Vout
(negative, β, 3, 4)}/4 (18)
Here, this equation (18) can be modified as the equation (19), similarly to the equation (13) as mentioned above:
{
A
(Δβ)+
B
(Δβ)}/2 (19)
Accordingly, a output voltage difference ΔV′, which is the degree of this color unevenness in the liquid crystal drive circuit of this embodiment, is expressed by the following equation (20):
Δ
V′={A
(Δα)+
B
(Δα)}/2
−{A
(Δβ)+
B
(Δβ)}/2
=ΔV/
2
−{A
(Δβ)−
B
(Δα)}/2 (20)
In this equation (20), approximation shown in the equations (21) and (22) is possible:
A
(Δβ)=
A
(Δα)×(4+Δα)/(4+Δβ)≡
A
(Δα) (21)
B
(Δα)=
B
(Δβ)+(
V
1
·Δβ)/4+(
V
2
·Δβ)/4−(
Vref·Δβ
)/4+(
Vref
·Δβ)/4
≡B
(Δβ) (22)
Accordingly, the term {A(Δβ)−B(Δα)} in the equation (20) becomes {ΔV+δV}, where δV<<ΔV.
Accordingly, the equation (20) can be modified as the equation (23):
ΔV′=−δV
/2 (23)
Here, comparing the equation (23) with the equation (7), since ΔV′<<ΔV, the difference in the output voltage can be greatly reduced in comparison with the prior art. Namely, the color unevenness in the liquid crystal panel can be minimized to the utmost.
Considering a specific example in that the first reference voltage Vref=5V, the second reference voltage V
1
=1V, the third reference voltage V
2
=2V, χ=3, Δα=0.01 and Δβ=0.02, the voltage difference in the prior art is ΔV=30 mV, and the voltage difference in the present invention is ΔV′=0.5 mV, which is evidently improved over the prior art.
In the above mentioned embodiment, the circuit construction outputting a single output signal has been described. It can be modified to a multi-output circuit having a plurality of drive circuits similar to the above mentioned drive circuit.
As mentioned above, when a gradation display is carried out by AC-driving a liquid crystal panel by use of a liquid crystal drive circuit constituted of a switched capacitor type D/A converter, there occurs an output error attributable to an error or a variation in capacitance value of a first capacitor group and a second capacitor group provided in the liquid crystal drive circuit, with the result that the output error becomes a cause for a color unevenness. Under this circumstance, according to the present invention, by replacing the connection of the first capacitor group and the connection of the second capacitor group by each other for example at every “n” frames by means of switch means, the polarity of the appearing output error is inverted at every “n” frames, with the result that the output error is canceled in units of “2n” frames, and therefore, the color unevenness can be advantageously eliminated when the liquid crystal panel is displayed.
Claims
- 1. A liquid crystal drive circuit for AC-driving a liquid crystal panel, the liquid crystal drive circuit including a switched capacitor type D/A converter having a sample period and a hold period, the liquid crystal drive circuit comprising:a differential operational amplifier; a first reference voltage connected to one input terminal of said differential operational amplifier; a first capacitor group connected to the other input terminal of said differential operational amplifier for dividing second and third reference voltages; a second capacitor group connected between an output terminal and the other input terminal of said differential operational amplifier; and switch means for changing a connection condition of said first capacitor group and said second capacitor group to said differential operational amplifier, said switch means being on-off controlled at every predetermined period for changing said connection condition, a plurality of liquid crystal drive circuits provided to realize a multi-output, and wherein said differential operational amplifier has a non-inverted input terminal connected to a first reference voltage input terminal, wherein said first capacitor group is constituted of a plurality of unitary capacitors as a basic element, which are connected to an inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, said second capacitor group is constituted of a plurality of unitary capacitors as a basic element, which are connected to said inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, and wherein said switch means comprises a “1A”th switch group having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in said first capacitor group and the other end connected to a second reference voltage input terminal, a “2A”th switch group having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in said first capacitor group, a “3A”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2A”th switch group and the other end connected to said inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, a “4A”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2A” the switch group and the one end of said “3A”th switch and the other end connected to said output terminal of said differential operational amplifier, a “5A”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2A”th switch group, the one end of said “3A”th switch and the one end of said “4A”th switch and the other end connected to said first reference voltage input terminal and said non-inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, and a “BA”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2A”th switch group and the respective one ends of said “3A”th to “5A”th switch and the other end connected to said third reference voltage input terminal, a “1B”th switch group having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in said second capacitor group and the other end connected to said second reference voltage input terminal, a “2B”th switch group having switches each having one end connected to a corresponding capacitor in said second capacitor group, a “3B”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2B”th switch group and the other end connected to said inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, a “4B”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2B”th switch group and said one end of said “3B”the switch and the other end connected to said output terminal of said differential operational amplifier, a“5B”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2B”th switch group, said one end of said “3B”th switch and said one end of said “4B”th switch and the other end connected to said first reference voltage input terminal and said non-inverted input terminal of said differential operational amplifier, and a “6B”th switch having one end connected to the other end of said “2B”th switch group and said respective one ends of said “3B”th to “5B”th switch and the other end connected to said third reference voltage input terminal.
- 2. A liquid crystal drive circuit claimed in claim 1, wherein said “4A”th switch and said “4B”th switch are on-off controlled in such a manner that during each of said predetermined periods, one of said “4A”th switch and said “4B”th switch is ON and the other of said “4A”th switch and said “4B”th switch is OFF, in order to alternately replace said first capacitor group and said second capacitor group by each other at every predetermined periods.
- 3. A liquid crystal drive circuit claimed in claim 1, wherein when said “4A”th switch is ON, said “4B”th switch is OFF, and said “1B”th switch group, said “3A”th switch and said “5B”th switch and said “6B”th switch are maintained in an OFF condition, and at the same time, said “2B”th switch group is maintained in an ON condition, and furthermore, said “1A”th switch group, said “2A”th switch group, said “5A”th switch, said “6A”th switch and said “3B”th switch are on-off switched in accordance with an input data, and wherein when said “4B”th switch is OFF, said “4A”th switch is ON, and said “1A”th switch group, said “3B”th switch and said “5A”th switch and said “6A”th switch are maintained in an OFF condition, and at the same time, said “2A”th switch group is maintained in an ON condition, and furthermore, said “1B”th switch group, said “2B”th switch group, said “5B”th switch, said “6B”th switch and said “3A”th switch are on-off switched in accordance with said input data.
- 4. A liquid crystal drive circuit claimed in claim 1 wherein said switch means being complementarily on-off controlled in units of “n” frames.
- 5. A liquid crystal drive circuit claimed in claim 1 wherein a plurality of liquid crystal drive circuits are provided to comply to realize a multi-output.
Priority Claims (1)
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