1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a technology for supplying power necessary for driving a panel of a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a power supply circuit of a liquid crystal display device, which can suppress electromagnetic interference (EMI) by using charging control signals and loading control signals periodically or irregularly changed when a gate voltage is generated.
2. Description of the Related Art
The driving circuit unit 121 includes a gate driver 121A, a source driver 121B, and a timing controller 121C.
The gate driver 121A outputs a gate driving signal for driving each gate line of the liquid crystal panel 110.
The source driver 121B outputs a data signal to each data line of the liquid crystal panel 110.
The timing controller 121C controls the driving of the power supply 122 as well as the driving of the gate driver 121A and the source driver 121B.
The power supply 122 includes a power controller 122A, a source power driver 122B, and a gate power driver 122C.
The power controller 122A controls the driving of the source power driver 122B and the gate power driver 122C under the control of the timing controller 121C.
The gate power driver 122C generates and supplies a gate high voltage VGH and a gate low voltage VGL, which are required when the gate driver 121A generates the gate driving signal.
A power supply circuit provided in the gate power driver always outputs a switching pulse with the same phase as illustrated in
The source power driver 122B supplies panel driving voltages VDDP and VDDN with positive and negative polarities, which are required when the source driver 121B generates the data signal.
As described above, the power supply circuit provided in the gate power driver outputs the charging control signals and the loading control signals with fixed phases in order to generate the high gate voltage and the low gate voltage, thereby causing severe electromagnetic interference (EMI).
Furthermore, since charging control signals and loading control signals with different phases are used whenever a new frame starts, an image may be unstably displayed.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems occurring in the related art, and an object of the present invention is to periodically or irregularly change the durations of charging control signals and loading control signals when a power supply circuit provided in a gate power driver outputs the charging control signal and the loading control signal in order to generate a high gate voltage and a low gate voltage, and to provide charging control signals and loading control signals with the same phase whenever a new frame starts.
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power supply circuit of a liquid crystal display device, including: a first positive polarity charge charging unit including a first capacitor having both ends connected to a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal through first and second switches, thereby charging a charge; a second positive polarity charge charging unit including a second capacitor having both ends connected to the positive power terminal and a ground terminal through third and fourth switches, thereby charging a charge; a first positive polarity charge loading unit that loads the charge, which is supplied through the positive power terminal, to a negative polarity terminal of the first capacitor of the first positive polarity charge charging unit; a second positive polarity charge loading unit that loads the charge, which is charged in the first capacitor of the first positive polarity charge charging unit, to a negative polarity terminal of the second capacitor of the second positive polarity charge charging unit; a third positive polarity charge loading unit that loads the charge, which is charged in the second capacitor of the second positive polarity charge charging unit, to a third capacitor connected to a gate high power terminal; and a positive polarity charge charging and loading control unit that outputs charging control signals with a same phase to the first and second switches of the first positive polarity charge charging unit and the third and fourth switches of the second positive polarity charge charging unit whenever a new frame starts, and periodically or irregularly changes durations of the charging control signals and durations of loading control signals which are outputted to each switch of the first to third positive polarity charge loading units.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power supply circuit of a liquid crystal display device, including: a negative polarity charge charging unit including a first capacitor having both ends connected to a positive power terminal and a negative power terminal through first and second switches, thereby charging a charge; a first negative polarity charge loading unit that loads a charge, which is supplied through a ground terminal, to a positive polarity terminal of the first capacitor of the negative polarity charge charging unit; a second negative polarity charge loading unit that loads the negative polarity charge, which is charged in the first capacitor of the negative polarity charge charging unit, to a second capacitor connected to a gate low power terminal; and a negative polarity charge charging and loading control unit that outputs charging control signals with a same phase to the first switch of the negative polarity charge charging unit whenever a new frame starts, and periodically or irregularly changes durations of the charging control signals and durations of loading control signals which are outputted to each switch of the first and second negative polarity charge loading units.
The above objects, and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent after a reading of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
Reference will now be made in greater detail to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an example of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The first positive polarity charge charging unit 301 includes a switch SW301, a capacitor C301 and a switch SW302, which are serially connected between a positive (+) power terminal VSP and a negative (−) power terminal VSN.
The second positive polarity charge charging unit 302 includes a switch SW303, a capacitor C302 and a switch SW304, which are serially connected between the positive power terminal VSP and a ground terminal VSS.
The first positive polarity charge loading unit 303 includes a switch SW305 connected between a negative polarity port C1M of the first positive polarity charge charging unit 301 and the positive power terminal VSP.
The second positive polarity charge loading unit 304 includes a switch SW306 which connects a positive polarity port C1P of the first positive polarity charge charging unit 301 to a negative polarity port C2M of the second positive polarity charge charging unit 302.
The third positive polarity charge loading unit 305 includes a switch SW307 and a capacitor C303, which are serially connected between a positive polarity port C2P of the second positive polarity charge charging unit 302 and the ground terminal VSS.
The positive polarity charge charging and loading control unit 306 outputs the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 as illustrated in
Furthermore, the positive polarity charge charging and loading control unit 306 outputs the loading control signals LP1 to LP3, which have phases opposite to those of the charging control signals CP1 and CP2, as illustrated in
Consequently, the supply voltage of the positive power terminal VSP is supplied to the negative polarity port C1M connected to the negative polarity terminal of the capacitor C301 of the first positive polarity charge charging unit 301 through the switch SW305, resulting in an increase in the level of a charging voltage across the capacitor C301.
The charging voltage with the increased level across the capacitor C301 is supplied to the negative polarity port C2M connected to the negative polarity terminal of the capacitor C302 of the second positive polarity charge charging unit 302 through the switch SW306, resulting in an increase in the level of a charging voltage across the capacitor C302.
The charging voltage across the capacitor C302 of the second positive polarity charge charging unit 302, which has the increased level through the two-times loading operations as described above, is charged in the capacitor C303 through the switch SW307. The voltage charged in the capacitor C303 is outputted to an outside through a gate high power terminal VGH.
Meanwhile, the positive polarity charge charging and loading control unit 306 outputs charging control signals CP1 and CP2 with the same phase (e.g., a phase 1) and loading control signals LP1 to LP3 with the same phase (e.g., a phase 1) at the first horizontal line whenever a new frame starts as illustrated in
Consequently, a liquid crystal panel can be driven with the same driving voltage whenever each frame starts as illustrated in
Then, the positive polarity charge charging and loading control unit 306 periodically or irregularly changes the charging durations of the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 and the loading durations of the loading control signals LP1 to LP3 as illustrated in
Furthermore, when considering that a display operation is not performed in the low duration of the vertical synchronization signal VSYNC as illustrated in
The basic operational principle of the power supply circuit of
The negative polarity charge charging unit 401 includes a switch SW401, a capacitor C401 and a switch SW402, which are serially connected between a positive power terminal VSP and a negative power terminal VSN.
The first negative polarity charge loading unit 402 includes a switch SW403 connected between a positive polarity port C1P of the negative polarity charge charging unit 401 and a ground terminal VSS.
The second negative polarity charge loading unit 403 includes a switch SW404 and a capacitor C402, which are serially connected between a negative polarity port C1M of the negative polarity charge charging unit 401 and the ground terminal VSS.
The negative polarity charge charging and loading control unit 404 outputs the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 as illustrated in
Furthermore, the negative polarity charge charging and loading control unit 404 outputs the loading control signals LP1 and LP2 as illustrated in
Consequently, the supply voltage of the ground terminal VSS is supplied to the positive polarity port C1P connected to the positive polarity terminal of the capacitor C401 of the negative polarity charge charging unit 401 through the switch SW403, resulting in a reduction in the level of a charging voltage across the capacitor C401.
The charging voltage across the capacitor C401 of the negative polarity charge charging unit 401, which has the reduced level through the loading operation as described above, is charged in the capacitor C402 through the switch SW404. The voltage charged in the capacitor C402 is outputted to an outside through a gate low power terminal VGL.
Meanwhile, the negative polarity charge charging and loading control unit 404 outputs charging control signals CP1 and CP2 with the same phase (e.g., a phase 1) and loading control signals LP1 and LP2 with the same phase (e.g., a phase 1) at the first horizontal line whenever a new frame starts as illustrated in
Then, the negative polarity charge charging and loading control unit 404 periodically or irregularly changes the charging durations of the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 and the loading duration of the loading control signals LP1 and LP2 as illustrated in
Furthermore, when considering that a display operation is not performed in the low duration of the vertical synchronization signal VSYNC as illustrated in
The horizontal synchronization signal generator 701 refers to a vertical synchronization signal VSYNC, a data enable signal DE and a horizontal synchronization signal HSYNC, which are actually inputted, to generate a horizontal synchronization signal HSYNC′ similar to the horizontal synchronization signal HSYNC.
The multiplexer MUX701 selects and outputs one of the horizontal synchronization signals HSYNC and HSYNC′ according to a selection signal SEL.
The reset signal generator 702 delays the horizontal synchronization signal, which is inputted from the multiplexer MUX701, through a delay section D701 by a predetermined time, and generates a reset signal by performing a NAND operation on the delayed signal through a NAND gate ND701.
The counter 703 generates n-bit output COUT, and is reset with the same period as that of the horizontal synchronization signal HSYNC by the reset signal which is inputted from the reset signal generator 702. The PWM generator 704 receives the output COUT of the counter 703 to generate the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 and loading control signals LP1 to LP3, which have phases 1 to n of a predetermined pulse width.
Thus, the spectrum formed by the power supply circuit in accordance with the present invention is widely spread as illustrated in
The sequential signal generator 901 regularly changes the phases of the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 and the loading control signals LP1 to LP3 as illustrated in
The output signals of the sequential signal generator 901 and the output signals of the random signal generator 902 are selected in the multiplexers by a selection signal SS_SEL, and are outputted as the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 or the loading control signals LP1 to LP3. That is, the output signals of the sequential signal generator 901 and the output signals of the random signal generator 902 are selected in the multiplexers 903 and 904 by the selection signal SS_SEL, and are outputted as the charging control signals CP1 and CP2 and the loading control signals LP1 to LP3 of
In accordance with the present invention, when a power supply circuit provided in a gate power driver generates a gate high voltage or a gate low voltage, the durations of charging control signals and loading control signals are periodically or randomly changed, so that electromagnetic interference is suppressed.
Furthermore, charging control signals and loading control signals having the same phase are used whenever a new frame starts, so that an image can be stably displayed.
Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and the spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2010-0079919 | Aug 2010 | KR | national |