1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to a power supply method of a LCD display device capable of reducing system cost and power supply devices, and more particularly, to a power supply method of the LCD display device which can reduce number of power components and power supply devices
2. Description of the Prior Art
Most home electronics or information products have their own power supply devices, which are utilized for transforming the AC (alternating current) power source into the various voltage levels required by all the circuit components of the products. For example, the power supply device of a desk-top computer is utilized for converting the AC power source into several different levels of DC (direct current) voltages, and those DC voltages are then delivered via bunches of copper wires to some major parts, like the motherboard, the HDD (hard disk drive), the optical disk drive . . . etc. Taking the motherboard as an example, after the motherboard receives the DC voltages from the power supply device, the motherboard will perform the secondary or even more stages of voltage conversion to produce the required voltages for the operational needs of the CPU, the DRAM modules, the network IC, and so forth. For a complex power supply system like this, more power-related components are required for performing the complete power supply functions.
However, the desk-top computer mentioned above is not a unique example; many other home appliances also have complex power supply devices and components. For instance, a LCD (liquid crystal device) TV which is getting much popular in the recent years is another convenient example. The power supply device of the LCD TV also exhibits a hierarchical structure. Please refer to
In detail, the backlight power unit BLPU0 comprises a pulse wave modulation (PWM) control unit PCU1, a power stage circuit PS1, an AC converter ACIU1 and a voltage transformer PVTU1. Firstly, the PWM control unit PCU1 converts the DC voltage DCP2 into a PWM signal PWM_S1, and the power stage circuit PS1 converts the PWM signal PWM_S1 into a DC voltage DCP4. Next, the DC voltage DCP4 is converted into an AC voltage BLAC0 by an AC converter ACIU0. Finally, the voltage transformer PVTU1 converts the AC voltage BLAS0 into a high voltage level of AC voltage BLAC1, and the AC voltage BLAC1 is utilized to drive the light tube in the backlight module.
Besides that, the main board power unit MBPU0 comprises a pulse wave modulation (PWM) control unit PCU2, a power stage circuit PS2 and a number of DC converters DCCU1˜DCCUN. About the operation, the PWM control unit PCU2 converts the DC power DCP3 into the PWM signal PWM_S2, and then the power stage circuit PS2 converts the PWM signal PWM_S2 into a DC power DCP5. Finally, use the DC converters DCCU1˜DCCUN to convert the DC power DCP5 into a number of DC voltages DC1˜DCN between 1.2 to 8 volts to supply the DC voltages required by the proper operations of every component on the main control board.
According to the description above, the power supply device of the prior art comprises multiple stages of voltage/current conversion, such that all the required DC voltages can be provided for every single circuit component in the main control board, and also the AC voltage can be supplied for driving the light tube of the backlight module. Among them, the power supply device 10 uses three pulse wave modulation (PWM) control units PCU0˜PCU2 in total for handling the voltage/current conversion and power regulation for the electronic components on the backlight module and the main control board. Since more stages of voltage conversion will undoubtedly decrease more of the electric efficiency, therefore for a power supply system of the LCD TV or other electronic product, to explore the way(s) to improve the efficiency of the voltage/current conversion, and to decrease the wasting of the electric energy and lower the overall cost of the product has been a major goal for global industry.
It is therefore a primary objective of the claimed invention to provide a power supply method for LCD display device and power supply device for saving power components and reducing system cost.
The present invention discloses a power supply device of a LCD (liquid crystal device) display device for saving power components and reducing system cost, which comprises an AC (alternating current) rectifier, coupled to an AC power source, for transforming the AC power source into a DC power source; a square wave generator, coupled to the AC rectifier, for generating a first oscillating signal according to the DC power source; an AC voltage converting module, coupled to the square wave generator, for providing an AC voltage to a backlight module of the LCD display device; and a plurality of DC voltage converting modules, for providing a plurality of voltage sources to a plurality of load circuits of the LCD display device, each DC voltage converting module comprising a control circuit, coupled to the square wave generator, for masking off the first oscillating signal, to generate a second oscillating signal according to a feedback signal of a corresponding load circuit; a voltage converting unit, coupled to the control circuit and the load circuit, for transforming the second oscillating signal into a voltage source for the load circuit; and a feedback control unit, coupled to the control circuit and the load circuit, for generating the feedback signal.
The present invention further discloses a power supply method for saving power components and reducing system cost, which comprises a power supply method, for supplying a voltage source to a load circuit, comprising generating a first oscillating signal; masking the first oscillating signal to generate a second oscillating signal according to a feedback signal of the load circuit; and transforming the second oscillating signal into the voltage source for the load circuit.
The present invention further discloses a power supply device, used for supplying a voltage source to a load circuit, comprising a square wave generator, for generating a first oscillating signal; a control circuit, coupled to the square wave generator, for masking off the first oscillating signal, to generate a second oscillating signal according to a feedback signal of the load circuit; a voltage converting unit, coupled to the control circuit and the load circuit, for transforming the second oscillating signal into a voltage source for the load circuit; and a feedback control unit, coupled to the control circuit and the load circuit, for generating the feedback signal.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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Firstly, the operating principles of providing the AC voltage/current to the backlight module BLM0 are to be explained. Please refer to
According to the explanation above, the operating principles of the AC voltage/current converting modules 204 can be detailed as follows. Firstly, the square wave generator 202 generates the oscillating signal OSC0 with its frequency ranged from 100 to 200 KHz (kilo-Hertz), and the control circuit BLSWQ0 is designed to regulate number of square waves being passed according to the feedback signal BLFBQ0 of the feedback control unit BLCUQ0. In other words, the control circuit BLSWQ0 can regulate the amount of energy being delivered to the backlight module BLM0 from the square wave generator 202 according to the feedback signal BLFBQ0, and to decide whether to mask off the oscillating signal OSC0 according to the current level of the light tube BKLT0. On the other hand, the AC voltage/current converting module 204 utilizes the feedback control unit BLCUQ0 to detect the magnitude of current flowing through the light tube BKLT0, and to generate the feedback signal BLFBQ0, and to utilize the feedback signal BLFBQ0 to control the switching operations of the control circuit BLSWQ0. Since the oscillating signal OSC0 of the present invention can be regulated and its voltage can be increased, and directly output to the light tube BKLT0 with a voltage of proper current level. Therefore, as can be observed, the power supply architecture of the backlight module of the present invention can discard most of the voltage/current conversion stages of the prior art. To detail further, in the backlight module power unit BLPU0, only the transformer VTUQ0 of the prior art can find an analogous or comparable component in the present invention, which is the voltage transformer PVTU1, the rest of the components are all saved. In other words, about the parts used in the power supplying function to the backlight module power unit BLPU0, the PWM control unit PCU1, the power stage circuit PS1 and the AC converter ACIU1 of the prior art can all be saved, so the power consumption can be lowered and the cost can be decreased. Noteworthily, the waveform of the oscillating signal OSC0 is no longer a continuous series of square wave after being regulated by the control circuit BLSWQ0; therefore, according to the present invention, the voltage waveform utilized to drive the light tube BKLT0 and the florescent light emitted from the light tube BKLT0 are no longer a continuous train of pulses. On the contrary, some pulses are being masked off. According to the experiment, the percentage of the square waves being masked off by the control circuit BLSWQ0 is relatively small and is scattered in the temporal domain, such that an ordinary user won't notice any flickering phenomena or feel uncomfortable by watching the LCD display device using the power supply device according to the present invention.
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To detail more, the DC voltage/current converting module 206_x utilizes the oscillating signal OSC0 generated by the square wave generator 202, and performs the waveform regulating process by the control circuit SW_x contained in the DC voltage/current converting module 206_x. In other words, the DC voltage/current converting module 206_x utilizes the control circuit SW_x to regulate the energy transportation from the square wave generator 202 to the load circuit LOAD_x. Furthermore, the regulated oscillating signal OSC_x will be transformed into the DC voltage VS_x via the transformer VTU_x and the filter FLU_x. On the analogy of this, the DC voltage/current converting module 206_1˜206_n can produce all the DC voltages VS_1˜VS_n required by the load circuit LOAD_1˜LOAD13 n. Noticeably,
For easily demonstrate the difference of the original oscillating waveform OSC0 and the waveforms being masked by the control circuit BLSWQ0 or the control circuits SW_1˜SW_n of the DC voltage/current converting module 206_1˜20613 n, please refer to
Briefly speaking, the present invention is to apply the oscillating signal generated by the square wave generator, via a control circuit for regulating the square wave voltage and a transformer, to directly provide the AC voltage/current for the light tube of the backlight module; also, by using the same oscillating signal, and by applying the simple regulating and filtering process, the oscillating signal can be converted to the DC voltages to supply the needs of ordinary circuit components. Compared with the prior art, the present invention is capable of greatly decreasing the number of the circuit components and simplifying the complexities of the power supply architecture, but still achieving the equivalent functions and system performance.
According to the explanation above, the operations of any DC voltage/current converting module 206_x can be derived to become a power supplying process 40, as specified in
STEP 400: Start.
STEP 402: The square wave generator 202 generates the oscillating signal OSC0.
STEP 404: Mask the oscillating signal OSCO to generate the oscillating signal QOSC_x according to the feedback signal FB_x from the load circuit LOAD_x.
STEP 406: Convert the oscillating signal QOSC_x into the DC voltage source VS_x and supply to the load circuit LOAD_x.
STEP 408: End.
The power supplying process 40 is used for demonstrating the operations of the DC voltage/current converting module 206_x, more details about the working principles can be found in the explanations above, and won't be detailed further.
The power supply device 20 is being used in a LCD display device to provide AC and DC power sources to the backlight module and other electronic components. The present invention further provides a DC power supply device according to the power supplying process 40. Please refer to
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Therefore, the power supply device 50 can use the square wave generator 502 to generate an oscillating signal SQWR, and mask off portions of the oscillating signal SQWR to regulate the power being delivered to the load circuit LDR. Similar to the power supply device 50, the power supply device 50 can greatly simplify the complexity of the power supply circuit architecture and the cost.
To sum up, the present invention discloses a way to utilize less number of stages of voltage/current conversion and still generate the required voltage/current levels to all the electronic components on the electronic appliances, such that the efficiency of the power conversion can be improved and the component cost can be decreased.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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098115670 | May 2009 | TW | national |