The application is a U.S. National Phase Entry of International Application No. PCT/CN2017/083715 filed on May 10, 2017, designating the United States of America and claiming priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201611053935.1, filed Nov. 24, 2016. The present application claims priority to and the benefit of the above-identified applications and the above-identified applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a source drive circuit and a display device.
A common voltage line and a data line in a liquid crystal display panel form a capacitance. In a case that a data signal on the data line is changed, due to the capacitance between the common voltage line and the data line, a common voltage VCOM on the common voltage line is pulled and changed. Especially for a HADS (High advanced super Dimension Switch) display mode, because the capacitance between the common voltage line and the data line is relatively large, the change of the common voltage VCOM on the common voltage line is greater when the common voltage VCOM is pulled. The pulling of the common voltage is more difficult to recover, which is easily cause an error of a charging voltage on a pixel, so as to lead to residual charge and cause residual image.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a source drive circuit, which comprises: a detection circuit, configure to detect a change value of a common voltage; and a compensation circuit, configured to obtain a compensation data signal based on a data signal and the change value of the common voltage, and output the compensation data signal to a pixel electrode of a display panel.
For example, the detection circuit comprises a differential amplifier, which is configured to calculate a difference between a common voltage reference signal and a common voltage feedback signal to obtain the change value of the common voltage.
For example, the compensation circuit comprises an inverting operational amplifier and a non-inverting adder; the inverting operational amplifier is configured to invert and amplify the change value of the common voltage to obtain an amplified common voltage change value, the non-inverting adder is configured to obtain and output the compensation data signal based on the data signal and the amplified common voltage change value.
For example, a non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier is connected with a common voltage line through a first resistor, an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier is connected with a feedback common voltage line through a second resistor, and an output terminal of the differential amplifier is connected with an inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier. The non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier is connected with a first voltage terminal through a third resistor, the inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the differential amplifier are connected through a fourth resistor, the output terminal of the differential amplifier is connected with the inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier through a fifth resistor. The inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier is connected with an output terminal of the inverting operational amplifier through a sixth resistor; a non-inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier is connected with a second voltage terminal through a seventh resistor; a non-inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder is connected with a data signal voltage line through an eighth resistor, an output terminal of the inverting operational amplifier is connected with the non-inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder through a ninth resistor, an inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder is connected with an output terminal of the non-inverting adder through a tenth resistor, and the inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder is connected with a third voltage terminal through an eleventh resistor.
For example, the first voltage terminal, the second voltage terminal and the third voltage terminal are ground voltage terminals.
For example, resistance of the sixth resistor is adjustable.
For example, the common voltage reference signal is generated by a timing control circuit.
For example, the common voltage feedback signal is a common voltage signal of a detection point disposed on the display panel.
For example, the data signal is an initial data signal without common voltage compensation.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device, which comprises the source drive circuit mentioned above and a display panel connected with the source drive circuit.
For example, the display panel provides the common voltage feedback signal for the source drive circuit, and the source drive circuit provides the compensation data signal to the display panel as least based on the common voltage feedback signal.
For example, the display panel is provided with a detection point for obtaining the common voltage feedback signal.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described in the following; it is obvious that the described drawings are only related to some embodiments of the disclosure and thus are not limitative to the disclosure.
In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of the embodiments of the disclosure apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms “first,” “second,” etc., which are used in the present disclosure, are not intended to indicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish various components. The terms “comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including,” etc., are intended to specify that the elements or the objects stated before these terms encompass the elements or the objects and equivalents thereof listed after these terms, but do not preclude the other elements or objects. The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to define a physical connection or mechanical connection, but may include an electrical connection, directly or indirectly.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a source drive circuit with common voltage VCOM compensation. The source drive circuit can receive the feedback of the pulled part of the common voltage VCOM when the common voltage VCOM on the display panel is pulled, an output signal of the source drive circuit can be adjusted by detecting the change value of the common voltage VCOM being pulled (namely, by adjusting the compensation data signal output from the source drive circuit to the pixel electrode, the change value of the common voltage VCOM on the display panel is counteracted), the accuracy of the charging voltage of the pixel on the display panel may be ensured, and the voltage applied on the LCD panel is prevented from being biased, so as to avoid residual charges.
As shown in
In some embodiments, the display device 100 may further comprise a gate drive circuit, and also may comprise a control circuit (as shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the display panel 100 may provide a common voltage feedback signal for the source drive circuit 120 (as shown in
As shown in
The common voltage line Vcom shown in
In some embodiments, the common voltage line is connected throughout the whole substrate, and in a case of driving a pixel unit, the common voltage need to be applied to the whole substrate simultaneously, namely, the load which need to be driven by the common voltage VCOM is all pixel units on the whole array substrate. In this case, the detection point for obtaining the common voltage feedback signal may be disposed at a certain point of the substrate.
In some embodiments, the display panel 110 is a liquid crystal display panel or a display panel of another type.
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In addition, in order to conveniently describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, in the following, an output signal of the source drive circuit without the common voltage compensation is referred to as a data signal. An output signal of the source drive circuit with the common voltage compensation is referred to as a compensation data signal. However, either the compensation data signal or the data signal may be provided to a pixel unit by a data line of the display panel, so as to charge the pixel unit.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the compensation data signal (referring to
As shown in
A specific structure of the source drive circuit 120 is analyzed one-by-one in conjunction with
In some embodiments, the detection circuit 201 may obtain the change value of the common voltage by detecting parameters such as a position where the common voltage changes, a change amplitude of the common voltage and etc. (for example, detecting the change value of the common voltage may be considered as obtaining a position and amplitude of a waveform change at a point 510 shown in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the detection circuit 201 may adopt a differential amplifier to obtain the change value of the common voltage (referring to
In some embodiments, the compensation circuit 211 is configured to obtain the compensation data signal provided to the data line of the display panel by analyzing the output signal of the detection circuit 201. The compensation data signal (for example, the waveform of the compensation data signal may be referred to in
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the compensation circuit 211 may comprise an inverting operational amplifier and a non-inverting adder (referring to
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the detection circuit 201 and the compensation circuit 211 may be both disposed on a substrate of the source drive circuit. For example, the detection circuit 201 and the compensation circuit 211 may be both disposed on an output circuit part of the substrate of the source drive circuit. The detection circuit 201 is connected with the display panel through a signal line, and the signal line is configured to at least transmit the common voltage feedback signal. The compensation circuit 211 is connected with the display panel through the data line, and the data line is configured to provide the compensation data signal to the display panel. The compensation data signal is a data signal generated by analyzing the common voltage feedback signal.
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The differential amplifier 301 is configured to perform a differential operation between the common voltage reference signal and the common voltage feedback signal to obtain the change value of the common voltage.
correspondingly, the inverting operational amplifier 302 is configured to invert and amplify the change value of the common voltage obtained by the differential amplifier 301 to obtain an amplified common voltage change value, and the non-inverting adder 303 is configured to obtain and output the compensation data signal based on the data signal and the amplified common voltage change value.
In some embodiments, a magnification factor of the inverting operational amplifier 302 is adjustable.
In some embodiments, the non-inverting adder 303 is configured to superimpose the detected change value of the common voltage to the data signal, and output the superposition result to the data line of the display panel.
A non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier 301 is connected with a common voltage line through a first resistor R1 to receive the common voltage reference signal, an inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier 301 is connected with a feedback common voltage line through a second resistor R2 to receive the common voltage feedback signal, and an output terminal of the differential amplifier 301 is connected with an inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302. In addition, the non-inverting input terminal of the differential amplifier 301 is also connected with a first voltage terminal through a third resistor R3. The inverting input terminal and the output terminal of the differential amplifier 301 are connected through a fourth resistor R4.
The output terminal of the differential amplifier 301 is connected with the inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 through a fifth resistor R5, the inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 is connected with an output terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 through a sixth resistor R6, and a non-inverting input terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 is connected with a second voltage terminal through a seventh resistor R7.
A non-inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder 303 is also connected with a data signal line through an eighth resistor R8 to receive the data signal, an output terminal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 is connected with the non-inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder 303 through a ninth resistor R9, an inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder 303 is connected with an output terminal of the non-inverting adder 303 through a tenth resistor R10, and the inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder 303 is connected with a third voltage terminal through an eleventh resistor R11.
For example, the data signal is Sdata, the compensation data signal is Scompensation, the output signal of the inverting operational amplifier 302 is Sout-inv-amp, then the the compensation data signal Scompensation is represented as:
In some embodiments, the first voltage terminal, the second voltage terminal and the third voltage terminal as mentioned above may all be ground voltage terminals simultaneously. The first voltage terminal, the second voltage terminal and the third voltage terminal may all be voltage terminals with fixed voltages.
In some embodiments, resistance of the sixth resistor R6 as mentioned above is adjustable. The magnification factor of the inverting operational amplifier 302 may be changed by adjusting the resistance of the sixth resistor R6.
In some embodiments, the common voltage reference signal is generated by a timing control circuit.
In some embodiments, the common voltage feedback signal is a common voltage signal of a detection point disposed on the display panel. For example, the common voltage feedback signal may be obtained by continuously detecting the common voltage at the detection point by a voltage measuring circuit.
In some embodiments, the data signal is a data signal output from the source drive circuit to the data line of the display panel with no common voltage compensation, namely the data signal is referred to as an initial data signal. Specifically, in an embodiment, the data signal is used as an input signal of the non-inverting input terminal of the non-inverting adder 303.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may use an approach in which the differential amplifier 301, the inverting operational amplifier 302 and the non-inverting adder 303 are connected in cascade to achieve the technical purposes of the present disclosure. However, without departing from the technical concept, those skilled in the art can adopt other circuits which are different from the circuits of the present application, and the other circuits should be within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the input signals of the differential amplifier 301 shown in
In some embodiments, the differential amplifier 301 is used as a pull extraction circuit of the common voltage Vcom. The differential amplifier 301 may extract and amplify the pulled part of the common voltage Vcom. In a specific design, the differential amplifier 301 may be disposed on the source drive printed circuit board S-PCB. The inverting operational amplifier 302 may also be disposed on the source drive printed circuit board S-PCB. In addition, a part of the non-inverting adder 303 may also be disposed on a source drive circuit S-Driver.
In some embodiments, the non-inverting adder 303 may add the pulled part of the common voltage to the data signal S-output output by a normal source drive circuit (namely the source drive circuit without the compensation of the common voltage feedback signal), and the superposition result is used as the compensation data signal. Then the source drive circuit inputs the compensation data signal to the data line of the display panel. For example, a correspondence between a waveform of the common voltage feedback signal and a waveform of the compensation data signal obtained based on the common voltage feedback signal may be referred to in
As shown in
In addition, It can be seen from
With reference to the waveforms in
In summary, through detecting the change of the common voltage on the display panel, the embodiments of the present disclosure may adjust the output signal of the source drive circuit based on the change of the common voltage. Thus, the accuracy of the charging voltage on the pixel can be ensured, and the voltage applied on the liquid crystal can be prevented from being biased, so as to avoid the residual charge. The present disclosure provides a source drive circuit with common voltage VCOM compensation. When the common voltage VCOM on the display panel is pulled, the pulled part of the common voltage VCOM is fed back to the output part of the source drive circuit S-Driver, then the output signal of the source drive circuit S-Driver (e.g., the data signal in
Only the structures involved in the embodiments of the present invention are involved in the drawings of the present disclosure, and other structures can be referred to usual designs. The features in different embodiments or different features in the same embodiment can be combined without conflict.
What have been described above are only specific implementations of the present disclosure, the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any modifications or substitutions easily occur to those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be based on the protection scope of the claims.
The application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 201611053935.1, filed Nov. 24, 2016, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference as part of the present application.
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