Display apparatus having power supply device, and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11804186-B2
Application number	US-202217573937-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 12, 2022
Priority date	Aug 20, 2021
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a power supply device. The power supply device includes a power supply part and an integrated circuit chip. The power supply part outputs a first power to drive a backlight and a second power to drive a main circuit. The integrated circuit chip increases, based on a control signal to adjust a brightness of the backlight being received, a current value of the second power, and reduces, based on the control signal not being received for a first threshold time, the current value of the second power.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising a power supply device, the power supply device comprising:
a power supply part configured to output a first power to drive a backlight and a second power to drive a main circuit; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip that is separate from the power supply part and configured to increase, based on a control signal to adjust a brightness of the backlight being received, a current value of the second power that drives the main circuit, and reduce, based on the control signal not being received for a first threshold time, the current value of the second power that drives the main circuit,
wherein the power supply part comprises:
a first output end configured to output the first power; and
a second output end configured to output the second power,

wherein the power supply device further comprises:
a dummy circuit connected to the first output end, and

wherein the IC chip is configured to detect a voltage of the first output end, and prevent, based on the detected voltage being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a voltage of the first power from rising by turning on the dummy circuit.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dummy circuit comprises a transistor disposed between the first output end and a ground, and
wherein the IC chip is configured to prevent the voltage of the first power from rising by turning on the transistor based on the detected voltage being greater than or equal to the first threshold value.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the IC chip is configured to turn off the transistor based on a voltage detected while the transistor is in a turned on state decreasing to a voltage less than the first threshold value.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the power supply part further comprises:
a capacitor connected to the first output end,
wherein the IC chip is configured to discharge the capacitor by turning on the transistor for a second threshold time based on the detected voltage decreasing to a voltage less than a second threshold value, which is less than the first threshold value.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a feedback circuit connected to the second output end,
wherein the feedback circuit is configured to provide a feedback signal to the power supply part based on a voltage magnitude of the second output end.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control signal comprises at least one of a pulse width modulation signal or an amplitude dimming signal.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control signal is received by the IC chip according to a user command for turning on the display apparatus.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the IC chip is configured to:
change an operation mode of the display apparatus to a first mode by increasing the current value of the second power, and
change the operation mode of the display apparatus to a second mode by reducing the current value of the second power.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first mode is a normal mode, and the second mode is a low power mode.

10. A control method of a display apparatus, the control method comprising:
outputting, by a power supply part, a first power to drive a backlight and a second power to drive a main circuit; and
increasing, by an integrated circuit (IC) chip that is separate from the power supply part, a current value of the second power that drives the main circuit based on a control signal to adjust a brightness of the backlight, and reducing, based on the control signal not being received for a first threshold time, the current value of the second power that drives the main circuit,
detecting, by the IC chip, a voltage of a first output end of the power supply part, the first output end being configured to output the first power; and
preventing, based on the detected voltage being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a voltage of the first power from rising by turning on, by the IC chip, a dummy circuit connected to the first output end.

11. The control method of claim 10 , wherein the preventing comprises turning on, by the IC chip, a transistor in the dummy circuit, and
the transistor is disposed between the first output end and a ground.

12. The control method of claim 11 , further comprising:
turning off, by the IC chip, the transistor based on the voltage detected while the transistor is in a turned on state decreasing to a voltage less than the first threshold value.

13. The control method of claim 12 , further comprising:
discharging, based on the detected voltage decreasing to a voltage less than a second threshold value, a capacitor in the power supply part by turning on, by the IC chip, the transistor for a second threshold time,
wherein the second threshold value is less than the first threshold value, and
wherein the capacitor is connected to the first output end.

14. A display apparatus comprising a power supply device, the power supply device comprising:
a power supply part configured to output a first power to drive a backlight and a second power to drive a main circuit; and
an integrated circuit (IC) chip that is separate from the power supply part and configured to change an operation mode of the display apparatus to a low power mode from a normal mode by changing a current value of the second power that drives the main circuit, based on a control signal to adjust a brightness of the backlight not being received for a first threshold time,
wherein the power supply part comprises:
a first output end configured to output the first power; and
a second output end configured to output the second power,

wherein the power supply device further comprises:
a dummy circuit connected to the first output end and comprising a transistor disposed between the first output end and a ground, and

wherein the IC chip is configured to detect a voltage of the first output end, and prevent, based on the detected voltage being greater than or equal to a first threshold value, a voltage of the first power from rising by turning on the transistor.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the IC chip changes the operation mode to the low power mode by reducing the current value of the second power.

16. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the IC chip is configured to turn off the transistor based on a voltage detected while the transistor is in a turned on state decreasing to a voltage less than the first threshold value.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the power supply part further comprises a capacitor connected to the first output end,
wherein the IC chip is configured to discharge the capacitor by turning on the transistor for a second threshold time based on the detected voltage decreasing to a voltage less than a second threshold value, which is less than the first threshold value.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jiwon
• Joo Sungyong
• Won Junhyun

Classifications

• H05B45/10 Primary

  Controlling the intensity of the light · CPC title

• H05B45/325

  Pulse-width modulation [PWM] · CPC title

• G09G3/3406 Primary

  Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336) · CPC title

• G09G2310/08

  Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery · CPC title

• G09G2320/064

  by time modulation of the brightness of the illumination source · CPC title