Ramp signal generating circuit and signal generator, array substrate and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9319032-B2
Application number	US-201414416821-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 28, 2014
Priority date	Dec 19, 2013
Publication date	Apr 19, 2016
Grant date	Apr 19, 2016

Abstract

A ramp signal generating circuit and ramp signal generator, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The ramp signal generating circuit comprises a first shift register ( 11 ), a second shift register possessing a bidirectional scanning function ( 12 ), a voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ) and a sampling unit ( 14 ); the voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ) is connected to a power supply input terminal and a ground terminal and is configured to continuously decrease a voltage inputted from the power supply input terminal stage by stage; the first shift register ( 11 ) is connected to the voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ) and is configured to control the voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ) to output voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage; the sampling unit ( 14 ) has an output terminal and is connected to the voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ); the second shift register ( 12 ) is connected to the sampling unit ( 14 ) and is configured to control, through bidirectional scanning, the sampling unit ( 13 ) to sample and output the voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage by the voltage decreasing unit ( 13 ). Such ramp signal generating circuit is capable of reducing area of the ramp signal generating circuit and improving linearity of ramp signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A ramp signal generating circuit comprising:
a first shift register, a second shift register possessing a bidirectional scanning function, a voltage decreasing unit and a sampling unit;
the voltage decreasing unit is connected to a power supply input terminal and a ground terminal and is configured to continuously decrease a voltage inputted from the power supply input terminal stage by stage;
the first shift register is connected to the voltage decreasing unit and is configured to control the voltage decreasing unit to output voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage;
the sampling unit has an output terminal and is connected to the voltage decreasing unit;
the second shift register is connected to the sampling unit and is configured to control, through bidirectional scanning, the sampling unit to sample and output the voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage by the voltage decreasing unit.

2. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 1 , wherein the voltage decreasing unit comprises: a plurality of first transistors arranged in a matrix and a plurality of voltage decreasing resistors;
gates of the first transistors located in a same row are connected to an output terminal of the first shift register;
first electrodes of the first transistors located in a same column are connected to an input terminal of the sampling unit;
second electrodes of the first transistors located in a same row are connected in series through voltage decreasing resistors, the second electrode of the first transistor located at an ith row and a last column is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at an (i+1)th row and the last column through a voltage decreasing resistor, the second electrode of the first transistor located at the (i+1)th row and a first column is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at an (i+2)th row and the first column through a voltage decreasing resistor, wherein i is an odd number or an even number.

3. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 2 , wherein
input terminals of the first shift register are connected to a first clock signal, a second clock signal and a first frame start signal, and is configured to turn on the first transistors row by row;
input terminals of the second shift register are connected to a third clock signal, a fourth clock signal and a second frame start signal, and is configured to control the sampling unit to sample in a first direction column by column the voltage at the first electrode of each first transistor among the first transistors located in a same row during an ON period of the first transistors located in the row; and control the sampling unit to sample in a second direction column by column the voltage at the first electrode of each first transistor among the first transistors located in a next row during an ON period of the first transistors located in the next row, wherein the first direction is opposite to the second direction.

4. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 2 , wherein the sampling unit comprises: a plurality of second transistors;
gates of the second transistors are connected to different output terminals of the second shift register, and first electrodes of the second transistors are connected to an output terminal of the sampling unit;
a second electrode of each of the second transistors is connected to the first electrodes of the first transistors located in a same column.

5. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 4 , wherein
both the first transistors and the second transistors are N type transistors, or both the first transistors and the second transistors are P type transistors;
when the first transistors and the second transistors are N type transistors, the first electrodes of the transistors are sources and the second electrodes of the transistors are drains.

6. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 2 , wherein
the power supply input terminal is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at the first row and the first column in the voltage decreasing unit, the second electrode of the first transistor located at the last row and the last column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an odd row, whereas the second electrode of the first transistor located at the last row and the first column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an even row; or
the power supply input terminal is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at the last row and the last column, the second electrode of the first transistor located at the first row and the first column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an odd row, and the second electrode of the first transistor located at the first row and the last column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an even row; or
the power supply input terminal is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at the last row and the first column, the second electrode of the first transistor located at the first row and the last column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an odd row, and the second electrode of the first transistor located at the first row and the first column is connected to the ground terminal in case that the last row of the voltage decreasing unit is an even row.

7. The ramp signal generating circuit of claim 1 , further comprising:
an amplifying unit having an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the sampling unit and being configured for amplifying power of the voltage outputted from the sampling unit.

8. A ramp signal generator, characterized by comprising a ramp signal generating circuit, wherein the ramp signal generating circuit comprises:
a first shift register, a second shift register possessing a bidirectional scanning function, a voltage decreasing unit and a sampling unit;
the voltage decreasing unit is connected to a power supply input terminal and a ground terminal and is configured to continuously decrease a voltage inputted from the power supply input terminal stage by stage;
the first shift register is connected to the voltage decreasing unit and is configured to control the voltage decreasing unit to output voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage;
the sampling unit has an output terminal and is connected to the voltage decreasing unit;
the second shift register is connected to the sampling unit and is configured to control, through bidirectional scanning, the sampling unit to sample and output the voltages which are decreased continuously stage by stage by the voltage decreasing unit.

9. The ramp signal generator of claim 8 , wherein the voltage decreasing unit comprises: a plurality of first transistors arranged in a matrix and a plurality of voltage decreasing resistors;
gates of the first transistors located in a same row are connected to an output terminal of the first shift register;
first electrodes of the first transistors located in a same column are connected to an input terminal of the sampling unit;
second electrodes of the first transistors located in a same row are connected in series through voltage decreasing resistors, the second electrode of the first transistor located at an ith row and a last column is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor located at an (i+1)th row and the last column through a voltage decreasing resistor, the second electrode of the first tran

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Duan Liye
• Wang Lirong
• Wu Zhongyuan

Classifications

• G09G2310/0259

  with use of an analog or digital ramp generator in the column driver or in the pixel circuit · CPC title

• G09G2310/066

  Waveforms comprising a gently increasing or decreasing portion, e.g. ramp · CPC title

• G09G3/20

  for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} · CPC title

• G09G2300/0408

  Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate · CPC title

• H03K4/48 Primary

  using as active elements semiconductor devices (H03K4/787 - H03K4/84 take precedence) · CPC title