Liquid crystal display and common voltage compensation driving method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9905189-B2
Application number	US-201514966147-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2015
Priority date	Dec 24, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to display an image, a driver configured to drive the liquid crystal panel, a timing controller configured to control the driver, and a power supply configured to be supplied by an input voltage, supply a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel, and temporarily vary a compensation ratio of the common voltage when a pattern causing a drop of the input voltage is displayed by the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a liquid crystal panel configured to display an image;
a driver configured to drive the liquid crystal panel;
a timing controller configured to control the driver; and
a power supply configured to:
be supplied by an input voltage;
supply a common voltage to the liquid crystal panel; and
temporarily vary a compensation ratio of the common voltage when a pattern causing a drop of the input voltage is displayed by the display device,

wherein the power supply includes a common voltage generator comprising:
a first circuit including a voltage adjuster configured to vary a reference voltage of the input voltage and output the varied reference voltage in response to a first power control signal from the timing controller, and a voltage comparator configured to compare the input voltage and the reference voltage of the input voltage and output an other control signal according to the comparison result; and
a second circuit including a common voltage amplifier configured to amplify the common voltage on the basis of a first source voltage and a low potential voltage and output an amplified common voltage, and a switch configured to control a compensation ratio of the amplified common voltage output from the common voltage amplifier in response to the other control signal supplied from the first circuit.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the power supply is further configured to:
compensate for the common voltage with a first compensation ratio during a first period of time in which black data and a max pattern are displayed by the liquid crystal panel, and
compensate for the common voltage with a second compensation ratio during a second period of time after the first period of time is terminated; and

the first compensation ratio is lower than the second compensation ratio.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the power supply temporarily lowers the compensation ratio in response to the first power control signal supplied from the timing controller.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first circuit further comprises
a communication interface configured to communicate with the timing controller and receive the first power control signal from the timing controller.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the voltage adjuster comprises:
a decoder configured to generate an output in response to the first power control signal;
a resistor string between the first source voltage and the low potential voltage; and
a transistor configured to control the resistor string in response to a signal output from the decoder, and vary the first source voltage and output the varied first source voltage.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein:
the power supply detects the input voltage;
when a level of the input voltage is lower than that of the reference voltage of the input voltage prepared therein, the power supply compensates for the common voltage with the first compensation ratio or temporarily stops compensation of the common voltage;
when the level of the input voltage is higher than that of the reference voltage of the input voltage, the power supply compensates for the common voltage with the second compensation ratio; and
the first compensation ratio is lower than the second compensation ratio.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein
the common voltage generator comprises:
a common voltage feedback circuit configured to be provided outside to feed back a common voltage returned through the liquid crystal panel to the common voltage amplifier;
a first feedback resistor connected to an output terminal of the common voltage feedback circuit at one end and connected to an inverting terminal of the common voltage amplifier at the other end; and
a second feedback resistor connected to an output terminal of the common voltage generator at one end and connected to an inverting terminal of the common voltage amplifier at the other end.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7 , wherein
the common voltage generator further comprises a third feedback resistor connected to a second electrode of the switch at one end and connected to the inverting terminal of the common voltage amplifier at the other end.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Soondong
• Hur Juno
• Kim Dongju

Classifications

• G09G3/3696 Primary

  Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers · CPC title

• G09G2330/02

  Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation · CPC title

• G09G2330/025

  Reduction of instantaneous peaks of current · CPC title

• G09G3/3681

  suitable for passive matrices only · CPC title

• G09G3/3655

  Details of drivers for counter electrodes, e.g. common electrodes for pixel capacitors or supplementary storage capacitors · CPC title