Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof
View Patent ↗A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof wherein a change in a charge rate of a thin film transistor compensates for an externally applied frequency variation upon driving of the liquid crystal display device so as to improve the picture quality. In the device, a timing controller receiving control signals from a host system. A frequency detector is connected to either the input terminal or the output terminal of the timing controller to detect the control signals. A compensation voltage setting part compensates for the driving voltage in response to the control signals detected from the frequency detector so as to adjust a charge time of each thin film transistor. A voltage converter generates a compensation voltage set by the compensation voltage setting part to deliver the compensation voltage to a liquid crystal display panel. Accordingly, the common voltage and/or the gate high voltage, changed in accordance with an extremely applied frequency variation, are set to optimum values and thus are compensated so that a constant picture quality can be maintained irrespectively of such a frequency variation.
1. A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel provided with thin film transistors comprising:
a timing controller having an input terminal for receiving control signals transmitted from a host system, wherein the timing controller further includes an output terminal;
a frequency detector connected to the input terminal or the output terminal of the timing controller to detect the transmitted control signals;
compensation voltage setting means connected to an output terminal of the frequency detector, wherein the compensation voltage setting means receives the control signals detected by the frequency detector and generates a compensation voltage control signal based on the detected control signals; and
a voltage converter connected to an output terminal of the compensation voltage setting means and to the liquid crystal display panel, the voltage converter generating a compensation voltage based on the compensation voltage control signal and a driving voltage output by the host system so as to adjust a charge time of the thin film transistors and delivering the compensation voltage to the liquid crystal display panel.
2. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said compensation voltage is any one of a gate high voltage and a common voltage of the thin film transistors.
3. The liquid crystal display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said compensation voltage includes a gate high voltage and a common voltage of the thin film transistor.
4. A method of controlling a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal display panel provided with thin film transistors, the method comprising:
detecting the presence of control signals at one of an input terminal and an output terminal of a timing controller receiving the control signals from a host system;
generating a compensation control signal in response to the detected control signals;
adjusting a driving voltage output by the host system based on the compensation control signal, thereby generating a compensation voltage so as to adjust a charge time of the thin film transistors; and
delivering the compensation voltage to the liquid crystal display panel.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said compensation voltage, is any one of a gate high voltage and a common voltage of the thin film transistor.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said compensation voltage includes a gate high voltage and a common voltage of the thin film transistor.