Display device, display device testing system and method for testing a display device using the same
View Patent ↗A display device testing system and a method for testing a display device using the same, which are capable of testing whether a display panel is defective or not according to a variation of the frame frequency and whether the driver module operates normally or not even at a voltage higher than a normal operation voltage. The display device testing system includes a display panel including a plurality of gate lines; a driver module including a gate driver unit for sequentially supplying a gate voltage to the plurality of gate lines in response to a test, vertical synchronization start signal; and a testing module for supplying a test vertical synchronization start signal to the driver module.
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a plurality of gate lines;
a gate driver unit that sequentially supplies a gate voltage to the gate lines in response to an external test vertical synchronization start signal;
a connector unit including a pin that receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal; and
a switching unit that supplies the external test vertical synchronization start signal to the gate driver unit, and that receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal,
wherein the external test vertical synchronization start signal has a variable frequency.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a timing control unit that generates a vertical synchronization start signal.
3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pin that receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal is electrically connected to the switching unit.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the external test vertical synchronization start signal has a frequency 0 to 100% higher or lower than a frequency of a vertical synchronization start signal.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connector unit comprises a first connector that receives an external control signal, and a second connector that receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal and an external test voltage.
6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the external test vertical synchronization start signal has a frequency 0 to 100% higher or lower than a frequency of a vertical synchronization start signal.
7. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the external test voltage is 0 to 100% higher or lower than an external voltage.
8. A testing module for a display device having a gate driver unit, comprising:
a signal generating unit that supplies an external test vertical synchronization start signal having a variable frequency to the gate driver unit,
wherein:
the gate driver unit sequentially supplies a gate voltage to gate lines of a display panel in response to the external test vertical synchronization start signal;
a connector unit includes a pin that receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal; and
a switching unit receives the external test vertical synchronization start signal and supplies the external test vertical synchronization start signal to the gate driver unit.
9. The testing module as claim in claim 8 , wherein the signal generating unit generates the external test vertical synchronization start signal having a frequency 0 to 100% higher or lower than a frequency of a vertical synchronization start signal used in a normal operation of the display device.
10. The testing module as claim in claim 8 , further comprising a voltage generating unit that supplies an external test gate turn-on voltage and an external test gate turn-off voltage to the gate driver unit.