IP Library Granted Patent US 7,969,407
Granted Patent B2
US 7,969,407 · App. 11/890,373 · Granted Jun 28, 2011

Backlight driving circuit with follower and liquid crystal display using same

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Patent No.
US 7,969,407
App. No.
11/890,373
Granted
Jun 28, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary backlight driving circuit ( 20 ) a first power supply ( 260 ); a second power supply ( 270 ); a signal output terminal ( 280 ); an AND gate ( 210 ); a follower ( 220 ); a capacitor ( 290 ); a reverser ( 230 ); a first transistor ( 240 ), which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (N-MOSFET), having a gate electrode connected to an output end of the AND gate through the follower, a source electrode connected to the signal output terminal, a drain electrode connected to the first power supply; and a second transistor ( 250 ), which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (N-MOSFET), having a gate electrode connected to the output end of the AND gate through the reverser, a source electrode connected to the ground, a drain electrode connected to the signal output terminal.

Claims (35)

1. A backlight driving circuit comprising:

a first power supply;

a second power supply;

a signal output terminal;

an AND gate, which comprises two input ends as two signal input ends of the backlight driving circuit, and an output end;

a follower comprising a first positive power supply terminal connected to the second power supply through a diode, in which a cathode of the diode is connected to the first positive power supply terminal, and an anode of the diode is connected to the second power supply, and a first negative power supply terminal connected to the signal output terminal;

a capacitor connected between the first positive power supply terminal and the first negative power supply terminal of the follower;

a reverser, which comprises a second positive power supply terminal connected to the second power supply, and a second negative power supply terminal grounded;

a first transistor, which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, having a gate electrode connected to the output end of the AND gate through the follower, a source electrode connected to the signal output terminal, a drain electrode connected to the first power supply; and

a second transistor, which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, comprising a gate electrode connected to the output end of the AND gate through the reverser, a source electrode connected to the ground, a drain electrode connected to the signal output terminal.

2. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the AND gate is 74AC08.

3. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the follower is 74ALS1035.

4. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the reverser is 74AC05.

5. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the diode is BZX55-C18.

6. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second transistors is D13N03TL.

7. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the capacitance of the capacitor is 0.1 uF.

8. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first power supply provides a 18V voltage.

9. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second power supply provides a 11V voltage.

10. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second transistors are N-Channel enhancement mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors.

11. The backlight driving circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and the second transistors are N-Channel depletion mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors.

12. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a liquid crystal panel;

a backlight module providing surface light source to the liquid crystal panel, comprising a light source; and

a backlight driving circuit for driving the light source, which comprise:

a first power supply;

a second power supply;

a signal output terminal;

an AND gate, which comprises two input ends as two signal input ends of the backlight driving circuit, and an output end;

a follower comprising a first positive power supply terminal connected to the second power supply through a diode, in which a cathode of the diode is connected to the first positive power supply terminal, and an anode of the diode is connected to the second power supply, and a first negative power supply terminal connected to the signal output terminal;

a capacitor connected between the first positive power supply terminal and the first negative power supply terminal of the follower;

a reverser, which comprises a second positive power supply terminal connected to the first power supply, and a second negative power supply terminal grounded;

a first transistor, which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, having a gate electrode connected to the output end of the AND gate through the follower, a source electrode connected to the signal output terminal, a drain electrode connected to the first power supply; and

a second transistor, which is a N-Channel mode metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, comprising a gate electrode connected to the output end of the AND gate through the reverser, a source electrode connected to the ground, a drain electrode connected to the signal output terminal.

13. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first power supply provides a 18V voltage.

14. The liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the second power supply provides a 11V voltage.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032621/0718 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 6, 2011
From: INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026235/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2007
From: LU, JIAN-HUI; ZHOU, HE-KANG; ZHOU, TONG
To: INNOLUX DISPLAY CORP.
Reel/Frame 019724/0314 →