Apparatus and method for performing an ion concentration analysis in liquid crystal panel
View Patent ↗The present invention provides an apparatus and method for performing an ion concentration analysis in an LCD panel. The method comprises: adjusting common voltage of an LCD panel to be tested and a standard LCD panel, respectively, and obtaining a first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested and a first common voltage of the standard LCD panel; adjusting the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and the first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, according to a predetermined testing voltage; loading a first image to the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, and maintaining the first image in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested for a period of time; switching the loaded first image to a second image; and analyzing ion concentration in the LCD panel to be tested on the basis of image sticking levels appearing in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested.
1. A method for performing an ion concentration analysis in an LCD panel, comprising:
adjusting common voltage of an LCD panel to be tested and a standard LCD panel, respectively, and obtaining a first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested and a first common voltage of the standard LCD panel;
adjusting the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and the first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, according to a predetermined testing voltage;
loading a first image to the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, and maintaining the first image in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested for a period of time;
switching the loaded first image to a second image; and
analyzing ion concentration in the LCD panel to be tested on the basis of image sticking levels appearing in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested.
2. The method of claims 1 , wherein the LCD panel to be tested and the standard LCD panel have the same rubbing direction.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested and the standard LCD panel, respectively, comprises adjusting common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested and the standard LCD panel, respectively, so that direct current (DC) voltage component in each of the LCD panel to be tested and the standard LCD panel is equal to zero.
4. The method of claims 3 , wherein the LCD panel to be tested and the standard LCD panel have the same rubbing direction.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein adjusting the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and the first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, according to a predetermined testing voltage comprises:
selecting a testing voltage;
adjusting the first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested to a second common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested that is a sum of the first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested and the testing voltage; and
adjusting the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel to a second common voltage of the standard LCD panel that is a sum of the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and the testing voltage.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first image is a chessboard white-black pattern, and, wherein the second image is an image that makes the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested display in the same gray scale.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the testing voltage is in a range of about 0.05-1.00V.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein maintaining the first image in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested for a period of time comprises maintaining the first image in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested for about 10 minutes to 24 hours.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein analyzing ion concentration in the LCD panel to be tested on the basis of image sticking levels appearing in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested comprises:
if the image sticking level of the LCD panel to be tested is stronger than that of the standard LCD panel, ion concentration of the LCD panel to be tested is higher than that of the standard LCD panel; and
if the image sticking level of the LCD panel to be tested is weaker than that of the standard LCD panel, ion concentration of the LCD panel to be tested is lower than that of the standard LCD panel.
10. An apparatus for performing an ion concentration analysis in an LCD panel, comprising:
an adjusting module for adjusting common voltages of a standard LCD panel and an LCD panel to be tested, respectively, so as to obtain a first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and a first common voltage of the LCD panel to be tested, and adjusting the first common voltage of the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested according to a predetermined testing voltage, respectively; and
a loading module for loading a first image to the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested, respectively, maintain the first image in the standard LCD panel and the LCD panel to be tested for a period of time, and switching the loaded first image to a second image.