Booster circuit and display device

1. A booster circuit comprising:

a charge pump configured to perform a booster operation that boosts a voltage supplied from an external power source and outputs the boosted voltage as an output voltage through an output capacitor; and

a feedback circuit section configured to control said booster operation of said charge pump depending on said output voltage,

wherein a mode of said booster operation includes:

a charge mode that charges said output capacitor with the voltage supplied from said external power source; and

a discharge mode that discharges said output capacitor,

wherein said mode of said booster operation is switched between said charge mode and said discharge mode depending on said output voltage, and

wherein said feedback circuit section comprises a booster operation control section configured to secure a period during which said mode is not switched between said charge mode and said discharge mode in accordance with an external synchronizing signal.

2. The booster circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said booster operation control section comprises a voltage dividing circuit section configured to voltage-divide said output voltage with a voltage dividing ratio varying depending on said external synchronizing signal and to output the divided voltage as a feedback voltage, and

wherein said feedback circuit section further comprises:

a reference voltage source section configured to output a reference voltage; and

a comparison circuit section configured to make a comparison between said reference voltage and said feedback voltage and to output a comparison result signal indicating the result of said comparison for controlling said booster operation.

3. The booster circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said booster operation control section comprises a reference voltage source section configured to output a reference voltage varying depending on said external synchronizing signal, and

wherein said feedback circuit section further comprises:

a voltage dividing circuit section configured to voltage-divide said output voltage and to output the divided voltage as a feedback voltage; and

a comparison circuit section configured to make a comparison between said reference voltage and said feedback voltage and to output a comparison result signal indicating the result of said comparison for controlling said booster operation.

4. The booster circuit according to claim 1 ,

wherein said feedback circuit section further comprises:

a voltage dividing circuit section configured to voltage-divide said output voltage and to output the divided voltage as a feedback voltage;

a reference voltage source section configured to output a reference voltage; and

a comparison circuit section configured to make a comparison between said reference voltage and said feedback voltage and to output a comparison result signal indicating the result of said comparison for controlling said booster operation, and

wherein said comparison circuit section comprises:

a comparator configured to make the comparison between said reference voltage and said feedback voltage and to generate said comparison result signal; and

said booster operation control section that comprises a synchronizing circuit configured to output said comparison result signal after performing waveform modulation of said comparison result signal in accordance with said external synchronizing signal.

5. The booster circuit according to claim 4 ,

wherein said external synchronizing signal comprises:

a first external synchronizing signal for stating said booster operation of said charge pump; and

a second external synchronizing signal for stopping said booster operation of said charge pump, and

wherein said booster operation control section further comprises:

a first external control signal input section to which said first external synchronizing signal is supplied; and

a second external control signal input section to which said second external synchronizing signal is supplied.