Granted Patent B2

US 9,846,321 · App. 14/089,048 · Granted Dec 19, 2017

Abstract

Claims (27)

1. A voltage adjustment circuit for adjusting a voltage to be supplied to scanning lines of a display device, the voltage adjustment circuit comprising:

a clamp voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a clamp voltage value at which the voltage is clamped when the voltage decreases in response to a decrease in a control signal, wherein the voltage decreases to the clamp voltage according to a slope of a decrease, wherein the clamp voltage value is adjustable based on data that is externally input, and wherein the data is in a form of digital signals of multiple bits; and

a slope adjustment circuit configured to adjust the slope of the decrease in the voltage based on the data that is externally input; wherein the slope adjustment circuit comprises:

a current adjustment circuit configured to adjust a current value based on the data;

a current-to-voltage converter configured to convert a current value of the current adjustment circuit into a voltage value; and

an output circuit configured to output a charged voltage of a first capacitor as the voltage and to absorb the charged electric charge of the first capacitor in order to decrease the charged voltage based on the output voltage of the current-to-voltage converter.

2. The voltage adjustment circuit of claim 1 , comprising: a delay setting circuit configured to seat a time period until the decrease in the voltage starts based on the data; wherein the delay setting circuit comprises:

a second capacitor;

a current adjustment circuit configured to adjust the charged electric current of the second capacitor based on the data;

a comparator configured to compare the charged voltage of the second capacitor with a reference voltage; and

an output circuit configured to cause a discharge of the first capacitor to be started by using an output of the comparator as a trigger.

3. A voltage adjustment circuit for adjusting a voltage to be supplied to scanning lines of a display device, the voltage adjustment circuit comprising:

a slope adjustment circuit configured to adjust a slope of a decrease in the voltage based on data that is externally input, wherein the data is in a form of digital signals of multiple bits; and

a clamp voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a clamp voltage value at which the voltage is clamped when the voltage decreases in response to a decrease in a control signal, wherein the voltage decreases to the clamp voltage according to the slope of the decrease, wherein the clamp voltage value is adjustable based on the data that is externally input, and wherein the clamp voltage adjustment circuit comprises:

a D/A converter configured to convert the data into an analog voltage; and

an output circuit configured to set a voltage value at which the voltage is clamped based on a supply of the analog voltage.

4. A display device comprising:

scanning lines;

a gate driver configured to drive the scanning lines;

a data adjustment circuit configured to adjust the data so that a charged voltage of a capacitor of each of pixel circuits of the display device falls within a target range; and

a voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a voltage to be supplied to the gate driver; wherein the voltage adjustment circuit comprises:

a slope adjustment circuit configured to adjust a slope of a decrease in the voltage based on data that is externally input, wherein the data is in a form of digital signals of multiple bits; and

a clamp voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a clamp voltage value at which the voltage is clamped when the voltage decreases in response to a decrease in a control signal, wherein the voltage decreases to the clamp voltage according to the slope of the decrease, and wherein the clamp voltage value is adjustable based on the data that is externally input.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the data adjustment circuit comprises:

a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not a charged voltage of each of the pixel circuits is within the target range; and

a data selection circuit configured to select the data in which the charge voltage falls within the target range and supplies the data to the voltage adjustment circuit based on a determination result of the determination circuit; wherein the data selection circuit has a data table in which a plurality of items of the data are included.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the data selection circuit has a data table in which a plurality of items of the data are included.

Assignments (8)