IP Library Granted Patent US 9,805,677
Granted Patent B2
US 9,805,677 · App. 14/979,518 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Display device for adjusting current output of a common voltage generating circuit

Inventor: Katsuki Ochiai (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3655G09G3/3696G09G2330/021G09G2330/025G09G2330/12
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Patent No.
US 9,805,677
App. No.
14/979,518
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device, including: a display panel including a pixel electrode and a common electrode; a common voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common voltage to be supplied to the common electrode; a plurality of common transmission lines configured to transmit, to the common electrode, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit; a plurality of detection units, which are connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively, and are configured to detect a transmission error of the common voltage in the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively; and a current adjusting unit configured to adjust a current amount of an output current of the common voltage generating circuit based on detection results of the plurality of detection units.

Claims (51)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a pixel electrode and a common electrode;

a common voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common voltage to be supplied to the common electrode;

a plurality of common transmission lines configured to transmit, to the common electrode, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit;

a plurality of detectors, which are connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively, and are configured to detect a transmission error of the common voltage in the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively;

a current adjusting unit configured to adjust a current amount of an output current of the common voltage generating circuit based on detection results of the plurality of detectors; and

n common transmission lines,

wherein, when no transmission error occurs, the current adjusting unit outputs the output current in a current amount I, and

wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in m common transmission lines among the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit outputs the output current in a current amount of I×(n−m)/n.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in any one of the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit adjusts the output current of the common voltage generating circuit so that a current amount of the output current is reduced.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the common voltage generating circuit comprises an operational amplifier,

wherein the operational amplifier has a first input terminal configured to input a reference voltage,

wherein the operational amplifier has a second input terminal configured to input a feedback voltage from the common electrode,

wherein the operational amplifier has an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the current adjusting unit, and

wherein the current adjusting unit has an output terminal connected to the plurality of common transmission lines.

4. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a pixel electrode and a common electrode;

a common voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common voltage to be supplied to the common electrode;

a plurality of common transmission lines configured to transmit, to the common electrode, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit;

a plurality of detectors, which are connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively, and are configured to detect a transmission error of the common voltage in the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively; and

a current adjusting unit configured to adjust a current amount of an output current of the common voltage generating circuit based on detection results of the plurality of detectors,

wherein the common voltage generating circuit comprises an operational amplifier, the operational amplifier having (i) a first input terminal configured to input a reference voltage, (ii) a second input terminal configured to input a feedback voltage from the common electrode and (iii) an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the current adjusting unit,

wherein the current adjusting unit has an output terminal connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, and comprises:

a push-pull circuit comprising two transistors; and

a switch configured to short-circuit an input terminal and an output terminal of the push-pull circuit,

wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in any one of the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit short-circuits the input terminal and the output terminal of the push-pull circuit so that the output current of the operational amplifier is output to, among the plurality of common transmission lines, the common transmission line without the transmission error, and

wherein, when no transmission error occurs in the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit outputs the output current of the operational amplifier to the plurality of common transmission lines while amplifying the output current by the push-pull circuit.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in any one of the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit adjusts the output current of the common voltage generating circuit so that a current amount of the output current is reduced.

6. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a pixel electrode and a common electrode;

a common voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common voltage to be supplied to the common electrode;

a plurality of common transmission lines configured to transmit, to the common electrode, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit;

a plurality of detectors, which are connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively, and are configured to detect a transmission error of the common voltage in the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively; and

a current adjusting unit configured to adjust a current amount of an output current of the common voltage generating circuit based on detection results of the plurality of detectors,

wherein the common voltage generating circuit comprises an operational amplifier, the operational amplifier having (i) a first input terminal configured to input a reference voltage, (ii) a second input terminal configured to input a feedback voltage from the common electrode and (iii) an output terminal connected to an input terminal of the current adjusting unit,

wherein the current adjusting unit has an output terminal connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, and comprises a plurality of resistors having different resistance values from each other,

wherein the current adjusting unit is configured to select one of the plurality of resistors based on a number of the common transmission lines in which the transmission error has occurred among the plurality of common transmission lines, and

wherein the output terminal of the operational amplifier and the one of the plurality of resistors selected by the current adjusting unit are electrically connected to each other.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in any one of the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit adjusts the output current of the common voltage generating circuit so that a current amount of the output current is reduced.

8. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a pixel electrode and a common electrode;

a common voltage generating circuit configured to generate a common voltage to be supplied to the common electrode;

a plurality of common transmission lines configured to transmit, to the common electrode, the common voltage generated by the common voltage generating circuit;

a plurality of detectors, which are connected to the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively, and are configured to detect a transmission error of the common voltage in the plurality of common transmission lines, respectively; and

a current adjusting unit configured to adjust a current amount of an output current of the common voltage generating circuit based on detection results of the plurality of detectors,

wherein the common voltage generating circuit comprises an operational amplifier, the operational amplifier having (i) a first input terminal configured to input a reference voltage and (ii) a second input terminal connected to an output terminal of the current adjusting unit,

wherein the current adjusting unit has an input terminal configured to input a feedback voltage from the common electrode, and comprises a plurality of resistors having different resistance values from each other,

wherein the current adjusting unit is configured to select one of the plurality of resistors based on a number of the common transmission lines in which the transmission error has occurred among the plurality of common transmission lines, and

wherein the second input terminal of the operational amplifier and the one of the plurality of resistors selected by the current adjusting unit are electrically connected to each other.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein, when the transmission error has occurred in any one of the plurality of common transmission lines, the current adjusting unit adjusts the output current of the common voltage generating circuit so that a current amount of the output current is reduced.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064292/0775 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: OCHIAI, KATSUKI
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037590/0474 →
Continuity (1)
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