IP Library Granted Patent US 10,923,034
Granted Patent B2
US 10,923,034 · App. 16/728,002 · Granted Feb 16, 2021

Driving system of display panel and display device using the same

Inventors: Ping-Lin Liu (Shanghai, CN); Haodong Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SEEYA OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
G09G3/3258G09G3/3648G09G2310/0259G09G2320/0673
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,923,034
App. No.
16/728,002
Granted
Feb 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a driving system. The driving system includes: a voltage generating circuit configured to generate (2 m+k +1) initial grayscale voltages; a ramp voltage curve generating circuit configured to generate (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves by using the (2 m+k +1) initial grayscale voltages based on k-bit data of received pixel data, each ramp voltage curve of the (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves including 2 k step voltages; a source driving circuit configured to generate additional 2 n ramp voltage curves by using any two adjacent ramp voltage curves of the (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves based on m-bit data of the received pixel data; and an output control circuit configured to select a grayscale voltage of the ramp voltage curves based on the received pixel data and send the selected grayscale voltage to the data signal input terminals of the pixel circuit.

Claims (23)

1. A driving system for a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a pixel circuit comprising a plurality of columns of data signal input terminals, and the driving system comprises:

a voltage generating circuit configured to generate (2 m+k +1) initial grayscale voltages;

a ramp voltage curve generating circuit configured to generate (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves by using the (2 m+k +1) initial grayscale voltages based on k-bit data of received pixel data, wherein each ramp voltage curve of the (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves comprises 2 k step voltages;

a source driving circuit configured to generate additional 2 n ramp voltage curves by using any two adjacent ramp voltage curves of the (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves based on m-bit data of the received pixel data; and

an output control circuit configured to select a grayscale voltage of the ramp voltage curves based on the received pixel data and send the selected grayscale voltage to the data signal input terminals of the pixel circuit.

2. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising: a buffer configured to buffer the (2 m +1) ramp voltage curves and to output (2 m +1) buffer ramp voltage curves;

wherein the source driving circuit is configured to select any two adjacent buffer ramp voltage curves from the (2 m +1) buffer ramp voltage curves based on the m-bit data of the received pixel data, and to perform interpolation and voltage dividing on the selected two buffer ramp voltage curves based on n-bit data of the received pixel data to generate additional 2 n ramp voltage curves.

3. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

the ramp voltage curve generating circuit is configured to form a first ramp voltage curve by using 1 st , (1+2 k ) th , . . . , (1+2 k *(2 m −1)) th initial grayscale voltages; to form a second ramp voltage curve by using 2 nd , (2+2 k ) th , . . . , (2+2 k *(2 m −1)) th initial grayscale voltages; . . . ; and to form a (2 m +1) th ramp voltage curve by using (2 m +1) th , (2 m +1+2 k ) th , . . . , (2 m +1+2 k *(2 m −1)) th gray scale voltages.

4. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the source driving circuit comprises:

a multiplexer configured to select an (x+1) th buffer ramp voltage curve and an (x+2) th buffer ramp voltage curve when a decimal number corresponding to the m-bit data is x.

5. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the source driving circuit further comprises:

an interpolation voltage dividing circuit configured to generate a grayscale voltage (y*OUT_H+(2 n −y)*OUT_L)/2 n when a decimal number corresponding to the n-bit data is y, where OUT_H is the (x+2) th buffer ramp voltage curve, and OUT_L is the (x+1) th buffer ramp voltage curve.

6. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the output control circuit comprises:

a comparator configured to compare a k-bit data of the pixel data in one column of data signal input terminals of the plurality of columns of data signal input terminals with a value of a digital register that is jumping; and

a controller configured to send a grayscale voltage corresponding to (m+n)-bit data of the pixel data to the data signal input terminals when the k-bit data is identical to the value of the digital register.

7. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel data comprises (k+m+n)-bit data.

8. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the k-bit data is first k-bit data, the m-bit data is middle m-bit data, and the n-bit data is last n-bit data.

9. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 7 , wherein the k-bit data is middle k-bit of data, the m-bit data is first m-bit data, and the n-bit data is last n-bit data.

10. The driving system for the display panel according to claim 7 , where k=3, m=3, and n=4.

11. A display device, comprising a display panel and the driving system for the display panel according to claim 1 .

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel or a liquid crystal display panel.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein RGB gamma voltage curves of the display device are independent from each other.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2020
From: SHANGHAI SEEO OPTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SEEYA OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054399/0856 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: LIU, PING-LIN; ZHANG, HAODONG
To: SHANGHAI SEEO OPTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051374/0313 →
Continuity (2)
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