Display device
In a display device which mounts drive circuits and a display control circuit on a substrate which constitutes a display panel, signal lines can be arranged on the substrate which constitutes the display panel without making the signal lines intersect each other. A plurality of drive circuits and a display control circuit are mounted on a peripheral portion of one long side of a first substrate. A printed circuit board is connected to one long side of the first substrate. Each drive circuit mounts, on a surface thereof facing the first substrate, a group of power source voltage input terminals to which a power source voltage is supplied, a group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals to which a gray-scale reference voltage is supplied, and a group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals which sends gray-scale reference voltages.
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel including a plurality of pixels;
a plurality of drive circuits for supplying video voltages to the respective pixels; and
a display control circuit which performs a drive control of the plurality of drive circuits, wherein
the display panel includes a first substrate,
the plurality of drive circuits and the display control circuit are mounted on a peripheral portion of one long side of the first substrate,
a printed circuit board is connected to one long side of the first substrate,
each drive circuit includes a group of power source voltage input terminals to which a power source voltage is supplied, a group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals to which a gray-scale reference voltage is supplied, and a group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals which sends a gray-scale reference voltage on a surface thereof facing the first substrate,
the group of power source voltage input terminals, the group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals, and the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals are arranged along a printed-circuit-board-side long side of each drive circuit,
the group of power source voltage input terminals is arranged between the group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals and the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals,
the group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals is arranged on a display-control-circuit-side of the group of power source voltage input terminals,
the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals is arranged on a side of the group of power source voltage input terminals opposite to the display control circuit,
a power source voltage is supplied to the group of power source voltage input terminals of each drive circuit via the printed circuit board,
a gray-scale reference voltage is supplied to the group of gray-scale reference voltage input terminals of the start drive circuit via the printed circuit board, and
a gray-scale reference voltage which is sent from the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals of the drive circuit of a preceding stage is supplied to the drive circuits other than the start drive circuit.
2. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the group of power source voltage input terminals is arranged on a center portion of the each drive circuit.
3. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the each drive circuit includes a group of display data input terminals and a group of display data output terminals on a surface thereof facing the first substrate,
assuming the clockwise direction as the first direction and assuming the counterclockwise direction as the second direction as viewed from a surface of the each drive circuit on a side opposite to the surface of the drive circuit facing the first substrate, the group of display data input terminals is arranged in front of the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals in the first direction,
and the group of display data output terminals is arranged in front of the group of gray-scale reference voltage output terminals in the second direction,
display data output from the display control circuit is inputted to the group of display data input terminals of the start drive circuit, and
display data which is outputted from the group of display data output terminals of the drive circuit of a preceding stage is supplied to the drive circuits other than the start drive circuit.
4. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the each drive circuit includes a group of control signal input terminals and a group of control signal output terminals on a surface thereof facing the first substrate,
the group of control signal input terminals is arranged in front of the group of display data input terminals in the first direction,
the group of control signal output terminals is arranged in front of the group of display data output terminals in the second direction,
control signals output from the display control circuit are inputted to the group of control signal input terminals of the start drive circuit, and
control signals output from the group of control signal output terminals of the drive circuit of a preceding stage are supplied to the drive circuits other than the start drive circuit.
5. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the group of display data input terminals is arranged along a display-control-circuit-side short side of the each drive circuit,
the group of display data output terminals is arranged along a short side of the each drive circuit on a side opposite to the display control circuit,
the group of control signal input terminals is arranged along a display-control-circuit-side long side of the each drive circuit on a side of the each drive circuit opposite to the printed circuit board, and
the group of control signal output terminals is arranged along a long side of the each drive circuit opposite to the display control circuit on a side of the each drive circuit opposite to the printed circuit board.
6. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein a power source circuit and a gray-scale reference voltage generating circuit are mounted on the printed circuit board.
7. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein a storage means for storing the gray-scale reference voltage data is mounted on the printed circuit board,
the gray-scale reference voltage generating circuit includes a register,
the display control circuit reads the gray-scale reference data stored in the storage means and outputs the gray-scale reference data to the gray-scale reference voltage generating circuit, and
the gray-scale reference voltage generating circuit stores the gray-scale reference voltage data input from the display control circuit in the register, and generates gray-scale reference voltages based on the gray-scale reference voltage data stored in the register.