WO2011065051A1 - 電源回路およびそれを備えた液晶表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a power supply circuit, and more particularly, to a power supply circuit suitable for a liquid crystal display device including a one-chip source driver.
- an active matrix type liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including two substrates sandwiching a liquid crystal layer, and one of the two substrates has a plurality of gate bus lines (scanning lines).
- Signal lines) and a plurality of source bus lines are arranged in a grid, and are arranged in a matrix corresponding to the intersections of the plurality of gate bus lines and the plurality of source bus lines.
- a plurality of pixel forming portions are provided.
- Each pixel forming unit includes a thin film transistor (TFT) that is a switching element in which a gate terminal is connected to a gate bus line passing through a corresponding intersection and a source terminal is connected to a source bus line passing through the intersection.
- TFT thin film transistor
- the other of the two substrates is provided with a common electrode that is a counter electrode provided in common to the plurality of pixel formation portions.
- the active matrix liquid crystal display device further includes a gate driver (scanning signal line driving circuit) for driving the plurality of gate bus lines and a source driver (video signal line driving circuit) for driving the plurality of source bus lines. ) And are provided.
- the source driver is provided in the peripheral portion of the display unit in the form of an IC (Integrated Circuit) chip.
- the liquid crystal display device is provided with a plurality of source drivers (IC chips) so as to ensure sufficient driving capability as a source driver (the configuration including a plurality of IC chips is “ Called "multi-chip configuration").
- the source driver has been made into one chip.
- an increasing number of liquid crystal display devices adopt a one-chip driver in which not only a source driver but also a power supply circuit and a timing controller are stored in one IC chip.
- the gate driver has become monolithic.
- the gate driver is often provided in the peripheral portion of the display portion in the form of an IC chip.
- the gate driver is gradually formed directly on the substrate.
- Such a gate driver is called a “monolithic gate driver” or the like, and a panel including the monolithic gate driver is called a “gate driver monolithic panel” or the like.
- a dot inversion driving method (a driving method in which the positive / negative polarity of the liquid crystal applied voltage is inverted for each pixel adjacent to each other in the vertical and horizontal directions, and a pixel line is inverted every frame) or a source line inversion driving method (the liquid crystal applied voltage of the liquid crystal applied voltage).
- the potential of the common electrode needs to be constant.
- the amplitude of the voltage that can be output must be an amplitude corresponding to at least twice the maximum value of the liquid crystal applied voltage.
- the source driver that can make the amplitude of the output voltage 12 V or more is required.
- the potential relationship for the drive signals (scanning signal VG and video signal VS) is as shown in FIG.
- the gate-on voltage VGH is 24V
- the gate-off voltage VGL is ⁇ 7V.
- the video signal VS fluctuates within a range from 0V to 12V.
- the source driver when the source driver is realized in a multi-chip configuration, the video signal VS only needs to be changed within the range of the positive voltage. Therefore, a positive power source is used as a power source voltage for driving the source driver. It is sufficient if a voltage is generated.
- the potential relationship for the drive signals (scanning signal VG and video signal VS) is as shown in FIG.
- the gate-on voltage VGH is 18V and the gate-off voltage VGL is ⁇ 13V.
- the video signal VS fluctuates within a range from ⁇ 6V to 6V.
- the video signal VS fluctuates within both positive voltage and negative voltage ranges. The reason for this is as follows.
- the process breakdown voltage of a large-sized driver is about 13.5V
- the process breakdown voltage of a one-chip driver is about 6.0V to 6.5V.
- the amplitude of the video signal is about 6.0 V to 6.5 V at the maximum. This amplitude is insufficient for a liquid crystal display device employing a dot inversion driving method or a source line inversion driving method. Therefore, in addition to the positive power supply voltage, a negative power supply voltage is required.
- FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram showing a conventional configuration example (hereinafter referred to as a “first configuration example”) for generating positive and negative power supply voltages.
- first configuration example positive and negative power supply voltages are generated by the two DCDC converter circuits 712 and 812. More specifically, a positive power supply voltage (this voltage is an analog voltage, and hence referred to as a “positive analog power supply voltage” hereinafter) AVDDP is generated by boosting the power supply voltage VCC in one DCDC converter circuit 712, and the other.
- the power supply voltage VCC is stepped down to generate a negative power supply voltage (hereinafter, “negative analog power supply voltage”) AVDDM. Since the operations of the DCDC converter circuits 712 and 812 are well known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
- FIG. 13 is a circuit diagram showing another conventional configuration example for generating positive and negative power supply voltages (hereinafter referred to as “second configuration example”).
- a power supply circuit 910 that generates positive and negative power supply voltages includes a DCDC converter circuit 912 and a charge pump circuit 914.
- a DCDC controller 920 for controlling the operation of the power supply circuit 910 is provided outside the power supply circuit 910.
- the DCDC converter circuit 912 includes a thin film transistor S91 that functions as a control switch, a coil (inductor) L91, a diode (rectifier element) D91, a capacitor (capacitor) C91, and resistors R91 and R92. .
- the gate terminal is connected to the output terminal OUT of the DCDC controller 920, the drain terminal is connected to the node A, and the source terminal is grounded.
- the power supply voltage VCC is given to one end, and the other end is connected to the node A.
- the diode D91 the anode is connected to the node A, and the cathode is connected to the node J.
- the capacitor C91 one end is connected to the node J and the other end is grounded.
- the voltage at the node J is output from the power supply circuit 910 as the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP.
- the resistor R91 has one end connected to the node J and the other end connected to the node K. One end of the resistor R92 is connected to the node K, and the other end is grounded.
- the feedback signal FB indicating the voltage of the node K is given to the input terminal IN of the DCDC controller 920.
- the DCDC controller 920 outputs a control signal CTL for controlling the operation of the control switch from the output terminal OUT based on the feedback signal FB.
- the charge pump circuit 914 includes capacitors C92 and C93 and diodes D93 and D94.
- the capacitor C92 one end is connected to the node A and the other end is connected to the node P.
- One end of the capacitor C93 is connected to the node Q, and the other end is grounded.
- the diode D93 the anode is connected to the node P, and the cathode is grounded.
- the diode D94 the anode is connected to the node Q, and the cathode is connected to the node P.
- a signal indicating the voltage at the node K that is, a signal indicating the voltage after voltage division of the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP by the voltage dividing circuit is supplied to the DCDC controller 920 as the feedback signal FB. If the voltage indicated by the feedback signal FB is larger than the predetermined voltage, the DCDC controller 920 outputs the control signal CTL so that the thin film transistor S91 is turned on, and the voltage indicated by the feedback signal FB is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage. If there is, the control signal CTL is output so that the thin film transistor S91 is turned off.
- the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD is greater than 6.0V
- the voltage at the node K is greater than the predetermined voltage
- the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD is 6.0V or lower. If so, it is assumed that the voltage at the node K is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage.
- the diodes D91, D93, and D4 will be described assuming that the forward voltage drop (also referred to as “forward voltage drop”) is 0.3V.
- the DCDC controller 920 outputs a control signal CTL based on the feedback signal FB so that the control switch (thin film transistor S91) repeats an on state and an off state.
- a positive side analog power supply voltage AVDDP of 6.0 V and a negative side analog power supply voltage AVDDM of ⁇ 5.7 V are generated by the power supply circuit 910.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-175028 discloses a configuration as shown in FIG. 14 as a configuration for generating positive and negative power supplies.
- the absolute value of the negative analog power supply voltage AVDDM is smaller than the absolute value of the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP by the forward voltage drop in the diode.
- the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP is 6.0V
- an object of the present invention is to provide a low-cost power supply circuit that can generate positive and negative analog power supply voltages having equal voltage values.
- a first aspect of the present invention is a power supply circuit, An inductor having one end connected to a power supply voltage, a switching element that is switched on / off based on a control signal supplied from the outside in order to change the voltage at the other end of the inductor, and a first that has one end grounded DC voltage conversion including a capacitor and a rectifying unit that allows current to flow only from the other end side of the inductor to the other end side of the first capacitor, and outputs a voltage at the other end of the first capacitor as a first voltage Circuit, A second capacitor having one end connected to the other end of the inductor, a third capacitor having one end grounded, and a third rectifier having an anode connected to the other end of the second capacitor and a cathode grounded And a fourth rectifying element having an anode connected to the other end of the third capacitor and a cathode connected to the other end of the second capacitor, and a voltage at the other end of the third capacitor.
- a charge pump circuit that outputs as a second
- the rectifying unit includes a first rectifying element having an anode connected to the other end of the inductor, an anode connected to a cathode of the first rectifying element, and a cathode connected to the other end of the first capacitor. It consists of a 2nd rectifier element, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
- the rectifying unit is configured by a diode module including a diode as the first rectifying element and a diode as the second rectifying element.
- the forward voltage drop of the first rectifier element, the forward voltage drop of the second rectifier element, the forward voltage drop of the third rectifier element, and the forward voltage drop of the fourth rectifier element are equal. It is characterized by that.
- the third rectifying element and the fourth rectifying element are Schottky diodes
- the rectifying unit is configured by a single diode having a larger forward drop voltage than the Schottky diode.
- a display unit for displaying an image, a plurality of video signal lines arranged in the display unit, and a positive voltage and a negative voltage as video signals alternately on each video signal line.
- a liquid crystal display device including a driving unit configured by one integrated circuit chip including a video signal line driving circuit that drives the plurality of video signal lines by applying to the video signal line,
- the drive unit includes a power supply circuit according to the first aspect of the present invention,
- the video signal line driving circuit generates the positive voltage from the first voltage and generates the negative voltage from the second voltage.
- a current is passed through the charge pump circuit when the control switch is in an OFF state, as in the conventional configuration.
- a third rectifier element and a fourth rectifier element that allows current to flow when the control switch is on are provided.
- the DC voltage conversion circuit is provided with a rectifying unit that allows a current to flow when the control switch is in an OFF state, and the forward voltage drop of the third rectifying element and the forward voltage drop of the fourth rectifying element are The rectifying unit is configured to generate a forward voltage drop corresponding to the sum.
- the amplitude Va at the other end of the inductor is expressed by the following equation (1).
- Va V1 + Vfs (1)
- the forward voltage drop of the third rectifier element is Vf3
- the forward voltage drop of the fourth rectifier element is Vf4
- the amplitude V2 of the second voltage is It is represented by the following formula (2).
- V2 Va ⁇ (Vf3 + Vf4) (2)
- the forward drop voltage Vfs in the rectifier is equal to the sum of the forward drop voltage Vf3 of the third rectifier element and the forward drop voltage Vf4 of the fourth rectifier element.
- V2 V1 (3)
- the amplitude of the second voltage is equal to the amplitude of the first voltage. That is, the absolute value of the positive power supply voltage is equal to the absolute value of the negative power supply voltage.
- a charge pump circuit is employed as a component for generating a power supply voltage of one polarity. As described above, a power supply circuit capable of generating positive and negative power supply voltages having the same absolute voltage value is realized at low cost. Further, higher conversion efficiency can be obtained and power consumption can be reduced as compared with a configuration including two DCDC converter circuits.
- the rectifying unit is realized by two rectifying elements connected in series, an effect similar to that of the first aspect of the present invention can be obtained with an easy configuration.
- the rectification unit is realized by the diode module, the same effect as the first aspect of the present invention can be obtained with an easy configuration.
- the realization is facilitated.
- the rectification unit is realized by one diode, the number of necessary parts can be reduced.
- the liquid crystal applied voltage is increased to near the limit of the process breakdown voltage of the chip. It becomes possible. For this reason, the performance of a liquid crystal panel improves compared with the past.
- the liquid crystal application voltage can be increased, the types of panels to which the one-chip driver can be applied increase.
- it is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of a liquid crystal display device.
- it is a figure for demonstrating the structure of a pixel.
- it is a block diagram for demonstrating the structure of a 1-chip driver.
- it is a figure for demonstrating a potential relationship.
- it is a figure which shows the on / off state of a diode when the switch for control is turned off.
- FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration for generating positive and negative power supply voltages disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-175028.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the liquid crystal display device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel 10, a one-chip driver 20 mounted on a substrate constituting the liquid crystal panel 10, and an FPC 30 connected to the substrate constituting the liquid crystal panel 10. It is configured.
- the liquid crystal panel 10 includes a display unit 12, and a plurality of gate drivers 14 for driving gate bus lines in the display unit 12 are monolithically formed on a substrate constituting the liquid crystal panel 10.
- the source driver for driving the source bus line in the display unit 12 is formed in the one-chip driver 20.
- peripheral components such as a capacitor, a resistor, a coil, a diode, and a thin film transistor are mounted on the FPC 30 as components related to the operation of the one-chip driver 20.
- the dot inversion driving method is a driving method in which the positive / negative polarity of the liquid crystal applied voltage is inverted for each pixel adjacent to each other in the vertical and horizontal directions, and inverted for each frame.
- the source line inversion driving method is a driving method in which the positive / negative polarity of the liquid crystal applied voltage is inverted for each source bus line and inverted for each frame in each source bus line.
- the source bus lines are driven by a one-chip driver, it is preferable that the number of source bus lines is as small as possible. For this reason, pixels are configured in the display unit 12 as shown in FIG. This will be described in detail.
- One pixel of the image displayed on the display unit 12 includes red, green, and blue sub-pixels.
- the three sub-pixels are sequentially arranged in the extending direction of the source bus line.
- a WVGA type panel a panel having 800 ⁇ 480 pixels
- the gate bus line is included.
- the gate bus line is included.
- the three subpixels are sequentially arranged in the extending direction of the source bus line, not in the extending direction of the gate bus line, so that the source driver is made into one chip. Is possible. Note that the pixel configuration shown in FIG.
- the type of the liquid crystal panel 10 is not limited to the WVGA type.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the one-chip driver 20 in the present embodiment.
- the one-chip driver 20 includes a power supply circuit 210, a DCDC controller 220, a timing controller 230, and a source driver 240.
- the power supply circuit 210 generates a positive side analog power supply voltage AVDDP and a negative side analog power supply voltage AVDDM, which are voltages for driving the source driver 240, and outputs them.
- the feedback signal FB is supplied from the power supply circuit 210 to the DCDC controller 220, and the DCDC controller 220 receives the feedback signal FB.
- a control signal CTL for controlling the operation of the power supply circuit 210 is output.
- the timing controller 230 outputs a digital video signal DV and a source start pulse signal SSP and a source clock signal SCK for controlling the timing of image display on the display unit 12.
- the source driver 240 Based on the digital video signal DV output from the timing controller 230, the source start pulse signal SSP, and the source clock signal SCK, the source driver 240 outputs the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD and the negative analog power supply voltage output from the power supply circuit 210.
- a drive video signal is output to the source bus line using AVDDM.
- the video signal output from the source driver 240 is applied to the source bus line, and an image is displayed on the display unit 12 based on the video signal.
- the one-chip driver 20 is supplied with a power supply voltage VCC of 2.3 to 3.6 V from the outside.
- a positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP of 6.0V and a negative analog power supply voltage AVDDM of ⁇ 6.0V are generated using the power supply voltage VCC.
- a positive video signal VSH having a maximum voltage value of 6.0V is generated based on the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP, and the maximum absolute value of the voltage is determined based on the negative analog power supply voltage AVDDM.
- a negative-polarity video signal VSL with a voltage of 6.0V is generated.
- a positive-side analog power supply voltage AVDDP is boosted by a booster circuit or the like to generate a 20V gate-on voltage VGH
- a negative-side analog power supply voltage AVDDM is boosted by a step-down circuit or the like to generate a ⁇ 12V gate-off voltage VGL.
- these specific voltage values are examples, and are not limited to these voltage values.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a power supply circuit 210 in the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the feedback signal FB output from the power supply circuit 210 is given to the input terminal IN of the DCDC controller 220. Then, the control signal CTL output from the output terminal OUT of the DCDC controller 220 is given to the power supply circuit 210.
- the power supply circuit 210 includes a DCDC converter circuit (DC voltage conversion circuit) 212 and a charge pump circuit 214.
- the DCDC converter circuit 212 includes a thin film transistor S1 functioning as a control switch, a coil (inductor) L1, diodes (rectifier elements) D1, D2, capacitors (capacitors) C1, and resistors R1, R2. ing.
- the thin film transistor S1 the gate terminal is connected to the output terminal OUT of the DCDC controller 220, the drain terminal is connected to the node A, and the source terminal is grounded.
- the coil L1 the power supply voltage VCC is given to one end, and the other end is connected to the node A.
- the anode is connected to the node A, and the cathode is connected to the anode of the diode D1.
- the diode D1 the anode is connected to the cathode of the diode D2, and the cathode is connected to the node J.
- the capacitor C1 one end is connected to the node J and the other end is grounded.
- the voltage at the node J is output from the power supply circuit 210 as the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP.
- the resistor R1 has one end connected to the node J and the other end connected to the node K.
- the resistor R2 one end is connected to the node K, and the other end is grounded.
- These resistors R1 and R2 constitute a voltage dividing circuit that divides the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP.
- a rectifying unit is realized by the diode D1 and the diode D2.
- the charge pump circuit 214 includes capacitors C2 and C3 and diodes D3 and D4.
- the capacitor C2 has one end connected to the node A and the other end connected to the node P.
- one end is connected to the node Q, and the other end is grounded.
- the diode D3 the anode is connected to the node P, and the cathode is grounded.
- the diode D4 the anode is connected to the node Q, and the cathode is connected to the node P.
- a signal indicating the voltage at the node K that is, a signal indicating the voltage after voltage division of the positive analog power supply voltage AVDDP by the voltage dividing circuit is given to the DCDC controller 220 as the feedback signal FB. Then, if the voltage indicated by the feedback signal FB is larger than the predetermined voltage, the DCDC controller 220 outputs the control signal CTL so that the thin film transistor S1 is turned on, and the voltage indicated by the feedback signal FB is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage. If there is, the control signal CTL is output so that the thin film transistor S1 is turned off.
- the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD is greater than 6.0V
- the voltage at the node K is greater than the predetermined voltage
- the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD is 6.0V or lower. If so, it is assumed that the voltage at the node K is equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the on / off states of the diodes D1 to D4 when the control switch (thin film transistor S1) is turned off, and FIG. 7 shows the control switch (thin film transistor S1) in the on state.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an on / off state of diodes D1 to D4 when the circuit is turned on.
- the diodes D1 to D4 will be described on the assumption that the forward voltage drop (also referred to as “forward voltage drop”) is 0.3V.
- the power supply circuit 210 for generating positive and negative analog power supply voltages is constituted by the DCDC converter circuit 212 and the charge pump circuit 214.
- the DCDC converter circuit 212 is provided with two rectifying diodes.
- the four diodes D1 to D4 provided in the power supply circuit 210 those having the same forward voltage drop are employed.
- the forward voltage drop of these four diodes D1 to D4 is Vf and the voltage value of the positive analog power supply voltage AVVDD is Vp
- the amplitude of the voltage at the node A in the configuration shown in FIG. 1 is Vp + 2 ⁇ Vf.
- the power supply circuit 210 is not composed of two DCDC converter circuits, but is composed of one DCDC converter circuit 212 and one charge pump circuit 214. As described above, a power supply circuit capable of generating positive and negative analog power supply voltages having the same absolute voltage value is realized at low cost.
- the negative analog power supply voltage AVDDM is generated by the charge pump circuit 214, higher conversion efficiency is obtained and power consumption is reduced as compared with a configuration including two DCDC converter circuits. Furthermore, since the liquid crystal applied voltage can be increased to almost the limit value of the process breakdown voltage of the one chip driver 20, the performance of the liquid crystal panel is improved. Furthermore, since the voltage applied to the liquid crystal can be increased as described above, the types of panels to which the one-chip driver can be applied are increased as compared with the conventional case. For example, a one-chip driver can be applied to an ASV (Advanced Super View) panel which is a panel having a wide viewing angle and good response.
- ASV Advanced Super View
- the diode provided between the node A and the node J of the DCDC converter circuit 212 may be realized by a diode module including two diodes D2 and D1.
- a diode module including two diodes D2 and D1 when a four-terminal diode module is employed, the configuration is as shown in FIG. 8, and when a 3-terminal diode module is employed, the configuration is as shown in FIG.
- the charge pump circuit 214 employs a Schottky diode that is a diode having a relatively low forward drop voltage as the diodes D3 and D4, and the DCDC converter circuit 212 has a relatively low forward drop voltage instead of the D1 and D2.
- a configuration in which one large diode is employed may be used.
- SYMBOLS 10 Liquid crystal panel 12 ... Display part 14 ... Gate driver 20 ... One-chip driver 30 ... FPC DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 210 ... Power supply circuit 212 ... DCDC converter circuit 214 ... Charge pump circuit 220 ... DCDC controller 230 ... Timing controller 240 ... Source driver AVDDP ... Positive side analog power supply voltage AVDDM ... Negative side analog power supply voltage C1-C3 ... Capacitor D1-D4 ... Diode L1 ... Coil R1, R2 ... Resistor S1 ... Control switch (transistor etc.)
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電源電圧に一端が接続されたインダクタと、前記インダクタの他端の電圧を変動させるために外部から与えられる制御信号に基づきオン/オフ状態が切り替えられるスイッチ素子と、一端が接地された第1のキャパシタと、前記インダクタの他端側から前記第1のキャパシタの他端側へのみ電流を流す整流部とを含み、前記第1のキャパシタの他端の電圧を第1電圧として出力する直流電圧変換回路と、
前記インダクタの他端に一端が接続された第2のキャパシタと、一端が接地された第3のキャパシタと、アノードが前記第2のキャパシタの他端に接続されカソードが接地された第3の整流素子と、アノードが前記第3のキャパシタの他端に接続されカソードが前記第2のキャパシタの他端に接続された第4の整流素子とを含み、前記第3のキャパシタの他端の電圧を第2電圧として出力するチャージポンプ回路と
を備え、
前記整流部における順方向降下電圧が前記第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧との和に等しいことを特徴とする。
前記整流部は、アノードが前記インダクタの他端に接続された第1の整流素子と、アノードが前記第1の整流素子のカソードに接続されカソードが前記第1のキャパシタの他端に接続された第2の整流素子とからなることを特徴とする。
前記整流部は、前記第1の整流素子としてのダイオードと前記第2の整流素子としてのダイオードとを含むダイオードモジュールで構成されていること特徴とする。
前記第1の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第2の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧とが等しいことを特徴とする。
前記第3の整流素子および前記第4の整流素子はショットキーダイオードであって、
前記整流部は、前記ショットキーダイオードよりも順方向降下電圧の大きい1個のダイオードで構成されていることを特徴とする。
前記駆動部には、本発明の第1の局面に係る電源回路が含まれ、
前記映像信号線駆動回路は、前記正の電圧を前記第1電圧から生成し、前記負の電圧を前記第2電圧から生成することを特徴とする。
Va=V1+Vfs ・・・(1)
また、インダクタの他端における電圧の振幅をVaとし、第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧をVf3とし、第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧をVf4とすると、第2電圧の振幅V2は次式(2)で表される。
V2=Va-(Vf3+Vf4) ・・・(2)
ここで、整流部における順方向降下電圧Vfsは第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧Vf3と第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧Vf4との和に等しいので、上式(1)を上式(2)に代入すると、次式(3)が成立する。
V2=V1 ・・・(3)
このように、第2電圧の振幅は第1電圧の振幅に等しくなる。すなわち、正側の電源電圧の絶対値と負側の電源電圧の絶対値とが等しくなる。また、一方の極性の電源電圧を生成するための構成要素としてチャージポンプ回路が採用されている。以上より、電圧値の絶対値が等しい正負の電源電圧を生成することのできる電源回路が低コストで実現される。また、DCDCコンバータ回路を2つ備えた構成と比較して高い変換効率が得られ、消費電力が低減される。
図2は、本発明の一実施形態に係る液晶表示装置の全体構成を示すブロック図である。図2に示すように、この液晶表示装置は、液晶パネル10と、液晶パネル10を構成する基板上に搭載された1チップドライバ20と、液晶パネル10を構成する基板に接続されたFPC30とによって構成されている。液晶パネル10には表示部12が含まれており、表示部12内のゲートバスラインを駆動するための複数個のゲートドライバ14が、液晶パネル10を構成する基板上にモノリシックに形成されている。なお、表示部12内のソースバスラインを駆動するためのソースドライバについては1チップドライバ20内に形成されている。また、FPC30には、1チップドライバ20の動作に関連する構成要素として、コンデンサ,抵抗器,コイル,ダイオード,および薄膜トランジスタなどの周辺部品が実装されている。
図4は、本実施形態における1チップドライバ20の構成について説明するためのブロック図である。この1チップドライバ20には、電源回路210とDCDCコントローラ220とタイミングコントローラ230とソースドライバ240とが含まれている。電源回路210は、ソースドライバ240の駆動用の電圧である正側アナログ電源電圧AVDDPおよび負側アナログ電源電圧AVDDMを生成し、それらを出力する。その際、正側アナログ電源電圧AVDDPおよび負側アナログ電源電圧AVDDMの電圧値を安定化させるために、電源回路210からDCDCコントローラ220にフィードバック信号FBが与えられ、DCDCコントローラ220は、当該フィードバック信号FBに基づいて、電源回路210の動作を制御するための制御信号CTLを出力する。タイミングコントローラ230は、デジタル映像信号DVと、表示部12における画像表示のタイミングを制御するためのソーススタートパルス信号SSPおよびソースクロック信号SCKを出力する。ソースドライバ240は、タイミングコントローラ230から出力されたデジタル映像信号DV,ソーススタートパルス信号SSP,およびソースクロック信号SCKに基づき、電源回路210から出力された正側アナログ電源電圧AVDDPおよび負側アナログ電源電圧AVDDMを用いてソースバスラインに駆動用の映像信号を出力する。なお、ソースドライバ240から出力された映像信号はソースバスラインに印加され、当該映像信号に基づき表示部12に画像が表示される。
図1は、本実施形態における電源回路210の構成を示す回路図である。なお、図1に示すように、電源回路210から出力されるフィードバック信号FBはDCDCコントローラ220の入力端子INに与えられる。そして、DCDCコントローラ220の出力端子OUTから出力される制御信号CTLが電源回路210に与えられる。
本実施形態によれば、正負のアナログ電源電圧を生成するための電源回路210がDCDCコンバータ回路212とチャージポンプ回路214とによって構成されている。DCDCコンバータ回路212には、従来の構成とは異なり、整流用のダイオードが2つ設けられている。ここで、電源回路210内に設けられている4つのダイオードD1~D4については、順方向降下電圧の等しいものが採用されている。それら4つのダイオードD1~D4の順方向降下電圧をVfとし、正側アナログ電源電圧AVDDPの電圧値をVpとすると、図1に示す構成における節点Aの電圧の振幅は、Vp+2×Vfとなる。DCDCコンバータ回路212内の制御用スイッチS1がオフ状態のときには、チャージポンプ回路214内のダイオードD3がオン状態となる。このとき、ダイオードD3では順方向降下電圧Vfが生じるので、コンデンサC2の両端間の電圧が(Vp+2×Vf-Vf=)Vp+Vfとなるように当該コンデンサC2に電荷が蓄積される。そして、DCDCコンバータ回路212内の制御用スイッチS1がオフ状態からオン状態になると、節点Aの電圧の低下に伴い節点Pの電圧は(Vf-(Vp+2×Vf)=)-Vp-Vfとなる。これにより、ダイオードD3はオフ状態となって、ダイオードD4がオン状態となる。このとき、ダイオードD4では順方向降下電圧Vfが生じるので、節点Qの電圧は-Vpとなる。このように、正側アナログ電源電圧AVDDPの絶対値と負側アナログ電源電圧AVDDMの絶対値とが等しくなる。ここで、本実施形態においては、電源回路210は、2つのDCDCコンバータ回路によって構成されているのではなく、1つのDCDCコンバータ回路212と1つのチャージポンプ回路214とによって構成されている。以上より、電圧値の絶対値が等しい正負のアナログ電源電圧を生成することのできる電源回路が低コストで実現される。
DCDCコンバータ回路212の節点A-節点J間に設けられるダイオードについては、2つのダイオードD2,D1を含むダイオードモジュールによって実現されていても良い。これに関し、4端子のダイオードモジュールが採用される場合には図8に示すような構成となり、3端子のダイオードモジュール採用される場合には図9に示すような構成となる。
12…表示部
14…ゲートドライバ
20…1チップドライバ
30…FPC
210…電源回路
212…DCDCコンバータ回路
214…チャージポンプ回路
220…DCDCコントローラ
230…タイミングコントローラ
240…ソースドライバ
AVDDP…正側アナログ電源電圧
AVDDM…負側アナログ電源電圧
C1~C3…コンデンサ
D1~D4…ダイオード
L1…コイル
R1,R2…抵抗器
S1…制御用スイッチ(トランジスタ等)
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- 電源回路であって、
電源電圧に一端が接続されたインダクタと、前記インダクタの他端の電圧を変動させるために外部から与えられる制御信号に基づきオン/オフ状態が切り替えられるスイッチ素子と、一端が接地された第1のキャパシタと、前記インダクタの他端側から前記第1のキャパシタの他端側へのみ電流を流す整流部とを含み、前記第1のキャパシタの他端の電圧を第1電圧として出力する直流電圧変換回路と、
前記インダクタの他端に一端が接続された第2のキャパシタと、一端が接地された第3のキャパシタと、アノードが前記第2のキャパシタの他端に接続されカソードが接地された第3の整流素子と、アノードが前記第3のキャパシタの他端に接続されカソードが前記第2のキャパシタの他端に接続された第4の整流素子とを含み、前記第3のキャパシタの他端の電圧を第2電圧として出力するチャージポンプ回路と
を備え、
前記整流部における順方向降下電圧が前記第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧との和に等しいことを特徴とする、電源回路。 - 前記整流部は、アノードが前記インダクタの他端に接続された第1の整流素子と、アノードが前記第1の整流素子のカソードに接続されカソードが前記第1のキャパシタの他端に接続された第2の整流素子とからなることを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の電源回路。
- 前記整流部は、前記第1の整流素子としてのダイオードと前記第2の整流素子としてのダイオードとを含むダイオードモジュールで構成されていること特徴とする、請求項2に記載の電源回路。
- 前記第1の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第2の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第3の整流素子の順方向降下電圧と前記第4の整流素子の順方向降下電圧とが等しいことを特徴とする、請求項2に記載の電源回路。
- 前記第3の整流素子および前記第4の整流素子はショットキーダイオードであって、
前記整流部は、前記ショットキーダイオードよりも順方向降下電圧の大きい1個のダイオードで構成されていることを特徴とする、請求項1に記載の電源回路。 - 画像を表示する表示部と、前記表示部に配設された複数の映像信号線と、各映像信号線に映像信号として正の電圧と負の電圧とを交互に印加することによって前記複数の映像信号線を駆動する映像信号線駆動回路を含む1つの集積回路チップで構成された駆動部とを備えた液晶表示装置であって、
前記駆動部には、請求項1に記載の電源回路が含まれ、
前記映像信号線駆動回路は、前記正の電圧を前記第1電圧から生成し、前記負の電圧を前記第2電圧から生成することを特徴とする、液晶表示装置。
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