KR20130048491A - Display panel driving device for reduceing the difference in slew rate among data lines - Google Patents
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BACKGROUND OF THE
A display panel is a display device that displays an image by using input image data of digital data, and has been increasingly high resolution and large. Accordingly, the display panel driver for driving the display panel includes a plurality of source driver chips for driving data lines of corresponding line groups of the display panel, and is typically packaged by a driver package.
Recently, in order to miniaturize a driver package, a technology has been developed in which one source driver chip of a display panel driving apparatus receives image data from the outside and provides the remaining source driver chip in a data chain form.
1 is a view for explaining a conventional display driving device (SCDRV). The display driving apparatus SCDRV of FIG. 1 includes one main source driver chip MCHP and a plurality of slave source driver chips SCP. The timing controller TCON of the main source driver chip MCHP receives the image data DIM provided from the outside of the driver package PKG, and transmits the image data DIM to the plurality of slave source driver chips SCH in a data chain form. Provide image data (DIM).
Each of the main source driver chip MCHP and the slave source driver chips SHP includes reference current generators GIRM and GIMS for generating respective reference currents IRM and IRS. In addition, the source drivers SDRM and SDRS of each of the main source driver chip MCHP and the slave source driver chips SSCH may have their respective reference currents IRM and IRS through embedded current mirrors IMRM and IMRS. And driving the data line DL of the line group GDL corresponding to each other to provide a voltage according to the respective image data DIM.
However, configurations of the main source driver chip MCHP and the slave source driver chips SCP are different from each other. As a result, the reference current IRM of the main source driver chip MCHP and the reference current IRS of the slave source driver chips SCP may be different from each other.
Therefore, in the existing display panel driving apparatus, data lines driven by the main source driver chip MCHP and data lines driven by the slave source driver chips SCP have different slew rates. As a result, there is a problem that causes a noise phenomenon such as block dim of the display panel.
Disclosure of Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a display panel driving apparatus for reducing the slew rate variation between data lines, to solve the problems of the existing technology.
One aspect of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem relates to a display panel driving apparatus for driving a display panel for displaying an image according to a voltage provided through a plurality of data lines divided into a plurality of line groups. The display panel driving apparatus of the present invention is a main source driver chip corresponding to any one of the plurality of line groups, wherein the display panel driving device drives the data lines included in the line group thereof with a voltage according to image data corresponding thereto. Main source driver chip; And at least one slave source driver chip corresponding to another one of the plurality of line groups, wherein the at least one slave data driver drives data lines included in the line group with a voltage according to image data corresponding to the at least one slave source driver chip. It has a slave source driver chip. The main source driver chip is driven to generate reference currents of the same value, and each of the main source driver chip and the at least one slave source driver chip drives the respective data lines using the corresponding reference current. do.
According to the display panel driving apparatus of the present invention, since the respective data lines are driven using the same reference current IR, the slew rate deviation between the data lines is significantly reduced. Accordingly, in the display panel driven by the display panel driving apparatus of the present invention, the possibility of causing noise phenomenon such as block dim is significantly reduced.
A brief description of each drawing used in the present invention is provided.
1 is a view for explaining a conventional display driving apparatus.
2 is a view for explaining a display panel driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a current generator of FIG. 2 and a current mirror of each source driver chip.
For a better understanding of the present invention and its operational advantages, and the objects attained by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention, and the accompanying drawings. In understanding each of the figures, it should be noted that like parts are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible. Further, detailed descriptions of known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a view for explaining a display panel driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The display panel driving device SCDRV of the present invention drives the display panel DISPAN. In this case, the display panel DISPAN displays an image according to a voltage provided through a plurality of data lines DL divided into a plurality of line groups GDLM and GDLS.
Referring to FIG. 2, the display panel driving device SCDRV of the present invention includes a main source driver chip MCHP and at least one slave source driver chip SCP. In FIG. 2, four slave source driver chips (SCHPs) are shown by way of example.
The main source driver chip MCHP corresponds to one of the plurality of line groups GDLM. The main source driver chip MCHP receives the image data DIM provided from the outside of the driver package PKG for packaging the display panel driving device SCDRV of the present invention. In addition, the main source driver chip MCHP drives the data lines DL included in its line group GDLM with a voltage according to its image data DIM.
The at least one slave source driver chip (SCHP) corresponds to the other one of the plurality of line groups (GDLS). The slave source driver chip (SCHP) receives its image data (DIM) in the form of a data chain from the main source driver chip (MCHP). In addition, the slave source driver chip SCP drives the data lines DL included in its line group GDLS with a voltage according to its image data DIM.
In this case, the main source driver chip MCHP is driven to generate reference currents IR having the same value, and both the main source driver chip SCHP and the at least one slave source driver chip SSCH are respectively provided. Each of the data lines DL is driven using the corresponding reference current IR.
In an exemplary embodiment, the main source driver chip MCHP includes a timing controller TCON, a reference current generator GIR, and a main source driver SDRM.
The timing controller TCON receives the image data DIM. In addition, the timing controller TCON provides the received image data DIM to the slave source driver chip SCP in the form of a data chain.
The reference current generator GIR generates the reference currents IR.
The main source driver SDRM may include the data lines included in the line group GDLM at a voltage according to the image data DIM of the main source driver SDRM using the corresponding reference current IR. Drive DL.
In addition, the slave source driver chip (SCHP) has a slave source driver (SDRS). The slave source driver SDRS uses the corresponding reference current IR to include the data lines included in the line group GDLS at a voltage corresponding to the image data DIM thereof. Drive DL.
More preferably, the main source driver unit SDRM and the slave source driver unit SDRS drive the current mirror units IMRM and IMRS.
As shown in FIG. 3, the current mirror units IMRM and IMRS of the main source driver unit SDRM and the slave source driver unit SDRS mirror the corresponding reference current IR, respectively. The driving currents IDRM and IDRS driving the data lines DL of the line groups GDLM and GDLS are generated.
In this case, the driving current IDRM for driving the data line DL of the line group GDLM corresponding to the main source driver chip MCHP and the line group GDLS corresponding to the slave source driver chip SCP are included. The driving current IDRS for driving the data line DL is about the same size.
As such, in the display panel driving apparatus SCDRV according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the main source driver chip MCHP and the slave source driver chip SCHP each have their own data lines using the same reference current IR. By driving the first and second DLs, the data lines DL of the line group GDLM corresponding to the main source driver chip MCHP and the line group GDLS corresponding to the slave source driver chip SCHP. The slew rate deviation between the data lines DL is significantly reduced.
Accordingly, in the display panel DISPAL driven by the display panel driving apparatus SCDRV of the present invention, the possibility of occurrence of noise phenomenon such as block dim is significantly reduced.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
For example, in this specification, an embodiment in which the main source driver chip receives image data from the outside and the slave source driver chip receives its image data in the form of a data chain to the main source driver chip has been shown and described. . However, it is obvious that the technical idea of the present invention can be implemented by the embodiment in which the slave source driver chip directly receives the main source driver chip without passing through it.
Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.
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A main source driver chip corresponding to any one of the plurality of line groups, the main source driver chip driving data lines included in the line group thereof with a voltage according to image data corresponding thereto; And
At least one slave source driver chip corresponding to any one of the plurality of line groups, wherein the at least one slave drives data lines included in its line group with a voltage according to image data corresponding thereto Source driver chip,
The main source driver chip
Driven to generate reference currents of the same value,
Each of the main source driver chip and the at least one slave source driver chip is
And driving the respective data lines by using the corresponding reference current.
The main source driver chip
Receiving the image data corresponding to itself from the outside,
The at least one slave source driver chip
And the image data corresponding to the self from the main source driver chip in the form of a data chain.
A timing controller receiving the image data and providing the received image data to the at least one slave source driver chip in a data chain form;
A reference current generator for generating the reference currents; And
And a main source driver unit for driving the data lines included in the line group thereof with a voltage according to the image data thereof by using the corresponding reference current.
The at least one slave source driver chip
And a slave source driver for driving the data lines included in the line group with the voltage corresponding to the image data of the device using the corresponding reference current.
Each of the main source driver chip and the slave source driver unit
And a current mirror unit configured to mirror corresponding reference currents to generate driving currents for driving data lines of respective line groups.
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