DC-DC CONVERTER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20100033467A1
• Filed: 08/05/2009
• Published: 02/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Cheon
• Application Number:
  US12/536,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20100033467A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/211
• CPC Class Codes: H02M 3/155 using semiconductor devices only

Abstract

A DC-DC converter with improved efficiency achieved by controlling a voltage of a power supply transmitted to an organic light emitting diode in accordance with a voltage of a battery, and an organic light emitting display device using the same. A DC-DC converter according to one embodiment includes a voltage detecting unit for detecting a voltage of a battery, a booster circuit for receiving and boosting the input voltage to generate and output a first power, and an inverter circuit for receiving and inverting the input voltage to generate and output a second power, where the voltage of the second power is controlled and output corresponding to the input voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit.

Claims

1. A DC-DC converter comprising:

a voltage detector for detecting an input voltage;

a booster for receiving and boosting the input voltage to generate and output a first power; and

an inverter for receiving and inverting the input voltage to generate and output a second power, a voltage of the second power being controlled and output in accordance with the input voltage detected by the voltage detector.

2. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the booster comprises:

a first coil coupled to an input terminal to which the input voltage is transmitted; and

a first switch for performing a switching operation corresponding to the input voltage to enable the input voltage to drive or block a current through the first coil so that the first power is generated in the first coil.

3. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the inverter comprises:

a second switch for switching a first voltage of the first coil in accordance with the input voltage;

a second coil to which the first voltage is transmitted or blocked by the switching of the second switch; and

first and second resistors for dividing a voltage between a reference voltage and a voltage generated by the second coil.

4. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 3 further comprising:

a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller coupled to the first switch and the second switch to control the switching of the first switch and second switch.

5. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the PWM controller is coupled between the first and second resistors for receiving a feedback voltage, the feedback voltage corresponding to the divided voltage between the reference voltage and the voltage generated by the second coil, wherein the PWM controller is configured to control a pulse width of an output signal of the PWM controller in accordance with the feedback voltage.

6. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the PWM controller further comprises a lookup table for storing variation values of the reference voltage in accordance with the input voltage.

7. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input voltage is from a battery.

8. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the inverter comprises a switch-mode circuit.

9. The DC-DC converter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second power is lower than a ground voltage.

10. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a display unit for displaying an image corresponding to a data signal, a scan signal, a first power and a second power;

a data driver for generating and outputting the data signal;

a scan driver for generating and outputting the scan signal; and

a DC-DC converter for generating the first power and the second power,

wherein the DC-DC converter comprises;

a voltage detector for detecting an input voltage;

a booster for receiving and boosting the input voltage to generate and output the first power; and

an inverter for receiving and inverting the input voltage to generate and output the second power, the second power being controlled and output in accordance with the input voltage detected by the voltage detector.

11. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the booster comprises:

a first coil coupled to an input terminal to which the input voltage is transmitted; and

a first switch for switching in accordance with the input voltage to enable the input voltage to drive or block a current through the first coil.

12. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 11, wherein the inverter comprises:

a second switch for switching an input voltage of the first coil in accordance with the input voltage;

a second coil to which the input voltage is transmitted or blocked by the switching of the second switch; and

first and second resistors for dividing a voltage between a reference voltage and a voltage generated by the second coil.

13. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

a PWM controller coupled to the first switch and the second switch to control the first switch and the second switch.

14. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the PWM controller is coupled between the first and second resistors for receiving a feedback voltage, the feedback voltage corresponding to the divided voltage between the reference voltage and the voltage generated by the second coil, wherein the PWM controller is configured to control a pulse width of an output signal of the PWM controller in accordance with the feedback voltage.

15. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 13, wherein the PWM controller further comprises a lookup table for storing variation values of the reference voltage corresponding to the input voltage.

16. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the input voltage is from a battery.