Power generator having a power selector and organic light emitting display device using the same

• US 9,123,286 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2012
• Issued: 09/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Park, Sung-Cheon
• Primary Examiner(s): BLANCHA, JONATHAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/546,484
• Publication Number:
  US 20130229402A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,147 Days
• Field of Search: 345/87, 345/212, 323/282
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/02 Details of power systems and of start or stop of display operation
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/026 Arrangements or methods related to booting a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/028 Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers in a matrix display other than LCD
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/32 semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A power generator includes a booster that boosts an input voltage supplied from a power supply unit and that supplies a boosted input voltage to an output terminal, a selector that selects one of the input voltage and a voltage at the output terminal as a selected voltage and supplies the selected voltage as an output voltage, a reference voltage generator that generates a reference voltage based on the output voltage, a comparator that compares a feedback voltage supplied from the booster and the reference voltage with each other, and a controller that controls the booster to output a chosen voltage from the output terminal according to a comparison result of the comparator.

Claims

1. A power generator, comprising:

a booster that receives an input power supplied from a power supply unit, generates a first power using the input power, and supplies the first power to an output terminal;

a power selector that receives the input power and the first power, and selects one of the input power and the first power at the output terminal to supply selectively the input power and the first power as a reference power;

a reference voltage generator that receives only one of the input power and the first power as the reference power from the power selector, and generates a reference voltage using the reference power;

a comparator that compares a feedback voltage supplied from the booster and the reference voltage with each other; and

a controller that controls the booster to output a chosen voltage from the output terminal according to a comparison result of the comparator.

2. The power generator of claim 1, wherein the power selector selects a power having a higher voltage among the input power and the first power at the output terminal as the reference power.

3. The power generator of claim 1, wherein the power supply unit is a battery.

4. The power generator of claim 1, wherein the booster includes:

an inductor and a second switching device connected in series with each other between the power supply unit and the output terminal,

a first switching device connected between a first node and a third power, the first node being a common terminal between the inductor and the second switching device, and

a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series with each other between the output terminal and the third power.

5. The power generator of claim 4, wherein:

a second node is a common terminal between the first resistor and the second resistor, and

a voltage applied to the second node corresponds to the feedback voltage.

6. The power generator of claim 4, further comprising a switching controller that controls turned-on states and turned-off states of the first and second switching devices such that the first power is generated and output to the output terminal.

7. The power generator of claim 1, wherein:

the reference voltage generator includes a required voltage generator and a reference voltage generator core, and

the required voltage generator is connected between the power selector and the reference voltage generator core, and generates a required voltage to be supplied to a separate block using the reference power.

8. The power generator of claim 7, wherein the reference voltage generator core generates the reference voltage using the required voltage.

9. The power generator of claim 1, wherein:

when the booster does not boost the input power, a voltage level of the first power is lower than or equal to that of the input power, and the power selector outputs the input power to the reference voltage generator, and

when the booster boosts the input power, the voltage level of the first power is higher than that of the input power, and the power selector outputs the first power to the reference voltage generator.

10. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:

pixels positioned at intersection portions between scan lines and data lines, the pixels controlling an amount of current flowing from a first power supply to a second power supply via an organic light emitting diode;

a power supply unit that supplies an input power; and

a power generator that boosts the input power to generate a first power, the power generator including;

a booster that receives the input power, generates the first power using the input power, and supplies the first power to an output terminal;

a power selector that receives the input power and the first power, and selects one of the input power and the first power at the output terminal to supply selectively the input power and the first power as a reference power;

a reference voltage generator that receives only one of the input power and the first power as the reference power from the power the power selector, and generates a reference voltage using the reference power;

a comparator that compares a feedback voltage supplied from the booster and the reference voltage with each other; and

a controller that controls the booster to output a chosen voltage from the output terminal according to a comparison result of the comparator.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the selector selects a power having a higher voltage among the input power and the first power at the output terminal as the reference power.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, further comprising:

a scan driver that supplies scan signals to the scan lines; and

a data driver that supplies data signals to the data lines.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 12, wherein the data driver supplies to the data lines data signals corresponding to black, during a period of the booster in which the first power at the output terminal is increased and settled at a target voltage level.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the booster includes:

an inductor and a second switching device connected in series with each other between the power supply unit and the output terminal,

a first switching device connected between a first node and a third power, the first node being a common terminal between the inductor and the second switching device, and

a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series with each other between the output terminal and the third power.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 14, wherein a second node is a common terminal between the first resistor and the second resistor, and a voltage applied to the second node corresponds to the feedback voltage.

16. The organic light emitting display device of the claim 14, further comprising a switching controller that controls turned-on states and turned-off states of the first and second switching devices such that first power is generated and output to the output terminal.

17. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein:

the reference voltage generator includes a required voltage generator and a reference voltage generator core, and

the required voltage generator is connected between the power selector and the reference voltage generator core, and generates a required voltage to be supplied to a separate block using the reference power.

18. The organic light emitting display device of claim 17, wherein the reference voltage generator core generates the reference voltage based on the required voltage.