COMMON VOLTAGE FEEDBACK COMPENSATION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND FLAT DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20210118346A1
• Filed: 09/29/2018
• Published: 04/22/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Zhang, Xianming
• Granted Patent: US 11,114,052 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/0291 Details of output amplifiers or buffers arranged for use in a driving circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/025 Reduction of instantaneous peaks of current
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3655 Details of drivers for counter electrodes, e.g. common electrodes for pixel capacitors or supplementary storage capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3696 Generation of voltages supplied to electrode drivers

Abstract

The utility model relates to a voltage conditioning circuit, and particularly relates to an AD voltage conditioning circuit. The conditioning circuit comprises a voltage-dividing circuit and a voltage translation circuit. The voltage-dividing circuit and the voltage translation circuit share an output end. The voltage-dividing circuit and the voltage translation circuit are integrated together and share the output end so that the voltage-dividing circuit and the voltage translation circuit can be isolated without using an isolation circuit, AD voltage can be conditioned to an appropriate value, three arithmetic units required to be used by an original conditioning circuit is reduced to only two arithmetic units, and four resistors required to be used by the voltage-dividing circuit and the translation circuit of the original conditioning circuit are reduced to only three resistors. Therefore, the circuit is simplified, cost is greatly reduced and assembling efficiency of circuit boards is enhanced in batch production.

Claims

1. A common voltage feedback compensation circuit, comprising:

a switch selecting circuit, wherein a feedback common voltage is inputted to a first end of the switch selecting circuit, a first reference voltage is inputted to a second end of the switch selecting circuit, and a second reference voltage is inputted to a third end of the switch selecting circuit, the switch selecting circuit is configured to determine a range of the feedback common voltage received from a display panel according to the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage, and an output end of the switch selecting circuit is configured to output corresponding switch signals according to a determining result;

a switch circuit, wherein the feedback common voltage is inputted to an input end of the switch circuit, an output end of the switch circuit connects to an input end of a compensation circuit, and the switch circuit is configured to be disconnected or closed according to the corresponding switch signals;

an attenuation circuit, wherein the feedback common voltage is inputted to an input end of the attenuation circuit, and an output end of the attenuation circuit connects to an input end of the compensation circuit;

when the switch circuit is disconnected, the feedback common voltage is inputted to and is attenuated by the attenuation circuit, and the attenuated feedback common voltage is outputted to the compensation circuit;

when the switch circuit is closed, the feedback common voltage is directly inputted to the compensation circuit;

the compensation circuit, wherein the input end of the compensation circuit connects to the output end of the switch circuit and the output end of the attenuation circuit, and an output end of the compensation circuit is configured to output common voltage compensation signals.

2. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 1, wherein the switch selecting circuit comprises:

a first comparator, wherein a non-inverting input end of the first comparator is configured to receive the feedback common voltage, an inverting input end of the first comparator is configured to receive a first reference voltage, an output end of the first comparator is configured to output a first comparison result to a logical processor according to a comparison result between the feedback common voltage and the first reference voltage;

a second comparator, wherein an inverting input end of the second comparator is configured to receive the feedback common voltage, a non-inverting input end of the second comparator is configured to receive a second reference voltage, the second comparator is configured to output a second comparison result to the logical processor according a comparison result between the feedback common voltage and the second reference voltage;

the logical processor, wherein a first input end of the logical processor is configured to receive the first comparison result, a second input end of the logical processor is configured to receive the second comparison result, the logical processor is configured determine the range of the feedback common voltage according to the first comparison result and the second comparison result, and an output end of the logical processor is configured to output the corresponding switch signals to the switch circuit.

3. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 1, wherein the switch circuit comprises a transistor, an input end and an output end of the transistor respectively connect to the input end and the output end of the attenuation circuit, and the switch signals are inputted to a control end of the transistor.

4. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 1, wherein the attenuation circuit comprises:

a first resistor, wherein one end of the first resistor connects to the input end of the attenuation circuit, and the other end of the first resistor connects to a non-inverting end of a first operation amplifier;

a second resistor, wherein one end of the second resistor connects to the non-inverting end of the first operation amplifier, and the other end of the second resistor is grounded;

the first operation amplifier, wherein an output end of the first operation amplifier connects to an inverting input end of the first operation amplifier and the output end of the attenuation circuit.

5. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 1, wherein the compensation circuit comprises a capacitor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, and a second operation amplifier;

one end of the capacitor connects to the output end of the attenuation circuit, the other end of the capacitor connects to one end of the third resistor, and the other end of the third resistor connects to an inverting input end of the second operation amplifier;

one end of the fourth resistor connects to the inverting input end of the second operation amplifier, and the other end of the fourth resistor connects to an output end of the second operation amplifier;

a reference common voltage is inputted to a non-inverting end of the second operation amplifier, and an output end of the second operation amplifier is configured to output the common voltage compensation signals.

6. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 2, wherein the first reference voltage is less than the second reference voltage.

7. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 6, wherein the logical processor is an AND gate unit.

8. The common voltage feedback compensation circuit according to claim 6, wherein when the feedback common voltage is greater than the first reference voltage and is less than the second reference, the switch circuit is closed;

and

when the feedback common voltage is less than or equal to the first reference voltage, or the feedback common voltage is greater than or equal to the second reference voltage, the switch circuit is disconnected.

9. A flat display device, comprising the common voltage feedback compensation circuit as claimed in claim 1.

10. A feedback compensation method for a common voltage, comprising:

determining a range of a feedback common voltage received from a display panel according to a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage via a switch selecting circuit;

performing a common voltage compensation process with respect to the feedback common voltage directly by a compensation circuit upon determining the feedback common voltage is greater than the first reference voltage and is less than the second reference;

attenuating the feedback common voltage to obtain the attenuated feedback common voltage by an attenuation circuit and performing the common voltage compensation process with respect to the attenuated feedback common voltage by the compensation circuit upon determining the feedback common voltage is less than or equal to the first reference voltage, or the feedback common voltage is greater than or equal to the second reference voltage.