KR20060105699A - Shift-resister and drive circuit of an lcd using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The shift register may be configured to reduce the amount of instantaneous power change by configuring the shift register in a delay method of shift operation for each memory device or a data conversion control method through conversion prediction of a data storage state, and the controller, scan drive integrated circuits, or the like. By selectively employing the column drive integrated circuits, the driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device which suppresses the generation of electromagnetic waves while reducing the instantaneous power change is configured.

Accordingly, the shift register may be operated by sequentially delaying the memory elements or may be operated by minimizing data conversion, thereby preventing instantaneous oversupply of power, and employing the shift register as a component of the liquid crystal display device may cause electromagnetic interference. There is an effect that can be prevented.

Description

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1 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a shift register as a first embodiment according to the present invention.

3 is a timing chart for the operation of FIG.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing a shift register as a second embodiment according to the present invention.

5 is a detailed circuit diagram of the transition comparison unit of FIG. 4.

The present invention relates to a shift register and a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device employing the same. More specifically, the shift register is configured by a data conversion control method through a delay method of a shift operation for each memory element or a conversion prediction of a data storage state. The present invention relates to a shift register for reducing the amount of instantaneous power change, and a driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device which suppresses the generation of electromagnetic waves while reducing the instantaneous power change by employing the same.

In general, a shift register is a logic circuit that stores a certain amount of data while sequentially shifting input data between memory elements by configuring memory elements such as flip-flops and latches in a row.

Such shift registers are widely used in digital circuits for processing digital data in various fields. In particular, a shift register is configured in a timing controller, a driving drive integrated circuit, and the like, which is configured for electrical driving of a liquid crystal display, which is spotlighted as a flat panel display device. In this case, the shift register generates a control signal as a synchronization signal or delays data for a predetermined time. It is used for such purposes as.

The conventional shift register is synchronized with a clock so that data stored in all registers is simultaneously moved in a constant direction at the time of rising of the clock, and data is input and output to the shift register according to the principle of first-in-first-out.

Specifically, in the case of a shift register that processes 4-bit data, data D0, D1, D2, and D3 are shifted in one direction while sequentially shifting for each memory element from the first input, and these data shifts are synchronized with a clock. . The outputs are output in the order of input, such as D0, D1, D2, and D3.

In this operation, the shift register is synchronized with a clock so that each memory element is operated at the same time, so a large amount of current has to be supplied to the logic circuit driving the shift register in an instant. Therefore, the instantaneous power consumption is severe and there is a problem that acts as a barrier to generate electromagnetic waves.

This phenomenon is particularly serious when the state of the data stored in the shift register is severe. Specifically, the state in which the memory device is logically '0' or '1' may be changed to perform a shift operation synchronized with a clock signal. When the power consumption is generated a lot, and the more registers that need to change the stored state, the above-described power consumption and the resulting electromagnetic interference problem becomes more serious.

An object of the present invention is to reduce the instantaneous power change and electromagnetic interference caused by the shift register operation by differently adjusting the operation time of each memory device arranged in a shift register.

Another object of the present invention is to generate a large number of registers by reducing the operation of the shift register by checking the transition state of the data applied to the shift register configured in a matrix form in order to process a predetermined number of bits of data. To reduce power consumption and electromagnetic interference.

Another object of the present invention is to reduce the power consumption and electromagnetic interference problems by improving the shift registers configured in the components mounted for driving in the flat panel display device to reduce the number of registers are operated at the same time.

The shift register according to the present invention is configured in a matrix form of m rows x n columns, and includes memory elements for shifting data in synchronization with a clock signal, and m rows for outputting the clock signal applied to the memory elements. Clock signal delay means for gradually delaying from the memory element and sequentially applying the delay to the rows into which the data is input, and the data delay and outputting the data by delaying the same as the delay time of the clock signal applied to the input memory element. It is provided with a means.

Where m-1, m-2… A delay unit for delaying the clock signal is configured in one-to-one memory elements, and the delay unit includes m-1 rows, m-2 rows. It is preferable to output the clock signal by gradually increasing the delay time in the order of one row.

In addition, the shift register according to the present invention is configured in a matrix form of m rows x n columns, and memory elements for shifting data in synchronization with a clock signal, and selectively inputted by a first switching control signal when n bits of data are input. A first switching means for inputting to the memory elements for each column of the first row constituting the memory elements, the second switching control signal being n-bit data shifted from the memory elements and output for each column of the m-th row Second switching means for selectively inverting and outputting the data, n-bit data input to the first switching means, and a predetermined number included in the first row as output data of the first row included in the memory devices. When the data storage state change of the memory device is generated, the first switching control signal corresponding thereto is outputted to the first switching means. And a transition comparator for outputting a flag signal and m memory elements are arranged in a row so that a flag signal output from the transition comparator is synchronized in the same manner as the shift of the memory elements and then shifted to the second switching means. And a transition comparison shift register for outputting the switching control signal.

In addition, the driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device according to the present invention is provided with a power supply and an image signal input from a predetermined image supply source to generate data, a gradation voltage, a gate voltage, and a column / scan control signal to drive the liquid crystal panel. Then, a shift register is applied to each part that processes the data.

The shift register may be configured of any one of the above-described shift registers, and the shift register may be configured in any one or more of a controller, a column, or a scan drive integrated circuit.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device employing a shift register according to the present invention.

In the driving circuit of the liquid crystal display of FIG. 1, a shift register is employed in the controller 10, the column drive integrated circuits 20, and the scan drive integrated circuits 18, respectively.

First, the configuration of the driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device is as follows.

Color data and control signals having a plurality of bits are transmitted from a predetermined image supply source such as a computer main body or an image transmission device and input to the controller 10, and DC power is supplied to the power supply unit 12.

The power supply unit 12 is configured to supply constant voltages necessary for the operation of the controller 10, the gray scale generator 14, and the gate voltage generator 16, and the gate voltage generator 16 may include scan drive integrated circuits ( 18, the gray level generator 14 is configured to supply gray voltages to the column drive integrated circuits 20.

The controller 10 generates control signals using a shift register designed with logic therein, and determines a timing format while delaying data. As a result, the column control signals and data output from the controller 10 are distributed to the column drive integrated circuits 20, and the scan control signals are distributed to the scan drive integrated circuits 18.

The column drive integrated circuits 20 generate column signals using data, column control signals, and gray voltages, and apply them to the liquid crystal panel 22. The scan drive integrated circuits 18 generate scan control signals and gate voltages. The scan signal is generated using the voltages applied from the unit 16 and applied to the liquid crystal panel 22. The liquid crystal panel 22 then forms an image while performing an optical shutter function.

In the above-described configuration, a shift register is included in the controller 10, the column drive integrated circuits 20, and the scan drive integrated circuits 18, and an example of the shift register configuration applied thereto is illustrated in FIG. 2. Same as

The embodiment of FIG. 2 is for storing 4-bit data inputted serially, and a D flip-flop is configured as a memory element.

Specifically, the D flip-flops M0, M1, M2, M3 are connected in series so that data is sequentially transmitted, and a delay unit 30 is configured at an input terminal of the D flip-flop M0, and each D flip-flops M0 Delays 32, 34, and 36 having different delay times are connected to clock signal input terminals CLK1, CLK2, and CLK3 of M1 and M2, respectively.

Here, the delay unit 36 has a delay time of 't', the delay unit 34 has a delay time of 2t, and the delay units 30 and 32 have a delay time of 3t.

Accordingly, the clock signal is applied to the clock signal input terminal CLK4 without a time delay to the D flip-flop M3, is delayed for a 't' time to the D flip-flop M2, and then applied to the clock signal input CLK3 to the D flip-flop M1, and a '2t' time to the D flip-flop M1. After being delayed for a while, it is applied to the clock signal input terminal CLK2, and is delayed for '3t' time to the D flip-flop M0 and then applied to the clock signal input terminal CLK1. The data is delayed by the delay unit 30 for a '3t' time and then applied to the input terminal of the D flip-flop M0.

Therefore, the D flip-flop M3 first outputs the data in synchronization with the clock signal, and thereafter, the D flip-flop M2 is delayed by a 't' time to output data synchronized with the D flip-flop M3.

The D flip-flop M2 operated by being delayed by 't' time stores data of the D flip-flop M1 which is synchronized after 't' time after the data is output, and is operated by being delayed by '2t' time. The D flip-flop M1 stores the data of the D flip-flop M0 which is output in synchronization after 't' time after the data is output. Finally, the D flip-flop M0 is a clock signal output by being delayed by 3t time from the delay unit 30, and stores one bit of data that is applied after being delayed by '3t' time through the delay unit 30.

In this way, the operation from the output side D flip-flop is set so that the data of the D flip-flop is stably output first, and then the shifted input data is safely stored.

As described above, the clock signal for each D flip-flop is delayed by 't', '2t', and '3t' times based on the clock signal applied to the D flip-flop M3 as shown in FIG. The data applied to M1 and M0 and to D flip-flop M0 are delayed by '3t' time to match the application time of the clock signal.

As a result, each D flip-flop, which is a memory element, operates at a time difference with each other, and since the time points for requesting a power supply for operation are different from each other, the memory elements constituting the shift register operate at the same time, requiring a large amount of current supply. It doesn't work.

Therefore, it is possible to reduce the instantaneous power consumption and to reduce the electromagnetic interference caused by the instantaneous supply of current.

The above-described structure of the shift register using the delay unit applied to FIGS. 2 and 3 may also be applied to the m × n structure.

In addition, the shift register of the m × n matrix structure checks the state of the shifted data as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, thereby minimizing the transition case, thereby reducing the instantaneous power consumption and reducing the electromagnetic interference phenomenon.

As an example of the m × n structure, a shift register having a 4 × 4 structure is shown in Fig. 4, and D flip-flops M00 and M01 to M15 are formed in a matrix form as a memory element constituting the shift register.

The first column of the matrix consists of D flip-flops M00, M01, M02, M03, the second column consists of D flip-flops M04, M05, M06, M07, and the third column consists of D flip-flops M08, M09, M10 , M11, and the fourth row is composed of D flip-flops M12, M13, M14, and M15.

In addition, switching logics 40, 42, 44, and 46 are respectively configured at input terminals of the D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 constituting the first row, and the switching logics 40, 42, 44, 46 are The input data D00, D10, D20, and D30 are divided into positive and negative and selectively output to the corresponding D flip-flop by the first switching control signal.

In addition, switching logics 50, 52, 54, and 56 are respectively configured at output ends of the D flip-flops M03, M07, M11, and M15 constituting the fourth row, and the switching logics 50, 52, 54, and 56 are respectively The data output from the D flip-flop M03, M07, M11, and M15 are divided into positive and negative and are selectively output to the output data D01, D11, D21, and D31 by the second switching control signal.

The outputs D03, D13, D23, and D33 of the data in which the data D00, D10, D20, and D30 are divided, that is, the respective D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 that form the first row with the data D02, D12, D22, and D32 The transition comparison unit 60 is configured to be input to the transition comparison unit 60, and the transition comparison unit 60 uses the results obtained by the logic process configured as shown in FIG. 5 as the first switching control signal. 44, 46, and at the same time, it is configured to input to the input terminal of the D flip-flop MF0 as a flag signal.

In order to shift the flag signal, the same number of D flip-flops MF0, MF1, MF2, and MF3 are composed of one column, and these D flip-flops MF0, MF1, MF2, and MF3 are transition comparison shift registers. The flag signal is configured to be shifted through these D flip-flops MF0, MF1, MF2, and MF3 and then input to the second switching control signal of the switching logics 50, 52, 54, 56.

Each D flip-flop M00, M01 to M15, MF0, MF1, MF2, and MF3 is configured to apply a clock signal CLK for operation.

As described above, the transition comparison unit 60 may include the exclusive ora gates 70, 72, 74, and 76 and the logic combination unit 80 as shown in FIG. 5.

Specifically, the exclusive oragate 70 obtains the exclusive logical sum S0 of the data D02 and D03, and the exclusive oragate 72 obtains the exclusive logical sum S1 of the data D12 and D13 and the exclusive oragate 74. Obtains the exclusive logical sum S2 of the data D22, D23, and the exclusive oragate 76 obtains the exclusive logical sum S3 of the data D32, D33.

The logic combination section 80 is composed of four AND gates 82, 84, 86, 88 and an OR gate 90 for ORing these outputs, and the AND gate 82 is a product of an exclusive OR sum S0, S1, S2. AND gate 84 obtains the product of the exclusive ORs S0, S1, S3, AND gate 86 obtains the product of the exclusive ORs S0, S2, S3, and AND gate 88 obtains the product of the exclusive ORs S1, S2, S3. Find the product.

The outputs of the AND gates 82, 84, 86, and 88 are ORed together at the OR gate 90, and then the switching logic 40, 42, 44, 46 and the D flip as the first switch control signal and the flag signal. Each is entered into flops MF0.

In the above description, it is assumed that data is respectively stored as '0000' in D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 in the first row, and that data D00, D10, D20, and D30 to be input are '1111'.

Then, when the clock signal CLK is input, the D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 in the first row shift the stored data '0000' to the D flip-flops M01, M05, M09 and M13 in the second row, and the new data '1111'. Should be stored. In this case, however, the D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 in the first row logically require the supply of current for changing from the '0' state to the '1' state, and the D flip-flops forming the matrix. Overall, this kind of data conversion requires a significant amount of instantaneous power supply.

However, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the data D03, D13, D23, and D33 outputted from the D flip-flops forming the first row with the data D02, D12, D22, and D32 divided into the first row are divided. The comparison in the comparison comparator 60 suppresses data conversion that requires a large amount of power supply from occurring in the first row.

That is, the exclusive oragate 70 compares the data output from the D flip-flop M00 with the input data and logically outputs '0' if they are identical and logically outputs '1' if different. The other exclusive orifices 72, 74, and 76 also compare the input data with the data output from the D flip-flops M04, M08, and M12, and output a logical result of '0' or '1'.

S0 S1 S2 S3 And Gate (82) And Gate (84) And Gate (86) And Gate (88) Oagate (90) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One One 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 0 One One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One One One 0 0 0 One One One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 One 0 0 0 0 0 0 One 0 One One 0 0 One 0 One One One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 One One 0 One 0 One 0 0 One One One One 0 One 0 0 0 One One One One One One One One One One

As a result, each of the exclusive oragates 70, 72, 74, and 76 has an output such as S0, S1, S2, and S3 in Table 1, and thus the end gates 82, 84, 86, and 88. ) Also has the output according to <Table 1>. That is, when three or more states are changed by comparing the data input to the D flip-flops D00, D04, D08, and D12 of the first column with the output data, the AND gates 82, 84, 86, and 88 are logical '1'. ', And accordingly, the oA gate 90 outputs the first switching control signal and the flag signal as logical' 1 '.

The switching logic 40, 42, 44, 46, when the first switching control signal is provided with a logical '1' from the transition comparator 60, inverts the state of the inputted data and flips the D flip-flop M00, M04, M08. In M12. A flag signal for recognizing that data for the corresponding column has been converted is input to the D flip-flop MF0 constituting the transition comparison shift register. The flag signal stored in the MF0 is shifted in synchronization with the clock CLK like the data stored in the D flip-flops D00, D04, D08, and D12 in the first column.

Therefore, when a data state change is predicted in three or more D flip-flops per column, the input data is converted and stored in the corresponding D flip-flops, and a flag thereof is stored. Therefore, the data conversion of the flip-flops is minimal, and thus the instantaneous power supply is also reduced, so that the occurrence of electromagnetic interference can be suppressed.

On the other hand, if the stored data and the flag are shifted as described above, data is output from the D flip-flops M03, M07, M11, and M15 in the last column, and the flag signal is output from the last D flip-flop MF3 of the transition comparison shift register.

The flag signal output from the D flip-flop MF3 is input to each switching logic 50, 52, 54, 56 as the second switching control signal.

Accordingly, the switching logics 50, 52, 54, and 56 output from the D flip-flops M03, M07, M11, and M15 which form the last column of the shift register when the flag signal, which is the second switching control signal, is applied as logical '1'. Inverted data is outputted as data D01, D11, D21, and D31.

As a result, when data D00, D10, D20, and D30 are input to '1111' while data is stored as '0000' in the D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 in the first row, the switching logics (40, 42, 44, 46) inverts the states of these data D00, D10, D20, and D30 and inputs them to the respective D flip-flops M00, M04, M08, and M12 in the state of '0000'. The flag signal generated together with the first switching control signal applied to the switching logics 40, 42, 44, and 46 is stored in the D flip-flop MF0 of the transition comparison shift register.

When these data and flag signals are gradually shifted in synchronization with the clock signal and then output from the D flip-flops M03, M07, M11, and M15 of the last row and input to the switching logic 50, 52, 54, 56, the transition comparison shift register The data of '0000' is inverted to '1111' as it is by the second switching control signal output from the D flip-flop MF3.

The above-described shift register may be applied to a controller, column drive integrated circuits, and scan drive integrated circuits of a liquid crystal display device configured as shown in FIG. 1, and accordingly to a method of checking and predicting delayed or input data and shifted data. As a result, a large amount of instantaneous power supply to the shift register configured in the controller, the column drive integrated circuits, or the scan drive integrated circuits can be prevented. Therefore, the electromagnetic interference phenomenon can be prevented accordingly.

According to the present invention, the shift register may be operated by sequentially delayed for each memory element or may be operated by minimizing data conversion, thereby preventing instantaneous oversupply of power, and employing the aforementioned shift register as a component of the liquid crystal display device. Electromagnetic interference phenomenon can be prevented.

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memory elements configured in a matrix form of m rows by n columns and shifting data in synchronization with a clock signal; Clock signal delay means for gradually delaying the clock signal applied to the memory elements from the m rows of memory elements to which data is output and sequentially delaying the clock signals to the rows into which the data is input; And And data delay means for delaying and outputting the data equal to a delay time of a clock signal applied to an input memory element. The method of claim 1, wherein the clock signal delay means, m-1 rows, m-2 rows. A delay unit for delaying the clock signal is configured in one-to-one memory elements, and the delay unit includes m-1 rows, m-2 rows. And shifting the delay time in order of one row to output the clock signal. 3. The delay unit according to claim 2, wherein each delay unit of the clock signal delay unit sets the delay time as 't', '2t'. A shift register characterized in that the output is set to increase in size in proportional relation of 'm-1t'. A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device for driving a liquid crystal panel by generating data, a gradation voltage, a gate voltage, and a column / scan control signal using power and an image signal input from a predetermined image supply source, A shift register is applied to each portion that processes the data, The shift register, memory elements configured in a matrix form of m rows by n columns and shifting data in synchronization with a clock signal; Clock signal delay means for gradually delaying the clock signal applied to the memory elements from the m rows of memory elements to which data is output and sequentially delaying the clock signals to the rows into which the data is input; And And data delay means for delaying and outputting the data equal to a delay time of a clock signal applied to an input memory element. The method of claim 4, wherein the clock signal delay means, m-1 rows, m-2 rows. A delay unit for delaying the clock signal is configured in one-to-one memory elements, and the delay unit includes m-1 rows, m-2 rows. And shifting the delay time in order of one row to output the clock signal. 6. The delay unit of claim 5, wherein each delay unit of the clock signal delay unit sets the delay time to 't', '2t'. A shift register characterized in that the output is set to increase in size in proportional relation of 'm-1t'. The method of claim 4, wherein And the shift register is configured in a controller. The method of claim 4, wherein And the shift register is configured in column drive integrated circuits. The method of claim 4, wherein And the shift register is configured in scan drive integrated circuits.

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