WO2015007084A1 - 一种调灰电压产生方法及其装置和面板驱动电路 - Google Patents

一种调灰电压产生方法及其装置和面板驱动电路 Download PDF

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WO2015007084A1
WO2015007084A1 PCT/CN2014/071306 CN2014071306W WO2015007084A1 WO 2015007084 A1 WO2015007084 A1 WO 2015007084A1 CN 2014071306 W CN2014071306 W CN 2014071306W WO 2015007084 A1 WO2015007084 A1 WO 2015007084A1
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  • the present invention relates to the field of image display technology, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for generating an ashing voltage for adjusting gray scale of an image, and a panel driving circuit. Background technique
  • LCD flat panel display is a display device that can fully catch up with color picture tube (CRT) in terms of brightness, contrast, power consumption, life, volume and weight. It has excellent performance, large-scale production, low raw material cost and development. Excellent features such as wide space have become mainstream products in the field of image display technology.
  • the basic working principle of the conventional liquid crystal display device is to adjust the liquid crystal transmittance of the backlight by applying a data voltage containing image information to the liquid crystal to change the degree of twist of the liquid crystal, thereby realizing a desired image display.
  • the display driving circuit of the liquid crystal display device needs to control the color mixing amount of the three primary colors of red, green, and blue for each pixel (the smallest area unit of image display), and also for each pixel point.
  • the brightness level of the brightness level is finely adjusted, that is, gray scale adjustment.
  • each pixel is composed of three primary colors of red, green, and blue
  • the color change of each pixel is substantially three red, green, and blue sub-pixels constituting the pixel.
  • the grayscale changes caused by it so that it can represent a total of 16.7 million color numbers of 28x28x28. This means that when more color numbers are desired in order to pursue a better picture display effect, it is necessary to increase the number of bits of the image data signal, and accordingly, it is necessary to increase the number of gray levels.
  • it is necessary to divide the voltage signal used for adjusting the gray scale (the value is often only a few volts), which will undoubtedly increase the difficulty in the design and manufacture of the display driver circuit.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for generating an ashing voltage and a panel driving circuit which can improve picture quality without greatly increasing circuit components.
  • the method for generating an ashing voltage provided by the present invention includes the steps of: generating k gray-scale reference voltage groups at a given time interval To, k ⁇ 2, and determining grayscale reference voltages in the grayscale reference voltage group Not the same.
  • k 2 m and m ⁇ 1.
  • the time interval To satisfies the following conditions:
  • v framf! is the display time of each frame
  • VT is the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the display screen, including the virtual pixels of the blank time
  • k is the number of gray scale reference voltage groups.
  • the number of gray scale reference voltages in the gray scale reference voltage group is the same.
  • the present invention also provides an ashing voltage generating device, comprising: a programmable gamma module for generating a gray scale reference voltage group by using the above method, wherein the programmable gamma module includes at least a generated gray scale reference voltage The same number of memories are stored, and each of the memories stores data for generating a set of gray scale reference voltages.
  • the programmable gamma module includes, in addition to the memory, a logic interface, a register, a digital-to-analog conversion unit, and a voltage output unit, where: the logic interface is configured to receive and generate the a digital signal for the gray scale reference voltage is sent to the memory, and a timing control signal is received and sent to the register; the register is configured to access the memory under the control of the timing control signal, and take out the memory
  • the digital signal is sent to the digital-to-analog conversion unit;
  • the digital-to-analog conversion unit is configured to convert a digital signal sent by the register into an analog signal and send the voltage output unit to the voltage output unit;
  • the analog signal sent from the digital-to-analog conversion unit is amplified as the gray-scale reference voltage output.
  • the voltage output unit includes an operational amplifier of the same number as the memory, and each of the operational amplifiers outputs one of the gray scale reference voltages.
  • the present invention also provides a panel driving circuit including the above-described gray-scale voltage generating device, and a data driving circuit that receives an output voltage of the gray-scale voltage generating device.
  • the invention can improve the graying voltage production without changing the original data driving circuit of the liquid crystal display
  • the device outputs a gray-scale reference voltage rate, thereby obtaining a higher-order display effect, thereby achieving the purpose of improving picture quality.
  • the present invention can be widely applied to various image display devices.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a display driving circuit of a liquid crystal flat panel display of the prior art
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a data driving circuit of a prior art liquid crystal flat panel display
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a prior art resistive digital-to-analog converter
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a prior art programmable gamma module
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a programmable gamma module in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. Specific form
  • the display driving circuit of a 256-gray liquid crystal flat panel display is taken as an example to describe in detail the working principle of the digital voltage grading of the liquid crystal display device in the prior art.
  • pixel points as the minimum display unit are disposed in the array mxn at the intersection of the gate line and the data line of the array substrate 10: Gate connection a gate line receiving an address switching signal transmitted from a gate driving circuit 20 (gate driver IC) through a gate line; a source connecting the data line, receiving an image transmitted by the data driving circuit 30 (Source Driver IC) through the data line Data signal.
  • the address switching signal the pixel points corresponding to the gate lines Y1 to Yn are opened row by row, and when the pixel points of a certain row are turned on, the image data signals on the data lines XI to Xm connected thereto are written.
  • the color control and gray scale adjustment involving image imaging are performed by the data driver circuit 30 (Source Driver IC), and the main process is based on the gray scale reference voltage from the gray voltage generating device, and the signal control circuit is transmitted.
  • the 8-bit digital image data signals of the three primary colors of red, blue, and green are converted into analog image data signals, which are sent to the corresponding data lines, and are written to the pixel points when the pixel points are opened.
  • the data driver circuit 30 (Source Driver IC) is usually composed of a bidirectional shift register 31 (Bi-directional Shift Register), a line buffer 32 (Line Buffer), a level shifter 33 (Level Shifter), and a number.
  • the analog converter 34 (DAC) and the output unit 35 (Buffer) are composed of:
  • the bidirectional shift register 31 receives the time stamp signal transmitted from the signal control circuit 40, and controls the line buffer 32 to sequentially receive the received digital image data signal, that is, the signal control circuit 40, according to the time stamp signal.
  • the digital-to-analog converter 34 converts the digital image data signal into an analog signal based on the gray scale voltage from the gray-scale voltage generating device 50, and then sends it to the corresponding data line via the output unit 35;
  • the level shifter 33 is responsible for converting the power supply voltage of the liquid crystal display device to a suitable operating voltage for supply to the digital to analog converter 34.
  • the digital-to-analog converter 34 preferably implements a digital voltage grading method by a resistive digital-to-analog converter (R-String DAC).
  • R-String DAC resistive digital-to-analog converter
  • 256 + 1 257 voltage dividing resistors are set in the digital to analog converter 34 to divide the gray scale reference voltage Vi from the gray level voltage generating device 50.
  • the gray-scale voltage generating device 50 outputs a set of fixed (usually 8 to 22) gray-scale reference voltages at a time, wherein the gray-scale reference voltages are fixed and different, and a gray-scale voltage is formed together. curve.
  • the digital-to-analog converter 34 divides the gray-scale voltage curve to obtain 256 gray-scale voltages Vo for the gray-scale display, and each gray-scale voltage is fixed to correspond to a specific display brightness.
  • the gray-scale voltage generating device 50 responsible for providing the gray-scale reference voltage may include a programmable gamma module 60 as shown in FIG. 4, and the module generally includes a logic interface unit 61, a memory 62, a register 63, and a number.
  • the logic interface unit 61 is configured to receive a digital signal (usually serial data SDA) for generating a target gray scale reference voltage, and send it to the memory 62 to receive a timing control signal (usually a serial clock signal) for controlling the operation of the programmable gamma module.
  • SCL serial clock signal
  • WP write enable signal
  • the memory 62 is configured to receive and store a digital signal generated by the logic interface unit 61 for generating a target gray scale reference voltage. Among them, only one digital signal for generating a set of target gray scale reference voltages is stored in one memory 62. Usually, the 2D display does not match the grayscale voltage curve used for 3D display, so 2 memory cells are required.
  • the register 63 is used to access the memory 62 under the control of the timing control signal sent from the logic interface unit 61, and the digital signal in the memory 62 is sent to the digital-to-analog conversion unit 64;
  • the digital-to-analog conversion unit 64 is configured to convert the digital signal sent from the register 63 into an analog signal and send it to the voltage output unit 65;
  • the voltage output unit 65 is configured to amplify the analog signal sent from the digital-to-analog conversion unit 64 as a target gray-scale reference voltage output.
  • the voltage output unit 65 may include the same operational amplification as the number of memories. OP, an operational amplifier OP only outputs a gray scale reference voltage, therefore, the number of op amps OP determines the gray scale reference voltage (GAM 1, GAM2, . . . GAMn) of a set of gray scale reference voltages.
  • Number. VAA in FIG. 5 is the operating voltage of the voltage output unit 65.
  • the present invention proposes a new solution from another angle: by increasing the rate at which the gray scale voltage generating device outputs the gray scale reference voltage without changing the original data driving circuit, that is, at the original output A set of gray scale reference voltages output multiple sets of gray scale reference voltages, and the gray scale reference voltage values in each gray scale reference voltage group are different, and a higher order display effect is obtained, thereby achieving improved picture quality. the goal of.
  • the gray-scale voltage generating device needs to output at least 2 (10 " 8) sets of gray-scale reference voltages in a time when a set of gray-scale reference voltages is originally output.
  • the above purpose can be achieved by increasing the number of internal memories of the programmable gamma module. As shown in FIG. 5, the number of memories in the existing programmable gamma module is increased. , so that the number of memories is at least the same as the number of gray scale reference voltage groups generated, here four.
  • each memory only stores serial data for generating a set of gray scale reference voltages, usually with 8 to The serial data corresponding to the 22 gray scale reference voltages has less data, so the added cost is negligible.
  • the registers of the programmable gamma module are In the original access to a memory, access to four memories in turn.
  • the circuit hardware such as the programmable gamma module
  • the number of amplifiers is fixed, and the number of grayscale reference voltages in each grayscale reference voltage group is fixed. If the programmable gamma module originally outputs a total of 10 grayscale reference voltages, then the same is true. Time, can output four sets of 40 gray scale reference voltages, that is, determine four gray scale voltage curves for the 8-bit data drive circuit digital-to-analog conversion unit to divide, the number of gray scale voltages obtained after division is increased to the original four Times.
  • the gray-scale voltage generating device continuously outputs four sets of gray-scale reference voltages in the following manner: at a time, outputting a first group of gray-scale reference voltages;
  • each gray scale voltage curve has the same value range, and the specific value of each gray scale reference voltage can be set by means of optical verification.
  • the difference between the four consecutive sets of gray-scale voltages is small, continuous, and average.
  • GAM1 of the four sets of gray scale voltages can be taken as 1.85V, 1.95V, 2.05V, 2.15V, and the like.
  • the reference grayscale value for each voltage gradation reference voltages are different, and the time interval T 0 must meet the following conditions:
  • VT is the number of pixels in the vertical direction of the display, including virtual pixels of blank time; for example, for a display with a resolution of 1366x768, VT is not 768, but 800, k is the number of grayscale reference voltage groups.
  • the internal programmable gamma module needs to set at least the same number of memory as the generated gray-scale reference voltage group, and each memory is used for storing one The data used for the group gray scale reference voltage.
  • the present invention also provides a panel driving circuit comprising the above-described gray-scale voltage generating device, and a data driving circuit that cooperates with the above-described gray-scale voltage generating device.
  • the present invention also provides a display panel including the above panel driving circuit.

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提供了一种调灰电压产生方法及其装置、面板驱动电路和显示面板。利用所提供的方法,相应的调灰电压产生装置以给定的时间间隔T0产生多个灰阶基准电压组,提供给如需要利用灰阶基准电压进行图像灰阶调节的数据驱动电路。其中,每个灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同,且时间间隔T0需小于等于每帧画面的显示时间与显示屏垂直方向的像素个数和灰阶基准电压组个数之积的商。能够在不改变液晶显示原有数据驱动电路的前提下,提升调灰电压产生装置输出灰阶基准电压的速率,从而获得更高阶的显示效果,达到提升画面质量的目的,并可以广泛用于各种图像显示装置。

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一种调灰电压产生方法及其装置和面板驱动电路 技术领域
本发明涉及图像显示技术领域, 特别是关于一种调节图像灰阶用的调灰电压 产生方法及其装置和面板驱动电路。 背景技术
液晶平板显示器是目前在亮度、 对比度、 功耗、 寿命、 体积和重量等综合性 能上能够全面赶超彩色显像管 (CRT) 的显示器件, 它以性能优良、 大规模化生 产、 原材料成本低和发展空间广等优良的特性, 已成为当今图像显示技术领域的 主流产品。 现有的液晶显示装置的基本工作原理是通过对液晶施加包含有图像信 息的数据电压, 改变液晶的扭转程度来调节背光源的液晶透过率, 从而实现预期 的图像显示。 为了获得色彩逼真的图像显示, 液晶显示装置的显示驱动电路除了 对每个像素点 (图像显示的最小面积单位) 的红、 绿、 蓝三原色的混色量进行控 制外,还需要对每个像素点的明暗程度的亮度等级进行细微调节,也即灰阶调节。 灰阶数量越多, 所能够呈现的画面效果也就越细腻。 目前, 尤其对于液晶平板显 示器, 常用的灰阶调节法是数字式的电压调灰法。 在该方法中, 灰阶数量由图像 数据信号的位数决定。 以 8bit的液晶平板显示器为例, 图像数据信号为 8bit, 能 够表现 28=256灰阶。 进一步对于彩色显示, 由于每个像素点的色彩都是由红、 绿、 蓝三原色组合而成, 因此每个像素点的色彩变化实质都是构成该像素点的三 个红、 绿、 蓝子像素的灰阶变化引起的, 从而能够表现 28x28x28共约 1670万色 数。 这也就意味着, 当为了追求更好的画面显示效果而期望更多的色数时, 需要 增加图像数据信号的位数, 相应地, 需要增加灰阶数量。涉及到具体的电路实现, 就是需要对调节灰阶用的电压信号 (其值往往仅为几伏) 进行更加精细地划分, 而这无疑会给显示驱动电路的设计和制造增加一定的难度。 最直接的影响是, 当 图像数据信号的位数增加一位时, 显示驱动电路中用于调节灰阶的数据驱动电路 内的电路元件的数量需要增加一倍。 这就引发了提高画面显示质量而要增大芯片 尺寸, 提高成本投入等一系列问题。 发明内容
针对上述问题, 本发明的目的是提供了一种无需大幅度增加电路元件就能提 高画面质量的调灰电压产生方法及其装置和面板驱动电路。
本发明提供的调灰电压产生方法, 其包括步骤: 以给定的时间间隔 To产生 k 个灰阶基准电压组, k≥2, 所述灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同。
在优选的实施方式中, k=2m, m≥l。
进一步地, 在优选的实施方式中, 时间间隔 To满足以下条件:
T <
° " VT xk
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 包括空白时间的虚拟像素, k为灰阶基准电压组个数。
进一步地, 在优选的实施方式中, 灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数 相同。
此外, 本发明还提供一种调灰电压产生装置, 其中包括采用上述方法产生灰 阶基准电压组的可编程伽马模块, 所述可编程伽马模块中包含有至少与产生的灰 阶基准电压组个数相同的存储器, 每个所述存储器中存放产生一组灰阶基准电压 用的数据。
在优选的实施方式中, 所述可编程伽马模块中除所述存储器外, 还包括逻辑 接口、 寄存器、 数模转换单元和电压输出单元; 其中: 所述逻辑接口, 用于接收 产生所述灰阶基准电压用的数字信号送入所述存储器, 以及接收时序控制信号送 给所述寄存器;所述寄存器,用于在所述时序控制信号的控制下访问所述存储器, 取出所述存储器中的数字信号送入所述数模转换单元; 所述数模转换单元, 用于 将所述寄存器送来的数字信号转换为模拟信号送入所述电压输出单元; 所述电压 输出单元, 用于放大所述数模转换单元送来的模拟信号作为所述灰阶基准电压输 出。
进一步地, 在优选的实施方式中, 所述电压输出单元包括与所述存储器个数 相同的运算放大器, 每个所述运算放大器输出一个所述灰阶基准电压。
此外, 本发明还提供一种面板驱动电路, 其中包括上述调灰电压产生装置, 以及接收所述调灰电压产生装置输出电压的数据驱动电路。
本发明能够在不改变液晶显示原有数据驱动电路的前提下, 提升调灰电压产 生装置输出灰阶基准电压的速率, 从而获得更高阶的显示效果, 达到提升画面质 量的目的。 本发明可以广泛应用于各种图像显示装置。 附图说明
图 1是现有技术的液晶平板显示器的显示驱动电路示意图;
图 2是现有技术的液晶平板显示器的数据驱动电路示意图;
图 3是现有技术的电阻型数模转换器示意图;
图 4是现有技术的可编程伽马模块示意图;
图 5是本发明实施例的可编程伽马模块示意图。 具体实 式
为更好的描述本发明,现以 256灰阶的液晶平板显示器的显示驱动电路为例, 详细地介绍现有技术中液晶显示装置进行数字式电压调灰的工作原理。
如图 1所示, 256灰阶的液晶平板显示器的显示驱动电路中, 作为最小显示 单位的像素点以阵列 mxn的形式设置在阵列基板 10的栅线和数据线的交叉点处: 栅极连接栅线, 接收由栅极驱动电路 20 ( Gate Driver IC )通过栅线传来的选址开 关信号; 源极连接数据线, 接收由数据驱动电路 30 ( Source Driver IC )通过数据 线传来的图像数据信号。其中, 根据选址开关信号, 栅线 Y1到 Yn所对应的像素 点被逐行打开, 而当某一行的像素点被打开时, 与其连接的数据线 XI到 Xm上 的图像数据信号被写入这些像素点。
由此可知, 涉及图像成像的色彩控制和灰阶调节由数据驱动电路 30 (Source Driver IC) 执行, 其主要过程就是基于来自调灰电压产生装置的灰阶基准电压, 将信号控制电路传来的红、 蓝、 绿三原色的各 8bit的数字的图像数据信号转换为 模拟的图像数据信号, 送入相应的数据线, 以待像素点被打开时, 写入像素点。
如图 2所示, 数据驱动电路 30 ( Source Driver IC )通常由双向移位寄存器 31 (Bi-directional Shift Register)、行缓冲器 32 (Line Buffer)、电平转换器 33 (Level Shifter) 、 数模转换器 34 (DAC) 和输出单元 35 (Buffer) 组成, 其中:
双向移位寄存器 31接收由信号控制电路 40传来的时标信号, 并根据时标信 号控制行缓冲器 32 按照顺序将接收到的数字的图像数据信号, 也即由信号控制 电路 40传来的红、 蓝、 绿三原色的各 8bit的数字的图像数据信号 D[7: 0], 送入 数模转换器 34;
数模转换器 34基于来自调灰电压产生装置 50的灰阶电压, 将数字的图像数 据信号转换为模拟信号后, 经输出单元 35送入相应的数据线;
电平转换器 33 负责将液晶显示装置的电源电压转换为合适的工作电压提供 给数模转换器 34。
如图 3所示,这里,数模转换器 34优选了电阻型数模转换器(R-String DAC) 实现数字式的电压调灰法。 为实现 256 灰阶调节, 数模转换器 34 中设置了 256+1=257个分压电阻, 对来自调灰电压产生装置 50的灰阶基准电压 Vi进行分 压。 通常, 调灰电压产生装置 50会一次输出一组数量固定 (一般 8〜22个) 的 灰阶基准电压, 其中, 灰阶基准电压的取值固定且各不相同, 共同组成的一条灰 阶电压曲线。 数模转换器 34对这条灰阶电压曲线进行分割, 可以获得调灰显示 用的 256个灰阶电压 Vo, 每一灰阶电压都固定对应一特定显示亮度。
现有技术中, 上述负责提供灰阶基准电压的调灰电压产生装置 50可以包括 如图 4所示的可编程伽马模块 60, 该模块通常包括逻辑接口单元 61、存储器 62、 寄存器 63、 数模转换单元 64和电压输出单元 65 :
逻辑接口单元 61, 用于接收产生目标灰阶基准电压用的数字信号(通常是串 行数据 SDA)送入存储器 62, 接收控制可编程伽马模块工作的时序控制信号(通 常是串行时钟信号 SCL) 送给寄存器 63, 以及接收写使能信号 (WP) 。 其中, 产生目标灰阶基准电压用的数字信号和控制可编程伽马模块工作的时序控制信 号可以通过编程预先设定;
存储器 62, 用于接收并存储逻辑接口单元 61传来的产生目标灰阶基准电压 用的数字信号。 其中, 一个存储器 62 中只存放产生一组目标灰阶基准电压用的 数字信号。 通常, 2D显示与 3D显示所用的灰阶电压曲线不一致, 因此需要 2个 存储单元。
寄存器 63, 用于在逻辑接口单元 61传来的时序控制信号的控制下访问存储 器 62, 取出存储器 62中的数字信号送入数模转换单元 64;
数模转换单元 64, 用于将寄存器 63送来的数字信号转换为模拟信号送入电 压输出单元 65 ;
电压输出单元 65, 用于放大数模转换单元 64送来的模拟信号作为目标灰阶 基准电压输出。 这里, 电压输出单元 65 可以包括与存储器个数相同的运算放大 器 OP, 一个运算放大器 OP只输出一个灰阶基准电压, 因此, 运算放大器 0P的 个数也就决定了一组灰阶基准电压中灰阶基准电压(GAM 1、GAM2、。。。 GAMn) 的个数。 图 5中 VAA是电压输出单元 65的工作电压。
正如前面背景技术所提及的那样, 当图像数据信号的位数增加一位时, 显示 驱动电路中用于调节灰阶的数据驱动电路内的电路元件的数量就要增加一倍, 由 此引发了芯片尺寸增大, 生产成本上升等一系列问题。 为此, 本发明从另一个角 度提出了一种新的解决方案: 在不改变原有的数据驱动电路的前提下, 通过提升 调灰电压产生装置输出灰阶基准电压的速率, 即在原来输出一组灰阶基准电压的 时间内输出多组灰阶基准电压, 且每个灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压取值各 不相同, 而获得更高阶的显示效果, 达到提升画面质量的目的。
以在 8bit的液晶平板显示器上实现 lObit的显示效果为例, 调灰电压产生装 置需要在原来输出一组灰阶基准电压的时间内输出至少 2 (10"8)组灰阶基准电压。 对于采用含有可编程伽马模块的调灰电压产生装置而言, 可以通过增加可编程伽 马模块内部存储器的数量达到上述目的。 如图 5所示, 增加现有可编程伽马模块 中的存储器个数, 使存储器的个数至少与产生的灰阶基准电压组的个数相同, 此 处为四个。 由于每个存储器只存放产生一组灰阶基准电压用的串行数据, 通常是 与 8到 22个灰阶基准电压对应的串行数据, 数据量较少, 因此增加的成本可以 忽略不计。 然后通过调节控制可编程伽马模块工作的串行时钟信号, 使可编程伽 马模块的寄存器在原来访问一个存储器的时间内依次访问四个存储器。 由前述可 知, 因为电路硬件如可编程伽马模块中的运算放大器的个数的原因, 每个灰阶基 准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数固定不变。 如果可编程伽马模块原来输出一组 共 10个灰阶基准电压, 那么现在以同样的时间, 能够输出四组共 40个灰阶基准 电压, 也即确定四条灰阶电压曲线以供 8bit数据驱动电路的数模转换单元进行划 分, 划分后所获得的灰阶电压数量增至原来的四倍。
具体地, 调灰电压产生装置按照以下方式不断地输出四组灰阶基准电压: 在 时刻, 输出第一组灰阶基准电压;
在 时刻, 输出第二组灰阶基准电压;
在 t3时刻, 输出第三组灰阶基准电压;
在 t4时刻, 输出第四组灰阶基准电压; 在 ti+1时刻, 输出第一组灰阶基准电压;
在 ti+2时刻, 输出第二组灰阶基准电压;
在 ti+3时刻, 输出第三组灰阶基准电压;
在 ti+4时刻, 输出第四组灰阶基准电压。
其中, 每个灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的取值可以通过编程预先设 定。 通常, 每条灰阶电压曲线的取值范围相同, 至于每个灰阶基准电压的具体取 值, 可以借助光学验证的方式设定。 简单地讲, 若从灰阶电压曲线的平滑性的角 度去考量, 假设由灰阶 GAMMA=2.2得出灰阶基准电压 GAM1为 2V, 则从连续 4组灰阶电压差异小、连续、且平均值为 2V的角度,可将 4组灰阶电压中的 GAM1 分别取为 1.85V、 1.95V、 2.05V、 2.15V, 诸如此类。
由上述实施例可以推知, 为了在 nbit的数据驱动电路下实现(n+m) bit的显 示效果,可以以给定的时间间隔 To产生 k个灰阶基准电压组, k≥2,优选的, k=2m, m≥l。 其中, 每个灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同, 且时间间隔 T0需满足以下条件:
T <
° " VT xk
上式中 , vframf;为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 包 括空白时间的虚拟像素; 如, 对于某一款分辨率为 1366x768 的显示屏而言, 其 VT不是 768, 而是 800, k为灰阶基准电压组个数。
相应地, 对于含有可编程伽马模块的调灰电压产生装置, 其内部的可编程伽 马模块需要设置至少与产生的灰阶基准电压组个数相同的存储器, 每个存储器用 于存放产生一组灰阶基准电压用的数据。
本发明还提供一种面板驱动电路, 其包括上述调灰电压产生装置, 以及与上 述调灰电压产生装置配合工作的数据驱动电路。
本发明还提供一种显示面板, 其包括上述面板驱动电路。
需要说明的是, 上述实施例是本发明一部分实施例, 而不是全部的实施例, 且仅用于说明本发明, 基于此实施例, 本领域普通技术人员在没有做出创造性劳 动前提下所获得的所有其他实施例, 都属于本发明保护的范围。

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权利要求书
1. 一种调灰电压产生方法, 包括以下步骤:
以给定的时间间隔 T。产生 k个灰阶基准电压组, k≥2, 所述灰阶基准电压组 中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同。
2. 如权利要求 1所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中: k=2m, m≥l。
3. 如权利要求 1所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中所述时间间隔 To满足以下 条件:
T < V frame
° " VT xk
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
4. 如权利要求 2所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中所述时间间隔 T。满足以下 条件:
T < V frame
° " VT xk
上式中 , vframf;为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其 包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
5. 如权利要求 1所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中:
所述灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数相同。
6. 如权利要求 2所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中:
所述灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数相同。
7. 如权利要求 3所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中:
所述灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数相同。
8. 如权利要求 4所述的调灰电压产生方法, 其中:
所述灰阶基准电压组中的灰阶基准电压的个数相同。
9. 一种调灰电压产生装置, 其中包括可编程伽马模块, 所述可编程伽马模 块中包含有至少与产生的灰阶基准电压组个数相同的存储器, 每个所述存储器中 存放产生一组灰阶基准电压用的数据, 所述可编程伽马模块通过包括以下步骤的 方法产生灰阶基准电压组:
以给定的时间间隔 T。产生 k个灰阶基准电压组, k≥2, 所述灰阶基准电压组 中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同。
10. 如权利要求 9所述的调灰电压产生装置, 其中: k=2m, m≥l。
11. 如权利要求 9所述的调灰电压产生装置,其中所述时间间隔 To满足以下 条件:
T < V frame
° " VT xk
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
12. 如权利要求 10所述的调灰电压产生装置, 其中所述时间间隔 To满足以 下条件:
T < V frame
° " VT xk
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
13. 如权利要求 9所述的调灰电压产生装置, 其中所述可编程伽马模块中除 所述存储器外, 还包括逻辑接口、 寄存器、 数模转换单元和电压输出单元: 所述逻辑接口, 用于接收产生所述灰阶基准电压用的数字信号送入所述存储 器, 以及接收时序控制信号送给所述寄存器;
所述寄存器, 用于在所述时序控制信号的控制下访问所述存储器, 取出所述 存储器中的数字信号送入所述数模转换单元;
所述数模转换单元, 用于将所述寄存器送来的数字信号转换为模拟信号送入 所述电压输出单元;
所述电压输出单元, 用于放大所述数模转换单元送来的模拟信号作为所述灰 阶基准电压输出。
14. 如权利要求 13所述的调灰电压产生装置, 其中:
所述电压输出单元包括与所述存储器个数相同的运算放大器, 每个所述运算 放大器输出一个所述灰阶基准电压。
15. 一种面板驱动电路, 其包括调灰电压产生装置, 以及接收所述调灰电压 产生装置输出电压的数据驱动电路, 其中所述调灰电压产生装置包括可编程伽马 模块, 所述可编程伽马模块中包含有至少与产生的灰阶基准电压组个数相同的存 储器, 每个所述存储器中存放产生一组灰阶基准电压用的数据, 所述可编程伽马 模块通过包括以下步骤的方法产生灰阶基准电压组: 以给定的时间间隔 To产生 k个灰阶基准电压组, k≥2, 所述灰阶基准电压组 中的灰阶基准电压取值各不相同。
16. 如权利要求 15所述的面板驱动电路, 其中: k=2m, m≥l。
17. 如权利要求 15所述的面板驱动电路, 其中所述时间间隔 To满足以下条 件:
T V frame
VT xk
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
18. 如权利要求 16所述的面板驱动电路, 其中所述时间间隔 To满足以下条 件:
T z V frame
VT x k
上式中, vframf!为每帧画面的显示时间, VT为显示屏垂直方向的像素个数, 其包括空白时间的虚拟像素。
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