WO2016101362A1 - 一种背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和液晶显示装置 - Google Patents

一种背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和液晶显示装置 Download PDF

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WO2016101362A1 PCT/CN2015/070633 CN2015070633W WO2016101362A1 WO 2016101362 A1 WO2016101362 A1 WO 2016101362A1 CN 2015070633 W CN2015070633 W CN 2015070633W WO 2016101362 A1 WO2016101362 A1 WO 2016101362A1
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  • the present invention relates to a backlight driving technique of a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly to a backlight driving circuit suitable for a large-sized liquid crystal display device, a driving method thereof, and a corresponding liquid crystal display device.
  • the number of LED strips in a large-sized liquid crystal display device is very large, and the power consumed is also very large.
  • the LED light bars are divided into a plurality of backlight partitions from top to bottom, and each backlight partition includes the same number of LED light bars.
  • the LED strips in a backlight region are driven and controlled by one or more LED backlight drive units corresponding thereto. In other words, the LED strips controlled by one LED backlight drive unit are concentrated in the same backlight area.
  • these backlight partitions sequentially emit light in accordance with the transmission of the three-dimensional picture display signal.
  • each time only one backlight zone LED light bar is in a light-emitting state the corresponding LED backlight drive unit outputs power to provide power required for illumination, and the remaining LED backlight drive units are in a shutdown state.
  • This working mode may cause a local temperature to be high in the backlight driving circuit, so that the heat distribution of the entire backlight module is uneven, and the circuit components are easily damaged.
  • the working efficiency of the entire backlight driving circuit is also low.
  • the present invention provides a backlight driving circuit with a power consumption average distribution, a driving method thereof, and a corresponding liquid crystal display device.
  • the invention provides a backlight driving circuit, which comprises:
  • each pulse dimming signal unit outputting a pulse dimming signal
  • each of the backlight driving units electrically connecting all the pulse dimming signal units to receive the pulse dimming signal output by the pulse dimming signal unit, and each backlight driving unit is electrically connected to the same number of the backlight partitions Light emitting unit
  • a pulse dimming signal unit when a pulse dimming signal unit outputs a pulse dimming signal, all of the backlight driving units provide power to the light emitting unit connected in a backlight partition to drive the light emitting operation.
  • all of the backlight driving units output the same power to the light-emitting units connected in a backlight partition to drive their illumination operation.
  • each backlight drive unit electrically connects one or more of the illumination units in each backlight partition.
  • the backlight driving circuit further includes:
  • the DC converter is electrically connected to the DC power source, the light emitting unit and the backlight driving unit, and is configured to convert the DC voltage outputted by the DC power source into a DC driving voltage required for the operation of the light emitting unit under the control of the backlight driving unit, and provide the light emitting unit .
  • the light-emitting unit is a light bar composed of a plurality of light-emitting diodes connected in series.
  • the anode of the light-emitting unit is electrically connected to the DC converter
  • the cathode is electrically connected to the first pole of a switching transistor
  • the second pole of the switching transistor is electrically grounded through a voltage dividing resistor
  • the control transistor of the switching transistor is electrically Connect the output of the backlight drive unit.
  • the backlight driving unit is further electrically connected between the switching transistor and the voltage dividing resistor to obtain a feedback voltage of the light emitting unit.
  • the present invention also provides a driving method of the above backlight driving circuit, which comprises the following steps:
  • all of the backlight driving units provide power to the light emitting unit connected in a backlight partition to drive the light emitting operation.
  • the present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including the above backlight driving circuit.
  • a backlight driving circuit comprising a plurality of backlight driving units, wherein each backlight driving unit receives all of the pulse dimming signals and electrically connects the same number of light emitting units in each backlight partition.
  • each backlight driving unit receives all of the pulse dimming signals and electrically connects the same number of light emitting units in each backlight partition.
  • all of the backlight driving units output power to drive the illumination unit in a backlight partition to operate. In this way, when the liquid crystal panel performs area-by-region scanning from top to bottom, each backlight driving unit is always in an operating state of output power, which improves the working efficiency of the entire backlight driving circuit.
  • the backlight driving method provided by the present invention is that when the liquid crystal panel is scanned from top to bottom, all the backlight driving units work at the same time, and the backlight partition is driven to sequentially emit light. Moreover, when a backlight partition is illuminated, all backlight driving units can provide the same or nearly the same power for the backlight partition. In this way, there is no difference in operating state between the backlight driving units, and the entire backlight driving circuit works stably, which can effectively avoid the abnormal operation of the circuit due to the difference in state in the prior art.
  • the backlight driving circuit provided by the invention has a uniform heat distribution and does not damage the circuit components because the local temperature is too high.
  • the present invention is particularly suitable for a large-sized liquid crystal display device.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a backlight driving circuit provided by the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial structural schematic view of an embodiment of a backlight driving circuit provided by the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a partial structural schematic view of a preferred embodiment of a backlight driving circuit provided by the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a pulse dimming signal outputted by the pulse dimming signal unit of FIG.
  • the liquid crystal panel that performs backlight driving using the circuit may be, for example, a large-sized liquid crystal panel based on LED backlight display.
  • the LED light bar 10 is divided into a plurality of backlight sections 20 from top to bottom, and each of the backlight sections 20 contains the same number of LED strips 10.
  • each backlight partition sequentially emits light as the three-dimensional picture display signal is transmitted.
  • the core of the technical solution of the present invention is that when each backlight partition emits light, all the LED backlight driving units provide the electric energy required for the illumination.
  • the present invention has made the following improvements to the backlight driving circuit of the prior art. That is, the light-emitting units controlled by one backlight driving unit are no longer concentrated in the same backlight partition, but the plurality of light-emitting units in the same backlight partition are electrically connected to different backlight driving units, and are performed by different backlight driving units. drive.
  • the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 is a partial schematic structural view of an embodiment of a backlight driving circuit provided by the present invention, including a DC converter 100, a plurality of LED backlight driving units 200, and a plurality of pulse dimming signal units 300.
  • the LED backlight driving unit 200 is integrated in the LED constant current driving chip 200.
  • the LED constant current driving chip 200 further includes a control module 210 and a plurality of comparison modules 220.
  • the input end of the DC converter 100 is electrically connected to a DC power source (not shown), the output end is electrically connected to the anode of the LED strip in each backlight partition, and the control end is electrically connected to the LED backlight driving unit 200.
  • the control module 210 is configured to convert the DC voltage outputted by the DC power source into a DC driving voltage required for the operation of the LED light bar according to the control signal output by the control module 210, and provide the LED light bar to each LED light bar.
  • the anodes of the LED strips can be electrically connected to each other and then electrically connected to the output of the DC converter 100 to receive the DC drive voltage supplied from the DC converter 100.
  • the cathode of each LED strip passes through the first and second poles of the corresponding switching transistor MOSFET, and the voltage dividing resistor R is electrically grounded.
  • each comparison module 220 can be electrically connected to the DC reference voltage unit (not shown), receive a DC reference voltage Vref, and the negative input terminal can be electrically connected and controlled.
  • the LED light bar corresponding to the switching transistor MOSFET and the voltage dividing resistor R receives the feedback voltage Vfb of the controlled LED light bar, thereby outputting a corresponding modulation signal according to the difference between the DC reference voltage Vref and the feedback voltage Vfb. .
  • each comparison module 220 is electrically connected to the control electrode of the switching transistor MOSFET corresponding to the controlled LED light bar, and the control electrode of the switching transistor MOSFET is electrically connected to the pulse dimming signal unit 300 to receive a pulse dimming Signal PWM.
  • the pulse dimming signal PWM Under the action of the pulse dimming signal PWM, the switching transistor MOSFET is turned on, and the magnitude of the current flowing is determined by the duty ratio of the pulse dimming signal PWM. That is, under the action of the pulse dimming signal PWM, the LED light bar starts to work, and the brightness of the LED light bar is determined by the duty ratio of the pulse dimming signal PWM.
  • the number of comparison modules in each LED backlight driving unit must be greater than or equal to the number of pulse dimming signal units, that is, greater than or equal to the number of backlight partitions, and the output terminals of each comparison module are respectively different from the pulse.
  • the dimming signal unit is connected to receive different pulse dimming signals PWM.
  • the present invention provides a new backlight driving circuit, which includes:
  • each pulse dimming signal unit outputting a pulse dimming signal
  • each of the backlight driving units electrically connecting all the pulse dimming signal units to receive the pulse dimming signals output by the respective pulse dimming signal units, and each backlight driving unit is electrically connected to the same in each backlight partition Number of light units;
  • a pulse dimming signal unit when a pulse dimming signal unit outputs a pulse dimming signal, all of the backlight driving unit outputs power to a backlight partition to drive the illumination unit connected to the backlight unit to emit light.
  • each of the backlight driving units electrically connects one or more of the backlight units.
  • the light emitting unit is a light bar composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes connected in series.
  • each backlight driving unit electrically connects one of the LED strips in each of the backlight sections.
  • the number of backlight driving units is exactly the same as the number of LED strips in each backlight partition. The method of operation of the circuit will be described in detail below.
  • the backlight driving circuit includes at least n pulse dimming signal units PWM1, PWM2 to PWMn, and at least m backlight driving units IC1, IC2 to ICm.
  • the backlight driving circuit may also include other unit modules (such as the above-mentioned DC converter 100).
  • each of the backlight driving units is electrically connected to all of the pulse dimming signal units PWM1, PWM2 to PWMn, and each A backlight driving unit is also electrically connected to one of the backlight sections BLOCK1, BLOCK2 to BLOCKn.
  • the pulse dimming signal units PWM1, PWM2 to PWMn can be in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions BLOCK1, BLOCK2 to BLOCKn.
  • a pulse dimming signal unit When a pulse dimming signal unit outputs a pulse dimming signal, the corresponding backlight partition will illuminate, thereby achieving the same purpose of controlling the backlight partition to sequentially emit light as in the prior art.
  • each backlight driving unit has the same number of light-emitting units connected to one backlight partition (in this embodiment, one LED light bar), when a certain backlight partition emits light, the output power of each backlight driving unit is output. All are the same or approximately the same.
  • the LED strips are driven by different backlight driving units, but are illuminated according to the same pulse dimming signal. 3 and 4 will be further described below as an example.
  • the LED strips 1, 4, and 7 are respectively driven by the backlight driving units IC1, IC2, and IC3, but are activated according to the pulse dimming signal outputted by the pulse dimming signal unit PWM1;
  • the LED strips 2, 5, 8 are respectively driven by the backlight driving units IC1, IC2, IC3, but are activated according to the pulse dimming signal outputted by the pulse dimming signal unit PWM2;
  • the LED strips 3, 6, and 9 are driven by the backlight driving units IC1, IC2, and IC3, respectively, but are activated by the pulse dimming signal outputted by the pulse dimming signal unit PWM3.
  • the LED strips controlled by one backlight driving unit are no longer concentrated in the same area, but are distributed in the respective backlight partitions in an evenly distributed manner.
  • the LED strips in the same backlight partition are electrically connected to different backlight driving units and are driven by different backlight driving units.
  • all the backlight driving units in the backlight driving circuit can work at the same time, and the backlight segments are driven to sequentially emit light.
  • all of the backlight driving units can simultaneously provide the same or nearly the same power. Therefore, there is no difference in working state between the backlight driving units, and the entire LED backlight driving circuit system works stably, which can avoid the phenomenon that the circuit works abnormally due to the difference in the prior art.
  • the liquid crystal display device employs an LED backlight technology, but it is obvious that the present invention is not limited thereto and can be used to drive other types of light sources.
  • the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. All should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

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一种背光驱动电路,包括:多个发光单元,其平均划分为若干背光分区(20);与背光分区(20)数量相同的脉冲调光信号单元(300),每一脉冲调光信号单元(300)输出一脉冲调光信号;多个背光驱动单元(200),每一背光驱动单元(200)电连接所有脉冲调光信号单元(300),以接收脉冲调光信号单元(300)输出的脉冲调光信号,同时每一背光驱动单元(200)还电连接各背光分区(20)中相同数量的发光单元;当一脉冲调光信号单元(300)输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有的背光驱动单元(200)提供电能给一背光分区(20)中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。还公开了一种背光驱动电路的驱动方法和液晶显示装置。

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一种背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和液晶显示装置
本申请要求享有2014年12月24日提交的名称为“一种背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和液晶显示装置”的中国专利申请为CN 201410817656.2的优先权,其全部内容通过引用并入本文中。
技术领域
本发明涉及液晶显示装置的背光驱动技术,尤其是一种适用于大尺寸液晶显示装置的背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和相应的液晶显示装置。
背景技术
一般而言,在大尺寸液晶显示装置中LED灯条的数量非常多,消耗的电能也非常大。当大尺寸液晶显示装置工作在三维扫描模式时,这些LED灯条从上至下被划分为多个背光分区,并且每一个背光分区中包含相同数量的LED灯条。一个背光区域中的LED灯条由一个或一个以上与其对应的LED背光驱动单元驱动控制。换言之,一个LED背光驱动单元所控制的LED灯条集中在同一个背光区域中。当液晶显示装置从上至下进行逐区扫描时,这些背光分区会随着三维画面显示信号的传输而依次发光。而且,每次只有一个背光分区的LED灯条处于发光状态,由与之对应的LED背光驱动单元输出功率,提供发光所需的电能,而其余的LED背光驱动单元则处于停工状态。这种工作方式会导致背光驱动电路出现局部温度偏高的现象,使得整个背光模组的热量分布不均,极容易造成电路元件损伤。此外,由于总有一些LED背光驱动单元处于停工状态,因此整个背光驱动电路的工作效率也偏低。
发明内容
针对上述问题,本发明提供了一种功耗平均分布的背光驱动电路及其驱动方法和相应的液晶显示装置。
本发明提供一种背光驱动电路,其包括:
多个发光单元,其平均划分为若干背光分区;
与背光分区数量相同的脉冲调光信号单元,每一脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号;
多个背光驱动单元,每一背光驱动单元电连接所有脉冲调光信号单元,以接收脉冲调光信号单元输出的脉冲调光信号,同时每一背光驱动单元还电连接各背光分区中相同数量的发光单元;
其中,当一脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有的背光驱动单元提供电能给一背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
根据本发明的实施例,所有的背光驱动单元输出相同的功率给一背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
根据本发明的另外的实施例,每个背光驱动单元电连接各背光分区中一个或一个以上的发光单元。
根据本发明的实施例,上述背光驱动电路还包括:
直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在背光驱动单元的控制下,将直流电源输出的直流电压转换为发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给发光单元。
根据本发明的实施例,上述发光单元是由多个串联的发光二极管所构成的灯条。
根据本发明的实施例,上述发光单元的阳极电连接直流转换器,阴极电连接一开关晶体管的第一极,开关晶体管的第二极通过一分压电阻电性接地,开关晶体管的控制极电连接背光驱动单元的输出端。
根据本发明的实施例,上述背光驱动单元还电连接在开关晶体管与分压电阻之间,以获取发光单元的反馈电压。
此外,本发明还提供上述背光驱动电路的驱动方法,其包括以下步骤:
将发光单元平均划分为若干背光分区;
当一脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有的背光驱动单元提供电能给一背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
此外,本发明还提供一种液晶显示装置,其包括上述背光驱动电路。
与现有技术相比,本发明通过一个或多个实施例所带来的有益效果是:
1、本发明提供的背光驱动电路包括多个背光驱动单元,其中每一个背光驱动单元接收所有的脉冲调光信号并且电连接各背光分区中相同数量的发光单元。 当接收到一脉冲调光信号时,所有的背光驱动单元都输出功率以驱动一个背光分区中的发光单元发光工作。这样一来,当液晶面板从上至下进行逐区扫描时,各背光驱动单元始终处于输出功率的工作状态,提高了整个背光驱动电路的工作效率。
2、本发明提供的背光驱动方法是当液晶面板由上至下逐区扫描时,所有的背光驱动单元同时工作,驱动背光分区依次发光工作。而且在某一个背光分区发光工作时,所有的背光驱动单元都可以为该背光分区提供大小相同或者近似相同的功率。这样一来,各背光驱动单元之间就不会存在工作状态上的差异,整个背光驱动电路工作稳定,能够有效地避免现有技术中因为状态的差异而导致电路工作异常的情况。
3、本发明提供的背光驱动电路产生的热量分布均匀,不会因为局部温度过高而损坏电路元件。
本发明特别适用于大尺寸的液晶显示装置。
附图说明
附图用来提供对本发明的进一步理解,并且构成说明书的一部分,与本发明的实施例共同用于解释本发明,并不构成对本发明的限制。在附图中:
图1是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的结构示意图;
图2是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的一个实施例的局部结构示意图;
图3是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的一个优选实施例的局部结构示意图;
图4是图3中脉冲调光信号单元输出的脉冲调光信号示意图。
具体实施方式
图1是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的结构示意图。如前所述,采用该电路进行背光驱动的液晶面板可以是例如基于LED背光显示的大尺寸的液晶面板。当这种大尺寸液晶面板工作在三维扫描模式时,LED灯条10会从上至下划分为多个背光分区20,并且每一个背光分区20中含有相同数量的LED灯条10。在一幅三维画面显示信号传输的过程中,各个背光分区会随着三维画面显示信号的传输而依次发光。本发明的技术方案的核心在于,当每一个背光分区发光时,所有的LED背光驱动单元都会为其提供发光所需的电能。
为达到上述目的,本发明对现有技术中的背光驱动电路做了如下改进。即,不再将由一个背光驱动单元控制的发光单元集中在同一个背光分区中,而是将同一个背光分区中的多个发光单元电连接到不同的背光驱动单元,由不同的背光驱动单元进行驱动。为使本发明的目的、技术方案和优点更加清楚,下面结合附图以及实施例对本发明作进一步地详细说明。
图2是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的一个实施例的局部结构示意图,其中包括一个直流转换器100、多个LED背光驱动单元200、多个脉冲调光信号单元300。LED背光驱动单元200集成在LED恒流驱动芯片200中。该LED恒流驱动芯片200进一步地包括一个控制模块210和多个比较模块220。
在该电路中,直流转换器100的输入端电连接一直流电源(图中未示出),输出端电连接各背光分区中LED灯条的阳极,控制端电连接LED背光驱动单元200中的控制模块210,用于根据控制模块210输出的控制信号,将直流电源输出的直流电压转换为LED灯条工作所需的直流驱动电压,并提供给各LED灯条。由此,可以将各LED灯条的阳极相互电连接,然后再与直流转换器100的输出端电连接,接收直流转换器100提供的直流驱动电压。同时,各LED灯条的阴极通过所对应的开关晶体管MOSFET的第一极和第二极,以及分压电阻R电性接地。
在LED背光驱动单元200中,每一个比较模块220的正极输入端可以电连接一直流基准电压单元(图中未示出),接收一个直流基准电压Vref,负极输入端可以电连接在与所控的LED灯条相对应的开关晶体管MOSFET与分压电阻R之间,接收所控的LED灯条的反馈电压Vfb,从而根据直流基准电压Vref与反馈电压Vfb之间的差值输出相应的调制信号。每一个比较模块220的输出端电连接与所控的LED灯条相对应的开关晶体管MOSFET的控制极,同时,开关晶体管MOSFET的控制极电连接脉冲调光信号单元300,以接收一脉冲调光信号PWM。在脉冲调光信号PWM的作用下,开关晶体管MOSFET导通,并且所流经的电流的大小由脉冲调光信号PWM的占空比决定。也即在脉冲调光信号PWM的作用下,LED灯条启动工作,且LED灯条的亮度由脉冲调光信号PWM的占空比决定。
在现有技术中,由于一个LED背光驱动单元所控制的LED灯条都集中在同一个背光分区中,因此根据前面介绍的液晶显示装置的扫描原理,在一个LED背光驱动单元中,可以将所有比较模块的输出端相互电连接,然后再与一个脉冲调 光信号单元的输出端电连接,以接收同一个脉冲调光信号PWM。然而在本发明中,由于一个LED背光驱动单元所控制的LED灯条以平均分配的方式分布在所有的背光分区中,因此为了实现与现有技术相同的功能,一个LED背光驱动单元需要电连接所有的脉冲调光信号单元。换言之,在具体应用时,每个LED背光驱动单元中比较模块的数量必须大于等于脉冲调光信号单元的数量,也即大于等于背光分区的数量,并且各比较模块的输出端分别与不同的脉冲调光信号单元连接,以接收不同的脉冲调光信号PWM。
基于上述原理,本发明提出一种新的背光驱动电路,其包括:
多个发光单元,其平均划分为若干背光分区;
与背光分区数量相同的脉冲调光信号单元,每一脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号;
多个背光驱动单元,每一背光驱动单元电连接所有的脉冲调光信号单元,以接收各脉冲调光信号单元输出的脉冲调光信号,同时每一背光驱动单元还电连接各背光分区中相同数量的发光单元;
其中,当一脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有的背光驱动单元输出功率给一背光分区,以驱动该背光分区中其所连接的发光单元发光工作。
在上述电路中,每一背光驱动单元电连接各背光分区中的一个或者一个以上的发光单元。所述发光单元是由多个串联的发光二极管所构成的灯条。
图3是本发明提供的背光驱动电路的一个优选实施例的局部结构示意图。在该实施例中,每一背光驱动单元电连接各背光分区中的一个LED灯条。在此情况下,背光驱动单元的数量与各背光分区中LED灯条的数量完全相同。下面详细地说明该电路的工作方法。
假设大尺寸液晶面板采用m×n个LED灯条作为发光光源。这些LED灯条被以m个LED灯条为一组的方式划分为了n个背光分区BLOCK1、BLOCK2至BLOCKn。与之对应地,在本实施例中,背光驱动电路包括至少n个脉冲调光信号单元PWM1、PWM2至PWMn,以及至少m个背光驱动单元IC1、IC2至ICm。为方便起见,图中仅示出电路的一部分。当然,该背光驱动电路还可以包括其他的单元模块(例如上面提及的直流转换器100),由于它是现有技术,并且不是本发明的技术重点,因此在此略去不做描述。在该背光驱动电路中,每一个背光驱动单元与所有的脉冲调光信号单元PWM1、PWM2至PWMn电连接,同时每 一个背光驱动单元还与各背光分区BLOCK1、BLOCK2至BLOCKn中的一个LED灯条电连接。
如此一来,脉冲调光信号单元PWM1、PWM2至PWMn能够与背光分区BLOCK1、BLOCK2至BLOCKn一一对应。当某一个脉冲调光信号单元输出脉冲调光信号时,与其对应的背光分区就会发光工作,从而达到与现有技术相同的控制背光分区依次发光的目的。而且由于每个背光驱动单元与一个背光分区中所连接的发光单元数量相同(在本实施例中为一个LED灯条),因此当某一个背光分区发光工作时,每个背光驱动单元输出的功率都相同或者近似相同。
总而言之,在每一个背光分区中,LED灯条由不同的背光驱动单元驱动,但是是根据同一个脉冲调光信号启动而发光。下面以图3和图4为例进一步地说明。
在背光分区BLOCK1中,LED灯条1、4、7分别由背光驱动单元IC1、IC2、IC3驱动,但是是根据脉冲调光信号单元PWM1输出的脉冲调光信号启动而发光;
在背光分区BLOCK2中,LED灯条2、5、8分别由背光驱动单元IC1、IC2、IC3驱动,但是是根据脉冲调光信号单元PWM2输出的脉冲调光信号启动而发光;
在背光分区BLOCK3中,LED灯条3、6、9分别由背光驱动单元IC1、IC2、IC3驱动,但是是根据脉冲调光信号单元PWM3输出的脉冲调光信号启动而发光。
明显地,与现有技术不同,在上述实施例中,一个背光驱动单元所控制的LED灯条不再集中于同一个区域中,而是以平均分配的方式分布于各背光分区中。同一个背光分区中的LED灯条电连接至不同的背光驱动单元,由不同的背光驱动单元驱动。在此情况下,当液晶面板由上至下逐区扫描时,背光驱动电路中所有的背光驱动单元能够同时工作,驱动背光分区依次发光工作。而且,进一步地,在某一背光分区发光工作时,所有的背光驱动单元可以同时为其提供大小相同或者近似相同的功率。如此各背光驱动单元之间不会存在工作状态的差异,整个LED背光驱动电路系统工作稳定,能够避免现有技术中因为差异化而导致电路工作异常的现象。
上述实施例中,液晶显示装置采用LED背光技术,但是很明显,本发明可以不限于此,还可以用于驱动其他类型的光源。以上所述仅为本发明较佳的具体实施方式,但本发明的保护范围并不局限于此,任何熟悉该技术的人员在本发明所揭露的技术范围内,可轻易想到的变化或替换,都应涵盖在本发明的保护范围之内。因此,本发明的保护范围应该以权利要求的保护范围为准。

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  1. 一种背光驱动电路,其中包括:
    多个发光单元,其平均划分为若干背光分区;
    与所述背光分区数量相同的脉冲调光信号单元,每一所述脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号;
    多个背光驱动单元,每一所述背光驱动单元电连接所有所述脉冲调光信号单元,以接收所述脉冲调光信号单元输出的脉冲调光信号,同时每一所述背光驱动单元还电连接各所述背光分区中相同数量的发光单元;
    其中,当一所述脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有所述背光驱动单元提供电能给一所述背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
  2. 如权利要求1所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    进一步地,所有所述背光驱动单元输出相同的功率给一所述背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
  3. 如权利要求1所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    每一所述背光驱动单元电连接各所述背光分区中一个或一个以上的发光单元。
  4. 如权利要求2所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    每一所述背光驱动单元电连接各所述背光分区中一个或一个以上的发光单元。
  5. 如权利要求1所述的背光驱动电路,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  6. 如权利要求2所述的背光驱动电路,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  7. 如权利要求3所述的背光驱动电路,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元 工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  8. 如权利要求4所述的背光驱动电路,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  9. 如权利要求5所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    所述发光单元是由多个串联的发光二极管所构成的灯条。
  10. 如权利要求9所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    所述发光单元的阳极电连接所述直流转换器,阴极电连接一开关晶体管的第一极,所述开关晶体管的第二极通过一分压电阻电性接地,所述开关晶体管的控制极电连接所述背光驱动单元的输出端。
  11. 如权利要求10所述的背光驱动电路,其中:
    所述背光驱动单元的一个输入端还电连接所述开关晶体管的第二极,以获取所述发光单元的反馈电压。
  12. 一种背光驱动电路的驱动方法,其包括以下步骤:
    将发光单元平均划分为若干背光分区;
    当脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,各背光驱动单元提供电能给一背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
  13. 一种液晶显示装置,包括背光驱动电路,其中所述背光驱动电路包括:
    多个发光单元,其平均划分为若干背光分区;
    与所述背光分区数量相同的脉冲调光信号单元,每一所述脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号;
    多个背光驱动单元,每一所述背光驱动单元电连接所有所述脉冲调光信号单元,以接收所述脉冲调光信号单元输出的脉冲调光信号,同时每一所述背光驱动单元还电连接各所述背光分区中相同数量的发光单元;
    其中,当一所述脉冲调光信号单元输出一脉冲调光信号时,所有所述背光驱动单元提供电能给一背光分区中所连接的发光单元,驱动其发光工作。
  14. 如权利要求13所述的液晶显示装置,其中:
    每一所述背光驱动单元电连接各所述背光分区中一个或者一个以上的发光单元。
  15. 如权利要求13所述的液晶显示装置,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  16. 如权利要求14所述的液晶显示装置,其中还包括:
    直流转换器,其电连接直流电源、所述发光单元和背光驱动单元,用于在所述背光驱动单元的控制下,将所述直流电源输出的直流电压转换为所述发光单元工作所需的直流驱动电压,提供给所述发光单元。
  17. 如权利要求15所述的液晶显示装置,其中:
    所述发光单元是由多个串联的发光二极管所构成的灯条。
  18. 如权利要求17所述的液晶显示装置,其中:
    所述发光单元的阳极电连接所述直流转换器,阴极电连接一开关晶体管的第一极,所述开关晶体管的第二极通过一分压电阻电性接地,所述开关晶体管的控制极电连接所述背光驱动单元的输出端。
  19. 如权利要求18所述的液晶显示装置,其中:
    所述背光驱动单元的一个输入端还电连接所述开关晶体管的第二极,以获取所述发光单元的反馈电压。
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