A two-stage driving circuit of a one-chip TFT-LCD driver IC for portable electronic devices is proposed. The driving buffers of the new circuit are built in the γ-correction circuit rather than in the source driver. ...A two-stage driving circuit of a one-chip TFT-LCD driver IC for portable electronic devices is proposed. The driving buffers of the new circuit are built in the γ-correction circuit rather than in the source driver. The power consumption,die area, and driving capability of the driving circuit are discussed in detail. For a two-stage driving circuit with 13 driving buffers, the settling time of the driving voltage within 0.2% error is about 19.2μs when 396 pixel-loads are driven by the same grayscale voltage. The quiescent current of the whole driving circuit is 518μ~A,and the power consumption can be reduced by 77%. The proposed driving circuit is successfully applied in a 132RGB × 176-dot,260k color one-chip driver IC developed by us for the TFT-LCD of mobile phone, and it can also be used in other portable electronic devices, such as PDAs and digital cameras.展开更多
文摘A two-stage driving circuit of a one-chip TFT-LCD driver IC for portable electronic devices is proposed. The driving buffers of the new circuit are built in the γ-correction circuit rather than in the source driver. The power consumption,die area, and driving capability of the driving circuit are discussed in detail. For a two-stage driving circuit with 13 driving buffers, the settling time of the driving voltage within 0.2% error is about 19.2μs when 396 pixel-loads are driven by the same grayscale voltage. The quiescent current of the whole driving circuit is 518μ~A,and the power consumption can be reduced by 77%. The proposed driving circuit is successfully applied in a 132RGB × 176-dot,260k color one-chip driver IC developed by us for the TFT-LCD of mobile phone, and it can also be used in other portable electronic devices, such as PDAs and digital cameras.
