Abstract: An amplifier and a display driving circuit. The amplifier includes an input stage, a bias stage and an output stage. The input stage determines voltage levels of two nodes in correspondence to two input voltages received in response to a first bias voltage, and includes four path selecting switches, two input transistors and one bias transistor. The bias stage generates two class AB output voltages which correspond to the voltage levels of the two nodes, and includes current mirrors, ten path selecting switches, class AB bias circuits and two bias transistors. The output stage generates an output voltage VOUT that corresponds to the two class AB output voltages, and includes two coupling capacitors and two push-pull transistors. The plurality of path selecting switches operate by one signal of a first path selecting signal and a second path selecting signal that are exclusively enabled with respect to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a light emitting diode lighting apparatus capable of improving a power factor and temperature characteristics. The light emitting diode lighting apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a light source having a plurality of light emitting diode channels and performs a current regulating operation to allow a light source to emit light. The light source uses a current path provided by current regulating to emit light.

Abstract: A driver IC for electrical loads, suitable for regulating a driving voltage depending upon a feedback signal and supplying a regulated driving voltage to a power supply line to which load strings are connected in parallel. The driver IC includes driving current sources respectively connected to the load strings through regulated voltage nodes and configured to supply driving current to the load strings in response to a control signal; sensing units configured to sense and output a minimum voltage among voltages of the regulated voltage nodes; a sample-and-hold circuit configured to sample, hold and output the minimum voltage in response to the control signal; and a comparator configured to compare an output voltage of the sample-and-hold circuit and a reference threshold voltage and generate the feedback signal.

Abstract: A readout integrated circuit (ROIC) for a touch screen, the readout integrated circuit includes: a touch sensor unit configured to include a plurality of touch sensors which are arranged in a matrix form having rows and columns in an inside or outside of a touch screen panel (TSP); a plurality of sensing blocks configured to sense an electrical change in each of the touch sensors, to convert the electrical change into a voltage value, and to store the voltage value; a delta circuit unit configured to receive a difference between two sensing voltage values stored in two sensing blocks, respectively, which are spaced by a predetermined distance and selected from among the plurality of sensing blocks, and to produce a delta (?) voltage; and an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog signal output from the delta circuit unit into an N-bit digital signal (wherein, “N” is a natural number).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting-Diode (AMOLED) drive circuit using transient current feedback. The AMOLED drive circuit includes a current Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a data line drive transistor, a constant current source, a variable current source, a differential amplifier, and a transient charging current control unit. The DAC generates current corresponding to input digital data. The data line drive transistor is configured such that the drain terminal thereof is connected to the output node of the current DAC. The constant current source is connected between the source terminal of the data line drive transistor and a ground. The variable current source is connected between both the output node of the current DAC and the drain terminal of the drive transistor, and a voltage source. The differential amplifier is configured to input the output voltage thereof to the gate terminal of the drive transistor.

Abstract: An LCD driving circuit includes a first buffer configured to have a terminal for a first voltage, a terminal for a second voltage and a terminal for an intermediate voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage, and be driven in a range from the first voltage to the intermediate voltage; and a second buffer configured to have a terminal for the first voltage, a terminal for the second voltage and a terminal for the intermediate voltage, and be driven in a range from the intermediate voltage to the second voltage. The terminal for the intermediate voltage of the first buffer and the terminal for the intermediate voltage of the second buffer are connected with each other, and the first voltage is a highest voltage, the second voltage is a lowest voltage, and the intermediate voltage is in a range from the first voltage to the second voltage.

Abstract: A driver IC for electrical loads, suitable for regulating a driving voltage depending upon a feedback signal and supplying a regulated driving voltage to a power supply line to which load strings are connected in parallel. The driver IC includes driving current sources respectively connected to the load strings through regulated voltage nodes and configured to supply driving current to the load strings in response to a control signal; sensing units configured to sense and output a minimum voltage among voltages of the regulated voltage nodes; a sample-and-hold circuit configured to sample, hold and output the minimum voltage in response to the control signal; and a comparator configured to compare an output voltage of the sample-and-hold circuit and a reference threshold voltage and generate the feedback signal.

Abstract: A power management IC includes a first IC having a boost converter IC which generates a second voltage using a first voltage supplied from an outside and supplies the second voltages to a charge pump, a reference voltage generation circuit, and an EEPROM; and a second IC configured to be inputted with a third voltage and a fourth voltage as outputs of the charge pump and output a fifth voltage and a sixth voltage. The second IC has a voltage regulator which regulates the third voltage and the fourth voltage or the fifth voltage and the sixth voltage and generates an eighth voltage and a ninth voltage as voltages required for programming operation or erasing operation of the EEPROM.

Abstract: An amplifier and a display driving circuit. The amplifier includes an input stage, a bias stage and an output stage. The input stage determines voltage levels of two nodes in correspondence to two input voltages received in response to a first bias voltage, and includes four path selecting switches, two input transistors and one bias transistor. The bias stage generates two class AB output voltages which correspond to the voltage levels of the two nodes, and includes current mirrors, ten path selecting switches, class AB bias circuits and two bias transistors. The output stage generates an output voltage VOUT that corresponds to the two class AB output voltages, and includes two coupling capacitors and two push-pull transistors. The plurality of path selecting switches operate by one signal of a first path selecting signal and a second path selecting signal that are exclusively enabled with respect to each other.

Abstract: A display driving circuit includes a buffer section, an N-dot switch circuit, a charge sharing switch circuit, and a sharing voltage level control switch circuit. The buffer section buffers a plurality of pixel driving signals outputted from a plurality of DACs. The N-dot switch circuit selects paths of the plurality of pixel driving signals outputted from the buffer section in response to a first path selecting signal or a second path selecting signal that is determined depending upon a dot inversion method, and switches the paths to a plurality of output terminals. The charge sharing switch circuit shares charges among the plurality of output terminals in response to a charge sharing control signal. The sharing voltage level control switch circuit controls charge sharing between the plurality of output terminals and a voltage level upon charge sharing, in response to a sharing voltage level control signal.

Abstract: A source driver circuit of a liquid crystal display device including a gamma buffer. The gamma buffer includes a differential amplification section configured to differentially amplify an input signal; a current mirror section configured to operate as a current mirror; an enable section configured to convert the differential amplification section from a standby mode to an enable mode by a bias voltage; a power drop speed improvement section configured to respectively connect drains of the two PMOS transistors of the current mirror section and drains of the two NMOS transistors of the differential amplification section through two diode coupling type MOS transistors, and shorten a recovery time after a power drop; and an output section configured to be determined in a bias level thereof by the bias voltage and generate an output voltage according to a voltage of a downstream node on one side of the current mirror section.

Abstract: An active matrix organic light emitting diode AMOLED driving circuit using current feedback that ensures the uniformity of brightness in pixels of a flat panel display and shortens the time required to input accurate current to respective pixels in the driving circuit. The prevent invention provides an AMOLED driving circuit using current feedback, comprising: a current digital-to-analog converter outputting a current corresponding to input digital data; a first differential amplifier connected to the current digital-to-analog converter and controlling the input data current and a driving current of a driving transistor of a pixel circuit to be identical to each other; a current mirror mirroring driving current of an organic light emitting diode of the pixel circuit to an input side of the first differential amplifier; and a second differential amplifier coupled to the current mirror and controlling charge and discharge speeds of parasitic capacitance of the pixel circuit.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display is provided. The driving apparatus for a display comprises a reference voltage generator, a digital-to-analog converter, and an output unit. The reference voltage generator generates a plurality of reference voltages, and receives a difference value between two adjacent reference voltages and generates a plurality of sub reference voltages. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a first analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the sub reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a second analog signal. The output unit processes, by addition or subtraction, the first and second analog signals for output.

Abstract: A current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit. The current feedback-type AMOLED driving circuit includes a plurality of pixel circuits each having a data terminal for receiving a pixel current command, and a sense terminal for transmitting pixel current to a driver Integrated Circuit (IC), and a plurality of data lines provided such that a single data line is provided for a single column formed by a plurality of pixel circuits, thus data terminals of the pixel circuits, forming the column, are connected to the data line. In the AMOLED driving circuit, two columns are paired, sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming a first column of the two columns, are connected to a data line for a second column, and sense terminals of pixel circuits, forming the second column, are connected to the data line for the first column.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pixel circuit and driving method for active matrix Organic Light-emitting Diodes (OLEDs), and a display using the same. The pixel circuit includes a Voltage Control Current Source (VCCS), a high gain amplifier, a storage capacitor, and first and second switches. The VCCS is configured to drive OLEDs. The high gain amplifier is configured such that the control input signal of the VCCS causes the VCCS to be placed in an ON or OFF state. The storage capacitor is located between the input terminal of the high gain amplifier and a data line so as to assign the ON-time of the VCCS. The first and second switches are configured to be controlled through a scan line so as to store voltage in the storage capacitor and control the light-emitting time of the OLEDs, and are formed the input terminal of the high gain amplifier and the input terminal of the VCCS, respectively.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a driving method and circuit for the automatic voltage output of an active matrix organic light emitting device, which is capable of resolving the non-uniformity of brightness between pixels.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter comprises a current supplier, a current divider dividing current supplied from the current supplier into certain amounts, an inverter outputting inverted signals of input signals and non-inverted signals, a switch controlling a flow of the current divided into the certain amounts by the current divider according to the inverted signals and the non-inverted signals, and a current output block adding up the current divided into the certain amounts according to the non-inverted signals to output an analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter can be implemented on a small chip area with desired resolution.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display is provided. The driving apparatus for a display comprises: a digital/analog converter for receiving an input voltage lower than a source voltage used in a buffer amplifier for output driving, generating a plurality of reference voltages, and selecting a reference voltage corresponding to an M (M is a positive integer) bit data signal; and an amplifier for amplifying the reference voltage selected by the digital/analog converter. Therefore, a circuit area and power consumption of the driving apparatus for a display can be minimized.

Abstract: A driving apparatus for a display is provided. The driving apparatus for a display comprises a reference voltage generator, a digital-to-analog converter, and an output unit. The reference voltage generator generates a plurality of reference voltages, and receives a difference value between two adjacent reference voltages and generates a plurality of sub reference voltages. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a first analog signal. The digital-to-analog converter selects one of the sub reference voltages and outputs the selected reference voltage as a second analog signal. The output unit processes, by addition or subtraction, the first and second analog signals for output.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Active Matrix Organic Light-Emitting-Diode (AMOLED) drive circuit using transient current feedback. The AMOLED drive circuit includes a current Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a data line drive transistor, a constant current source, a variable current source, a differential amplifier, and a transient charging current control unit. The DAC generates current corresponding to input digital data. The data line drive transistor is configured such that the drain terminal thereof is connected to the output node of the current DAC. The constant current source is connected between the source terminal of the data line drive transistor and a ground. The variable current source is connected between both the output node of the current DAC and the drain terminal of the drive transistor, and a voltage source. The differential amplifier is configured to input the output voltage thereof to the gate terminal of the drive transistor.