Display driving circuit

Abstract

A display driving circuit comprising a video signal transformation circuit, a reference voltage generating circuit, a DAC and an interpolation operational amplifier is provided. The video signal transformation circuit transforms an input video signal into a transformed video signal with a higher bit depth. The transformed video signal comprises an upper n bits data and a lower m bits data, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal. The reference voltage generating circuit generates reference voltages. The DAC selects a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage to interpolation operational amplifier from the reference voltages according to an upper n bits data of the transformed video signal. The interpolation operational amplifier outputs a driving voltage to display device according to the first reference voltage, the second reference voltage and the lower m bits data of the transformed video signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display driving circuit, comprising:
 a video signal transformation circuit for transforming an input video signal into a transformed video signal with a higher bit depth which contains information of gamma correction according to a lookup table (LUT) or a digital interpolation technique, the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth comprises an upper n bits data and a lower m bits data, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal and the bit depth of the transformed video signal is higher than that of the input video signal according to a lookup table (LUT) recording mapping relationships between a part of input video signal values and corresponding output signal values, and for calculating the corresponding output signal values for the input video signal values of which the mapping relationships are not recorded in the LUT; 
 a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of reference voltages; 
 a data latch coupled to the video signal transformation circuit; 
 a level shifter coupled to the data latch; 
 a digital to analog converter (DAC) for selecting a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage from the reference voltages generated by the reference voltage generating circuit, wherein the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage are selected according to the upper n bits data of the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth receiving n bit data from the level shifter; and 
 an interpolation operational amplifier for outputting a driving voltage corresponding to the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth according to the first reference voltage, the second reference voltage and the lower m bits data of the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth coupled to the digital to analog converter and receiving m bit data from the level shifter for outputting a driving voltage, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal. 
 
     
     
       2. The display driving circuit according to claim  1  19, wherein the video signal transformation circuit comprises:
 a storage unit for storing a plurality of lookup values of the lookup table; and 
 a lookup table unit for transforming the input video signal into the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth through a plurality of the mapping relationships, wherein the lookup table records the mapping relationships between a plurality of input video signal values and a plurality of corresponding output video signal values. 
 
     
     
       3. The display driving circuit according to claim  1  19, wherein the video signal transformation circuit comprises:
 a storage unit for storing the a plurality of lookup values of the lookup table; and 
 a lookup table unit for transforming the input video signal into the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth through a plurality of the mapping relationships, wherein the lookup table records the mapping relationships between part of input video signal values and the corresponding output video signal values; and 
 a digital interpolation circuit for calculating the corresponding output signal values for the input video signals whose mapping relationships are not recorded in the lookup table. 
 
     
     
       4. The display driving circuit according to claim  1  19, wherein the lookup table comprises information of mapping relationships for voltage settings of a gamma correction curve of each color channel. 
     
     
       5. The A display driving circuit according to  claim 4 , comprising:
 a video signal transformation circuit for transforming an input video signal into a transformed video signal with a higher bit depth than that of the input video signal; 
 a data latch coupled to the video signal transformation circuit; 
 a level shifter coupled to the data latch; 
 a digital to analog converter (DAC) receiving n bit data from the level shifter; and 
 an interpolation operational amplifier coupled to the digital to analog converter and receiving m bit data from the level shifter for outputting a driving voltage, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal; 
 wherein the video signal transformation circuit transforms the input video signal into the transformed video signal according to a lookup table (LUT) or a digital interpolation technique, the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth comprises the n bits data and the m bits data; 
 wherein the lookup table comprises information of mapping relationships for voltage settings of a gamma correction curve of each color channel; and 
 wherein the bit depth of the input video signal is m, the number of mapping relationships recorded in the lookup table for each gamma correction curve is less than 2 m . 
 
     
     
       6. The A display driving circuit according to  claim 4 , comprising:
 a video signal transformation circuit for transforming an input video signal into a transformed video signal with a higher bit depth than that of the input video signal; 
 a data latch coupled to the video signal transformation circuit; 
 a level shifter coupled to the data latch; 
 a digital to analog converter (DAC) receiving n bit data from the level shifter; and 
 an interpolation operational amplifier coupled to the digital to analog converter and receiving m bit data from the level shifter for outputting a driving voltage, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal; 
 wherein the video signal transformation circuit transforms the input video signal into the transformed video signal according to a lookup table (LUT) or a digital interpolation technique, the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth comprises the n bits data and the m bits data; 
 wherein the lookup table comprises information of mapping relationships for voltage settings of a gamma correction curve of each color channel; and 
 wherein the bit depth of the input video signal is m, the number of mapping relationships recorded in the lookup table for each gamma correction curve is equal to 2 m . 
 
     
     
       7. The A display driving circuit according to  claim 1 , wherein the reference voltage generating circuit comprises comprising:
 a video signal transformation circuit for transforming an input video signal into a transformed video signal with a higher bit depth than that of the input video signal; 
 a data latch coupled to the video signal transformation circuit; 
 a level shifter coupled to the data latch; 
 a digital to analog converter (DAC) receiving n bit data from the level shifter; 
 an interpolation operational amplifier coupled to the digital to analog converter and receiving m bit data from the level shifter for outputting a driving voltage, wherein n+m equals a bit depth of the transformed video signal; and 
 a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of reference voltages, comprising:
 a first resistor string for generating voltage divisions across the first resistor string; 
 a second resistor string for generating voltage divisions across the second resistor string; 
 a first buffer amplifier; 
 a first multiplexer connected between the first resistor string and the first buffer amplifier for selecting a reference voltage from voltage divisions across the first resistor string as an input voltage of the first buffer amplifier according to a first control signal; and 
 a first de-multiplexer connected between the first buffer amplifier and the second resistor string for outputting a reference voltage to one of a plurality of output voltage division nodes across the second resistor string according to a second control signal. 
 
 
     
     
       8. The display driving circuit according to  claim 7 , wherein the reference voltage generating circuit further comprises:
 a second buffer amplifier; 
 a second multiplexer connected between the first resistor string and the second buffer amplifier for selecting the reference voltage from the voltage divisions across the first resistor string as an input voltage of the second buffer amplifier according to a third control signal; and 
 a second de-multiplexer connected between the second buffer amplifier and the second resistor string for outputting the reference voltage to one of the output voltage division nodes across the second resistor string according to a fourth control signal. 
 
     
     
       9. The display driving circuit according to  claim 8 , wherein the voltages corresponding to the output voltage nodes form a reference voltage curve, the reference voltage curve is piecewise linear, and the first control signal, the second control signal, the third control signal and the fourth control signal are used for changing the slope of at least a part of the reference voltage curve. 
     
     
       10. The display driving circuit according to claim  1  20, wherein the reference voltage generating circuit is a positive reference voltage generating circuit. 
     
     
       11. The display driving circuit according to  claim 10 , wherein the bit depth of the input video signal is m, and the number of reference voltages is less than 2 m . 
     
     
       12. The display driving circuit according to claim  1  20, wherein the reference voltage generating circuit is a negative reference voltage generating circuit. 
     
     
       13. The display driving circuit according to  claim 12 , wherein the bit depth of the input video signal is m, and the number of reference voltages is less than 2 m . 
     
     
       14. The display driving circuit according to claim 9, wherein the first control signal, the second control signal, the third control signal and the fourth control signal are used for changing the slope of at least a part of the reference voltage curve. 
     
     
       15. The display driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the level shifter translates the power domain for the transformed video signal, the transformed video signal is divided into the n bit data and the m bit data at an output node of the level shifter. 
     
     
       16. The display driving circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:
 a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of reference voltages;   wherein the digital to analog converter selects a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage from the reference voltages generated by the reference voltage generating circuit, wherein the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage are selected according to the n bit data of the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth.   
     
     
       17. The display driving circuit according to claim 16, wherein the interpolation operational amplifier outputs the driving voltage corresponding to the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth according to the first reference voltage, the second reference voltage and the m bit data of the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth. 
     
     
       18. The display driving circuit according to claim 17, wherein the interpolation operational amplifier adjusts a proportion of the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage according to the m bit data to generate the driving voltage. 
     
     
       19. The display driving circuit according to claim 1, wherein the transformed video signal with the higher bit depth comprises the n bits data and the m bits data. 
     
     
       20. The display driving circuit according to claim 1, further comprising a reference voltage generating circuit for generating a plurality of reference voltages.