Display device having a feedback loop for a power supply voltage

A display device comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of pixels;
• a data driver configured to provide data signals to the plurality of pixels;
• a scan driver configured to provide scan signals to the plurality of pixels;
• a DC-DC converter configured to convert an input voltage to a power supply voltage, and to supply the power supply voltage to the display panel;
• a feedback circuit having a variable impedance and configured to provide a feedback path of the power supply voltage to the DC-DC converter by receiving the power supply voltage supplied from the DC-DC converter to the display panel as a feedback voltage of the DC-DC converter, and providing an error signal corresponding to a difference between the feedback voltage and a reference voltage to the DC-DC converter, and
• a controller configured to control the data driver and the scan driver, to calculate a panel load of the display panel based on input image data, and to adjust the variable impedance of the feedback circuit according to the calculated panel load,
• wherein the DC-DC converter includes:
• an inductor connected to an output terminal at which the power supply voltage is output;
• a capacitor connected between the output terminal and a line of a ground voltage;
• a first transistor configured to selectively connect a line of the input voltage to the inductor in response to a first switching signal;
• a second transistor configured to selectively connect the line of the ground voltage to the inductor in response to a second switching signal;
• and
• a pulse width modulation control block configured to generate the first and second switching signals, and to adjust duty cycles of the first and second switching signals in response to the error signal.

A display device comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of pixels;
• a data driver configured to provide data signals to the plurality of pixels;
• a scan driver configured to provide scan signals to the plurality of pixels;
• a DC-DC converter configured to convert an input voltage into a power supply voltage, and to supply the power supply voltage to the display panel;
• a controller configured to control the data driver and the scan driver, to calculate a panel load of the display panel based on input image data, and to generate an impedance control signal based on the calculated panel load;
• an error amplifier including a first input terminal receiving the power supply voltage supplied to the display panel as a feedback voltage of the DC-DC converter, a second input terminal receiving a reference voltage, and an output terminal providing an error signal to the DC-DC converter, wherein the error amplifier is configured to generate the error signal corresponding to a difference between the feedback voltage and the reference voltage;
• and
• an impedance circuit connected to the output terminal of the error amplifier and the first input terminal thereof, and controlled, in response to the impedance control signal, to have a variable impedance,
• wherein the impedance circuit includes at least one switch that is selectively turned on in response to the impedance control signal so that at least one resistor that is selected as part of the variable impedance,
• wherein the error amplifier includes an operational amplifier having the first input terminal receiving the feedback voltage, the second input terminal receiving the reference voltage, and the output terminal outputting the error signal,
• wherein the impedance circuit further includes:
• a first capacitor having a first electrode connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier, and a second electrode connected to the first input terminal of the operational amplifier;
• a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier, and a second electrode;
• a plurality of switches connected to the second electrode of the second capacitor;
• and
• a plurality of resistors connected to the first input terminal of the operational amplifier, and
• wherein each of the plurality of switches, in response to the impedance control signal, selectively connects a corresponding one of the plurality of resistors to the second electrode of the second capacitor.