Light-emitting element driver circuit

摘要

Disclosed is a display driver that includes a first current driver circuit, which has a plurality of current sources for outputting current of a value decided based upon a reference current, and switch circuits that on/off control current paths between the plurality of current sources and a current output terminal based upon a prescribed lower-order bit signal of a video signal, for outputting a first output current conforming to the prescribed lower-order bit signal of the video signal; a second current driver circuit for outputting a second output current conforming to a higher-order bit signal of the video signal; and a current-source circuit for varying the reference current based upon the higher-order bit signal of the video signal. A current that is the result of combining the first and second output currents from the first and second current driver circuits is output as an output current. An amount of change in the output current that corresponds to a change of one LSB of the video signal is varied in accordance with the value of the video signal, the gamma characteristic is linearly approximated and the overall luminance of a display panel is controlled based upon a control signal from a luminance adjustment circuit.