Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Jeongmin Seo

Yoon Young Lee

Sungchun Park

A DC-DC converter includes: a master converter configured to operate to generate a panel power voltage based on an input voltage regardless of a panel current, and a slave converter configured to operate to generate the panel power voltage with the master converter based on the input voltage when the panel current is greater than a reference current. The master converter and the slave converter are connected to a first inductor.

Direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter reducing power consumption and heat generation

Disclosed is a display device which includes a voltage generator including a first converter that generates a first voltage using an input voltage and is shut down in response to a shutdown signal and a short circuit protection part including a first short circuit protection part that compares an output voltage of an output terminal of the first converter with a first reference voltage and outputs the shutdown signal. The first converter pre-charges the output voltage to a predetermined voltage level during a first period, maintains a level of the output voltage during a second period subsequent to the first period, and boosts and outputs the output voltage as the first voltage during a third period subsequent to the second period. The first short circuit protection part outputs the shutdown signal when the output voltage in the second period has a level lower than that of the first reference voltage.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Jeongmin Seo