Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090009510 | Data line driving circuit, display device and method of driving data line - A data line driving circuit in a display device has an output terminal and a precharge circuit. The output terminal is connected to a pixel of a display panel through a data line. A gray-scale voltage corresponding to a display data is applied to the data line through the output terminal. The precharge circuit precharges the output terminal to a precharge voltage before the gray-scale voltage is applied to the data line. The precharge voltage depends on the gray-scale voltage. | 01-08-2009 |
20090040204 | Drive circuit for display apparatus and display apparatus - A drive circuit that is an example of the present invention is a drive circuit of a display device for outputting in parallel the analog picture signals generated based on the digital picture signals inputted in serial. This circuit comprises a level shift circuit for converting the voltage level of the digital picture signals that were inputted in serial, a D/A conversion circuit for generating analog picture signals based on the digital picture signals that were subjected to level conversion with the level shift circuit, and an expansion circuit connected to the output side of the D/A conversion circuit or between the level shift circuit and the D/A conversion circuit and serving to expand and hold the inputted serial picture signals in parallel and output the picture signals in parallel. The level shift circuit is thus formed in the front stage of the picture signal register circuit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090040245 | Drive circuit for display apparatus and display apparatus - A drive circuit that is an example of the present invention is a drive circuit of a display device for outputting in parallel the analog picture signals generated based on the digital picture signals inputted in serial. This circuit comprises a level shift circuit for converting the voltage level of the digital picture signals that were inputted in serial, a D/A conversion circuit for generating analog picture signals based on the digital picture signals that were subjected to level conversion with the level shift circuit, and an expansion circuit connected to the output side of the D/A conversion circuit or between the level shift circuit and the D/A conversion circuit and serving to expand and hold the inputted serial picture signals in parallel and output the picture signals in parallel. The level shift circuit is thus formed in the front stage of the picture signal register circuit. | 02-12-2009 |
20090102831 | Driving circuit for display apparatus - A driving circuit for a display apparatus, includes a first selecting circuit configured a to select a binary voltage from a plurality of voltages based on a image data to output to a first node as a first selection voltage and to a second node as a second selection voltage; a first buffer configured to receive the first selection voltage; and a second buffer configured to receive the second selection voltage. A voltage dividing circuit is configured to generate a plurality of interpolation voltages between an output voltage of the first buffer and an output voltage of the second buffer. A second selecting circuit is configured to select one voltage from the first selection voltage and the plurality of interpolation voltages based on a part of the image data, to output to a third node as a third selection voltage. A first control circuit is configured to control the first buffer or the second buffer based on the part of the image data. | 04-23-2009 |
20090153452 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display includes scanning lines organized in sets of at least two, data lines overlapping the scanning lines at intersection regions, pixels located at the overlaps, a scanning line driver sequentially scanning the sets of scanning lines, a data line driver applying a voltage corresponding to an image data to each pixel through a corresponding data line, and a common electrode applying a reference voltage to the pixels. The sets of scanning lines each include adjacent first and second scanning lines. First and second pixels are associated with the first and second scanning lines, respectively. The scanning line driver drives the second pixel after the first pixel in a first period and the first pixel after the second pixel in a second period. The data line driver inverts a polarity of the pixel voltage with regard to the reference voltage every N horizontal scanning periods (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2). | 06-18-2009 |
20090185082 | Television set - A television set includes a television set body section which has a display panel in which pixels are arranged at intersections of scan lines and data lines in a matrix; and first and second input terminals provided for the television set body section. A first video signal is displayed on the display panel in a first drive system when the first video signal supplied to the first input terminal is selected. A second video signal is displayed on the display panel in a second drive system when the second video signal supplied to the second input terminal is selected. | 07-23-2009 |
20090207192 | Data line driving circuit outputting gradation signals in different timing, display device, and data line driving method - A neutralization switch is provided for each of the RGB (red, green and blue) colors to control the charge neutralization periods of those RGB colors respectively. Each of the neutralization switches has an on-resistance value that differs among the RBG colors. A low value is set for the on-resistance value of the neutralization switch of the data line corresponding to green of which visual sensitivity is high so as to shorten the charge neutralization period, thereby extending the driving periods in which the subsequent gradation signals are to be output respectively. | 08-20-2009 |
20090284516 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVE CIRCUIT THEREOF - A liquid crystal display of this invention includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and pixels provided at each intersection of the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines. The liquid crystal display further includes a plurality of pixel groups constituted of the pixels provided at each intersection of the consecutive plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of scan lines, in which signals of the same polarity are outputted to all data lines included in each of the plurality of pixel groups by a time-sharing drive that sequentially outputs signals, and reversed polarity signals are outputted to the plurality of pixel groups adjacent to each other, so that signals with polarities inverted after each frame are outputted to the data lines included in the pixel groups. | 11-19-2009 |
20100002021 | Display panel driving method and display apparatus - A method of driving a display panel is provided. The display panel includes a first scan group including first to third scan lines, and a plurality of data lines which intersect the first to third scan lines, and first display cells of a first color which are connected with the first scan line, second display cells of a second color which are connected with the second scan line, third display cells of a third color which are connected with the third scan line. The method is achieved by precharging the data lines to a predetermined voltage in a first horizontal period; and by supplying a data signal to the first to third display cells through the data lines driving of the first to third display cells after the data lines are precharged in the first horizontal period. In the driving of the first to third display cells, one of the first to third display cells corresponding to one of said first to third colors, having a maximum spectral luminous efficacy, is first driven. | 01-07-2010 |
20100110114 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving thereof - A liquid crystal display device has: a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells arranged at respective intersections of data lines and scanning lines; and a data line driver circuit. Six kinds of data signals include: a first data signal of positive polarity associated with a first color image data; a second data signal of negative polarity associated with the first color image data; a third data signal of positive polarity associated with a second color image data; a fourth data signal of negative polarity associated with the second color image data; a fifth data signal of positive polarity associated with a third color image data; and a sixth data signal of negative polarity associated with the third color image data. The data line driver circuit supplies each of the six kinds of data signals for the same number of times during a predetermined period with respect to each data line. | 05-06-2010 |
20100315402 | Display panel driving method, gate driver, and display apparatus - A method of driving a display panel in which a voltage polarity reverse cycle of a data signal is three or more scan periods, and multiple scan lines are driven by switching between a first and a second scan orders by a predetermined period. The method includes setting a display pattern as a first maximum current pattern, the display pattern in which the multiple scan lines are driven in the first scan order and a number of charge and discharge of the data signal becomes a maximum number, and specifying that the number of charge and discharge of the data signal when displaying the first maximum current pattern in the second scan order is to be ½ of that of the data signal when displaying the first maximum current pattern in the first scan order. Further, the voltage polarity reverse cycle for specifying the first and the second scan orders is one frame period. | 12-16-2010 |
20110169879 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER FOR REDUCING HEAT GENERATION THEREIN - A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated. | 07-14-2011 |
20120154367 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVER FOR REDUCING HEAT GENERATION THEREIN - A display panel drive circuit is provided with a first display output terminal to be connected with a data line of a display panel, first and second output stages, and a control circuit. The first output stage is directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the positive polarity with respect to a standard voltage level. The second output stage is also directly connected with the first display output terminal and configured to output a data signal with the negative polarity with respect to the standard voltage level. The control circuit controls the first and second output stages so that one of the first and second output stages is selectively activated while the other of the first and second output stages is deactivated. | 06-21-2012 |