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| 20100027223 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING HEAT RELEASE PATTERN - Provided are a semiconductor integrated circuit having a heat release pattern in a chip so as to release heat generated inside the chip and a system board having a heat release unit used to release heat generated inside the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: one or more output pads directly connected to an output terminal having a heat release pattern; a power supply pad supplying power; and one or more dummy pads connected to a metal line for supplying power or an internal output terminal of an internal function block, wherein the heat release pattern includes a plurality of unit contacts at the output terminal or a plurality of strip contacts having an area of about or larger than the sum of two or more of the unit contacts. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100118024 | METHOD FOR REMOVING OFFSET BETWEEN CHANNELS OF LCD PANEL - A method of removing offsets between channels of a liquid crystal panel is provided. The method includes: alternately arranging first type output buffers and second type output buffers for driving the pixels in units of at least two rows of the pixels; and arranging the first type output buffers and the second type output buffers in units of at least two columns of the pixels so that the output buffers with types opposite to those of previous two columns are arranged. The second type output buffers are embodied by switching connections among the differential transistors and connections among the load transistors in the first type output buffers. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100141687 | METHOD OF ARRANGING GAMMA BUFFERS AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPLYING THE METHOD - Provided are a method of arranging gamma buffers capable of decreasing a Kelvin of a source driver included in a flat panel display and minimizing a temperature deviation between source drivers, and the flat panel display applying the method. The method of arranging a plurality of gamma buffers which are arranged in one or more source drivers to output corresponding gamma voltages, includes a step of calculating power consumptions of the gamma buffers, wherein the method further comprises one or more steps of: changing tab points of the gamma buffers by using the calculated power consumptions of the gamma buffers; and changing positions of the gamma buffers by using the calculated power consumptions of the gamma buffers. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100155957 | PAD LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP - Provided is a pad layout structure of a semiconductor chip capable of preventing lead-broken problems when packaging the semiconductor chip with a high aspect ratio in a tape carrier package (TCP). In the pad layout structure of the semiconductor chip, a plurality pads are arranged along upper, lower, left and right sides of the semiconductor chip with a high aspect ratio, and a longitudinal width of pads arranged at the left and right sides and a transverse width of pads arranged at both edges of the upper and lower sides are greater than a transverse width of pads arranged at centers of the upper and lower sides. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100265274 | OFFSET COMPENSATION GAMMA BUFFER AND GRAY SCALE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an offset compensation gamma buffer and a gray scale voltage generation circuit using the same. The offset compensation gamma buffer includes: a buffer which outputs an input voltage input to a positive or negative input terminal as an output voltage; and a switching unit which selectively connects the input voltage and the output voltage of the buffer to the positive and negative input terminals in response to a control signal. The output voltage of the offset compensation gamma buffer is supplied to the input of a gray scale voltage generation circuit of a source driver for driving a liquid crystal panel. The offset of the offset compensation gamma buffer is compensated using an inversion timing of the control signal. The output voltage of the offset compensation gamma buffer is supplied as a reference voltage of the voltage divider unit for generating the gray scale voltages, and the offset of the gray scale voltages is also compensated. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100308472 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP HAVING POWER SUPPLY LINE WITH MINIMIZED VOLTAGE DROP - Disclosed is a power supply line in which a voltage drop generated in a resistance component of a metal line which delivers a power voltage is minimized so that the level of the power supply voltage delivered to a semiconductor chip becomes constant in the entire area of the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes: at least two power supply pads to which a power voltage applied from an external unit of the semiconductor chip is supplied; power supply main metal lines connected to each of the power supply pads; power supply branch metal lines extended from each of the power supply main metal lines to deliver a power voltage to a circuit in the semiconductor chip; and at least an electrostatic discharge (ESD) improvement dummy pad, wherein the ESD improvement dummy pad is electrically connected to the corresponding power supply main metal line and the corresponding power supply branch metal line to minimize a voltage drop. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110012877 | METHOD FOR GENERATING FRAME-START PULSE SIGNALS INSIDE SOURCE DRIVER CHIP OF LCD DEVICE - Provided is a method of driving a liquid crystal display apparatus, and more particularly, to a method of generating a frame start pulse signal for instructing driving of a specific function of a source driver in a source driver chip of a liquid crystal display apparatus. Accordingly, by generating a frame start pulse signal for instructing driving of a specific function of a source driver in a source driver chip unlike a conventional method where the frame start pulse signal is externally input, it is possible to reduce the number of input pins for inputting the frame start pulse signal and to remove an input line for inputting the frame start pulse signal in a process of mounting the source driver chip in a printed circuit board. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110043466 | TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An touch screen liquid crystal display device includes a panel driving circuit including a gate driving block, a data driving block, and a signal control block and a liquid crystal module that stores data in data pixels through a data pixel line, to which the data pixels are connected, in response to a data signal applied from the data driving block, and reads data through a read pixel line to which read pixels are connected. The read pixels are connected to the data pixels through a share line. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043467 | TIMING ADJUSTING METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a timing adjusting method for a touch screen liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal module of the touch screen liquid crystal display device has a structure in which a data line connected to data pixels and a read line connected to read pixels are shared by a share line, and a display mode section for displaying data of the data pixels is performed separately from a read mode section for reading data of the read pixels. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110057968 | COG PANEL SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT - Provided is a COG panel system capable of minimizing a block dim effect by considering a relationship among a plurality of chips. The COG panel system includes: an FPC which supplies at least two power supply voltages having a constant voltage level; a plurality of SDIs which are commonly supplied with a bypass power supply voltage from the FPC and generate respective parts of a plurality of consecutive LCD driving signals required for an arbitrary one line of an LCD; and at least one block dim correction resistance. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110075390 | PAD LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF DRIVER IC CHIP - A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip of a liquid crystal display device includes dummy power pads and dummy ground pads, which are disposed in corners of the driver IC chip and are connected to main power pads and main ground pads by metal lines in a chip-on-film (COF) package. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the resistance of power supply lines and ground lines, to minimize a power dip of a block located far away from the main power pads and main ground pads, and to prevent a failure in power application, which may occur due to a decrease of adhesive strength at a specific position, by dispersing the adhesion positions of the power pads and ground pads. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110089576 | PAD LAYOUT STRUCTURE OF A DRIVER IC CHIP - A pad layout structure of a driver IC chip to be mounted to a liquid crystal display panel. The pad layout structure includes power pad sections placed at respective four corners of the driver IC chip and each having a first power pad for supplying first power to the driver IC chip, a second power pad for supplying second power to the driver IC chip, a third power pad for supplying third power to the driver IC chip and a fourth power pad for supplying fourth power to the driver IC chip. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110096054 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display panel driving circuit for driving a liquid crystal display panel with a resolution of N bits. N-bit digital data including upper X bits and lower Y bits is inputted. The liquid crystal display panel driving circuit includes a resistor string unit according to areas, a DAC converter switching unit according to areas, and an interpolation amplifier. The resistor string unit outputs analog reference voltages at different ratios according to three areas. The DAC converter switching unit receives the N-bit digital data, selects (Y+1) analog voltages from the analog reference voltages based on the upper X bits, outputs the (Y+1) analog voltages, and outputs the (Y+1) analog voltages of different combinations based on the lower Y bits. The interpolation amplifier receives the (Y+1) analog voltages and generates an interpolated output voltage by setting weights for the (Y+1) analog voltages by using multi-factors. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102410 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING OLED DISPLAY - A circuit for driving an organic light emitting diode display includes a display panel that displays an image by using organic light emitting diodes disposed at intersection areas of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a threshold voltage detection control unit that supplies a precharge voltage by sequentially turning on transistors for threshold voltage detection, which are connected among the data lines and the organic light emitting diodes on the display panel, in units of horizontal lines, and enables threshold voltages to be detected; and a source driver that detects threshold voltages of all organic light emitting diodes arranged on a corresponding horizontal line, and repeats an operation, as necessary, for sampling/holding the detected threshold voltages through M sample/hold circuits, converting the sampled/held threshold voltages into digital signals, and storing the digital signals in a memory. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102687 | LCM FOR A DISPLAY PANEL - An LCM for a display panel includes a pixel array, a plurality of source driver ICs, and a plurality of gate driver ICs. The plurality of source driver ICs are disposed in a horizontal direction at an upper side or lower side of the pixel array. The plurality of gate driver ICs are disposed in a vertical direction at a left side or right side of the pixel array. The plurality of gate driver ICs are disposed at an opposite position to a position where a source driver IC, among the plurality of source driver ICs, first supplied with video data and a clock signal is disposed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109816 | CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LCD DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display driving circuit and method. A data register block of a controller applies in advance a polarity control signal to data before the data are stored in latches of a data driver, exchanges the data, and then stores the exchanged data in the latches. Thereby, it is possible to provide multiplexers, which are otherwise required for respective channels, to one controller and to decrease the size of a chip. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110128273 | DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD USING THE SAME - A display panel driving circuit includes: N number of buffers (N is an integer no less than 1) configured to buffer data voltages and enable or disable supply of buffered signals in response to a charge sharing control signal; and N number of output multiplexers each configured to receive outputs of two adjacent buffers among outputs of the N number of buffers and transfer the output of one buffer or the outputs of the two buffers to a corresponding one of data lines in response to the charge sharing control signal. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110133972 | GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATOR AND DAC HAVING GAMMA VOLTAGE GENERATOR - A gamma voltage generator includes an RGB common gamma voltage generation section configured to generate RGB common gamma voltages using corresponding gamma reference voltages among a plurality of gamma reference voltages; and at least two of an RG gamma voltage generation section configured to generate RG gamma voltages using corresponding gamma reference voltages among the plurality of gamma reference voltages, an R gamma voltage generation section configured to generate R gamma voltages using corresponding gamma reference voltages among the plurality of gamma reference voltages, a G gamma voltage generation section configured to generate G gamma voltages using corresponding gamma reference voltages among the plurality of gamma reference voltages, and a B gamma voltage generation section configured to generate B gamma voltages using corresponding gamma reference voltages among the plurality of gamma reference voltages. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110148848 | OUTPUT DRIVER OF ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE - An output driver of an electronic paper display device includes M number of output driver sections configured to transmit M number of pieces of data, respectively, to the electronic paper display device, wherein the M number of output driver sections are divided into a plurality of groups, and are temporally dispersed and driven according to groups, thereby transmitting the M number of pieces of data to the electronic paper display device. Also, an output driver for transmitting data to an electronic paper display device includes N number of drivers, wherein a part of the N number of drivers are selected and driven according to an output impedance of the electronic paper display device. Since output driver sections are divided into groups and are dispersedly driven, peak current is reduced. Since drivers are selectively driven according to the sizes of output loads, a constant driving capability is provided. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157129 | SOURCE DRIVER CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A source driver circuit of a liquid crystal display device including a gamma buffer. The gamma buffer includes a differential amplification section configured to differentially amplify an input signal; a current mirror section configured to operate as a current mirror; an enable section configured to convert the differential amplification section from a standby mode to an enable mode by a bias voltage; a power drop speed improvement section configured to respectively connect drains of the two PMOS transistors of the current mirror section and drains of the two NMOS transistors of the differential amplification section through two diode coupling type MOS transistors, and shorten a recovery time after a power drop; and an output section configured to be determined in a bias level thereof by the bias voltage and generate an output voltage according to a voltage of a downstream node on one side of the current mirror section. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110164020 | DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DRIVE METHOD - A display driving circuit and method is capable of minimizing the residual image of a display panel as well as consumption electric current. The display driving circuit generates driving signals corresponding to valid data and black data and transmits the driving signals to a display panel, and includes N data selection switches (where N is the integer), N buffers, N buffer output selection switches, and multiple charge sharing switches. The N data selection switches select one of the valid data and the black data. The N buffers buffer the signal selected by the respective data selection switches. The N buffer output selection switches switch outputs of the buffers to output the respective driving signals. The multiple charge sharing switches connect the neighboring pairs of the driving signals. | 07-07-2011 |
