Three Or More Voltages Patents (Class 345/95)
  • Patent number: 8330694
    Abstract: The liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal modulation element including first and second electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, a first alignment film disposed between the first electrode and the liquid crystal layer, and a second alignment film disposed between the second electrode and the liquid crystal layer. The apparatus further includes a controller that respectively provides first and second electric potentials to the first and second electrodes such that a sign of an electric field generated in the liquid crystal layer is cyclically inverted in a modulation operation state. The controller respectively provides third and fourth electric potentials to the first and second electrodes such that the sign of the electric field is fixed in a state other than the modulation operation state. The apparatus can avoid an influence by cumulated charged particles without adding a new member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 8330693
    Abstract: A two-stage drive waveform switches a DFLC from a high tilt state to a low tilt state quickly and without scattering. A relaxation voltage is applied to delay the onset of the high amplitude high frequency kick voltage when switching from a high tilt state to a low tilt state. The relaxation voltage allows the molecules to ‘relax’ in accordance with their own elasticity towards their low tilt state in the direction of the average azimuth angle of the low tilt state. The kick voltage is then applied to drive the molecules quickly to the low tilt state. Optimal switching time and the desired molecular response is achieved by delaying the onset of the large kick voltage via application of the relaxation voltage. The relaxation voltage may constitute a lower amplitude holding voltage, a small or zero DC voltage or a smooth windowing of the kick voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC
    Inventors: Bing Wen, Dong-Feng Gu
  • Patent number: 8325126
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a gate driver, a control circuit and a charge-sharing circuit. The control circuit provides a charge-sharing signal according to the parasitic capacitances at a first output end and a second output end in the gate driver. The charge-sharing circuit generates a third clock signal and a fourth clock signal by performing charge-sharing on a first clock signal and a second clock signal according to the charge-sharing signal. The third clock signal includes a signal falling edge which descends from a high level to a first level, and the fourth clock signal includes a signal falling edge which descends from the high level to a second level. The gate driver outputs a first gate driving signal and a second gate driving signal respectively at the first and the second output end according the third or the fourth clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chung Cheng, Chao-Ching Hsu, Mu-Lin Tung
  • Patent number: 8319768
    Abstract: A data line driving circuit for a liquid crystal display device comprising: a plurality of first data lines applied with a positive potential, a plurality of second data lines applied with a negative potential, comparison units that compare with a reference voltage at least one of a potential at a first common line connected to the plurality of first data lines and a potential at a second common line connected to the plurality of second data lines, and switches that are controlled so that the first data lines and the second data lines are set to a connection state or an interruption state according to a comparison result by the comparison units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: RENESAS Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Junya Yokota
  • Patent number: 8314760
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a pair of substrates; a liquid crystal sealed between the substrates; alignment regulating structures formed on at least one of the substrates; and a plurality of pixel regions having both of a first area in which the alignment regulating structures are disposed at first intervals and which has a first threshold voltage for driving of the liquid crystal and a second area in which the alignment regulating structures are disposed at second intervals smaller than the first intervals and which has a second threshold voltage lower than the first threshold voltage. Each of the first intervals is a distance between adjacent alignment regulating structures along a direction parallel to one of the substrates in the first area and each of the second intervals is a distance between adjacent alignment regulating structures along a direction parallel to one of the substrates in the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Sasabayashi, Arihiro Takeda, Kazuya Ueda, Yoshio Koike, Hideaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8305372
    Abstract: A display and a method for eliminating a residual image thereof are provided. The method includes detecting a status of an electric power supplied by a power supply unit of the display when the display is in the power on state; and coupling the electric power to a reference voltage when the electric power is suddenly terminated so as to accelerately discharge charges remaining on the electric power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hsin Ting, Tsao-Wen Lu
  • Patent number: 8305371
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a VCOM voltage in a display device includes first and second buffer amplifiers and a charge pump. The first buffer amplifier is biased with high and low rail voltages for generating the VCOM voltage. The second buffer amplifier generates the high rail voltage at an output node not connected to an external capacitor. The charge pump generates the low rail voltage by charge pumping directly from an external power supply voltage. Alternatively, a charge pump and a comparator are used for generating the VCOM voltage at an output of the charge pump. The comparator generates a charge pump control signal from comparing the VCOM voltage with a reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyoung-Rae Kim
  • Patent number: 8299999
    Abstract: An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixel units each including a pixel electrode for receiving data voltages and a common electrode for receiving a common voltage having a constant value. The data voltages applied to each pixel electrodes are equal to a sum of a main data voltage having a square waveform and an auxiliary voltage that is periodically changed at intervals each formed by four continuous frames. An absolute value of the auxiliary voltage is less than a voltage difference between the main data voltage and the common voltage, a sum of the auxiliary voltage is zero in a minimum period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Fan Tung, Shun-Ming Huang
  • Patent number: 8294652
    Abstract: A driving method for driving an LCD panel having a counter electrode and a source line. In a first period, the counter electrode is driven to a potential VCOMH. In a second period, the counter electrode and the source line are short-circuited to a power supply interconnection having a power supply potential VCI. In a third period, the counter electrode is connected to a ground interconnection while the source line is kept to be short-circuited to the power supply interconnection. In a fourth period, the counter electrode is pulled down to a potential VCOML lower than a ground potential In a fifth period, the source line is driven to a potential corresponding to an image data while the counter electrode is kept to the potential VCOML. The electric power consumed in pulling down the counter electrode from a positive potential to a negative potential can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Shirai
  • Patent number: 8294645
    Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal device and method thereof. Subsequent to applying a first electrical voltage on a liquid crystal to induce a reorientation of the liquid crystal, a second electrical voltage with proper polarity is applied on the liquid crystal to assist the relaxation of the reorientation that was induced by the first electrical voltage. The “switch-off” phase of the liquid crystal can therefore be accelerated or temporally shortened, and the device can exhibit better performance such as fast response to on/off signals. The invention can be widely used LCD, LC shutter, LC lens, spatial light modulator, telecommunication device, tunable filter, beam steering device, and electrically driven LC device, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kent State University
    Inventors: Sergij V. Shiyanovskii, Mingxia Gu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich
  • Patent number: 8289490
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates facing each other, a layer of liquid crystal molecules interposed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of color displaying sub-pixels including first, second and third sub-pixels defined on the first and second substrates, first common electrodes in the first, second and third sub-pixels on the first substrate, first pixel electrodes in the first, second and third sub-pixels on the first substrate and alternately arranged with the first common electrodes, color filter layers in the first, second and third sub-pixels on the second substrate, a plurality of viewing angle restricting sub-pixels including fourth, fifth and sixth sub-pixels defined on the first and second substrates, the fourth, fifth and sixth sub-pixels corresponding one-to-one with the first, second and third sub-pixels, second pixel electrodes in the fourth, fifth and sixth sub-pixels on the first substrate, and second common electrodes in the fourth, fifth an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-Seok Jang, Joon-Kyu Park, Hyun-Suk Jin
  • Patent number: 8279153
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing controller generating a polarity control signal. A logic inverting period of the polarity control signal during frame periods ranging from an Nth frame period among M frame periods to 2 to 4 frame periods following the Nth frame period is longer than a logic inverting period of the polarity control signal in the other frame periods, where N is an integer equal to or larger than 4 and M is larger than N. The liquid crystal cells in one frame period of the M frame periods are charged to the data voltage whose a polarity is opposite to a polarity of the data voltage in a previous frame period of one frame period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongsung Song, Woongki Min, Yonggi Son, Suhyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 8259035
    Abstract: The display device includes a display cell including liquid crystals and a matrix of electrodes arranged in lines and columns in a closed cavity. The lines and columns define display cell pixels. The display device includes a control circuit for lines and columns for display of data on the display cell. In complete display mode, all lines and columns are addressed at several voltage levels by successive line-by-line multiplexing. In low power partial display mode, two groups of adjacent lines are joined so they are each controlled by a respective line control signal from the control circuit. The N lines and groups of lines are simultaneously addressed in active manner at two voltage levels. N line control signals include a series of N-bit binary line words that change every determined period of time, T, so 2N combinations of binary line words are present in each successive cycle of length 2N·T.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development, Ltd.
    Inventors: Anne Montheard, Joachim Grupp, Jean-Claude Martin
  • Patent number: 8259046
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the present invention, deterioration of display quality is prevented from occurring in a display device provided with an active matrix substrate even when a larger size or a higher resolution is employed and a drive frequency is increased. In an active matrix substrate of a liquid crystal display device, a charge sharing control signal line is disposed so as to be arranged along each gate line and charge sharing TFTs are provided for each source line in numbers equal to the number of the gate lines. The gate terminal of the charge sharing TFT is connected to the charge sharing control signal line and the source and drain terminals are connected with neighboring source lines via connection electrode portions, respectively. Each of the charge sharing control signal lines is provided with a signal which turns on the charge sharing TFT for a predetermined period of every one horizontal period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Toshihide Tsubata
  • Patent number: 8259053
    Abstract: An array substrate and a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having the array substrate are provided in one or more embodiments. For example, the array substrate may include a pixel electrode, a coupling electrode and an opposite electrode. The pixel electrode may include a first sub-electrode having a plurality of first electrode bars receiving a first voltage and a second sub-electrode having a plurality of second electrode bars. The plurality of first electrode bars and the plurality of second electrode bars may be spaced apart from each other. The coupling electrode may be electrically connected to a portion of the plurality of first electrode bars, may have a plurality of opposite electrode bars and may overlap a portion of the plurality of second electrode bars to form coupling capacitor. The opposite electrode may be disposed between the plurality of first electrode bars and the plurality of second electrode bars to receive a second voltage different from the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyoung-Ju Shin
  • Patent number: 8253673
    Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display adjusts the falling edges of the gate driving signals for reducing image flicker. A first gate driving signal falls from a high level to a first level at the signal falling edge. A second gate driving signal falls from the high level to a second level at the signal falling edge. When the parasitic capacitance of a first pixel is larger than that of a second pixel, the first level is lower than the second level; when the parasitic capacitance of the first pixel is substantially the same as that of the second pixel, the first level is the same as the second level; when the parasitic capacitance of the first pixel is smaller than that of the second pixel, the first level is higher than the second level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Ching Hsu, Mu-Lin Tung, Jen-Chieh Chen
  • Patent number: 8248346
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel that includes a plurality of liquid crystal cells for controlling light transmission, a common electrode driving circuit for providing a common voltage signal to a common electrode provided in the liquid crystal panel and a first signal driving circuit for providing a first signal to a transparent electrode provided in the liquid crystal panel. The first signal and the common voltage signal have the same frequency and amplitude, but are out of phase with each other. The transparent electrode is designed to cancel an acoustic noise generated by the application of the common voltage signal. The liquid crystal panel includes two substrates that face each other. In one embodiment, the common electrode and the transparent electrode are formed in the same substrate, and in another embodiment, the common electrode and the transparent electrode are formed in different substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Uk Kim, Shawn Kim, Seong-Woock Hwang, In-Young Cho, Jeong-Min Park
  • Patent number: 8232985
    Abstract: A display driving circuit is provided. The display driving circuit includes first to third voltage generation units configured to receive an externally applied input voltage having a same magnitude and generate respective voltages having different magnitudes, and a latch-up prevention unit connected to the second voltage generation unit and configured to receive a lower voltage among voltages output from the second voltage generation unit and to ground the lower voltage for a preset period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Magnachip Semiconductor, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyoung Kang, Jun Hyoung Myoung, Jin Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 8228278
    Abstract: A display panel has a display area and a peripheral circuit area next to the display area. The display panel includes a number of pixels, a first signal line, a second signal line, and a third signal line. The pixels are arranged in array in the display area. The first signal line disposed in an intersection of the display area and the peripheral circuit area is electrically connected to the pixels. A data signal is suitable for being applied to the first signal line. The second signal line is disposed in the peripheral circuit area. A common signal is suitable for being applied to the second signal line. The third signal line is disposed between the first signal line and the second signal line. A reference signal is suitable for being applied to the third signal line. The data signal, the common signal, and the reference signal are different signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Hui Hsu, Sheh-Cha Cho, Yuan-Yi Laio, Cheng-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8228451
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. A pixel of the liquid crystal display includes a first pixel capacitor, a second pixel capacitor, a first transistor, and a second transistor. A first terminal and a second terminal of the first pixel capacitor are respectively coupled to the first transistor and a common voltage. A first terminal and a second terminal of the second pixel capacitor are respectively coupled to the second transistor and the common voltage. A voltage between the first and the second terminals of the first capacitor is differentiated from a voltage between the first and the second terminals of the second capacitor by modulating the common voltage. A coupling voltage of the first pixel capacitor is differentiated from a coupling voltage of the second pixel capacitor by modulating the common voltage. Thereby, the phenomenon of color wash-out is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Yang Chen, Po-Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 8228287
    Abstract: A LCD includes a liquid crystal panel having a first common voltage supply line and a second common voltage supply line, a common voltage generator, and a first common voltage compensator and a second common voltage compensator. The common voltage generator generates a first common voltage and a second common voltage. The first common voltage compensator and the second common voltage compensator generate a first compensated common voltage and a second compensated common voltage, respectively. The first compensated common voltage and the second compensated common voltage compensate for a first ripple voltage and a second ripple voltage in a first common voltage and a second common voltage generated at the first common voltage supply line and the second common voltage supply line, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Song JaeHun
  • Patent number: 8217874
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus is disclosed which projects an image having a good color by reducing the influence of a lateral electric field in a liquid crystal display element (LCD). The apparatus includes three LCDs, each including two opposite electrodes. As the voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer is increased, retardation provided for light in each color band is increased. A controller controls an electrode application voltage in the first LCD such that, in a white display state, a liquid crystal application voltage (LCAV) in the first LCD is lower than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs, and such that, in a black display state, the LCAV in the first LCD is higher than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs and has a value from 1% to 30% of the LCAV in the first LCD in the white display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 8217879
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ming-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 8212747
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image display device including a display section formed by arranging pixel circuits in a matrix form. Each pixel circuit includes at least a light emitting element, a drive transistor, a holding capacitor, and a write transistor. A light emission and non-light emission periods are alternately repeated. A light emission period start voltage and a non-light emission period start voltage are alternately output to the signal line. The terminal voltage of the holding capacitor is set to start the light emission and non-light emission periods. The write signal is set to sequentially delay the timings. The power drive signal is set in units of a plurality of successive lines. The drain voltage of the drive transistor is pulled up to high level at a time other than when the one of the terminals is connected to the signal line by the write signal in different lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Handa, Katsuhide Uchino, Tetsuro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8207921
    Abstract: A couple of scanning signals are applied to a pixel on the liquid crystal display panel. The scanning signals allows voltage to be separately written into a control electrode and a pixel electrode during two adjacent horizontal scanning periods or a vertical scanning period, and a coupled voltage is induced on the control electrode due to the potential variation of the pixel electrode during the next horizontal scanning period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventors: Seok Lyul Lee, Po Sheng Shih
  • Patent number: 8199100
    Abstract: Desirable control of displays is facilitated. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, a light arrangement provides light to form an image using a plurality of light sources (e.g., light generating or producing elements), a control arrangement and an attenuation arrangement. Each light source provides light for a portion of the image and the control arrangement independently controls the amount of light generated by each source according to a brightness of the portion of the image for which each source is providing light and, for certain embodiments, facilitating desirable power savings and/or contrast. The attenuation arrangement selectively passes light from the light sources to form the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventor: Ulrich Tobias Barnhoefer
  • Patent number: 8164556
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of liquid crystal cells defined as a first and second liquid crystal cell groups, a data driving circuit to supply a data voltage to the data lines in response to a polarity control signal, a gate driving circuit to supply a scanning pulse that swings between a gate high voltage and a gate low voltage to the gate lines, a first logic circuit to generate the polarity control signal differently for each frame period to maintain a polarity of the data voltage charged in the first liquid crystal cell group, and to invert one time a polarity of the data voltage charged in the second liquid crystal cell group for two frame periods, and a second logic circuit to control the gate driving circuit to decrease the gate high voltage of the scanning pulse to a modulated voltage between the gate high voltage and the gate low voltage for a prede
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Sung Song, Woong Ki Min, Su Hyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 8159138
    Abstract: A LED driving topology includes a LED array and a current source connected in series between two power inputs receiving a positive voltage and a negative voltage respectively. This topology increases the voltage difference across the LED array and hence has the capability of lighting up more serially connected LEDs, without requiring an additional boost circuit or a high voltage. In addition, the circuit of the current source can be made by a low-voltage manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Tsung Chen, Chun-Hsiung Chang, Tsan-Huei Wu, Shih-Hui Chen
  • Patent number: 8125416
    Abstract: A pixel circuit includes an organic EL element includes a storage capacitor charged with a data voltage; a first driving transistor responsive to charged voltage of the storage capacitor to supply drive current to the organic EL element; and a second driving transistor connected the storage capacitor and a predetermined power supply responsive to potential corresponding to a voltage drop in the organic EL element, and supplies charge current to the storage capacitor, circuitry for causing the second driving transistor to supply charge current to the storage capacitor from a time when the storage capacitor is charged with data voltage and the drive current from first driving transistor flows through the organic EL element. When drive current from the first driving transistor is stopped by changes in the charged voltage of storage capacitor, the drive current supplied to the organic EL element for a period corresponding to the data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Global OLED Technology LLC
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Kawabe
  • Patent number: 8125434
    Abstract: A pixel (P) of a display (20) includes a memory element in a form of a ferroelectric thin film transistor (“TFT”) (60) and a display element (62) operably coupled to the ferroelectric TFT (60). The ferroelectric TFT (60) is set to a conductive state in response to a conductive row drive voltage and a conductive column drive voltage being applied to the ferroelectric TFT (60) during a beginning phase of the addressing period for the pixel (P). The ferroelectric TFT (60) facilitates a charging of the display element (62) in response a charging row drive voltage and a charging column drive voltage being applied to the ferroelectric TFT (60) during an intermediate phase of the addressing period for the pixel (P). The ferroelectric TFT (60) is reset to a non-conductive state in response to a non-conductive row drive voltage and a non-conductive column drive voltage being applied to the ferroelectric TFT (60) during an ending phase of the addressing period for the pixel (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Gerwin Hermanus Gelinck
  • Patent number: 8125424
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof, which are capable of preventing generation of a residual image upon power-off, are disclosed. The liquid crystal display device includes a power supply unit for outputting a plurality of drive voltages after delaying the drive voltages, a voltage detector for monitoring one of the drive voltages, and outputting a power-off detect signal based on the result of the monitoring, a timing controller for increasing a frequency of a control signal in response to the power-off detect signal, and outputting the frequency-increased control signal, a gate driver for outputting a scan signal in response to the frequency-increased control signal, a data driver for outputting a constant voltage in response to another control signal from the timing controller, and a liquid crystal panel for applying the constant voltage to all sub-pixels of the liquid crystal panel in response to the scan signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Cheol Hong, Soon Dong Cho, Boo Han Kim, Min Gi Kim
  • Patent number: 8125433
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof are provided which can increase a display grade by removing a DC residual image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongsung Song, Woongki Min, Yonggi Son, Suhyuk Jang
  • Patent number: 8125423
    Abstract: A voltage control circuit which can prevent the occurrence of imprint phenomenon is provided. In a voltage control circuit which applies voltage to a pair of electrodes including a first and a second electrode, a control unit switches the voltage applied to the pair of electrodes, in response to an operation mode of this circuit. In a normal mode, the control unit fixedly applies a first voltage to the first electrode and applies a data voltage of the first voltage or the second voltage to the second electrode, based on an instruction from the control unit. In an inversion mode, the second voltage is fixedly applied to the first electrode, and the data voltage of the first voltage or second voltage is applied to the second electrode. The control unit switches the mode between the normal mode and the inversion mode, in a predetermined cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takaaki Fuchikami, Yoshikazu Fujimori
  • Patent number: 8125432
    Abstract: A common voltage generation circuit includes a first operational amplifier which outputs an amplitude voltage of a common voltage based on a first power supply voltage, a second operational amplifier which outputs a high-potential-side voltage of the common voltage based on the first power supply voltage, and a low-potential-side voltage generation circuit which generates a low-potential-side voltage of the common voltage which is lower in potential than the high-potential-side voltage for the amplitude voltage by a charge-pump operation. The common voltage generation circuit supplies the high-potential-side voltage or the low-potential-side voltage to a common electrode which faces a pixel electrode specified by a scan line and a data line of an electro-optical device through an electro-optical substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoru Ito
  • Patent number: 8125431
    Abstract: The electro-optical device is directly connected to a battery and includes a display panel, a driver, and a voltage adjusting circuit. The driver amplifies an input voltage and supplies the amplified voltage to the display panel. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a plurality of conversion circuits, a switching unit, and a control circuit. The plurality of conversion circuits convert a voltage input from the battery into different voltages and supply the converted voltages to the driver. The switching unit performs switching for supplying the voltage to one of the plurality of conversion circuits. The control circuit controls the switching unit to switch the conversion circuit that supplies the voltage input from the battery when it is detected that a voltage gain of the driver has changed. Thus, the power consumption can be reduced without having an adverse effect on image display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Fusashi Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Atsunari Tsuda
  • Patent number: 8120564
    Abstract: By a low power consumption driving method for an image display apparatus, unusual display may be prevented even if gate driving is not enough. When a rising edge of an output enable pulse is detected, a logic LOW gate driving signal is discharged to GND. When a falling edge of the output enable pulse is detected, the gate driving signal at GND is charged to logic HIGH. When a rising edge of the next output enable pulse is detected, the gate driving signal at logic HIGH is discharged to GND. When a falling edge of the next output enable pulse is detected, the gate driving signal at GND is charged to logic LOW. The image display apparatus is driven by the generated gate driving signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Ku, Hsiang-Lun Liu, Shin-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 8120287
    Abstract: A LED display system includes multiple LEDs, a power converter to produce a supply voltage for the LEDs, and multiple drivers to drive the LEDs. According to the maximum one of the forward voltages of the LEDs, the drivers provides a feedback signal for the supply voltage control, and the feedback signal is amplified or digitized to reduce the voltage drop in the global power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Richtek Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Shui-Mu Lin, Ti-Ti Liu, Huan-Chien Yang
  • Patent number: 8115718
    Abstract: This invention provides a color passive matrix bistable liquid crystal display system, in which one respective scan line corresponds to sub-pixels of same color and neighboring scan lines correspond to sub-pixels of different colors. The scan lines are grouped in accordance with the colors of the sub-pixels corresponding thereto such that different scan driving voltages can be provided to the sub-pixels of different colors when the scan lines are scanned. By way of the arrangement of the sub-pixels, different scan driving voltages are switched to the respective scan lines in accordance with the colors of the sub-pixels corresponding thereto. As a result, a demand that the sub-pixels of different colors require different scan driving voltages is satisfied. The image quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Chen, Chih-Chiang Lu, Tai-Ann Chen, Chung-Yi Chang
  • Patent number: 8115715
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal layer; and a driving circuit including a data driver supplying a data voltage to the liquid crystal panel, wherein the liquid crystal panel displays white at a first data voltage and black at a second data voltage, and wherein a level of the first data voltage is higher than 0V and a level of the second data voltage is higher than the level of the first data voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyung-Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 8115712
    Abstract: A method for reducing audio noise of a display is provided. A horizontal synchronization signal, a reference signal and a substrate voltage signal are generated. The reference signal has a preset width at high level status. The status transition of the substrate voltage signal is based on each scan line corresponding to the horizontal synchronization signal. In each period of the substrate voltage signal, the status transition of the raising and falling edges is based on the high level status of the reference signal, and the transition timings of the raising edges and the falling edges are advanced or delayed based on a reference value of the high level status of the reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Yen Cheng, Chia-Yin Chiang
  • Patent number: 8111228
    Abstract: Power consumption in liquid crystal displays is analyzed by including frequent polarity reversals and duty cycle control. A multi-step voltage profile is proposed to reduce the power consumption in multiplexed and non-multiplexed displays. The present invention relates to a method to optimize power consumption in Liquid Crystal Display, wherein said method comprises steps of applying multi-step waveform for selecting pre-determined address lines, maintaining ratio of step-width (Ts) and pulse width (T) between 0.02 to 0.25, and making final step duration (Tf) greater than or equal to twice the step width (Ts) to optimize power supply of the Liquid Crystal Display and apply a correction voltage if the distortion is significant and modifying the step sizes to reduce the supply voltage of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Raman Research Institute
    Inventor: T. N. Ruckmongathan
  • Patent number: 8106868
    Abstract: A pixel structure includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a third scan line, a data line, a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, a third TFT, a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. Particularly, the second scan line and the third scan line are electrically connected with each other. The first TFT is electrically connected with the first scan line and the data line. The second TFT is electrically connected with the first TFT and the second scan line. Furthermore, the third TFT is electrically connected with the third scan line and the data line. In addition, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are respectively electrically connected with the second TFT and the third TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Yu Chang, Wen-Hsiung Liu
  • Publication number: 20120019497
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display wherein power consumption of a gate drive circuit is reduced and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel having pixel regions defined by intersection of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, a timing controller to output a clock pulse selectively having a first voltage level, second voltage level and third voltage level of different voltage levels and a data control signal, a gate drive unit to drive the gate lines in response to the clock pulse, and a data drive unit to drive the data lines in response to the data control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Hak-Su Kim, Mi-Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 8098220
    Abstract: A pixel unit in the present invention is divided into two sub-pixels. Each sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor and a storage capacitor. The two transistors respectively located in different sub-pixels are connected to different scan lines. One of the two transistors is connected to the data line through another transistor. Therefore, two different pixel voltages are formed in a pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Feng Chiang, Hsueh-Ying Huang, Ming-Sheng Lai
  • Patent number: 8098219
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display panel, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a driving method thereof capable of improving image quality. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel; a gate driver; and a data driver. The liquid crystal display panel includes pixel regions arranged in a matrix, each being defined by a gate line and first and second data lines crossing the gate line. The gate driver supplies a scan signal to the gate line. The data driver alternately supplies a data voltage and a common voltage to the first and second data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Se Kim
  • Patent number: 8089442
    Abstract: An image projection apparatus is disclosed which projects an image having a good color by reducing the influence of a lateral electric field in a liquid crystal display element (LCD). The apparatus includes three LCDs, each including two opposite electrodes. As the voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer is increased, retardation provided for light in each color band is increased. A controller controls an electrode application voltage in the first LCD such that, in a white display state, a liquid crystal application voltage (LCAV) in the first LCD is lower than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs, and such that, in a black display state, the LCAV in the first LCD is higher than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs and has a value from 1% to 30% of the LCAV in the first LCD in the white display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 8072407
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display aimed at improving response speed, movie characteristics and viewing angle dependence of gradation is provided as having a liquid crystal panel including a plurality of gate lined selecting pixels and a plurality of data lines supplying pixel data, and a data driver dividing one frame into a plurality of fields to thereby convert a frame data into a field data, and supplying the field data to the data line, wherein in the last field out of the plurality of fields, the data line is applied with a first constant voltage, for the frame data ranging from the minimum gradation value to a first gradation value, and in the top field out of the plurality of fields, the data line is applied with a second constant voltage larger than the first constant voltage, for the frame data ranging from a second gradation value to the maximum gradation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryo Tanaka, Tetsuya Kobayashi, Shinpei Nagatani
  • Patent number: 8068079
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal modulation element configured to modulate light from a light source, and including a first electrode, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a controller configured to provide a first potential to the first electrode and a second potential to the second electrode. While the light source is turned off, the controller provides a third potential to the first electrode and a fourth potential to the second electrode, such that the difference between the third and fourth potentials has a constant sign but a variable magnitude in an in-plane direction of the liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norihiro Kawahara
  • Patent number: 8068078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electro-luminescence display and a driving method thereof wherein a thin film transistor is prevented from the deterioration, to thereby improve a picture quality. An electro-luminescence (EL) display, including: a plurality of drive voltage supply lines; N compensation voltage supply lines; EL cells at each crossing of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines in a matrix, wherein the EL cells emit light in response to currents applied from the drive voltage supply lines; driving thin film transistors (TFT) connected between the EL cells and compensation voltage supply lines that control the current applied to the EL cells; and a bias switch, connected between the N?1th compensation voltage supply line and a control terminal of the driving TFT connected to the Nth compensation voltage supply line that applies a bias voltage to the driving TFT when a scan pulse is supplied to the N?1th gate line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Sang Lee, Sung Ki Kim, Hae Yeol Kim, Juhn Suk Yoo
  • Publication number: 20110279428
    Abstract: A switch device for source drivers of liquid crystal displays includes a first switch module; a first switch; a second switch; a second switch module; a third switch module; a fourth switch module; a third switch; and a fourth switch; wherein when a first driving signal with a voltage level between a first voltage level and a second voltage level through the second switch module is sent to a second output terminal and a second driving signal with a voltage level between a third voltage level and a fourth voltage level through the third switch module is sent to a first output terminal, the first switch is turned on such that a first node is connected to a first voltage source with the first voltage level and the fourth switch is turned on such that a second node is connected to a fourth voltage source with the fourth voltage level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMTED
    Inventor: Chen-Ming Hsu