Patents Assigned to Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
-
Patent number: 11854451Abstract: An electronic circuit adapted to process fingerprint data from a panel including touch sensors and fingerprint sensors is provided. The electronic circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a control circuit. The first circuit is configured to receive touch sensing signals from the touch sensors. The second circuit is configured to receive fingerprint sensing signals corresponding to at least one fingerprint imprint from the fingerprint sensors via fingerprint sensing lines. The control circuit is configured to determine a fingerprint touch area according to the touch sensing signals, and select a subset of the fingerprint sensing lines to form a fingerprint sensing zone adapted for a fingerprint sensing operation and including at least one boundary based on the determined fingerprint touch area. The subset of fingerprint sensing lines is selected based on the at least one boundary of the fingerprint sensing zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Huan-Teng Cheng, Ting-Hsuan Hung, Wei-Lun Shih, Huang-Chin Tang
-
Patent number: 11854293Abstract: A display apparatus and an fingerprint sensing method thereof are provided. A display panel of the display apparatus has a pixel circuit array, an in-display touch sensor array, and an in-display fingerprint sensor array. A driving circuit drives the in-display fingerprint sensor array to read a fingerprint image. A current display frame period is divided into a plurality of unit periods, each of the unit periods includes at least one fingerprint sensing period and one or both of a display driving period and a touch sensing period. The driving circuit resets a current fingerprint sensor in the in-display fingerprint sensor array during a first fingerprint sensing period among these fingerprint sensing periods of the first display frame period. The driving circuit reads a sensing result of the current fingerprint sensor during a second fingerprint sensing period succeeding to the first fingerprint sensing period.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Cho-Hsuan Jhang, Chao-Yu Meng, Shih-Cheng Chen, Chih-Peng Hsia
-
Patent number: 11856668Abstract: A driving method, for a controller in a display apparatus, is disclosed. The display apparatus includes LED strings, scan transistors, current regulators and a power converter. The driving method includes following steps. LED cathode voltages are detected on nodes between the LED strings and the current regulators. When a first LED cathode voltage corresponding to a first scanning channel is equal to a minimal operable voltage of the current regulators and a second LED cathode voltage corresponding to a second scanning channel exceeds the minimal operable voltage of the current regulators, a voltage drop over one corresponding scan transistor is increased on the second scanning channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chih-Hsien Chou, Ren-Chieh Yang
-
Publication number: 20230410732Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a timing controller having a mechanism for frame synchronization, a display panel having the timing controller thereof, and a display system having the timing controller thereof. According to an aspect of the disclosure, the disclosure provides an integrated circuit which includes a timing controller to transmit a first TE signal to an application processor and receive a first image frame from the application processor after the application processor receives the first TE signal, and a control circuit to generate a first sync signal when the timing controller receives the first image frame, wherein when the application processor receives a second TE signal and the application processor is not ready to transmit a second image frame to the timing controller, the control circuit delays a first waiting period to generate a second sync signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yao-Min Chou, Kai-Wen Shao
-
Patent number: 11842677Abstract: The disclosure provides a pixel circuit of a display panel. The pixel circuit includes a light-emitting element, a transistor, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a first switch, and a second switch. The transistor is disposed in a driving current path to adjust the driving current of the light-emitting element. A first terminal of the first switch is coupled to a data line. A second terminal of the first switch is coupled to a first terminal of the first capacitor and a control terminal of the transistor. A first terminal of the second switch is coupled to a second terminal of the first capacitor and a first terminal of the second capacitor. A second terminal of the second switch is coupled to a first terminal of the transistor. A second terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to a reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Sheng-Wen Hsiao
-
Patent number: 11837154Abstract: A driving device, an operation method thereof, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The driving device is configured to drive a display panel. The driving device divides an image frame period into a plurality of sub-frame periods. A target pixel circuit in the display panel corresponds to target pixel data comprising at least one bit. Each bit in the target pixel data corresponds to at least one corresponding sub-frame period among the sub-frame periods. Different bits in the target pixel data correspond to different sub-frame periods among the sub-frame periods. According to a current bit in the target pixel data, the driving device determines whether to light up the target pixel circuit during the at least one corresponding sub-frame period corresponding to the current bit.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Yu-Tsung Lu
-
Publication number: 20230386415Abstract: A source driver includes a first DAC for driving a first-color subpixel and a second DAC for driving a second-color subpixel. Each DAC is configured to output at least one output voltage according to an N-bit data code, and includes a plurality of sub-DACs, an interpolation circuit and a switch circuit. Each sub-DAC receives m bits of the N-bit data code and generates a set of intermediate voltages accordingly. The interpolation circuit performs an interpolation on a selected set of intermediate voltages according to k bits of the N-bit data code and at least one interpolation control signal, to generate the output voltage. The switch circuit electrically connects the interpolation circuit and a selected sub-DAC which outputs the selected set of intermediate voltages. The interpolation circuit of the first DAC and the interpolation circuit of the second DAC respectively perform the interpolation according to different numbers of interpolation bits.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Jhih-Siou Cheng
-
Publication number: 20230385370Abstract: A method and an apparatus for computation on a convolutional layer of a neural network are proposed. The apparatus includes an adder configured to receive a first sum of products, receive a pre-computed convolution bias of the convolutional layer, and perform accumulation on the first sum of products and the pre-computed convolution bias to generate an adder result of the convolutional layer, where the first sum of products is a sum of products of quantized input activation of the convolutional layer and quantized convolution weights of the convolutional layer, and where the pre-computed convolution bias is associated with a zero point of input activation of the convolutional layer and a zero point of output activation of the convolutional layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Po-Wei Chen, Chieh-Cheng Chen
-
Publication number: 20230384809Abstract: A voltage regulating circuit includes a low-dropout regulator, configured to provide a driving voltage to drive a loading circuit and receive a first detection voltage from a first feedback terminal; and a reference voltage generating circuit, coupled to the low-dropout regulator, configured to receive a second detection voltage from a second feedback terminal. A voltage difference between the first feedback terminal and the second feedback terminal is clamped according to the first detection voltage and the second detection voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Chun-Hung Chen
-
Publication number: 20230387937Abstract: The disclosure provides a digital-to-analog conversion device and an operation method thereof. The digital-to-analog conversion device includes a digital-to-analog conversion circuit and a slew rate enhancement circuit. The digital-to-analog conversion circuit is configured to convert a digital code into an analog voltage. An output terminal of the digital-to-analog conversion circuit outputs the analog voltage to a load circuit. A control terminal of the slew rate enhancement circuit is coupled to the digital-to-analog conversion circuit to receive a control voltage following the analog voltage. The slew rate enhancement circuit is coupled to the output terminal of the digital-to-analog conversion circuit. The slew rate enhancement circuit enhances the slew rate at the output terminal of the digital-to-analog conversion circuit based on the control voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2022Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jhih-Siou Cheng, Chih-Hsien Chou, Chieh-An Lin
-
Patent number: 11830280Abstract: An image processing circuit for controlling a panel is configured to: receive information of a fixed pattern noise (FPN) corresponding to a first sensing zone of the panel, wherein the first sensing zone is determined according to a touch position of a finger; scan the first sensing zone to perform fingerprint sensing on the finger, to receive a plurality of raw sensing signals; remove the FPN from the plurality of raw sensing signals to generate a plurality of modified sensing signals; and output a plurality of fingerprint data to a host for fingerprint recognition, wherein the plurality of fingerprint data are converted from the plurality of modified sensing signals.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jung-Chen Chung, Chi-Ting Chen, Jung-Yu Tsai
-
Patent number: 11829549Abstract: A method of controlling a stylus pen of a touch panel includes steps of: outputting an uplink control signal to a sensing electrode of the touch panel for controlling the stylus pen in an uplink control period; and outputting a direct-current (DC) voltage to a gate line of the touch panel in the uplink control period.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Hung-Hsiang Chen, Wei-Kai Chen, Huang-Chin Tang
-
Publication number: 20230377534Abstract: A display device, a display driving integrated circuit (DDIC), and an operation method are provided. The display device includes a display panel, a first DDIC, and a second DDIC. The first DDIC generates a display synchronization signal, and drives a first display area of a display panel according to the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC is coupled to the first DDIC to receive the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC performs a frequency tracking operation on an internal clock signal of the second DDIC by selectively using the display synchronization signal. The second DDIC drives a second display area of the display panel according to the internal clock signal and the display synchronization signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jung-Hsuan Sung, Kai-Wen Shao, Chien-Yu Chen
-
Publication number: 20230376136Abstract: A panel device includes a touch sensor, a first light sensor and a second light sensor, a first trace, a second trace and a control circuit. The touch sensor is disposed in a first area of the panel device to generate a touch sensing signal. The first light sensor and the second light sensor are disposed in a second area of the panel device to sense ambient light and generate a first light sensing signal and a second light sensing signal. The first trace is coupled to the first light sensor. The second trace is coupled to the second light sensor. The control circuit connects the first trace and the second trace and receives the first light sensing signal and the second light sensing signal at the same time to determine an ambient brightness. Sensitivities of the first light sensor and the second light sensor are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Wei-Lun Shih, Ting-Hsuan Hung
-
Publication number: 20230378972Abstract: A sample and hold (S/H) circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), a register and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). The ADC receives an input signal and converts the input signal into a digital code. The register, coupled to the ADC, stores the digital code. The DAC, coupled to the register, converts the digital code into an output signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Applicant: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Jin-Yi Lin, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Yung-Te Chang, Chih-Cheng Chen
-
Patent number: 11822745Abstract: Provided are a driving method of a touch display panel, a driving circuit and a touch display device. The driving method includes: obtaining a touch position of an active stylus; determining a first region on the touch display panel based on the touch position of the active stylus; and transmitting an uplink (UL) signal to touch sensing electrodes in the first region and transmitting an anti-interference signal to the touch sensing electrodes in at least a part of the region except for the first region on the touch display panel during an UL transmission period, wherein the UL signal transmitted to the touch sensing electrodes in the first region during the UL transmission period is for transmission to the active stylus.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.Inventors: Hao-Wei Cheng, Cheng-Wei Pan
-
Patent number: 11824966Abstract: A transmitter is configured to transmit a series of command signals and a series of data signals. The transmitter includes a serializer and a multiplexer. The serializer is configured to generate the series of data signals. The multiplexer, coupled to the serializer, is configured to selectively output the series of command signals or the series of data signals.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Yong-Ren Fang, Yu-Hsiang Wang, Che-Wei Yeh
-
Patent number: 11824463Abstract: A multiple output voltage generator includes a voltage divider and first and second voltage converters. The voltage divider receives a power voltage and divides the power voltage to generate a first output voltage. The first and second voltage converters are coupled to the voltage divider in parallel. The first voltage converter and the second voltage converter converting the first output voltage to respectively generate a second output voltage and a third output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.Inventor: Chun-Yu Hsieh
-
Patent number: 11823635Abstract: An LED backlight driver includes at least one driving chip configured to drive a backlight module. The at least one driving chip is disposed on at least one chip-on-film package, and not in direct contact with the backlight module to reduce heat transfer to the backlight module.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Chun-Fu Lin, Hsing-Kuo Chao, Jhih-Siou Cheng, Ju-Lin Huang, Wen-Hsin Cheng
-
Patent number: RE49750Abstract: A data transmission system is utilized in a Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI). A master device includes a control module for generating a control signal according to a feedback signal. A packet encoding module is coupled to the control module for encoding an original packet to be a transmission packet according to the original packet and the control signal to process a transmission operation. A slave device includes a packet decoding module for decoding, the transmission packet to be the original packet or a related display device signal corresponding to the original packet to a display device. A feedback module is coupled to the packet decoding module for generating the feedback signal to the control module of the master device according to a decoding condition of the control module, so as to switch a transmission mode of the transmission operation.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.Inventors: Chien-Yu Chen, Kai-Wen Shao, Feng-Jung Kuo