Patents by Inventor Cheng-Kai Kuei

Cheng-Kai Kuei has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11210986
    Abstract: A display driving apparatus with a power control circuit reducing power consumption includes: a shift register receiving a display data signal and outputting a plurality of data signals; a first latch receiving a Nth data signal of the plurality of data signals and outputting a first latched data signal according to a first gate driving signal; an analog signal processing circuit including a second latch coupling to the first latch and outputting a second latched data signal according to a second gate driving signal; a data comparator comparing the first latched data signal and the second latched data signal; and a power controller coupling to the data comparator and controlling a power level of the analog signal processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 11004423
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a transmitter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit ends a normal mode and enter a swing boost mode when quality of data signal is detected to be deteriorated in the normal mode. In the swing boost mode, the control circuit boosts the swing of the data signal to be higher than a normal level of the data signal in the normal mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Syang-Yun Tzeng, Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10971090
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for a source driver, for preventing image sticking in a display panel coupled to the source driver. The source driver includes a first output driver and a second output driver having different polarities. The first output driver is configured with a first driving capability and the second output driver is configured with a second driving capability. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an effective voltage of a pixel in the display panel; and adjusting the second driving capability of the second output driver to be identical to the first driving capability of the first output driver, to allow the adjusted second driving capability to drive the effective voltage to reach a level having the same magnitude as a level of the effective voltage driven by the first source driver with the same variation of display data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Hsi-Mao Yu, Syang-Yun Tzeng
  • Patent number: 10957260
    Abstract: A source driver of a display system includes a plurality of channels, and each of the plurality of channels includes a first latch, a second latch, an output driver and a comparator. The first latch receives a first data code and a second data code from a timing controller of the display system. The second latch receives the first data code from the first latch. The output driver is used for transmitting the first data code to a display panel of the display system. The comparator, coupled to the first latch, the second latch and the output driver, is used for comparing the first data code stored in the second latch with the second data code stored in the first latch, to generate a signal indicating a power level for the output driver to transmit the second data code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200243041
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a transmitter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit ends a normal mode and enter a swing boost mode when quality of data signal is detected to be deteriorated in the normal mode. In the swing boost mode, the control circuit boosts the swing of the data signal to be higher than a normal level of the data signal in the normal mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Syang-Yun Tzeng, Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20200211488
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for a source driver, for preventing image sticking in a display panel coupled to the source driver. The source driver includes a first output driver and a second output driver having different polarities. The first output driver is configured with a first driving capability and the second output driver is configured with a second driving capability. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an effective voltage of a pixel in the display panel; and adjusting the second driving capability of the second output driver to be identical to the first driving capability of the first output driver, to allow the adjusted second driving capability to drive the effective voltage to reach a level having the same magnitude as a level of the effective voltage driven by the first source driver with the same variation of display data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Hsi-Mao Yu, Syang-Yun Tzeng
  • Patent number: 10643574
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a transmitter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit ends a normal mode to enter a swing boost mode when a lock signal fed back by a source driving circuit indicates that quality of data signal is deteriorated in the normal mode. In the swing boost mode, the control circuit controls the transmitter circuit to boost the swing of the data signal from a normal level to a high level. The control circuit ends the swing boost mode and enters a clock training mode when the source driving circuit causes loss of lock to the data signal in the swing boost mode. In the clock training mode, the control circuit controls the transmitter circuit to employ a clock training data string as the data signal to transmit to the source driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Syang-Yun Tzeng, Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 10438553
    Abstract: A method of handling operation of a source driver of a display system used in a timing controller of a display system, which is coupled to the source driver via a data bus for delivering a plurality of line data, includes determining whether a first line data among the plurality of line data is identical to a second line data among the plurality of line data previous to the first line data; and transmitting a sleep command to the source driver when the first line data is determined to be identical to the second line data, wherein the sleep command instructs the source driver to enter a sleep mode; wherein the source driver stops receiving the plurality of line data from the timing controller when the source driver is in the sleep mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Sheng-Wen Lai, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20190237041
    Abstract: A timing controller and an operation method thereof are provided. The timing controller includes a transmitter circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit ends a normal mode to enter a swing boost mode when a lock signal fed back by a source driving circuit indicates that quality of data signal is deteriorated in the normal mode. In the swing boost mode, the control circuit controls the transmitter circuit to boost the swing of the data signal from a normal level to a high level. The control circuit ends the swing boost mode and enters a clock training mode when the source driving circuit causes loss of lock to the data signal in the swing boost mode. In the clock training mode, the control circuit controls the transmitter circuit to employ a clock training data string as the data signal to transmit to the source driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Syang-Yun Tzeng, Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180374427
    Abstract: A source driver of a display system includes a plurality of channels, and each of the plurality of channels includes a first latch, a second latch, an output driver and a comparator. The first latch receives a first data code and a second data code from a timing controller of the display system. The second latch receives the first data code from the first latch. The output driver is used for transmitting the first data code to a display panel of the display system. The comparator, coupled to the first latch, the second latch and the output driver, is used for comparing the first data code stored in the second latch with the second data code stored in the first latch, to generate a signal indicating a power level for the output driver to transmit the second data code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Chin-Hung Hsu
  • Publication number: 20180374443
    Abstract: A method of handling operation of a source driver of a display system used in a timing controller of a display system, which is coupled to the source driver via a data bus for delivering a plurality of line data, includes determining whether a first line data among the plurality of line data is identical to a second line data among the plurality of line data previous to the first line data; and transmitting a sleep command to the source driver when the first line data is determined to be identical to the second line data, wherein the sleep command instructs the source driver to enter a sleep mode; wherein the source driver stops receiving the plurality of line data from the timing controller when the source driver is in the sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Cheng-Kai Kuei, Sheng-Wen Lai, Chin-Hung Hsu