Patents by Inventor Chun-Da Tu
Chun-Da Tu 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).
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Patent number: 11348502Abstract: The present invention of the embodiment provides a drive circuit, comprising a first group of drive circuits and a second group of drive circuits each having multiple stages of gate drive circuits connected in series, each stage of the gate drive circuits comprising a shift register outputting a first gate drive signal and a touch voltage stabilizing unit coupled to the shift register, the touch voltage stabilizing unit comprising a reference end electrically connected to a reference potential of the shift register, a first voltage stabilizing end electrically connected to the first gate drive signal, a second voltage stabilizing end outputting a second gate drive signal and a signal end electrically connected to a control signal, wherein the control signal disables the touch voltage stabilizing unit during a display period, and the control signal enables the touch voltage stabilizing unit during a touch period.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignees: AU OPTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD., AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Tsi-Hsuan Hsu, Manman Li, Chun-Da Tu, Fu Liang Lin
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Publication number: 20210225237Abstract: The present invention of the embodiment provides a drive circuit, comprising a first group of drive circuits and a second group of drive circuits each having multiple stages of gate drive circuits connected in series, each stage of the gate drive circuits comprising a shift register outputting a first gate drive signal and a touch voltage stabilizing unit coupled to the shift register, the touch voltage stabilizing unit comprising a reference end electrically connected to a reference potential of the shift register, a first voltage stabilizing end electrically connected to the first gate drive signal, a second voltage stabilizing end outputting a second gate drive signal and a signal end electrically connected to a control signal, wherein the control signal disables the touch voltage stabilizing unit during a display period, and the control signal enables the touch voltage stabilizing unit during a touch period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2018Publication date: July 22, 2021Inventors: TSI-HSUAN HSU, Manman LI, Chun-Da TU, FU LIANG LIN
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Patent number: 10930239Abstract: The present embodiment of the invention provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus using the gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit has a plurality of shift registers, and each shift register includes a first output unit, a first pull-down unit, a second output unit, a second pull-down unit, a voltage coupling unit, and a voltage boosting unit. The first output unit is coupled to a node and a first output end. The second output unit is coupled to the node and a second output end. The first pull-down unit is coupled to the first output end and a reference potential. The second pull-down unit is coupled to the second output end and the reference potential. The voltage coupling unit is coupled between the node and the second output end. The voltage boosting unit is coupled to a preset potential, the first output end, and a node and a gate high potential of a shift register at a previous stage.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chun-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10782808Abstract: A shift register and a touch display apparatus thereof are provided. The shift register includes a voltage setting unit, a driving unit, a control unit, a discharge unit, a first compensation transistor, and a second compensation transistor. The voltage setting unit sets a terminal voltage of an internal terminal. The driving unit is coupled to the internal terminal to provide a gate signal and a driving signal. The control unit receives the terminal voltage to provide a control signal. The discharge unit discharges the terminal voltage and the gate signal according to the control signal. The first compensation transistor and the second compensation transistor are coupled in series between a touch enable signal and the internal terminal, and control terminals of the first compensation transistor and the second compensation transistor receive the terminal voltage and the touch enable signal, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Da Tu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chun-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10733952Abstract: A multiplexer applied to a display device includes: a plurality of switching units, electrically coupled to a data driver and a plurality of pixel units, where the switching units are adapted to receive a plurality of input display data signals output by the data driver, and the switching units output a plurality of output display data signals to the electrically coupled pixel units, where each of the switching units includes a plurality of switch units, configuration locations of the switch units in each of the switching units are the same as, and some of the switch units configured at a same configuration location in the different switching units are electrically coupled to different control signal lines and have different wiring lengths, where the wiring lengths are distances between the switch units and the control signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yi-Cheng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10706799Abstract: A display device has a substrate for disposing a display area having an array of pixels, and control circuits having shift registers and latches to provide image data and timing control signals to the pixels. The control circuits have signal lines electrically connected to a connection cable to receive therefrom data signals indicative of the image data and timing pulses indicative of the timing control signals. The connection cable is also configured to provide reference signals to the shift registers and latches in the control circuits. The data signals are digital signals having an amplitude range greater than the amplitude range of the reference signals. No driver IC is disposed on the substrate to process analog signals. Each of the pixels has three sub-pixels and each of the color sub-pixels has three color sub-areas configured to receive timing control signals from a different scan line.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yung-Chih Chen, Cheng-Han Huang, Wei-Hsuan Chang, Chun-Da Tu
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Patent number: 10665619Abstract: A display panel including a display region and a non-display region, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array and a gate on array circuit. The non-display region is located at one side of the display region. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are disposed in the display region. The pixel array is located in the display region, wherein the pixel array is composed of a plurality of pixel units that are repeatedly arranged. The pixel units consist of three gate lines, two data lines and six sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel is electrically connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines located in the pixel array respectively. The gate on array circuit is disposed in the pixel array.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Kuang Wang, Chun-Da Tu
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Publication number: 20200090614Abstract: The present embodiment of the invention provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus using the gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit has a plurality of shift registers, and each shift register includes a first output unit, a first pull-down unit, a second output unit, a second pull-down unit, a voltage coupling unit, and a voltage boosting unit. The first output unit is coupled to a node and a first output end. The second output unit is coupled to the node and a second output end. The first pull-down unit is coupled to the first output end and a reference potential. The second pull-down unit is coupled to the second output end and the reference potential. The voltage coupling unit is coupled between the node and the second output end. The voltage boosting unit is coupled to a preset potential, the first output end, and a node and a gate high potential of a shift register at a previous stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Kai-Wei HONG, Chun-Da TU, Ming-Hsien LEE, Chuang-Cheng YANG, Yi-Cheng LIN, Chun-Feng LIN
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Patent number: 10522105Abstract: The present embodiment of the invention provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus using the gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit has a plurality of shift registers, and each shift register includes a first output unit, a first pull-down unit, a second output unit, a second pull-down unit, a voltage coupling unit, and a voltage boosting unit. The first output unit is coupled to a node and a first output end. The second output unit is coupled to the node and a second output end. The first pull-down unit is coupled to the first output end and a reference potential. The second pull-down unit is coupled to the second output end and the reference potential. The voltage coupling unit is coupled between the node and the second output end. The voltage boosting unit is coupled to a preset potential, the first output end, and a node and a gate high potential of a shift register at a previous stage.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chun-Feng Lin
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Publication number: 20190355754Abstract: A display panel including a display region and a non-display region, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array and a gate on array circuit. The non-display region is located at one side of the display region. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are disposed in the display region. The pixel array is located in the display region, wherein the pixel array is composed of a plurality of pixel units that are repeatedly arranged. The pixel units consist of three gate lines, two data lines and six sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel is electrically connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines located in the pixel array respectively. The gate on array circuit is disposed in the pixel array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Kuang Wang, Chun-Da Tu
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Patent number: 10424602Abstract: A display panel including a display region and a non-display region, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array and a gate on array circuit. The non-display region is located at one side of the display region. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are disposed in the display region. The pixel array is located in the display region, wherein the pixel array is composed of a plurality of pixel units that are repeatedly arranged. The pixel units consist of three gate lines, two data lines and six sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel is electrically connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines located in the pixel array respectively. The gate on array circuit is disposed in the pixel array.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Kuang Wang, Chun-Da Tu
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Publication number: 20190287444Abstract: A display panel including a pixel array, a plurality of first shift registers, a plurality of second shift registers, a plurality of first discharge circuits, and a plurality of second discharge circuits is provided. The pixel array includes a plurality of gate lines. The shift registers provide a plurality of gate signals to the gate lines. Each of the first discharge circuits receives a third gate signal to discharge a same first gate line together with the corresponding first shift register. A rising edge of the third gate signal substantially matches a falling edge of the corresponding first gate signal. Each of the second discharge circuits receives a fourth gate signal to discharge a same second gate line together with the corresponding second shift register. A rising edge of the fourth gate signal substantially matches a falling edge of the corresponding second gate signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Da Tu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Yi-Cheng Lin, Kai-Wei Hong, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10339854Abstract: Provided is a gate driving circuit, coupled to a pixel array having multiple gate lines. The gate driving circuit includes multiple shift registers and multiple pull-up transistor, coupled to the pixel array and separately located on two opposite sides of the pixel array. Shift registers located on a same side are sequentially coupled to each other. An nth (n is a positive integer) pull-up transistor includes: a control end, coupled to a control end of a driving transistor of an (n?1)th shift register located on a same side as the nth pull-up transistor; a first end, used to receive a clock signal, where the clock signal is further input to an nth shift register of the shift registers located on an opposite side of the nth pull-up transistor; and a second end, coupled to an nth gate line of the pixel array and used to drive the nth gate line.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Yi-Cheng Lin
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Publication number: 20190172407Abstract: A display device has a substrate for disposing a display area having an array of pixels, and control circuits having shift registers and latches to provide image data and timing control signals to the pixels. The control circuits have signal lines electrically connected to a connection cable to receive therefrom data signals indicative of the image data and timing pulses indicative of the timing control signals. The connection cable is also configured to provide reference signals to the shift registers and latches in the control circuits. The data signals are digital signals having an amplitude range greater than the amplitude range of the reference signals. No driver IC is disposed on the substrate to process analog signals. Each of the pixels has three sub-pixels and each of the color sub-pixels has three color sub-areas configured to receive timing control signals from a different scan line.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Yung-Chih CHEN, Cheng-Han Huang, Wei-Hsuan Chang, Chun-Da Tu
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Publication number: 20190064978Abstract: A shift register and a touch display apparatus thereof are provided. The shift register includes a voltage setting unit, a driving unit, a control unit, a discharge unit, a first compensation transistor, and a second compensation transistor. The voltage setting unit sets a terminal voltage of an internal terminal. The driving unit is coupled to the internal terminal to provide a gate signal and a driving signal. The control unit receives the terminal voltage to provide a control signal. The discharge unit discharges the terminal voltage and the gate signal according to the control signal. The first compensation transistor and the second compensation transistor are coupled in series between a touch enable signal and the internal terminal, and control terminals of the first compensation transistor and the second compensation transistor receive the terminal voltage and the touch enable signal, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Da Tu, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Yi-Cheng Lin, Chun-Feng Lin
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Publication number: 20190066622Abstract: A multiplexer applied to a display device includes: a plurality of switching units, electrically coupled to a data driver and a plurality of pixel units, where the switching units are adapted to receive a plurality of input display data signals output by the data driver, and the switching units output a plurality of output display data signals to the electrically coupled pixel units, where each of the switching units includes a plurality of switch units, configuration locations of the switch units in each of the switching units are the same as, and some of the switch units configured at a same configuration location in the different switching units are electrically coupled to different control signal lines and have different wiring lengths, where the wiring lengths are distances between the switch units and the control signal lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Yi-Cheng LIN, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin
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Publication number: 20190043412Abstract: Provided is a gate driving circuit, coupled to a pixel array having multiple gate lines. The gate driving circuit includes multiple shift registers and multiple pull-up transistor, coupled to the pixel array and separately located on two opposite sides of the pixel array. Shift registers located on a same side are sequentially coupled to each other. An nth (n is a positive integer) pull-up transistor includes: a control end, coupled to a control end of a driving transistor of an (n?1)th shift register located on a same side as the nth pull-up transistor; a first end, used to receive a clock signal, where the clock signal is further input to an nth shift register of the shift registers located on an opposite side of the nth pull-up transistor; and a second end, coupled to an nth gate line of the pixel array and used to drive the nth gate line.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventors: Chuang-Cheng YANG, Chun-Feng LIN, Ming-Hsien LEE, Kai-Wei HONG, Chun-Da TU, Yi-Cheng LIN
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Patent number: 10152913Abstract: An anti-interference display panel includes a source driving chip, a switching signal line, a multiplexer, and an anti-interference signal line. The source driving chip is configured to generate a data signal. The switching signal line is configured to transmit a switching signal. The multiplexer is configured to receive the data signal and the switching signal, and is configured to output the data signal according to the switching signal. The anti-interference signal line is configured to transmit an anti-interference signal. An equivalent resistor and an equivalent capacitor are formed on the anti-interference signal line, and resistance of the equivalent resistor is approximate to resistance of a load resistor coupled to the switching signal line, and capacitance of the equivalent capacitor is approximate to capacitance of a load capacitor coupled to the switching signal line.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Yi-Cheng Lin, Ming-Hsien Lee, Kai-Wei Hong, Chun-Da Tu, Chuang-Cheng Yang, Chun-Feng Lin
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Publication number: 20180331125Abstract: A display panel including a display region and a non-display region, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a pixel array and a gate on array circuit. The non-display region is located at one side of the display region. The plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines are disposed in the display region. The pixel array is located in the display region, wherein the pixel array is composed of a plurality of pixel units that are repeatedly arranged. The pixel units consist of three gate lines, two data lines and six sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel is electrically connected to one of the gate lines and one of the data lines located in the pixel array respectively. The gate on array circuit is disposed in the pixel array.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Au Optronics CorporationInventors: Cheng-Kuang Wang, Chun-Da Tu
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Publication number: 20180315389Abstract: The present embodiment of the invention provides a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus using the gate driving circuit. The gate driving circuit has a plurality of shift registers, and each shift register includes a first output unit, a first pull-down unit, a second output unit, a second pull-down unit, a voltage coupling unit, and a voltage boosting unit. The first output unit is coupled to a node and a first output end. The second output unit is coupled to the node and a second output end. The first pull-down unit is coupled to the first output end and a reference potential. The second pull-down unit is coupled to the second output end and the reference potential. The voltage coupling unit is coupled between the node and the second output end. The voltage boosting unit is coupled to a preset potential, the first output end, and a node and a gate high potential of a shift register at a previous stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Inventors: Kai-Wei HONG, Chun-Da TU, Ming-Hsien LEE, Chuang-Cheng YANG, Yi-Cheng LIN, Chun-Feng LIN