Abstract: Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data for driving a second buffer associated with a second source line of the display device and selectively disabling the second buffer and driving the second source line of the display device with the first buffer based on the comparison of the first and second data.

Abstract: A display device includes a timing controller to generate a plurality of data control signals, a source driving unit to receive the plurality of data control signals from the timing controller and generate a data voltage, and a display panel to receive the data voltage and output an image, wherein the source driving unit transmits the data voltage to the display panel, through a plurality of data lines, with delays that are respectively different corresponding each frame.

Abstract: A method of operating a display driver IC (DDI) includes comparing previous line data with current line data and the R, G, and B components of a color data signals, and controlling whether to activate part of an intermediate processing circuit to process the current line data or more than a single component of the color data signal according to a comparison result.

Abstract: Methods of operating a display driver integrated circuit (IC) are provided. A method of operating a display driver IC may include generating a first clock signal, and calculating a frequency of the first clock signal using a second clock signal. Moreover, the method may include generating an adjustment signal using the frequency of the first clock signal and a target frequency, and adjusting the frequency of the first clock signal using the adjustment signal. Related display driver ICs and portable electronic devices are also provided.

Abstract: A display driving device includes a first source amplifier that receives first display data and supplies a first pixel voltage to a first pixel based on the received first display data, and a second source amplifier that receives second display data and first control data and supplies a second pixel voltage to a second pixel based on the received second display data and first control data. The second source amplifier has a first stage in which a first process is performed on an input signal based on the second display data, and a second stage in which a second process is performed on the first processed input signal to output the second pixel voltage. The first source amplifier may be configured to conditionally supply the first pixel voltage to the second pixel.

Abstract: A driving circuit of a display device is provided. The driving circuit applies a first external voltage to a source line of a display panel before a source driving voltage is applied to the source line and applies at least one second external voltage to a common electrode of the display panel before one between a first common voltage and a second common voltage is applied to the common electrode, thereby reducing the driving power of the display device.

Abstract: A display driver circuit configured to be shared by three grey-scale voltage generators to be respectively used with red (R), green (G) and blue (B) colors. In particular, two of the three grey-scale voltage generators share first and second resistor strings, gamma voltage selectors, and gamma adjustment buffers provided in the other grey-scale voltage generator, thereby reducing the size and power consumption of the display driver circuit. Also, when only a single grey-scale voltage is output, it is possible to deactivate the grey-scale voltages provided by two of the grey-scale generators and further reduce power consumption.

Abstract: A display device includes a touch sensor controller configured to identify a gesture. A display driver integrated circuit (IC) is configured to flip, scroll, or shrink an image based on the results of identification, which are received from the touch sensor controller. Accordingly, a user may more easily touch one or more touch targets displayed on the display device with just one hand.

Abstract: A display driver circuit comprises a frame memory comprising m main rows (m>1) and n dummy rows (0<n<m) corresponding to m horizontal display lines of a panel and configured to store received first frame data in m rows among the m main rows and the n dummy rows, and a memory control unit configured to control write and scan operations of the frame memory such that the first frame data is written from a write start row selected from among the m main rows and the n dummy rows.

Abstract: A source line driver circuit and a display apparatus including the same are provided. The source line driver circuit includes a logic block configured to receive serialized image data, to change the number of bits of the image data, and to output image data having the changed number of bits, and a source channel driver unit configured to receive the image data having the changed number of bits and to provide at least one analog voltage corresponding to the received image data to source lines. Accordingly, the number of necessary switches may be reduced, and therefore, the required area and/or current consumption may also be reduced.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface, an integrated circuit (IC) on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a heat radiation portion on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate. The heat radiation portion includes heat radiation patterns in a direction perpendicular to the second surface, and a heat radiation layer on upper portions of the heat radiation patterns. The heat radiation patterns include a plurality of recesses and a plurality of protrusions and the heat radiation layer includes a metal material and has a flat upper surface.

Abstract: A semiconductor chip includes a circuit region having an integrated semiconductor circuit on a semiconductor substrate, and a heat radiation member on at least a portion of a scribe lane region configured to at least partially surround the circuit region, the heat radiation member including a plurality of heat radiation fins that extend in a direction orthogonal to an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data for driving a second buffer associated with a second source line of the display device and selectively disabling the second buffer and driving the second source line of the display device with the first buffer based on the comparison of the first and second data.

Abstract: A gamma voltage controller includes a gamma distribution unit that generates a plurality of voltages by performing voltage divisions between a first gradation voltage and a N(th) gradation voltage, a gamma selection unit having first through M(th) gamma selectors that respectively select first through M(th) gamma voltages among the plurality of voltages, a gamma buffer unit that changes inflection points of the gamma curve, and buffers the first through M(th) gamma voltages to output buffered first through M(th) gamma voltages, and a gradation distribution unit that generates second through N?1(th) gradation voltages by performing voltage divisions among the buffered first through M(th) gamma voltages. Each of the buffers includes a feedback loop, and some of the buffers change inflection points of the gamma curve.

Abstract: A gradation voltage generator for applying a gradation voltage according to gamma characteristics of a display panel includes a reference gamma selector that receives a maximum reference voltage, a minimum reference voltage, and a first reference voltage, and selects and outputs a maximum gamma voltage and a minimum gamma voltage from among voltages between the maximum reference voltage and the minimum reference voltage, wherein when the maximum reference voltage changes, the minimum gamma voltage is compensated by a difference the changed maximum reference voltage and the first reference voltage and a gamma curve controller that receives the maximum gamma voltage and the minimum gamma voltage, and generates and outputs a plurality of gradation voltages.

Abstract: Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data for driving a second buffer associated with a second source line of the display device and selectively disabling the second buffer and driving the second source line of the display device with the first buffer based on the comparison of the first and second data.

Abstract: A data driver for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a common grayscale voltage generator configured to output a plurality of common grayscale voltages, a data processing unit configured to expand externally input image data to provide expanded image data and to adjust an offset of the expanded image data to output data offset adjusted image data, and a data signal output unit configured to output as data signals a first grayscale voltage corresponding to the expanded image data and a second grayscale voltage corresponding to the data offset adjusted image data among the plurality of common grayscale voltages.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) that includes a plurality of pixels, a switch unit, and a gate line driving unit. Each of the pixels includes a liquid crystal capacitor having a pixel electrode and a common electrode, and the pixels are located at intersections of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of source lines. The switch unit applies source line driving voltages having levels opposite to a common voltage applied to the common electrode, to the source lines. The gate line driving unit sequentially outputs via gate lines gate line driving voltages to control the source line driving voltages to be applied to the pixel electrodes of the pixels. The common voltage transits from a first level to a second level or vice versa at the boundary between a first half frame and a second half frame. At the first half frame, the switch unit applies the source line driving voltages to only odd-numbered source lines.

Abstract: Methods of driving source lines and/or circuits/systems for driving source lines are provided. Source lines of a display device are driven by comparing first data for driving a first buffer associated with a first source line of the display device and second data for driving a second buffer associated with a second source line of the display device and selectively disabling the second buffer and driving the second source line of the display device with the first buffer based on the comparison of the first and second data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating gradation voltages are provided. Maximum and minimum reference voltages are selected from a distribution of voltages ranging from a first source voltage to a second source voltage. The maximum reference voltage is selected as a 1st gradation voltage and the minimum reference voltage is selected as an Nth gradation voltage, or vice versa, in response to an inversion control signal, where N is a natural number. First to Mth gamma voltages are selected from among a plurality of voltages generated by a voltage distribution between the 1st gradation voltage and the Nth gradation voltage. Second to (N?1)th gradation voltages are generated from a voltage distribution between the 1st gradation voltage and the Nth gradation voltage, using the 1st gamma voltage to the Mth gamma voltage, where M is a natural number.