Patents by Inventor Patrick Oelhafen

Patrick Oelhafen 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: 8619016
    Abstract: Active matrix display module (10) comprising a driving circuit with a source driver (20) and a gate driver (12). Furthermore, a display panel (11) with pixels consisting of three sub-pixels is provided. The sub-pixels are arranged in rows and columns and each sub-pixel comprises a sub-pixel selection transistor arranged at an intersection of a row and a column. The gate driver (12) is employed to select and deselect all pixels of a row of the display panel (11) and the source driver (20) is employed for providing the required voltage levels to all sub-pixels of a currently selected row, said voltage levels corresponding to the desired intensity for each color. Demultiplexer switches (21) are integrated onto the display panel (11) for demultiplexing columns of the display panel (11). The active matrix display module (10) further comprises means (18) for color shift compensation. These means (18) implement a selection order for the selection of the sub-pixels to compensate unintentional color shifts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Entropic Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Oelhafen, Patrick Brunner
  • Publication number: 20100013864
    Abstract: Active matrix display module (10) comprising a driving circuit with a source driver (20) and a gate driver (12). Furthermore, a display panel (11) with pixels consisting of three sub-pixels is provided. The sub-pixels are arranged in rows and columns and each sub-pixel comprises a sub-pixel selection transistor arranged at an intersection of a row and a column. The gate driver (12) is employed to select and deselect all pixels of a row of the display panel (11) and the source driver (20) is employed for providing the required voltage levels to all sub-pixels of a currently selected row, said voltage levels corresponding to the desired intensity for each color. Demultiplexer switches (21) are integrated onto the display panel (11) for demultiplexing columns of the display panel (11). The active matrix display module (10) further comprises means (18) for color shift compensation. These means (18) implement a selection order for the selection of the sub-pixels to compensate unintentional color shifts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2006
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Oelhafen, Patrick Brunner
  • Patent number: 7552022
    Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement on a semiconductor chip for calibrating temperature setting curve having a signal generation unit (2) for providing a first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1), which is proportional to the actual uncalibrated temperature T1 of the chip. To avoid bringing the chip on a second temperature it is proposed to read a first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1), which is proportional to the actual uncalibrated temperature T1 of the chip and generate a signal offset (Ivirt, Vvirt, fvirt), which is combined with the first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1) defining a second signal (Iptat2, Vptat2, fptat2) and to extract a first actual temperature T1 from the first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1) and a second uncalibrated temperature T2 from the second signal (Iptat2, Vptat2, fptat2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Sacha Romier, Patrick Oelhafen
  • Patent number: 7471272
    Abstract: A display device (1) comprising: a liquid crystal display (2) having pixels (8) which are arranged in columns C and rows R; and a gate driving arrangement (4) for activating the pixels (8) of rows (R) in dependence on a row scanning scheme; a source driving arrangement (3) for providing column voltages representing the respective image data, a number of buffers (40) depending on the number of grey levels for supplying the respective voltage levels to the columns (C), a switching unit (31) for selecting a voltage level which corresponds to the grey level to be displayed; and a control unit (32) for controlling the buffers (40). For reducing the power consumption, an analyzing unit (39) is provided which analyzes the image data to be displayed such that the control unit (32) can determine the number of required buffers in dependence on the number of grey levels to be displayed and can switch off any unused buffers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Oelhafen, Christopher Rodd Speirs, Marko Radovic
  • Publication number: 20070195858
    Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement on a semiconductor chip for calibrating temperature setting curve having a signal generation unit (2) for providing a first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1), which is proportional to the actual uncalibrated temperature T1 of the chip. To avoid bringing the chip on a second temperature it is proposed to read a first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1), which is proportional to the actual uncalibrated temperature T1 of the chip and generate a signal offset (Ivirt, Vvirt, fvirt), which is combined with the first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1) defining a second signal (Iptat2, Vptat2, fptat2) and to extract a first actual temperature T1 from the first signal (Iptat1, Vptat1, fptat1) and a second uncalibrated temperature T2 from the second signal (Iptat2, Vptat2, fptat2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Sacha Romier, Patrick Oelhafen
  • Publication number: 20060202988
    Abstract: A display device (1) comprising: a liquid crystal display (2) having pixels (8) which are arranged in columns C and rows R; and a gate driving arrangement (4) for activating the pixels (8) of rows (R) in dependence on a row scanning scheme; a source driving arrangement (3) for providing column voltages representing the respective image data, a number of buffers (40) depending on the number of grey levels for supplying the respective voltage levels to the columns (C), a switching unit (31) for selecting a voltage level which corresponds to the grey level to be displayed; and a control unit (32) for controlling the buffers (40). For reducing the power consumption, an analyzing unit (39) is provided which analyzes the image data to be displayed such that the control unit (32) can determine the number of required buffers in dependence on the number of grey levels to be displayed and can switch off any unused buffers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Patrick Oelhafen, Christopher Speirs, Marko Radovic