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Drive system for an active matrix liquid crystal display panel having divided row electrodes

Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1986-03-13
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Granted: 1989-05-16
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Expires: 2006-03-13
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Abstract

Abstract In an active matrix liquid crystal display panel, row electrodes are divided into two portions at the approximate center of the display panel, the left row electrode portion belonging to an odd number row electrode group, and the right row electrode portion to an even number row electrode group. One horizontal scanning is conducted for each pair of left and right row electrodes to write data signals in the display picture elements. The width of a pulse applied to each row electrode corresponds to one horizontal scanning period. There is a phase difference of about 1/2 the horizontal scanning period between the pulses for an odd number row electrode and an even number row electrode, thus minimizing the difference in a write period among the display picture elements in the lateral direction of the display panel.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuaki Matsuhashi
  • 👤 Makoto Takeda
  • 👤 Hiroshi Take

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 13:55
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3648; G09G3/3666

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 95 words
An active matrix liquid crystal display panel drive system where data is sampled and held directly in the display panel, comprising: row electrodes connected with address switching transistor gates, each row electrode divided into two separate electrodes at an approximate center of the display panel so that laterally divided row electrodes extend from both ends of the display panel toward the approximate center of the display panel, each laterally divided electrode of a row forming a pair, and wherein each said pair of laterally divided row electrodes is scanned in a single horizontal scanning period.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 95 words
An active matrix liquid crystal display panel drive system where data is sampled and held directly in the display panel, comprising: row electrodes connected with address switching transistor gates, each row electrode divided into two separate electrodes at an approximate center of the display panel so that laterally divided row electrodes extend from both ends of the display panel toward the approximate center of the display panel, each laterally divided electrode of a row forming a pair, and wherein each said pair of laterally divided row electrodes is scanned in a single horizontal scanning period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 48 words
The active matrix liquid crystal display panel drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein pulses each having a width corresponding to said single horizontal scanning period are applied to said pairs of laterally divided row electrodes with a phase difference of about 1/2 the horizontal scanning period.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 75 words
The active matrix liquid crystal display panel drive system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a pulse with a width of 1/2 of said single horizontal scanning period is applied to each of the row electrodes every time data signals have been sampled for 1/2 of said single horizontal scanning period so as to assure that 1/2 of said single horizontal scanning period is used for writing the data signals in a liquid crystal layer.

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