US5162786A
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Driving circuit of a liquid crystal display
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1990-11-28
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Granted: 1992-11-10
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Expires: 2010-11-28
Abstract
Abstract A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display for driving source lines of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor matrix array comprising a shift register circuit for sequentially storing digital video signals for one line, each of the digital video signals being comprised of pixel data of a series of predetermined bits, a latch circuit for holding for one horizontal period the digital video signals for one line stored in the shift register circuit, a conversion circuit for classifying each pixel data constituting the digital video signals for one line outputted from the latch circuit into upper and lower bits, selecting adjacent two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the upper bits, performing pulse width modulation between the two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the lower bits and supplying analog video signals to the corresponding source lines of the matrix array, and a comparison data generating circuit for outputting comparison data which has bits by number equal to that of the lower bits and is compared with the lower bits to the conversion circuit.
Inventors
- 👤 Hidenori Fukuda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:07
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3685; G09G3/3688; G09G2310/00; G09G2310/02; G09G2310/0264; G09G2310/027; G09G3/2007; G09G3/2011; G09G3/2014
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
186 words
A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display for driving source lines of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor matrix array comprising: a shift register circuit for sequentially storing digital video signals for one line, each of the digital video signals being comprised of pixel data of a series of predetermined bits; a latch circuit for holding, for one horizontal period, the digital video signals for one line stored in the shift register circuit; a conversion circuit for classifying each pixel data constituting the digital video signals for one line outputted from the latch circuit into upper and lower bits, selecting adjacent two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the upper bits, performing pulse width modulation between the two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the lower bits and supplying analog video signals to the corresponding source lines of the matrix array; and a comparison data generating circuit for outputting comparison data which has bits by number equal to that of the lower bits and is compared with the lower bits to the conversion circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
186 words
A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display for driving source lines of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display having a thin film transistor matrix array comprising: a shift register circuit for sequentially storing digital video signals for one line, each of the digital video signals being comprised of pixel data of a series of predetermined bits; a latch circuit for holding, for one horizontal period, the digital video signals for one line stored in the shift register circuit; a conversion circuit for classifying each pixel data constituting the digital video signals for one line outputted from the latch circuit into upper and lower bits, selecting adjacent two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the upper bits, performing pulse width modulation between the two different DC voltages according to a value designated by the lower bits and supplying analog video signals to the corresponding source lines of the matrix array; and a comparison data generating circuit for outputting comparison data which has bits by number equal to that of the lower bits and is compared with the lower bits to the conversion circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
122 words
A driving circuit according to claim 1 wherein the conversion circuit includes unit circuits by number corresponding to that of the pixel data for one line, the unit circuit having a switching circuit for selecting the two different DC voltages, a pulse width modulator for comparing the lower bits with the comparison data outputted from the comparison data generating circuit and then outputting signals which have different pulse widths corresponding to the result of comparison, two switching elements for respectively switching the two different DC voltages outputted from the switching circuit in response to the signals outputted from the pulse width modulator, and an integrating circuit for outputting analog pixel signals in response to the signals outputted from the respective switching elements.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A driving circuit according to claim 2 wherein the pulse width convertor is a 4-bit comparator and the comparison data generating circuit is a hexadecimal counter which is formed by connecting four D flip-flops in series.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
A driving circuit according to claim 2 wherein the switching elements are N- and P-channel field effect transistors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A driving circuit according to claim 1 wherein the comparison data generating circuit is a hexadecimal counter which is formed by connecting four D flip-flops in series.
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