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Driving circuit for active-matrix type liquid crystal display

Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1994-11-03
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Granted: 1995-10-10
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Expires: 2014-11-03
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Abstract

Abstract An active-matrix type LCD includes a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a TFT is formed at the intersection of the gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed. The active-matrix type LCD further includes a device for producing a compensation signal to compensate a source electrode voltage of the TFT for each divided section of the display area of the active-matrix type LCD, the each divided section being obtained by dividing the display area into a plurality of sections for exposure to light when a pattern of the electrode is formed, and an adder circuit for adding the compensation signal and associated image signal, and producing the added signal.

Inventors

  • 👤 Naoyasu Ikeda

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 12:10
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3696; G09G3/3648; G09G3/3666; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0204; G09G2320/0219; G09G2320/0223

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 187 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) for receiving an image signal and having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal for receiving an image signal and provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: means for producing a compensation signal to compensate a source electrode voltage of said TFT for each divided section of the display area of said active-matrix type LCD, said each divided section being obtained by dividing the display area into a plurality of sections each for exposure to light when a pattern of the common electrode is formed; and an adder circuit, operatively coupled to said means for producing a compensation signal, for adding said compensation signal and an associated image signal received by said LCD, and for producing an added signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 187 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) for receiving an image signal and having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal for receiving an image signal and provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: means for producing a compensation signal to compensate a source electrode voltage of said TFT for each divided section of the display area of said active-matrix type LCD, said each divided section being obtained by dividing the display area into a plurality of sections each for exposure to light when a pattern of the common electrode is formed; and an adder circuit, operatively coupled to said means for producing a compensation signal, for adding said compensation signal and an associated image signal received by said LCD, and for producing an added signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 165 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) for receiving an image signal and having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: means for producing a compensation signal for a compensate source electrode voltage difference caused after turning off of said TFT in the direction along said gate bus lines due to signal delays in said gate bus lines, for an image signal supplied to said drain bus lines of said LCD; and an adder, operatively coupled to said means for producing a compensation, for adding said compensation signal and an associated image signal received by said LCD.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 165 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) for receiving an image signal and having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: means for producing a compensation signal for a compensate source electrode voltage difference caused after turning off of said TFT in the direction along said gate bus lines due to signal delays in said gate bus lines, for an image signal supplied to said drain bus lines of said LCD; and an adder, operatively coupled to said means for producing a compensation, for adding said compensation signal and an associated image signal received by said LCD.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 178 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: a liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit for generating a pixel voltage corresponding to an image signal based on an image data, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a compensation voltage generation circuit for determining divided sections of the display area and for producing a compensation voltage suited for each of the determined sections; and an adder for adding a pixel voltage and a section compensation voltage from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit and said compensation voltage generation circuit, respectively, and for producing an added signal as a compensation signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 178 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at a right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: a liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit for generating a pixel voltage corresponding to an image signal based on an image data, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a compensation voltage generation circuit for determining divided sections of the display area and for producing a compensation voltage suited for each of the determined sections; and an adder for adding a pixel voltage and a section compensation voltage from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit and said compensation voltage generation circuit, respectively, and for producing an added signal as a compensation signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 199 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: a liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit for generating a pixel voltage based on an image data, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a compensation voltage generation circuit for determining positions, along the gate bus line, of voltage values of the pixel voltage supplied from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit based on a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal and for generating a section compensation voltage corresponding to such positions; and an adder for adding a pixel voltage and a section compensation voltage supplied from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit and said compensation voltage generation circuit, respectively, and for subsequently producing an added signal as a compensation signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 199 words
A driving circuit for a display area of an active-matrix type liquid crystal display (LCD) having a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of drain bus lines each intersecting with a corresponding gate bus line at right angle, and a liquid crystal provided between a substrate on which a thin-film transistor (TFT) is formed at the intersection of said gate bus line and drain bus line, and a substrate on which a common electrode is formed, said driving circuit comprising: a liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit for generating a pixel voltage based on an image data, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal; a compensation voltage generation circuit for determining positions, along the gate bus line, of voltage values of the pixel voltage supplied from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit based on a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal and for generating a section compensation voltage corresponding to such positions; and an adder for adding a pixel voltage and a section compensation voltage supplied from said liquid crystal driving voltage generation circuit and said compensation voltage generation circuit, respectively, and for subsequently producing an added signal as a compensation signal.

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