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Transmission circuit of display signal for liquid crystal display and transmission method thereof
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1994-07-12
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Granted: 1996-01-02
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Expires: 2014-07-12
Abstract
Abstract A large-scale liquid crystal display comprises a signal transmission channel which includes an inductance in the line direction and in the column direction for transmitting a display signal of the large-scale display to a pixel without delay. The signal transmission channel is arranged so that the display signal is propagated in the form of solitary waves or solitons whereby an LCD can be driven with a uniform display and a high contrast.
Inventors
- 👤 Mitsuhiro Shigeta
- 👤 Keisaku Nonomura
- 👤 Kazuyuki Kishimoto
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 04:23
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3648; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0223
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A transmission circuit for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and wherein said transmission circuit is driven by applying a voltage to the transmission channel and varying at least one of the capacitance and the inductance in a non-linear relation to the applied voltage while propagating the display signal either in the form of solitons or in the form of solitary waves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
A transmission circuit for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and wherein said transmission circuit is driven by applying a voltage to the transmission channel and varying at least one of the capacitance and the inductance in a non-linear relation to the applied voltage while propagating the display signal either in the form of solitons or in the form of solitary waves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A transmission circuit according to claim 1, wherein the inductor comprises a plurality of inductive elements which are arranged in the transmission channel spaced apart by one or a plurality of the pixels.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A transmission circuit according to claim 1, wherein the inductor comprises an active inductor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
A transmission circuit according to claim 1, wherein said transmission circuit is driven by obtaining, using a multi-solitions solution, a display signal having a pulse width wider than a basic pulse width, the basic pulse width being a pulse width of one-soliton solution, while propagating the display signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The transmission circuit of claim 1, wherein N is an integer less than 4.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The transmission circuit of claim 5, wherein N is an integer less than 3.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The transmission circuit of claim 6, wherein N is the integer 1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The transmission circuit of claim 1, wherein said switching element is a Field Effect Transistor (FET).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The transmission circuit of claim 1, wherein said switching element is a semiconductor diode.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The transmission circuit of claim 1, further comprising means for applying a voltage signal to said transmission channel while non-linearly varying at least one of capacitance and inductance of said transmission circuit.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
144 words
A transmission circuit, for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and further comprising a signal generation circuit providing an LC circuit including inductors, wherein said transmission circuit is driven by using the signal generation circuit while propagating a display signal comprising solitons or solitary waves.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
144 words
A transmission circuit, for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and further comprising a signal generation circuit providing an LC circuit including inductors, wherein said transmission circuit is driven by using the signal generation circuit while propagating a display signal comprising solitons or solitary waves.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
148 words
A transmission circuit, for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and wherein said circuit has a ladder configuration with two major electrodes, said capacitances (C) being arranged as rungs and said inductors (L) being arranged in series along one of said major electrodes, each between a pair of rungs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
148 words
A transmission circuit, for applying a display signal to a pixel of a liquid crystal display, which comprises a transmission channel including a scanning line and a data signal line arranged in an intersecting matrix so that each intersection defines a pixel, and having a switching element with inputs connected respectively to said scanning line and to said data signal line, and an output driving a cell of said display, said switching element having a capacitance; wherein an inductor having a predetermined inductance value is arranged at a regular interval in the transmission channel, thereby electrically separating each Nth pixel from an adjacent pixel, where N is an integer; and wherein said circuit has a ladder configuration with two major electrodes, said capacitances (C) being arranged as rungs and said inductors (L) being arranged in series along one of said major electrodes, each between a pair of rungs.
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