Driver integrated circuits for active matrix type liquid crystal displays and driving method thereof
US5363118A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 6, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 8, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 6, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2310/027
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is a novel multi-level driver system for driving active matrix circuits accommodated in liquid crystal display devices. The novel driver circuit structure permits a high gray level display without a substantial enlargement of the circuit scales and the number of external voltage supplies. The voltage levels supplied by the external voltage supplies are varied during writing performance of the voltage level. Logic circuits fetches digital data from a latch circuit and select any one of plural timing control signals. An analog switch is operated by output signals from the logic circuits. The variable voltage level is transmitted through the analog circuit to each pixel capacitor. The timing control of the switching performance determines resultant voltage level to be stored in the pixel capacitor. The gray levels are associated with the total number of voltage levels. The number of gray levels is equivalent to the number of the external voltage supplies multiplied by the number of variable voltage levels controlled by the switching performance of the analog switch.
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