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Driving circuit for a display apparatus

US5521611A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1993
Grant dateMay 28, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2310/027
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the driving circuit for a display apparatus according to the present invention, a charging circuit applies a voltage equal to or higher than the highest positive gradation voltage to each data line for a predetermined period of time before the start of a period for applying a positive gradation voltage. After that, a positive gradation voltage in accordance with data is applied to each data line. Then, a period for the applying a negative gradation voltage is started, when a negative gradation voltage in accordance with data is applied to each data line. Accordingly, after being charged with a voltage applied by the charging circuit at the beginning of each cycle of the AC driving, each data line is applied with an equal or lower gradation voltage. Alternatively, a discharging circuit first applies a voltage equal to or lower than the lowest negative gradation voltage to each data line for a predetermined period of time before the start of a period for applying a negative gradation voltage. After that, a negative gradation voltage in accordance with data is applied to each data line. Then, a period for applying a positive gradation voltage is started, when a positive gradation v…

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